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Consortium to push Debian to the fore

News The Linux Core Consortium may be sidelined as one of its core members focuses all its resources on a new consortium.

Wednesday, July 27 2005 09:42 AM

Tags: Operating systems, Linux

Simplify system backups with Partition Image

Insight Backing up and restoring partitions with the Linux operating system is a cinch with the Partition Image tool. Find out how to install and use this handy utility.

Thursday, October 31 2002 04:34 PM

The business of Linux in China

Insight As China faces a curb on Windows piracy, two execs discuss prospects for the open-source OS there.

Thursday, April 13 2006 05:31 PM

Tags: Linux, Open source

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.

Monday, January 19 2009 09:44 AM

Tags: Open source, Server platforms, Diagnostics and monitoring, SSH, network device, Telnet, RPM Package, Monitorix RPM, Server, monitoring

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.

Sunday, July 05 2009 11:07 PM

Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Infrastructure/architecture management, Repository, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., client system, Tool, Yum, computer

VMware Server 2.0 offers handy new upgrades

Techguide Among other features, you can now stagger virtual machine startup to avoid overloading the host CPU, and view the console of the virtual machine via a Web browser.

Thursday, February 19 2009 11:49 AM

Tags: Virtualization, Server platforms, Web services, Web Browser, Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, VMware Server, VMware Server 2

Install Microsoft core TrueType fonts in Mandriva Linux

Techguide The default fonts packaged with Linux are definitely passable; however, Microsoft has some freely available TrueType fonts that make Linux look even better.

Sunday, July 29 2007 02:00 PM

Tags: Open source, Linux server OS, Linux

Obtaining file information with RPM

Techguide Vincent Danen takes a closer look at the Red Hat Package manager, the most widely-used package manager on Linux systems.

Sunday, October 07 2007 09:59 PM

Tags: Linux, Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS, Operating systems

Simplify RPM administration on Linux with GRAB

Insight Tracking a Linux RPM installation database can be maddening. Any package that can simplify this process can be quite valuable, especially if you have a lot of RPM packages installed. See how to use GRAB to keep tabs on RPMs.

Friday, November 29 2002 09:46 AM

Monitor network traffic with ntop

Techguide Instead of monitoring system resource usage like top, ntop monitors network usage and provides some very sophisticated and informative data.

Monday, July 23 2007 07:26 AM

Tags: Open source, Linux