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Running Debian GNU/Linux from an encrypted USB drive

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A bootable USB drive can run a mainstream Linux distribution such as Debian GNU/Linux, and can be secured, personalised, upgraded, and otherwise modified to suit your needs.

Tweak Ubuntu for peak performance

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…I poked around the Linux forums a little bit and found out that I could work even faster in Ubuntu by changing some default settings, and using a few of the OS’s unique keyboard shortcuts.

Free as in Free Lunch (or Beer, definitely not Speech)

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Here’s a small article about using an old PC and Ubuntu as basis for hosting a simple home page, which leads to three other components - a wiki, a blog, and a content distribution system.

Introducing Ubuntu: Desktop Linux book review

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For Introducing Ubuntu: Desktop Linux to impress me, it had to offer something new and unique, and it had to successfully address the reality of introducing a new operating system to a computer user. I’m impressed with the scope of the book’s coverage on frequently encountered Linux problems, but I don’t think this book was as good as it could have been.

Ubuntu Developer Week begins

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Ubuntu Developer Week is a series of online workshops where you can: learn about different packaging techniques, find out more about different development teams, check out the efforts of the world-wide Development Community, participate in open Q&A sessions with Ubuntu developers and more

Ubuntu Wireless Security - WPA1, WPA2, LEAP, etc.

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I’d like to come up with my first HOWTO and explain how I was able to configure a secure home network using WPA2, the latest encryption & authentication standard. There are also other types of configuration (WPA1, mixed mode, LEAP, PEAP, DHCP, etc.)

How To Check If Your Server Is Infected With The Linux/Rst-B Backdoor (Debian Etch)

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How To Check If Your Server Is Infected With The Linux/Rst-B Backdoor (Debian Etch)

Linux Rst-B is a backdoor that can be used to add your server to botnets (see http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/103563 (in German)). This short guide explains how you can install and use the Sophos Linux/RST-B detection tool to check your Debian Etch server and find out if it is infected with Linux Rst-B.

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Creating Custom Ubuntu Live-CD With Remastersys

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Installing Ubuntu(s) on a Windows 98-era Laptop

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Keeping EOL’ed products like Win2000 or … gulp … WinME is also a really bad idea. I set about finding something for him. He volunteered that he was open to Ubuntu, which I had installed on some mutual friends’ computers.

Why Ubuntu Needs to Charge for (some) Software

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You see people just don’t trust things that are free. They have been conditioned to believe that ‘you get what you pay for’ and hence find it hard to see the value of free software.