HowtoForge Newsletter 07/30/2009
================================

New HOWTOs:
===========

     * Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.04 (LAMP)
     * Creating Snapshot-Backups with BackerUpper On Ubuntu 9.04
     * Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Debian Lenny
     * Setting Up Subversion W/ WebDav, Post-Commit Hook & Multiple Sites On
Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04)
     * Recompiling PHP5 With Bundled Support For GD On Ubuntu
     * Configuring Slony-I Cascading Replication On PostgreSQL 8.3
     * Paravirtualized Gentoo 2009 domU Using Debian Lenny
     * Using Address Table Object In Firewall Builder

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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.04 (LAMP)
====================================================================

LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can
install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 9.04 server with PHP5 support
(mod_php) and MySQL support.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-apache2-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubun\
tu-9.04-lamp




Creating Snapshot-Backups with BackerUpper On Ubuntu 9.04
=========================================================

BackerUpper is a tool similar to Apple's TimeMachine. It is intended to create
snapshot-backups of selected directories or even your full hard drive. From the
BackerUpper project page: "Backerupper is a simple program for backing up
selected directories over a local network. Its main intended purpose is backing
up a user's personal data." This article shows how to install and use
BackerUpper on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope).

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-snapshot-backups-with-backerupper-on-ubuntu-9\
.04




Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Debian Lenny
========================================

FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are
transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be
encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to set up
ProFTPd with TLS on a Debian Lenny server.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-proftpd-tls-on-debian-lenny




Setting Up Subversion W/ WebDav, Post-Commit Hook & Multiple Sites On Jaunty
Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04)
================================================================================\
====================

This tutorial was designed for someone setting up their 1st Jaunty Jackalope
(Ubuntu 9.04) - Subversion server. When I first started with Subversion, I
became very frustrated with the many tutorials that were vague on the key part
of what I was installing... Subversion! I included some "ease of use" packages
for us Linux newbs :).

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-subversion-with-webdav-post-commit-hook-and\
-multiple-sites-on-jaunty-jackalope-ubuntu-9.04




Recompiling PHP5 With Bundled Support For GD On Ubuntu
======================================================

You'll learn how to recompile PHP5 with bundled support for GD on Ubuntu to use
advanced GD functions for image editing, like desaturation, and so on.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/recompiling-php5-with-bundled-support-for-gd-on-ubuntu




Configuring Slony-I Cascading Replication On PostgreSQL 8.3
===========================================================

This guide is aimed at users that would like to configure Slony-I to replicate a
database from a master to a slave on different hosts.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/configuring-slony-i-cascading-replication-on-postgresq\
l-8.3




Paravirtualized Gentoo 2009 domU Using Debian Lenny
===================================================

This guide will help you to create gentoo paravirtualized xen guest under Debian
Lenny. Since Gentoo 2008.0 release is deprecated, so we will use current gentoo
stage.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/paravirtualized-gentoo-2009-domu-using-debian-lenny




Using Address Table Object In Firewall Builder
==============================================

This article continues the series of articles on Fireall Builder, a graphical
firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source
firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX). This
article demonstrates how you can build firewall rules matching sets of ip
addresses stored in external files.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/using-address-table-object-in-firewall-builder


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HowtoForge Newsletter 07/23/2009
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New HOWTOs:
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     * VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless
Ubuntu 9.04 Server
     * Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On A Fedora 11 Desktop
     * VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless
Fedora 11 Server
     * Install PHP 5.3.0/Lighttpd On Debian (Lenny) With Imap, MySQL, Sqlite3 And
ImageMagick Support
     * Virtual Mail And FTP Hosting With iRedMail And Pure-FTPd
     * How To Get The M-Audio Transit USB Audio Device Working In Ubuntu 9.04
AMD64
     * Installing VMware Tools On Debian Lenny 5.0.2 With Gnome Desktop On ESX
Server 3.5 Update 4
     * Using Custom Service Object In Firewall Builder

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VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless Ubuntu
9.04 Server
================================================================================\
============

This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun VirtualBox 3.0
(released on June 30, 2009) on a headless Ubuntu 9.04 server. Normally you use
the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a
desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called
VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote
desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/vboxheadless-running-virtual-machines-with-virtualbox-\
3.0-on-a-headless-ubuntu-9.04-server




Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On A Fedora 11 Desktop
================================================

This tutorial shows how you can install Sun VirtualBox 3.0 (released on June 30,
2009) on a Fedora 11 desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest
operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux and Windows under a host
operating system. There are two ways of installing VirtualBox: from precompiled
binaries that are available for some distributions and come under the PUEL
license, and from the sources that are released under the GPL. This article will
show how to set up VirtualBox 3.0 from the precompiled binaries.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-virtualbox-3.0-on-a-fedora-11-desktop




VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless Fedora
11 Server
================================================================================\
==========

This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun VirtualBox 3.0
(released on June 30, 2009) on a headless Fedora 11 server. Normally you use the
VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a
desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called
VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote
desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/vboxheadless-running-virtual-machines-with-virtualbox-\
3.0-on-a-headless-fedora-11-server




Install PHP 5.3.0/Lighttpd On Debian (Lenny) With Imap, MySQL, Sqlite3 And
ImageMagick Support
================================================================================\
==============

This tutorial covers the setup of PHP 5.3.0/Lighttpd on Debian (lenny) with
imap, mysql, mysqli, sqlite3, ImageMagick and mycrypt support.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/install-php-5.3.0-lighttpd-on-debian-lenny-with-imap-m\
ysql-sqlite3-and-imagemagick-support




Virtual Mail And FTP Hosting With iRedMail And Pure-FTPd
========================================================

iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail
solution in less than 2 minutes. Since iRedMail 0.5, it supports Debian 5.0.1
and Ubuntu 8.04 & Ubuntu 9.04 (both i386 and x86_64). iRedMail supports both
OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for storing virtual domains and users. The
OpenLDAP backend of iRedMail allows you to integrate all kinds of applications.
This guide shows you how to integrate pure-ftpd into the iRedMail ldap backend
on CentOS 5.x, passwords will be stored in ldap and you can change the password
through webmail.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-mail-and-ftp-hosting-with-iredmail-and-pure-ft\
pd




How To Get The M-Audio Transit USB Audio Device Working In Ubuntu 9.04 AMD64
============================================================================

This tutorial will explain how to get the M-Audio Transit USB audio device
working under Ubuntu 9.04 amd64, although it may work for other versions. The
Transit is usually a Windows only device and is not detected normally because
the firmware has to be loaded in to the device; this is normally done by the
Windows drivers. I've written this tutorial after a long exhaustive search on
how to get it working.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-get-the-m-audio-transit-usb-audio-device-workin\
g-in-ubuntu-9.04-amd64




Installing VMware Tools On Debian Lenny 5.0.2 With Gnome Desktop On ESX Server
3.5 Update 4
================================================================================\
===========

From time to time, installing VMware Tools on a Linux guest will cause you some
grief. While there are lots of howto's, usually they're for VMware Workstation.
Here's one that works in Debian/Lenny 5.0.2 on ESX Server 3.5 Update 4.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-vmware-tools-on-debian-lenny-5.0.2-with-gno\
me-desktop-on-esx-server-3.5-update-4




Using Custom Service Object In Firewall Builder
===============================================

This article continues the series of articles on Fireall Builder, a graphical
firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source
firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX). This
article demonstrates how you can work with the Custom Service object in Firewall
Builder.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/using-custom-service-object-in-firewall-builder


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HowtoForge Newsletter 07/16/2009
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New HOWTOs:
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     * Setting Up A High-Availability Load Balancer (With Failover and Session
Support) With HAProxy/Heartbeat On Debian Lenny
     * Striping Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Debian Lenny
     * Monitoring Network Latency With Smokeping (Ubuntu 9.04)
     * Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.04
     * Installing Moovida Media Center On Ubuntu 9.04
     * Anonymous SSH Sessions With TOR
     * How To Defend slowloris DDoS With mod_qos (Apache2 On Debian [Lenny])
     * Using ICMP And ICMP6 Service Objects In Firewall Builder

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Setting Up A High-Availability Load Balancer (With Failover and Session Support)
With HAProxy/Heartbeat On Debian Lenny
================================================================================\
=======================================

This article explains how to set up a two-node load balancer in an
active/passive configuration with HAProxy and heartbeat on Debian Lenny. The
load balancer sits between the user and two (or more) backend Apache web servers
that hold the same content. Not only does the load balancer distribute the
requests to the two backend Apache servers, it also checks the health of the
backend servers. If one of them is down, all requests will automatically be
redirected to the remaining backend server. In addition to that, the two load
balancer nodes monitor each other using heartbeat, and if the master fails, the
slave becomes the master, which means the users will not notice any disruption
of the service. HAProxy is session-aware, which means you can use it with any
web application that makes use of sessions (such as forums, shopping carts,
etc.).

