I have some shocking news: despite the astonishing growth of Linux, there is a whole new generation of Linux users who have never, ever compiled a kernel.
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Build your own server: Part 2
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The previous article about Ubuntu based file serving hit like a bomb. The main focus of that article was to spark interest and get the server up and running in no time, showing what the possibilities were.
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Fedora 8 Test 1
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Tomorrow sees the development freeze of the first test version of Fedora 8. Due to be released on August (Crikey we’re almost in August!!!) 2nd. Hopefully we’ll be able to see some of the features expected in the next release…
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Review: Ruby by Example
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Learning a new language cannot be complete without a few 'real world' examples. 'Hello world!'s and fibonacci sequences are always nice as an introduction to certain aspects of programming, but soon or later you crave something meatier to chew on.
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Intel Open-Sources Threading Building Blocks Software
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Intel is open-sourcing its Threading Building Blocks 2.0 software, a C++ template library that simplifies the development of software applications running in parallel.
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Why is my system unable to reboot after converting my ext3 partition to a diskdump partition. How can I fix this?
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When a partition that was previously an ext3 partition is converted to disk dump, with the following command:
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Installing Beryl On A CentOS 5.0 Desktop
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This tutorial shows how you can install and use Beryl on a CentOS 5.0 desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card). With Beryl, you can make your desktop use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube.
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Software manager in OpenSuse 10.3
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The software management for OpenSuse 10.3 is in heavy development. Compared to 10.2 zmd was dropped, leaving yast and zypper. Both work now basically.
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Linux Kernel 2.6.23 Gains Two New Virtualization Solutions
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It was back in December of last year that I talked about the virtualization solution called Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) being added into Linux kernel 2.6.20. The Linux 2.6.21 kernel then improved on the support for paravirtualization with the full featured addition of Virtual Machine Interface (VMI).
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RISC OS Open: One year on
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It occurred to me this week that RISC OS Open is one year old this month. I checked by searching back through the news archives. Yes, there it is: the first proper mention of ROOL popped up on July 9 2006. That was an exciting moment. Unexpected too. Castle had taken the brave decision to begin the release of the RISC OS source code.
Read more »GCC 4.2.1 Released
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GCC 4.2.1 is a bug-fix release, containing fixes for regressions in GCC 4.2.0 relative to previous GCC releases. This release is available from the FTP servers [links in original article]
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Linux kernel 2.6.23 becomes virtualization frameworks playground
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The dust has yet to settle from the recent announcements that Linux will switch it's process scheduler, but we're already bombarded with interesting news that the upcoming 2.6.23 kernel release will also feature no less than two new virtualization frameworks.
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Setting up slrn for Ubuntu Linux
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This page aims to facilitate the installation of the newsreader slrn amongst the users of Ubuntu Linux. I will be describing in some detail the setup and configuration of the newsreader while mostly leaving the actual use of the program untouched. Explore and learn!
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Managing disk space with LVM
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Now a days, when one installs Linux on ones machine, in more cases than one, there is a trend to create a logical volume and create the file system on this volume rather than creating the file system in individual partitions.
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openSUSE 10.3 Alpha 6 Report
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openSUSE 10.3 Alpha 6 appeared yesterday, the same day as the unveiling of the new openSUSE News portal. And that right after the big announcement that Andreas was handing over the reins of project manager to Coolo.
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