How To Upgrade Ubuntu 9.10 to Sabili 9.10

If you have an old version of Ubuntu, less than 9.10, you should first upgrade your system:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

Then, to convert Ubuntu to Sabily, follow these steps:

Open a terminal window (Applications→Accessories→Terminal), and execute the following command:

sudo wget http://www.sabily.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/sabily.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install sabily-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update

Then install the sabily package:

sudo aptitude install sabily



Answer ‘Yes’ when needed.
If you want to install the optional package WebStrict (Web Content Filtering tool), just run the following command:

sudo aptitude install webstrict

Finally, restart your computer to apply changes.

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To Do List After installing Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic Koala

Yup it’s this time again, another awesome Ubuntu release from Canonical. But hands down, it’s the best Ubuntu release yet. The gifts as you probably have known as of now includes impressive installer, fast boot times, new artwork (new bootscreen, themes, wallpapers and icons) , more cloud integration, home directory encryption and…countless many more. As you would expect from any upgrade, the packages are a bit different, so this to do list will be a bit different from the previous ones :

1 – Expand the Software Repository List

First of all, lets make Ubuntu “see” more packages. Go to the terminal and edit your sources.list with :

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Here is the content of my sources.list which I think is quite complete to have all the necessary applications you could ever need. So delete the whole content of your sources list and replace it with the content of mine

Save it. Now import the necessary repositories keys to avoid “apt-get” crying about some missing keys, go to the terminal and type:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2EBC26B60C5A2783 0DA7581859566E92 D739676F7613768D 43BB102C405A15CB 6AF0E1940624A220 2ED6BB6042C24D89 632D16BB0C713DA6 A6DCF7707EBC211F F9A2F76A9D1A0061 5A9BF3BB4E5E17B5 A040830F7FAC5991 FA3A1271 7FB8BEE0A1F196A8 0CC1223EE2314809 7889D725DA6DEEAA 28A8205077558DD0 2D79F61BE8D31A30 6E871C4A881574DE 66D5C734F6EFB904 DCF9F87B6DFBCBAE 2A8E3034D018A4CE F0876AC9 978228591BD3A65C 6298AD34413576CB FC6D7D9D009ED615 4FEC45DD06899068 2A423FD95416E75D

Get your system up to date with :

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Now all your programs will run on the last version.

2 – Anti-Virus

Windows equivalent : AVG AntiVirus, NAV, TrendMicro, F-Prot, Kaspersky, …

Ubuntu equivalent : ClamAV, Avast

ClamAV

sudo apt-get install clamav clamtk

Access it through System Tools → Virus Scanner .

Avast

wget http://files.avast.com/files/linux/avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb

Access it through Accessories → avast! Antivirus .

3 – Essential tools for compiling from sources

sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall cdbs devscripts dh-make fakeroot libxml-parser-perl check avahi-daemon

4 – Java runtime environment

Java is a very important thing to install, now that many programs like Azureus need it to run. So type:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin equivs

5 – Ubuntu Control Panel

Ubuntu Tweak

Ubuntu Tweak allows you to tweak your system settings, all in one place. You can install new applications, customize your desktop settings, configure your startup applications, changing the system filetype association and many more tweaks in this single application.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

Then access it through Applications → System Tools → Ubuntu Tweak

App Runner

App Runner is a small open source utility that makes it very easy to run any type of program/executable/script on any distro/OS that uses the nautilus file manager: Debian/Ubuntu/Super OS/Fedora/etc

wget http://hacktolive.org/files/app_runner/App_Runner_0.2.deb && sudo dpkg -i App_Runner_0.2.deb

Then right-click the file -> Scripts -> Run This App or Run This App (root)

6 – Multimedia

Windows equivalent : windows media player, real player, vlc, mplayer

Ubuntu equivalent : vlc, mplayer, helix player

To have Ubuntu playing all kinds of stuff, you need to install many codecs. So on the Terminal, type:

* Installing vlc and mplayer (plays almost everything):

sudo apt-get install vlc mplayer

* Common packs

sudo apt-get install non-free-codecs libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder mpeg2dec vorbis-tools id3v2 mpg321 mpg123 libflac++6 ffmpeg libmp4v2-0 totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert mozilla-helix-player helix-player libmad0 libjpeg-progs libmpcdec3 libquicktime1 flac faac faad sox ffmpeg2theora libmpeg2-4 uudeview flac libmpeg3-1 mpeg3-utils mpegdemux liba52-dev

* Gstreammer 0.10

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-gnonlin gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-sdl gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-schroedinger gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse totem-gstreamer

* More programs

sudo apt-get install gstreamer-dbus-media-service gstreamer-tools ubuntu-restricted-extras

* Enable dvd support

sudo aptitude install libdvdcss2 && sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/./install-css.sh

* Flash

sudo apt-get install gsfonts gsfonts-x11 flashplugin-nonfree

7 - Tweak your eyecandy

Ubuntu 9.04 comes with compiz fusion effects OOTB but doesn’t offer a way to customize them.

