Archive for July, 2008

In search of the best OS for a 9-year-old laptop: Part III — Browsers and wireless

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

I'm going to haul the circa-1999 Compaq Armada 7770dmt laptop to the public library where I can run it with free WiFi and see if Seamonkey (in Puppy) and Firefox ... Read more..

Banshee 1.2 Released

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Play your music and videos. Stay entertained and up to date with podcasts and video podcasts. Discover new music with Last.fm radio. Sync your iPod and other devices. We think ... Read more..

5 Reasons to Choose Debian Linux Over Ubuntu Linux

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

I use both Debian and Ubuntu, and they both perform well, but here are some reasons to choose Debian over Ubuntu Read more..

How to Install KDE 4.1 on Ubuntu 8.04

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

KDE 4.1 is finally out today, as you probably already know, and it comes with a lot of innovations for the Linux desktop. KDE 4 is the next generation of ... Read more..

Twitter fixes security flaw in 90 minutes

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Everyone who owns a web site needs to be this responsible, and when possible this quick in fixing security issues on their web sites. Read more..

Setting up LAMP on FreeBSD

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Setting up a LAMP server is a common task for systems administrators, and FreeBSD is one of the most reliable and stable operating systems available. Why not combine both LAMP ... Read more..

8 Best E-mail Clients for Linux

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Managing e-mail is made easy with the use of e-mail client, also known as e-mail reader. Some e-mail clients can also function as feed reader and can support plug-ins and ... Read more..

Debian: New newsx packages fix arbitrary code execution

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that newsx, an NNTP news exchange utility, was affected by a buffer overflow allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a ... Read more..

Roku’s Netflix Player: a hands-on review

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

It's small and silent, sports an array of ports on the back but only one tiny white LED on the front, and it can help you spend hours of time ... Read more..

PCLinuxOS: Definitely ?Radically Simple?

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

TechRepublic: "The slogan for PCLinuxOS is ?Radically Simple? and, as far as I can tell, it might be one of the most fitting operating system slogans I have seen. But ... Read more..

Firefox 3.1 Alpha “Shiretoko” Released

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Just as you were getting used to 3.0, those Mozilla guys have announced 3.1's Alpha release. FTA "Built on the pre-release version of the Gecko 1.9.1 platform, Shiretoko includes a ... Read more..

ASUS Eee PC 1000 (Linux)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Laptop: "But though it is increasingly difficult to pick from the seemingly interminable Eee PCs on the market, the Eee PC 1000 has risen to be one of our favorites." Read more..

How-To: Configure Wireless Internet In Linux

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

(Column) - In my previous article, I shared my opinions and overall vision of the state of Linux wireless today. In this latest installment, I will demonstrate exactly how one ... Read more..

Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory - ffmpeg vulnerability … - Help Net Security

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory - ffmpeg vulnerability ...Help Net Security, Croatia - 3 hours agoUpdated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2008.0: ae25c2c8c0b9c203838ebdb16edf3cd7 2008.0/i586/ffmpeg-0.4.9-3.pre1.8994.2.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm ... Read more..

Linux Tip: Job Scheduling With Cron and At

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »

You need to run a job at midnight when system usage is low, or you need to run jobs daily or weekly, but you would rather be sleeping, or enjoying ... Read more..