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Ubuntu 6.06 'Dapper Drake' Released 435

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 01, 2006 @08:45AM from the best-kind-of-drake dept.

BBSeXoDuS writes "Ubuntu Dapper Drake has been finally been released. Run on over to the download site while it's still hot. From the announcement: 'Ubuntu 6.06 LTS introduces functionality that simplifies common Linux server deployment processes. For system administrators setting up large numbers of web, mail and related servers, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS offers the fastest and most consistent path to deployment, combined with the availability of global commercial support where needed.' "

Best of the Free Anti-virus Choices? 499

Posted by Hemos on Monday May 22, 2006 @11:09AM from the protect-yerself dept.

iamjoltman writes "I've been looking to replace the McAfee anti-virus on my parent's XP machine. So, I've been looking at the three free anti-virus choices, AVG Free Edition, avast! Home Edition and AntiVir Personal Edition. I know there are other options, but I believe any others are only on-demand scanners, and that's not an option. So, what does the Slashdot crowd think is the best of these choices? Keep in mind, I'm only looking in anti-virus, I'll go elsewhere for firewall or malware protection."

Comment Needs more editor. (Score 4, Insightful) 199

by dajobi on Monday May 22, 2006 @09:28AM (#15379687) Attached to: Understanding OS X Kernel Internals

"alot"
"whether it's why its slow"
"they show that there are so many process/threads layers in OS X."

Do the editors even look at submissions any more? Or to put it another way, is our children learning yet?

Tech Workers of the World Unite? 1254

Posted by Zonk on Thursday May 11, 2006 @03:29PM from the come-together-right-now dept.

okidokedork writes "Wired News reports on the lack of unions in the IT workplace. If you could join a union in your workplace, would you?" From the article: "The rich get richer, the shareholder is valued more than the employee, jobs are eliminated in the name of bottom-line efficiency (remember when they called firing people 'right-sizing'?) and the gulf between the rich and the working class grows wider every year. You see this libertarian ethos everywhere, but nowhere more clearly than in the technology sector, where the number of union jobs can be counted on one hand. Tech is the Wild West as far as the job market goes and the robber barons on top of the pile aim to keep it that way. They'll offshore your job to save a few bucks or lay you off at the first sign of a slump, but they're the first to scream, 'You're stifling innovation!' at any attempt to control the industry or provide job security for the people who do the actual work."

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