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No thanks, Google--we've got Ubuntu
Insight perspective If there is one problem the open source community has suffered repeatedly over the past two decades, it's fragmentation. Google is about to make it worse.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Google Inc., Web Browser, Ubuntu, Linux Community, Mark Shuttleworth, Linux Distribution, Linux
French military body to install Linux cluster
News An agency of the French Ministry of Defence is planning to install a high-performance Linux cluster for technical and scientific work.
Tags: Linux, Open source
Linux CEO lashes out at Ballmer
News After seeing Windows wedge its way into a Linux deal with Nigeria, Mandriva's chief criticizes Microsoft's tactics.
Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows
Fedora Core 10: How does it compare?
Techguide After using a single distribution for many years, it can be hard to give something new a try. Vincent Danen puts Fedore Core 10 through its paces.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Fedora Project, Security, GNOME, Fedora Core 2, HP Media Center, Ubuntu, FC10, FC10 Installation
DropBox seamlessly syncs files between systems
Techguide DropBox is an open source file synchronization service that works for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows clients.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, Authentication, Fedora Project, File, GNOME, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux
Use Dovecot for POP3/IMAP services
Techguide Traditionally, if you wanted to set up POP3 or IMAP services on your Linux system, you would use Courier-IMAP, uw-imap, or cyrus-imapd. Another lesser-known but increasingly popular IMAP/POP3 server is Dovecot.
Tags: Open source, Networking, Authentication, POP3, SSL, private key, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux, SSL certificate, Dovecot
Using pam_mount to automount filesystems at login
Techguide Pam_mount can take a password entered at login and use it to mount an encrypted filesystem. It can also mount non-encrypted filesystems.
Tags: Linux, Infrastructure/architecture management, Configuration File, Authentication, File System, On-demand, Password, Mandriva, Network File System, Vincent Danen
Searching with Gnome Do
Techguide GNOME Do, an application-launching utility is similar to Mac’s Launchbar and features a number of plugins that boost its usability and efficiency.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Google Inc., Hotkey, Plug-in, GNOME, desktop environment, Mandriva, GNOME Do, Environment
Expanding text with Snippits
Techguide Find out the basics on Snippits, a Linux-based text-expanding tool similar to Typinator or TextExpander for Mac.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Ruby, Gem, Hotkey, GNOME, Tool, Apple Macintosh, Debian, Mandriva
Try command-line looping for added efficiency
Techguide Using loops, you can take often-used commands that would normally be executed in sequence manually, and have them done automatically. Find out what you need to know about getting started with loops.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Software engineering/development, Command, Security, Loop, Mandriva, Vincent Danen, CLI, Programming
Do more with Apache
Techguide The apachectl command allows you a great deal of control over Apache processes, and can be used to debug or test configurations.
Tags: Open source, Web servers, Apache Software Foundation, Directive, Mandriva, Vincent Danen, Apache Web server, Server, server software, Canada
Monitorix makes server-monitoring easy
Techguide While it's important to get a remote view of your servers with tools like Nagios, it's not always easy to get a full "local" view of things like CPU load and network service demand. Monitorix can fill in the gaps of your monitoring needs.
Tags: Open source, Server platforms, Diagnostics and monitoring, SSH, network device, Telnet, RPM Package, Monitorix RPM, Server, monitoring
Microsoft told Nigeria to dump Linux for Windows
News Mandriva CEO claims 17,000 Linux desktop machines delivered to Nigeria are to have their operating systems replaced by Windows at the eleventh hour.
Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows
Improve MySQL performance with MySQL Tuner
Techguide Here's a look at the basics of the MySQL Tuner tool, which analyzes your configuration and suggests changes that will boost the performance of your MySQL installation.
Tags: Open source, Web services, Databases, Innobase InnoDB, Database, RAM, performance, Perl, 32-bit, disk
10 obscure Linux apps to try
Techguide With thousands of Linux tools out there, some of the very best ones might get lost in the crowd. Here are some, more admins should know about.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Business applications, File, Tea, Tool, Video, Floola, Giver, Transmission
