Linux Mint 16 release will be named “Petra”.

The next release of the Linux Mint 16 distribution code named “Petra” will be released in November. This will include the new KDE 4.11 desktop interface as well as many other enhancements and upgrades. I am looking forward to this release. This is the best desktop environment around and is…

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Samsung debuts 16 Gigabyte DDR4 server memory module.

This is a 16 Gigabyte RDIMM 16 GB DDR4 server memory module that is now available from Samsung. Only problem is that most computer motherboards can only support 32 Gigabytes of RAM, but that means you only need two of these to make that amount of RAM. Surely you could…

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Problems with Fedora Core 16 and move to Ubuntu 12.04.

I have had a show-stopper bug in Fedora Core 16 that is preventing the distribution from loading. I have tried everything to fix this, to no avail. I am installing a CD of Ubuntu 10.10 which I will then upgrade to 12.04 Precise Pangolin. That will work better than Fedora,…

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Fedora 16 Alpha released.

The Alpha release of Fedora Core 16 has been released with Gnome 3.1.4 and it is not impressing anyone so far, the Gnome 3/Unity desktop is a step backwards compared to the Gnome 2.30 desktop that it is gradually replacing. The CPU and graphics grunt required to work compared to…

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