ProShield is asystem administration/security program for Ubuntu/Debian GNU/Linux. Ithelps insure that your system is secure and up-to-date by checking manydifferent aspects of your system. Whether you are a Linux novice or asystem administrator with a dozen servers, ProShield is designed to be usable by all. Its main goal is to help secure a newly installed [...]
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OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading
open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets,
presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many
languages and works on all common computers.
It stores all your data in an international open standard format and
can also read and write files from other common office software
packages. It can be downloaded and used completely [...]
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Disable or throttle back Tracker indexing
Installed
and running by default on Ubuntu desktops, Tracker is an actually handy
search tool that’s placed, Spotlight-style, in the upper-right taskbar,
giving you quick access to files and folders. The only catch is that
Tracker eats up a good bit of processor power to keep itself current,
and, depending on how you use your [...]
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Estimating the usage of most open source programs is difficult, if not impossible. However, it’s important to try to understand the size of the userbase and what their greatest needs are.
InternetNews.com reports that Ubuntu Linux has 8 million active users:
“In terms of numbers we’re very confident this is an 8 million plus user base of [...]
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