Open Source

I have often wondered when Google would begin to develop an alternative to the windows platform - something for the rest of us... But it is already out there in plain sight - just smuggled under the radar in the form of a "phone operating system". Take a look at this post from Engadget - there is a video clip of a "smartbook" - an ASUS Eee PC prototype running google's "Android" on a 1GH...

See: tdwi.org img.MyImage { border: 2px solid darkblue; } A recently released survey report on OSS adoption in large European companies tracks some very interesting trends. The Executive summary included this: "In October 2008, Bull commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the upcoming paradigm change of open source software enterprise adoption. In conducting in-depth interviews w...

I myself use this low-level-we-need-the-command-line-for-this method: http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3969 Or: Take a look here .... the backup tool they discuss there is called "hubackup" and you can install it via "Synaptic": https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HomeUserBackup http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...89#post3795689 ...

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Useful Samba Networking Commands There are several useful commands available to the Samba network admin. When it comes to networking, there are two important points of view... what the server sees and what the client sees. Windows networking relies on extensive (and complex) caching on each client. Sometimes a wait of 5-15 minutes will solve network 'issues' on a client. Other times the se...

I have just today upgraded the site to version 6 ! This is a very significant upgrade, and some care was needed to avoid issues as I moved forward... But the benefits are many, and I now look forward to playing with the theming modules (for developers) and so on... Don...

The SQL command syntax to do this in phpMyAdmin is: UPDATE users SET pass = md5('new_password') WHERE uid = 1 ...

http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html See the above URL for this detailed description on how to install/use SSH for these O/Ses. According to some cygwin gods, the only official document that you should use is /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README which is probably valid, but it seems to aim at users with a fair bit of Linux/Unix knowledge. The purpose of this tutorial is for Win...

e-learning and Moodle 1. Goals By the end of this course, you will have An overview of e-learning tools, focus on what they are good for, what they are not good for, how to play to their strengths, and common mistakes to be avoided. A solid introduction to using Moodle for teaching, so that you feel comfortable using the core tools, know how to use them effectively, an...

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