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Torvalds Changes How Code Can Be Contributed to Linux
From eWeek: "Linus Torvalds and Linux 2.6 kernel maintainer Andrew Morton have announced a new way of tracking contributions to Linux: the Developer's Certificate of Origin...."Read More
posted 03:03 [/linux/foss/articles]
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Using rsync for Quick Backup
Another one from FedoraNews.org: a small easy to use script to back up my most important files several times during the day, using rsync....Read More
posted 02:58 [/linux/docs]
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Dynamic DNS (DyNS) Update Behind Router
Here's alittle howto of sorts from FedoraNews.org: "Like most broadband services, my home broadband ISP network IP is dynamic, meaning, my IP doesn't always stay the same. If I want to have a means to access my home computer easily, say from work, I will need to subscribe to one of the many free Dynamic DNS services available on the internet. One of my personal favourite is DyNS (www.dyns.cx). They offer simple no-fuss sign-ups and very intuitive, clean and easy to use web-interface. And they have made most of their services free. Really neat!"...Read More
posted 02:55 [/linux/docs]
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Latest MySQL Fails to Quiet Licensing Critics
From InternetNews: Open Source database vendor MySQL AB released its latest incremental release last week (version 4.0.20), but according to some in the community, it still doesn't address what some say serious licensing concerns. The licensing issue prevents it from being included in some Linux distributions and working together, from a licensing perspective, with PHP....Read More
posted 02:50 [/linux/foss]
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Secure programmer: Minimizing privileges
Taking the fangs out of bugs from IBM DveloperWorks: " Secure programs must minimize privileges so that any bugs are less likely to be become security vulnerabilities. This article discusses how to minimize privileges by minimizing the privileged modules, the privileges granted, and the time the privileges are active. The article discusses not only some of the traditional UNIX-like mechanisms for privileges, but some of the newer mechanisms like the FreeBSD jail(), the Linux Security Modules (LSM) framework, and Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)."...Read More
posted 02:45 [/linux/security]
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CLI for noobies: network tools, can you dig it?
More commnad line for newbie goodness: " This week we're going to take a look at three command line tools which can sometimes help resolve Internet connectivity issues. But first, you lazy louts, you have to get up out of that comfortable but mind-numbing GUI hammock you've been napping in and exercise your typing fingers. If you need additional motivation to break your GUI addiction, consider the fact that Microsoft recently patented the act of double-clicking your rodent. Enough said."....Read More
posted 02:42 [/linux/docs]
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Blog Software Breakdown
Trying o decide which of the many weblog CMS packages would be best? This site displays attributes of different user-installed blog software packages side-by-side for comparison. Read More
posted 02:39 [/linux/internet]
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Pink dinosaur grabs centre stage on remote New Zealand volcano
AUCKLAND : Scientists using a camera to monitor a remote New Zealand volcano over the Internet have struck an odd problem - a pink dinosaur....Read More
posted 02:33 [/not_linux/science/humor]
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Grokline's UNIX Ownership History Project
This is an open, community-based, collaborative research project, a living history, designed to carefully trace the ownership history of UNIX and UNIX-like code with the goal of reducing, or eliminating, the amount of software subject to superficially plausible but ultimately invalid copyright, patent and trade secret claims against Linux or other free and open source software. If there is any code out there that represents a conceivable risk of that kind, we'd like to identify it and mitigate the litigation risk now. If there isn't any valid claim that can be made, we'd like to be able to prove it. Read More
posted 02:31 [/linux/legal]
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