In a terminal copy/paste this:

sudo apt-get install simple-ccsm

Now navigate to System → Preferences → Simple CompizConfig Settings Manager .

8 – Missing Windows software?? Run Windows softwares in Linux!!!

Run Windows Applications such as 7zip, Google Sketchup, AutoCAD, Dreamwaver, Flash MX, Fireworks MX, IE6, IE7, Safari, Itunes, Windows Media Player and many more…

Play Windows Games in Linux like Age Of Empires, Call Of Duty, Diablo, Fear, Fallout, Far Cry, Grand Theft Auto, Half Life, Halo, Hitman, Max Payne, Need For Speed, Prince Of Persia, Sim City Star Wars, The Simsworld of warcraft , Tomb Raider, Warcraft, World Of Warcraft, Counterstrike and many other can be played.

Install Playonlinux. It’s based on wine. Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs in Linux.

sudo apt-get install wine playonlinux

9 – Clipboard Management

By Default in ubuntu when u copy something from an application and closes the application u will not be able to access it from the clipboard. And also when u copy severals text in serial u only have the last on available to you in the clipboard. To solve that install either of the following but Glipper is better because it supports plugins.

Glipper

sudo apt-get install glipper

Then right click ur panel → Add to Panel then drag Clipboard Manager to ur panel

Parcellite

sudo apt-get install parcellite

10 – Archiver/ Packing software

Windows equivalent : winrar, zip, 7zip

Ubuntu equivalent : tar, unrar, p7zip, arj, unace

It’s bad when you don’t have Internet on your computer/notebook, but you have to pack/unpack something but the file format isn’t recognized by the system. To prevent from this bad situation, you can install a bunch of packing software by typing this on the terminal:

sudo apt-get install unace rar unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils aish uudeview mpack lha arj cabextract file-roller

11 – Graphical web browser

Windows equivalent : Internet explorer, firefox, opera

Ubuntu equivalent : Firefox, opera, chromium

Opera

sudo apt-get install opera

Firefox (installed by default intrepid)

sudo apt-get install firefox

Chromium (open source equivalent of Google Chrome)

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

12 – Download Manager

Windows equivalent : Free download manager

Ubuntu equivalent : Multiget

MultiGet is a http/ftp downloader with a nice GUI for linux desktop users. It can run on almost all desktops without any configuration. It has many powerful functions comparing to others.

sudo apt-get install multiget

Access it through Applications → Internet → MultiGet .

13 – Graphical Email client

Windows equivalent : Outlook

Ubuntu equivalent : Evolution, Thunderbird

Evolution (installed by default in intrepid)

sudo apt-get install evolution

Access it through Applications → Internet → Evolution Mail .

Thunderbird

sudo apt-get install thunderbird

Access it through Applications → Internet → Mozilla Thunderbird Mail/News .

14 – Instant Messanging protocal clients

Windows equivalent : MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger, QQ, AIM, Gtalk, ICQ,IRC

Ubuntu equivalent : Empathy, Pidgin, emesene

Empathy IM Client (installed by default)

sudo apt-get install empathy telepathy-mission-control-5 telepathy-gabble telepathy-butterfly telepathy-haze telepathy-idle telepathy-salut telepathy-sofiasip python-msn empathy-megaphone-applet libtelepathy-farsight0 python-tpfarsight galago-eds-feed python-galago python-galago-gtk msn-pecan

Access it through Applications → Internet → Empathy IM Client .

Pidgin

Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once. Supported chat networks: AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, Zephyr

sudo apt-get install pidgin pidgin-data pidgin-lastfm pidgin-guifications msn-pecan pidgin-musictracker pidgin-plugin-pack pidgin-themes

Access it through Applications → Internet → Pidgin Internet Messenger .

