Linux Mint 12 LXDE Officially Released

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 12 LXDE. Linux Mint 12 LXDE New features at a glance: LXDE Hybrid ISO images Search engines Upstream components For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 12 LXDE“.

What is LWN.net?,LWN.net

What is LWN.net?

LWN.net aims to be the premier news and information source for the free software community. We provide comprehensive coverage of development, legal, commercial, and security issues. The LWN.net Weekly Edition is our weekly summary of what has happened in the free software world; our front page offers up-to-the-minute coverage.

How did LWN get started?

When LWN was initially designed, at the end of 1997, it was intended to be an attention-getting side project of a new consulting company called Eklektix, Inc. The initial editors (Elizabeth Coolbaugh and Jonathan Corbet) wanted to share the results of their efforts to keep up with developments from all over the Linux community. Over the years LWN has grown with Linux and become one of the definitive Linux news sites.

Where does LWN get its information?

We spend an unbelievable amount of time wandering the net in search of interesting developments to cover for our users. We also depend heavily on tips from our users; see the next section on how to send in something you have seen. 

wine 1.4:How to run windows software in linux?

Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X.
  WINE is a free and open source  software that allows computer programs written for windows to run on linux platforms.The name Wine initially was an acronym for WINdows Emulator. Its meaning later shifted to the recursive backronym, Wine Is Not an Emulator in order to differentiate the software from other emulators.

 Wine benefits
Last but not least, Wine can provide benefits over Windows right now:

• Wine makes it possible to take advantage of all the Unix strong points (stability, flexibility, remote administration) while still using the Windows applications you depend on.
• Unix has always made it possible to write powerful scripts. Wine makes it possible to call Windows applications from scripts that can also leverage the Unix environment to its full extent.
• Wine makes it possible to access Windows applications remotely, even if they are a few thousand miles away.
• Wine makes it economical to use thin clients: simply install Wine on a Linux server, and voila, you can access these Windows applications from any X terminal.
• Wine can also be used to make existing Windows applications available on the Web by using VNC and its Java client.
• Wine is Open Source Software, so you can extend it to suit your needs or have one of many companies do it for you.

Latest Releases

• Wine 1.4
• http://www.winehq.org/ 

credits:http://www.winehq.org/ 

Setting Up A Linux File Server Using Samba

A quick Google will show many ways to to setup a Linux file server running Samba, most of them however don't work! Some leave out important bits leaving you stuck and some will only work with one version of a specific Distro (but of course don't mention this). I struggled for ages getting Samba to work reliably and made quite a few wrong turns on the way. I was just trying to set up a simple Linux file server to store music, photos etc. but eventually found a foolproof (probably) way to do it. The following works and has been tested several times on fresh installations. This is not meant to be a high security setup, all folders are accessible to everybody for read, write and delete. If you have stroppy teenagers who want exclusive access to their own area on the server, then you can use this as a starting point. A few simple changes would achieve that level of security but it is beyond the scope of this tutorial.

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credits:http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-a-linux-file-server-using-samba