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This page is aimed at programmers new to the Open Source / Free Software world, who want to make a contribution, but aren’t sure where to start.
Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.
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I found these on the Internet somewhere and I just had to post it! Here are 70 sexy gadgets that are not only appealing to the eye but could also be very useful.
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Step 1
In the upper right hand corner, click on the link “settings”
Step 2
On the right top of the new screen you will see a link titled “Themes”
Click on this link.
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Security-enhanced Linux (SELinux) is an implementation of a mandatory access control mechanism. This mechanism is in the Linux kernel, checking for allowed operations after standard Linux discretionary access controls are checked.
To understand the benefit of mandatory access control (MAC) over traditional discretionary access control (DAC), you need to first understand the limitations of DAC.
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Some times you want to keep your stuff ,of drive/partition in your computer ,hidden because of many reasons.we are not here to talk about the reasons rather we have a simple solution for those of you who wants to Hide their drives/partition in Windows XP.Windows XP provides an in-built tool called Diskpart, which can be used for managing the drives in Windows XP.Just Follow these below mentioned simple step for hiding your drives/partition for Windows XP. Read the rest of this entry »
I guess the first question is really, “What is a database”? A database is an organized collection of data. The data can be textual, like order or inventory data, or it can be pictures, programs or anything else that can be stored on a computer in binary form.
A relational database stores the data in the form of tables and columns. A table is the category of data, like Employee, and the columns are information about the category, like name or address.
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#1. Log-in to your Gmail / Google Account and associate a phone number . This is useful because you’ll then receive an SMS text message whenever someone tries to recover your Google password.
#2. Create a new email address (on say Yahoo! Mail or Gmail itself) and set this as the secondary email address for your existing Gmail and Google Accounts. Check for emails on this new account manually or through a desktop client via POP3 / IMAP but do not enable auto-forward for the new email address as the original purpose will be defeated.
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LDAP, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, a directory service internet protocol runs over Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) that that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.
Every email program has a personal address book, but how do you look up an address for someone who’s never sent you email? How can an organization keep one centralized up-to-date phone book that everybody has access to?
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Zombie process is a process observed in Unix/Linux operating system. Zombie process are those process which has finished execution but still have an entry in the process table. This entry for the zombie process is used by the parent to know about the exit status of its child .
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What actually a proxy server means??
A proxy server is a server within a network which provides an extra layer of security and prevents the users direct access to the internet.. Squid is the most widely used proxy server which also provides caching which enables squid to store requested objects and thus speeding up internet access.
Configuring a squid proxy is an easy task and allows you with wide number of options to configure your users access to the internet .
The best part is that squid is supported on all open source platforms
In this article I will explain on how to configure squid proxy server on redhat / linux.
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