Remotely accessing a computer is a great advantage to all IT professionals. Sometimes you need to troubleshoot a computer located in a far off corner of the world. Sometimes you just want to access that file you left on the desktop of your home computer from work.

Ubuntu, the rising star of desktop Linux distributions, has a lesser known counterpart for servers. There are several advantages of going for Ubuntu Server but the lack of a GUI is a little off putting for some.

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Ubuntu is a free Linux Operating System with all the bells and whistles of any standard Operating System such as Microsoft Windows or Macintosh OS.

Walmart had made history a few months earlier when it had publicly announced the availability of Linux PCs being sold in its stores. The news received much fanfare and was very well received by Linux proponents. But that celebration might have been too soon. According to AP news the massive chain store is pulling the $199 Everex gPC from its shelves. The PC will continue to be available on its website. But the gPC is now undoubtedly being phased out.
Everex gPC is a cheap desktop computer meant for basic tasks. …

Open-source adoption for businesses and corporations come bundled with security concerns and financial projections. HP’s research and development group have come up with FOSSology.org to placate those concerns. In short, FOSSology is HP’s way of addressing open source software management for IT organizations. If HP is successfully able to address concerns of IT staff then this translates into more open-source adoption among businesses. HP has the following to say about their FOSSBazar project.
FOSSBazaar makes HP’s expertise freely available to the software community as part of a collaborative effort with industry-leading …

Computer manufacturer Dell is zooming past HP, Acer and others in the open-source arena. Last month Direct2Dell blog reported when Dell started offering Ubuntu 7.10 to US consumers. That was a significant advancement which reinforced Dell’s support for Ubuntu Linux. Once the company noticed the growing trend among the customers to opt for open-source software model they rolled out this feature to the international community.
The company blog has reported that Dell is offering the latest Ubuntu version 7.10 nicknamed Gutsy Gibbon on its XPS 1330 laptops in Spain. This is …

MySQL is the industry leading open-source database solution which is widely popular and is used by several multi-billion dollar businesses. Yahoo, Google, Nokia and YouTube along with several others trust and use the powerful database. Sun is paying $800million for the acquisition and will be the new owner of the MySQL AB which is arguably the best open-source database solution available in the market today. Hopefully MySQL will continue to grow and serve the open-source community as it has done well in the past.
“Sun’s culture and business model complements MySQL’s …

Ubuntu Linux adoption is increasing a tiny fraction everyday. Now that Dell is also
backing Ubuntu linux on some of their laptop models more people are being exposed to the open-source concept. But this is causing more people to look for easier ways to modify their desktop and user interface settings in a menu-driven-way similar to Windows. Ubuntu Tweak has now made it easy for anyone to setup Linux any way they want to. The simple menus are easy enough for everyone to follow and is geared towards new users. Although …

Have you ever wanted to learn about Linux but could not find enough resources and books to help you. Maybe you had some questions about setting up static IP addresses on your Linux workstation. But that question was not answered in your “Linux for Dummies” book. That excuse will no longer work. Linuxhaxor.net described as a Linux hacking portal has released a list of a whopping 68 free Linux e-books. These are meant to help you with any question you might have. And if you have a question that is …

For a long time Dell only offered Microsoft operating system with the broad range of hardware that they sell. But due to the increasing demand every year Dell finally gave in to customers and started offering Linux distributions preinstalled on several models. Now, it seems like, Dell has witnessed the Linux nirvana and has started offer Ubuntu 7.10 nicknamed Gutsy Gibbon to US consumers. It is not just restricted to the Americas, Dell is scheduled to offer Ubuntu 7.10 to UK, France and Germany in a matter of days. US …