I'm thinking about using custom Debian packages to help ease system administration of a bunch of servers. There are a number of tools which I end up installing and configuring on all of my servers.

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The maintainers of Debian have released new packages to fix several vulnerabilities, including a number of bugs in PHP and an unspecified flaw in Oracle’s VirtualBox application. Among the patches is ...

I tried Zenclora, a super-fast Linux distro with zero bloat - and one truly special feature ...

After two new Canary updates rolled out over the weekend those interested can now install Debian Linux packages on the Chrome OS platform, albeit in the highly experimental channel of Chrome OS.

I'm going to install a new debian system and want to avoid conflicts between apt-get packages and the many packages I need to build from CVS source. I was thinking it would be neat and tidy if I ...

Progeny Debian is a valuable new addition to the roster of Linux distributions suited for enterprise users. With its well-developed set of system administration tools, Progeny can help cut IT costs ...

A deb is an ar archive, with a magic number of !<arch>, consisting of three files. The first file is named debian-binary. It is a text file with a series of newline separated lines. Currently it has ...

Freenet has generated a lot of hype for being the “son of Napster” or some equally degrading report. For Freenet to survive, it needs to get away from being just another way to get illegal MP3s. In ...