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How Can I Justify Using Red Hat When CentOS Exists?
from the a-litte-help-please dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @17:21 (Red Hat Software)
with 341 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/203242/how-can-i-justify-using-red-hat-when-centos-exists?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Schools In Portugal Moving To OSS
from the seize-the-opportunity dept.
posted by Soulskill on Sunday October 30, @02:17 (Education)
with 255 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/024228/schools-in-portugal-moving-to-oss?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

$25 PC Prototype Gets Award At ARM TechCon
from the pcs-have-never-been-so-delicious dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 29, @23:12 (Open Source)
with 212 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/006256/25-pc-prototype-gets-award-at-arm-techcon?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Dennis Ritchie Day
from the celebrate-the-C dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @09:41 (Unix)
with 211 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/1158204/dennis-ritchie-day?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Fish Evolve Immunity To Toxic Sludge
from the what-does-not-kill-me dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @15:48 (Science)
with 167 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/1758220/fish-evolve-immunity-to-toxic-sludge?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ohio Emergency Responders Stage Mock Zombie Invasion
from the rick-grimes-appoved dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @11:10 (Government)
with 165 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/126238/ohio-emergency-responders-stage-mock-zombie-invasion?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Helping the FBI Track You
from the here-is-a-list-of-my-favorite-socks dept.
posted by Soulskill on Sunday October 30, @08:18 (Privacy)
with 150 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/066237/helping-the-fbi-track-you?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple Building Solar Farm In North Carolina
from the working-on-sunshine dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @12:47 (Power)
with 135 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/1458251/apple-building-solar-farm-in-north-carolina?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

iPhone 4S Has Been Jailbroken, Hack Enables Siri on iPhone 4
from the making-changes dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @18:53 (Iphone)
with 89 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/2043214/iphone-4s-has-been-jailbroken-hack-enables-siri-on-iphone-4?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hybrid Technology Could Bring 'Quantum Information Systems'
from the small-advances dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 29, @21:01 (Supercomputing)
with 48 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/29/2233215/hybrid-technology-could-bring-quantum-information-systems?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft Drops Suit Against Firm In Botnet Case
from the on-second-thought dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @14:17 (Botnet)
with 38 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/176218/microsoft-drops-suit-against-firm-in-botnet-case?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Can Open Hardware Transform the Data Center?
from the more-than-meets-the-eye dept.
posted by Soulskill on Sunday October 30, @05:13 (Hardware)
with 37 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/0614234/can-open-hardware-transform-the-data-center?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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