some howtos:
- Restore, Recover Deleted Ubuntu Top Panel
- Use Ubuntu/GNOME Desktop as Alarm Clock
- install PC-BSD on an encrypted ZFS file system
- Install hardware sensors for awn applets
- Find the model and serial number of a Linux server
- Use Squid Proxy Cache Server To Control Internet Access
- Newsbeuter, Mutt and Google
- Dual Boot openSUSE USB Stick Installer
- solve the PHP XCache error: /dev/zero: No space left on device
- 5 Ways to make Wine apps feel Native in Ubuntu
- Tech tip #7: Browse Amarok’s embedded MySQL database
- How to fix AVR-SIZE on Ubuntu 10.04
- Rename a file based on inode
- Best Practices with sudo
- How to Install Apps With Ubuntu Software Center
- Unix How-To: Checking Responses with ckyorn
openSUSE 11.3 Impressions
matthewehle.info: While openSUSE is my preferred distribution for server installations, my desktop use of it has been somewhat more sporadic. However, while reformatting my laptop from Mint to a Windows 7-Linux dual boot, I decided to give 11.3 a try.
Also: Samsung N150 Plus Netbook - openSuSE 11.3
Open source 4.0: excellent for dancing
blogs.the451group: It’s been interesting to see how many people have picked up on the concept of open source 4.0 especially since it was ignored when I first made reference to it over eighteen months ago.
PC File Manager: Another light weight file manager
ghacks.net: In the seemingly never-ending quest to find the perfect, light weight graphical file manager, I have gone through just about every one I can find. What we now have is an incredibly fast, easy to use, light weight file manager that will please just about any level of user.
Eight Linux Tech Tips for Beginners
jeffhoogland.blogspot: If you are someone who is diving into Linux for the first time it can be a somewhat daunting task learning all the ins and outs of the operating system. The following will help.
Linux Gazette September 2010 (#178)
Linux Gazette for September 2010 is online and ready to read. Highlights include Video editing from the command line, "VMworld, IDF, OOW", and Hotmail Change Prompts Switch to Linux.
Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 10 – Linux Mint XFCE
g33q.co.za: Tonight the second of our Reader Voted Lightweight Distros. Linux Mint XFCE, the second Mint to grace this series.
Ukraine to Create is Own GNU/Linux Distro
opendotdotdot.blogspot: I've been writing for a while about Russia's on-off idea of creating its own GNU/Linux distro. It looks like Ukraine is following suit. Via Google Translate:
Unigine Announces Its OilRush Game For Linux
phoronix.com: Back in July we reported that Unigine Corp, the company behind the advanced Unigine gaming/3D engine, was working on its own strategy game. OilRush is this new game created by these Russian developers.
As Predicted, OpenSolaris Board Disbands
linuxjournal.com: When the OpenSolaris Governing Board issued their ultimatum to Oracle on July 12, few thought it would have the desired effect of saving OpenSolaris.
A snapshot of a Lan party.
toolbox.com/blogs: Three computers, each running Linux, Windows and MacOS respectively meet up at a lan party. It is a typical lan party. A semi dark room, lit only by the glow of monitors.
How to Use KDE Plasma Activities
maketecheasier.com: The concept of activities is a new feature introduced with KDE 4. In the old desktop model of KDE 3, the desktop was a program called “kdesktop”, which gave users the ability to have a number of virtual desktops.
Reviewed: Linux Mint 9 KDE
tuxradar.com: Ubuntu is dominating the mindshare for desktop distros, but there’s still a place for rivals – even those built on the Ubuntu foundation – to take things in different directions.
The hype is over
h-online.com: The "best open source software for business" list contains almost exclusively well-known contributors. Is there no more new open source?
The 5 Best Instant Messenger Clients for Ubuntu
ubuntulandforever.blogspot: What is the best IM (Instant Messaging) Client for Ubuntu? Let's find out!
Photography with Open Source / Linux
blog.worldlabel: Photography on the free software desktop has come a long way in recent years. All of the major desktop environments support camera import and provide image management and editing applications, including the all-important raw file conversion. But
7 Providers of Pre Installed Linux Laptops/PC's
techdrivein.com: Not many mainstream PC manufacturers have a Linux preinstalled version of their products. But some do have and the there are many other not-so-mainstream providers of Linux preinstalled laptops, netbooks and PC's. Here are a few of them you should know.
A story about updates and people
mairin.wordpress.com: A bit of discussion about update policy in Fedora has been brewing lately and I’ve been reading and thinking (and stewing and moaning and wringing my hands) about the discussion a lot. I noticed a few archetypes in the positions taken throughout the discussions:
Linux machines with no rebooting…? Is this what we want?
standalone-sysadmin.com: The part that I kind of object to is in the press release, of all things. It’s the opening line of the company profile: Ksplice is an enterprise software company making reboots a thing of the past. Please, lets be honest. Reboots are inevitable.
Reviewed: KDE 4.5
tuxradar.com: Trepidation. That about sums up the feeling of upgrading to a new version of KDE. You want to like it, but are afraid that whatever has been fixed will be counterbalanced by something rather sucky.
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