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Archive for May, 2009

10 Unknown but Useful Linux Terminal Commands

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Tech Source From Bohol: "This time, I'm going to show you several terminal commands that are perhaps unfamiliar to many new-to-Linux users but could be really handy when used properly." Read more..

2.6.29 realtime kernel for Debian

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

I?ve finally sat down and tried to make a realtime kernel for Debian, for my 64bit machine. I followed the instructions I found in this post on the Debian forums. ... Read more..

Blender 2.49 Released With Great Changes

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

A new release of Blender, the immensely popular open-source 3D modeling software, is now available. This is not the much-anticipated Blender 2.5 release, but instead version 2.49, which brings forth ... Read more..

The Perfect Desktop – Linux Mint 7 (Gloria)

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that ... Read more..

Linux Is Easy

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

"Linux desktop roll out is easier than expected for properly targeted end-user groups." OK, so you're probably throwing your hands in the air and going "Well duh!" The concept itself ... Read more..

Linux : Mozilla and Google Announce HTML-Based Extensions.

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

It appears that great minds think alike (or in the case of open-source software and the close-ties between Google and Mozilla, share-alike). Within a week of each other both Mozilla ... Read more..

Is ext4 Stable For Production Systems?

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

dr_dracula writes "Earlier this year, the ext4 filesystem was accepted into the Linux kernel. Shortly thereafter, it was discovered that some applications, such as KDE, were at risk of losing ... Read more..

New Mac Clone Maker ‘Quo’ To Open Retail Store

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

bughunter writes "Cnet is reporting that Mac clone maker Quo Computer plans to open its first retail location, selling Mac clones, on June 1st. To start, Quo will offer three ... Read more..

Some Howtos: A whole batch from TuxMachines.org

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

TuxMachines: " Find the package a file is from Delimiters in Bash Troubleshooting a maxed out Linux hard drive" Read more..

PCLinuxOS Magazine, Special issue

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

PCLinuxOS Magazine, January 2009 (Issue 28) is available to download. You can find it at the PCLOS Magazine website. If you'd like to be informed immediately about our releases, please ... Read more..

Fedora 11 release date slips to June 9th

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

From the 'better late than never' files: Fedora Linux 11 was originally scheduled to be out this week (May 26th), but that got bumped to June 2nd and now is ... Read more..

Converting video & audio files using ffmpeg in GNU/Linux

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

A few days ago I downloaded a video file (.flv) from a website. I wanted to convert the video from .flv to .avi (I know it?s not a free format, ... Read more..

Hands on: Google Chromium browser alpha for Linux

Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

The Linux Chromium alpha is shaping up nicely. Despite the missing features and rendering glitches, it is relatively usable and maturing at a reasonable pace. The developers still have a ... Read more..

Editor’s Note: Linux Is Easy

Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

Despite the relentless efforts of the FUDmasters to persuade the world otherwise, Linux is easy and migration isn't a big hairy deal. An IBM-sponsored report by Freeform Dynamics provides a ... Read more..

One security advisory for Friday

Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »

CentOS has updated httpd (memory leak, privilege escalation). Read more..