Samba gains legal access to Microsoft network file protocols.
On Dec. 20, the Samba Group and the Software Freedom Law Center announced a deal with Microsoft that places all of Microsoft's network protocols needed for programs to work with Windows Server into the hands of the newly formed Protocol Freedom Information Foundation. more... and Everything you know about networking just changed.

Spice up Joomla! with productivity-enhancing extensions.
Joomla!, a popular content management system (CMS) for Web portals, is easy to install and maintain, and has thousands of components, modules, and Mambots for almost every thinkable function a Web site could possibly need. All of the extensions are open source, as is the CMS itself. Here are a few extensions that I find indispensable. more...

Simple, fast administration with Webmin.
Linux has so many tools, settings, parameters, and configuration files to learn that administering your box can be a challenge. Webmin, a Web-based comprehensive administration tool for Linux, can help you get on your way. more...

30 Less Popular Linux Applications Available in the Ubuntu.
Have you ever wondered just how many packages are there inside the Ubuntu repository? You know there have to be a lot, but how many exactly? To help you dig through the repository and find out what extra programs are available out there more...

Open-Sourcing Fibre Channel over Ethernet.
Intel wants to revolutionize data center and storage area networking with open-source Fibre Channel over Ethernet. more...

Online library reaches million book milestone.
An international venture called the Universal Library Project has made more than one million books freely available in digitized format. The joint project of researchers from China, India, Egypt, and the US has the eventual aim of digitizing all published works of man, freeing the availability of information from geographic and socioeconomic boundaries, providing a basis for technological advancement, and preserving published works against time and tide. more...

Magazine.
Full Circle - the Ubuntu Community Magazine Issue 8 and pdf.

Misc.
Popular Mechanics geek the vote 2008.
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Applications.
Linux Terminal Server Project adds thin-client support to Linux servers.
grsync is a simple graphical interface using GTK2 for the rsync command line program.

How To Tips.

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