Emesene only for MSN Messenger.

sudo apt-get install emesene

Access it through Applications → Internet → Emesene .

15 – VOIP

Windows equivalent : skype

Ubuntu equivalent : skype

Skype

sudo apt-get install skype

Access it through Applications → Internet → Skype.

16 – Viewing PDF files

Windows equivalent : Adobe Reader

Ubuntu equivalent : Adobe Reader

Adobe Reader

sudo apt-get install acroread acroread-fonts

Access it through Applications → Office → Adobe Reader.

17– Adobe Air

wget http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/latest/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
chmod +x ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

Access it through Applications → Accessories → Adobe Air Application Installer.

18 – Music / MP3 / OGG Players

Windows equivalent : iTunes, Winamp

Ubuntu equivalent : Rhythmbox, Banshee, Amarok

Rhythmbox

sudo apt-get install rhythmbox

Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Rhythmbox Music Player.

Banshee

sudo apt-get install banshee banshee-extension-lyrics banshee-extension-mirage

Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Banshee Media Player.

Amarok

sudo apt-get install amarok amarok-engine-xine amarok-engine-yauap amarok-engines amarok-common

Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Amarok.

19– Hard Disk Partitions Manager

Windows equivalent : Symanted Partition Magic

Ubuntu equivalent : GParted

GParted

sudo apt-get install gparted ntfsprogs menu ntfs-config

Access it through System → Administration → Partition Editor.

20 – Vector Graphics Editor

Windows equivalent : Adobe Illustrator

Ubuntu equivalent : Inkscape

Inkscape

sudo apt-get install inkscape

Access it through Applications → Graphics → Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor.

21 – Image Editor

Windows equivalent : Adobe Photoshop

Ubuntu equivalent : GIMP

GIMP

sudo apt-get install gimp gimp-data gimp-plugin-registry

Access it through Applications → Graphics → GIMP Image Editor.

22 – 3D Graphics Applications

Windows equivalent : 3D Studio MAX

Ubuntu equivalent : Blender

Blender

sudo apt-get install blender

Access it through Applications → Graphics → Blender (windowed).

23 – Simple Yet Advanced Text Editor

Windows equivalent : Notepad ++

Ubuntu equivalent : GEdit

GEdit

sudo apt-get install gedit gedit-plugins

Access it through Applications → Accessories → Text Editor.

24 – Office Applications

Windows equivalent : Microsoft Office

Ubuntu equivalent : OpenOffice

OpenOffice

sudo apt-get install openoffice.org

Access it through Applications → Office

25 – Microsoft Visio

Windows equivalent : Microsoft Visio

Ubuntu equivalent : Dia

Dia

sudo apt-get install dia

Access it through Applications → Graphics → Dia Diagram Editor

26 – Microsoft Project

Windows equivalent : Microsoft Project

Ubuntu equivalent : OpenProj

OpenProj

wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/openproj/openproj_1.4-2.deb && sudo dpkg -i openproj_1.4-2.deb

Access it through Applications → Office → OpenProj

27 – Development IDE

Windows equivalent : Dreamweaver

Ubuntu equivalent : Quanta, Kompozer, NetBeans

Quanta

sudo apt-get install quanta

Access it through Applications → Programming → Quanta Plus

Komposer

sudo apt-get install kompozer nvu

Access it through Applications → Internet → Kompozer

NetBeans

sudo apt-get install netbeans

Access it through Applications → Programming → NetBeans IDE

28 – Source Control Management

Windows equivalent : TortoiseSVN

Ubuntu equivalent : RabbitVCS

RabbitVCS

wget http://rabbitvcs.googlecode.com/files/rabbitvcs_0.12-1~karmic_all.deb && sudo dpkg -i rabbitvcs_0.12-1~karmic_all.deb

Right Click on any folder or file and access the RabbitVCS submenu

29 – Graphical FTP clients

Windows equivalent : CuteFTP, SmartFTP

Ubuntu equivalent : FileZilla

FileZilla

This is great FTP program, very complete, in my opinion, the best one for linux.

On the terminal type:

sudo apt-get install filezilla filezilla-common

Access it through Applications → Internet → FileZilla FTP Client.

30 – P2P Clients / Servers, File Sharing

Windows equivalent : utorrent, azureus, emule

Ubuntu equivalent : Deluge, azureus, amule

Bittorent clients

Deluge (written in python)

sudo apt-get install deluge-torrent

Access it through Applications → Internet → Deluge Torrent.

