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Recently, I was talking to a college professor who was complaining about the multitude of ways in which Linux works on various distributions. He was complaining that one distribution of Linux put a particular file in one place, and another distribution put a file in another place. He said it was hard for him to remember where each distribution put each file.
According to Goethe, the best way to gain an education is to travel. Sys admin Charly went to Oberhausen, Germany, for the OpenRhineRuhr fair last week.
What's the top distro on the famous Distrowatch page hit ranking list? Not Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, or Fedora. According the Distrowatch, the hottest Linux is none other than Linux Mint – an Ubuntu-based, community-driven desktop system that is known for ease of use and efficient out-of-the-box multimedia functionality.
The Linux Magazine Academy is offering 20% off all their online trainings until January 15, 2012. Depending on the course chosen customers can save several hundred pounds.
Automation tools save time and keep your systems awake.Cover Stories:
Pacemaker: Use the popular Pacemaker high-availability monitoring tool to relaunch failed services.
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Free Video Archives! CeBIT Open Source Forum 2012
The presentations were streamed live from CeBIT and are now available in the Linux New Media video archive!