30 Essential Open Source Software Packages for Windows

This is from the perspective of a person setting up a machine from scratch and shows the possibilities of OSS. Good descriptions, covers the obvious and the not-so-obvious, provides URLs, and indicates clearly what closed source software each package can replace. A great list for someone setting up a new machine or updating one.

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Top 25 Tips to Secure Your VoIP Network

A VoIP network is susceptible to the usual attacks that plague all data networks: viruses, spam, phishing, hacking attempts, intrusions, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, data sniffing, eavesdropping, and so on. The only difference is, with other technologies people take basic steps to protect themselves. Here are 25 tips to do so with your VoIP.

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Gobo Linux Makes Installing Apps As Easy As OSX!

Gobo Linux manages to completely remove the UNIX directory structure in their distro! What they've come up with you might find very surprising!

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Housekeeping utilities for Debian packages

For all the efficiency and continued evolution of Debian's APT tools, some gaps in package management functionality remain. One of the largest ones is that, when a package is removed, any other packages that depend on it are not removed.

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