A new class of cheaper, smaller netbook computers might upset the IT establishment this year. Without Windows or Intel chips, the new trend "puts the existing PC structure at risk."
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Is desktop Linux too fragmented to succeed?
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If one desktop Linux distribution were to gain a significant lead over all the others, it could boost mainstream Linux adoption significantly.
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PCLinuxOS comes to my rescue
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OK it was my fault! There I've said it and its true. I broke one of the rules for Ubuntu Linux which basically said "Thou shalt not use the upgrade feature in Synaptic."
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Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) Review
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Linux Mint seeks to take the ease-of-use provided by Ubuntu to a new level and, for the most part, succeeds. Linux Mint's slogan is "From freedom came elegance" and that's very appropriate for what this distribution is all about.
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How to decide whether desktop Linux makes sense
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Eight questions to help you determine if now is the time to find a place for desktop Linux in your organization
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Altering the Apache Identity with mod_security
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One aspect of hardening your server is to provide as little information as possible to attackers about the web server and version that you are using. Apache itself does not provide a method of controlling all of the content given I the server header field. As a result you will need to look to mod_security to help change your identity.
Read more »Tech Break: It's Linux Time
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While Apple and Microsoft are chugging away at a release of their operating systems every few years, a free competitor is growing more and more powerful, releasing a new edition every six months and capturing low-end markets like netbooks and cell phones.
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Pros and Cons for Using CLI
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In this article I will debate on several major advantages and disadvantages for using the command-line in Linux. When I think it's 'better' to use CLI, when not, and how can this can impact the work speed.
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Eight Reasons Your next Computer Should Run Linux
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Earlier today on PC World, Harry McCracken had a pair of articles titled “Eight Reasons Your Next Computer Should Be a PC” and “Eight Reasons Your Next Computer Should Be a Mac“. Well, since Harry didn’t complete the series, I’ll do it for him, so here we go.
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An Open Source Network File System Client for Windows
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Microsoft is sponsoring research at the University of Michigan's Center for Information Technology Integration (CITI) to develop an open source Network File System client for Windows. This will enable Windows to better interoperate with this emerging Internet storage protocol for fast file sharing.
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Does Oracle Still Acquire to Injure MySQL?
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IN ORDER to keep our stories sufficiently unique, we did not bother writing much about Oracle and Sun. Other publications did this to the point of fatiguing readers.
Read more »The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope
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This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
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Hack’n Ur Crap: External CD Drive > DVD Drive
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With the abundance of netbooks and other optical drive-lacking computers, a USB external DVD drive is quickly becoming an essential accessory for any geek. Unfortunately, a new one will run you about $50 from most stores. Luckily, you can upgrade most external CD drives for half that.
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Open cloud crusade yokes Microsoft, Intel, VMware, Sun...
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Backed by such familiar names as AMD, Cisco, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat, Sun, and VMware, the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) has joined the increasingly fragmented fight for so-called open cloud standards.
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Military enlists open source community
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The U.S. Defense Department is enlisting an open source approach to software development -- an about-face for such a historically top-down organization.
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