Linux-based business-critical servers have found a stable home in the data center and in infrastructure computing applications in organizations of all types. The low-hanging fruit has been harvested; most Linux servers have been installed to handle workloads that traditionally would have run Unix-based operating systems.
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The convenience of proprietary software (from a purchasing angle)
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One of the things that we open sourcerors need to figure out - or which the market needs to figure out - is the convenience of purchasing proprietary software. By this I don't mean any particular vendor's policies: I'm talking about the basic act of buying something that masquerades as property.
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It's time to retire "ready for the desktop"
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Quite a few reviews of new Linux releases these days try to determine if a distribution is "ready for the desktop." I myself have probably been guilty of using that phrase, but I think it's time we officially retire this criterion.
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Working on the Ubuntu PS3 Port
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I am relatively new to the Ubuntu PS3 Port team. I joined about a month before Hardy was released when I was told by Gouki that there really wasn’t any development happening on it because it was a community maintained port just like the PowerPC port now is too. I just felt I had to do something - Ubuntu on the PlayStation3 is just too compelling for me to sit back and watch it bit-rot!
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Justifying Snort
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There's a good chance that as a value-added reseller (VAR) or security service provider, you believe Snort and similar tools are valuable. However, there are plenty of technical folks that believe Snort is a waste of time. The goal of this Snort Report is to help you communicate the value of Snort to those customers whose IT departments are resistant to the open source tool.
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25 Coolest and Funniest Tux Wallpapers
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People just can't get enough of Tux, the world-renowned penguin mascot of Linux. I'm saying this because my collection of "30 Coolest and Funniest Tux Icons" has already received a mind-blowing number of hits in just a short period of time.
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 91
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 91 for the week May 11 - May 17, 2008. In this issue we cover: OpenSSL/OpenSSH vulnerability, FOSSCamp 2008 Prague, The Art of Release(Mark Shuttleworth), 5-a-day and Loco teams, Linux distro Smack Down(Podcast), Metalinks, what are those?, Ubuntu on Berlin metro system, Ubuntu featured in Vermist(Movie), and much, much more!
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FutureLooks - A "next-gen" Desktop Pack
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Over the past few months, the software and themes I used have enabled me to reach an absolutely fantastic looking desktop, using a combination of natural green wallpapers and themes which fit well together.
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Emacs Planner 3.42 released
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"I am pleased to announce the release of Planner version 3.42. The NEWS items for this release are available here..."
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Help the Perl 5 Wiki reach 1000 pages
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"The Official Perl 5 Wiki now has a total of 893 pages, and 284 pages wanted by other pages. That means that 1000 pages is well within reach - pick from the "most wanted" page or the "wishlist", or even better - add more content to the many short pages already there such as mod_perl, applications, etc. Other pages that would be cool to add would be ..."
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Speaking UNIX: Booting up
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Ever wonder what makes a computer tick or how a UNIX® server does what it does?
Read more »HTML5 conformance checking in Vim
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I'm not a VIM user, but this seems very impressive. Hope to have the same for Emacs soon...
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bzr 1.5 released
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"...This release of Bazaar includes several updates to the documentation, and fixes to prepare for making rich root support the default format. Many bugs have been squashed, including fixes to log, bzr+ssh inter-operation with older servers..."
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GNU Cgicc 3.2.6 released
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"Hello, I am happy to announce the next release of GNU Cgicc.[...] GNU cgicc is an ANSI C++ compliant class library that greatly simplifies the creation of CGI applications for the World Wide Web. cgicc performs the following functions: ..."
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How To Manager Multiple Outbound Addresses In Evolution
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I was just setting up Evolution again and went through the steps of setting up my personal account and my Ubuntu account. I’ve heard some people run into problems doing this considering the Ubuntu account, on the incoming side, is bound to your default address in Launchpad, but you still need to send mail out. Here is how I did it.
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