Forgetting passwords isn’t generally a good idea. It does happen, though, and if it happens to your MySQL server, this is the process you need to follow in order to recover it.
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First impressions of Vista and Ubuntu
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Last week I was on a business trip to the USA and decided it was finally time for to buy a new notebook computer. Here in Japan it’s difficult to get machines with a US keyboard.
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Losing My Religion: Firefox 3
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Forgive me, Linux Community, for I have sinned. It has been forever since my last confession and I am prepared for my penance. The truth is that I have never particularly cared for the Firefox browser--not because there is anything wrong with it but just because I already have a favorite browser.
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Linux Communications Suite Enters Beta
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Unison is offering a unified communications suite of e-mail, messaging and VoIP as an alternative to Exchange and Outlook.
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Wine on Solaris
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If you use Solaris or Solaris Express, you may want to also use Wine to install Windows programs. There are few ways, but I will write about my favorite - one that uses SFE repository, which enables you to use other fantastic open source programs not packaged for Solaris yet.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow Of Chernobyl with PlayOnLinux
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If you ever wanted to play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow Of Chernobyl on your Linux box it's now possible thanks to PlayOnLinux and Wine 0.9.54
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Adobe AIR on Linux with Wine
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Adobe hasn't officially ported Adobe AIR to Linux yet, but Ubuntu Unleashed figured out that you can install AIR using the WINE windows emulation layer for Linux. Installation isn't exactly painless, and when all is said and done, there are a bunch of AIR applications that won't run. But some will.
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Creating a shared home partition between Linux and Mac OS X
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Dual-booting operating systems can be very convenient, but with it brings the troubles of trying to keep data synchronized between the operating systems. Sure, in most cases Linux can read/write to partitions, but something even more convenient than that is a partition that both operating systems use for userdata. This guide overviews the procedure on how to set this up between Mac OS X and Linux.
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HowTo: Lightning Speed Big Claws
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Who gets tired of Thunderbird and Evolution mail client software? How about, "You've Got Claws Mail!"
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Free/Open-source Personal Information Managers
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A type of application software that functions as a personal organizer is called personal information manager (PIM).
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Watch the Ubuntu community in real time
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Here’s something useful to pass the idle hours with while you wait for your next particulary large download to complete: UbuntuStats. The UbuntuStats site tracks Ubuntu development in real time by tracking forums, bug reports, security issues as well as Ubuntu news. Sections are updated as soon as they are changed without needing to reload the site.
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What is middleware? In plain English, please.
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I listened to a webcast from JBoss World today with a group of people. After hearing several speakers announce new middleware products and initiatives (as JBoss is the leading force in open source middleware), one of them turned to me and asked, “Just what is middleware?” When I started to describe transaction servers and database connection pool sharing, she held up a hand and said, “No. I want to know what it is in real world terms, and why it’s a big deal.”
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Pie Dock : The Next Gen Dock..
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Piedock is a task bar and application launcher in shape of a pie menu of icons.PieDock feels a little bit like the famous OS X dock but in shape of a pie menu which appears directly around your mouse cursor.
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Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11
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The GNOME Foundation announced the release of version 2.22 on Wednesday, an update that offers enhanced multimedia support, new file system, and enhanced e-mail, internationalization and accessibility features. GNOME is used in many popular Linux distributions from Ubuntu, Novell, Red Hat, Mandriva and Debian.
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Photoblogging with Pixelpost
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Services like Flickr and Picasa seems like an obvious way to share your photos with the world. But if you are the do-it-yourself type and prefer to share your photos from the convenience of your own server, give Pixelpost a try.
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