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Spam Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary This Weekend

Posted: 03 May 2008 04:48 PM CDT

Spam now makes up more than 80% of mail message traffic. The first recognizable e-mail marketing message was sent on 3 May, 1978 to 400 people on behalf of DEC - a now-defunct computer-maker. You can see the first spam message here (archived version) including interview with Thuerk, the sender. From the BBC news page:

Statistics gathered by the FBI suggest that 75% of net scams snare people through junk e-mail. In 2007 these cons netted criminals more than $239m

Statistics suggest that more than 80%-85% of all e-mail is spam or junk and more than 100 billion spam messages are sent every day.

The majority of these messages are being sent via hijacked home computers that have been compromised by a computer virus.

Spam reaches 30-year anniversary

Linux is copy of Unix - Says Darl McBride

Posted: 03 May 2008 10:52 AM CDT

SCO already filed for bankruptcy and now Darl McBride Testified:

Linux is a copy of UNIX, there is no difference

First, Linux is kernel and not operating system. Linux distribution includes Linux kernel, GNU utilities, compilers and installation / management software. This guys is lying and nothing else.

Gnome Desktop Add Folder Shortcut To Left Panel File Browser ( Places )

Posted: 03 May 2008 09:07 AM CDT

This task is really simple, just drag folder and drop to left panel.

I was trying to use bookmark (CTRL + D) feature but it never worked for me

Download of the day: Slackware Linux 12.1

Posted: 03 May 2008 08:44 AM CDT

The Slackware team announced Slackware 12.1. From the announcement page:

Well folks, it's that time to announce a new stable Slackware release again. So, without further ado, announcing Slackware version 12.1! Since we've moved to supporting the 2.6 kernel series exclusively (and fine-tuned the system to get the most out of it), we feel that Slackware 12.1 has many improvements over our last release (Slackware 12.0) and is a must-have upgrade for any Slackware user.

Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll find better support for RAID, LVM, and cryptsetup; a network capable (FTP and HTTP, not only NFS) installer; and two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.4.2, a fast, lightweight, and visually appealing desktop environment, and KDE 3.5.9, the latest 3.x version of the full-featured K Desktop Environment.