Back in 2005, I wrote a story for InternetNews.com where I wrote that I expected PHP 6 to be out in 2006. Here we are three years later and guess what? No PHP 6. What happened? Is it ever going to come out?
Read more »Novell's Blog Wheels Out Tired Criticisms of Open Source
In response to the news this week that the city of Los Angeles is going Googlefied with a $7.25 million, five-year deal to adopt Gmail, Google Calendar and other applications, Novell's blog has an interesting rebuttal. Of course, the reason for the city's switch to Google's corner of the cloud is to save money that it would otherwise spend on expensive software licenses, and it will save.
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Ten clicks to install Ubuntu 9.04
To install Ubuntu 9.04 no more than 10 clicks is necessary,... it's not much.
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How to make your own splashimage for GRUB2 on ubuntu 9.10
This how to help you to add your own grub splash image(image in the boot menu).
1. Open any picture in GIMP
2. Resize canvas size to 640x480 ( If you are an expert you can add higher resolutions)
3. Now Save as .png or .tga format (in some versions jpg also works)
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Top 20 Linux Server Hardening Security Tips
Securing your Linux server is important to protect your data, intellectual property, and time, from the hands of crackers and hackers. The system administrator is responsible for security Linux box. In this first part of a Linux server security series, I will provide 20 hardening tips for default installation of Linux system.
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The Failures of Vista 7 Lead to Increased Exploration of GNU/Linux
Vista 7 slammed or at least criticised in the press; GNU/Linux offered and also tested as a substitute already
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Citibank Doesn't Want Your Business, Linux User
For some reason, Citibank won't let customers using Linux computers log in to their online accounts. Adam argues that in 2009 this doesn't make sense, especially when no other major corporate website blocks him like this.
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Familiar Villains: Apple and Blackboard Attack Linux/Free Software Again
Apple kicks Palm's Linux-powered phones out of iTunes and Blackboard spreads FUD about Free software counterparts
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DRI2 Sync + Swap Extensions Near Reality
When running a modern Linux graphics driver stack in a composited environment there is a lot less tearing -- particularly with regard to video playback, but OpenGL applications too -- now than there was in the past, but there is still room for improvement.
Read more »Make Linux faster and lighter
With just a few tweaks, your Linux box can be lighter, sprightlier and quicker than ever before. Read on for the best ways to speed up your boot sequence, optimise KDE and Gnome, and get better performance from your favourite apps. We've also got some top tips from our favourite free software gurus...
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What's new in Ubuntu 9.10
While recent Ubuntu releases have been more about careful enhancement and distribution maintenance, the current version 9.10 offers a new look as well as a whole range of new technical features – the developers have restructured the distribution's standard filesystem, boot system and hardware maintenance, and they have introduced new software.
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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 327, 2 November 2009
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu.... the talk of the Internet has been revolving around all the new *buntu flavours since version 9.10 finally started showing up on download servers last Thursday. But while the choice is always good, the number of variants can be confusing, especially for those who are new to the world of Linux.
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Mandriva Linux 2010 background contest winners
Here are the results of the contest Mandriva launched one month ago. This contest was a big success. We received 842 photos. We had to pick 10 photos, choice was really hard. Here are below the 10 winners.
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Mplayer Frontends (gnome-mplayer,Smplayer)
We have already discussed how to install mplayer,mutimedia codecs and firefox plugin in ubuntu 9.10 this tutorial we will see two nice frontends for mplayer
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The new Ubuntu Software Center
Well, Karmic Koala is now officially Ubuntu 9.10 and is on the streets. I have installed the release and am as pleased as I expected I would be. One aspect of 9.10 that I was most interested in was the new Ubuntu Software Center. I have always been a big fan of apt-get and Synaptic, so I was curious as to how Ubuntu could possibly improve on either of these tools.
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Read contents from Free Software Magazine
Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanFrom the very start, directories have served a very useful purpose on the Internet. (One I find useful for example is Free Web Directory). News sites can also be considered directories: they index and categorize news stories! What about categorizing software? In the open source world you get Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat; there are still, believe it or not, shareware and freeware directories like FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and Freeware Downloads (although you need to be careful, as they are not like their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselAbout Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software?, it's clear that the topic of software directories is very hot. Most of what you find on Google, however, are not pointing to free and open soruce software -- or worse, they mix the two. Examples of such sites are Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download, which simply don't focus on "free as in freedom", and still can be used as good free software directories.




