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An Introduction to Giganews' & Golden Frog's VyprVPN!
VyprVPN provides a similar service between your Ubuntu or Linux Mint personal computer, Android mobile device, or TomatoUSB (RAF) router, and any one of their VyprVPN servers located around the world (Los Angeles, Washington, DC, London, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong). After the connection between your device or network and the VyprVPN server is established, your traffic is first routed through the VPN and then over the World Wide Web (as it normally would were it connected without VyprVPN).
Wrap Up - Desktop Summit 2011 Berlin
A big "Thank You!" to all the sponsors, Technologiestiftung Berlin (TSB; in English, Technology Foundation of Berlin), Humboldt University of Berlin, and nearly 800 attendees who gathered from around the world to make a successful Desktop Summit 2011!
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HOWTO: Create a Debian Meta Package
The following is a short tutorial on how to create a Debian meta package. Just as a brief background for those that do not know what a meta package is - a meta package is a Debian package that simply tells the package manager to download a whole bunch of other packages. Meta packages are useful for allowing for the quick installation of an entire group of packages.
Dream Studio 11.04 Official Release
As Dream Studio (a multimedia linux distribution) approaches 5000 users, version 11.04 is released today. This is the third official release of Dream Studio
Mozilla WebAPI: champion of open source freedom
Google? Not so much – but who cares?
Open...and Shut As a group, open-source developers tend to be a freedom-loving bunch. If only their fans were the same. Even as open source has become a mainstream way to build software, many of its biggest beneficiaries opt to contribute little to nothing back.…
Mandriva 2011 installation and disk partitioning guide
Mandriva 2011, the latest edition of the popular Linux distribution, is just three days from being officially released, but the daily builds are already available for download. This article, based on a last-freeze daily build, presents an installation and disk partitioning guide for those who are new to Linux and will be installing it for the first time.
There is also useful information for seasoned users, too.
There is also useful information for seasoned users, too.
Linus Ditches KDE and Gnome (so what?)
Having made an earlier defection from KDE to Gnome, Linus Torvalds has now rejected both in favor of Xfce. It’s only natural that the actions of the creator of the Linux kernel would attract extra scrutiny, and I think that his decision is reflective of a wider disenchantment amongst long-term Linux users.
Arch Linux moves up to Linux 3.0
The Arch Linux team has released the first new all-in-one update for its minimalist, rolling-release Linux distribution in 15 months. The Arch Linux 2011.08.19 installation features support for Linux 3.0 and the syslinux bootloader, and offers experimental Btrfs and NILFS2 file-systems, and more flexible source-file selection, says the team....
As Steve Jobs Steps Down, Linux Turns 20: Which Changed the World More?
Yesterday, Steve Jobs officially stepped down as CEO of Apple. Today, the Linux kernel turns 20. That makes it as good a time as any to look back and assess – which has shaped computing, and the world, more? Linus Torvalds' "hobby OS," or Steve Jobs?
A Windows user’s guide to Linux
Don’t know your DEB from your RPM? We offer a short guide to Linux for the Windows user.
5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 8/26/11
This we look at the stupidest C bug ever, 5 tips for slashing IT costs and a cartoon on programmer training budget-cutting run amok.
Linux a threat to Microsoft? No way!
Recently, Microsoft made a minor change in their list of competitors by quietly discounting Linux as a major threat to their empire. It wasn’t a conspicuous change though, as only about 2 or 3 million users out of the 20 million Linux users managed to notice it. Out of those 2 million, only a few hundred users who weren’t in such a good mood that day managed to give a damn about it. What’s more, some Linuxians felt quite happy about Microsoft finally acknowledging the fact that Linux was never a threat; a powerful kick up the backside maybe, but threat? No way!
ephcom-2.0.1 has been released
The ephcom-2.0.1 software package that gives users convenient access to the JPL ephemerides has been released under the LGPL.
Arch Linux supports Linux 3.0
Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux distro that tries to Keep It Simple. The current installation 2011.08.19 features support for Linux 3.
Changing Desktop Appearance On Linux Mint 11
This tutorial is supposed to show how to change the desktop's appearance to people who are new to Linux. For this tutorial I am using Linux Mint 11 with the Gnome desktop. This is the default desktop you have installed on your system. If you have not configured it otherwise already, everything should work for you.
Five Things the Enlightenment Desktop Does Best
Fair warning, I am a huge fan of the Enlightenment desktop. The following items in this post are things I believe the Enlightenment desktop (and it's developers) are doing better than some of the other open source desktops...
Ubuntu 11.10's Default Wallpaper
Today's updates for the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system added a new default wallpaper to the existing ones.
How Open Source is Android After all?
Google, the maker and manager of the Android platform, has claimed that Android is the world’s best open source software system. How true are these claims? A report based on a recent study by market research firm VisionMobile about several popular open source projects.
Ubuntu eyes ARM servers
In the constant battle for performance and lower power consumption some OS makers are preparing for ARM-based server clusters
Top 10 Announcements to Expect from HP CEO Leo Apotheker
This move was so brazenly weird that we decided we’re going to hear even more wild and crazy announcements from HP in the near future, so we put our brains into overtime figuring out what we might expect. Here it is, the top 10 announcements to expect from HP CEO Leo Apotheker..
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