A-Z Linux Guide

Ubuntu Desktop 7.10 - Better than Windows Vista

root — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:12:26 +0000

LONDON, October 15, 2007 – Canonical Ltd. announced today the upcoming availability of version 7.10 of the Ubuntu Server, Desktop, Kubuntu and Edubuntu Editions. All will be available for free download on Thursday 18 October. Canonical is the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu.

Ubuntu makes no distinction between community and enterprise editions, Ubuntu 7.10 is our best work and is available freely to all. Ubuntu has consistently ranked #1 in reviews of security update responsiveness and effectiveness. The Ubuntu platform is fully certified and supported, making it a secure choice for users looking to explore, deploy and enjoy Linux. Ubuntu 7.10 brings together the best open source and free software available in a stable, robust environment that ‘just works’.

‘We are privileged to have millions of users running Ubuntu every day”. commented Jane Silber, COO of Canonical UK. ‘This gives us great insight into what they want from a free, Linux-based platform. Ubuntu 7.10 is another milestone in delivering on these requirements on the desktop and server.’

Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Edition adds an enhanced user interface, improved hardware support, multiple monitor support and integrated desktop search. Additional information is available at http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-desktop710.

Ubuntu 7.10 Server Edition features improved functionality, manageability, pro-active security and hardware compatibility and delivers a rapid deployment platform for developers and businesses. Additional information is available at http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-server710.

New versions of Kubuntu and Edubuntu, derivatives of Ubuntu aimed at KDE enthusiasts and the education community respectively, are also being released at the same time. Additional information is available at http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-family710.

About Canonical and Ubuntu

Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is headquartered in Europe and is committed to the development, distribution and support of open source software products and communities.

Since its launch in October 2004 Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users around the world. Ubuntu will always be free to download, free to use and free to distribute to others. With these goals in mind, Ubuntu aims to be the most widely used Linux system, and is the centre of a global open source software ecosystem. For more information visit www.canonical.com or www.ubuntu.com.

Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and their associated logos are all registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd.

Slackware 12.0 - Oldest Linux Distro

root — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:04:39 +0000

Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. Slackware was one of the earliest distributions, and is the oldest currently being maintained. Slackware aims for design stability and simplicity, and aims to be the most UNIX-like Linux distribution.

That’s right, the first 2.6(.21.5) based Slackware release is ready for download! We think you’ll enjoy the latest kernel, KDE 3.5.7, XFce 4.4.1, HAL automounting for desktop users, an updated toolchain, and many other enhancements. The official announcement has more details. Also, consider supporting the project at http://store.slackware.com. Thanks to everyone who contributed improvements and fixes this time — a lot of help made this a relatively smooth release. Thanks, and enjoy!

Download Links

http://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/

CentOS 5 Releases (Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5)

root — Sun, 20 May 2007 09:26:54 +0000

The CentOS team is pleased to announce the availability of CentOS 5.0. Major changes in CentOS 5 compared to CentOS 4 include:

These updated software versions: Apache-2.2, php-5.1.6, kernel-2.6.18, Gnome-2.16, KDE-3.5, OpenOffice.org-2.0, Evolution-2.8, Firefox-1.5, Thunderbird-1.5, MySQL-5.0, PostgreSQL-8.1.

Better desktop support with compiz and AIGLX.

Virtualization provided by the Xen hypervisor with Virtual Machine Manager and libvirt.

Sabayon to simplify the construction of user profiles.

Links:
Release Announcement

Documentation: CentOS 5

Screenshots

Reviews:
Linux.com

Release Notes: CentOS | Upstream

Download: i386 | x86_64

easily run Ubuntu from a Windows PC

Ngawang — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:10:09 +0000

The following tutorial explains how to easily run Ubuntu from a Windows PC without the need to reboot. Our example is run from a portable USB Hard drive that we can take with us anywhere. Through emulation, Ubuntu can be run from the portable device on any Windows client computer. Enabling the user to run Ubuntu and Windows simultaneously. Were using Qemu hardware emulation software to accomplish this.

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feature rich open office for windows and linux!