Azureus: Uses Java to run, very complete but a bit heavy

sudo apt-get install azureus

Access it through Applications → Internet → Azureus.

Emule Donkey Clients

Amule

sudo apt-get install amule

Access it through Applications → Internet → aMule.

31 – Programs for CD burning with GUI

Windows equivalent : Nero, Roxio Easy CD Creator

Ubuntu equivalent : K3b, Brasero

K3b

Nero is available for linux,but its not free.A trial is available for 1 month usage and later it asks or activation code.But K3B is as good as Nero.Have a good feature set as Nero.

sudo apt-get install k3b k3b-data k3b-i18n libk3b3

Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → K3B.

Brasero (installed by default in Intrepid)

sudo apt-get install brasero

Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Brasero Disc Burning .

32 – Mountings ISO files

Windows equivalent : Alcohol

Ubuntu equivalent : acetoneiso

Acetoneiso

The best one for linux ACETONEISO, which is similar to ALCOHOL in windows

its supports almost all formats. AcetoneISO is CD/DVD image manipulator for Linux.Using this tool it is very easy to Mount and Unmount ISO,MDF,NRG Images . I dont think its available in ubuntu repository.

sudo apt-get install libksba8 libenca0 libtwolame0 fuseiso kommander p7zip-full gnupg-agent gnupg2 pinentry-qt mencoder cdrdao && wget http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/getdeb/ubuntu/jaunty/ac/acetoneiso_2.1.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i acetoneiso_2.1.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb

33 – Install Vista like gadgets.

Windows equivalent : Vista Sidebar

Ubuntu equivalent : google-gadgets

Google gadgets

wget http://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/getdeb/ubuntu/jaunty/go/google-gadgets_0.11.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i google-gadgets_0.11.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb

This will complete the installation.

Now press Alt+F2, and type “ggl-gtk” to start them. You should see a small icon show up in your system tray, and a sidebar. Right click on any of them and select ‘Add Gadgets’ to show a menu. If you’d like to have Google Gadgets start automatically, go to System – Preferences – Session, click ‘Add’, paste ‘Google Gadgets’ for the name and ‘ggl-gtk’ for the command. Click OK and Close, and you’re good to go.

34 – Google Desktop

Google Desktop allows one to full text search of a user’s e-mail, computer files, music, photos, chat, and Web pages viewed,OpenOffice documents , PDF files and more .

Now similar tools already existed on Linux like beagle (supported by novell ) , meta tracker etc . However Google Desktop search is not based on any of these tools and uses its proprietary algorithms to search for files on the computer ,also being 1.0 release and more stable then these products it could be preferred over tools like beagle .

To install Google Desktop Search type the following command in the terminal window : -

sudo apt-get install google-desktop-linux

Access it through Applications → Google Desktop → Google Desktop

Now after choosing appropriate option through Applications → Google Desktop → Google Desktop Preferences, you would find Google Desktop icon in the bar at the top of the screen , now it would automatically scan and index files on computer and store it in local database which could be searched using web browser .

35 – Photo Management

Google Picasa

Google Picasa is an extremely professional good looking photo management application available on Windows ,Linux and Mac OS (??) . Now Google Picasa has a number of features that many photo management software on Linux dont have further Google Picasa looks very user friendly as compared to similar open source application available on linux . Now Google Picasa for Linux is not a native linux application but runs on Linux thru application layer called wine which allows many windows application to run flawlessly on Linux.

Now to install Google – Picasa type the following command in the terminal window

sudo apt-get install picasa

Access it through Applications → Graphics → Picasa → Picasa

36 – Map Viewing and Management

Google Earth

To install Google Earth type the following command in the Terminal Window.

sudo aptitude install googleearth

After downloading is over you will get a screen like this press ¨Yes¨ to accept the license agreement and complete software installation.

Now you can launch Google Earth from Application → Internet → Google Earth

37 – Gmail Notification

Checkgmail

If you would like to get notified when you have a new mail in your google mail account, checkgmail is for you. To install Checkgmail type the following command in the Terminal Window.

sudo apt-get install checkgmail

Now you can launch it from Application → Internet → CheckGmail

38 – Configure Firewall

If you are concern about your security, then it is pertinent that you activate the firewall and prevent any unauthorized access to your computer.

