As soon as I heard the announcement from bright and bushy-tailed VMWare CEO Paul Maritz that the company was shortly going to be releasing their ESX 3i enterprise-class embedded hypervisor for free, I was absolutely thrilled.
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Open standards key for SA govt - minister
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Open source software and open standards were high on the agenda at the opening of the GovTech 2008 conference in Durban this morning.
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5 simple reasons to choose Linux over Vista
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Without getting into much details, we shall today try and see 5 major reasons why people who prefer Linux over Windows Vista do so.
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Install CLAMAV 0.93.3 from source and integrate with sendmail - CentOS 5.2
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This how-to refers to the installation and configuration of Clamav 0.93.3 (from sources) on a Linux server running CentOS 5.2 and sendmail.
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Is Open Solaris in Hot Water? -- No, I Don't Think So
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I've been seeing articles implying that Sun may have trouble, now that it has been determined that the Unix copyrights belong to Novell. Here's one example, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols' "Is OpenSolaris in hot water?" -- where a number of interviewees opine more or less yes. I disagree, and I'll show you why I disagree.
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KDE 4.1 Released
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The KDE team have announced the release of KDE 4.1. This is the first feature release after the initial KDE 4.0 release and is apparently designed to address many of the issues early adopters had with the 4.0 release.
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A Muslim, a Christian, and an Atheist's View on Linux and more...
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A few months ago, I wrote a review of Ubuntu Muslim Edition. --I gave it positive remarks as it is truly deserving to be praised. However, some readers have an issue with the Muslim Edition of Ubuntu and Linux in general that fueled a heated discussion.
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Lying Without Shame… About Vista
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Microsoft has been lying about Windows Vista sales for a long time
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Pardus 2008 Review
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Pardus 2008 is a Linux distribution created by the Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology. At its core, it is a Turkish language OS, but the English version shows no lack of attention.
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Launchy Application Launcher Released for Linux
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Launchy is a free windows and linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.
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Testing Web application security using Google's ratproxy
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To help developers audit Web application security, Google has released an open source tool called ratproxy. It is a non-disruptive tool designed for Web 2.0 and AJAX applications that produces an easy-to-read report of potential exploits.
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PCLinuxOS: Definately “Radically Simple”
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In his quest to find the simplest Linux distribution, Jack Wallen makes a stop at PCLinuxOS and may have found the holy grail of simple operating systems. Read Jack’s take on PCLinuxOS and decide for yourself if PCLinuxOS is your “go-to” Linux distribution.
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OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks Part I
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This tutorial series will take you through some tips and tricks on migrating from MS Office to OpenOffice.org 2.4. You'll see how to replicate some of the functionality and features that are lacking in OpenOffice.org. Soon you'll be more comfortable using OpenOffice.org for just about all your desktop publishing needs.
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'World's cheapest laptop' now available
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A company is now selling what it calls the "world's cheapest laptop," which at $130, is not a bad deal if you can bear some hardware limitations.
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HOWTO: Encrypt The System Manually Upon Installation (Ubuntu 8.04)
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Another howto by me concerning encryption. However this one will be pretty intense on graphics. I have a step-by-step guide on how to do a manual full encryption of the system. Due to a bug current in the ubuntu installation, you cannot encrypt the swap partition directly during the manual install. The install will just hang.
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