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Ask Slashdot: Self-Hosted Gmail Alternatives? 554

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 07, 2011 @11:35AM from the that-is-one-tall-order dept.

linkedlinked writes "I'm tired of building my sandcastles on Google's beachfront. I've moved off Docs, Plus, and Analytics, so now it's time to host my own email servers. What are the best self-host open-source email solutions available? I'm looking for 'the full stack' — including a Gmail-competitive web GUI — and don't mind getting my hands dirty to set it up. I leverage most of Gmail's features, including multi-domain support, and fetching from remote POP/IMAP servers. Bonus points: Since I'm a hobbyist, not a sysadmin, and I normally outsource my mail servers, what new security considerations do I need to make in managing these services?"

Reminiscing Old School Linux 539

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 02, 2011 @08:52PM from the the-ghost-of-builds-past dept.

t14m4t writes "While the Linux experience has improved dramatically over the years (remember the days of Kernel version 2.0? or even 1.2?), Tech Republic revisits some of the more-fondly-remembered artifacts of the Linux of years past. From the article: 'Of all the admin tools I have used on Linux, the one I thought was the best of the best was linuxconf. From this single interface, you could administer everything — and I mean EVERYTHING — on your Linux box. From the kernel on up, you could take care of anything you needed. With the dumbing down of the Linux operating system (which was actually a necessity for average user acceptance), tools like this have disappeared. It’s too bad. An admin tool like this was ideal for serious administrators and users.'"

The Seven Types of Hackers 178

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @04:13PM from the partridge-in-a-pair-tree dept.

Bruce Schneier's blog links to a nifty article listing the seven types of malicious hackers. The list is: Cyber criminals; Spammers and adware spreaders; Advanced persistent threat (APT) agents; Corporate spies; Hactivists; Cyber warriors; and Rogue hackers.

UK Newspaper Websites To Become Nearly Invisible 454

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 27, 2010 @04:52AM from the no-news-for-you dept.

smooth wombat writes "Various websites have tried to make readers pay for access to select parts of their sites. Now, in a bid to counter what he claims is theft of his material, Rupert Murdoch's Times and Sunday Times sites will become essentially invisible to web users. Except for their home pages, no stories will show up on Google. Starting in late June, Google and other search engines will be prevented from indexing and linking to stories. Registered users will still get free access until the cut off date."

Comment Re:I hope this doesn't harm the Linux distro marke (Score 1) 124

by kephunk on Sunday May 23, 2010 @05:37PM (#32317216) Attached to: Novell Reportedly Taking Bids From Up To 20 Companies

I don't think people really consider Oracle Unbreakable Linux when talking about the Linux Enterprise market since its mostly a respin of RHEL with Oracle logos and technical support. And while Ubuntu do have a server offering, and it could be considered enterprise, its not quite got the enterprise reputation that RHEL & SUSE have.

64-Bit Flash Player For Linux Finally In Alpha 172

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @01:03PM from the new-and-shiny dept.

Luchio writes "Finally, a little bit of respect from Adobe with this alpha release of the Adobe Flash Player 10 that was made available for all Linux 64-bit enthusiasts! As noted, 'this is a prerelease version,' so handle with care. Just remove any existing Flash player and extract the new .so file in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (or /usr/lib/opera/plugins)."

Comment Re:Google Groups (Score 1) 625

by kephunk on Thursday July 31, 2008 @05:58PM (#24424463) Attached to: R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008

A lot of the good stuff from usenet has now migrated to mailing lists and online forums but it still isn't the same..

For reading a vast selection mailing lists in a news reader you should head over to gmane.org. Their selection of mailing lists is pretty good and if there's a list not there that you want, you can request that it gets subscribed.

IBM Refuses To Certify Oracle Linux 124

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @07:43AM from the doesn't-look-red-to-me dept.

Andrew writes "IBM has thrown a spanner in the Oracle Linux works by refusing to certify that IBM's software portfolio will run and be supported on Oracle Unbreakable Linux. If IBM applications turn out to be incompatible with Oracle Linux, then it will be up to Oracle to resolve any issues. This conservative stance of IBM's is unlikely to help Oracle sell Linux subscriptions to businesses that use any of IBM's large software portfolio."

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