Archive for February, 2008

Weekly Wire with Lisa Hoover (video)

Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

This week Lisa talks about geotagging, instant messaging apps, and... pink ponies? Read more..

Full Circle Magazine - issue #10 out now

Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Full Circle - the Independent Magazine for the Ubuntu Linux Community are proud to announce the release of our tenth issue. Read more..

Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory - dbus (MDVSA-2008:054) - Help Net Security

Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory - dbus (MDVSA-2008:054)Help Net Security, Croatia - 11 hours agoUpdated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2007.0: 5a7276c83f7f3ac5e2d8f26f3cf0fed9 2007.0/i586/dbus-0.92-8.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm e97939d34bc7d3782bf8c5f54b6bca90 ...Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory - ghostscript (MDVSA-2008:055) Help Net ... Read more..

Adding a UPS to a desktop Linux machine

Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) will allow your computer to continue to function for a period of time when mains power is lost. This can help you to smooth over short-term ... Read more..

Linux on the Wii

Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

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Audio conversion tools for Linux

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Most portable audio players can play music encoded in the MP3 audio format, but some consumers also have music in Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, or even WMA files. How do ... Read more..

Partitioning for Linux by Robert Heller

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

2008/02/28 Robert Heller Deepwoods Software Abstract This article discusses some of the things to consider ... Read more..

Mac vs. PC vs. Linux — South Park Style

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Gabe Schwarzer, the video creator who brought us the original Mac vs. PC "South Park" style parody ad is back with a sequel. Gabe wrote in to tell us his ... Read more..

FreeBSD 7.0 boosts performance and scalability

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Version 7.0 of the open source operating system FreeBSD was released early this morning with a host of features that promise significant improvements in performance and SMP scalability. FreeBSD 7.0-release ... Read more..

Install Firebird 2.0.3 Database Server On Ubuntu 7.10

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

This tutorial explains how you can install the Firebird database server (version 2.0.3) on an Ubuntu 7.10 server. Read more..

HamExam 0.3c (Default branch)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

HamExam is a short Perl script that generates self scoring DHTML practice tests as a study aid to prepare for the US Amateur radio licensing exam. These practice tests are ... Read more..

NVIDIA 169.12 Linux Display Driver

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

We know NVIDIA has been working on a new Linux display driver release, with the GeForce 9 series having been introduced just this past week, and today a new driver ... Read more..

Learn the Basics of Installing From Source in Linux - Lifehacker Australia

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Lifehacker AustraliaLearn the Basics of Installing From Source in LinuxLifehacker Australia, Australia - 5 hours agoFew things can be as frustrating to non-expert Linux users as seeing the phrase "... or compile ... Read more..

Ubuntu tops desktop, server Linux enthusiast poll

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Ubuntu is the favourite distribution of Linux for use on both desktops and servers, according to a poll of Australian open source enthusiasts. Read more..

Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory - cups (MDVSA-2008:051) - Help Net Security

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory - cups (MDVSA-2008:051)Help Net Security, Croatia - 2 hours agoUpdated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2007.0: 0a7d158dea287d3fb02d562e66144f55 2007.0/i586/cups-1.2.4-1.7mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 0f89e8283a7765359bf587aa1a49d537 ... Read more..