Category Archives: Open Source

Open source is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the production and design process for various goods, products, resources and technical conclusions or advice. The term is most commonly applied to the source code of software that is made available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent intellectual property restrictions. This allows users to create user-generated software content through incremental individual effort or through collaboration.

Ubuntu Karmik and Eclipse Galileo

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Huy Tran

The great Ubuntu Karmik is just around the corner. If you happen to use Eclipse from the official eclipse webpage and you see that some eclipse buttons do not work, then apply the following hack. Make yourself a one line … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Linux enable telnet service

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Huy Tran

Q. How do I install and start telnet service / server under Ubuntu Linux? A. Telnet is an insecure service. It is recommended that you use ssh service. However sometime telnet server or service is needed. Here are instructions to … Continue reading →

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Linux Security Hole Goes Back Eight Years

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Huy Tran

Here’s another deep chink in the armor of the braindead zealots who claim Linux is inherently more secure than Windows. Julien Tinnes and Tavis Ormandy have found what could be the widest ranging vulnerability yet discovered in the Linux kernel. … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Final

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Huy Tran

Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need – a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. Ubuntu is free … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Recording audio cds with K3b

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Huy Tran

k3b cannot deal with mp3 files by default in Ubuntu Edgy Eft. If you need to produce an audio cd by adding mp3 files with k3b, you’ll need to install the following package: sudo apt-get install libk3b2-mp3 and you are … Continue reading →

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