Linux Mint finally accelerates into a clear lead while Ubuntu slips to a distant fourth in the latest rankings.
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The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 12.1 (GNOME)
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This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 12.1 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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Using OwnCloud and PageKite could get you in trouble with Verizon
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These days, everybody is talking about cloud computing, and many people use it in one form or the other. But popular cloud computing services are provided by a third party, which means that you store you data on a server somewhere, so that you can access it any time, from anywhere. But there are cloud applications that any person can use to host their own private cloud, from their home.
Read more »Mulitnational Seeks To Hijack "Koha" NZ Trademark; Original Developers Asking for Help
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Now we have the ridiculous situation that they will deny the very people who originally developed Koha the right to use that name. (Link to history of dispute at end of article)
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The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.1 x86_64 With Apache2 [ISPConfig 3]
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This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 12.1 64bit (x86_64) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable) with PHP, CGI and SSI support, Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH, TLS and virtual mail users, BIND DNS server, Pureftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, Mailman, etc.
Read more »Haraka Mail Server: Spamassassin Plugin
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The Haraka mail server is able to use common plugins like Spamassassin to enhance the features that it provides. Using Spamassassin with Haraka is easy to do and reduces the normal resources used by a mail server.
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Testing Integers
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The builtin command test can be used to evaluate integers using relational operators.
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How to : Reduce package size in Ubuntu by installing only required components
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Generally whenever you install any package in Ubuntu , by default it installs all the components . This post is about reducing the no of components , in other words you can say unnecessary components which in turn increases the size of the package . To illustrate , lets take of example of XBMC media player installation.
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Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 11.10
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This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an Ubuntu 11.10 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g.
Read more »Top 6 Linux and BSD graphical installation programs
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New users tend to flock to distributions with easy to use installation programs, that is, to distributions with graphical installers. Some people will probably disagree with that statement, but most users feel more at home with a point-and-click interface, than with a terminal (console) program.
Read more »The Linux Week In Review 25
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In The Linux Week in Review 25, I will reveal my thoughts, both good and bad, about Apple’s extremely popular tablet. I will also reveal how the GNU/Linux community could create a hardware/software ecosystem that could dethrone the Ipad.
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Kubuntu 11.10 review
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Kubuntu 11.10 is the latest stable release of the desktop Linux distribution sponsored by Canonical Ltd., a Linux software provider based in London, UK. It is based on Ubuntu, but uses KDE, the K Desktop Environment.
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There are perhaps hundreds of KDE Linux distributions available, and like an active volcano, more are “erupting” at a rate that is tough to keep pace with. While more choices are a good thing, and distro-hopping is a fact of life in the free software operating system community, sometimes, it is desirable to find one or two distributions that you like and hop off the distro-hopping train.
Read more »Top 6 List of Most Popular Prohibited Activities in the Workplace among IT Staff
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BalaBit IT Security surveyed IT professionals and found that in spite of the fact that 74% of them have already misused the company’s IT system, and could have lost his/her job, if a video recording could have proven wrongdoing, 92% of the surveyed would not object to being observed by an activity monitoring tool.
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Enabling Compiz On A Fedora 16 GNOME Classic Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce 8100)
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This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz on a Fedora 16 GNOME classic desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8100 here). With Compiz you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop. I will use the free nouveau driver in this tutorial instead of the proprietary NVIDIA driver.
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