Canonical has announced the availability of the Ubuntu 10.10 beta release. The new version of the popular Linux distribution, codenamed Maverick Meerkat, is scheduled for final release in October. It brings some noteworthy user interface improvements and updated software. The beta ships with GNOME 2.31, which introduces support for the new dconf configuration storage system. [...]

Hi, If you want to set up an account “user@linuxsurgeon.org” to catch all any mail not delivered to existing users in the domain “linuxsurgeon.org”, you can configure the account as a domain catchall. If the users “admin@linuxsurgeon.org”, “webmaster@linuxsurgeon.org”, and “nobody@linuxsurgeon.org” don’t exist, and mail arrives for them, it will be delivered to the catchall account [...]

Enabling remote desktop mode is extremely easy on Ubuntu since Dapper. You can allow other users to access your desktop using the VNC Viewer utility that is bundled with Ubuntu, or offered as a free download for Windows. Note that enabling remote control of your desktop is never a safe thing to do unless you [...]

Ksplice, the technology that allows Linux kernel updates without a reboot, is now free for users of the Fedora distribution. Using Ksplice is like “replacing your car’s engine while speeding down the highway”, and it can potentially save your Linux systems from a lot of downtime. Since Fedora users often live on the bleeding edge [...]