I’ve recently become interested in using Ubuntu Server as the base Linux distribution for a project that I’m busy working on. My recent interest occurred when I learned that Ubuntu offered Sun Java, which I was considering using with some server software.
Read more »An Ubuntu Server 7.04 Installation in VMware
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Blender 3D Video Course
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This DR-21 3D Design course is an introduction to the world of computer generated 3-D modeling and animation using Blender. The course covers version 2.4 of Blender and it is composed of a few dozen lectures. The lectures are really easy to understand and this course is a great place to start if you are new to Blender.
Read more »A nice Free Software experience
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I needed to find a new RSS reader. I have a somewhat lengthy subway commute to work each day, and I like listening to podcasts or reading PDFs on the OLPC laptop. I also have a pretty busy RSS feed list, and thought it'd be nice to merge my daily RSS read with my daily commute.
Read more »Get more out of the ls command
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The ls command is a well-known and often used command-line program that is used to list directory contents by name; in fact, it could be argued that it is the most used Linux command-line program.
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Wide world of desktops
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Some time ago I looked at GNOME and KDE, discussing their origins and differences, and I got a lot of great feedback. In particular, many readers mentioned that they’d love to see some coverage of some of the less-known alternative desktops available.
Read more »Firefox 2.0.0.6 Security Update
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"...Due to the security fixes, we strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release...."
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Techzone: Evaluate on Windows, deploy on Linux
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Despite the fact that developers are showing increasing interest in developing on Linux, we do have huge number of them developing on Windows and later deploying on Linux. Need to understand why ?
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OpenFest 2007 - Share the Freedom
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"...OpenFest is an idea for a celebration, which should exceed the boundaries set by differences and morals. Let there be a day each year in which we, the upholders of free software all over the world try to make this a day when all people could get in touch with the freedom on the Internet, with the freedom of open source software, with free software..."
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How to create a banner at home?
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ProPoster – software for printing large posters, banners, signs, murals & wall photos from any pictures, digital photos, Word, Excel documents.
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Open Source convention: you have to have a good reason not to open the source
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"The news over the past few years in open source establish it as the natural way to release software. If there’s anything else you can do to earn money–whether setting up a social environment like Second Life, putting up ads like Google, or selling hardware like Intel–you really need to search hard for a reason to keep software proprietary."
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Uh Oh. Another Smooth Move from Microsoft: Watch out, Ruby. Watch out OSI.
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"I guess you saw the news about Microsoft submitting some licenses to OSI hoping for approval as "open source" licenses. You can watch Bill Hilf of Microsoft giving his talk at OSCON, which is where the stories emanated from."
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Linux tool points out power-wasting applications
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This year's most important Linux application may be a simple utility that helps users spot long-standing bugs that make systems waste power.
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MEPIS to switch from Ubuntu to Debian
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SimplyMEPIS, a very popular desktop Linux, is going to change back to using Debian Linux for its core from Ubuntu. In March of 2006, MEPIS founder Warren Woodford, decided to switch to Ubuntu from Debian for the next version of SimplyMEPIS, version 6.0.
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Turn your computer into a media center PC with GeeXBoX 1.1
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GeeXBoX, a small media center Linux live CD distribution, can run from any small device, such as a USB disk or a wallet CD-R, and can play both disk-based media like DVDs and online media like Icecast streams. The project has been in development for several years and has just released version 1.1.
Read more »In-vehicle Linux system assists first responders
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U.K.-based Thorcom Systems Ltd is shipping a rugged, Debian Linux-based, in-vehicle computer intended for emergency first responders. The GPS-equipped VR2000 can serve as an application host, IP router, and vehicle locater in a wide range of mobile data, vehicle tracking, and in-vehicle communications and networking applications, according to the company.
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