"The Simple Linux Backup project announced the release of version 0.3.2 today. Simple Linux Backup is an easy-to-use program for backing up a desktop Linux system, with a friendly user interface, originator Steven J. Rosen said."
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Scientific Linux 4.5: new release offers speed boost
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"Officially released Monday, Scientific Linux 4.5 can now be installed as a Xen paravirtual guest which, according to the developers "gives a significant speed increase over fully virtualized guests.""
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Is the next President of the United States running Linux?
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"Earlier today I read a post about Ron Paul’s website. Interestingly, his site is less of a typical candidate site and more of a mashup of other sources of information about him."
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Bring Out the GIMP Part 1: GIMP Basics
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No matter which Linux distro you run, chances are it came with a magnificent little image editor called GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). Unlike Paint and other free-with-your-OS image editors, GIMP is a full featured graphics app with a broad range of capabilities that rival those os Adobe Photoshop.
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Build extensions for Eclipse one snippet at a time
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Find out how to build a plug-in for Eclipse and Rational Application Developer V7. You can use this plug-in to define snippets that let you add code that follows enterprise standards. Similar to the Snippets view that comes with the Web Tools Project, this plug-in allows you to drag and drop pieces of code into the editor.
Read more »Linux on Windows with Lina
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Between WINE, VMware, BOCHs and ilk -- not to mention the renewed focus on virtualisation we're now seeing -- we're somewhat spoilt for choice when it comes to running Windows applications on Linux. But what about the other way around? Cygwin aside, there is another way.
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Ubuntu System Monitoring Tools
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To keep your system in optimum shape, you need to be able to monitor it closely. [...] In this chapter, we look at some of the basic monitoring tools, along with some tactics designed to keep your system up longer. Some of the monitoring tools cover network connectivity, memory, and hard drive usage, but all should find a place in your sysadmin toolkit.
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Get ready for mod_atom
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Bray, director of Web technologies for Sun Microsystems, has been a major force behind the Atom Protocol and, of course, XML.
Why does Bray think there's demand for mod_atom? "I think that the protocol is going to be a big enough part of the Web ecosystem that Apache, as perhaps the world's single most important piece of Web infrastructure, really ought to support it."
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Kernel and filesystem talks at OLS day two
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Greg Kroah-Hartman kicked off the second day of the 9th annual Ottawa Linux Symposium with a talk entitled "Linux Kernel Development - How, What, How fast, and Who?" to a solidly packed main room with an audience of more than 400 people.
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OpenSAF 1.0 Ready For Download
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Initial support for OpenSAF is coming from a broad industry segment including Ericsson, HP, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks and Sun Microsystems.
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GIMP tricks: Rotating Sphere with GAP
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This article shows how to create an rotating sphere in GIMP with GAP plugin. Basic knowledge of this graphics manipulation suite will be required to successfully follow the tutorial.
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How to install, setup and use Google Desktop Search in Ubuntu
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This brief tutorial/overview will walk you step-by-step through installing, setting up and using Google Desktop Search for Linux - specifically in Ubuntu. [Disclaimer: Google Desktop is NOT free software]
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AMD Radeon HD 2400PRO/2600XT Preview
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Today AMD has officially released their low-end and mainstream graphics cards in the Radeon HD 2000 family, the Radeon HD 2400 and Radeon HD 2600 series respectively. While these new graphics cards should already be at your favorite retailer or presently in route, where are the Linux drivers?
Read more »AMD 8.38.7 Display Driver
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AMD has issued its first-ever hot-fix release for the Linux fglrx driver. This release corrects an aticonfig crash that removes the xorg.conf if you are using the vesa driver.
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Adding a little Cream to (g)Vim
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Even though I'm a die-hard Emacs user, there are times when I have to use the vi editor -- specifically gVim, the graphical face of the popular vi clone Vim. Since I use gVim so infrequently, I don't readily remember many of the editor's basic commands. Either I muddle through or reach for my well-thumbed copy of the vi Editor Pocket Reference. That was until I discovered Cream.
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