Easy, browser-based Linux/UNIX administration with Webmin–step by step.
Long Description: Webmin gives you an easy, browser-based solution for virtually any day-to-day Linux/UNIX administration task. Now, there’s a definitive Webmin guide for every beginning-to-intermediate sysadmin. Written by Webmin’s primary developer, Managing Linux® Systems with Webmin™; delivers authoritative, step-by-step coverage of the latest version of Webmin, from basic installation to centrally managing multiple servers. Coverage includes:
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Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Screenshots Gallery
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2.Codenamed “Oneiric Ocelot”, 11.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle fixing bugs and introducing a couple of new features as we polish up for the release.
Ubuntu Changes since Beta 1
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Computer Inside Your Computer: How To Use VirtualBox (PDF Guide)
VirtualBox is a free, open source, cross-platform application for creating, managing and running Virtual Machines (VMs).
You’ve heard a lot about Linux and you’d love to try it out, but you don’t know enough to take the plunge and install it alongside Windows – maybe you’re worried you’ll wipe all your files off in the process. Besides, you’d like to have another computer handy so that you can look something up if you get stuck, but you don’t have another computer. This is it.
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Migrating a Web Site to Drupal
This paper examines how to smoothly transfer content, users, interface, and metadata to Drupal.
Drupal’s advantages for running enterprise web sites are well established by such companies as FedEx, The Economist, and The White House. But many who would like to use it hesitate because they fear loss of assets now managed by their current site’s platform, or expect the procedure to transfer those assets to be prohibitively difficult. This paper examines scenarios for migrating from other Content-Management Systems (CMSes) such as Vignette, Jive, FatWire, ColdFusion, and Joomla. It evaluates reasons for migration, describes migration methods and tools, and suggests best practices.
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