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Infrastructure Linux News for Jun 22, 2011
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PlanetLab creates a 'more advanced sudo' (Jun 22, 2011, 23:01)
ComputerWorld: "Researchers at the PlanetLab
global research network have developed a potential replacement for
the widely used Unix sudo tool, called Vsys, that will offer
administrators far greater control over what end users can and
can't access."
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Dropbox Security Glitch Allowed Anyone to Access User Accounts (Jun 22, 2011, 16:02)
Help net Security: "Web-based file hosting
service Dropbox has confirmed that a bug introduced by a code push
allowed anyone to access any user account by simply typing in a
random password for a period of nearly four hours."
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First glimpse of Ubuntu Software Centre 5.0 (Jun 22, 2011, 14:03)
Ubuntu Manual: "One thing in Ubuntu, which has
always hit rock bottom in terms of popularity, is Ubuntu Software
Centre. The reason often cited is its weak design and layout."
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The Best & Fastest Computers are Linux Computers (Jun 22, 2011, 11:03)
Linux and Open Source: "While Linux still has
trouble getting a grip on the desktop, everywhere else Linux rules.
No where is that clearer than it is in the fastest of the fast: the
supercomputers."
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Firefox 5 Benchmarked: Faster And Better Than Ever Before! (Jun 22, 2011, 09:01)
Digitizor: "In this benchmark, lower scores
(time) means better performance. In our earlier benchmarks, Firefox
is always slower than other browsers such as Chrome and Opera. Let
us see how well Firefox 5 does."
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50 Must-Have Open Source Apps for Your Home Office (Jun 22, 2011, 07:03)
Datamation: "Whether they work for themselves,
a small business or a large multinational corporation, all of these
workers need good software for their home offices."
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Linux: OpenType Font Challenge (Jun 22, 2011, 06:01)
ERACC Web Log: "My goal is to show how easy
installing fonts could be for a non-geek newbie that is 'scared' of
the command-line. Based on some feedback I have seen, that was not
clear originally."
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Monitoring User/Application Activity with psacct (Jun 22, 2011, 01:03)
BashShell.net: "One of the big advantages of
using psacct on your server is that it provides excellent logging
for activities of applications and users."
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