Archive for May, 2008

Linux File Systems: Ready for the Future? - e-linux.it

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

e-linux.itLinux File Systems: Ready for the Future?e-linux.it, Italy - 18 hours agoMy article three weeks ago on Linux file systems set off a firestorm unlike any other I've written in the decade ... Read more..

Browser Benchmark: IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

The first webpage was served off a NeXTcube at CERN, Switzerland, developed by Tim Berners-Lee. He also wrote the first web browser, confusingly named WorldWideWeb - the world of web ... Read more..

Understanding Metacity Themes

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Thomas Thurman of Metacity fame has written a lengthy blog post on how Metacity themes work. "This is an article about how to theme Metacity. It is a work in ... Read more..

OpenSuse 11 RC 1 Installer Screenshots

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

As OpenSuse 11 has gone through its various betas, the screenshots, particularly of the installer, have continually been impressive and the RC screenshots are certainly cool, too. Read more..

The latest in Novell Linux certifications

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

At BrainShare 2008 in March, Novell introduced a set of Linux certifications for administrators. Rather than being directed at higher-end Linux managers, like the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or ... Read more..

Internet DJ Console 0.7.6 (Default branch)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Internet DJ console is a graphical shoutcast/icecast client that runs under GTK+ and the JACK audio connection kit. In short, it's an Internet radio app for making a live radio ... Read more..

gNewSense distro frees Ubuntu

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Free software lovers can rejoice at this month's release of gNewSense 2.0 (pronounced "guh-new-sense"), the latest version of the popular distribution based on Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Code-named DeltaH, this operating ... Read more..

Learn 10 more good UNIX usage habits

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

As a follow-up to Michael Stutz's excellent article, this article provides 10 more good habits to adopt that will improve your UNIX command-line efficiency. Learn about common errors and how ... Read more..

Debian Security Advisory - linux-2.6 (DSA-1588-2 ) - Help Net Security

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Debian Security Advisory - linux-2.6 (DSA-1588-2 )Help Net Security, Croatia - 14 hours agoThis updated advisory adds the linux-2.6 build for s390 and the fai-kernels build for powerpc which were not yet ... Read more..

Announcing openSUSE 11.0 RC 1

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

openSUSE: "The good news is that we're closing in on the final release of 11.0, but it's not time to relax just yet..." Read more..

Photo Editing For Real People With Fotox

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

LinuxPlanet: "I gave it a test drive, and it's no Adobe Photoshop. Which for me is a plus--for editing digital photographs, Photoshop is overpriced, lardy overkill, and there is no ... Read more..

Off the wire: Wiping your disk drive clean

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Everybody who owns a computer will someday need to dispose of a disk drive. Before you do, it is a good idea to cleanse the drive, so no one can ... Read more..

Debian Linux ?Major security flaw? - p2pnet.net

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Debian Linux ?Major security flaw?p2pnet.net, Canada - 31 minutes agop2pnet news | Open Source:- Debian GNU/Linux?s implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer communications protocol ?made it easy for attackers to discover ... Read more..

Comcast Briefly Loses Control of Its Domain Name

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Fallen Andy notes that Comcast, one of the largest US ISPs, lost control of its domain name to what appeared to be juvenile social engineers of the old school — ... Read more..

Goggles Music Manager 0.9.10 (Default branch)

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Goggles Music Manager is a music collection manager and player that automatically categorizes Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MP3, MP4, ASF, and Musepack files based on genre, artist, album, and song. It supports gapless playback, features ... Read more..

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