"What do you get when you mix one part automation, one part natural language interpretation, two parts programming by demonstration, and three parts online collaboration? If you stir all of these research areas together and toss in some XUL, you get one of the most innovative extensions for Firefox: CoScripter."

After a boring and dry customary introduction in the previous part of the article, Windows vs Linux: Architecture, part I, I went on to describe problems with Windows system accounts, kernel architectures, system security, and both kernel and user modes. Welcome to the second part of the article. If I’m counting correctly, it is time for the fifth chapter

* Part 1: Introduction to Snort intrusion detection and prevention
* Part 2: Hardware and network setup requirements
* Part 3: Installation prerequisites
* Part 4: Compiling and configuration with MySQL
* Part 5: Configuring Snort and setting up rules
* Part 6: Editing the snort.conf file

Sabayon is a multi-purpose, Gentoo-based Linux distribution. It is part-source, part-binary distribution. I just call it a hybrid distribution. The latest update, Sabayon 5.3, was made available to the public in early June.

As the central element of Linux, the kernel is equally central to open source software in general. Because the community has such a stake in its design and success, the kernel has proven to be the hub around which much discussion revolves. The kernel's creator, Linus Torvalds, also has a stake in its success, and he takes part in the discussion.

The Linux kernel is the beating heart of any Linux distribution. It is a strange and complex beast and to many people somewhat mystical in nature. I intend to shed light on some of that mystical shroud and show how simple and easy compiling a Linux kernel really is.

Welcome to part II of this series. Here is Part I and here is Part 0. Today we will talk about scheduling unattended tasks.

This series has been moving along rather slowly, but it's summer and there are many important things to do. Like go to the lake and take naps a lot. Nevertheless, the show must go on, so here we are at Part 3. (Here are Part 1 and Part 2.)

Part 3 of Penguin Pete's analogical fairy tale about Windows, Apple and Unix, elaborating on how each republic is run and developed - telling the history of each development.