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Linux Mint Debian Edition Review | Desktop Linux Reviews

Jun 29

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Linux Mint Debian Edition Review | Desktop Linux Reviews.

ClearFoundation develops ClearOS, a Linux Network, Gateway, Server

Jun 27

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ClearOS Core now based directly off upstream vendor rather than going the CentOS route. ClearOS Enterprise will in future be based of ClearOS Core. ClearFoundation develops ClearOS, a Linux Network, Gateway, Server.

ha/doozerd – GitHub

May 6

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ha/doozerd – GitHub.

OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing Software

May 4

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Backed by Rackspace, NASA, Dell, Citrix, Cisco, Canonical and over 50 other organizations, OpenStack has grown to be a global software community of developers, technologists, researchers and corporations collaborating on a standard and massively scalable open source cloud operating system. Our mission is to enable any organization to create and offer cloud computing services running [...]

Debian Squeeze as an OpenZV Template | Shadows of epiphany

Apr 28

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OpenVZ is used for Virtualization and is both light weight (minimal software on the host, guests have small footprints on the hard drive, and minimal use of RAM) and fast (native speed). Although I have been using Ubuntu as an OpenVZ guest, I have decided to give Debian a try. Debian has a few advantages [...]

NGINX + PHP-FPM + APC = Awesome

Apr 15

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NGINX + PHP-FPM + APC = Awesome.

ShipIt comes to an end « Canonical Blog

Apr 6

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It’s with some regret that we are announcing the end of the ShipIt Programme and the CD distributor programme. When we started ShipIt in 2005 broadband was still a marketing promise even in the most connected parts of the most developed nations. We knew that this represented a significant stumbling block to the adoption of [...]

Paravirtualization With Xen 4.0 On Debian Squeeze (AMD64) | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Apr 1

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This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen 4.0 on a Debian Squeeze (6.0) system (AMD64) and create paravirtualized guests (don’t mix this up with fully virtualized guests, i.e. hardware virtualization (HVM)). Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called “virtual machines” or domUs, under [...]

Xfce 4.8 updates open source Linux desktop

Jan 19

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Xfce 4.8 updates open source Linux desktop

Alioth: Welcome

Dec 6

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Alioth: Welcome.