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LXer: Asterisk Call Notification over XMPP
Recently I was asked how I get Jabber notification messages when a call is made to my VoIP number and extension. It’s only a few lines of configuration, but worth noting down for future reference. This all applies to Asterisk 1.4, on Debian Lenny
LXer: Cisco Systems: Serving Up Open Source Applications?
The VAR Guy is keeping one eye on the data center — where Cisco apparently is preparing to launch blade servers. If true, our resident blogger wonders: How soon will Cisco speed dial Red Hat, MySQL, Novell, SugarCRM and other open source application providers? Here's the scoop.
LinuxToday: Bordeaux 1.6 Released for Linux and BSD
The Bordeaux Technology Group: "Priced at $20, the software is a low cost add-on to the Free Software package known as Wine. Wine enables BSD users to run many Windows applications on non-windows systems, but until now, a low cost easy to configure version was not available. This new version adds support for Office 2003 based applications as well as offers many improvements over the previous beta release."
TuxMachines: I Don’t Like Linux Because …
linuxcanuck.wordpress: Ten Reasons Not to Like Linux (with rebuttals inline)
TuxMachines: Empathy: the New Pidgin?
workswithu.com: There’s some reason to believe that Empathy is the next big thing in instant-messaging on the Ubuntu desktop. There have been passionate calls for its adoption in Ubuntu 9.04 as a replacement for Pidgin, and the Gnome people seem to be pushing it.
TuxMachines: Clam anti-virus on Ubuntu
itwire.com: Ordinarily I don't use anti-virus software on my Linux machines. If I can't get infected by viruses, trojans and spyware that is designed for Windows, and there is effectively none of this malware that is targeted towards Linux, why would I bother?
LXer: Tools to delete files securely in GNU/Linux
Deleting a file or reformatting a disk does not destroy your sensitive data. The data can easily be undeleted. That’s a good thing if you accidentally throw something away, but what if your trying to destroy financial data, bank account passwords, or classified company information. In this article you will learn number of tools to delete files securely in ubuntu Linux
HowtoForge: How To Configure Software RAID To Send An Email When Something's Wrong With RAID
How To Configure Software RAID To Send An Email When Something's Wrong With RAID
This short guide explains how you can configure software RAID to send you an email when something's wrong with RAID, for example if a hard drive fails. I've tested this on Debian Etch, but it should apply to all other distributions with minor adjustments to paths, etc.
Digg: This Is Why I Love Linux.
yeha true.. very true.. Linux is better.. after a few years.. it will doninate!
LXer: Linux.com is Changing
Recently, Linux.com has announced that it will be changing its format starting with the new year. I popped on this morning and got a bit of a surprise. I tend to visit the site largely for news updates, but when the default page loaded in my browser, I was confronted with a (yet another) discussion forum.
LXer: Gaming on Linux: I’ll Stick With Wine, Please
There’s been some discussion lately about promoting Linux as a gaming platform in order to win the struggle against proprietary operating systems. It’s an interesting idea, but I don’t think it meshes well with reality. Here’s why.
LXer: WFTL Bytes! for Jan 5, 2009
This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Monday, January 5, 2009, with your host, Marcel Gagné. This is episode 42. Today's stories are brought to you by the number 7 (hey, 7 x 6 = 42), reasons why Linux will rule in 09, influential distributions, MadTux no more, living la vida nadaDRM, and Google Linux (aka Android) is coming to a netbook near you.
LXer: How to Install Adobe Flash in Debian Etch/Lenny/Sid
In this tutorial we will see how to install Adobe Flash in Debian Etch/Lenny/Sid. Adobe Flash (previously called "Macromedia Flash"') is a multimedia platform created by Macromedia and currently developed and distributed by Adobe Systems. Since its introduction in 1996, Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages; Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.
LXer: Linux desktop gains kid-friendly browser
A start-up has launched a browser extension aimed at turning the Internet into a friendlier place for kids aged 3-12. Available in free and subscription versions, KidZui's "KidZui" extension is said to provide a captive portal to 1.5 million pre-screened websites. KidZui previously offered its eponymous browser as a standalone application for Macs and PCs. The new browser-based version achieves feature parity, while adding support for Linux and other OS platforms supported by Firefox 3.0.
TuxMachines: today's leftovers
- What Ubuntu must do
- Personalising the desktop wallpaper in Ubuntu
- Loading ...Famous Awk One-Liners Explained, Part III
- A New Year Brings A New NVClock Beta
- Howto Create your own aliases in Debian
- My Experiences Installing Ubuntu
- Perl For Loop
- Crontabs 101
- KDE 4.2 shaping up well
- Linux & Teachers
- CentOS: KDE Upgrade the Hard Way
- Commercial open source business strategies in 2009 and beyond
- Will the Gnome Project change version control system?
- Pupils conquer fear of computers
- OpenSuSE 11.1 First Impressions
- Palm "Nova" Linux set for CES debut?
- How to Get the "Do You Want to Print a Form Letter?" in OOo
- openSUSE Installation, DVD vs. LiveCD
- How to Create a Fedora 10 Linux Distribution
- Firewall MySQL with GreenSQL
- Don't shout at your disk drives, warns Sun engineer
- KDE 4.2 Branched
- Check the spell of your documents from command line
- No X Server 1.6 Release In Sight
- Call for enabling HP Pavilion internal softmodem
- The FOSS Project Blues
- OOo: Delete the recent document history
- The rebirth of the uncool
LinuxToday: WFTL Bytes! for Jan 5, 2009: Linux Rules 2009, MadTux Croaks, Living la Vida NadaDRM
WFTL Bytes!: "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Monday, January 5, 2009, with your host, Marcel Gagn�. This is episode 42. Today's stories are brought to you by the number 7 (hey, 7 x 6 = 42), reasons why Linux will rule in 09, influential distributions, MadTux no more, living la vida nadaDRM, and Google Linux (aka Android) is coming to a netbook near you."
LXer: Acer Aspire One Linpus Linux Lite recovery DVD online
If you want to recover your Acer Aspire One netbook to its default state, Acer uploaded a disc image on its FTP server from the default Linpus Linux installation. Acer also published several source codes on its FTP Server.
LinuxToday: Linux And Unix Gallows Humor - The Great Save
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today's post was found on LinuxNut.org. They actually have funnier stuff on that site, if you want to check it out at your leisure, but I found the below story of recovery more moving than every episode of "Celebrity Rehab" ever aired. Actually, that isn't saying much since I hate reality television."
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