Fedora Project
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Google taps student developers for OSS
News The search giant kicks off fifth year of its Summer of Code project, hoping to build on its successes in Singapore last year with more contributions this year.
Tags: Open source, Fedora Project, KDE, Google Inc., GNOME, Singapore, Developer, Environment, Linux desktop, Linux
10 reasons why Linux will oust Windows
Insight perspective Interest stirred up by impending launch of Windows 7 is too little and too late to halt inexorable rise of Linux, argues TechRepublic's Jack Wallen.
Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Open source, Exchange, Microsoft Corp., Fedora Project, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system
A look at Ubuntu Upstart
Techguide Ubuntu's Upstart system is an event-based replacement for SysV init that handles the starting of tasks and services during boot.
Tags: Linux, Networking, Fedora Project, Apple Mac OS X, Ubuntu, FC10, Service, Fedora Core, Grep, Vincent Danen
Fedora 11 to get link to Exchange
News Release 11 of Red Hat's Fedora project will include OpenChange, a technology designed to give any e-mail client native access to Microsoft Exchange.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Messaging, e-mail, Samba, Linux, Open source, Enterprise Linux
Fedora issues updates after hacker break-in
News The Red Hat-supported project has started issuing updates to its Linux distribution again, after a hiatus of several weeks caused by a network attack.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Open source, Linux, Fedora Project, Security, Red Hat Inc., Tool, operating system, Server, Linux Distribution
Red Hat, Fedora servers compromised
News Linux seller says Red Hat and Fedora servers were breached but customers are not affected.
Tags: Security, Servers, Linux, Open source, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., SSH, Server, network, leader
Report: Fedora development worth US$10.8B
News According the authors of a Linux Foundation report, Fedora would have cost billions of dollars to develop had it been done through proprietary, commercial means.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Software engineering/development, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Cell Phone, Linux Kernel, phone, Amazon.com Inc., Linux Distribution
Red Hat publishes Fedora 9 preview
News The open source software maker has released the penultimate version of its free Linux distribution ahead of the full release next month.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Virtualization, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Xen, Ubuntu, Hypervisor, Mozilla Firefox, processor
Configuring VoIP in Twinkle
Techguide If you need a reliable and capable SIP softphone for Linux, Vincent Danen suggests using the feature-rich Twinkle to configure its use.
Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, SIP, Phone, Fedora Project, Twinkle, laptop computer, authentication, VoIP, headset
Create an OpenVZ container
Techguide OpenVZ is an OS-level virtualization system that allows you to virtualize Linux-on-Linux, but it works on the principle of containers, not virtual machines. Here's how to create an OpenVZ container.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Virtualization, Gentoo, Fedora Project, CPU, Debian, Grep, DNS, Canada
Create your own yum repository
Techguide Learn how to create your own yum repository with the createrepo tool. One thing it allows you to do is distribute specialized packages within an organization.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Infrastructure/architecture management, Repository, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., client system, Tool, Yum, computer
Get a multi-item clipboard with Glipper
Techguide The productivity application allows users to store and re-use clipboard contents, and retains clipboard history across sessions.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Fedora Project, KDE, Hotkey, Item, GNOME, Tool, Apple Mac OS X, applet
Set up a dual-head display with Fedora
Techguide Vincent Danen found a few things that were different than he was used to in setting up a dual-head display with Fedora 10, and shares them in this article.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Open source, Linux, Fedora Project, Screen, Tool, Video, laptop screen, Vincent Danen, X
Encrypt filesystems with LVM
Techguide The Logical Volume Manager allows for easy partitioning in Linux and offers encryption by volumes, not just an entire partition.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Volume, File System, CentOS, Password, Vincent Danen, Canada
Converting Subversion repositories to Git
Techguide Cloning an existing Subversion repository is a great way to learn about it with "real" data. Vincent Danen shows how.
Tags: Open source, Repository, Fedora Project, Subversion, CVS Corp., SVN, Vincent Danen, Canada, Linux Distribution, Linux
