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List of Email Clients Available in Ubuntu Linux

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:22:53 -0700

An e-mail client, aka Mail User Agent (MUA), aka e-mail reader is a frontend computer program used to manage e-mail.

Advanced TFTP server setup in Ubuntu Linux

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:34:38 -0700

atftp is Multi-threaded TFTP server implementing all options (option extension and multicast) as specified in
RFC1350, RFC2090, RFC2347, RFC2348 and RFC2349. Atftpd also supports multicast protocol known as mtftp, defined
in the PXE specification. The server supports being started from inetd as well as in daemon mode using init
scripts.

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List of BitTorrent clients Available in Linux

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:26:04 -0700

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used to distribute large amounts of data. The initial distributor of the complete file or collection acts as the first seed. Each peer that downloads the data also uploads it to other peers. Relative to standard internet hosting, this provides a significant reduction in the original distributor's hardware and bandwidth resource costs. It also provides redundancy against system problems and reduces dependence on the original distributor.

A BitTorrent client is a program that manages torrent downloads and uploads using the BitTorrent protocol.

Howto Install VirtualBox 1.6 in Ubuntu 8.04(Hardy Heron) including USB Support

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:04:31 -0700

VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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Howto setup DHCP Server and Dynamic DNS with BIND in Debian

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:03:39 -0700

This tutorial will explain Howto setup DHCP Server and Dynamic DNS with BIND in Debian.

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LXDE - Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment for Ubuntu

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:30:44 -0700

LXDE is a new project aimed to provide a new desktop environment which is lightweight and fast. It’s not designed to be powerful and bloated, but to be usable and slim enough, and keep the resource usage low. Different from other desktop environments, we don’t tightly integrate every component.

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WebDAV Configuration With Apache2 On Debian Etch

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:30:03 -0700

Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning, or WebDAV, is a set of extensions to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) which allows users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote World Wide Web servers.This tutorial will explain howto install webdav Configuration With Apache2 On Debian Etch.

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configuring htaccess restrictions on debian apache2 server

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:54:00 -0700

This is a quick guide on how to set up htaccess restrictions on a directory located on a server running apache2 with a debian OS.

First, you will need to update the httpd.conf file, which should be located in the apache2 directory, as follows:

&#60Directory (directory to be protected)&#62
Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks Multivews
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
&#60/Directory&#62

Make sure to take out the "" they are only included so this post displays properly.

Once this update is saved, restart the apache2 server with the following command, or something like it depending on your setup, as follows:

Kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Screenshots Tour

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:41:11 -0700

Kubuntu is a user friendly operating system based on KDE, the K Desktop Environment. With a predictable 6 month release cycle and part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu is the GNU/Linux distribution for everyone.

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Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) LAMP Server Setup

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:40:18 -0700

In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux,Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation.

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Industrial-grade trouble ticketing system on Debian Etch

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:50:35 -0700

RT is an industrial-grade trouble ticketing system. It lets a group of people intelligently and efficiently manage requests submitted by a community of users. RT is used by systems administrators,customer support staffs, NOCs, developers, and even marketing departments to track issues, outages,bugs, requests, and all kinds of other things at thousands of sites around the world.

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A much easier way to install Ubuntu on a USB device (Stick or Hard Disk)!

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:49:29 -0700

This tutorial will explain A much easier way to install Ubuntu on a USB device (Stick or Hard Disk).I was reading How to install Ubuntu Linux from USB Stick posted a while ago, and found it to be quite some work to get Ubuntu working on a USB stick. Besides, having to prepare your USB device, creating a separate partition on it which will be more or less “useless” after the installation, giving up 750MB of space?

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Watching Live-TV On Your Ubuntu Desktop With Zattoo

Sun, 18 May 2008 03:55:50 -0700

Zattoo has developed a software program that allows you to watch TV on your computer. All you need is a broadband connection and a current operating system (Windows XP or Vista, Mac OS X, or Linux). The service is legal and free of charge.

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Howto Select Fastest Mirror in Debian

Sun, 18 May 2008 03:54:54 -0700

If you want to select Fastest Mirror in Debian follow this tutorial and this is very helpful if you want to download and install your debian packages,Updates .netselect-apt automatically creates a sources.list file for using with apt for the specified distribution by downloading the list of Debian mirrors using wget and choosing the fastest servers (both US and non-US) using netselect. The output file is written to OUTFILE.

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Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Screenshots Tour

Sun, 11 May 2008 06:57:30 -0700

Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.The most recent version, Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), was released on April 24, 2008.

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