It’s easy to see why Ubuntu is the chosen one (pun intended) - one only has to pop in a CD on any fairly modern PC and see the results. A graphical desktop is available for use fairly soon and anyone who wishes to take the next step and install the distribution has a very [...]
Do you have trouble accessing data exported from multiple file servers? If so, try using open source implementations of autofs and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), with Network File System (NFS) Version 3, to access data under the same global mount point.
Source: Create uniform namespace using autofs with NFS 3
Posted by Baldy - [...]
When it comes to troublesome Linux peripherals, WiFi takes the cake. Sparked by the Portland Project’s efforts to bring standardization to the Linux desktop, the Linux wireless developer community tackled this problem at its second Linux Wireless Summit last month in London.
Source: desktoplinux.com
Posted by LinuxChick - Baldys Paradox
Yesterday, Linspire and Canonical issued a joint announcement that Linspire would begin to base its distributions on Ubuntu rather than Debian, and that Ubuntu users would be able to use CNR to install proprietary applications and drivers, starting…
(A real good read including the comments from the Dev of Mepis, take a look and see [...]
New experiments show it is possible for computers to detect, at a higher level of sophistication than ever before, people’s intentions for the future, neuroscientists reported yesterday.
The findings could yield a big improvement in brain-computer interfaces, could help the disabled control robotics with their minds and could make it so a computer could read [...]
Even Cassandra couldn’t have predicted the RSA chief’s keynote
It takes a certain amount of guts to host an IT security conference where you get up and tell a roomful of your peers that they’re full of it.
Given a lineup that included Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Symantec’s John Thompson, who would have thought that it [...]
Marc Fleury, founder of JBoss and often controversial open source, leader has left Red Hat. The move came as no surprise to many in the industry.
In a statement, Fleury wrote, “I have done what I can to help Red Hat succeed. People need to understand that Open Source is a tsunami that is transforming the [...]
q&a Gina Trapani has become a blogosphere star by finding ways to help people improve their productivity. In an exclusive interview, she explains how to adopt a programmers’ mindset to “free up some mental RAM”
Lifehacker.com is one of the Top 20 blogs on the Internet, was named one of the 50 Coolest Web Sites by [...]
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Globe and Mail Update
When you send an e-card, you’re not in “sending the best,” as Hallmark would have you believe.
It’s Valentine’s Day again, which makes it a perfect day not to send that special someone an electronic greeting card. As a matter of fact, Valentine’s Day is only the first of 365 great days [...]
