This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 9.10 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.
Read more »Ubuntu 9.10 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
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Google phone boasts Snapdragon, voice control, and Android 2.1
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Google shipped its first branded phone, the HTC-manufactured, Android 2.1-ready Nexus One, and announced a mobile web store. Initially available unlocked at $530 from Google or with a T-Mobile plan at $180, the Nexus One boasts a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen, five-megapixel camera, and voice activated controls.
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A Small Business Guide to Linux Desktop Software
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While you can still download many free versions of Linux online, for convenience sake, several vendors offer user-friendly versions and charge a fee for support. Red Hat and Novell are the primary desktop Linux vendors, but another Linux distribution for the desktop is on the rise — and it is completely free.
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CES: Lenovo unveils hybrid tablet laptop with 'two brains'
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Lenovo today announced its IdeaPad U1, a consumer Windows laptop with a touchscreen that can be detached and used as a separate Linux tablet computer.
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What Programming Language Should You Learn?
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I'm going to attempt to answer the number-one most common technology question on the web, and hopefully do it so I can just link people here. Wish me luck, I'll need it!
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Does VMware buying Zimbra from Yahoo make sense?
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We don't for certain that VMware, the giant proprietary virtualization company, is buying Zimbra, the open-source e-mail server company from Yahoo, but that's the news from the rumor-mill.
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Ubuntu Linux Clone Looks and Feels Like WIndows XP
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A Chinese group has created an Ubuntu Linux clone that looks, um, just like Windows XP. Two big questions: First, do customers want a Linux release (called Ylmf OS) that looks like Windows? Second, is Microsoft willing to allow a group of Ubuntu renegades to mimic Windows XP’s look and feel? Some thoughts here.
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Order to Shut Down Websites Critical of Apex Technology Group is Dangerous and Wrong
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This sort of ruling could see a site, like FSD, shut down because of a complaint about a single opinion expressed by a contributor.
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Emesene 1.6 Released, What’s New?
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Instant Messaging client ‘Emesene’ slipped a new release out on Monday but what’s new in it?
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KDM and Plasma: A future.
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I always need to be coding something, regardless of whether or not I have any free-time, I have (begun to plan out and create(began today), a Plasma frontend for our login manager, kdm.
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Virtual Darpa Grand Challenge
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I have had this idea for a Virtual Darpa Grand Challenge for a couple of years now and I’m starting to shop it around to angel/venture capital people. But I thought I’d also put this out there to the Linux community and see what they think of it.
Read more »Has Cloud Computing Jumped the Shark?
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Soon, will every last PC box be stamped "cloud capable"? Finally, will even pizza delivery be touted as cloud-based, because the pie is made by a third party and sent from a remote location?
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System z: Dinosaur or Phoenix?
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Scan through IT news on any given day, and there's a good chance you'll find a story about some large organization or another replacing its IBM mainframe with servers running UNIX, Linux - and sometimes even Windows.
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Linux Mint 8 review
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Linux Mint 8 (aka Helena) is the latest version of the popular, desktop-oriented distribution. Helena was actually released late last year, but I’ve just gotten around to reviewing it.
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Wine 1.1.36 Released
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The Wine development release 1.1.36 is now available.
What's new in this release:
* Completion of the 16-bit separation.
* Improved Shader Model 4 support.
* A ton of memory leak fixes.
* Improved debugging support for MinGW.
* A number of MSHTML fixes.
* Various bug fixes.
