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Advances in Data Warehouse Performance: I/O Elimination in DB2
WinterCorp analyzes IBM's DB2 Warehouse and how it addresses twin challenges facing enterprises today: improving the value derived from the torrents of information proces...
Sponsored by: IBM
Date: May 2007 |
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10 ways to make apt-get easier to use
The apt-get package management system can trip you up, even though it's supposed to simplify your work. Jack Wallen offers some practical pointers to help you get around ...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: August 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Customize the Joe text editor
The Linux text editor Joe has easy-to-remember keystrokes and allows you to customize it to suit your needs. Vincent Danen tells you how to tweak the configuration file t...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: August 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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Install extra packages on the ASUS Eee PC
Installing extra packages on the Asus Eee PC is possible if you want more software than the average user. Vincent Danen explains how to set up Xandros repositories to mak...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: August 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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How do I... Install and use PktFilter to secure Windows?
PktFilter is an open source (distributed under the BSD license), command-line security tool designed to allow the user to configure the IPv4 filtering driver for Windo...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: July 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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10 ways to make Linux boot faster
On those infrequent occasions when you need to reboot Linux, you may find that the process takes longer than you'd like. Jack Wallen shares a number of tricks you can use...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: July 2008 |
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Installing Mandriva 2008.1 on the ASUS Eee PC
The Xandros distribution that comes with the ASUS Eee PC 900 is a great experience for those new to Linux, but for more advanced users, it may feel quite limited. Out of ...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: July 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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How do I... Recover Linux data files with a Windows tool?
Recovering data from a hard drive with corrupted partition table created by the Linux operating system is not something you do every day. However, DiskInternals makes ...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: July 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Get Up To Speed: Alternative Linux Desktops
If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, X...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: July 2008 |
TechRepublic Pro |
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GUI scripting with Zenity
Zenity is a tool that allows you to create GUI prompts for shell scripts. Similar to the dialog tool, which creates nice "graphical" text interfaces for the CLI, Zenity c...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: July 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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10 keyboard shortcuts to improve your Linux experience
A few simple keyboard shortcuts can make your work in Linux far more efficient. Jack Wallen runs through 10 of his favorites, for both desktop environments and window man...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: July 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Send mail with eSMTP for a simple, single-user system
Programs like Sendmail or Postfix work great for multi-user systems or servers, but this setup may be more complex than you need for a single-user desktop system. Vincent...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: July 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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How do I... Replace my Apple iPod firmware with Rockbox?
While the firmware that Apple supplied with your iPod is adequate, it has a certain limitations. By replacing the standard iPod firmware with software from Rockbox, yo...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: June 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Chroot users with OpenSSH: An easier way to confine users to their home directories
With the release of OpenSSH 4.9p1, you no longer have to rely on third-party hacks or complicated chroot setups to confine users to their home directories or give them ac...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: June 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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Top 10 financial applications for Linux
Many people don't realize the wealth of applications available for Linux -- and that includes financial software. Jack Wallen introduces 10 Linux apps that will meet your...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: June 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Get Up To Speed: KDE
If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, X...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: June 2008 |
TechRepublic Pro |
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Get Up To Speed: GNOME
If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, X...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: June 2008 |
TechRepublic Pro |
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Use Fuse to mount remote ssh directories
The FUSE project has made editing remote files convenient by allowing local-filesystem-like access to remote files. With plugins like sshfs, which transparently makes an ...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: June 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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Get Up To Speed: Linux
If you are asked what an operating system is, you may not know the answer. If you are asked what Windows is (in reference to your computer) you probably have an idea. But...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: June 2008 |
TechRepublic Pro |
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How do I... Set up a printer using the Common UNIX Printing System?
Users often have trouble setting up hardware in Linux because they simply aren't used to the way things are done in Linux. Setting up hardware is relatively simple (on...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: June 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Boost security by stopping these 10 Linux services on your server
So you have that smokin' Linux LAMP server up and running, and you want it to be as secure as possible. But what services should you stop (permanently) to increase securi...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: June 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Realize the flexibility of OpenSSH
Vincent Danen explains the flexibility and power of OpenSSH. With it, you can access systems remotely and securely; transfer files securely (using scp, sftp, or even rsyn...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: June 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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How do I... Connect an Apple iPod to an Ubuntu Linux PC?