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-a-high-availability-load-balancer-with-hapr\
oxy-heartbeat-on-debian-lenny




Striping Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Debian Lenny
=================================================================

This tutorial shows how to do data striping (segmentation of logically
sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be assigned to
multiple physical devices in a round-robin fashion and thus written
concurrently) across four single storage servers (running Debian Lenny) with
GlusterFS. The client system (Debian Lenny as well) will be able to access the
storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system
capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks
over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file
system. Storage bricks can be made of any commodity hardware such as x86-64
servers with SATA-II RAID and Infiniband HBA.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/striping-across-four-storage-nodes-with-glusterfs-on-d\
ebian-lenny




Monitoring Network Latency With Smokeping (Ubuntu 9.04)
=======================================================

This guide shows how to install and configure Smokeping on Ubuntu 9.04 to
monitor network latency. From the Smokeping web site: "SmokePing is a deluxe
latency measurement tool. It can measure, store and display latency, latency
distribution and packet loss. SmokePing uses RRDtool to maintain a longterm
data-store and to draw pretty graphs, giving up to the minute information on the
state of each network connection."

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/monitoring-network-latency-with-smokeping-ubuntu-9.04




Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.04
===========================================================

Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP
server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple
configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can
install Nginx on an Ubuntu 9.04 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and
MySQL support.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-nginx-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu\
-9.04




Installing Moovida Media Center On Ubuntu 9.04
==============================================

This tutorial explains how you can install the Moovida media center on an Ubuntu
9.04 desktop. Moovida is a media center "bringing the best of the internet to
your TV screen. Automatically creating your own digital library you can browse
from your sofa with a remote control. The elegant and easy to use interface
automatically displays artwork and fan art throughtout and gives you access to
movie synopsis and artist info."

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-moovida-media-center-on-ubuntu-9.04




Anonymous SSH Sessions With TOR
===============================

OpenSSH is a great means to protect your connection from being sniffed by
others. However, this isn't always enough. Simply proving that you connected to
a server is enough to get incriminated. Unfortunately, SSH doesn't provide a
native way to obfuscate to whom it connects. Instead, a proxy server can be set
up. And this is where TOR comes to play. This howto covers installing TOR on a
Debian based system and setting up SSH to use TOR.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/anonymous-ssh-sessions-with-tor




How To Defend slowloris DDoS With mod_qos (Apache2 On Debian [Lenny])
=====================================================================

mod_qos gives some fine-grained opportunities to scale the number of used
connections and to defend an attack according to bandwidth limits. Unfortunately
it is only available as source-package and there are many possible settings,
wich might be hard to setup for this special case. So I provide the way that
helped me.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-defend-slowloris-ddos-with-mod_qos-apache2-on-d\
ebian-lenny




Using ICMP And ICMP6 Service Objects In Firewall Builder
========================================================

This article continues the series of articles on Fireall Builder, a graphical
firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source
firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX). This
article demonstrates how you can work with ICMP  and ICMP6 service objects in
Firewall Builder.

You can find the document here:
-------------------------------
http://www.howtoforge.com/using-icmp-and-icmp6-service-objects-in-firewall-build\
er


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Hi all,

Check out this month's PC Quest.

It contains 13 Linux distributions - MuliISO LiveDVD 1.0 containing
Backtrack 3, Damn Small Linux 4.2.5, GeeXboX 1.1, Knoppix 5.1.1, Damn
Vulnerable Linux, MPrentoo2006.1, Ophcrack 1.2.2, Puppy Linux 3.01,
Byzantine OS i586.  In addition to this Whitix-0.2, R.I.P. 7.4, Tin
Hat and gOS 3 Gadgets Beta.

