Gitosis is a tool for hosting git repositories. Its common usage is for a central repository that other developers can push changes to for sharing. This article is how to setup and manage a git repository.There are some great services out there than can do this for you, but why pay money for something you can easily do for free?
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Chiphopper simplifies Linux porting of C/C++ apps
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The IBM Systems Application Advantage for Linux, also known as the Chiphopper offering, helps developers whose applications run on x86 Linux systems by providing tools to scrub their C/C++ code for portability prior to porting to System p, System i, or System z.
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Vulnerability in SSL/TLS protocol
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According to reports, vulnerabilities in the SSL/TLS protocol can be exploited by attackers to insert content into secure connections. If this is correct, it would affect HTTPS and all other protocols which use TLS for security, including IMAP.
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A strangely compromised Linux box
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A customer reported that a Linux machine used for ssh access (to in turn give telnet access to an ancient SCO machine) was refusing logins. I asked him to try logging in as root at the console; he was unable to do so.
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Another Protocol Bites The Dust
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For the last 6 weeks or so, a bunch of us have been working on a really serious issue in SSL. In short, a man-in-the-middle can use SSL renegotiation to inject an arbitrary prefix into any SSL session, undetected by either end.
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Package Management With Zypper
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YaST works well but it's a bit verbose for installing a single package, and of course that's just more fodder for the apt-getters with all their apt-get install this and their apt-get install thats. And you can't argue with them, but there are other options with openSUSE: yum and apt4rpm come to mind, but the preferred solution is zypper.
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DOS to UNIX/Linux Translation (DOS to Linux Cheat Sheet)
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The following are some of the most commonly used MS-DOS commands and its equivalent in Linux. This cheat sheet is for those of you who have just switched from Windows to Linux and are just getting acquainted with the terminal.
Read more »Fedora 12 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks
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With the impending release and the current development freeze, we took the compose release candidate for Fedora 12 x86_64 and have looked at how its performance compares to Ubuntu 9.10. In this article are our results, which actually show some rather large differences between Fedora and Ubuntu when it comes to the speed of the Linux desktop.
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How to Build Your Own Custom Linux Distro
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Although most Linux users rely on pre-built Linux distros and customize their software configuration after installation, there is nothing quite like having a Linux distro that was custom-designed to your specifications.
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How to compile a kernel for Ubuntu Karmic
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I wrote this how to because my laptop has 4GB of internal memory and with the default kernel that ships with Ubuntu Karmic the entire 4GB is not addressed. Lets get started building our own custom kernel for Ubuntu Karmic from scratch.
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Current State of Intel Video, Ubuntu, and Composited Desktops
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I’ve had persistent issues with Intel Video since the Jaunty release of Ubuntu. The short version is that the fancy effects that I eventually came to depend on stopped working after the Intrepid release of the distribution. Both Jaunty and Karmic include Intel video drivers – and I’ve tried every bleeding edge PPA version I can find – that simply don’t work with Compiz.
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Linux: still better for coding
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Something like one year ago I switched from Linux to Mac OS X. It was not an easy switch if you think that my desktop on Linux used to be with a minimal configuration, super fast virtual desktop, border-less windows. What I'm missing are a number of important tools that made the Linux experience so much comfortable. So here is my list of what's wrong with Mac.
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Ubun-student – Easy way to install commonly used professional softwares in Ubuntu
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As we all known, a lot of professional softwares do not provide Debian packages in their official sites. These softwares include TexLive 2008, NetBeans 6.7, Intel Compiler, BRL-CAD, Alice programming language and so on. Sometimes the installation is complicated.
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Next-generation Linux file systems: NiLFS(2) and exofs
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Linux continues to innovate in the area of file systems. It supports the largest variety of file systems of any operating system. It also provides cutting-edge file system technology. Two new file systems that are making their way into Linux include the NiLFS(2) log-structured file system and the exofs object-based storage system.
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GNOME Keyring
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For the past week or so, people have been talking about a “security issue” in Seahorse. This sums up my opinion on the matter: This isn't a security issue, and there is no good way to fix it.
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