Whilst I really do not recommend anyone doing this (tainting your pristine Linux box with tainted Windows applications hehehe) but if you really do not have a choice, here is a tutorial on how to...

Within a span of 10 days, our active Linux distro groups churned out several new distributions, either on a full release or on alpha/beta. Here's a list of some of them: 1. CentOS 5, a...

Debian is one of the major Linux distributions available today. With some recent changes in the Debian leadership with Sam Hocevar getting elected as its leader, version 4, code-named...

I have given up being a gamer several years ago but with new and exciting games being announced and released, I might just resurrect the gamer in me. :) When you think of PC games, there is only...

We all know that Apache web server powers a majority of today's internet. An alternative lightweight open source web server, lighttpd, is fast gaining popularity specially with the Web 2.0 folks...

Joe Barr provides an insight about his experiences in installing, configuring and using Ekiga for Linux.com. Ekiga is an open source VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME. Ekiga uses both...

Healthcare Informatics (you can call it Biomedical Informatics or simply Medical Informatics) is a research area that interests me. This new linux distribution, Linux for Clinics, is a welcome...

There is no shortage of file managers for Linux but each one seem to be incomplete in one way or another - e.g., interface is not pretty, lacking some functionality, not simple enough or not powerful...

Last January, I featured VirtualBox, another open source virtualization software, along with a link to a Tutorial on how to install it on Edgy Eft. Here's another tutorial on how to install...

Mac users have long enjoyed a cool application launcher called Quicksilver. Personally, I have a love-hate relationship with Quicksilver since Spotlight's application launching feature is pretty...