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Question: I want to select APT repository server/mirror that is fastest for my location. How can I do it in Debian?

Answer: You can use application named as "netselect-apt" to get new sources.list file with fastest APT mirror. Install this application by command "sudo aptitude install netselect-apt" and run it in accordance with Debian distribution you use (Debian Etch in our example):

sudo netselect-apt -n etch -o /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update

Just to try what is new in word of virtual machines ( In my opinion it is not long now :) )

No idea why it can be best solution for any of common tasks.

Used file for filesystem, non-xen kernel (due to still having no network on -xen with my card).

Extremely slow.30 minutes to load Xubuntu Gutsy in machine.
(2-3 minutes on low-end Asus eeePC).

Host is CentOS 5.1 AMD Opteron x64 machine. Target i686 500 mb memory eeeXubuntu (Xubuntu gutsy 7.10).

Here is an howto install jaws php cms on ubuntu with firebird backend

"... «A weakness has been discovered in the random number generator used by OpenSSL on Debian and Ubuntu systems. As a result of this weakness, certain encryption keys are much more common than they should be, such that an attacker could guess the key through a brute-force attack given minimal knowledge of the system.

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The Ubuntu Unleashed blog has an excellent guide to the ins and outs of the Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw), a new feature in Ubuntu Linux 8.04, or Hardy Heron, that makes it easy to control the traffic...

An update on the long term plans for Ubuntu release management. 8.04 LTS represented a very significant step forward in our release management thinking. To the best of my knowledge there has never been an “enterprise platform” release delivered exactly on schedule, to the day, in any proprietary or Linux OS.

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I remember that a few years ago, the most recognized brand in the Linux world was RedHat. For someone who didn’t know much about Linux, that was the keyword they’d know. Now, it’s Ubuntu.

Basically all this systems are GNU/Linux systems.

The main difference from the point of desktop user is set of applications that already present on fresh install, default configuration of desktop (graphics and theme mainly) and kernel version used.

All these distributions support kernel upgrade (through update manager, and manually, through recompilation of kernel downloaded from kernel.org (but in different recommended way for this distro's; however, seems make oldconfig;
make all works on all distro's).

Main way of installing applications on the distributions is installing from packages.

Debian (with Knoppix) and Ubuntu are .deb-based distributions, where .deb is extension of package on these systems.

RedHat (CentOS, Fedora) and Suse are .rpm based distributions. Package extension is .rpm.

Also these systems support user-friendly layer for installing applications.

For .deb-based distro's main tool is apt (also different graphical front-ends used), and for .rpm based such tool is yum.

Mark Shuttleworth writes about another advantage that free software sets enjoys over monolithic, proprietary code collections:

An update on the long term plans for Ubuntu release management. 8.04 LTS represented a very significant step forward in our release management thinking. To the best of my knowledge there has never been an “enterprise platform” release delivered exactly on schedule, to the day, in any proprietary or Linux OS. Not only did it prove that we could execute an LTS release in the standard 6-month timeframe, but it showed that we could commit to such an LTS the cycle beforehand. Kudos to the technical decision-makers, the release managers, and the whole community who aligned our efforts with that goal.

As a result, we can commit that the next LTS release of Ubuntu will be 10.04 LTS, in April 2010.

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My lspci output:

rtg]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge

Computer working environments are pretty similar to the species on this planet. One can see ancient species, that have survived millions of years, living along some fairly-recent ones like humans.

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I got lots of emails from people asking me what are my favourite apps to install after I get a new Linux box up and running, so here they are:

In this video an Italian TV program, NeaPòlis, talks about ubuntu as a very stable, high performance and easy to install operative system.

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 90 for the weeks May 4th - May 10th, 2008. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu Brainstorm Growing, Ubuntu Finland receives award from Finland's Minister of Communications, Ubuntu Featured on Italian TV, submit questions for Launchpad podcast, Forums News and Interviews, Ubuntu UK Podcast Episode 5, and much more.

Question: How can I get information about hardware manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS information using Linux command line (CLI)?

Answer: You are welcome to use dmidecode which helps to get information about your system’s hardware as described in your system BIOS. That information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details depending on the manufacturer.