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- Linux 101: Simplify your life with Linux package managers
- Linux 101: Simplify your life with Linux package managersarticle rootLinux package managersThe downloadable version of this article is available here:http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10877-6042158.htmlDo you use a package manager when installing Linux or do you prefer the command line interface?Good job JaquiI liked reading the downloaded article. Jaqui even managed to spell words correctly....
- Tags: package manager, Debian, linux, distributions, linux 101, jaqui greenlees, Mark W. Kaelin, hardware, Gentoo, distro, Red Hat Inc., SuSE
- Discussion threads 2006-02-22
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- Use this guide to choose the Linux distribution that's best for you
- This guide to Linux distributions from the book Linux Desktop Pocket Guide will help you determine which best matches your organization. All Linux distributions are not created equal. While largely similar, each one has unique features and applications that may or may not suit your organization's needs....
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Linux Distribution, O'Reilly Media Inc., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2006-01-10
- Alternative Linux Distributions for POWER Processor-Based Systems: A Review of Unsupported Linux Distributions Running on POWER5
- This paper reviews several alternative Linux distributions for the POWER5 platform. After discussing their test environment, the paper attempts to install Debian, Gentoo, openSUSE 10, and Fedora Core 4 on an IBM eServer OpenPower 720 system in a variety of configurations. In each case, the authors summarize their install experience...
- Tags: Linux Distribution, IBM POWER5, IBM Corp., Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-01-01
- SolutionBase: Linux wireless networking made possible with ndiswrapper
- In most modern Linux distributions, wireless networking is relatively easy to set up. There are some chipsets and distributions that take a little bit of extra work. That's where ndiswrapper comes in. Jack Wallen shows how it works.
- Tags: Network, Wireless Networking, Linux, Wi-Fi, Chipsets, Wireless, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Download resources 2007-04-27
- Statistics Problem Solver (exe)
- Statistics Problem Solver software can solve statistical problems and generate step-by-step solution for it. This statistics tutorial software is as easy to use as filling in the blanks and clicking on Solve button. This software can be used by beginners in learning about discreate distributions, continuous distributions, test of significance,...
- Tags: Software, Distribution, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2007-10-01
- Using TCP Packet Size Distributions for Application Detection
- Various techniques exist to perform network application detection. However difficulty is encountered where the data portion of packets is unavailable due to encryption. In this paper an alternative approach to application detection, using packet size distributions, is applied to TCP applications. This paper shows that whilst more complicated analysis is...
- Tags: Packet, TCP, Application Detection, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers 2006-05-30
- Rapidly Growing Internet Search Company Moves to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server and AMD Opteron Processor to Reduce Hardware Costs by 60 Percent
- Feedster is a rapidly growing search engine and advertising network for online content and weblogs published using RSS, a newly popular XML standard. Feedster had been running several free distributions of Linux, but lacked vendor support when it encountered problems. The company was concerned about the costs of supporting its...
- Tags: Internet, Feedster, Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Internet Search, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., SuSE Linux, SuSE, Linux, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- Case studies
- VisualAge C++ V6.0 for Linux (SLES 8)
- IBM VisualAge C++ is part of a family of C and C++ compilers that supports all of IBM's major platforms. VisualAge C++ is available in versions to run on iSeries, pSeries, AS/400, and RS/6000 servers running AIX and selected Linux distributions. VisualAge C++ for Linux supports UnitedLinux V1.0 distributions, including...
- Tags: IBM VisualAge, C++, IBM Corp., IBM VisualAge C++, VisualAge C++, C/C++, Linux, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Open Source, Servers, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads
- Evaluation Techniques for Biometrics-Based Authentication Systems (FRR)
- Biometrics-based authentication is becoming popular because of increasing ease-of-use and reliability. Performance evaluation of such systems is an important issue. This paper attempts to address two aspects of performance evaluation that have been conventionally neglected. First, the "difficulty" of the data that is used in a study influences the evaluation...
