Every company needs to learn how to compete with free, from Gilette and the makers of Jello, to software giant Microsoft.
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Exploring Freebsd 7.2 - Part 2 - Security and Setup
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Welcome to part 2 of our series. In this part we'll explore first time setup and security for a machine running Freebsd 7.2 release, as well as upgrading to 7.2 stable, the newer, more secure version of the OS.
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7 of the Best Free Linux Revision Control Tools
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Version control systems play an essential role for developers. First up, they allow developers to safely store successive versions of source code. Besides providing a secure backup of the source code, this type of software lets developers revert back to a stable release if subsequent code changes have unforeseen consequences.
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Dropbox vs Ubuntu-One
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My request for using Ubuntu-One Beta was approved by Canonical, so I immediately made a small (& un-scientific) test. I put 13 files, totaling 23,4MB, first in Ubuntu-One and then in Dropbox.
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FOSS: First Generation is Costly
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There is so much new stuff being brought out right now, everything from Google Wave to some very interesting ubunet ubuntu karmic integrations. What is interesting is how costly the first iteration of any idea is, it seems that before an idea is really solid or cohesive you need to spend a lot of time just thinking about what your trying to achieve.
Read more »Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide: Call for contributors
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It's that time again when the summer months hit most of the world and some of us find ourselves lucky enough to find some spare time on their hands. Every year around this time, the Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide makes a call to all of our readers to contribute to the site in some way or another. You may be thinking, "How can I help?
Read more »My simple rsync backup scripts for Ubuntu 8.04 (also good for just about any Linux or BSD)
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I'm no coding guru. And I feel like having to write my own scripts to get stuff done in Unix/Linux is all too much like reinventing the wheel. Be that as it may, I hacked together these two short scripts to back up my /home files in Ubuntu 8.04 to an external USB drive. I put the scripts in /usr/local/bin and made them executable. I'm lazy enough that I used the Nautilus file manager to do this.
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Using IP And MAC Address Objects In Firewall Builder
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This article continues the series of articles on Fireall Builder, a graphical firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX).
Read more »Mandriva, it’s all about packaging
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I would suggest Mandriva to try to move all its technology to Debian-like packaging and make the system 99.9% percent compatible with Debian.
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Gran Canaria Desktop Summit Opens
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Today the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit has started, bringing KDE and Gnome developers together in the biggest conference of its type. It is situated on the beautiful Atlantic island of Gran Canaria and housed in the spectacular Albert Kraus Auditorium which dominates the skyline of Las Palmas, capital of Gran Canaria.
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How-To: Install FrostWire 4.18.0 in Debian Lenny
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FrostWire is an open-source, free Java-based peer-to-peer client with support for the BitTorrent protocol, skins and iTunes. The latest release, 4.18.0, contains many improvements, bug fixes and several changes. See the official announcement here.
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Python experiences, or: Why I like C++ more ;-)
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So I’ve been coding some Python lately, because this is the language of choice for the “Computational Physics” course I’m attending. As the name says, it is more about physical and numerical problems than about programming, and the instructors chose Python as it’s easy to get into.
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Distro Review: Fedora 11
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Today I thought I’d report back in detail on my experiences with Fedora 11, the community distribution release from perennial Linux giants Red Hat.
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Celebrating freedom with open source
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Happy Independence day to my US readers. This holiday is a celebration of the United States adoption of the Declaration of Independence which declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. I thought it would be a good day to remind everyone what open source is all about…
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VirtualBox 3 brings 3D graphics support
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Sun released VirtualBox 3 this week, the latest version of its open source x86 virtualization software. The new version introduces support for 3D graphics and SMP.
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