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openSUSE 11.0 is a major change from openSUSE 10.3. Lot of improvements and changes have goine in from the initial Alpha release until now. Some of the highlighting features in openSUSE 11.0 includes Linux Kernel 2.6.25 is default kernel KDE 4.0.3 takes the centre stage from KDE 3.x as the default KDE Desktop Environment For Gnome Desktop environment, GNOME 2.22.1 is the default Changes to Installation workflow and themed installation is used. DVD installation uses images to speed up installation RPM payload switch to lzma (results in smaller rpm packages)   libzypp uses a new much faster solver German language support on CD media Sax2Read More →

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OpenSuse 11.0 release is around the corner!!! The much awaited OpenSuse 11.0 is just days away from release. We can now declare the countdown has begun. OpenSuse 11.0 is a major relase and has lot of enhancements. A quick look into the roadmap to the final public release for OpenSuse 11.0Read More →

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ies4linux is simple free open source utility to allow Linux users to install and run Internet Explorer on their Linux distributions. This utility doesn’t require to be installed and run as a root user and in fact it is recommended not to do so by the developers. ies4linux can support Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) (partial support) Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) Internet Explorer 5.5 (IE5.5) Internet Explorer 5 (IE5) The latest version at the time of writing this article is ies4linux 2.99.0.1. ies4linux requires WINE to be preinstalled for a successful installation.Read More →

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As most of us know, Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL and Unix. Wine is a Microsoft Windows Emulator for Linux which acts as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs on Linux thereby eliminating the need for Windows and allows users to run Windows based applications on Linux. Wine is completely comprises of non-Microsoft code, however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-basedRead More →

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ICMP Redirects are used to update hosts of optimal alternate routes to a destination. These are updates normally sent by routing devices when the router becomes aware of an alternate route to reach a destination than the current one. This method is not very efficient and can cause security concerns. However, this can be fixed at run time (dynamically) without having to reboot the PC or server running Suse Linux or OpenSuse operating system or at boot time (system startup).Read More →