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This group is for individuals who use and support the incredible Linux operating system as a business tool no matter what flavor or combination of software built on top of the "Linux Kernel". Topics include everything from using Linux as a server and/or workstation for any purpose. We are open minded just like the open source OS and beyond.

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Christiaan Jake Cabatino
1/4/2009 - 1:21 am

is there any alternative to MS Visio in Linux? aside from using wine or crossover..

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Christiaan Jake Cabatino
1/4/2009 - 1:19 am

is there any alternative to MS Visio in Linux? aside from using wine or crossover..

Angelique Oberlin-Sanders
1/3/2009 - 5:56 pm

I just started using Fedora 10 and I'm having a difficult time installing plug ins..any thoughts or tips? I've looked at different ideas and theories on forums and message boards and none of them have helped so far.

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David Madden
1/2/2009 - 1:38 am

The New Year is here! What technologies are you all wanting to see developed, improved, or continued? What was spetacular from 2008 for Linux?

Paul Gevurtz
12/28/2008 - 7:52 pm

If it is a LAMP server why do you have any window manager on it? I wouldn't even put X on it at all. SSH is the way to really admin a server. GDM wouldn't really do it either, check your load, logs, netstat's, tcpdumps, configs etc, after getting rid of X. Not only does running X open up a ton of security issues it chews up total server load. Try a 'ps auxwww |less' and see what kind of processes are running, im sure you could get rid of at least 60%

Craig Parker
12/22/2008 - 6:36 pm

Hardy Heron turding my box out...
I have an older Dell Inspiron 1000; I've been running linux on it since Fedora 1, and have noticed that it's real slow lately, I think since upgrading to hardy.
My plan of attack is to install Xubuntu Hardy fresh (putting xfce on after doesn't seem to do it and I experimented on another box with good results)
What's your take? I'm running it as a development LAMP box, but I can't imagine apache and mysql bogging it down too hard when the only one looking at it is me.

GDM?

David Madden
12/20/2008 - 8:24 am

One of the reasons that I still run Ubuntu in VMware is that I cannot get away from Windows. I program in VB and C#. I do some Java but mostly through school and for fun.

Does anyone know of a way to move to Linux completely? I am happy that Ubuntu is so good. I just am not the kind of person that wants to recompile or look at poorly developed apps. I am so used to Office, IE and Visual Studio. Is there any real well put together acts out there? I really have nothing against Windows. I have used it since it crawled on top of DOS.

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Gary Morgan
12/16/2008 - 11:49 am

Check out Beryl if you want a desk top that will really amaze you. OSX or Vista cannot even come close to this. Ubuntu is probably the most popular distro out there right now. I have been using Linux for a long time because was a sys admin guy at Silicon Graphics in past times and I have always had a "thing" for UNIX. Can't beat the power and flexibility of Linux. I do mostly network stuff these days and there are some amazing tools for looking and dealing with network problems that are available for Linux.

Obinna Amalu
12/15/2008 - 10:10 pm

Yeah i have my LPIC 1 certification. Is there any way I could be of help???

Paul Gevurtz
12/15/2008 - 7:47 pm

Are there any RHCE's in here? im just curious. What about any linux certifications?

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