File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a popular and time-honored method of transferring files to and from a remote network site. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and uses separate control and data connections between the client and server applications. The FTP client connects to the FTP server, and enables the user to send and retrieves files from that server.
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Installing Ubuntu Linux on a Netbook
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Installing Ubuntu Linux on a Netbook: Do you want to install Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution on your netbook?
Read more »Security hole fixed in Firefox 3.6
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Version 3.6.2, which so far is only available as a beta, fixes a critical security hole in Firefox 3.6 for Windows that was discovered some time ago
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Install Winamp Clone , XMMS player in Ubuntu 9.10
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XMMS is a player which the new generation of Linux users have seem to forgotten. For the Linux users who are just adjusting with the new KDE/Gnome interface and still are not ready to leave their favourite player WINAMP, this is for you. XMMS is a very light song player which will open up in your first click and thus unlike the heavy players like Songbird
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VMware’s Parent Company Promotes Microsoft Exchange, So What About Zimbra?
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Tough situation for F/OSS companies that were devoured by the ex-Sofies who run VMware after EMC had intervened
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Tiny Core Linux 2.10 released
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Tiny Core lead developer Robert Shingledecker has announced the availability of version 2.10 of Tiny Core Linux. The latest update features several graphical changes and updates to Appbrowser
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RIP Palm: it's over, and here's why
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So what happened? Wasn't webOS the greatest thing since the original iPhone OS? Wasn't the Pre a great phone? How did Palm blow it so badly?
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Free software's second era: The rise and fall of MySQL
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If the first era of free software was about the creation of the fully-rounded GNU/Linux operating system, the second saw a generation of key enterprise applications being written to run on that foundation. Things got moving with the emergence and rapid adoption of the LAMP stack – a term coined in 1998 - a key part of which was (obviously) MySQL (the “M”).
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Freenode Fails.
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Those who use freenode regularly must've been around when for 2-3 days, we all faced massive netsplits due to javascript spam. Funnily enough, the solution for that problem was bloody easy. Dudes. WTF?
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rPath Joins Linux Foundation
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The Linux Foundation today announced that rPath is its newest member.
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OGMRip - Ripping and encoding DVDs into AVI/OGM files
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OGMRip is an application and a set of libraries for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI, OGM, MP4, or Matroska files using a wide variety of codecs. It relies on mplayer, mencoder, ogmtools, mkvtoolnix, mp4box, oggenc, lame, and faac to perform its tasks.
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Open source and the Morevna project
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Konstatin Dmitriev's Morevna Project is to 2-D animation what the Blender Foundation's Open movie projects have been for 3-D. The goal is to produce a production-quality, full-length animated feature, using only open source software, and license the source content and final product under free, re-use-friendly terms.
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Microsoft and Apple Still Intend to Use Software Patents Against GNU/Linux
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The latest developments which involve Apple's and Microsof's agenda, with patents that help marginalise Free software
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German goverment to users: Stop using Firefox!
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The German government has issued a stern warning to telling them not to use Firefox because the browser contains a critical security vulnerability.
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Would Linux Be Better Off Without the FSF?
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Suppose the FOSS community wanted to hire a group to serve as its public relations department -- would the Free Software Foundation be right for the job?
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