Relaxing Wallpaper with a comfortable gtk engine :)

23 febbraio 2008 - Fonte: http://gianvito.wordpress.com

I don’t know why… but this wallpaper gives me a pleasant sensation of relax :)

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I associated it  with this gtk engine which is available in 2 versions…

  • based on clearlooks
  • based on aurora

I’ve chosen the first one… (MOTIVATIONS)
It’s name is Caramello

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Ubuntu 8.10: Introducing the Intrepid Ibex

22 febbraio 2008 - Fonte: http://ubuntuland.nireblog.com

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None other than the father of Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, announced last night the name and the goals for the next version of this marvelous operating system, Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex); scheduled for release in October 2008: "With Hardy now past feature-freeze it's time to start to plan features that are being lined up for inclusion after Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is released in April. And so I'd like to introduce you to the Intrepid Ibex, the release which is planned for October 2008, and which is likely to have the version number...

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Gtk Engines Benchmarks – What’s the fastest?

20 febbraio 2008 - Fonte: http://gianvito.wordpress.com

There is a program that benchs every kind of gtk engine…

His name is GTKPERF.

Have you ever asked: “What’s the fastest gtk engine?” (in everyday actions…)

I used gtkperf to bench some of the most famous gtk engines:

  • Clearlooks (from gnome-themes-svn)
  • Nodoka (from Fedora 8)
  • Human (from Ubuntu)
  • Murrine (thanks to CIMI (like new Clearlooks) :))
  • Aurora
  • Mac4Lin
  • Clearlooks Classic
  • Crux
  • Glossy
  • Glider
  • Mist
  • Nova
  • Simple
  • ThinIce

1. Clearlooks

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Tape-Oriented Backup is a general driver for making and maintaining backups

15 febbraio 2008 - Fonte: http://ubuntuland.nireblog.com

Tape-Oriented Backup is a general driver for making and maintaining backups. Given a set of `volume definitions', it creates arj, tar or afio based backups, and stores them either to a device in /dev, or a file in the filesystem, to be burned to optical media later, moved off to other machines, etc. Through a straightforward configuration file, you can instruct tob to mount and unmount devices before beginning backups.

Description:    This version of tob has been enhanced to manage backups in a large network A new volume configuration file has been added .tape which defines environment overriding variables like BACKUPDEV and BLOCKING for use with 2 or more tape drives. Type tob to get a look at the argument changes introduced with this patch....

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Debian ,The Universal Operating System

29 gennaio 2008 - Fonte: http://linuxlandit.blogspot.com/

What is Debian?

Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.

Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux. Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 18733 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy...

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Chocolate Cake with Fudge Frosting

20 gennaio 2008 - Fonte: http://www.innoland.it
Dear diary … Some day ago, I was talking with a my friend about his London’s week end. He told me about one chocolate cake. I asked you more informations. The first was: What’s the name of this cake? The answer was: The name is Fudge Cake This morning, I opened my Mozilla Firefox and I started to found it. [...]...

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Fake Name Generator

29 dicembre 2007 - Fonte: http://altagradazione.blogspot.com/
Fake Name Generator genera nomi fasulli.

Catone Mazzanti
Via Agostino Depretis, 19
16024-Genova GE

Email Address: Catone.Mazzanti@pookmail.com

Phone: 0345 9055574
Mother's maiden name: Bianchi
Birthday: February 23, 1962

MasterCard: 5590 2623 2764 0844
Expires: 2/2009

Manlio Iadanza
Discesa Gaiola, 106
85025-Melfi PZ

Email Address: Manlio.Iadanza@trashymail.com...

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Controllare named con l’utility rndc presente in BIND.

31 luglio 2007 - Fonte: http://www.space4tutorial.com

Questo mini-tutorial vuole descrivere l’utilizzo dell’utility rndc per controllare anche da un computer remoto il processo BIND che gestisce il DNS (Domain Name System).

Livello: Avanzato

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Il DNS (Domain Name System) – guida teorica

31 luglio 2007 - Fonte: http://www.space4tutorial.com

Vi sottopongo questa Guida teorica relativa al funzionamento del servizio DNS (Domain Name System) per la risoluzione dei nomi di dominio in indirizzi IP. Appena possibile, invierò anche un mini-tutorial per configurare il DNS con il nostro Sistema Operativo preferito. Inviate i vostri commenti, le vostre opinioni, o i vostri suggerimenti, per migliorarla! Grazie!

Livello: tutti

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