There's a lot of buzz about the soon to be released Eee PC X101H — the $199 Netbook from ASUS running MeeGo in place of Windows 7. But just what is MeeGo? MeeGo is a Linux-based open source Operating System optimized for the next generation of PC users. MeeGo is all about staying connected.
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Guest account and user management on Mandriva 2011
Creating and managing user accounts are very basic tasks that you would need to perform on any operating system. If you are new to Linux and to Mandriva, this article provides information on how to add a user account and enable the built-in guest account on Mandriva 2011, the soon-to-be released desktop edition of the popular Linux distribution.
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It’s Not About the Software
A few days ago, I had an epiphany. I, like many of my readers, have spent a good portion of my life advocating for libre software. There has always been a particular glow to the idealistic concept of information flowing through society, and to the possibility of adaptation to a particular context.
Read more »Virtualization With KVM On A CentOS 6.0 Server
This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on a CentOS 6.0 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g.
Read more »Mandriva Linux 2011 Officially Released
Mandriva proudly announced last evening, August 28th, the immediate availability for download of the final and stable release of the highly anticipated Mandriva Linux 2011 operating system. Dubbed Hydrogen, Mandriva Linux 2011 brings a completely new design (new icons, new launcher, new wallpaper, etc), it is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.38 and built on top of KDE Software Compilation 4.6.5.
Read more »How to customize Mandriva 2011
Mandriva 2011, the latest desktop edition of the popular Linux distribution, was released yesterday. If you have just installed it, you would have noticed, if you mouseover the update manager icon, this message: “No medium found.
Read more »The Perfect Server - CentOS 6.0 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]
This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 6.0 server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. In the end you should have a system that works reliably and where ISPConfig runs out of the box.
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Getting started with Twisted
Tutorial about network programming in Python using the Twisted framework.
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Double Commander 0.5, Released (Dual Panel File Manager)
Double Commander is a very interesting cross-platform file manager inspired by Total Commander (it even supports Total Commander plugins). It uses two panels side by side and comes with a huge feature list
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SCO vs Linux: it's over
By losing the copyright to Unix, SCO also loses the basis for its action against IBM and against Linux users and distributors.
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Running WordPress On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.04
This tutorial shows how you can install and run a WordPress blog on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.04 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). In addition to that I will also show you how you can use the WordPress plugins WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache with nginx.
Read more »Mandriva Desktop 2011 review
Mandriva 2011, code name Hydrogen, is the latest desktop edition of the popular Linux distribution. Released August 28, 2011, it marks a new direction in the development of Mandriva desktop distribution. Where there used to be three versions of previous editions, the Release Notes say that only two versions are available for download.
Read more »Oddly enough, I miss the Linux desktop
Despite my recent positive article over a week ago about using the Macbook Pro, I have started to miss running a Linux desktop.
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Building Xen 4.1.2-rc(X) for Ubuntu 11.10
In meantime 4.1.2-rc1 is tagged. I will start with short description preparing package to upload to Launchpad, presuming that you have PGP signature, regardless there is ready 4.1.2-rc1 to install from my PPA "Build Xen 4.1.2-rc1 for Ubuntu 11.10"
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How to Change the Port on tomcat
The default port for tomcat is 8080 because developers are assuming you may have a apache server set up on port 80. There are two issues with changing the port to 80.
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