An anonymous reader writes "Slax 7.0 is a Slackware-based Linux distribution that can provide a Live USB/CD environment complete with the KDE4 Plasma desktop in just 210MB of space. Slax can also be customized with other software modules to provide lightweight Linux installations for varying tasks. For those curious how this lightweight Linux distribution has pulled off the feat of being small and fast, Slax creator Tomá Matejícek wrote a technical article explaining the Slax internals with booting a modern Linux desktop in just ~200MB."

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A simple eye test may offer a fast and easy way to monitor patients with multiple sclerosis, experts believe.

Trafikverket varnar för ishalka när temperaturen nu sjunker i södra delarna av landet.

jamstar7 writes "According to the BBC, 'Gerry Anderson, the creator of hit TV shows including Thunderbirds, Stingray and Joe 90, has died at the age of 83. He also created Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and his puppet superheroes fired the imaginations of millions of young viewers in the 1960s and '70s. Thunderbirds, a science-fiction fantasy about a daring rescue squad, ran from 1965 and was his most famous show.' In my opinion, his greatest creation was Space: 1999, an ITV production with practically no budget, which had great shows in the first season. Unfortunately, like so many other Gerry & Sylvia Anderson projects, it ran out of gas in the second season. They did some great stuff." Anderson's son Jamie also has a post in remembrance of his father.

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Arms-control advocates fear $1.2bn deal for "Global Hawk" aircraft could fuel instability and stir regional arms race.

Country's pper chamber expected to approve a bill that bans Americans from adopting Russian children.

Anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate will have home-based care after three weeks in hospital.

Som svar på skolmassakern i Newtown höll Los Angeles en extrainsatt möjlighet för medborgare att lämna in sina vapen på onsdagen.

Bilister uppmanas ta de större vägarna.