It is indeed possible to connect an Apple iPod MP3 player to a personal computer running Ubuntu Linux. Jack Wallen shows you what open source software application you ...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: June 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Delegate privileges to users with sudo
Vincent Danen offers a quick primer about the popular sudo program and shows you how to use it to delegate different privileges to users....
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: June 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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10 ways to secure your Linux desktop
Out of the box, a Linux desktop is highly secure -- but this level of security doesn't necessarily involve specialized software or techniques. Sometimes, the easiest mean...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: May 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Dig for more data in the /proc directory
Vincent Danen introduces you to the /proc filesystem, which you can mine for a lot of helpful information about your system and running processes on your system....
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: May 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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Finding weak OpenSSL/OpenSSH keys
Vincent Danen reports on a recent vulnerability that affects Debian-based systems, including Ubuntu. This vulnerability caused OpenSSL to generate weak keys for anything ...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: May 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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Cut down on Linux command-line typing with these 10 handy bash aliases
The Linux desktop may have come a long way, but there are still times when you'll need to use the command line. Luckily, you don't have to type the same commands over and...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: May 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Log Linux services with runit
Vincent Danen explains how to configure logging for supervised services with the runit program....
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: May 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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How do I... Wrap text around an image in Scribus?
For many businesses the creation of various printed materials is a must. Especially when outsourcing is not an option, you are going to have to create you own professi...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: May 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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Use runit to supervise Linux services
Gerrit Pape's runit is similar to djb's daemontools and allows you to run supervised services, like daemontools, and also allows you to replace SysV init completely if yo...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: May 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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Using the openssl command-line program
OpenSSL can be used to create, request, sign, and revoke certificates and can also be used to perform other cryptographic operations such as creating hashes for files, te...
Company: Vincent Danen
Date: April 2008 |
Vincent Danen |
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10 ways to sell corporate on Linux
Your systems are all way overdue for an operating system upgrade, but your IT department is going over budget. The easiest path to reining in your costs would be to migra...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: April 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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10 common mistakes to avoid when you're installing Linux software
Installing software in Linux is nothing like it used to be, but there are still some pitfalls to watch out for. Jack Wallen explains how to sidestep some of the typical i...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: April 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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10 things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution
Many users would argue that one Linux distribution is pretty much like another, at least on fundamentals. But when it comes down to everyday use, each distribution is dif...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: April 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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How do I... Create a 3D logo in GIMP?
One thing the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) does very simply is create 3D logos. The application does this with the help of what is called "Script-Fu," which i...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: March 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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How do I... Connect a Mac OS X machine to a Samba share?
Working (or living) within a Linux-based network is become more and more commonplace. And with the popularity of Mac OS X rising, Apple-based computers have to play we...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: February 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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How do I... Install plugins for Firefox in Linux?
For many, one of the biggest obstacles in Linux is installing applications. Because the computing world has grown so accustomed to click and install, the idea of havin...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: February 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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How do I... Create desktop icons in KDE and GNOME?
Most Linux installs include thousands of applications, but not all those applications get an icon on either the KDE or GNOME desktop. If you want to launch one of thos...
Company: Jack Wallen
Date: January 2008 |
Jack Wallen |
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How do I... Use add-ons and extensions in Mozilla Thunderbird?
Add-ons and extensions can greatly enhance the already feature-rich Mozilla Thunderbird. Whether you need to do business in a foreign language or just want to customiz...
Company: Nicole Bremer Nash
Date: December 2007 |
Nicole Bremer Nash |
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SolutionSeries: Linux on the desktop (Shattering Microsoft's hold on your PCs)
Where do you turn if you want to break free from running Microsoft Windows,
want a viable alternative OS, and don't want to be locked into a particular hardware vendor?
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Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: November 2007 |
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