It may sound a bit weird saying that the tool is a "command-line" GUI tool but that is exactly how you can best describe Hotwire as compared to how it is written on its website, "a mode…

Speaking of IPTables, Sergio Gonzalez Duran of Linux.com writes about using IPTables to block specific applications and specific IP addresses from accessing network resources.

For more detailed IPT…

Today, nobody can afford to connect to the internet without a firewall enabled. However, it is not always easy to setup, configure and maintain firewalls specially if your applications are network-awa…

With personal media players (PMP) getting really affordable, consumers are converting their video collection to formats that are supported by their favorite PMP. In my case, I use an iPhone so I conve…

I admit that I am pretty much spoiled by Apple's applications but this just shows how much Linux developers can learn from commercial applications. :) Anyway, today's Mac application is called…

Now too long ago, a friend asked me how to view CHM documents on a Mac and she ended up getting a FOSS tool from somewhere.

CHM files are Compiled HTML Help files that Microsoft use for its Help app…

I remember 3 years ago, when I was teaching a bunch of freshmen how to use Linux, the students had a rather unpleasant experience of having their computers freeze and become unresponsive. It was embar…

Matt Hartley over at Linux Fanatics gives us a brief update on the available anti-virus tools for Linux. Whilst it is definitely not an exhaustive list, it pays to be familiar with these tools.

Wha…

Not too long ago, I wrote a piece about Recoll, a Beagle alternative. I stated that I preferred Recoll over Beagle primarily because it is not a MONO application. I missed another one, named Tracker, …

One of Apple's claim to fame with their Mac OS X version 5, aka Leopard, is time machine. The back-up tool that is so easy to use that your grandmother can use it. Personally, it is one of the sim…