Subversion (svn) is an open-source version control system (VCS), used in the development of many software projects. This tutorial shows how to install Subversion on Debian Squeeze and how to configure it to allow access to a repository through different protocols: file://, http://, https://, svn://, and svn+ssh://.
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Installing Subversion & Enabling Access Via Different Protocols (Debian Squeeze)
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LibreOffice 3.4.2 is "enterprise ready"
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Vignoli says that 3.4.2 is the result of the "combined activity of 300 contributors having made more than 23,000 commits, with the addition, deletion or modification of around five million lines of code".
Read more »Using Apache2 Content Negotiation To Serve Different Languages
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Content negotiation is the ability of a web server to deliver the document that best matches the browser's preferences/capabilities. For example, if a resource exists in multiple languages, the web server can choose which variant it serves based on the Accept-Language header delivered by the browser.
Read more »KDE releases version 4.7 of Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform
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KDE 4.7 releases provide many new features and improved stability and performance. Lots of visual polishing took place with an update to the Oxygen icons, and improved consistency between panel items such as clock and notification areas. The window manager KWin brings a new shadow system and can now run on OpenGL ES supporting hardware, making it better suited for mobile devices.
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4 Tools To Get Hardware Information In Linux
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lshw-gtk is a graphical user interface for lshw. It can display very detailed information for your computer's hardware configuration: processor, memory, graphics cards, devices connected to USB ports and so on.
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Moving away from Ubuntu
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After the upgrate to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, the author expains his decision to abandon Ubuntu and search for a rolling release distribution...
Read more »Lightweight Portable Security (LPS)-A Linux distro from the US Department of Defense
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Lightweight Portable Security (LPS), created by USA's Department of Defence, is a small Linux live CD focusing on privacy and security, for this reason, it boots from a CD and executes from RAM, providing a web browser, a file manager and some interesing tools. LPS-Public turns an untrusted system into a trusted network client.
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How To Run Your Own DNS Servers With ISPConfig 3 (Debian Squeeze)
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This tutorial shows how you can run your own DNS servers (primary and secondary) with ISPConfig 3. To do this, you need two servers with two different public IP addresses and with ISPConfig 3 installed.
Read more »How to make your own 20th Century Fox and LIONSGATE intro with Blender 2.5 in 5 min
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This is an easy tutorial on how to make your own 20th Century Fox and LIONSGATE styled intro using Blender 2.5. It is very easy you just need to donwload the templates blender and follow the instructions, it shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes to edit it.
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Debian moves to LibreOffice
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The Debian project is proud to announce that the transition from OpenOffice.org to LibreOffice has now been completed. LibreOffice has already been available for "testing" and "unstable" since March and has now been backported to Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", too.
Read more »GIMP resources to take you from newbie to power user
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Web-based resources for Gimp users — documentation and tutorials, sites and forums to follow, plus how to find brushes, palettes, scripts and extensions.
Read more »Peppermint Two: Faster, slicker and easier than ever
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It’s been a little over a year since I reviewed the first Peppermint OS, and while I liked the first effort on this new project, I’ve been really looking forward to Peppermint Two. Well, my wait was over as of last week, so I was able to kick the tires and get a good feel for it after installing and using it for a few days.
And it didn’t disappoint!
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New Kontact Suite Brings Next-Gen Groupware to Desktop and Mobile
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KDE is proud to announce the release of the next generation Kontact PIM Suite, based on the Akonadi framework. In addition to this, we are also proud to announce the June maintenance update of the KDE Software Compilation 4.6. Unsurprisingly, the port of Kontact to Akonadi is finally being released the same day as Duke Nukem Forever, making it relatively timely.
Read more »FSF: Statement on OpenOffice.org's move to Apache
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When OpenOffice.org moves to a non-copyleft license, there's a ready replacement for people who want a productivity suite that does more to protect their freedom: LibreOffice.
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The Danger of E-books by Richard Stallman
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rms calls our attention to the problems of many current commercial ebook distribution models. Ebooks have many advantages compared to books but they also have many disadvantages. Yet, none of the disadvantages are somehow inherent in ebooks. (The link is a PDF.)
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