Category: Linux
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Audit your Unix process list
When you are managing a Unix machine (it is about the same thing for GNU/Linux machines), you are often interested in maintaining a good level of security. For this, one of the most important things is to ensure that the process list (the list of all activities) is containing only secure processes. Checking this is…
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500$ for a 1 Tera-byte NAS
This is simply the aim of an InformationWeek article. NAS (Network Attached Storage) solutions exist to connect 1 Tera-byte (1000 Mega-bytes, dang!) of hard disk drives to your network, but you normally have to pay more than $1000 or 1000€. Here, they show us how to build a DIY data server from a basic PC,…
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All Linux distributions
Hearing about all news about all GNU/Linux distributions was a micro-nightmare up to now (there are so many of them around the Internet that you cannot check them all). But there is a mere web site where you can get the right information but in a signle location: DistroWatch
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Choosing a Linux distribution
It is always difficult to find the right GNU/Linux distribution for a specific need (There are so many of them around the Internet!). This is why I wish to show you a web site where you’re supposed to answer a few simple questions to be directed to the best possible distribution for your Linux needs.…
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Linux: A European threat to American computers
This is the utterly funny claim of an American blogger met in a random encounter on the web (Shelley the Republican). Some American people have brought paranioa from a mental illness to a creative art.
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Suse Linux 10.1 is nearly ready
Or so it seems! This Linux distribution, famous for being very user-friendly and targetting the normal user and providing desktop applications that can be considered more normal than the usual GNU/linux distro, is readying its launch of version 10.1. On its road, Release Candidate 1 was just made available. Previous versions were somewhat worryingly fragile.…
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GNU/Linux is tough on Asus A7N8X
I just did a few quick tests (I wanted to install a Linux distribution on a second-hand PC using the A7N8X-X motherboard for Athlon processors). I took me just a few minutes to remember that most distributions (Knoppix, Kanotix, Slax Kill-Bill, Movix2, etc.) do not support the Ethernet controler for this family of motherboards (only…
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Linux penguin
You may have wondered were the drawings of the Linux penguin come from. As a matter of fact, there was indeed somebody who draw the cute logo and it is rather easy to find the real author. Larry Ewing is this guy with a pen. You will find nearly everything you want on his web…
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Will Linux be able to replace Windows?
Up to the first weeks of 2006, I wondered if GNU/Linux will ever be able to replace Windows on your desktop and the result was stored in a separate page. You can still access it.