In most Linux systems, your default shell is the bash shell. To find out what your current login shell is, type the following command:
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cRAZY mAD wITH spam
I have totally gone off the deep end…Spam has made me so mad I have gone on a personal goal to cut the Spam on my servers to 0%…realistic, probably not. Die trying…yep that’s me.
Read more »When Microsoft Threatens Democracy
Microsoft signs secret deals in Europe and even concerned parliament members/representatives are unable to gain insight
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Calling org-remember from inside conkeror
"I use Carsten Dominik’s great emacs package org-mode for project planning, appointments and TODOs... One cool feature is that it integrates nicely with the remember package. So when an idea comes into my mind I need to remember for later, I hit M-x org-remember RET which presents me a buffer with a custom template, I type my note and hit C-c C-c.
Read more »Open source: The new patent regime
"Patents are short-term monopolies (20 years) designed to give inventors sufficient time in which to recoup their R&D costs and turn a profit. Open source turns the 20-year patent term into two years, if that. As a relentless, ever-growing competitor, open source keeps the proprietary world in check and on its toes to a degree that the industry has never before seen."
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Close gedit, kick nano to the curb, and master vi/vim
Vi and Vim are extremely powerful text editors that are guaranteed to be on almost every *nix system you log into. You don't always have the comfort of a GUI & nano can be cumbersome when doing large tasks. Vi/Vim are an absolute necessity to every Linux admin and a life saver, so why not sit down, spend some time, and get to know your new friend
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IceCat 3.0.4-g1 packages
"Hello, I uploaded the new IceCat version based on Firefox 3.0.4 here: http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/download/icecat-3.0.4-g1/ ..."
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Q&A: Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation
"In an exclusive interview with vnunet.com, Stallman discusses his views on free versus proprietary and open source software, social networking sites and privacy issues..."
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Tidy up your mailboxes with Archivemail
Over time, people tend to accumulate a large number of messages in various email accounts, most of which they never bother with again. The problem is particularly acute for administrator accounts that receive routine notifications of events that are viewed, if at all, no more than once.
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Update on restriction of internet freedom in Brazil
In August, we wrote about the Law Project from Senator Azeredo (PSDB) in Brazil that will restrict the freedom of internet users in Brazil.
A public, Congressional hearing about the current Brazilian data retention bill will happen on November 13th, 2008 after months of political pressure by the civil society, especially the Brazilian free software movement.
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Red Hat opens Dubai Office
Red Hat has announced the expansion of its international presence with the opening of an office in Dubai. The new office will provide support for its growing customer base in the Middle East and Africa and enable Red Hat to leverage experts with local knowledge to meet new business demands in the region.
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Basic Veritas Cluster Server Troubleshooting
Some quick steps to resolve a few basic issues with VCS faults
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Windows GUI vs. Linux Command Line Myths
I just again encountered a situation on XP that required a command-line fix and it highlights the ignorance of many fanboys about the reality of Windows system administration.
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New GNU releases October 2008
This is a compilation of the GNU software releases as announced during October 2008 on the mailing list http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu.
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Legal Hacks
It's totally a reasonable modern analogue. Jefferson would have been all about crypto.
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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.








