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Using Open Source Software to Reduce Investments and Operating Costs

By the time you finish reading this article, you will realize some of the many benefits of using Open Source software, how it dramatically lowers your investments by reducing the cost associated with licensed software and its support.
We will look at existing uses of licensed software and how Open Source software can replace them while [...]

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Linux Resource: Best Linux Books

Here is my recommendation of Top Linux Books. Some of these are recommendations based on my personal reading and rest are a result of search on Internet. These books are very helpful for newbies and also for people who want to build expertise in Linux. For a complete selection of best selling books on linux, [...]

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Beginners guide to .htaccess file with examples - Part II

I hope you have gone through the examples listed in first part of this tutorial. If not, it’s here - [Beginners guide to .htaccess file with examples].
In this part, we will cover more examples with .htaccess file.
Presenting custom error pages
Use .htaccess file to present users with your custom pages for 401 [Authorization Required], 403 [Forbidden], [...]

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Virtualizaton: Better Resource Utilization and reduced Total Cost of Ownership

A virtual machine is like running a PC on a PC. You can run Linux on Windows XP or run Windows Server 2003 on a Windows XP system, as simple as that. A VM [Virtual Machine], enables IT professionals and developers to test and evaluate their applications and other tools without having a need to [...]

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Beginners Guide to .htaccess File with Examples

.htaccess files provides us with ways to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. This file works well in Apache Web Server and on Linux/Unix. Also, it works on Windows based system, such as Windows XP/2000/2003, with Apache Web server. This article has some basic .htaccess examples to get you working with .htaccess right away. [...]

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