UFW is installed by default, but if you need a graphical interface, install GUFW.

sudo apt-get install gufw

39– Gnome Do

Gnome Do is a small application that allows you to search and do things faster and more efficiently in your Ubuntu machine. It is similar to QuickSilver in Mac and Launchy in Windows. For those who have not tried Gnome Do before, it might take some time for you to get used to it. But once you’re hooked to it, there will be no turning back for you.Gnome Do also comes with a dock interface that you can use it like any other docks.

sudo apt-get install gnome-do

Now you can launch it from Application → Accessories → Gnome Do

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Untangle's 7.0 Major Release Features

On October 1, we announced our latest version, Untangle 7.0, which includes new reporting features that provide unmatched visibility at the Internet gateway to help small businesses identify Web misuse and troubleshoot network issues for increased productivity.

Features list:

1. Totally Redesigned and Rearchitected Reports
2. Improved video card/monitor hardware support
3. Major WAN Balancer & WAN Failover improvements
4. OpenVPN now supports Vista and 64-bit clients
5. Performance improvements

Much more!

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Configuring Service on Linux

Linux comes with such many services and daemons.
If you confuse -just like me- about services / daemons in linux world, here are list some services / daemons that common use by default by Linux system.

* ConsoleKit
The ConsoleKit maintains a list of sessions and therefore is useful if you use Fast User Switching. If you use gdm and Gnome leave this enabled.

* NetworkManager, NetworkManagerDispathcer
NetworkManager provides automatic network detection and configuration for the system. It is useful for modern laptops, where the user may move between wireless networks, and plug in to a variety of wired networks. Unless you are such a user disable it.

* anacron
Anacron can be used to execute commands periodically. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the machine is running continuously. Hence, it can be used on machines that aren’t running 24 hours a day, to control daily, weekly, and monthly jobs that are usually controlled by cron. Leave it enabled.

* atd
atd runs jobs queued for later execution.

* auditd
auditd starts the Linux Auditing System Daemon. Leave it enabled especially if you are using SELinux.

* autofs
If you use removable disks such as usb sticks and usb hard drives leave this enabled to allow them be automounted.

* avahi-daemon
Unless you use ZeroConf stuff disable this.

* bluetooth
Unless you use bluetooth devices disable this.

* capi
Unless you have ISDN hardware disable this.

* cpuspeed
If your cpu allows throttling leave this enabled.

* crond
Scheduled tasks similar to anacron. Leave this enabled.

* cups
This controls Common UNIX Printing System. If you have a printer leave this enabled.

* dund
This is a Bluetooth Dial-Up-Networking Daemon. Unless you use one of that disable it.

* firstboot
Well, you have done your first boot, haven’t you? So disable it.

* gpm
Mouse support in terminal. Unless you use it disable it.

* haldaemon
Daemon for collecting and maintaing information about hardware. It should be enabled.

* httpd
Unless you run an apache HTTP web server, disable this.

* ip6tables
IPv6 firewall. Unless you run using IPv6 (most users don’t) disable this.

* iptables
This is the Linux Firewall. If you are contected to a Network/Internet leave this enabled.

* irda
This controls infrared adaptors. Unless you have one disable it.

* irqbalance
If you have a multi-core cpu, such as Core2Duo or AMD X2 leave this enabled.

* isdn
Unless you have ISDN hardware disable it.

* kudzu
This checks for new hardware pluged into your computer. Unless you change your hardware set it disabled.

* lisa
It provides something like a “network neighbourhood”, but only relying on the TCP/IP protocol stack. If you use Samba or NFS set this disabled.

* lm_sensors
Monitors motherboard sensor values. Leave it enabled.

* mdmonitor
If you use software RAID or LVM leave it enabled.

* messagebus
System messenger that communicates with dbus. Leave it enabled.

* nasd
Network Audio System Deamon. Leave it enabled.

* netconsole
Initializes network console logging. Leave it disabled.

* netfs
Mounts and unmounts network filesystems such as NFS and Samba automatically. Unless you use Shared Files set it disabled.

* netplugd
netplugd is a daemon for managing non-static network interfaces. Leave it disabled.

* network
It controles ethernet and wireless network devices. Leave it enabled unless you are not using any of these cards.

* nfs, nfslock
Unless you have a Linux-Linux LAN disable those.

* nscd
It handles passwd and group lookups for running programs. You should start this daemon if you use slow naming services like NIS, NIS+, LDAP, or hesiod. In any other case leave it disabled.

* ntpd
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer to reference time source. Leave this enabled unless you have a dual boot system in which Windows controls system time.

