The list of 86 recorded bugfixes include improvements in the Kate editor and Kontact email and groupware client, resulting from recent coding sprints the respective teams had. KDE's development platform has received a number of updates which affect multiple applications.
Read more »KDE Software Compilation 4.9.3 Released
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Why is Windows 8 on SSD invisible to Ubuntu 12.10′s installer?
The board has a UEFI firmware. The process was the same. Install Windows 8 Pro first, then attempt to install Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop alongside it.
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Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix/Courier/MySQL/SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 12.10)
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.
Read more »Dual-boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 on UEFI hardware
What follows is a step-by-step guide on how I succeeded in dual-booting Windows 8 Pro and Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop on a computer with UEFI firmware on the motherboard, using 64-bit installation images of both operating systems.
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ZShaolin keeps getting better. Now has vim, nmap, git, rsync, and ssh
Remember ZShaolin? Yep, it’s that Android ninja tool that gives you zsh and a whole bunch of command-line applications on your Android device, minus the need to root it.
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Ubuntu 12.10 installation and disk partitioning guide
Two features that have been standard in the installation programs of other distributions finally got implemented. (One of them, is only partially implemented, but half a loaf is better than none.)
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Running Question2Answer On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 12.10
This tutorial shows how you can install and run a Question2Answer web site on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 12.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.
Read more »How to customize Pear Linux 6
As much as I like Pear Linux, especially this latest release, it falls short in a few key areas. This article tells you what those area are, and how to customize your copy of Pear Linux 6 to make it just work better.
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Ubuntu PC Sales Skyrocketed in 2011
In a presentation to attendees of the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit it was revealed that: In 2 years Ubuntu has been pre-installed on $7.5 billion worth of hardware; Canonical is working with leading OEMs in Taiwan; Ubuntu will account for roughly 9% of all global PC shipments by 2014.
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How to uninstall the overlay-scrollbar in Pear Linux 6 and Ubuntu 12.10
I am, of course, referring to the overlay or Ayatana scrollbar. It is one of those “innovation” that nobody that I know want on their desktops, but which Mark Shuttleworth keeps trying to push. According to the project’s official page on Launchpad.net, the overlay scrollbar:
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RMS: Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them
Patents threaten every software developer, and the patent wars we have long feared have broken out. Software developers and software users – which in our society, is most people – need software to be free of patents.
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Troubleshooting Mail on Nagios XI
Email management and troubleshooting can be a challenge as there are so many options and configuration choices that can get twisted.
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Pear Linux 6 review
Pear Linux 6 is based on Ubuntu 12.04, and features many new and cool features. In fact, the version of Pear Shell that comes with Pear Linux 6 is a near-complete overhaul of the edition in Pear Linux 5. And by my assessment, it is probably the best GNOME Shell adaptation available. It is most definitely better than the stock GNOME Shell.
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Presidential Election TLWIR Special – Which Man Would Be Better for Free Software?
Most geeks that I have met tend to not hold a great deal of interest in politics. We generally would prefer to spend our time solving technical problems than debating presidential politics. However, if we compare the two men fighting to be the commander-in-chief of the United States for the next four years, one has a clear advantage from a Free Software perspective.
Read more »Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On Ubuntu 12.10
This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 12.10 server with PHP5 (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites.
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