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Moving Computers

I am trying to move from my Ubuntu box across to Fedora 7. It's not trivial because I have many things configured by hand on the Ubuntu box. Joomla 1.0.x Postfix + Dovecot + Amavisd + Squirrelmail Gallery 2 Madman Music Manager OpenVPN I like to setup my mail server...

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Fedora 7 I know why Ubuntu beats You

I prefer Redhat distributions to install secure firewall installations because of the sensible admin tools and the ease of dsl setup. For a desktop system I like to quickly be able to install packages and Ubuntu uses Synaptic and it's quick. Fedora uses Yum and the...

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My commonly used OSS admin tools Windows XP

Every few months at work I check for upgrades of the software that I use. I have the normal Windows XP Pro SP2 with Office 2k3 and Acrobat Reader Installed. The rest of my software that I use on a daily basis is open source. GIMP 2.2.14 - Image editing PuTTY 0.60 -...

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Instlux – Can’t mount partition

I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 Laptop and am using Instlux from http://instlux.sourceforge.net/ to install Ubuntu 6.x. One issue I had was when I booted into the Instlux menu and pressed enter to start loading the kernel I got an error message saying it can't mount the...

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Open Source Mix & Match

I was just having a look at what packages I have cobbled together my website with, and here is my list. Ubuntu Edgy (I'm not a fan, prefer Fedora Core X, but can't spend the time to migrate back - Ubuntu is for users) Gallery 2 - Been using this for years and moving...

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