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Teach Your Toddler How to Use a Mouse and Computer on Ubuntu Linux with Open Source Games

These games are designed for toddlers (age 1 - 3), but if the child has no experience with a computer/mouse, these learning games are great for children above this age. All the games can go in full-screen mode and all of them have sounds. They only require the mouse to play the games, however, some of them have optional keyboard commands also...

How to Use N-able's N-central DirectConnect in Ubuntu Linux

Since N-able's N-central only officially supports Windows when using DirectConnect, many of you IT professionals that use Linux as your primary desktop may be disappointed. You can still log into N-central and have limited functionality using Linux, but you will not be able to use DirectConnect to remote control one of the agents. Thanks to the WINE project, by installing the Windows versions of Firefox and Java, you can actually use DirectConnect on Linux.

Top 10 Open-Source Web Hosting Control Panels for Linux or Windows With Demos & Screenshots

Below is a feature comparison chart for the 10 best open-source web hosting control panels of my choosing. My rankings are based on personal experience, usability, and features. There is also a brief description, screenshots, and link to a demo (if available) below. While there are many different types of open-source control panels, this article focuses primarily on control panels designed for web hosting. I hope this helps some of you with your decision of which control panel to use. If there are any other open-source or free web hosting control panels that you think are worth mentioning, leave a comment, and I will make sure to give it an honorable mention:

5 Best Open-Source Bible Study Programs for Linux and Windows

  • itswapshop (Posted by rwatson87 on Jun 13, 2012 11:00 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux
While there are many commercial Bible study programs available, there are also several very excellent free and open-source Bible study applications. They have many of the same features as their proprietary counterparts, yet they are available for free thanks to the many great open-source programmers. Below are 5 of the best open-source Bible study applications available. Click on each one for more info, screenshots, and installation instructions for Windows and Linux (Ubuntu and openSUSE).

How to Install 200+ Free and Open Source Games in One Command on Ubuntu

If you are looking for an easy way to install over 200 quality free and open source games in Ubuntu, this is it. I've taken the time to go through the Ubuntu Software Center and pick out some of the best games it has to offer. I tried to only include quality games (yes, I left out the glamorous xBill and Bugsx). I must warn, installing these games will download up to 8GB of data from the Ubuntu repositories and depending on your internet speed, could take over 4 hours to complete. For this reason, I recommend having a reliable internet connection before continuing. To install, run the following command for your release:

web-sorrow - An Easy-to-Use Remote Web Scanner for Misconfiguration, Version Detection, and Server Enumeration Written in Perl

Wsorrow.pl is a remote web scanner. It can scan for web server misconfiguration, version detection, enumeration, and server information. Written in perl, this script will run out-of-box on most Linux systems. While there are many other scripts and programs that perform similar scans, web-sorrow is versatile and useful enough to be included in your toolbox.

How to Create Beautiful Photomosaics in Linux Using Metapixel

Learn how to easily create beautiful and detailed photomosaics in Linux using the command line tool metapixel. With plenty of command line options, you can build a photomosaic precisely the way you want it. Installation instructions for Ubuntu and openSUSE are included, as well as a large image collection to build the photomosaic with. If you are more comfortable with a GUI, a link to one is also available.

Find subdomains by brute force using dnsmap 3.0 - How to compile and install on Linux

This tutorial shows you how to compile and install dnsmap 3.0 on Linux. Dnsmap is a tool that will find all the subdomains of a domain name by brute-forcing with a built-in word-list, or a provided one. An excellent utility for pentesters.

How to get your public external IP using the terminal

  • ITswapshop.com (Posted by rwatson87 on Jan 10, 2012 1:29 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux
If you are trying to find out what your public external IP address is, you typically go to a web site specifically for this purpose, such as ipchicken.com or whatsmyip.org. Thanks to cURL, you can easily do this from the command line too.

Top 3 IP Scanners for Linux

Find out what the top 3 IP scanners for Linux are and how to install and use them.