Another good reason for enterprise to only use GNU/Linux; the Coreflood trojan uses an XP SP2 admin tool that allows malware hackers to infect hundreds of thousands of corporate computers in order to steal millions of dollars.
Read more »Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords
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Who Will Win As Linux Market Consolidates?
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Two small Linux companies are merging. What does it mean to Linux market leaders like Red Hat, Novell and Ubuntu — and Linux customers? Here are some clues from The VAR Guy.
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An earthshaking use of open source
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A German scientific research institute is using an open-source database running on Linux and x86 hardware to store global seismic activity data and to interpret that data. The purpose is to ensure that countries around the world are in compliance with the terms of the nuclear test ban treaty.
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Linux Configure Netconsole To Log Messages Over UDP Network
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Linux can be configured to log dmesg output to another system via network using syslog. It is done using kernel level networking stuff ia UDP port 514. There is module called netconsole which logs kernel printk messages over udp allowing debugging of problem where disk logging fails and serial consoles are impractical... netconsole initializes immediately after NIC cards.
Read more »Microsoft to EU Commission: We're Not the Bad Guy; You Are [MS Doc as Text]
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Sean Daly has kindly prepared a text version of the EU-LEX notice of Microsoft's complaint against the EU Commission, found in the latest EU Official Journal. Microsoft says the fine announced in February is too high. It should be annulled, and if not, they ask that it be reduced. Oh, and it would like the EU Commission to pay costs.
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Maximalists and Lobbyists Take Over Europe, Internet, PCs
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Further degradation of digital rights in Europe and another round of lobbying for RAND.
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Gentoo 2008.0 Released
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The Gentoo Project have announced the release of Gentoo Linux 2008.0 The new release boasts an updated Live CD installer, the The Gentoo Project have announced the release of Gentoo Linux 2008.0.
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Stormy Peters joins the GNOME Foundation as Executive Director
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Open source technology luminary Stormy Peters has been appointed executive director of the GNOME Foundation, effective immediately.
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Training Tips for New Linux Users
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At my college, I have volunteered to teach faculty, staff, and students the advantages of using Linux. After doing it for a couple of years, I have come up with a few tips that others might find helpful when showing new Linux users the ropes.
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Looming IT talent shortage sidesteps FOSS folks
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A Gartner study from earlier this year suggests that a skills shortage will leave companies scrambling in vain to find qualified help. However, open source developers say there's an adequate supply of potential employees with the skills they have.
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Auto-Hide Your Mouse Pointer When Idle With “Unclutter”
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The purpose of Unclutter is very simply. From the man page: "unclutter removes the cursor image from the screen so that it does not obstruct the area you are looking at after it has not moved for a given time."
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Using UbuntuTweak to keep programs up to date
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I use UbutuTweak to help me set options in Ubuntu, including my GTK login splash. But while reading the latest posts on a thread in the Ubuntu Forums about installing Google Gadgets I came across a post that surprised me.
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HOWTO: Automatically Unlock LUKS Encrypted Drives With A Keyfile
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Well, I have written so far two tutorials with LUKS/dm_crypt involved. First one was how to enable encryption on Feisty Fawn (wasn't included back then by default) and the other one was how to reboot/unlock through a remote connection.
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Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.
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The computer proletariat is rising up - and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 “netbooks” like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux.
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A Journey to Ubuntu
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My first Linux installation took place circa 1992, I pulled my hair out for a month or so while I was trying to figure out how to install this very interesting and FREE operating system. I considered myself an intermediate level user who at this point was trying to learn how to program using the C programming language. Why not C++?
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