This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 12.3 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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Linux Foundation Training Prepares the International Space Station for GNU/Linux Migration
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It’s hard to get tech support 400 kilometers away from the Earth, which is why Keith Chuvala of United Space Alliance, a NASA contractor deeply involved in Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) operations, decided to migrate to GNU/Linux. "we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable – one that would give us in-house control."
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LibreOffice migration guide
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So that’s where a migration guide becomes necessary. LibreOffice migration guide, published by The Document Foundation, helps organizations understand why they need to migrate, how to begin the migration process, and steps to take during the process.
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GNOME 3.8 Released - See What's New [Video, Screenshots]
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GNOME 3.8 has been released today, the new version bringing many new features and enhancements, including a new application view and overhauled window layout for GNOME Shell, new setting panels for privacy, search and notifications and of course, many updates to the core GNOME apps like Web (Epiphany), Boxes, Documents and more.
Let's take a look at what's new!
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Pass – A perfect shell based password manager
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Pass is a tool to store and manage passwords and other data securely and on command line – even with built in support for Git and remote Git repositories. Thus it is a welcomed alternative for existing password managers which often require a GUI, or do not provide repository support.
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Wayland fork Northwood initiator banned from Wayland mailling list
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Scott Moreau, the developer of the Wayland fork Northwood has been banned from the Wayland developers e-mail list .
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Cairo-Dock 3.2 release! [Screenshots]
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Cairo-Dock is a pretty, fast and customizable desktop interface. You can see it as a good alternative/addition to Unity, Gnome-Shell, Xfce-panel, KDE-panel, etc
After 6 months of hard work, a new version of Cairo-Dock is available.
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Yorba is crowdfunding development on Geary
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The Yorba Foundation wants to raise money for the development of its Geary email client and has started a crowdfunding campaign as part of that effort.
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Using Multiple PHP Versions (PHP-FPM & FastCGI) With ISPConfig 3 (Ubuntu 12.10)
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Since ISPConfig 3.0.5, it is possible to use multiple PHP versions on one server and select the optimal PHP version for a website. This feature works with PHP-FPM (starting with PHP 5.3) and FastCGI (all PHP 5.x versions). This tutorial shows how to build PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4 as a PHP-FPM and a FastCGI version on an Ubuntu 12.10 server.
Read more »4 gui applications for installing Linux from USB key
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With this article, four of the best graphical applications that Windows users may use to transfer most actively-developed Linux distributions to a USB key, and, therefore, use it to install the Linux distribution to a computer that does not have an optical drive are presented.
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Howto: Sort spam mails to the junk folder in Zarafa
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Groupware setups like Zarafa often leave the spam scanning to external tools – but still has to sort the tagged mails. This article shows two ways of sorting and filtering tagged spam mails in Zarafa.
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Nokia lines up patents against VP8 video codec
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Google's VP8 video codec, which the company has offered as royalty-free and unencumbered, could be heading for rougher terrain: Nokia has informed the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) that 64 of its existing patents and 22 patent applications could potentially be infringed by VP8.
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Weak keys in NetBSD
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A serious random number generator issue has been found in the free NetBSD Unix derivative that recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.
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Dual-boot Windows 7 and Kali Linux
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The objective here is to show how to install it on an HDD alongside an existing installation of Windows 7, with the Windows 7 boot manager as the “master” boot loader.
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Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL, SquirrelMail (CentOS 6.3)
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This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier, so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota.
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