AFBackup Manager is a Webmin module that makes administration of system backup tasks easy. It is a commercial front-end for the free backup tool afbackup. AFBackup Manager targets SOHOs who want a reliable, dependable, and an easy to use backup system.
AFBackup Manager can be integrated into Webmin (a web-based interface for system administration for Unix), you can use AFBackup Manager to set-up both full and incremental automatic backups for your system. Backups can be started manually if desired.
Interface of AFBackup Manager is very simple and neat, you can edit configuration files even though it is not needed when using AFBackup Manager. The backup files can be restored in either the same of a different location depending on the users will.
Order
You can order AFBackup Manager full and update versions and at eSellerate: eSellerate Online Shop
System requirements
- afbackup from version 3.3.7pl6 upwards
- Linux kernel from version 2.4.20 upwards
- preinstalled Webmin from version 0.9.2 upwards
- Perl 5 with
Proc::ProcessTable
- A programm to access the tape drive (mt or mtx)
- an installed, functioning SCSI tape drive
(the purchase price does not include any support for the setup and
installation of the tape drive)
Recommended Software (not mandatory):
- The
timeout utility from the
TCT toolkit.
This is only necessary if you want to timeout tape status
opertations because your tape/driver is too slow to respond.
- The
glob manpage from the
manpages
repository. Supplements the AFBM documentation.
Stefan Lippers-Hollmann has announced the release of aptosid 2010-03, a Linux distribution that is based on based on Debian's unstable branch. aptosid 2010-03 uses that latest Linux kernel with support for newer hardware.
aptosid 2010-03 features improved KMS support for ATi Radeon and Intel graphics cards and performance improvements for Intel Westmere graphics chipsets. Wlan support has been consolidated, with rt2x00 now supporting RaLink rt28x0/ rt30xx/ rt35xx officially, as well as ath9k_htc gaining support for Atheros AR7010 USB wlan chipsets and minstrel_ht providing a generic 802.11n/ HT rate control algorithm.
New Features
- Debian sid, as of 2010-12-26.
- kernel 2.6.36.2 (smp, hard preemption).
- X.org 7.5 (xserver-xorg-core 1.7.7).
- enable KMS support for ATi and Intel based graphics chipsets.
- DRI (3d) support for ATi Radeon chipsets up to r7xx (refer to non-free sources and Drivers).
- KDE 4.4.5 (en + de).
- Iceweasel 3.5.16
- new, SVG based, art theme created by the aptosid art team.
- offline manual for en + de directly on the disc, online manuals for more languages online at http://manual.aptosid.com/ and available via apt; a big thank you goes to the documentation and translation teams!
Please note that the offline manual is only available on the running live CD or the installed system.
- many changes for the manual.
- ath5k support for 54/ "108" MBit/s Atheros wlan cards (AR2425, AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213 and AR5414).
- ath9k support for 802.11n Atheros wlan cards (AR5418+AR5133, AR5416+AR5133, AR5416+AR2133, AR9160, AR9280, AR9281 and AR9285).
- ath9k_htc support for 802.11n Atheros USB wlan cards (AR7010/ AR9271).
- ar9170usb support for 802.11n Atheros USB wlan cards (AR9170 "otus").
-
b43/ b43legacy support for Broadcom wlan cards.
OpenFWWF 5.2 opensource firmware for the following Broadcom AirForce 802.11b/g wireless cards:
- BCM4306
- BCM4311 revision 1
- BCM4318
- BCM4320
experimental support for LP-PHY, non-free firmware images (firmware-b43-lpphy-installer) required.
- iwl3945 support (Intel Pro Wireless 3945 chipsets).
- iwlagn support for IPW 4965 and the IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n part of the Intel Wireless WiFi Link 1000/ 5xxxAGN/ 6000/ 6050 family.
- iwmc3200wifi support for Intel Wireless Multicomm 802.11.
- rt2x00 support for RaLink rt2400, rt2500, rt2570, rt61 and rt73 802.11b/g cards.
- support for RaLink rt2770, rt2870 and rt3070 802.11b/g/n USB cards through rt2x00.
- support for RealTek RTL8180L and RTL8185 PCI/ cardbus wlan cards.
- support for RealTek RTL8187 and RTL8187B USB wlan cards.
- memtest86+.
- OpenJDK 6 as part of the kde-full variant.
- support kvm (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) for kde-full; kvm depends on hardware virtualisation support (AMD pacifica virtualisation extensions "svm" or Intel IVT (vanderpool) virtualisation extensions "vmx")
- access point support for many mac80211 based wlan cards through nl80211 and hostapd (optional).
