Three Reasons the Ubuntu Desktop Lags the iPad

March 8, 2012 Reviews
Three Reasons the Ubuntu Desktop Lags the iPad

The Ubuntu Desktop, lacking the technology and innovation of the iPad, is loosing ground in the race for a common desktop. This article provides three reasons the iPad is dominating and why Apple is making money while Canonical is struggling.

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TLWIR 34: Africa Embraces Free Software

March 7, 2012 TLWIR
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Summary: I am proud to be a member of the Free Software community. I have found it to be a very open, and very tolerant, community that believes deeply in the South African concept of Ubuntu: the allegiance of people to one another. I find the tenets of the Free Software to be in sharp [...]

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Ubuntu Tutorial Writer Position Available

March 6, 2012 Press Release
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We are looking for an energetic Ubuntu power user that enjoys writing and teaching beginners how to use the Ubuntu desktop. Here are some requirements for the position.

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TLWIR 33: Intel Throws Its Weight Behind LibreOffice

February 26, 2012 TLWIR
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Summary: Virtualization has become a huge buzzword in the world of computer science. Virtualization is as popular as the Artist, the movie that won big at the 2012 Academy Awards. However, unlike the Artist, which, deals with the fantastic early days of the movies, virtualization is real technology that is being used by companies, schools, [...]

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Monitoring Switches With Nagios Linux Hangout

February 17, 2012 Hangouts
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Awhile back we did a live Hangout on Google+. Mike Weber talked for about 15 minutes on how to monitor switches with Nagios.  If you have questions or an idea for a hangout please leave a comment down below.

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TLWIR Special: Formatting Your Code in GNU/Linux With Highlight

February 12, 2012 TLWIR
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Summary: As a C++ programmer, I like to program coding examples, and then paste them into tutorials on websites. I used to use web based solutions to format and highlight my code. These solutions usually have you paste the code into their web page. The web page then color-highlights the code, and allows you to [...]

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TLWIR 32: Open Sparks Fly, FOSS Players Give Open Advice, and FOSS Petition Gets Key Endorsement

February 6, 2012 TLWIR
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Summary: For too long, GNU/Linux has been locked out of the tablet market. That is about to change with the May 2012 arrival of the Open Spark. The Open Spark is a new tablet that will run a variant of GNU/Linux called Mer. A group of 42 Free Software developers have released a wonderful book [...]

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Book Review: The Linux Command Line

February 5, 2012 Book Reviews
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Book Review: The Linux Command Line by William E. Shotts, Jr. One of the most difficult tasks in writing for the new Linux user is trying to figure out how much to place on their plate. Linux from the command-line offers so much it is often presented in a way that overwhelms the user and [...]

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TLWIR Special: GNU/Linux Petition Featured on WhiteHouse.gov!

January 31, 2012 TLWIR
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On January 30th, 2012, I started a petition requesting that the U.S. government broaden their use of Free Software and Open Source software to save money. I deeply believe that this one step is PART of the solution to the problem of the crushing national debt that the United States is currently facing. Will shifting [...]

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Apache2 on Ubuntu How To Set up a Web Server

January 25, 2012 Hangouts
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Yesterday we did a live Linux hangout on Google+. The discussion was aimed at Apache2 on Ubuntu and Mike Weber demonstrated how to setup up web server with multiple domains.  If you have questions or an idea for a hangout please leave a comment down below. Upcoming Linux Hangouts Have a Linux skill to share? [...]

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TLWIR 31: Using GNU/Linux and Free Software to Bring Back American Innovation

January 23, 2012 TLWIR
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Free Software is mainly about innovation. Free Software engineers find radical new ways of solving old problems. In doing so, they teach those whose minds have ossified how to think outside of the box. The U.S. manufacturing sector is in trouble, partially because we have been outperformed by our neighbors in the East. They have [...]

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Build An FTP Server on CentOS 6 | Linux Hangout

January 12, 2012 Hangouts
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Yesterday we did a Linux hangout on Google+. Mike Weber demonstrated how to setup an FTP server on CentOS 6 and answered several questions on the topic. If you have questions or an idea for a hangout please leave a comment down below. Upcoming Linux Hangouts  

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Setup A Nagios Server On CentOS 6.2 | Linux Hangout

January 12, 2012 Hangouts
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Today we did a Linux hangout on Google+. During the hangout we discussed how to setup a Nagios core server on CentOS 6.2. Mike Weber shared his Nagios installation script and explained how it can install Nagios quite easily in about 3 minutes. This script is located down below the video on this page. Special thanks to +Rich Gillin for hanging [...]

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The UFW Firewall on Ubuntu 11.10 | Linux Hangout

January 12, 2012 Hangouts
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We recently did  a Linux hangout over on Google+ that included a presentation of  how to setup the UFW firewall on the Ubuntu 11.10 server. Mike discusses the setup and many of the features of the UFW firewall. See upcoming Linux hangouts and a list of topics.  

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