Many times I can read about how people look at Gentoo and its nature of always compiling each packet at installation. Often it’s believed that Gentoo is faster because the compilation can optimize for the processor being used. That may be true, but that is not what characterizes Gentoo.

ACLs and extended attributes for files are simple and easy to use in Linux, and can go a long way in securing files. Vincent Danen goes over some of the basic file protection enhancements provided by the Linux kernel.

As the weaker forms of wireless encryption fail, migrating to stronger encryption protocols becomes more urgent. Eric Geier shows how to configure Linux clients to use strong encryption to connect to wireless networks.

Most of the system administrators need to sync some of their local folder to remote folder. You can do this with a simple command line utility rsync. This will synchronizes files and directories from one location to another , securely by using delta encoding. It will synchronize files across the network
by transferring only data that has changed.

PostfixAdmin provides a way to manage your virtual accounts, multiple domains, using a web based interface. Once it is set up it is very easy to use. This install process is not easy to do as there are many commands and a lot of configuration that must be done without mistakes.

The project team announces that kits of Firebird 2.5.0 release candidate 1 are now available for all the supported main-line platforms . Please test it with your loads and report back to firebird-devel. Note, this is the first of two RC releases.

Quick, what were you doing on December 9, 1999? If you actually remember, then there's a good chance that you're an old-school Linux type. If you don't have any idea, then read on, and you'll discover what you missed.