I never get tired of mentioning the fact that Linux supports more hardware and is on more devices than any other operating system I know of. It runs on anything from the largest super computers in the world to a computer smaller than a matchbox. In short practically the whole world is supported by Linux.
Read more »7 of the best Linux firewalls
You're walking down a dark alley, late at night, when suddenly someone jumps out at you and forces you to hand over your passport, your credit cards, and the keys to your car. This is a good analogy of what using the internet is like.
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Linux zealots - Isn't it time to grow up?
I read an article today about an issue that a user had with windows popping up over the screen saver in an environment with ePHI. The author concludes rightfully so that there will never be a year of Linux on the "desktop". When I got down into the comments, I found the typical responses from the Linux zealots.
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How To Install VLC 1.1.0 (Final) In Ubuntu
Like you already know, VLC 1.1.0 (final) has been released yesterday. The C-Korn PPA has been updated with the final VLC 1.1.0 version so Ubuntu users can use it to upgrade to the latest stable VLC.
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Element OS - An Ubuntu Based Distro For HTPCs
Element OS is a 32 bit Xubuntu based distro for HTPCs(Home Theatre PCs). It maintains compatibility with Ubuntu repositories. It uses the Advanced Packaging Tool(APT) with Element's own custom repositories and the Ubuntu repositories. Element OS also incorporates the AllMyApps software center to allow additional applications to be downloaded.
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Eucalyptus Partner Day: Will Partners Jump Into Open Source Cloud?
Eucalyptus Systems is set to gather reseller partners old and new in San Francisco on June 22. The reason: It’s time for Eucalyptus to lay out where their open-source cloud platform stands, along with potential channel partner opportunities. Here’s what to expect.
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Fedora 13 - Xfce spin vs. LXDE spin
I can't say that Xfce spin is slower or faster than the LXDE spin of Fedora 13. The thing to remember about both of these Fedora spins is that it's easy enough to add any or all of the applications from one spin to another.
Read more »The Rate of ATI Gallium3D Changes Is Impressive
Last week prior to heading over to Germany for LinuxTag, I had ran a new set of ATI R500 Gallium3D benchmarks with an ATI Radeon X1950PRO graphics card and comparing the latest Mesa/Gallium3D graphics driver performance in the Mesa 7.9-devel Git code with both the Gallium3D and classic Mesa DRI drivers to the older Mesa stack found in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Read more »Be a pal; share Linux with your friends and family
Are you the local computer boffin in your social circle? Tired of forever having to clean off that annoying fake super anti-virus 2010 trojan? Well, friends shouldn’t let friends run Windows. Be a friend to your friends.
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'Secure your PC or lose the net'
Australians would be unable to access the internet without having anti-virus and firewall programs installed and a virus-free machine under a new plan put forward by a year-long parliamentary cyber-crime inquiry.
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Install debian server in a linux chroot environment
Running Linux system inside a chroot environment allows a system admin to decrease an impact on a production server when the server gets compromised. Change root will change root directory to all current running processes and its children to a chroot jail.
Read more »Usage of Linux in Real world
I know that Linux is slowly growing and it will take some more years to beat Microsoft windows .Recently i read many blogs regarding linux advantages & uses , In that i liked one quote “Almost every...
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ModSecurity Handbook Review
What's happening on your web server that you do not know about? ModSecurity provides you insight into the activity on your web server that Apache is not designed to tell you about. ModSecurity Handbook by Ivan Ristic is a great read to start getting information about activity and then managing the access to your web server.
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How to install Transmission 2.0 in Ubuntu 10.04/9.10
Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client that is...
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