When you are hanging out in your favorite forums or mailing lists, you might see a newbie asking for help and don’t know where to start. Before you ask them to RTFM, ask them to read this post to understand about RTFM.

Generally speaking the answer is a resounding “no”. I have gone nearly twelve years using Linux without defragging a drive and I’ve never noticed a slowdown on a system. But just because you don’t need to doesn’t mean you can’t.

Ultimate Edition 2.7 has been released with many updates and enhancements including access to KDE, Xfce, GNOME, LXDE, and Openbox desktop environments from the login screen.

With the 10.04 version of Ubuntu Linux, there is now a way to install Ubuntu Linux onto a Windows Computer without having to repartition the hard drive. This feature alone has the potential of increasing the Linux User Base dramatically. No longer do you have to worry about "messing up your system" or try to figure out how to get rid of the Grub Boot loader and delete Linux Partitions.

Once you start using SNMP with Nagios you will need to translate OIDs, Object Identifiers, so that you can monitor them correctly. This translation process is made easier with the use of online tools that can help you save a lot of time.

Fedora 13 is the latest update to the Redhat-sponsored, RPM-based Linux distribution. It has long held a reputation of being a testbed for features that will eventually make it into Redhat Enterprise Linux, and, therefore, less stable than other desktop-oriented distributions. Inspite of that, it is a very good distribution.

A Paranoid, or 5-star, security rating is the highest physical security rating that you can achieve on your computer. It entails enabling a set of OS-dependent and OS-independent features.

Take these steps to ensure that your data will be inaccessible to a third party if they gain unauthorized physical access to your computer.