Also don't forget to check out next month's issue of PC Quest. It will
bundle with it in house developed PCQ Linux 2009 along with complete
implementation articles in the magazine.

I hope you will find it useful.

Rajneesh Kumar

Hello Mr. Verma,

I could not understand what kind of documents do you want kindly
elaborate.

Rajneesh
--- In Linuxwithrajneesh@..., "sk01_verma"
<sk01_verma@...> wrote:
>
> Dear rajneesh if you have any important document about linux os
> then please send me at sk01verma@...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In Linuxwithrajneesh@..., "Rajneesh Kumar"
> <rajrajneesh1@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi to all,
> >
> > Here is a brief round up of Linux, Free and Open Source Software
> > contents in various computer magazines: -
> >
> > Linux For You: -
> >
> > Linux For You is coming with two DVDs this month.  One DVD contains
> > openSuse 11.1 - The complete operating system that you can run
> across
> > a range of desktops and servers and other contains Sabayon 4 - If
> you
> > are a gamer, or a multimedia and graphics buff, then this operating
> > system is for you.
> >
> > In addition to this usual latest contents are there in the magazine.
> >
> > Chip: -
> > Chip India is carrying Fedora Core 10 in one of its DVDs.
> >
> > Digit: -
> > Digit is carrying two Linux distributions - Fedora Core 10 and
> Vector
> > Linux 6.0.
> >
> > In addition to this, it is carrying Fast Track to Linux
> > with loads of screenshots and step by step instructions for
> > accomplishing common tasks on Linux
> >
> >
> > I hope you will find it useful.
> >
> > Rajneesh Kumar
> >
>

Dear rajneesh if you have any important document about linux os
then please send me at sk01verma@...







--- In Linuxwithrajneesh@..., "Rajneesh Kumar"
<rajrajneesh1@...> wrote:
>
> Hi to all,
>
> Here is a brief round up of Linux, Free and Open Source Software
> contents in various computer magazines: -
>
> Linux For You: -
>
> Linux For You is coming with two DVDs this month.  One DVD contains
> openSuse 11.1 - The complete operating system that you can run
across
> a range of desktops and servers and other contains Sabayon 4 - If
you
> are a gamer, or a multimedia and graphics buff, then this operating
> system is for you.
>
> In addition to this usual latest contents are there in the magazine.
>
> Chip: -
> Chip India is carrying Fedora Core 10 in one of its DVDs.
>
> Digit: -
> Digit is carrying two Linux distributions - Fedora Core 10 and
Vector
> Linux 6.0.
>
> In addition to this, it is carrying Fast Track to Linux
> with loads of screenshots and step by step instructions for
> accomplishing common tasks on Linux
>
>
> I hope you will find it useful.
>
> Rajneesh Kumar
>

Hi to all,

Here is a brief round up of Linux, Free and Open Source Software
contents in various computer magazines: -

Linux For You: -

Linux For You is coming with two DVDs this month.  One DVD contains
openSuse 11.1 - The complete operating system that you can run across
a range of desktops and servers and other contains Sabayon 4 - If you
are a gamer, or a multimedia and graphics buff, then this operating
system is for you.

In addition to this usual latest contents are there in the magazine.

Chip: -
Chip India is carrying Fedora Core 10 in one of its DVDs.

Digit: -
Digit is carrying two Linux distributions - Fedora Core 10 and Vector
Linux 6.0.

In addition to this, it is carrying Fast Track to Linux
with loads of screenshots and step by step instructions for
accomplishing common tasks on Linux


I hope you will find it useful.

Rajneesh Kumar

The movement of Software Freedom started with the establishment of 'The Free Software Foundation (FSF)' in 1984 by MIT hacker Richard M. Stallman. The FSF advocates the software user's freedom to study and modify any program as well as redistribute its original or modified copies. FSF focuses on a completely free software system from kernel to applications and it rejects any component of the system which is non-free.  FSF released the 'GNU General Public License (GPL)' for the users of 'free software'. As a UNIX like OS, GNU/Linux distributions and the freedom of open source provide an excellent academic and research opportunity. Each application is available in source form and the author as well as the user community can be contacted online.  

