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Installing Linux apps: A few good tips

Sooner or later, we all end up installing new software on our computers. Whether it's a new version of Firefox, or a cool game, or a video editing package, there comes a time when you want to make your system do more than it can do now.

By James Turner | 29 September, 2008 08:10

Tags: desktop linux, linux apps, operating system

Fedora's FreeIPA offers identity, security services

Fedora 9, released last month, included the first release of FreeIPA, a new free/open source project that comes out of Red Hat with the goal of becoming a complete and integrated security information management solution. In this article we take a look at exactly what FreeIPA is, both what it can do now and what its developers hope it will be capable of in the future. It seems destined to become a key feature of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and with Fedora 9 released and FreeIPA tightly integrated, now seems to be the perfect time to explore this new technology.

Desktop Linux face-off: Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Fedora 9

Over the past decade, Linux has emerged from a herd of obscure and nerdy operating systems to warrant a place in even the most technologically unsophisticated business environments. And in the past three years, a few distributions have made stupendous leaps in performance and usability, winning the affection of millions of mainstream desktop users.