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Maintaining an ACL (access control list) can be very daunting, for one. Especially when you have to maintain the same ACL on multiple servers. You can push out a customized file for the servers and be done with it. But, how do you even populate that list? While the source for these IPs is not the de-facto, it provides a good amount to use.

COO talks up Metro's much-loved consistent UI Microsoft has given its strongest hint yet that Windows 8 on ARM (WoA) will run on a new generation of Kindle-style e-readers.…

4PSA has announced its participation at the largest event of the hosting and Internet industry, WHD.Global 2012.

Mozilla's initial attempt to help enable an open web without the patent-encumbered H.264 video codecs has failed. In my opinion, this is a sad day for the open web and a terrible precedent for Mozilla to set.

The cloud computing strategies at Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM have a common thread. It’s called OpenStack — the open source cloud platform. The VAR Guy therefore asks an obvious question: Is OpenStack a path forward for hardware partners that are seeking to develop public and private cloud services strategies? Here's the analysis.

iptables is the user-space tool for configuring firewall rules in the Linux kernel. It is actually a part of the larger netfilter framework. Perhaps because iptables is the most visible part of the netfilter framework, the framework is commonly referred to collectively as iptables. iptables has been the Linux firewall solution since the 2.4 kernel. more>>

The CyanogenMod team made news last week when they announced that future versions of their venerable Android build would no longer include root-level access by default, a massive departure from essentially every other custom Android ROM. Some have questioned the move, claiming that removing root undermines the very idea of running a custom ROM.

Recently I showed off some Intel DRM benchmarks from the Linux 3.3 kernel along with what will be in the Linux 3.4 kernel via drm-next. These results indicated some performance improvements on the side of Intel Sandy Bridge hardware, but how do the new kernel and Linux 3.4 impact the discrete Radeon graphics? Here's some benchmarks covering that side of the graphics table.

Mark Shuttleworth’s eagerness to declare victory over RHEL notwithstanding, it’s clear that Ubuntu still has a lot of growing to do in the server room. But it came one step closer to becoming a leader on that front recently with the introduction of official Ubuntu cloud images to Amazon’s EC2 interface. Here are the details, and what they say about where Ubuntu may be headed in the cloud.

HP updates its open source roadmap for webos.

WebGL is an amazing technology that allows hardware accelerated 3D animations and effects in browsers without any need of 3rd party plugins. Firefox has enabled WebGL for most of the modern graphic cards. However if you have an older graphic card, WebGL may be disabled in Firefox as Mozilla devs have blacklisted older GPUs based on driver version numbers. This is good step which ensures more stability and less crashes. However, your graphic card may be blacklisted even if it supports WebGL.

After seven release candidates, Linus Torvalds proudly announced a few hours ago, March 18th, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.3, which now includes code from the Android project.

First the engine of the minibus died, and then the lights. In the sudden darkness, Frank’s light-bedazzled eyes could see nothing, leaving him temporarily immobilized. He heard the door to the VW open and close quietly. And then, a quiet voice from a shadowy figure by his side.

This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on CentOS 6.2 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

After seven release candidates, the Linux 3.3 kernel has been declared stable. The major update to the kernel is the inclusion of Android support, however there are plenty of other new features...

I was really impressed by the system. The only issues, which I noticed in my test, were minor ones - the absence of English translation to one of screen elements, and non-standard icons for some applications. They are not that important, are they?

The level of the distribution produced by ALT Linux team is impressive.

One of the common issues facing Ubuntu users after installing or upgrading Ubuntu is the nosound problem, there are many reason for this issue, sometime is related to a volume setting configuration, misconfiguration or can be that you have a new hardware that is not supported. In this post will try to list some solutions to nosound issue on Ubuntu.

Linus Torvalds officially released the Linux 3.3 kernel on Sunday afternoon...

Motif, a leading global BPO and KPO services provider, organizes many philanthropic events throughout the year, such as the Motif Charity Walk, Blood Donation Drive and Christmas Celebrations for the underprivileged.

It turns out there's a rather serious issue for some systems when having Wayland support within GTK+ exposed, which may hinder the Wayland GTK+ availability in the near-term...