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Technology has changed dramatically in the last decade. OpenSSH is one the best project. It allows you to control remote Linux / UNIX server using command line or GUI tools. Do you miss GUI configuration server management tools such as Debian network-admin or Redhat/Cent os system-config-* tools/utilities while administrating a Linux server? Do you want to run GUI admin tools on a remote Linux server and get display on local desktop or laptop X server system? This quick howto demonstrate the power of X11 forwarding using OpenSSH.

Complete step by step installation instructions (with screenshots) for Debian 4 (codename Etch)

<img src='graphics/robert_sussman.jpg' align=right width=40 height=50>One of the main challenges behind the increase in adoption of Voice over IP technology in the corporate market lies in the quality of the call.

[Not specifically Linux-related, but might be of interest to some of our readers - dcparris]

The Linux Foundation welcomes Nokia, Marvell and VirtualLogix as new members

Lighttpd is a webserver for Linux and other Unix-like systems, that is rapidly gaining popularity on high volume websites such as Youtube and Sourceforge, due to its small memory footprint and high performance design. This tutorial explains how to install and configure Lighttpd and provides a guide to some of its more commonly used modules.

Linux nut Bob Moore, marketer, race nut, and apparently fairly swell guy. Is trying to pull together the funds to sponsor a Linux Indy Car in this year’s Indianapolis 500, (if you’re not aware, it’s a small get-together of 260,000 of your closest friends to watch 33 people turn left and go really fast for 500 miles (804.672 kilometers )).

Now the geeks can have a full-featured Linux OS booted from a USB stick or thumb drive. Linux distributor Mandriva's Flash 4GB provides Mandriva Linux 2007 KDE 32-bit, which needs no installation - being ready to boot off the USB 2.0 stick. Plug in the stick, turn on the PC, and Mandriva Linux is ready to use in a few seconds.

Palm, best known for Treo smartphones powered by Palm OS and Windows Mobile, is likely to ship Linux phones this year, confirmed CEO Ed Collagan today at Palm's "Analyst and Investor Day." Palm's Linux platform will add reliability, performance, and stability to Palm's smartphones, Collagan said.

Almost all new Linux wanna be guru (read as users who want to switch to Linux) asks a question:

I want to switch to Linux completely from Windows XP SP2. Which Linux version will be best - Redhat, SuSE, or other? I use my PC for:
Browsing Internet
Watching DVD / MP3
Writing CD/DVD
I’m also willing to spend a small amount of money if required to purchase Linux version.

Short answer is none. I can’t suggest *distro* name.

In November, Techalign released its Pioneer Linux distribution, based on Kubuntu, and available in several paid versions and one free version. I tested the recent Pioneer Linux Basic Release 2 (R2), which is based on Kubuntu Edgy 6.10. Apart from a few minor cosmetic changes and some additional applications, Pioneer isn't very different from a stock Kubuntu.

Bulking up its Celtix enterprise service bus, Iona Technologies has acquired LogicBlaze, a nine-person open source firm that developed some complementary technology, for an undisclosed sum.

It happened April 1, according to this portion of the Ubuntu forums. I've given Fluxbuntu middling marks in the past, but I see why the Linux community needs it. To have the lightness of Damn Small Linux (albeit without the ease of use) along with the repositories, support and sheer numbers of Ubuntu would be a very powerful thing indeed.

Announcement of the release of ZFS on FUSE/Linux 0.4.0 beta 1. Even though this is a beta release, it should be more stable than your typical beta filesystem. The main problems in this release are (lack of) performance and high memory usage with some load patterns

The findings are summarized from an IMS Research market research report entitled "The Impacts of Cellular Linux." The study found that Linux can help some companies bring products to market faster, at lower cost, while other companies experience delays and cost overruns.

Acclaimed software freedom activist Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS) will discuss “Copyright VS. Community” in Marlboro College’s Ragle Hall on Thursday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. Stallman is a political and software warrior. He campaigns for the free software movement which advocates that users should not have to pay to run, copy, distribute and adapt software.

LXer Feature: 11-Apr-2007

Linux marketing project hopes to raise money in 40 days to sponsor an Indy 500 race car.

The process of building a new Slackware box for my wife's use; a new Slackware 11 system.

The Linux desktop architects behind the Portland Project, which seeks to bring rhyme and reason to the Linux desktop (among other benefits), will be meeting again June 15-16 at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif.

Every once in awhile, I check Amazon to see what books are upcoming in various categories (using the "publication date" option), and just such a search has uncovered what looks to be the first Damn Small Linux book, "The Official Damn Small Linux Book: The Tiny Adaptable Linux That Runs on Anything," by Robert Singledecker, John Andrews and Christopher Negus -- and set for release in July.

Use the PA technology's Time Base register to measure time at the nanosecond level in Linux on PowerPC and Cell BE microprocessors. Applications where this is useful include timestamping transactions (typically encrypted or digitally signed single-use messages), profiling code, and implementing small, precise software delays.

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