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The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 9.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 6 The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 9.04 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 9.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Kubuntu 9.04 is derived from Ubuntu 9.04 and uses the KDE desktop instead of the GNOME desktop.
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Registering Local Or Remote Commands With logsave
Author: PedroMoura • Tags: linux • Comments: 0Registering Local Or Remote Commands With logsave The general idea is to use the logsave to register commands and their outputs. Initially we record local commands and then we use this technique to make a record (locally) about a remote session.
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Configuring fail2ban With SquirrelMail On CentOS 5.3/ISPConfig 3
Author: gscott187 • Tags: centos, email, security • Comments: 0Configuring fail2ban With SquirrelMail On CentOS 5.3/ISPConfig 3 This tutorial shows how you can prevent unlimited login attempts and hence brute force attacks against your SquirrelMail web login by using fail2ban.
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The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.1 Gadgets
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 2 The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.1 Gadgets This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS 3.1 Gadgets desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. gOS is a lightweight Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu 8.04, that comes with Google Apps and some other Web 2.0 applications; gOS 3.1 Gadgets uses the GNOME desktop.
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Using Built-in Policy Importer In Firewall Builder
Author: vkfwb • Tags: security • Comments: 0Using Built-in Policy Importer In Firewall Builder This article continues the series of articles on Fireall Builder, a graphical firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX). This article demonstrates how you can import existing iptables or Cisco router configuration into Firewall Builder.
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Creating Screencasts With recordMyDesktop On Ubuntu 9.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 2 Creating Screencasts With recordMyDesktop On Ubuntu 9.04 recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for GNU/Linux that attemps to be easy to use, yet also effective at its primary task. It produces files using only open formats. These are theora for video and vorbis for audio, using the ogg container. This tutorial shows how to install and use recordMyDesktop on Ubuntu 9.04.
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Installing Hyper-V Linux Integration Components On CentOS 5
Author: CrsH •
Tags: centos, virtualization •
Comments: 9 Installing Hyper-V Linux Integration Components On CentOS 5 Microsoft has introduced together with Windows 2008 a new Hypervisor called Hyper-V. Initially Microsoft only supported Microsoft products and Novell Suse, but recently they added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. With this support it is also possible to install the components on CentOS.
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Using DNS Name Object In Firewall Builder
Author: vkfwb • Tags: security • Comments: 0Using DNS Name Object In Firewall Builder This article continues the series of articles on Fireall Builder, a graphical firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX). This article demonstrates how you can build firewall rules matching DNS A records.
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Installing "Sugar on a stick" (Strawberry Release) On A USB Stick
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 4Installing "Sugar on a stick" (Strawberry Release) On A USB Stick Sugar is the desktop environment that is used for the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) netbooks. It can also be installed on normal computers and even run off of a USB stick (which should have at least 1GB of size). This guide shows how you can install Sugar (the Strawberry release which is based on Fedora 11) on a USB stick.
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Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, ftp •
Comments: 3 Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Debian Lenny FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to set up ProFTPd with TLS on a Debian Lenny server.
