Firebird download statistics : Top Country : Brazil , Top OS: Linux
The new download stats interface from sourceforge.net t shows what are the countries from where Firebird rdbms is most downloaded and what operating system is used to download it and the most unexpected thing is that Linux is in the Top
Ubuntu enchancements expected by 10.10
In recent Linux related news I have been reading about the Ubuntu Control Center (UCC) and the Ubuntu Application Menu (Global Menu). The projects looked extremely interesting so I decided to install them and give them a try.
Becoming a Fedora contributor
I became a Fedora contributor after experiencing what I felt was a highly polished distro and outstanding support from the Fedora user community. I had attempted to become a contributor for another distro, but the process required to do so ended up being so long and difficult that I just gave up and moved on. I felt that, if they really wanted help, their join process would have been much easier and their people would have been more helpful.
Howto: Setup openQRM Cloud deploying physical Windows Systems on CentOS 5.5
This HowTo explains the setup of openQRM Cloud on CentOS 5.5 and features rapid deployment of physical Windows systems.
legal, management, economics issues of FOSS private email servers
After I published "Wanted: Virtual Personal Email Servers (VPES)" I discussed how to actually build them only out of Free Software with John. He says, for example, that Zimbra gives the best user interface but the system requirements are huge for what it provides and that he investigated how he could make any profit creating an easy VPES setup script with a fairly low monthly price point.
Automatic creation of OpenDocument slideshow with a script
GUI presentation software, be it PowerPoint, OpenOffice Impress, KPresenter or anything else, can be quite time-consuming and distracting. If you need to produce editable slideshows ready to be used in any office and think that the cleaner they are the better, but don’t like the time it takes to put them together in a GUI, here’s a solution: two scripts that take an empty OpenDocument template and insert into it the content of a plain text outline.
2 Computers via 1 Keyboard & Mouse
Do you have multiple computers on your desk? Is one of them a laptop that is sat off to the side a bit? Have you ever wished that you could get rid of all but one of the keyboard / mouse combos that clutter your desk or that your laptop was easier to control? If so then Synergy is the answer to your woes.
Linux WD EARS Advanced Hard Drive Format
Nowadays hard drive manufactures are switching to a new hard drive technology which uses 4KB sectors size instead of conventional 512B. This new technology requires little tweaks to get a better performance in comparison to out-of-the-box settings. This article will describe some simple to follow instruction on how to partition the WD EARS hard-drive to get better overall performance. Getting the partitioning part done by aligning each partition can rapidly increase a hard drive’s performance.
T91MT vs T101MT – Hands on Review
In addition to the T91MT Asus also has a T101MT netbook/tablet hybrid. If you are in the market for a tiny tablet computer you might be like I was, torn between which of these two netbooks to buy – they are fairly close in price!
The Spring 2010 Linux Distro Scorecard (Part 2)
"Zonker" picks up right where he left off yesterday. In this Spring’s Linux Distro Scorecard, he provides brief reviews of Debian, Fedora, Linux Mint, Mandriva, openSUSE, Slackware and Ubuntu. Today, we get his take on the final three, and he delivers the payoff – the Linux Distro Scorecard – which can be a handy reference during the months ahead.