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A quick look at Mageia 1 and Mandriva 2011

Sep 112011

As first thing i must say that I’ve never used this “line” of distributions, in the past when i wanted to use .rpm packages I used the Red Hat family Distributions, and then I moved to .deb distributions and Gentoo.

So It’s my first time with these 2 distributions, let’s see if Mageia has surpassed the “source distro”, or Mandriva it’s still leading in the Desktop.

A small intro of the 2 distributions (courtesy of Wikipedia)

Mageia is the name of a non-profit organization and Linux distribution. On September 18, 2010, a group of former Mandriva employees and community supporters announced that Mandriva Linux was being forked and a new, community-driven distribution would be created, called Mageia.

Mandriva S.A. is a publicly traded (symbol:MLMAN) Linux and open source software company with its headquarters in Paris, France and development center in Curitiba, Brazil. Mandriva, S.A. is the creator and maintainer of Mandriva Linux, describing itself as a “project initiator and a skills organizer in the Open Source arena”, and a founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium.
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Simple security by evaluating open ports

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Sep 072011

Article by Dominique Cimafranca first published on his blog regarding Ubuntu, and Linux in general.

A simple but effective procedure for evaluating security on your computer is to check what sites it’s connecting to, or what sites are connecting to it. Most critical malware nowadays turn computers into zombies for botnets — typically zombified hosts will connect to a central server using IRC. Or it could be that you’re inadvertently running a program that’s listening for Internet requests. In any case, it’s good to check these connections.
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5 Less know Browser for Linux

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Sep 062011

The browser market for GNU/Linux is dominated by Chrome and Firefox, with Opera on the sidelines with a smaller percentage of users. but as in all fields also in this one GNU/Linux offers many really interesting alternatives that you should evaluate.

I know that there are also text-based browsers, which i often use when I work on servers and I need a fast information or to verify a web-site, but today I’ll just go for the graphical ones used in desktop environment.

So let’s take a look at SRWare Iron, Icecat, Midori, Dillo and Rekonq.
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Bitfighter multi-player Indie game, needs you.

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Sep 052011

Bitfighter is a free multi-player 2-D space combat game with Robotron-like controls. It’s a team-based strategy game featuring retro vector graphics and customizable ships. It’s fast, fun, and frenetic.

Bitfighter is designed for Windows, Linux, and OS X, and has an active development team.

Bitfighter is a fun shooter for the desktop computer. Bitfighter centers around creating and playing levels made by others. This is done by players hosting servers. Simple, right? Best of all, Bitfighter is a multiplayer game, so grab a few friends and game on!
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New to Linux at 20

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Sep 042011

Article by PaulW, he’s a person that did not know anything about our beloved OS; so in occasion of the 20 years i asked him to do a small research and write an article on what he has learnt about Linux

New to Linux at 20

When something or someone reaches 20 years old, it should always be considered a great achievement. Linux is 20 years old this year and seem to be as strong as it ever has been. If like me, you are not familiar with Linux, there are many things you could learn from this article. What is Linux? Is it just a computer thing, or does it have many other uses?
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