If you are a TV addict like me, I am sure that you have been looking for the best way to maximize your Linux box and add another feature, personal video recording. I have been meaning to do this......
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by Rom Feria on May 30, 2007
I was expecting a Linux-based Palm Treo with HSDPA, BT and WiFi support but apparently, they have something different in mind. The Foleo, at first glance, may be the perfect companion to your Treo...
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by Rom Feria on May 30, 2007
Palm just released their Linux-based Palm Foleo Mobile Companion. It is a device that has a 10" screen and full-sized keyboard that syncs with your Treo smartphone. It is akin to the Nokia...
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by Rom Feria on May 30, 2007
Linux Magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Martin Streicher, outlines the various ways of customizing your favorite shell. Most users tend to take the shell as it is without knowing that you can customize...
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by Rom Feria on May 30, 2007
SSH must be the only way to connect to your server remotely, forget about telnet. SearchEnterpriseLinux.com's Andrew Kutz writes a tutorial on how to compile and install OpenSSH on Ubuntu Feisty...
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What is Synfig? It's website defines it as "a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality 2D...
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by Rom Feria on May 29, 2007
Ubuntu Geek's John Craick has written an excellent hack to fix the issue of having a broken scanner driver after you upgrade your Ubuntu installation to Feisty Fawn. Whilst I have not experienced...
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by Rom Feria on May 29, 2007
Yoggie releases Yoggie Pico, a USB thumbdrive-sized Linux-based device that provides an extra level of protection for your portable computers running Windows-OS. The device serves as a gateway where...
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by Rom Feria on May 27, 2007
Nicholas Petreley (no relation to Peter and Nathan Petreli, our favorite Heroes) of The Register, UK, published an analysis comparing "Microsoft's Windows is more secure" claim and what...
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by Rom Feria on May 27, 2007
Michael Larabel of Phoronix writes a piece evaluating different video cards that work with Beryl. What makes this article great is that it eliminates every users' nightmare of trial and error....
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by Rom Feria on May 26, 2007
We all know what WINE, Windows Emulator, does for Linux users, i.e., allow us to run Windows applications without installing the Window OS. Frankly, I do not know why you still depend on those...
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by Rom Feria on May 26, 2007
In the previous entry, I talked about the OLPC looking for game developers. Whilst writing that entry, I stumbled upon a Linux.com article, written by Tina Gasperson, about Intel's Classmate PC,...
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The One-Laptop-Per-Child (OLPC) Project is looking for educational games for the OLPC platform. Dubbed "Game Jam", a three-day games development contest begins on June 8 at the Olin College...
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by Rom Feria on May 26, 2007
TrueCrypt is "a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP/2000 and Linux." The main features are as follows: 1. Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and...
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by Rom Feria on May 26, 2007
On my Mac, I use Transmit to transfer files using different protocols. Unfortunately, it is not free and the free alternatives are not at par with Transmit. :( On Linux, I use gFTP. Like Transmit,...
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by Rom Feria on May 22, 2007
Nvidia Just like in any other platforms, the choice of graphics cards is often dictated by the drivers, its availability and its feature set, and Linux is no exception. Whilst users are starting to...
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by Rom Feria on May 22, 2007
Five years ago, choosing a font for your documents was not that difficult. Why? Well, you did not have that many choices to start with! :) This was the situation until someone figured out how to...
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by Rom Feria on May 22, 2007
KDE, one of the two most popular Linux desktop environments, recently announced the release of version 3.5.7. Although the release is mostly bug-fixes, it also comes with feature enhancements and a...
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We have Ubuntu, Edubuntu, the education version of Ubuntu, and now Ubuntu Studio, the multi-media flavour of Ubuntu. All of these seem to cater to specialized audiences, namely the desktop users,...
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by Rom Feria on May 21, 2007
Snort is an open-source intrusion detection system (IDS) created by Sourcefire. It is also one of the most widely deployed open source security tool, with more than 3,000,000 downloads to date....
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I mentioned Ardour, the digital audio workstation, awhile ago and this time, I am providing you with a link to Dave Phillips' Brief Practical Introduction. Again, this is not as mature as other...
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by Rom Feria on May 17, 2007
I wrote about how you can rip and encode CDs and DVDs a few months ago. Today, Varol Okan, of Linux.com, provides a short how-to in creating DVDs using 'Q' DVD-Author. Although the tools...
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