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Files and folders with names beginning with a dot [.] are hidden or invisible in Linux. They are by default not shown when listing the directory content using the ls command.
To view the hidden files and folders, simply add the -a (or –all) option to the ls command, as in the following example;

$ ls
file [...]

The command used to list directory content in Linux is ls. With the -R option, ls will traverse the directory recursively, showing the content of the particular directory and all its subdirectories. Relative directory path is displayed before the directory content is actually listed.
The following is an example of the command in use;

$ ls -R [...]

To to list the compiled-in modules for your Apache installation, use the following command

$ apache2 -l
Compiled in modules:
core.c
mod_log_config.c
mod_logio.c
prefork.c
http_core.c
mod_so.c

For older systems running apache 1.x, the command is as the following, and should produce the same output:

$ httpd -l
Compiled in modules:
core.c
mod_log_config.c
[...]

Fedora 10, codenamed Cambridge has been released earlier today, bringing along the following features;

AMQP (Advanced Message Queueing Protocol) Infrastructure
Better printing
Better and faster startup
Better webcam support
Better remote support
Glitch free audio
First aid kit
Remote virtual settings
Security audit
Virtual storage

Here are some reduced sized screenshots of this release. Click on the images for full size screenshots
 

Fedora 10 (Cambridge) screenshots
[...]

Xbuntu 8.10, codenamed Intrepid Ibex has been released, and the following are features screenshots of the latest Ubuntu release.
 

Xubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) screenshots

 The main desktop window
 Latest version of Xfce

 Latest version of Abiword wprd processor
 Newly added Listen Multimedia Player

 Easily search files with Catfish
 Seahorse GnuPG frontend

 Latest version of Xorg and kernel
 Much praised new [...]

By default, most SSH servers are configured to forcibly disconnect inactive or idle clients, or actually those with no network activity. This is not good for some people especially if one is setting up a (reverse) tunnel to the server where the tunnel should remain established whenever they need it.
There are 2 methods to overcome [...]

Ubuntu 8.10, codenamed Intrepid Ibex has been released today, bringing the following features, among others;

Better 3G support
Write Ubuntu to and install from a USB disk
Guest sessions
Gnome 2.24

. The following are the screenshots of the latest Ubuntu release.
 

Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) screenshots

KDE looks for programs in the ~/.kde/Autostart directory to be executed during it’s startup. The way to execute programs as KDE starts would be to;

Copy programs directly to the directory
Create (soft) link to programs from the directory
Create a script which will execute other programs

The first method is very straightforward, and the second method can be [...]

Linux administrators have few options when it comes to adding a new user to the system, from filling up forms in distribution / desktop environment specific nice GUIs, to running through the command line with options and switches. For the geeky administratorss, there are always configuration files that can manually be edited just for this [...]

From it’s official website, Google Gears is a plug-in that extends your browser to create a richer platform for web applications. Web applications currently making use of Google Gears includes Google Reader, Google Docs, Zoho, Remember the milk, Picasa Web Album, Myspace, and recently the latest version of the popular blogging application Wordpress.
Google Gears is [...]