In the last installment of this series I showed how to quickly mount a shared folder on a Windows Vista machine from a Linux machine (specifically, from one running Ubuntu 6.10). This solution works if you just want to read files on the Vista PC and you don’t mind re-entering the mount command the next time you reboot your Linux PC. But what if you want the Vista shared folder to be permanently available to all users, in read-write mode?

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Less than two months after Apple chief executive Steve Jobs challenged record labels to stop insisting on “digital rights management” copy restrictions, one of the major record labels took him up on the invitation. This morning, EMI Music announced that it would allow customers to buy music off Apple’s iTunes Store–and later, other music stores–without any “DRM” encumbrances, and in a higher-quality format than before.

 

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Source: A Death Blow to DRM

Converting your old computer in to a home data server opens a range of possibilities, and a range of new things you can do with your computer(s) and the network. So, how do you do it?

And who doesn’t have a old machine sitting around just waiting for a new task? Baldy

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Source: Make a Linux Home Data Server of an Old PC

Paragon Software Group announced that it has released Paragon NTFS for Linux 6.0, the latest in its family of software. The product’s purpose is to provide reliable, rapid and transparent read/write access to NTFS volumes under Linux. Among the new improvements and features in this release are complete support for 64 bit CPU architecture, Windows Vista NTFS file system, the latest Linux kernel and also includes performance enhancements.

Source: Paragon Software Launches New Version of NTFS for Linux

Dell may have picked the perfect time to begin offering Linux-powered desktops. Why? Because, the next generation of Windows, Vista, has just sprung its first major security leak: the .ANI vulnerability.

Source: Dell, the Linux desktop, and timing

As the cost of equipping classrooms with everything from chalk to chairs continues to escalate, many school districts are turning to open source solutions as a viable alternative to expensive software for in-class computers. School IT managers are discovering not only that Linux-based distributions a great way to save money, but also that allowing users access to the software’s underlying source code may introduce students to technical aptitude they didn’t know they had.

 

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Source: Stretching the Education Dollar With Linux