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Debian OS

January 29, 2004 12:00am PST

Debian is a free operating system (OS) for computers. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make users? computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an...

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Transition Of Governance In A Mature Open Software Source Community: Evidence From The Debian Case

November 20, 2009 12:00am PST

As flourishing, productive Open Source Software (OSS) communities mature, they have to introduce a variety of governance mechanisms to manage the participation of their members and to coordinate...

Provided by: United Nations University

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Deploying Debian GNU/Linux With ICE-Linux

February 1, 2009 12:00am PST

Debian GNU/Linux is a collection of GNU applications compiled and distributed with the Linux kernel. Together they are called a dist, or distribution, of the Linux operating system. Debian...

Provided by: Hewlett-Packard (HP)

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Ubuntu Eye for the Debian Guy: Running Linux on Linux

March 7, 2008 12:00am PST

The aim of this paper is to present my experience building and running two separate UML instances of Ubuntu distributions. For Debian users like the author, it can serve as a starting point for...

Provided by: Jupitermedia

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Linux 101: Installing Debian GNU/Linux

August 14, 2006 12:00am PDT

Installing any operating system on a desktop computer, whether it be Microsoft Windows, MacOS X, Debian GNU/Linux, or anything else, can occasionally be an exercise in frustration. That is...

Provided by: Chad Perrin

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DebianRunner: Running Desktop Applications on Android Smartphones

October 27, 2010 12:00am PDT

The Android operating system runs atop the Linux kernel, yet lacks the ability to natively execute standard Linux desktop applications. Though efforts have been made to enable this functionality,...

Provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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When Private Keys Are Public: Results From the 2008 Debian OpenSSL Vulnerability

November 6, 2009 12:00am PST

The authors report on the aftermath of the discovery of a severe vulnerability in the Debian Linux version of OpenSSL. Systems affected by the bug generated predictable random numbers, most...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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Detect and replace vulnerable SSH keys on Debian

May 20, 2008 11:49am PDT

As many of my readers no doubt already know, Debian GNU/Linux recently had some cryptographic vulnerability problems. By far, the most common effect of this on users of Debian will be the...

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Not Invented Here has no place in open source development

May 22, 2008 3:42pm PDT

Last week, many Debian users got something of a shock when they realized that encryption keys for OpenSSH, OpenSSL, and OpenVPN have all been vulnerable to relatively easy compromise for a while....

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Debian sources.list

August 21, 2005 8:01am PDT

Debian sources.list Ok, I have the following sources.list for Debian Sarge. # official Debian archives deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb...

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Linux 101: Efficient software management with the Advanced Package Tool in Debian

August 10, 2006 3:48pm PDT

One of the characteristic features of any Linux distribution is its official software management system. Just as RPM to some degree defined Red Hat Linux throughout much of its history so too has...

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Are you a Debian advocate?

November 8, 2007 9:16am PST

Are you a Debian advocate? article root ubuntu is based on debian as is Knoppix, Linspire, MEPIS, and Xandros. also - one of the best package management systems, apt, came out of debian. ...

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Taking BSD one step further

January 17, 2012 8:45pm PST

PC-BSD is to FreeBSD what Ubuntu is to Debian, without most of the mess.

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dual boot XP Pro and Debian Linux

February 1, 2009 2:50pm PST

dual boot XP Pro and Debian Linux I'm trying to set up a Dell Lattitude D610 to dual boot XP Pro and Debian Etch 4.0, XP was loaded and configured,then I tried to load Debian. The install went...

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Debian edge linux source list

January 15, 2009 5:22am PST

Debian edge linux source list Can someone tell me where i can get a up to date source list for debian edge yup debian.org And to hold your hand http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ Click on the...

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Detect and replace vulnerable SSH keys on Debian

May 20, 2008 12:01pm PDT

Detect and replace vulnerable SSH keys on Debian article root Detect and replace vulnerable SSH keys on Debian Have you run afoul of the OpenSSH vulnerability in Debian and Debian-derived...

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DIY: Install the web-based security appliance Untangle

July 14, 2011 1:52pm PDT

Network security doesn't have to require purchasing costly hardware from SonicWALL or Cisco. Instead, give the Debian-based appliance Untangle a try and see if it fits your needs.

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DIY: Troubleshooting Apache installations

April 19, 2011 9:51am PDT

Jack Wallen finds that the PHP module stumps new Apache admins more than any other module. He explains how to configure a LAMP server on a Debian-based system that installs Apache2.

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TechRepublic Questions of the Week - February 9, 2010

February 9, 2010 10:18am PST

The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues with Netgear switches, Microsoft Word, mobile devices, virtual machines, DFS data loss, wireless with Debian Linux, and...

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Linux hit with Phalanx 2: Is there a Linux double-standard when it comes to security?

August 28, 2008 1:39pm PDT

Is there a double-standard applied to Linux security vs. Windows security? The Phalanx 2 exploit, which takes advantage of compromised cryptographic keys in Debian-based systems, is on the loose...

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