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Free E-book Moving to Ubuntu Linux By Marcel Gagné

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Book Title: Moving to Ubuntu Linux By Marcel Gagné

Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional

Brief Introduction:

Discover Ubuntu, Today’s Hottest Linux

Everyone’s talking about Ubuntuit’s not just 100% free, it’s the most useful, practical desktop Linux ever! Now, Linux expert Marcel Gagné reveals Ubuntu’s amazing power and helps you migrate from Windows faster than you ever thought possible.

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Beagle provides the Ubuntu user

Beagle provides the Ubuntu user with a search tool that basically “ransacks” your personal information space to find what you have stored there.

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Ubuntu AmaroK is a Music Player

 amaroK is a music player that was built specifically for the Unix/Linux user, so its function and eye-candy interface makes this a must-have app for the music lover. A drag-and-drop playlist creation, 10-band equalizer, and automatic cover art download via

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The Microsoft Linux-Xenix

History of Xenix

Microsoft created their own variant of the unix operating system called xenix. They purchased a license for Version 7 Unix from AT&T in 1979, and announced on August 25, 1980 that it would make it available for the 16-bit microcomputer market.

Xenix varied from its 7th Edition origins by incorporating elements from BSD, and soon possessed the most widely installed base of any Unix flavour due to the popularity of the inexpensive x86 processor, even though the port created for Tandy Corporation computers proved to be more robust.

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OpenOffice macro worm discovered BadBunny

Worm targets Windows, Mac and Linux computers - but poses low threat
Experts at Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, have announced the discovery of an OpenOffice/StarBasic macro worm that drops scripts in several other languages. The worm attempts to download and display an indecent JPEG image of a man wearing a bunny suit performing a sexual act in woodland.

The SB/Badbunny-A worm first infects you when you open an OpenOffice Draw file called badbunny.odg. A macro included in the file performs different functions depending on whether you are running Windows, MacOS or Linux.

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