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Getting started with Linux: Try a live CD version

Take Linux for a spin with a version designed to run from a CD, DVD or USB stick.

| Tip | Open Source | Operating systems | 11/20/09 at 8:41 am |


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Samba your way to network file sharing success

Need a solid Windows-compatible file and print server? Consider, if you will, Samba on top of Linux for your networking needs.

| Tip | Open Source | Operating systems | 11/16/09 at 4:08 pm |


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Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop

This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here).

| How-to | Open Source | Operating systems | 11/15/09 at 9:21 am |


PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment

This document explains how BeyondTrust PowerBroker supports the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) by limiting and tracking authorization to execute commands and programs that access servers and applications storing and using proprietary cardholder. BeyondTrust PowerBroker provides an auditable process that controls, monitors and records that access.



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An important Linux fix

It's not often that Linux needs to be fixed, but a recently discovered security problem does deserve your attention.



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Patch and Patch Again

| Opinion | Endpoint security | Operating systems | Security | Windows | 11/03/2009 - 15:20 | 12 comments | 20I like it!

Usability and the Ubuntu desktop

| Tip | Open Source | Operating systems | 10/29/2009 - 07:30 | 1 comment | 15I like it!

Top 7 Reasons People Quit Linux

| Opinion | Open Source | Operating systems | 05/01/2009 - 12:36 | 23 comments | 57I like it!

Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed?

| Feature | Open Source | Operating systems | 09/24/2008 - 14:09 | 20 comments | 9I like it!

Protecting Mom's PC

| Analysis | Endpoint security | Operating systems | Personal tech | Security | Windows | 09/17/2009 - 11:37 | 13 comments | 49I like it!

Patch and Patch Again

| Opinion | Endpoint security | Operating systems | Security | Windows | 11/03/2009 - 15:20 | 12 comments | 20I like it!

Why I Use Linux

| Opinion | Open Source | Operating systems | 04/21/2009 - 19:36 | 11 comments | 21I like it!
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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
- mburton325

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