Building distro-specific packages is not one of the strengths of most developers. The KDE OBS Generator should solve this problem with the help of openSUSE Build Services.
Read more »KDE OBS Generator Builds KDE Packages for Various Distros
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GNOME Developer Kit Slimmed Down
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The GNOME Developer Kit is a Linux distro based on Foresight Linux. Its new release shows a somewhat reduced collection of software for GNOME developers.
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Unified network administration using eBox
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Linux is an excellent choice for a server operating system, no matter what the size of business. However, it is still not very easy to administrate. Recently many distributions have launched their own interface to configure these server components, but really failed at delivering an easy-to-use interface to configure it. eBox is trying to fix this particular issue.
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Mozilla borrows from WebKit to build fast new JS engine
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Mozilla's high-performance TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, which was first introduced in 2008, has lost a lot of its luster as competing browser vendors have stepped up their game to deliver superior performance. Firefox now lags behind Safari, Chrome, and Opera in common JavaScript benchmarks.
Read more »Linux-ready plug-in enables IPv6 traffic over IPv4 nets
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Access subsidiary IP Infusion announced a new Linux-ready "stateless tunneling" product that enables the coexistence of IPv4 and IPv6 networks. Based on the IETF's "6rd" (IPv6 rapid deployment) specifications, ZebOS Rapid Deployment forwards IPv6 traffic though existing IPv4 networks, enabling carriers to more easily transition to IPv6, says IP Infusion.
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Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And MySQL On Debian Lenny
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Vsftpd is one of the most secure and fastest FTP servers for Linux. Usually vsftpd is configured to work with system users. This document describes how to install a vsftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine.
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Mozilla announces first Jetpack SDK milestone
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The Mozilla Labs developers have announced the availability of the first milestone for the Jetpack SDK, which will "replace the Jetpack 0.8 prototype over the coming months"
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Haiku OS Hopes For New 3D Stack
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Haiku OS, the nine year old project to develop an open-source BeOS-compatible operating system, is hoping it will receive a new OpenGL stack this year. The Haiku project, like X.Org, will be participating in this year's Google Summer of Code project where the search engine giant pays many student developers to work on code for various open-source projects.
Read more »Giggle - A graphical frontend for the git content tracker
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Giggle is a graphical frontend for the git content tracker (think of gitk on GTK+).
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StrongVPN on Ubuntu: Simple VPN Solution That Works
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Ask any knowledgeable mobile user, and she will tell you that the best way to securely access the Internet in public places is through a VPN (virtual private network) connection.
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Quick and Dirty Backups with rsync
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We've all seen countless articles, blog and forum posts explaining how to back up a server with rsync and other tools. While I've cringed when people talked about using non-scalable methods, there actually is a place for quick and dirty backup mechanisms.
Read more »Best Linux Distro for Web Server
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Best Linux Distro for Web Server: If you are planning to build a web hosting company or simply host your own website at home, then it is best to use Linux as your operating system. Linux servers have been known to be extremely reliable and rarely crashes so there's less downtime.
Read more »Multiple Apache Web Server Flaws Patched
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The Apache HTTP Web Server is the most widely deployed Web server on the Internet today, which means that vulnerabilities in the open source server can have a devastating impact. That also makes security updates like the new 2.2.15 release critical, since it addresses several security vulnerabilities in Apache's flagship HTTP Web server.
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Open Source CouchDB Heads to the Cloud
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SQL-based relational database management systems (RDBMS) are beginning to be challenged by a new movement of NoSQL databases. Among those NoSQL databases is the open source CouchDB...
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Wine 1.1.40 Released
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The Wine development release 1.1.40 is now available. What's new in this release...
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