* nvidia
This script will check if a nvidia kernel module is present for the running kernel and modify the xorg.conf to the appropriate configuration. If you have an nVidia card this should be enabled.

* pand
Bluetooth Personal Area Networking Daemon. Provides network services over Bluetooth. Unless you use such services disable it.

* pcscd
Resource manager for the PC/SC lite and Musclecard frameworks. Unless you use such cards disable it.

* rdisc
This discovers routers on the local subnet. Disable it.

* readahead_early, readahead_later
Loads into memory programs before they are needed. Leave it enabled if you want applications to start faster.

* restorecond
restorecond uses inotify to look for creation of new files listed in the /etc/selinux/restorecond.conf file, and restores the correct security context. If you use SELinux leave it enabled.

* rpcbind, rpcgssd, rpcidmapd, rpcsvcgssd
Unless you use NFS v4 set those services disabled.

* rsyslog
It logs system messages. Leave it enabled.

* saslauthd
Handles plaintext authentication requests on behalf of the cyrus-sasl library. If you don’t need something like that set it disabled.

* sendmail
Unless you want to run a Mail Server set it disabled.

* setroubleshoot
This starts the SELinux Troubleshooting Daemon. If you use SELinux leave it enabled.

* smartd
Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART) Daemon. It is recommended this to be enabled but it won’t harm you if you disable it.

* smolt
It enables monthly update of Smolt. If you are willing to help Fedora with your system statiscs leave it enabled. Otherwise disable this.

* sshd
SSH Server. It allows users to remotely log into your computer. Unless you need this set it disabled.

* wpa_supplicant
This is a wap supplicant with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). If you have a wireless card leave this enabled. Otherwise disable it.

* ypbind
This is a daemon which runs on NIS/YP clients and binds them to a NIS domain. It must be running for systems based on glibc to work as NIS clients. If you are not using NIS disable it.

* yum-updatesd
This daemon periodically checks for updates. If you want to be notified for new updates leave it enabled. However many times that you try to use yum you may get an error about another pid running because of that service.

Source :
http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/30/26/1/1/

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Novell - On the way to becoming a Linux business?

Novell's recently released figures for the second quarter of 2009 showed an 8.5 per cent drop in sales compared to the previous year – not a big surprise in light of the much debated economic crisis. Even so, the latest figures are in line with the broad trend at Novell. Sales have been falling for years – from just shy of $300 million per quarter in late 2004 to around $216 million now. However, one area of the business has enjoyed constant, indeed double-digit, growth over the last few years – Linux. Three years ago, sales from the Linux business were around $10 million; this year they have already hit $37 million .

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Inbox Innovation: Zimbra Adds New Gadgets and Gallery

Process-maker-in-ZimbraZimbra’s open source roots have always been of great importance to both the company and the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). When we set out to build a new collaboration system over five years ago, we wanted to bring a fresh perspective to the market, and a big part of that was our commitment to being open source. We understood sharing ideas within the open source community keeps you a one step ahead of competitors by iterating faster to give users what they want. A great example demonstrating how the community has flourished is the Zimlet development program.

Zimlets are simple but powerful extensions of ZCS that connect users’ email, calendar, and contacts with any number of outside services (for a couple of recent examples see Alfresco and Peru and TripIt). Zimlet development growth in the community has been strong and steady, and we are excited to continue supporting the community’s work by providing a place where developers can feature the best of their integrations to share with other Zimbra users. So, today we are launching an updated Zimlet Gallery where you can pick and choose from many handy new ZCS extensions.

At the same time, we also love seeing our Yahoo! friends continue to embrace openness as part of the Yahoo! Open Strategy. In addition to this announcement today, a number of our Yahoo! brethren are extending their platforms to become more open. Today, Yahoo! Mail is introducing applications which enable people to make online payments, access personal photos and more easily send large files directly from their inbox. In addition, My Yahoo! is adding even more third-party applications, driving enhanced personal productivity for users directly from their My Yahoo! start page. You can read more about the Mail and My Yahoo! updates on the Yodel and YDN blogs.

As part of the Zimlet Gallery launch today, we’d like to introduce you to a few new third-party Zimlets, including:

Xythos Zimlet - The Xythos Zimlet allows you to drag and drop email messages and file attachments directly into Xythos’ Enterprise Document Management System. Secure document management is popular in the enterprise and universities; integration in email is key for ubiquitous adoption.

