Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning, or WebDAV, WebDAV is a protocol that allows for convenient mounting of a remote server on your desktop for easy file access. Once setup, using it is as simple as any other drag and drop navigation on your desktop. In this how to we will show you how to install webDAV on ubuntu 9.04
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MonoTouch 1.0 goes live
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Almost a year ago when we released Mono 2.0 for OSX, I asked the readers of this blog to fill a survey to help us understand where we should take Mono.
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20 Questions for Fake Linus Torvalds
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For the last month, four Fake Linuses have emerged, each one posting 140-character bursts of humor and insight to Twitter and indenti.ca, a free software alternative to Twitter that’s gained some traction among open-source devotees. The real Torvalds, who has remained suspiciously mum about the whole thing, but thankfully, we found his doppelganger to be just as audacious.
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Old Operating Systems Don’t Die…
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Now this is good tech news in its purest form: After eight years of development, a new operating system called Haiku has been released in alpha form. It’s an open-source reconstruction of BeOS, the mean, lean, multimedia-savvy OS which I really liked when I reviewed it for PC World, um, eleven years ago.
Read more »Mandriva Linux 2010 RC1 Available for Download and Testing
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Many bug fixes in Mandriva tools especially in network tools. Bugfixes in KDE 4.3 and GNOME 2.27.90, Linux kernel 2.6.31 final release, Amarok 2.2 Beta 2. This release also comes with new integration of Nepomuk semantic desktop in KDE. This experimental functionnality helps you add notes to all your files, add some annotations and labels.
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SCO Ordered to Reply to Novell's Petition for Rehearing
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The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals is taking Novell's Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing en Banc seriously. They have ordered SCO to file a respons within 14 days of the order. This is a significant order, in my view, and a major win for Novell. Here is the order...
Read more »Build it Yourself Linux Super-Workstation Part 2
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In part one of this series we looked at the basic building blocks needed to put together your very own high-end Linux workstation. This time Paul Ferrill finishes the actual hardware assembly, encounters Windows-required-for-BIOS-update follies, and starts to gaze towards putting some software on this beast.
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FTP In Linux Via Command-Line
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You can connect to a FTP server from linux through command line with ease.
Just open a terminal and type:
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KeePassX: Password Manager for Linux ( Ubuntu )
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KeePassX Password Safe is a free, open-source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.
Originally KeePassX was called KeePass/L for Linux since it was a port of Windows password manager Keepass Password Safe.
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Force application windows to start centered on the screen
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Make new application windows to start centered on the screen.
Just do this for that:
Press Alt+F2 and enter
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Interview with Alistair G. Crooks
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«Our fourth edition of the "discussions with a NetBSD developer" series is a very special one, as we had the chance to talk to Alistair G. Crooks, president of The NetBSD Foundation. Alistair gave us a historical point of view some of you might be unaware of, explaining "The NetBSD way" while telling us what is his analysis of NetBSD's status today and what he thinks about its future...»
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Use curl to Monitor Your Vonage Phone Bill
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If you're a Vonage user and you'd like to keep tabs on your bill as the month progresses, the script described here can help. The script uses curl to login to your Vonage account and download the web page with your current balance. The balance is then extracted using grep and sed.
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Virus writers are turning to open source
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When I first saw this article I thought virus writers were creating malware for open source OS. However it s more like a new business model to bring more functionalities in their trojan. Interestingly, it also give the opportunity for security experts to look at it.
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Version 4.2 of OSGi Java component technology available
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The OSGi Alliance has released version 4.2 of the OSGi (Open Service Gateway initiative) specification. OSGi is a Java component technology which serves as a basis for development environments like Eclipse. The OSGi components, called bundles, export code and services to others. They can be installed and exchanged individually at runtime.
Read more »Toward a long-term SUSE-based distribution
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A group of SUSE Linux users put plans in motion last week to create a free, community-managed server distribution that maintains compatibility with Novell's enterprise offerings, but guarantees the long-term-support not provided by openSUSE.
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