Looking Back on Debian 1.3

March 30th, 2008


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Back at the tender age of 12 I picked up a magazine at the Base Exchange. This magazine contained a CD. This CD contained Debian 1.3.

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First Call for votes for the Debian Project Leader Elections 2008

March 30th, 2008


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Now it starts. This is the first call for votes for the Debian Project Leader election 2008.

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How To Install The Openbravo ERP On Debian Etch

March 30th, 2008


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How To Install The Openbravo ERP On Debian Etch

This document describes how to set up Openbravo ERP (enterprise
management system) on Debian Etch. Taken from the Openbravo page:
“Openbravo is an open source ERP solution designed specifically for the
SME (small to midsize firm). Developed in a web based environment, it
includes many robust functionalities which are considered part of the
extended ERP: procurement and warehouse management, project and service
management, production management, and financial management.”

Read more…

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How To Set Up SSH With Public-Key Authentication On Debian Etch

March 30th, 2008


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This mini-howto explains how to set up an SSH server on Debian Etch with public-key authorization (and optionally with disabled password logins).

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How To Install ImpressCMS 1.0 Final On Debian Etch

March 30th, 2008


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This document at HowtoForge describes how to set up ImpressCMS 1.0 Final On Debian Etch.

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Building IcedTea6 on Debian etch (stable)

March 30th, 2008


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As those who’ve had the unfortunate luck of being in our IRC channel over the past few days will know, I’ve been trying to build IcedTea6 on our Debian etch server again.

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Reality crashes Google hippie code fest

March 30th, 2008


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You just have to love The Register: “There’s concern inside the Debian Linux project that members participating as GSOC students spent too much time on their existing Debian tasks rather than GSOC projects in past years”

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ClearSilver PHP module on Debian based systems

March 30th, 2008


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The PHP ClearSilver extension by my friend and colleague Homme Zwaagstra enables you to use the ClearSilver template language in conjunction with PHP.

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Knoppix 5.3.1 adds KDE 4.0 option

March 30th, 2008


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Klaus Knopper has announced the release of version 5.3.1 of the popular Knoppix distribution. Among the changes in this release are a distribution upgrade to Lenny, the Debian testing release.

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Debian Installed Relatively Painlessly on my Sony Laptop

March 30th, 2008


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I am sure this will excite many of our normal readers, but I have finally (after four years) switched my laptop to Linux. … Perhaps if I had a better window manager for windows, I would have been alright, but anyway…

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