The hot story-of-the-week this week is, of course, the ninth release of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, officially designated Ubuntu 8.10 but far more recognizable by its colorful code-name, Intrepid Ibex. The release comes with much more than just a flashy name, though.

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It can sometimes be difficult to decide what items we want to fill space in our homes. Our health is valued highly, as is our ability to consume cold beer. Someone out there must have been thinking of us when they designed this exersize bike that chills your beer. Admittedly, it won’t chill it as [...]

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The final stretch of the Presidential race has become an ideological proxy war between Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt.

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Ten liters of bottled water costs 50 cents, but many Iraqis cannot afford it, drinking water from polluted rivers instead.

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Ten liters of bottled water costs 50 cents, but many Iraqis cannot afford it, drinking water from polluted rivers instead.

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Awesome coin design done with free software such as Ubuntu and Python. This blog post describes how the design of a new 5 euro coin was created. The post provides detailed graphics of how author made a prize winning design for a Dutch Ministry of Finance.

Read more: Linux and OSS Success Story: Designing Coin With Free Software

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If you want to keep tabs on your deadlines, you don’t need a fancy project management application — often, a simple spreadsheet can do the job. To see how, let’s create a spreadsheet that tracks task deadlines, shows the current status of each task, …

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The October 30th edition of Linux Journal Live focused on Horror Stories in the computer world. We discussed the ghostly ipchains, the dreaded rm -rf, and even the sinister dd dilemmas we’ve faced over the years. If you missed the live show, be sure to watch the recording… before it accidentally gets erased! (Just kidding, we learn from our mistakes, the video is totally backed up!)

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We don’t know whether to be horrified, or elated at the sight of this dancing hexapod. Yeah, it isn’t a hack. It isn’t even a build article.  But if there is ever a time to post a six legged dancing head with glowing red eyes, it is today, Halloween. Enjoy.
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Promises, promises, promises.  The $200 Eee PC is supposedly coming in 2009, according to chairman Johnny Shih. No word on whether it will be a 10 inch screen, but it seems possible as they have stated they are phasing out the smaller models. Other interesting facts were divulged, such as 70% of them are now [...]

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The Hex Bug, at $10, proves to be a perfect platform for building your own droid. Out of the box, it has pretty limited functionality. It walks forward until its antennae bump something, then it backs up and turns left. Applied inspirations shows us how you can replace the bug’s brains with a microcontroller to [...]

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Support for transparent decompression of files on optical media has been part of the Linux kernel since version 2.4.14. Here’s how you can take advantage of this support when you burn your own optical media by using the mkzftree tool and the -z option…

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A look at whether “clean coal” is actually clean, how the technology works, and whether it is a climate crisis cure.

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Scripts For Sites EZ Hotscripts SQL Injection Vulnerability

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Robert Tappan Morris is a character of Internet lore, anyone who has studied Computer Science, Software Engineering or Computer Security will have heard of this guy.
He’s pretty much the fellow that made the Internet famous (for all the wrong rea…

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The Perfect Server – Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10)

This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu
8.10) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters:
Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and
TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier
POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.

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Question: How do I use bash for loop statement to repeat certain task under Linux / UNIX operating system? How do I set infinite loops using for statement? How do I use three-parameter for loop control expression?

Answer to “Bash For Loop Examples“

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vnunet.com, Friday 31 October 2008 at 10:17:00

Iain Thomson and Shaun Nichols discuss the stories that made the headlines in
Silicon Valley this week.

Today’s podcast covers Mobile phone security vulnerabilities; Wal-Mart’s
aggressive G1 mobile phone sales strategy; the benefits and pitfalls of
crowd-sourcing; and the future of Vista and Windows 7.

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In the early days of desktop virtualization, there were few low-priced alternatives to VMware Workstation that didn’t involve a steep learning curve. Even the freely available VirtualBox didn’t affect Workstation’s market domination and instead faced …

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How to vote early, find your polling place, check your registration, know what ID to bring, and more With new updated info.

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Graham Nash and other big name music acts get out the vote with Election Day phone calls to their fans.

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