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Microsoft Admitted Windows Vista Failure – XP Gets Support Till 2014

by Vivek Gite · 4 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 Vivek Gite · 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 as a [...]

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How to: Extract files from ISO CD images in Linux

by nixcraft · 5 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: First [...]

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