- Tags: Technique, Performance Evaluation, Authentication System, Authentication, Biometrics, Performance Management, Team Management, Authentication/Encryption, Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- White papers
- The Future of Linux
- Linux is experiencing unprecedented growth in the enterprise, not only on servers and in data centers, but also on corporate desktops. Today, the enterprise Linux vendor must deliver everything from enterprise-ready distributions to focused, appliance-like distributions that optimize the use of customers' favorite applications. And Linux vendors like Novell have...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
- White papers 2007-07-01
- IT Dojo: Five things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution
- Some argue that Linux distributions are essentially the same, and you should just pick the one with the color scheme you like the best. In reality however, distributions are different and some will suit your company's needs better than others. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler discusses the following...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Linux Distribution, Information Technology, UNIX, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Management, it dojo, linux, bill detwiler, open source, ubuntu, red hat, operating system
- Videos 2008-08-04
- Are you a Debian advocate?
- There's a really good, in-depth article on the Debian community at ITPro.co.uk. It gives a nice history of Debian's origins and development and makes the case for it as one of the most important factors in Linux's commercial success: Debian GNU/Linux was the first project to be deliberately modelled...
- Tags: Debian, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Selena Frye
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Use this guide to choose the Linux distribution that's best for you
- All Linux distributions are not created equal. While largely similar, each one has unique features and applications that may or may not suit your organization's needs. This downloadable chapter excerpt from Linux Desktop Pocket Guide, by David Brickner, walks you through five of the more common Linux distributions focusing on...
- Tags: David Brickner, Fedora Project, Gentoo, Linux, Linux desktop, Linux Desktop Pocket Guide, Linux distribution, Mandriva, O'Reilly Media Inc., SuSE, Ubuntu, Web, Web site
- Download resources 2006-01-10
- Linux Embedded in Windows
- Anyone have experience installing a linux system inside a windows system. I am aware of colinux, and topologilinux. I tried to install topologilinux, but I am very much an amateur, and I could not get it to install correctly on my laptop.But are there better systems like this?What...
- Tags: fugeeo@..., Linux, Linux-embedded, Microsoft Windows
- Q&A 2006-01-03
- Linux Auditing Live CDs
- When you want to know what's happening on your network, systems, or applications, but not install a auditing software, Linux and BSD and occasionally Windows distributions "Live CDs" can help. Live CDs are OS distributions on a CD- or DVD-ROM that you can boot and run directly from the CD...
- Tags: job, BSD, Microsoft Windows, blog, CD, DVD-ROM, hard drive, Linux, network, operating system, RAM, software, David HM Specter, Live CD, security, tool, security audit, auditing
- Image galleries 2006-07-17
- Analysis of the Linux Random Number Generator
- Linux is the most popular open source project. The Linux random number generator is part of the kernel of all Linux distributions and is based on generating randomness from entropy of operating system events. The output of this generator is used for almost every security protocol, including TLS/SSL key generation,...
- Tags: Generator, Analysis, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Software
- White papers 2006-03-06
- Micro distributions are NOT micro kernels
- All too often, I read a tech writer who seems to think that a Linux or some other OS that takes up a small amount of disk space is a "micro kernel." This is patently absurd. These are micro distributions. Most Linux and BSD based operating systems already have an...
- Tags: disk, kernel, micro distribution, PuppyLinux
- Blog posts 2006-04-04
- Tech Tip: Shut down unnecessary services
- By default, most Linux distributions automatically enable a number of services. However, this is counterintuitive when it comes to security. You can rectify this after booting into your newly installed Linux system--prior to connecting to a local network or the Internet. ...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Linux Tips Newsletter, Service, Small And Medium Business, Linux, Smb/Sme, Open Source, Tcp/Ip, UNIX, Productivity, Operating Systems, Networking, Software
- Technical articles 2003-12-08
- Using Cryptographic Adapters for Web Servers With Linux on IBM System z9 and zSeries
- This paper describes how to configure Web servers (such as Apache2 and IBM HTTP server) to use hardware cryptographic devices in Linux running on IBM System z9 and zSeries platforms. Hardware cryptographic cards are used to improve SSL performance during SSL handshaking. RedHat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server and SUSE Linux...
- Tags: Web Server, IBM zSeries, Adapter, IBM Corp., Linux, Web Servers, Mainframes, Servers, Open Source, Ssl/Tls, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Hardware, Security
- White papers 2006-02-21
- Microstat-W (zip)
- Microstat-W is the Windows version of the venerable DOS Microstat statistics package. Microstat-W does not require the user to learn a programming language. Even the most complex test can be run with a few mouse clicks by even a complete novice. Microstat-W is known for its unsurpassed accuracy (e.g., probability...
- Tags: Analysis, Microstat-W, Mice, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems
- Software downloads 2007-12-04
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