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Du Mien Cafe – Phu Nhuan District

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One of the best kept secrets in Saigon is the Du Mien Cafe located in the Phu Nhuan District. It is located about 5 minutes from my house and a very convenient location for me to meet my Vietnamese friends and students. If you are tired of the expat crowds, this is the ideal location to go. The majority of expats do not even know this place exists though if you asked the … [Read more...] about Du Mien Cafe – Phu Nhuan District

Tony’s Saigon Linux Blog

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Well, Tony just added his own blog. He is one of my partners from the Saigon Linux Group. He is a Linux geek/guru from India married to a Vietnamese friend, Ty. I managed to convince him to try Gentoo Linux though we will both always promote openSUSE Linux (and Novell Linux, aka SUSE Linux) here in Vietnam. Here is Tony's blog: http://saigonlinux.blogspot.com/ If … [Read more...] about Tony’s Saigon Linux Blog

Saigon Linux Group sets up openSUSE Linux Mirror in Vietnam

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The Saigon Linux Group (SLG) has set up an openSUSE Linux mirror in Vietnam in an effort to promote Linux and Open Source Software in this country. The SLG plans to add two more Linux distributions within the week. Our AMD64 server is located in the Quang Trung Software City, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. You can download openSUSE Linux at with one of the … [Read more...] about Saigon Linux Group sets up openSUSE Linux Mirror in Vietnam

Out and About in Saigon

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Well, the Phu Nhuan District does not have electricity now. I decided to head to Saigon Centre's Highland Coffee. They have wireless there and a nice breakfast. Unfortunately, when I arrived, the electricity soon went out but about 5 minutes the generator kicked in. Now I am waiting for some friends to come here for lunch. A lot of news about the iPhone. Seems to be … [Read more...] about Out and About in Saigon