- client support for network booting over PXE/ NBD.
- the CFQ I/O scheduler regression has been fixed and dpkg performance improved.
- the installer has been fixed to no longer truncate sources.list entries when adding non-free sources.
- Ceni has switched to completely wpasupplicant based scanning and configuration, employing nl80211 if supported.
- rework block device/ file system detectiong.
System Requirements
amd64:
- CPU requirements:
- AMD64
- Intel Core2
- Intel Atom Series (2xx/ 3xx, N4xx/ D4xx/ D5xx; the N2xx series does not support EM64T)
- VIA Nano
- any x86-64/ EM64T capable CPU
newer 64 bit capable AMD Sempron and Intel Pentium 4 CPUs (watch for the "lm" flag in /proc/cpuinfo or use infobash -v3).
- RAM requirements:
- KDE: ≥512 MB RAM (≥768 MB RAM recommended), ≥1 GB RAM for liveapt.
- XFCE: ≥256 MB RAM.
- VGA graphics card capable of at least 640x480 pixel resolution.
- optical disk drive or USB media.
- ≥3 GB HDD space, ≥10 GB recommended.
i686:
-
CPU requirements:
- Intel Pentium pro/ Pentium II
- AMD K7 Athlon (not K5/ K6)
- Intel Atom Series (Z5xx/ Z6xx, N2xx)
- VIA C3-2 (Nehemiah, not C3 Samuel or Ezra)/ C7
- any x86-64/ EM64T capable CPU or newer
the full i686 command set is required.
- RAM requirements:
- KDE: ≥384 MB RAM (≥768 MB RAM recommended), ≥1 GB RAM for liveapt.
- XFCE: ≥192 MB RAM.
- VGA graphics card capable of at least 640x480 pixel resolution.
- optical disk drive or USB media.
- ≥3 GB HDD space, ≥10 GB recommended.
Download
To download aptosid 2010-03, visit: Official Download Page
Note
This distribution is for experimental purposes only. So, use it at your own risk
Source
This press release is extracted from the official release announcement, that can be found here: Official release announcement
SpamAssassin is an open-source e-mail spam filtering software. SpamAssassin uses various text analysis methods, Bayesian filtering, DNS blocklists, and collaborative filtering databases to prevent spam mails from reaching mailbox.
SpamAssassin is an Apache Software Foundation project and is released under the Apache License. SpamAssassin was created by Justin Mason.
Primary Features
- Header tests
- Body phrase tests.
- Bayesian filtering
- Automatic address whitelist/blacklist
- Manual address whitelist/blacklist
- Collaborative spam identification databases (DCC, Pyzor, Razor2)
- DNS Blocklists, also known as "RBLs" or "Realtime Blackhole Lists".
- Character sets and locales
SpamAssassin can be integrated with mail
Awards
SpamAssassin was awarded the Linux New Media Award 2006 as the 'Best Linux-based Anti-spam Solution'.
Download
To download SpamAssassin visit: Download Page
AutoDNS is a console application that addition, deletion and listing of secondaried domains via email. It adds appropriate entries to the BIND configuration file in order to make the configuration of secondary DNS possible.
AutoDNS is distributed according to the
GNU General Public Licence
and was written by Jonathan McDowell. The current stable version of AutoDNS is 1.0.0.
Download
AutoDNS can be downloaded from the following locations:
Visit AutoDNS homepage for more details: Homepage.
Ryan Finnie has announced the release of Finnix 101, a Debian based self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators. Major feature in the latest release of Finnix is the re-introduction of PowerPC support, other major features of Finnix 101 include, a new CD filesystem layout, an enclosed remastering environment, a Finnix-specific SysV-compatible RC system, and componentized Finnix RC scripts.
Finnix is a light-weight Linux distribution (latest release sized at just over 300MiB) for system administrators. Finnix doesn't come with any sound support or even a desktop, so it is very much obvious that it is focused on power users only.
Finnix 101 uses Linux 2.6.36. On the X86 CD, Hardware Detection Tool has been added to the boot menu. This allows users to view system information (processor, memory, PCI devices, etc) quickly, without booting into a full operating system.
To download Finnix 101 visit the official download page. Complete release notes are available here.
Zero Ballistics is a first person shooter game featuring tank combats over the network. You can play Deathmatch and Team Deatchmatch, only if your graphics card supports shader model 2.0.
