Archive for November, 2009

When open source software is better than closed source software

We recommend an interesting article by Bjørn Willum, published on the online news site, Berlingske Tidende, on November 25th, about the subject, when open source software is better than closed source software.
The article mentions changes from closed source software to open source software, such as operating systems and office applications, at major public installation sites [...]

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OpenOffice and file locking on network file system (NFS)

When opening an OpenOffice document, that is stored on a network file system (NFS), OpenOffice is known to crash due to a problem in OpenOffice, that has to do with locking of files, which prevents users from working in the same document. Unfortunately, there is no solution yet because OpenOffice believes, that the problem is [...]

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Creating an encrypted file system with FreeBSD

The cryptographic tools in the FreeBSD operating system are able to protect data on file systems from highly motivated people with significant resources. Unlike other encryption methods, that encrypt individual files only, such as PGP, the cryptographic tools in FreeBSD transparently encrypt entire file systems. No clear text ever touches the hard drive.
In our example, [...]

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Preparing Windows users for Xvid encoded movie clips

Xvid and DivX is a compressed high quality movie format, that is widely used on the internet in order to reduce file size. The word Xvid or DivX should appear in the filename to indicate this movie format.
Computers, that are based on the Windows operating system, might not be able to play Xvid or DivX [...]

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Keeping your Facebook clean from quiz results, application photos and more

Applications on Facebook and their automatic quiz result feed, photo feed and message feed are a huge problem on Facebook. These applications are annoying and they spread like virus by exploiting your friends. Some applications even lead to loss of money by exploiting your mobile phone or credit card.
In our example, we want to keep [...]

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