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Posting bellow describes building Xen Unstable Dom0 with 2.6.29-tip pvops enabled kernel on top Ubuntu Intrepid Server (64-bit) with VNC setup for remote access via Gnome Desktop to Dom0. Fedora 10,CentOS 5.2, Solaris Nevada (b106), opensolaris 2008.11 PV DomUs have been successfully tested to run VNC sessions initiated via gnome terminals running at remote Dom0 desktop.

This week we interview Leslie Hawthorn, Google’s Open Source program manager. Leslie discusses the history of Google Summer of Code, what participants get out of the program, and more importantly, whether or not she uses Ubuntu.

Here is my 3rd installment of the 9.0.4 Beta ScreenShots. My first ScreenShot was Kubuntu and then my 2nd one was Xubuntu. Finally I get to Ubuntu, the reason for Ubuntu being last of the ScreenShots is that it took for ever to download. So with out further ado, please enjoy the ScreenShots below....

Ubuntu 9.0 is the upcoming version of the Ubuntu operating system. The common name given to this release from the time of its early development was “Jaunty Jackalope”. Note: This is still a beta release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released in 23rd April 2009. If you want to upgrade anyway then follow these instructions.

I think this script may finally be good to go :)

Another month and another edition of Full Circle Magazine, the magazine published by and for Ubuntu Linux fans. Issue 23 includes all the usual features including a guide to troubleshooting in Command and Conquer, part 7 of programming in C and part 4 of Web development. The MOTU interview this month is with Steve Stalcup, and the top five list is a collection of the best task managers.

The chattr (change attributes) command allows you to view and change the attributes of the ext2 and ext3 filesystems, such as setting the immutable bit, synchronous writes, and append-only. Juliet Kemp shows us how.

What was Richard Stallman's greatest achievement? Some might say it's Emacs, one of the most powerful and adaptable pieces of software ever written. Others might plump for gcc, an indispensable tool used by probably millions of hackers to write yet more free software. And then there is the entire GNU project, astonishing in its ambition to create a Unix-like operating system from scratch. But for me, his single most important hack was the creation of the GNU General Public Licence.

The venerable DVD is a removable media format that was conceived over 15 years ago. However, it still remains today the ideal format for many uses, although blu-ray is starting to make significant inroads in the field of multimedia playback.

As an administrator the major interest that you will have with the web interface is the ability to recognize and respond to problems. The quickest access to all of the recognized problems is the “Service Problems” page. This page provides a summary of all problems related to services that Nagios detects.

Mike Dailey tries to convince us that moving to Linux is an all-or-nothing proposal. That's plain ridiculous. An undertaking of that scale is a gigantic project, which no CIO will endorse. What you can do is introduce FOSS technology in the enterprise, step by step. Once it has proven itself you may take the next step.

This tutorial shows how to prepare an OpenSUSE 11.1 server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.

While I agree that there are applications for KDE 4.2 which still lack several important features (like for example the equalizer and ability to go to the previous/next song using the tag editor in Amarok), I must say that it also improved very much since the last time I have a looked at it. It is definitely faster, the desktop looks nicer, it does not seem a beta environment any more.

An electronic spy network, based mainly in China, has infiltrated computers from government offices around the world, Canadian researchers say. They said the network had infiltrated 1,295 computers in 103 countries. They included computers belonging to foreign ministries and embassies and those linked with the Dalai Lama - Tibet's spiritual leader.

[An entire article about computers and hacking and not one single mention of what OS they were running? Interesting.. - Scott]

When it comes to gaming, the most popular platform isn’t the Nintendo Wii, but Flash, the interactive browser plugin that now boasts 99 percent market penetration on nearly a billion PCs. (Flash game advertising network Mochi Media currently counts 100 million players across its system alone.) That huge audience has led to a lot of games, but most of them are rudimentary at best, the product of amateur enthusiasts working with limited resources. That’s why I was excited to hear about PushButton, a Flash game engine from a team of seasoned game developers that’s free, open source, and associated with an innovative revenue model that should help spur its adoption.

Flourish is U. of Illinois Chicago's free annual conference dedicated to Linux and open-source software, April 3-4. Speaker topics this year include Android, IP law, Solaris, kernel hacking, and more.

I decided to finally check out OpenSolaris 2008.11. While this release came out back in November of 2008 (hence the 2008.11 naming convention), it has taken me this long to finally give it a chance. Maybe it is because I am still somewhat skeptical with the whole OpenSolaris Project and still do not know what to make of it…yet.

Due to Twitters immense popularity, there are far more desktop clients available for it than for identi.ca, especially for Linux. However, this time Linux has it all covered, from simple methods to “ident” your message (still looking for an equivalent to “tweet”) to full-fledged desktop clients, which bring all the functionality of the website to the desktop.

Get a Netbook and some service from your favorite phone company, ISP or bookstore.

Nixstaller is conceived as an installation kit for Unix systems and conducts dependency tests and supports UTF-8.