Game Modes
Zero Ballistics features three modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Beaconstrike mode. Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch are based on established rules with infinite ammunition and various levels. Beaconstrike mode is rewarding and challenging tactical team based gameplay. Two forces play in beaconstrike mode and fight for the map domination.
Features
- Three levels set in an alpine environment
- Three different main weapons, and three secondary weapons
- Six different skills
- BeaconStrike, Deathmatch and Team Deatchmatch modes
- Best of all, it's absolutely FREE to play
System Requirements
- CPU: 2.0GHz
- RAM: 512 MB
- Graphics Accelerator Card: 128 MB
- Internet Access
Visit download page on the official website to download the game.
Screenshots
Founder of GNU project Richard Stallman has said that Google's new cloud ChromeOS will push people to get involved in careless computing. Richard Stallman thinks that putting personal data on a cloud rather than a single machine decreases the control over it.
Richard Stallman, who is the advocate of free software (also creator of the free software foundation), said making extensive use of cloud computing was "worse than stupidity" two years back. Richard believes that by putting data over cloud you would lose control over it.
Richard Stallman says that putting data over Google's server rather than your personal machines might make people lose legal rights over their data. Stallman points out: "In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a company's machines instead of your own. The police need to present you with a search warrant to get your data from you; but if they are stored in a company's server, the police can get it without showing you anything. They may not even have to give the company a search warrant."
Stallman who is unimpressed of Google's ChromeOS says,"I think that marketers like "cloud computing" because it is devoid of substantive meaning. The term's meaning is not substance, it's an attitude: 'Let any Tom, Dick and Harry hold your data, let any Tom, Dick and Harry do your computing for you (and control it).' Perhaps the term 'careless computing' would suit it better."
He sees a creeping problem: "I suppose many people will continue moving towards careless computing, because there's a sucker born every minute. The US government may try to encourage people to place their data where the US government can seize it without showing them a search warrant, rather than in their own property. However, as long as enough of us continue keeping our data under our own control, we can still do so. And we had better do so, or the option may disappear."
Stallman says he only sees one positive aspect of ChromeOS: its GNU/Linux heritage. "In essence, Chrome OS is the GNU/Linux operating system. However, it is delivered without the usual applications, and rigged up to impede and discourage installing applications," he told the Guardian. "I'd say the problem is in the nature of the job ChromeOS is designed to do. Namely, encourage you to keep your data elsewhere, and do your computing elsewhere, instead of doing it in your own computer."
I somehow agree with Stallman. What do you think about concerns over cloud computing and ChromeOS?
True Combat: Elite is converted from Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. True Combat: Elite is a team game set-up in modern day era. You take the role of elite mercenary soldier and have to deal with two internationally operating forces.
Game Features
- The game is absolutely free to download.
- Tactical-teamplay oriented, modern-world combat simulation
- Realistic weapon behavior simulation
- Iron sight aiming system, no crosshair
- Sophisticated ballistic simulation including multiple-layer object penetration
- Professional mode: 1-life, short-timed, objective driven scenarios in realistic environments
- Independent minimods: objective, bodycount and capture the flag
- Balanced, team specific set of real-world weapons (Beretta 92, Glock 19, Ump45, Mac-10, M4, Ak-47, and much more)
- Rich, deluxe graphics, based on high-resolution digital-camera shots and HDR lighting
- Lag compensation, client-side bullet prediction, punkbuster support
- Immersive and lethal, fast-paced action
Installation Steps
- Install the package to add PlayDeb PPA from here
- Run the following commands to install Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install enemy-territory
- Start Enemy Territory once and create a User
-
- Extract TCE 0.49 and put the Folder "tcetest" in "/home/yourusername/.etwolf
- Extract the TCE 0.49b Patch and put the Content of the Folder in the "tcetest" Folder
- Now TCE should be listed as a Mod in Enemy Territory
- Run the Mod
Ubuntu 11.04 promises to bring many changes to Ubuntu Distro. Default applications have undergone a lot of changes recently and this trend continues. Banshee is the next major application that is set to replace the current default music player Rhythmbox. Rhythmbox replacement is subjected to the size of Banshee so that it can fit in the CD along side other applications.
Other major changes to default applications are:
- Shotwell, Evolution, Totem will remain as default applications
- Thunderbird was considered to be a potential alternative to evolution as default mail client but dropped from this cycle because of issues regarding calendar, contact, integration with appmenu and messaging menu
- Firefox 4 instead of Chromium as default web browser as Chromium needs better integration with desktop and some security issues.
- Oneconf integration
- Gnome Dictionary has been dropped.
- LibreOffice if it is ready for Ubuntu 11.04
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