FTP communication is not secure, all communication is plain text and can be easily captured. Despite this serious weakness, few do anything to secure it.
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Install Docky And Update Gnome Shell From A PPA [Ubuntu Karmic]
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You may have heard that the "Docky" part of Gnome Do, which makes Gnome Do behave like a dock menu is about to be separated from Do. Using this Launchpad PPA, you'll be able to install the new Docky and also update your Ubuntu Karmic Koala Gnome Shell to a more recent version.
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Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Performance
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There is just one week left until Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" will be released, but is it worth the upgrade if you are running a netbook? From our testing of the development releases, it is most certainly worth the upgrade, especially when compared to Ubuntu 9.04 with its buggy Intel driver stack that caused many problems for Atom netbook users.
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Windows 7 v Ubuntu 9.10: an illustrated guide
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We've compiled a brief illustrated guide, comparing key business features as implemented in Windows 7 and the latest version of the world's favourite Linux distro — Ubuntu 9.10, otherwise known as Karmic Koala.
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Build Your Own City In Real-Time Strategy Game Unknown Horizons
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Unknown Horizons is a FREE and open-source, real-time 2D strategy game for Windows and Linux. The game emphasis on economy and city building:
Expand your small settlement to a strong and wealthy colony, collect taxes and supply your inhabitants with valuable goods. Increase your power with a well balanced economy and with strategic trade and diplomacy.
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Linux releases will go toe to toe with Windows 7
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WHILE WINDOWS 7 was stealing all the limelight yesterday Canonical made available the Release Candidate (RC) of its latest Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 9.10.
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Ubuntu’s Encrypted Home Directory: A Canonical Approach to Data Privacy
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How can users protect themselves from the loss of important data when a computer goes missing? Well, the latest release of Ubuntu makes this not only possible, but frighteningly easy!
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Canonical Takes on Win 7 With Ubuntu 9.10 RC
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Canonical on Thursday made available the Release Candidate of its latest Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 9.10, on the same day Microsoft launched the long-awaited Windows 7.
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Getting Ready For Karmic Koala - Which one should you use?
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The final release of Karmic Koala comes out in a week. Of all the variants of Karmic Koala coming out, Ubuntu is undoubtably the most well know with the largest userbase. In this article, we look at all the official variants of Karmic Koala (including Ubuntu) so that it may help the newbies to see what are the options available.
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MPD + Sonata = Powerful Audio Player For Linux (How To Set Everything Up)
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Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music. Through plugins and libraries it can play a variety of sound files while being controlled by its network protocol.
Sonata is a GTK+ music client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD).
Click the read more link for step-by-step setup instructions for both MPD and Sonata
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Eight Ubuntu 9.10 Questions for Mark Shuttleworth
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Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth on Oct. 26 is set to speak with the press about Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition and Server Edition. WorksWithU will be extra careful not to "hype" Ubuntu 9.10 over the next few days. Instead, we hope to ask Shuttleworth some timely questions about the new Ubuntu and Canonical's long-term business strategy. Here's a sampling of issues on our mind.
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IBM and Canonical team up against Windows 7
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IBM and Canonical, the commercial entity behind Ubuntu Linux, on Tuesday are launching a combined cloud and Linux desktop package designed for Netbooks and low-end PCs.
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Keeping Ubuntu CDs Available
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Due to the sheer growth of Ubuntu, we are making a few changes to ShipIt which we wanted to ensure we share with you. For the details, we’re going to turn the mic over to everyone’s favorite Canonical COO, Jane Silber:
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Ubuntu 9.10: Virtual FTP Users
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If you create user accounts on a server, and then allow people to log on to the ftp server under those accounts, there’s a chance that some hacker could find a way out of the chroot jail. That would allow him to access areas of the file system where he has no authorization, and possibly to plant Trojans or other malicious programs.
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PPA’s (Personal Package Archives) are a great way to automatically stay up-to-date with your favourite applications and packages. Below are my top ten recommendations for Ubuntu users.
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