Quantum GIS (QGIS) Software for Redhat, Fedora and Centos

Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android and supports numerous vector, raster, and database formats and functionalities.
QGIS is available on Windows, MacOS X, Linux and Android. Binary packages are provided for the current version. The current version is QGIS 1.8.0 and was released in June 2012.

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NetBSD 6.0 RC2 Release Free Download

NetBSD 6.0 RC2

Jeff Rizzo has announced the availability of the second release candidate for NetBSD 6.0: "On behalf of NetBSD's developers, I'm happy to announce the availability of the second release candidate of NetBSD 6.0. Adding a little more polish before the 6.0 release,

 

Fixes since NetBSD 6.0_RC1
Adding a little more polish before the 6.0 release, RC2 fixes these additional issues:
 •The vax port shared library issue is resolved, and vax is once again bootable
 •ntpd(8) broadcast transmission is fixed
 •i486 support is fixed in the i386 port.
 •Interrupt issues on some PowerPC machines are fixed
 •X.org display on a Xen amd64 DOM0 is now working again
 •a pmap_growkernel() issue which causes some systems to reset very early in the boot process is fixed.

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avast! Linux Home Edition - Antivirus software for Linux

avast! Linux Home Edition represents an antivirus solution for the increasingly popular Linux platform.
The Home Edition is offered free of charge but only for home, non-commercial use. Both of these conditions should be met.

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How to Manually Mount a USB Flash Drive on Redhat Enterprise Linux

1.       Login as a root redhat Enterprise linux or Centos distribution then enter the appropriate password when prompted.

2.       Enter the command lsusb at the command line.  Thankfully for Plug-N-Play, your computer should recognize your USB drive. 

3.       If it does not, try plugging into another USB drive and re-issuing the lsusb command. 

4.       Look for the device assignment.  Generally, this is done by ‘searching’ using the dmesg command.  After issuing the dmesg | grep ‘disk’ command, I found my device assignment as shown in the output /dev/sdb.

5.       Now, let’s create a folder in the Linux file directory to act as a mount point for our USB flash drive.  I am going to create a folder in the /mnt directory called /usbflash’ by issuing the "mkdir /mnt/usbflash" command.

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Fedora 18 Has Been Released

 

The delayed alpha build of Fedora 18 has been released: "The Fedora 18 'Spherical Cow' alpha release is plumping up! This release offers a preview of some of the best free and open-source technology currently under development. Features: NetworkManager hotspots improve the ability to use a computer's WiFi adapter to create a network hot spot; the redesigned installation system adds flexibility to the installation process while simplifying the user interface; desktop updates galore - GNOME 3.6, KDE Plasma Workspace 4.9, Xfce 4.10, Sugar 0.98, and the introduction of the MATE Desktop in Fedora." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information.
 

Download (torrents): Fedora-18-Alpha-i686-Desktop.iso 

The xinetd Super Server

Not all services have their own initialization script for starting, stopping, and checking the status of the daemon. Some network services are controlled by xinetd, also known as the super server. Running services through xinetd allows the administrator to utilize xinetd features such as access control, custom logging, and the incoming connection rate. The xinetd service listens on all ports used by the daemons it controls. When a connection is requested, xinetd determines if the client is allowed access. If the client is allowed access, xinetd starts up the desired service and passes the client connection to it. The xinetd RPM package must be installed to use this super server. If it is not, install it via Red Hat Updates.

Configuring the xinetd Server

The xinetd super daemon uses the /etc/xinetd.conf file as the master configuration file and the /etc/xinetd.d/ directory for configuration files per service controlled by xinetd. This section discusses how to use these files to configure xinetd and its services.

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