today's howtos

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How to Install Iptables on CentOS 7
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get all Google ipv4 subnets for a iptables firewall for example
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How Install Open Source Zimbra Mail Server (ZCS 8.8.10) on CentOS 7
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How to Set Up SSH Keys on CentOS 7
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Master MySQL with Excellent Free Books
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Generating manpages from python and argparse
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Fetching trusted timestamps using the rfc3161ng python module
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What is Your Favourite Command Line Trick?
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QML Debugging in Visual Studio
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How to Install Xubuntu 18.04
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How to Install NextCloud 14 on Ubuntu 16.04
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How to install GITHUB on Ubuntu : Step by Step
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How to Administrate the Apache Web Server Using “Apache GUI” Tool
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How to Change the Timezone on your Ubuntu System
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Slovak proponents of the use of free and open source software are rallying for their country’s parliament to approve plans to share the source code of software solutions developed by and for public services. They are concerned that proprietary software vendors will lobby for changes to the eGovernment act, a strategic IT Government proposal that is to be discussed in parliament in March or April.
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How I got my job in Linux: from Newbie to Pro
I was peeved, because I’d spent my own money on building a computer and buying Microsoft Windows to put on it. Money that I really needed to pay the rent and put food in my belly. I also felt sorry for all the people that I’d end up re-installing Windows on their PC to fix their problem. I knew that most of them would probably be back in the store six or so months later with the same complaint.
Almost by accident, I found Linux. I was in the magazine section of the PC shop I worked in one day in late 1999. I saw a magazine called ‘Linux Answers’. On the cover was a copy of Red Hat Linux 6.0. Before long, I had done the unthinkable: I had deleted Windows in a rage of fury because it had completely crashed and wouldn’t start up. All of my MP3s, photos and documents, all but gone save for a few backups on CDs I had lying around. Back in those days I had no idea that I would have been able to salvage those files with Linux; I just blithely reformatted my hard disk and went cold-turkey, believing everything that the magazine said, I forced myself into the abyss of the unknown! These were exciting times!
I remember the blue text-mode installer, the glare of the many lines of text flying by when the machine started up for the first time. It looked really un-user friendly. Eventually, the screen flipped into what I’d later know to be called ‘runlevel 5’ and I could see a graphical login screen. Little did I know it, but that flashing cursor was the beginning to a whole new world of computing for me.
| Linux 5.0-rc7
A nice and calm week, with statistics looking normal. Just under half
drivers (gpu, networking, input, md, block, sound, ...), with the rest
being architecture fixes (arm64, arm, x86, kvm), networking and misc
(filesystem etc).
Nothing particularly odd stands out, and everything is pretty small.
Just the way I like it. Shortlog appended,
Linus
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