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Source: Linux Today

PostfixMail: "In order to evaluate the load on your box you can run smtp-source and combine that with snapshots of top to evaluate the load on the server."


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Debian Admin: "VMware Inc. released an OpenSource version of their VMware-Tools, called open-vm-tools. While they’re quite easy to install on Gentoo (emerge open-vm-tools), it’s not that easy having them installed on a Debian Etch (4.0) if you want to go the proper way."


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HowtoForge: " but nothing worked in my Kubuntu environment for whatever reason Therefore, facing all these 'downers' I set out to find another method using the code that did work in my system."


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HowtoForge: "This guide explains how you can install the Google Android SDK 1.0 on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With this stable release of the Android SDK, you can now develop applications for Android smartphones (like T-Mobile's G1) and offer them on the Android Market."


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HowtoForge: "This guide shows how to install it on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop."


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Tech Treasures: "The last time we went through economic free-fall, it involved companies like Enron and WorldCom and Sarbanes Oxley, which called for strict SEC oversight of company accounting policies, was passed and gave rise to a whole new market for content management vendors."


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Source: Linux Today

Ubuntu Geek: "Gufw is an easy, intuitive, way to manage your Linux firewall. It supports common tasks such as allowing or blocking pre-configured, common p2p, or individual ports port(s), and many others!"


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LinuxPlanet: " being an untrusting soul as all wise network administrators are, I can use tcpdump to verify that encryption is working. Here is what a plain unencrypted POP mail session looks like. This is an abbreviated example showing only the initial three-way TCP handshake. You can do this yourself by firing up tcpdump, then checking mail. Ctrl+C stops it:"


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DeviceGuru: "A new version of MEPIS Linux, one of my favorite KDE-based distributions, is nearing final release. Roughly a year after the arrival of version 7.0, distribution founder and maintainer Warren Woodford has just released MEPIS 8.0 beta 2, based on a Debian Lenny core."


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WorkswithU: "Instead of concluding that Ubuntu is great on the desktop but not so good on a server, or vice-versa, businesses are using it in both environments."


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IT Business: "Under Linux, installing new applications isn't a particularly hard task, but installations do come in several different varieties, so it's worth understanding the differences and what you'll need to know to make them work."


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Datamation: "A uniform computing experience: is it really all that much to ask for?"


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Linux.com: "Last week marked the release of GNOME 2.24. Those who already use GNOME will appreciate the new additions, but there's nothing compelling enough in the new version to convince fans of other desktop environments to make a switch."


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CNet News: "The House of Representatives on Sunday cleared the intellectual property enforcement bill that would create an "IP coordinator" position in the White House."


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Linux Loop: "A recent Free Software Magazine article lays out the case for open-source and free software in web applications. I agree with the arguments, but I also want to add another one that I feel is important."


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LWN: "As part of our commitment to help support all of our Atheros devices
under Linux we'd like to announce the release of our Atheros HAL for
our 802.11abg chipsets under the ISC license."


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Deeplinks Blog: "Walmart's been selling DRM-free music since February, but anyone who bought music before that date will not be able to transfer those songs to "unauthorized computers," or access the songs after changing operating systems."


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Cyber Cynic: "That, as Kroah-Hartman pointed out, means Canonical "did 00.10068% of all of the kernel development for the past 3 years." In other words: almost nothing."


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Frederic Crozat blog: "We have just just released Mandriva Linux 2009 RC2 (with GNOME 2.24 final version, among new features ;), as well as reduce boot time on a lot of systems.

I thought it would be interesting to explain the various things we tried to save some seconds when booting, since it is a hot topic these days, with impressive results from various people"


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OpenOffice.org Ninja: "OpenOffice.org comes in several editions produced by different groups. Each edition has its own features, performance improvements, bug fixes, and new bugs. Go-oo in particular boasts performance as a feature with its the slogan, "Better, Faster, Freer," but is there truth in advertising? Let's pit four OpenOffice.org editions against each other in a scientific speed smackdown."


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The Linux Distillery: "That ubiquitous Linux! It's on your computer, your mobile phone, your handheld GPS. What's more, it's also in movies, cartoons, comics and books around you too! Here are my top 5 Linux references as found in popular culture."


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Linux and Open Source: "The last two presidential elections proved that our system of voting is either broken or corrupt."


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Techradar: "Given the number of Linux distros out there, how did we pick just 14? Some were obvious "


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Tech Broiler: "Sex? Excitement? Cool? We are talking about digital convergence devices, not a week on tour in Amsterdam with Gene Simmons and his roadie crew."


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Linux Links: "This article selects quality software that help individuals keep track of stock market movements, analyse the markets, and identify stock worth buying.
In this article, we also feature the best personal finance software available for Linux, as well as covering the corporate end of the market with accounting software and business solutions."


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Free Software Magazine: "If the software we are using is not run on the computer on our desk/lap/hand what does the licence matter? For some time now I've been reading predictions where the browser will be the computer. Does this future have space for free software?"


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The VAR Guy: "Does the old closed-source model of bug chasing and alpha, beta and gold product development releases still work?"


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JBCobb: "In this story I will share a simple process for creating instructional videos on a fairly common Ubuntu-ish desktop. They needed to be easily played on a variety of platforms and the creation process itself should require little research or new skills to accomplish."


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Standards Blog: "The principles would also mean that IBM would push for more global participation in standard setting, work for rules reform to avoid undue influence by vendors, push for ensuring that open standards will be set under policies that will ensure that they can be implemented in open source software, and regularize and optimize IPR policies themselves."


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The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "The first joke is a fake chain letter which combines some of the finest elements of the Internet's most memorable legend and/or chain emails. If it doesn't make you laugh, it will scare you to death."



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Open Source presents an incredible opportunity for educators: the ability to take students "under the hood" of complex systems and massive codebases without NDAs. But it also presents its share of challenges: constant change, collaboration across timezones, project politics, complex licensing compatibility



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Source: developerWorks : Web development : Technical library

Project Zero provides an environment for the rapid development of interactive Web applications based on popular Web technologies such as PHP.
This exercise demonstrates how easy it is to get started with Project Zero, from
installing the development tools to constructing an Ajax Web 2.0 sample using
PHP as the back-end scripting language. Exporting an application is covered on the way,
together with examples of extending a Web 2.0 application.


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Source: developerWorks : Web development : Technical library

Using Non-Blocking I/O (NIO) improves server performance drastically because of its
efficient use of system resources (threads). The gain in performance is noticeable in Asynchronous
JavaScript + XML (Ajax)
applications with long polling mechanisms. It also lets you control system-resource usage on a
server under pressure. This article explains how to optimize your server for
performance during the handling of both Ajax and regular requests.


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Source: developerWorks : Web development : Technical library

One of the best sources for geographical information for users and
developers is a shining example of the power of open data. GeoNames is a database, Web service, and destination site for all things geographical. It has a rich, RESTful API and offers Semantic Web features using Linking Open Data conventions. Learn how to use GeoNames, as a user and as a developer.



Updated: Tue Sep 30 23:55:01 2008


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