Ngawang — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:38:09 +0000

if you want more feature and free of cost office application then you have to use open office software. this is feature rich and secure and do all sorts of work which microsoft office application does. it has appications which does work done by word, excel, power point, this is developed by sun microsystem … one of the most reputed company and enhanced by the open source community…..

Guide on using Linux Remotely

Ngawang — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:09:10 +0000

My first article on remote desktop became popluar among Linux users and some Windows people as well. I received many comments on what I had missed from the short list I had compiled. Therefore, I’ve written this updated article that contains additional remote desktop apps that can be used for Linux to Linux / Windows to Linux and also Windows to Mac and Mac to Windows….
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Is LinuxMint better than Ubuntu?

root — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:32:19 +0000

I received an interesting email the other day that I wanted to share with you:

Hi, Matt

Here’s another tip-of-the-cap for LinuxMint, as compared to my Ubuntu distro.

I went to Yahoo to check one of my mailboxes, and there was an interesting video being shown on the opening Yahoo page. Well, after adding several ‘flash’ components to my Ubuntu distro, I still couldn’t show the video, and Yahoo complained that several things needed to be upgraded, etc., before it would even offer to play. I switched over to my LinuxMint box, went to Yahoo and the video played. My point? LinuxMint just worked, when, after several minutes of futzing, etc., Ubuntu still didn’t.

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SNMP Server and Client (snmp, snmpd) Installation and Configuration

root — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:20:40 +0000

What is net-snmp ?

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a widely used protocol for monitoring the health and welfare of network equipment (eg. routers), computer equipment and even devices like UPSs. Net-SNMP is a suite of applications used to implement SNMP v1, SNMP v2c and SNMP v3 using both IPv4 and IPv6.

Net-SNMP Tutorials

http://www.net-snmp.org/tutorial/tutorial-5/

Download Net-SNMP

http://www.net-snmp.org/download.html

Net-SNMP Documentation

http://www.net-snmp.org/docs/readmefiles.html

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Linux is not ready on the desktop

root — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:57:43 +0000

I have a little esoteric set of screen attached to my Linux Workstation. That’s three 20″ LCD screen which are all pivoted (rotated 90 degrees incase you’re not familiar with this word). Now I need to use the nvidia binary only kernel package with this computer, because nothing else would work. I know, since I’ve tried Matrox cards, and they didn’t cut it, and you can’t use two ATI cards in the same linux machine with either the xorg ati driver or the binary only fglrx driver. There didn’t seem to be any problem with the nvidia driver at all for the longest time. Then one day when I came home, the machine had halted, I rebooted, an thought it’s probably nothing, but this started to happen more frequently, and now we are at the point where it will stay up for a few hours and then livelock the computer. The xorg nv driver doesn’t work for all the screens in the setup, but it doesn’t crash or anything, so I tend to think this is a driver releated bug. And the thing is, I’m giving up this computer as a windows workstation in the very near future, so I don’t want to waste time trying to fix things.

Having a fresh Ubuntu Edgy Eft installation on a moderately or very powerfull PC makes up for a pretty complete and comprehensive machine. The problems begin when you have some other rather unusual setup to run, like for example my 3 monitor system. I really hope the driver doesn’t regress when I start using it in the near future, once the good people at verkkokauppa.com deliver my machine and parts.

Ok, these are the moments for which I have a tv. The classic movie Sneakers just came on mtv3. I missed the first 45 minutes of the film, because I wasn’t aware that it was airing.

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Is AbiWord better than Microsoft Office Word and Open Office Writer?

root — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:55:34 +0000

I never thought that there was a program out there that could switch me off of the Open Office Suite, specifiably Writer. Open Office Writer worked just fine for me. It was exactly like Microsoft Office Word. Since I had to use Word for school and work I felt completely at home in Writer.

That was until I was flipping through the December 2006 Linux Journal and scanning over their best of 2006 awards. To my surprise Open Office Writer didn’t win best word processor, AbiWord did. I had heard of AbiWord before on the Ubuntu Forums but never thought much of it. Seeing it win an award from Linux Journal made me reconsider this under dog. As soon as I got home that night I set about downloading and installing AbiWord.

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