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Managing Multiple MySQL Servers From One phpMyAdmin Installation (Using SSL...
This tutorial explains how you can manage multiple MySQL servers from one phpMyAdmin installation. For security reasons, communication between phpMyAdmin and any remote MySQL server is using SSL...
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Linux TCP/IP tuning for scalability
Were a performance company, and performance and scalability go hand in hand. Better scalability results in more consistent performance and at LogNormal, we like pushing our hardware as far as it will...
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Open source equals software freedom, not free software
Vivek Ranadive, CEO of Tibco, is one of the industry's big thinkers, complete with a profile in Esquire. So why would a smart guy like him dismiss open source as "fool's gold"? And why do some software...
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Bash One-Liners Explained, Part IV: Working with history
This is the fourth part of the Bash One-Liners Explained article series. In this part I'll teach you how to work with bash history. I'll use only the best bash practices, various bash idioms and...
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Santoku a new Linux distro focused on Security
Theres a new GNU/Linux distro designed to help you in every aspect of your mobile forensics, mobile malware analysis, reverse engineering and security testing. Its called Santoku Linux. Santoku is a...
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Unix Toolbox
This document is a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful for IT work or for advanced users. This is a practical guide with concise explanations, however the reader is...
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Valve: Linux More Viable Than Windows 8 for Gaming
In a presentation at Ubuntu Developer Summit currently going on in Denmark, Drew Bliss from Valve said that Linux is more viable than Windows 8 for gaming. Windows 8 ships with its own app store and it...
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The Document Foundation Announces LibreOffice 3.6.3
Berlin, November 1, 2012 The Document Foundation (TDF) announces LibreOffice 3.6.3, for Windows, MacOS and Linux. This new release is another step forward in the process of improving the overall...
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Steam for Linux Beta Now Available
Nov 6, 2012--Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the launch of a limited...
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Netflix on Ubuntu (or any Linux distro)
Netflix on Ubuntu linux works! And it works great too! A winner has been found! Back in March of this year I Heart Ubuntu put out a call to get Netflix on Ubuntu working. Somehow. Legally. Without the...
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Ex-Nokians fish MeeGo out of bin, launch Sailfish OS
A new phone OS based on the work Nokia abandoned on its Linux-based mobile OS has been unveiled in Helsinki. Jolla is a start-up run by former Nokia staffers devised to build on the old MeeGo project,...
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Munich city council saves over $12 million through switch to desktop Linux
The Munich city council has realised cost savings of over 10 million ($A12.36 million) as the result of a recent program to migrate its desktop PCs from Windows to Linux. H-Online reports the city...
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On Nix and GNU Guix
Quite recently, the GNU project has announced Guix, a new package manager for the GNU system. Guix is described on their website as: GNU Guix is a purely functional package manager, and associated free...
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Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?
One of the major advantages of free software is that the community protects users from malicious software. Now Ubuntu GNU/Linux has become a counterexample. What should we do? Proprietary software is...
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OpenMandriva takes off
The OpenMandriva community is moving on. The statutes of the OpenMandriva Association have been sent to the French authorities and the incorporation process has thus started. At the same time,...
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KDE vs. Gnome system management
A few weeks back, we talked about KDE and Gnome in daily life, and how they fared from the applications perspective, when you pit programs developed for one environment against those created for the...
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PulseAudio 3.0 Release Notes
We're, back with another shiny PulseAudio release! While the 3.0 release was a little delayed, it brings a number of important improvements, and bug fixes. Read the full release at...
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E17 Release: ZERO
E17 has been in development for a long time, and there have been a lot of people involved over the years. At this time, the first and final official release of E17, I think it's important to name names...
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Understanding and using htop to monitor system resources
Every so often there will be something that slows a system down. There are a few tools that can help to identify which process is the cause of this slow down. One such tool is htop. Htop is an...
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Young Mageia Linux Distribution Surges in Popularity
As we prepare to enter a new year, the big names that have dominated the Linux world for the past decadeRed Hat (NYSE: RHT), Canonical/Ubuntu, Debian, SUSEare unchanged. But they may be joined in...
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