A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

What about how Shanghai fairs against its older brother Barcelona? Well, in some cases, the gain is clearly just the increased clock speed. However, in others Shanghai achieves an increase of anywhere from 10-15% over and above the clock speed difference. It's obvious that Shanghai is what Intel would call a "Tock" of the clock for the Barcelona architecture, and it is a nice little bump for turning a few knobs and a die shrink. 2009 will be a very interesting year for AMD and Intel. Whether or not Shanghai can hold down the fort until Istanbul comes out remains to be seen.

Complete Review at anandtech

There is almost no blog about Kuwait Linux. I have started KwtLinux.com recently and am working with few guys to get the site up to date with the latest Linux news and tips.

The Oldest & the Greatest Linux distribution, Slackware 12.1 has been released.

Well folks, it's that time to announce a new stable Slackware release again. So, without further ado, announcing Slackware version 12.1! Since we've moved to supporting the 2.6 kernel series exclusively (and fine-tuned the system to get the most out of it), we feel that Slackware 12.1 has many improvements over our last release (Slackware 12.0) and is a must-have upgrade for any Slackware user.

In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers.

The Quake 4 1.4.1 Beta patch is now available for download.

We hope everyone enjoys the new content, features and fixes! For a more complete list of changes, please see the README.

the long awaited ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT aka R600 Performance Benchmarks finally shows up some scores.

I guess it deserves all that waiting =)

Sometimes I get frustrated with Linux, this happens mainly while installing. Installing is often one of the most frustrating experiences with Linux. I remember a time where this kept me from using Linux at all. Today I had such a day again after a long time, I was installing Ubuntu on a laptop which had a harddisk replaced and for the second time in a row the installation hanged suddenly. This kind of things always happen when I'm in a hurry. And you know why? Such a thing most of the time is related to hurrying!
full story:
http://www.handlewithlinux.com/linux-installation

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم "ياأيتها النفس المطمئنة ارجعي الى ربك راضية مرضية فادخلي في عبادي وادخلي جنتي" ببالغ الحزن والاسى ينعي الديوان الاميري الى الشعب الكويتي والامتين العربية والاسلامية وشعوب العالم الصديقة وفاة المغفور له باذن الله تعالى صاحب السمو الشيخ جابر الاحمد الجابر الصباح امير دولة الكويت الذي انتقل الى جوار ربه فجر هذا اليوم الاحد الخامس عشر من ذي الحجة 1426 هجري الموافق 15 يناير 2006 ميلادي داعين الله عز وجل ان يتغمد الفقيد بواسع رحمته وان يسكنه فسيح جناته. ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله وتعلن دولة الكويت الحداد الرسمي لمدة اربعين يوما واغلاق الدوائر الرسمية لمدة ثلاثة ايام اعتبارا من اليوم الخامس عشر من ذي الحجة 1426 هجري الموافق 15 يناير 2006 ميلادي. وانا لله وانا اليه راجعون

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I would like to announce that KwtLinux is now attracting more visitors and we are working to keep a daily input. Also want to inform every one that we also have setup a forum which will help users discuss & share linux related issues.

Today after much testing we are finally delivering our first Linux report from AMD's new 790FX Chipset. Is the chipset that's designed for PC enthusiasts and performance seeking overclockers worth anything under Linux? Does this chipset even work with the latest Linux desktop distributions? We'll be answering these questions and more, as we look at the Gigabyte MA790FX-DS5 motherboard.

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Red Hat confirmed Friday that hackers compromised infrastructure servers belonging to the company and the Fedora Project, including systems used to sign Fedora packages.

In the Fedora breach, company officials said they had "high confidence" the hackers did not get the "passphrase used to secure the Fedora package signing key." Regardless, the company has converted to new Fedora signing keys.

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64 Studio develops a distribution of native free software for digital content creation on x86_64 hardware (that's AMD's 64-bit CPUs and Intel's EM64T chips). It's based on the pure 64 port of Debian GNU/Linux, but with a specialised package selection and lots of other customisations. We also produce custom versions for our OEM partners, and a 32-bit edition for legacy PC hardware. Curious? See the FrequentlyAskedQuestions or take a look at our PressRelease.