Most folk know if they want a secure gateway between the Internet and their home or business they should use Linux for maximum protection. The new IPFire distribution seeks to take security to the highest level.
Read more »Kubuntu’s biggest problem: Network Management
While networking isn’t sexy and doesn’t get the press that windows button movement does, it absolutely has to work out of the box.
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Celtx, A Review
We are several days into Script Frenzy, a thirty day challenge to write a script, either a movie, play, television or graphic magazine. The challenge is similar to the fall exercise known as National Novel Writing Month where you have to write a novel. But where NaNo is about word count, Script Frenzy is about page count. But this is not the only difference.
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Parted Magic 4.10 released
Version 4.10 of Parted Magic, the multi-platform partitioning tool, is now available and includes several new programs, such as the BusyBox tool collection and the UNetbootin utility for creating LiveUSB systems
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How to use Autotrash to totally forget about the trash
The trash (or “Recycle bin”) is a sane concept of our operating systems. A file sent to the trash can be recovered if the user realizes the file was still needed after all. Now, the problem is: when should you empty the trash?
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Today's Guide to Linux Virtualization
There's no question about whether to deploy virtualization; the real question is what virtualization solutions to look at and what workloads to virtualize. We'll help cut through the complexity and help set the options straight.
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How To Use Photoshop Plugins On Linux
On Linux, the Gimp has its own collection of plugins and scripts, but to satisfy the folks who look down upon Linux and Gimp, I will present not one but two ways to do the work of Photoshop plugins in Linux.
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The 20 Best Firefox Extensions
There are thousands of add-ons available for Firefox, so a truly comprehensive list is nearly impossible. However, we sifted through some of the best to come up with a list of 20 killer Firefox extensions that we're willing to call "the best."
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Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Debian Lenny
This guide explains how to set up mod_chroot with Apache2 on a Debian Lenny system. With mod_chroot, you can run Apache2 in a secure chroot environment and make your server less vulnerable to break-in attempts that try to exploit vulnerabilities in Apache2 or your installed web applications.
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Why iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad Owners Should Use Linux
For a long time, using an iPhone with Linux was a complete no go. With a jailbroken phone, you could mount it over a wireless connection using fuse, and then sync music your music that way – but syncing an entire music collection via wifi? No thanks.
Read more »How to Convert FLV (YouTube/Flash Videos) to MPEG in Linux
How to Convert FLV (YouTube/Flash Videos) to MPEG in Linux: Not long ago, we've shown you how to download YouTube videos from the Linux terminal, and then shared with you an easy way to download and convert YouTube videos to MP4. Today, we will be showing you a very simple way to convert .flv (YouTube/Flash videos) to .mpg via the Linux terminal.
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Linux backup made easy
There are a lot of backup tools out there. From the overly simple to the overly complex. Many of those backup tools go unnoticed and unused. Some of them get recognized as the outstanding projects they are. One of those tools is Luckybackup.
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Gammu - Cellular manager for various mobile phones/modems
Gammu (formerly known as MyGnokii2) is a cellular manager for various mobile phones/modems. It supports a wide variety of devices over cables, infrared, or BlueTooth.
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Fedora 13 beta released with goodies
The popular Linux distribution, Fedora 13, has been released to its final beta and is chock full of features for enterprise use. Code-named Goddard, the beta version was released on Tuesday with the final version slated for May 18.
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Ubuntu's New Web Office Integration
Take for instance a low powered, possibly mobile/embedded system with limited processing power and memory. A cloud based service for these devices could allow resource intensive tasks to be offloaded to an online server somewhere, greatly improving the UX
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