'GNU/Linux User Group(GLUG) - Meerut' is a GNU/Linux software user's platform to meet, discuss and innovate with other users and developers. GLUG-Meerut is the first gnu.org registered GLUG of entire UP and only the nineteenth one in India. We have helped establish the standard GNU/Linux software as part of engineering curricula in CS & IT. We also help FM Radio station at IIMT Meerut to migrate from properietary software to public domain software 'AUDACITY' released under the 'GNU General Public License (GPL)'.   
  
Now, the efforts of GLUG-Meerut have been appreciated by Dr. Richard Stallman (the founder of 'Software Freedom Movement' from MIT, USA) as "Happy Hacking and thanks for defending the freedom in Meerut" at JNU, New Delhi on 21-12-2008. GLUG-Meerut has invited Dr. Stallman for a visit to Meerut - "The City of Freedom" - the city of 1857 war of Indian Independence which laid the seeds of the rising Indian self reliance culminating into modern Indian nation.

GLUG-Meerut community welcomes all GNU/Linux enthusiasts of Meerut and beyond. We intend to organize various workshops, seminars and conferences for proliferation of GNU/Linux philosophy of software freedom all over the western UP region and beyond. Anyone can freely join GLUG-Meerut on 'groups.google.com/group/glug-meerut'.

Mohit Singh       
Coordinator-GLUG Meerut
                     
gmohitsingh@...
9719092091

<groups.google.com/group/glug-meerut>
www.glug-meerut.org (w.e.f. 01-01-09)

With Regards
Sumit Srivastava

Hi!

The GNU/Linux User Group (GLUG) - Meerut is organizing a special three day (09-01-09 to 11-01-09) GNU/Linux Software Development Workshop 'FOSSTIVAL 2009' at IIMT Engineering College, Meerut. Our target audience is the pre-final and final year CS/IT/MCA students who will bring their GNU/Linux laptops to get hands on training covering the LAMP(Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP) spectrum in a rapid round of three days.

GLUG Meerut is associated with various GNU/Linux community enthusiasts of India including ILUG-Delhi, CDAC-NOIDA and NRCFOSS,Chennai. GLUG community is open for all GNU/Linux enthusiasts of Meerut and beyond. We aim to inculcate the spirit of innovation with cooperation as per the ethics of 'Software Freedom Movement' among the students and professionals of the city and beyond. Anyone can freely join GLUG-Meerut on 'groups.google.com/group/glug-meerut'.

The workshop will have sessions on GNU/Linux System Programming & Web Development (ABCD of Web Tech, PHP & Python, Apache, MySQL, Mainstream Web Applications & Projects). There will be special sessions for faculty members introducing to free software packages for system management like Drupal etc. The sessions will be taken by the hackers from wide spectrum of GNU/Linux Community of North India.

We cordially invite you to participate in FOSSTIVAL 2009. The registration is open till 05-01-2009. The registration fees will be Rs. 360 and Rs. 600(includes lodging & food) for local and outstation candidates respectively.

With Warm Regards and Welcome to FOSSTIVAL 2009,

Mohit Singh       
Coordinator-GLUG Meerut

Mob. No. 9719092091                      
gmohitsingh@...

<groups.google.com/group/glug-meerut>
www.glug-meerut.org (w.e.f. 01-01-09)

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"Happy Hacking and thanks for defending the freedom in Meerut"
 -  Richard Stallman, founder 'Software Freedom Movement', MIT, USA
    at New Delhi on 21-12-2008
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With Regards
Sumit Srivastava

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With regards,
Rajneesh

Hi to all,

This month's magazines include: -

Linux For You: -
A separate DVD containing seven distributions: -
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Digit: -
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  Coyote Linux
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Chip: -
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openSUSE 11.0

PC Quest: -
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Hope you will find it useful.

Rajneesh Kumar

Hi to all,

Interested in virtualization?
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Interest in .Net?
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008111255/0/
Mono 2.0 brings .NET to Linux
Mono is an open source technology that improves the stability and
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Hope you will find it useful.

Rajneesh Kumar

Hi,

First of all west wishes for prosperous Navratras and Vijay Dashami to
all of you.

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Try this simple tool: -

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Rajneesh

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