Whilst most Linux users are looking for the proper distribution for their use, there are also those who are choosing between the different Ubuntu flavors, namely Ubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu. How do...
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Linuxdevices.com features TerraSoft's sale of Sony Playstation 3 pre-installed with Linux: Linux distributor TerraSoft is accepting pre-orders for Sony Playstation3 gaming devices pre-installed...
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by Rom Feria on February 22, 2007
Bash is one of the most popular Linux shells available. Heck, it is even the default shell for Mac OS X. :) How many of us use the full power of our shells? I, for one, don't that is......
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I mentioned Songbird (see image taken from Songbird's website) before so readers should be familiar about this sleek music player. If you still have not tried it out, here's a tutorial on how...
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by Rom Feria on February 21, 2007
Normally, these tools are often taught at basic Linux server administration courses. However, for those who do not want to go through the rigors of a formal training, this basic introduction on how...
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by Rom Feria on February 21, 2007
How many times have you encountered the lack of a library or header file whilst compiling a package? If you are like me who prefers installing from source rather than using the pre-compiled binaries,...
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Accessing the Windows-only NTFS file system is like a burglar accessing a safe. No, it is not safe nor secure but it is "too closed" (aka proprietary) that you need crowbars to open, read...
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No, there is no shoot-out whatsoever, silly! :) Just like standards, Linux distributions are far too many - each one catering to the personal whim of the "developer(s)". However, there are...
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by Rom Feria on February 20, 2007
Whilst Apple's Mac OS X comes with Spotlight, Beagle pretty much does it for Linux. With the next version of Spotlight supporting searching across the network for resources, e.g. document files,...
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by Rom Feria on February 20, 2007
The recent news about Dell selling computers with pre-installed Linux might have come as a surprise but it joins the likes of IBM and HP/Compaq in doing so. Does it mean that Linux is going...
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by Rom Feria on February 17, 2007
Linux wouldn't look so cool without the graphical user interface engine that runs underneath it. That engine is called X11 Window System. X.org Foundation, keeper of the X11 scroll, just released...
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WineHQ just announced the availability of release 0.9.31 of Wine, WINdows Emulator for Linux. To top of the list of bug fixes and added features, here are the new stuff in this release: Many Direct3D...
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by Rom Feria on February 17, 2007
OpenMoko, "the World's First Integrated Open Source Mobile Communications Platform", will soon be ready to be deployed commercially. Linuxdevices (thanks for the image!) reports that...
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by Rom Feria on February 17, 2007
Manolis Tzanidakis updates his tips on suspending and hibernating laptops running Linux. Last June I wrote about suspending and hibernating laptops under Linux. Since then a few things have changed --...
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by Rom Feria on February 17, 2007
For those of you who have not seen how pretty the Mac OS X GUI really is, I pity you. :P Anyway, one of the hacks available on the Mac is Growl, a notification system. Applications using Growl can......
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by Rom Feria on February 17, 2007
Here's another article on SSH. Whilst it is often used for remote access, it can be used for a whole lot of other functions. The article provides ways in using SSH, particularly OpenSSH, to copy...
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by Rom Feria on February 17, 2007
To most road warriors, having your internet traffic encrypted is very important. To some, the only way to do it is to use your corporate VPN server. However, whilst not common, there are some public...
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by Rom Feria on February 14, 2007
The International Open Source Network of the United Nations Development Program is currently looking for author(s) for a FOSS Disaster Management Primer. Objectives Each part of the paper will: ➢...
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by Rom Feria on February 14, 2007
How often do you find an application that costs an arm and a leg on Windows and Mac platforms but zero on Linux? Well, Light Crafts's LightZone is one of them. This is a professional...
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by Rom Feria on February 14, 2007
We all have heard of LAMP, i.e. Linux, Apache, mySQL and Perl/PHP/Python along with MAMP (Mac) and WAMP (Windows). Now Sun is entering the arena with SAMP, for Solaris +AMP. Here's how they are...
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by Rom Feria on February 14, 2007
How many times have you encountered a problem of needing an application that is only available on the other desktop environment (DE)? For instance, if you use KDE, using Gnome's Evolution might be...
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by Rom Feria on February 14, 2007
Xandros announces a new product named Bridgeways, which is aimed at simplifying the complexities of managing servers in a mixed environment setting. This soon-to-be-released product "provides...
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