For a long time I relied on an external hard drive and Jungle Disk as my daily backup solution. This wasn't the most advanced backup setup, but it did the trick. Recently, however, I added a new device to my local network: a tiny Linux-based server with the silly name Bubba Two.
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Another Platform for KDE
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While the KDE community busied itself with preparations for the 4.3 release, KDE 4 continued to spread to new platforms with ReactOS.
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Kismet – An 802.11 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system
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Kismet is a 802.11b wireless network sniffer. It is capable of sniffing using almost any supported wireless card using the Airo, HostAP, Wlan-NG, and Orinoco (with a kernel patch) drivers.
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Ubuntu's Firefox May Gain JPEG 2000 Support
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JPEG 2000, the image file format that has been around for nearly a decade and offers better compression performance and greater flexibility in the code-stream that can allow for higher quality photographs compared to a traditional JPEG, may get a boost on the Linux desktop.
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Drupal gains ground down under
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Computerworld speaks with Drupal's lead developer and several Drupal shops about the open source CMS used in a growing number of organisations around the world, including the Prime Minister’s office.
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openSUSE Radios KDE
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The KDE vs. GNOME debate - which we sincerely hope we aren't sparking anew - is one of the great legacies of the Linux world. Everyone seems to have an opinion, whether it's passionate support for one coupled with vehement odium for the other, a more general sense of "This is what I started with," or a love of an entirely different, less mainstream desktop environment.
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Red Hat was the first major GNU/Linux company, which gave it a number of advantages, including the fact that it was able to sweep up many of the top kernel hackers to work for it...
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SCO's Chapter 11 Trustee Appointed and Approved
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Here he is: 08/25/2009 - 898 - Appointment of Chapter 11 Trustee (Notice of Appointment of Edward N. Cahn, Esquire) Filed by United States Trustee. (McMahon Jr., Joseph) (Entered: 08/25/2009)
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Why Windows security is awful
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Windows is now, always has been, and always will be insecure. Here's why.
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Python add-in for MonoDevelop
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I wrote a python add-in for MonoDevelop last year. Unfortunately, I have a hard time sticking to a single project and therefore it suffered a bit. However, we are getting ready for feature freeze for MonoDevelop 2.2 and so I kicked my ars in gear to fix a few things.
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SCO: 'Linux is a knock-off of our Unix'
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Is it just me, or does it sometimes seem that the principle role of the IT industry is to act as a job creation scheme for lawyers?
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KDE struggles with feature requests
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Sometimes developers have a prickly relationship with their users. Users may have unrealistic, or overly demanding, requests that can be difficult to respond to. The most vocal of these users are often unwilling to take "no"-or even "not yet"-for an answer. Some KDE developers are currently struggling with that problem, and trying to find ways to smooth the dialog between users and developers.
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Secure Remote Access with the Linux-based Untangle Gateway
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An SSL portal isn't as secure as a real VPN (virtual private network) such as OpenVPN, but it's easier to set up and is good for specific functions. The Untangle gateway makes setting up and managing an SSL-based Web portal fast and easy; Eric Geier shows how.
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Secure Virtualization Using SELinux (sVirt)
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What happens when a cracker breaks into a virtual machine and takes it over? What happens if there is a bug in the hypervisor?
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40 iPhone Applications for Web Freelancers, Bloggers, and Designers
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I know a lot of Linux freelancers have iPhones, so ere are the top 40 apps you cannot live without -- because we know not all apps were created equal, and the last thing you have time for is sorting through all the barely functioning ones.
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