I mentioned Compiz Fusion, a merger of Compiz and Beryl, before as being the ultimate eye-candy for the Linux desktop. Today, the project released the first official version from the merger. This...

I chanced upon Ms. Caitlyn Martin's experiences using 64-bit Ubuntu and found that she did not have a near-perfect experience, e.g., sound does not always work. I agree with her that 64-bit...

I remember one of the University of the Philippines College of Music professor scanning his musical scores and saving them as images instead of a format that will allow him to edit and create more...

If you have a gazillion photos hosted on Flickr.com, then this might be a nifty idea for you - how would you like to have your Flickr photos automagically display as your desktop wallpaper? Well,...

This may be a scary thought for Microsoft. When Dell first introduced Linux on their notebooks to the consumers, there were lots of skeptics about how the public will take it. Now, we have...

Quicktime is an Apple multi-media tool that is available only on Mac and Windows platform. Yeah, bummer that they do not have a version for Linux. However, you can do away with Quicktime by using...

I do not know if there is a single Linux user who believed SCO's claim over IBM regarding copyrights on Unix to be legit. Well, if there is one single soul (or does s/he even has a soul? haha)......

I admit that this is the first time I have heard of Server Name Indication, or SNI, for securing virtual hosts. I am glad to have found a tutorial on how to use SNI with Apache via mod_gnutls...

Scouring the net for virtualization solutions similar to what I use on my Mac, I found an Oracle DBA's blog entry on how to install Xen on CentOS 5.0. Whilst the article seems simple to follow,...

In a span of less than a week, Linux distributions get its timely update with the release of the following versions: 1. Freespire 2.0 2. Mandriva 2008 Beta 1 3. Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 4 4. MEPIS...

Now if only these mobile phone companies will agree on one thing, then we'd probably get the best linux-based mobile device in the market today. Motorola just released its Motomagx, a Linux-based...

linux journal editors named the Nokia N800 as the ultimate Linux handheld device. Whilst I'd like to get one of these Nokia's, I prefer one that integrates a mobile phone with the device,...