Now that the second beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 was released last week, we took the workstation build and have benchmarked it against the latest releases of Ubuntu, CentOS, and openSUSE.
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Mandriva Linux 2009 Alpha 2
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The second alpha for Mandriva Linux 2009 is now available. There is information about the new release in various places:
* Mandriva Linux 2009 release notes: these will be updated to reflect the status of the current pre-release.
* Mandriva Linux 2009 Errata: these will be updated to reflect the status of the current pre-release.
Ubuntu Package management Using dpkg
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Dpkg is the Ubuntu package manager dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage Ubuntu packages. The primary and more user-friendly front-end for dpkg is dselect.dpkg itself is controlled entirely via command line parameters,which consist of exactly one action and zero or more options.
Read more »Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2009.1
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Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Mandriva 2009.1 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
Read more »Telerik ports .NET controls to Linux
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Telerik has partnered with Novell to certify that its RadControls ASP.NET AJAX component suite supports the open-source Mono runtime environment, permitting developers to build .NET applications in a Linux environment.
Read more »Why the risk of running as root is overblown
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“Don’t run as root” is an oft-repeated mantra of *nix security. While I agree 100%, it’s not as big on the desktop as some would think. I’d like to point out why here.
Read more »Create professional web applications with new ColdFusion book
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Coldfusion 9 Developer Tutorial covers the new features of ColdFusion 9 such as ORM Database Interaction and CF Builder. This book covers CFScript and guides developers to enhance their user interface with built-in ColdFusion AJAX features.
Read more »Abyss: a small, sweet Web server
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If you need to set up a secure, easily configurable Web server in as short a time as possible, then Abyss Web Server might just be the product for you. In development since 2002, its current version (2.5) runs on Linux, BSD, Windows, and Mac OS X. Its simple installation and setup (no obscure text configuration files) allows you to code your site with PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, and even ASP.Net, if you're using the Windows version.
Read more »Install Windows Applications on Linux with a Single Mouse Click
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No more dependency rambling, no more dll hell, no more compatibility problems. Install applications which are well tested by community with a single mouse click
Read more »Ubuntu Linux solution stack implementation, Part 4: Solution stack setup and integration
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This demo shows you how to import the Java servlet application files into the Rational Application Developer workspace, edit a few classes, and deploy the application on a WebSphere Application Server. Finally, you get to see the solution stack work in a real life scenario.
Read more »How To Set Up A Linux Layer 7 Packet Classifier On CentOS 5.1
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This tutorial will walk you through setting up a Linux layer 7 packet classifier on CentOS 5.1, this can easily be adapted to any other Linux distribution out there.
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Gaming Benchmarks: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu Linux
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At the beginning of this month we published workstation benchmarks comparing Windows 7 to Ubuntu Linux. Today, however, we are back to looking at the Linux vs. Windows performance of the Lenovo ThinkPad W510 and this time we are looking at the OpenGL gaming performance.
Read more »Don't use Emacs, says Java's father
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Known in the development world as the father of Java, Sun Microsystems' vice president and fellow James Gosling has urged coders to stop using the antiquated Emacs text editor and move to a more modern IDE like Sun's own open source NetBeans.
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NexentaStor 3.0.0 Community Edition released
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The NexentaStor Project developers have announced the availability of version 3.0.0 of their free Community Edition optimised for use in virtualised server environments
Read more »Unigine's Heaven 2.0 Benchmark Introduces Linux Support
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To help push the tessellation boundaries just a bit further, Unigine has updated its Heaven benchmark to version 2.0 and introduced more robust modes. Alongside the updated Windows client, Unigine has also unveiled a Linux version, so we decided to take it for a spin to see how it both performs, and looks.
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