RAID has still not been adopted by most end-users despite its inherent quality such as performance and reliability. Reasons such as complexity of RAID technology (levels, hard/soft), set-up, or support may be given... In this article, we propose such a solution and we call it PROUHD (Pool of RAID Over User Heterogeneous Devices).
Read more »How To Select Your Log-in Manager in Ubuntu
If you've added the Kubuntu packages to Ubuntu, or vice versa, then you can choose whether you want to use KDM or GDM to act as your log-in manager.
To choose your log-in manager, open a terminal and enter:
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Fedora 13 "Goddard" beta emphasizes automation
The Fedora project released a beta version of Fedora 13 (codenamed "Goddard"). The updated community Linux distribution is touted for features including automatic print-driver installation, the Btrfs filesystem, enhanced 3D driver support, revamped Python bindings, and the Zarafa groupware package, says the project.
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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx gets 14 new wallpapers
Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx gets 14 new wallpapers, these wallpapers will be included by default in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.
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Linux Live USB Media
It is pretty common these days for laptops, and even desktops, to be able to boot from a USB flash memory drive. So you can save a little time and a little money by converting various Linux distributions ISO images to bootable USB devices, rather than burning them to CD/DVD.
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Bombono DVD - Easy to use program for making DVD video discs
Bombono DVD is easy to use program for making DVD video discs. This program allows you to get video on optical discs without knowing many technical details. It provides the full authoring sequence: making chapters while browsing videos, custom menu creation, authoring, and optionally burning on DVD.
Read more »Making Programming Easier For Kids With PyJunior
Yesterday I had a break from the sun and a few hours spare and wrote a little program I have been wanting to write for a while. First though, a little back story
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LXDE, the New Lightweight Linux Desktop
Does using a lightweight Linux desktop always mean trading lower resource usage for usability and features? Juliet Kemp reviews LXDE, one of the newest lightweight Linux desktops."
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Linux Mint 8 KDE (Helena)
I’ve been somewhat tardy in getting to the KDE version of Linux Mint 8. But I’ve finally been able to sit down with it and thus couldn’t resist writing a review. As great as the GNOME version of Linux Mint is, it simply isn’t for everybody.
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Initial impressions of Ubuntu 10.04 beta 2
Beta 2 was released six days ago. I installed it yesterday on a spare drive in my secondary desktop system to check it out. The test hardware is an HP rp5700 Core 2 Duo with 6GB RAM; I installed the 64-bit version of the beta.
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Pinta – Image Editing Alternative to The GIMP
I’m not the only one who thinks that the GIMP is complex. So, what are your options if you’re casual user who just wants to edit a few images here and there and isn’t really interested in all the power that GIMP offers but would rather have a light weight but functional editor.
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Dansguardian Content Filter
Dansguardian is a great way to implement content filtering for an oarganization or family setting. Content filtering can be adjusted to specific needs including; web site content, file types, ports, downloads and scanning for viruses. Dansguardian is easy to install and modify.
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openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 5 released
The openSUSE developers have released the fifth of seven planned milestone releases for what will become openSUSE 11.3, adding KMS support and the Nouveau driver for NVIDIA graphics hardware
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New Features In Bash Version 4.x - Part 3
In this installment, we are going to look at a couple of commands that have been updated in bash 4.x
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Wine 1.1.43 Released
The Wine development release 1.1.43 is now available. The source is available now, Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.
What's new in this release:
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