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Microsoft Admitted Windows Vista Failure – XP Gets Support Till 2014

by on June 25, 2008 · 7 comments

In a letter sent to customers this week, Microsoft senior VP Bill Veghte said the software maker will provide security patches “and other critical updates” for Windows XP until April, 2014.

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Philippine Weather Service Finds Forecasting Cheaper with Debian Linux Cluster

by on March 14, 2008 · 0 comments

Yet another Linux success story; From the article: The Philippine government’s official weather service, PAGASA, has replaced its SGI supercomputer with a clustered Debian Linux system that can process information vital to protection against typhoons, floods, droughts, tsunamis and other wild weather conditions at a fraction of the cost. The cluster includes eight PCs running [...]

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How to: Extract files from ISO CD images in Linux

by on April 27, 2004 · 8 comments

Under many situations you may need to get a single file/many files from Linux ISO image. You can mount ISO images via the loop device. You need to use mount command. First login as a root user: Extract File(s) Under Linux OS Let us assume that your ISO image name is disk1.iso. Step # 1: [...]

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