Processmaker Zimlet - The Processmaker Zimlet helps streamline workflows, like time-off requests, all within Zimbra email (see above). This Zimlet is already becoming popular and is being deployed at Access America Transport and Ministerio de Vivienda by our Zimbra Partners.

Sticky-Notes-in-ZimbraIn addition, Zimbra developers have created a handful of new Zimlets, including:

Place Sticky Notes on Email - The new Sticky Notes Zimlet allows you to attach and tag emails with “notes.” One can leave comments, reminders, additional info about the email and more. And Zimbra’s powerful search can search through emails based on the contents of the tags/notes attached to the email.

Email Highlighter - The Colored Emails Zimlet allows you to apply personally assigned colors to emails from specific senders such as a family member, your boss, etc. You can identify senders by color, but you can also create colored emails through tags, making it easier to prioritize any inbox.

Save Email as Documents - With one click, the Email-2-Doc Zimlet lets you save an important email as a Zimbra Document; it will automatically save any attachments as links in the Document as well. The email can then be edited and shared with others.

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Untangle 6.2

Untangle 6.2 will be available later this month, with upgrades starting as early as May 18th!

Key highlights of the 6.2 release:

1. WAN Failover
Prevent downtime due to your ISP. WAN Failover allows the Untangle server to detect if the primary internet link goes down and switch traffic to a backup connection. Each WAN requires a dedicated network card in the Untangle Server. WAN Failover starts at $5/mo and is now included as part of the Professional Package and Education Package Subscriptions.


2. WAN Balancer
Improve network performance and uptime by spreading traffic across multiple internet connections. Each external interface requires a dedicated network card in the Untangle Server. WAN Balancer starts at $10/mo and includes WAN Failover.

3. Ad Blocker
Eliminate annoying advertisements, increase page download times, and reduce traffic with Untangle Ad Blocker. Based on the open source project AdBlock Plus (http://adblockplus.org), Untangle Ad Blocker lets you to easily block ads at the gateway for all users or by policy when used with Untangle Policy Manager (http://www.untangle.com/Policy-Manager). Ad Blocker is free and available for install on any Untangle Server.

4. Super Bundle
Have it all for one low price! Super Bundle represents the best value for customers who want all commercially available products and services from Untangle. Highlights include Live Support, eSoft Web Filter, Commtouch Spam Blocker, Kaspersky Virus Blocker, WAN Balancer, Policy Manager, Active Directory Connector, Branding Manager and more. If you want the best products and big savings, Super Bundle is for you.

In addition to all the new applications, a number of issues were also fixed.

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SAP's open source secrets

The entire concept of making code freely accessible for others to view, use and even modify would appear to clash totally with the commercial software strategy of SAP AG. So why is the world's largest vendor of business software so interested in open source?

That was a question being silently mumbled by a few software experts in the coffee breaks at the Open Source Forum backed by Hasso Plattner, SAP's billionaire co-founder.

And the answers gleaned from a few of these experts were two-fold: open source is a threat to proprietary software; but it's also an opportunity.

SAP needs to keep abreast of what the open-source community is doing because the open community approach to developing software will play a huge role in the future and will impact proprietary software, according to Adam Jollans, open-source software strategy manager at IBM Corp.

"SAP must be prepared for the next big technology, and that could be open-source software," Jollans said. "IT is changing very fast. Big players like SAP can be beaten by companies with new ideas. SAP knows this."

But it's not only open-source startups that the Walldorf, Germany, vendor needs to have on its radar screen; it's also arch-rival Oracle Corp., according to Don Wight, vice president of worldwide field operations at open-source business intelligence software vendor JasperSoft Corp.

"SAP has to be wondering what Oracle is planning in the open-source space, especially after its recent acquisition of Sleepycat," he said. "Even if Sleepycat isn't a big fish, it's certainly part of a larger strategy."

Where open source stands on SAP's priority list remains anyone's guess, but it is on that list and appears to be inching upwards.

"There is certainly a trend in the open-source space, and we're investing," said Jai Das, a partner in SAP Ventures, the company's venture capital arm, which is in Palo Alto, California.

SAP Ventures has already invested in several open-source companies including MySQL AB, Black Duck Software Inc. and Zend Technologies Ltd., as well as social communications and wiki company Socialtext Inc.

But where open source fits into SAP's long-term strategy is a well-kept secret, and understandably so.

