ClipGrab is a Open Source Software for downloading and converting online videos from many sites like YouTube or Vimeo in Linux .
Read more »How to Download and Convert Video Files from Different Sites in Ubuntu / Linux Mint with ClipGrab
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Debian Linux kernel tuning low latency small files / Linux blog / Tech Force - Linux Blog
E-mail servers, data base servers, file servers, web servers struggle to cope with LATENCY on accessing millions of small files under heavy concurrent load.
Read more »Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix/Courier/MySQL/SquirrelMail (Fedora 17)
This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier, so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota.
Read more »Plasma Active - a New Approach to Tablet Computing
Plasma Active takes a new approach to touchscreen devices and tries to offer more than a set of applications for simple tasks. More than a desktop or even a notebook computer, a touchscreen device is likely to be carried around and used in different contexts, for different purposes.
Read more »Install Compiz On The Unity Desktop On Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)
This tutorial shows how you can configure Compiz on an Ubuntu Linux 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) Unity desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here). With Compiz you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop. Ubuntu (Unity 3D) must be selected as your desktop environment.
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Why There is so Much Hostility to Free Software?
A call for feedback and ideas. The free software community has been around for quite some time now. For some reason, though that time seems to have been spent on good works that benefit humanity, and advocacy that teaches people how to be free, the movement is sometimes the object of some hostility. Why?
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Sabayon 9 KDE and GNOME preview
Sabayon is a rolling-release distribution, so existing users do not have to reinstall to get the latest core and applications of a Sabayon release. That is one of the best features of the distribution.
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Cisco Netflow with Nagios XI
Netflow with Cisco routers can be set up and integrated with Nagios for detailed information about traffic data on your routers and switches. Using nfdump and nfsen this data can be gathered and charted and then connected to the Nagios interface.
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Running Shopware Community Edition On Nginx on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 12.04
This tutorial shows how you can install and run Shopware Community Edition (version 3.5.6) on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 12.04 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). Shopware is a feature-rich ecommerce platform; I will use the Community Edition here which is free.
Read more »New KDE Telepathy version features audio and video calls
After four months full of work, the KDE Telepathy team is back with another release. Version 0.4 of the Instant Messaging suite for KDE Workspaces now supports making audio and video calls right from the desktop. It also adds the ability to browse chat logs. We focused strongly on stability and performance, so most of the improvements are "under the hood".
Read more »Installing KVM Guests With virt-install On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server
Unlike virt-manager, virt-install is a command line tool that allows you to create KVM guests on a headless server. You may ask yourself: "But I can use vmbuilder to do this, why do I need virt-install?" The difference between virt-install and vmbuilder is that vmbuilder is for creating Ubuntu-based guests, whereas virt-install lets you install all kinds of operating systems (e.g.
Read more »Taking to the skies with FlightGear
An interview with Curtis Olson, one of FlightGear's original founders and current project coordinators. FlightGear is a cross-platform GNU GPL'd flight simulator in development since 1997.
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Linux Mint 13 MATE/Cinnamon review
Both desktop environments aim to satisfy users who refuse to let go of old technology and those who demand new technology, but packaged in a familiar format. And Linux Mint is the first project to make both available to users in separate ISO installation images for 32- and 64-bit architectures.
This article is a review of both editions.
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KDE Software Compilation 4.8.4 Released
KDE released updates for its Workspaces, Applications, and Development Platform. These updates are the third in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.8 series. Significant bugfixes include improvements to the Kontact Suite, bugfixes in Dolphin and many more corrections and performance improvements all over the place.
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The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 17
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 17 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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