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Public cloud, that is Canonical's Ubuntu Linux variant is popular out there on the public clouds of the world, but there is a serious mismatch between how support contracts are sold for bare-metal servers used inside corporate data centers and how virtual servers are deployed and used out there on the cloud. And Canonical wants to fix that and make a bit of money, too.…

Newly released Firewall Builder 5 adds several new features that make it easier than ever to manage large numbers of firewalls including those based on Linux iptables.

Now here's where some fun stuff starts! I hope many of you have followed my installing Backtrack 5 guide and read up on what ARP is as well as basic Linux commands so you can follow along easily; if not, go read those now!

I have done a lot of silly stuff in the past. For those of you who have read my articles, you are up to date with what I’m doing. For the rest of you: I’m trying to find the perfect distro for my level of knowledge. Ubuntu is too easy, Linux Mint Ubuntu waaay to easy, Arch is just a bit over my head, Gentoo is waaaay over my head. I’ve tried quite a few others as well: Slackware, CurnchBang, ArchBang, SliTaz, Bodhi but so far nothing has actually caught my interest enough.

By now i am sure you have all heard of Project Zomboid, the zombie survival game. It is a java based game with a public demo/alpha out which doesn't actually work under Linux (come on it's java!), so one faithful user on a mac fixed it up and it works for Linux now too!

One of the things open source advocates often pride themselves on is their software of choice being more secure than the closed source alternatives. I'm beginning to wonder if we shouldn't though...

In these days I’m testing an alternative web interface for Nagios : Thruk The First impression is definitely positive, and so I decided to share this information so more people can know and use this software.

Thruk is an independent multibackend monitoring webinterface which currently supports Nagios, Icinga and Shinken as backend using the MKLivestatus addon.

It is designed to be a “dropin” replacement. The target is to cover 100% of the original features plus additional enhancements for large installations.

Linux is generally considered as a geek’s operating system and I am completely agree with it. Linux is not only limited to work only. You can also enjoy a lot while working on it. There are many crazy commands which will bring a big smile on your face. Below we are going to discuss few out of them. 1. Oneko : This utility remembers me of the cat mouse game. Cat chases the mouse pointer regardless of its position. You have to download it from the repository by typing “sudo apt-get install oneko” (without quotes) in ubuntu .Then just launch it by typing oneko . You will see a

Content negotiation is the ability of a web server to deliver the document that best matches the browser's preferences/capabilities. For example, if a resource exists in multiple languages, the web server can choose which variant it serves based on the Accept-Language header delivered by the browser. This tutorial describes how to configure content negotiation in Apache2 to serve different languages based on browser preferences.

Mandriva, through Eugeni Dodonov, announced last evening, July 27th, the immediate availability for testing of the second and last Release Candidate version of the upcoming Mandriva Linux 2011 operating system.

Kongoni is based on Slackware. There are not many Slackware-based Live distros (SLAX, Porteus and Nimblex - those I know). That makes each new review in this area very interesting for me. Also Kongoni claims to contain only Free Software Foundation approved software.

You might have read or heard people talking about custom ROMs they have installed on their Android devices. Here’s how to do it quickly and safely…

The last of the pre-releases of Mandriva Desktop 2011, Mandriva Desktop 2011 RC 2, was made available for download yesterday, just one day behind schedule. It, of course, looks better, runs better, than the previous pre-release, which I previewed here. As the title suggests, this article is not a full review, but a screenshot tour of the major features of what will be Mandriva Desktop 2011, due for final release on August 28, 2011.

Pentaho, which develops open source business intelligence software, continues to polish and enhance its partner program. And the latest financial results look pretty darn strong. Here’s the update.

Rest of world gets to shout into fruit around Xmas The next version of Windows Phone, codenamed Mango, is with device manufacturers and looks like it will hit Japanese shelves in September, with the rest of the world having to wait a little longer.…Free Whitepaper: Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers

Can't make it to OSCON this year?  You can still catch keynotes, interviews and news via live streaming video.   Check back right here during the conference July 25-29, 2011 to enjoy some great content virtually. Keynotes are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9am Pacific.

Android Magazine is the world’s first monthly Android magazine and includes masses of Phone, Tablet and app reviews as well as essential tutorials for everyone from humble beginner to advanced hacker…

ITTIA has updated its lightweight, Linux-compatible SQL R-DBMS (relational database management system) with High Availability (HA) and replication features aimed at embedded applications. ITTIA DB SQL 4.1 has added support for two-phase commit, synchronous replication on commit, table snapshots, and distributed transactions, says the company....

Shells play an important role in Linux and Unix system. Everything that is happening on your distro is either because of the shell or the kernel. Moreover, a backend shell is initialized as soon as you made a login . There are lots of shells in the Unix and Linux system. Let’s try to know more about them : What is a shell ? Shell is the software installed on your system that works as command-line interpreter i.e. it takes the commands you type, interpret them and gives them to operating system (kernel) through system calls to execute. There are many different shells available to choose from in Linux.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: July 27, 2011) - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced that they are joining the Information Technology Certification Council's (ITCC: http://www.itcertcouncil.org/) "TechCertRegistry". This service is a first-of-its-kind Web-based credential registry for the IT industry and allows IT candidates, certification program managers and employers, to aggregate, validate and verify IT credentials from participating members.