Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
I’m very happy with the Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 release! Here’s the cut from the E-Mail announcement in Debian Mailing List:
The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed “etch”, after 21 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of eleven processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME and Xfce desktop environments. It also features cryptographic software and compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.1 of the LSB.
Using a now fully integrated installation process, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 comes with out-of-the-box support for encrypted partitions. This release introduces a newly developed graphical frontend to the installation system supporting scripts using composed characters and complex languages; the installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now been translated to 58 languages.
Linux Desktop for old PCs
Continuing my post on how to use old PCs this post is about how you can use your old PC as a spare Desktop. You can use it for listening music, do some text processing and surf the internet.
In my case I chose a Dell box with Pentium II, 399Mhz CPU, 64MB RAM and 4GB HDD. I am quite sure you can find one of these at home or at your working place just lying idle.
Digg Malaysia
Did you know that our Malaysian friends came up with their own digg? I salute them actually! Yes they copied digg but I really hope they will grow from just copying into something on their own.
Below is the screenshot from top popular section.
AdesClrPicker v2.0 out!
AdesClrPicker is a very nice tool for a webmaster. It helps you to identify the color code in various formats and have them memorized for future needs. No more taking screenshots and opening that in Photoshop!
- Improved Interface
- Hue, Saturation, Brightness sliders (HSB Sliders) for modifying the colors in Color Library
- Now it picks colors in HTML, RGB, Delphi, C++, VB codes
- Support for ACT and ACO formats for exporting colors to Adobe Photoshop
- Automatically add colors from Floating Menu to Color Library

Product URL: http://www.adesdesign.net/php/products_color_picker.php
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For mid-sized and larger companies keeping internal E-Mail Servers is critical.
- Internal communication goes faster
- Sending and receiving large files is easy
- Managing user accounts centrally
- Backup/Recovery/Failover/Down time transparent - no more bullshit stories from ISPs. What you see in your server room is what you get
- Confidentiality
- Security - it’s how you manage.
On top of above mentioned some features makes your office more productive:
- Calendaring
- Webmail Access
- Document Management
- CRM
- Project Management
- LDAP
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