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Download of the day: gNewSense GNU/Linux Distribution

Posted: 01 May 2008 05:16 PM CDT

gNewSense is derived from Ubuntu Linux, and has most of the same functionality. However, it removed all the non-free blobs from distro i.e. it only ship with free and open software. It has no proprietary modules or software:

* Firmware removed from kernel in main
* Builder, a tool to produce a distribution
* Restricted removed
* Ubuntu logos replaced
* Universe enabled by default
* emacs, bsdgames, nethack and build-essential part of the default install

=> Download gNewSense Linux distribution.

How To Setup OpenSolaris Open Storage Server

Posted: 01 May 2008 04:10 PM CDT

This is a great way to build UNIX based NAS server with all goodness of ZFS.

Sun recently announced the addition of powerful developer tools and expanded professional service capabilities to help developers better leverage the growing open source communities that are fast changing the economics of the storage IT landscape. Over 3,000 members and 30+ projects within an active and growing OpenSolaris storage community demonstrate a groundswell within the storage industry for developers and enterprise companies to use open source alternatives to expensive proprietary storage offerings.

Sun further claimed that average developer will be able to set up an OpenSolaris server is about 10 minutes. You can build a OpenSolaris operating system storage server in 10 minutes or less. This how-to recipe is intended to familiarize developers with the simple commands in Solaris for performing data management tasks, i.e. ZFS, NFS, CIFS, COMSTAR etc.

Setting Up an OpenSolaris Storage Server in 10 Minutes or Less

Setting Up an OpenSolaris NAS Box: Father-Son Bonding

Now, the million dollar question - will free software able to sell Sun hardware?

Download of the day: OpenBSD 4.3

Posted: 01 May 2008 03:51 PM CDT

OpenBSD 4.3 has been released and available for download. From the announcement page:
We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the default install. As in our previous releases, 4.3 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system:

=> New/extended platforms

=> Hardware and driver support

=> Over 4,500 ports and much more

Download OpenBSD 4.3

Visit the offical project web site to grab installation media. You can also order CD from official web site.

ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified Error and Solution

Posted: 01 May 2008 08:34 PM CDT

Q. My Oracle XE installation was working fine, but today I'm getting an error - which read as follows under Ubuntu Linux : ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified How do I fix this problem without reinstalling Oracle? A. Try following solutions: Make sure DNS / host name resolution working fine $ host oracle-server-ip $ host oracle-server-hostname Make sure [...]

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