For a company that generates billions of dollars in revenue by marrying customers to its commercial software, a move to open its code and let the open-source community peak inside and even offer some of its code for free would certainly raise a few eyebrows among investors.

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Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0 - Open Source Edition

Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0 - Open Source Edition

Zimbra is a client and server platform for next-generation messaging and collaboration.

It provides administrators and their end users innovative features that solve the challenges faced by organizations using today's legacy communications infrastructure. Key advantages include compatibility with Windows, Mac, and Linux desktop environments; better scalability and ease of maintenance; plus flexibility to integrate other applications as web services in our AJAX web client.

The Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Open Source Edition is available for your download free of charge. You are welcome to use, modify, and redistribute ZCS Open Source Edition free of charge, provided you do so according to the terms of the appropriate License.

ZCS Network Edition has additional benefits and is available for administrators to download and try for free.

We welcome all Open Source Edition users to join the Zimbra Community, and invite you to share contributions of bug-fixes, enhancements, or other modifications with Zimbra for consideration for inclusion in Zimbra. A good first step is join the Zimbra Forums and learn more about becoming a Zimbra contributor.

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1 DHCP server for the entire network - more than 1 VLAN

This made for sharing of the Windows administrator(2k / 2k3) who want to implement a DHCP server to 1 serve some of VLAN (Virtual LAN) is in the work place.

As we know, VLAN implemented many reasons for sharing security and performance reasons for the network. If a network too large, it is usually the network will be slowed, particularly if we use file sharing.

VLAN is usually used to separate the network based on department / network specific ... so, for example, Department marketing in some of the floor, they can still connect to the 1 network (VLAN) are the same. However, if we want to use the VLAN
to separate the network between the floor / inter-building, so may, of course, welcome.

In general there are 2 steps works that must be done to do this:

1. Make settings on the dhcp server

2. Make settings on the managed switch multilayer

After these two steps, then the DHCP server that has been made, can be used for the entire network.

Let's see the example below:

For example, in the place where we have 4 VLAN:

VLAN 1 network is 192.168.0.0/22 -> VLAN for switch management / router / server

VLAN 2 network is 192.168.1.0/22 -> 1 for all building ...

VLAN 3 network is 192.168.2.0/22 -> Building for 2 ...

VLAN 4 network is 192.168.3.0/22 -> Building for 3 ...

Overall this is assumed VLAN is already running well routingnya

DHCP server (Server A) has the address 192.168.0.50 placed in VLAN 1, along with all other server ..

IP Address for the computer so the client:

VLAN 2, the client computer's IP is 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255,

VLAN 3, the client computer's IP is 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.255,
VLAN 4, a client computer's IP is 192.168.3.1 to 192.168.3.255,

Now, let's do the first step:

SET DHCP SERVER

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Stages in the DHCP Server A

1. Add a DHCP server roles in Windows Server 2000/2003 through the Configure Your Server,

2. Go to the DHCP console in the Administrative Tools.

3. Create some appropriate VLAN DHCP scope ..

Right-click on the DHCP Server, -> New Scope

Name scope, for example, DHCP Building 1,

Fill in Start IP Address: 192.168.1.1; End IP Address: 192.168.1.254

Setting the DNS, Wins Server, Router / Default Gateway, etc.

For DNS, and Wins server can still fill in the DNS IP on a different VLAN.

To Router / Default Gateway, fill in the appropriate VLAN with its own

Activate the scope.

Repeat the second step, the scope for other ..

If you are finished, will have some scope in the DHCP Server Console

4. The last step, Authorize DHCP Server DHCP Server to enable this

... ... ... Up to here, step 1 is is complete ...

SET SWITCH MULTILAYERNYA

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1. VLAN check it .. including the gateway / ip VLAN that routing is running ..

2. Log in to each VLAN, and VLAN configurations in order to get the DHCP from the DHCP Server A.

If the Cisco switch, the command can be used

"Ip helper-address xxxx" -> this command to notify that the DHCP server for VLAN is xxxx

In the example above means ... command ip helper-address 192.168.0.1 ..

3. If you are ... check configuration, and save.

You have successfully created 1 DHCP server to handle the existing network in your workplace.

Congratulations & Good Luck to try!

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Squid On Windows

Among users of linux squid is more foreign,
how to keep the windows users? whether there is squid for windows?
That has not been a way of squid please only way to here
For the squid in the windows here, please
I try to install the windows, although only a fraudulent course. because I never use.

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