I opened up my Acer Aspire One again after a prolonged interval while I was involved in a very different project and was puzzled to discover that Live Update was offering me a "Bluetooth patch". It's not just that the hardware doesn't have Bluetooth...
Read more »Silly Linux Myths Exposed: Linux Has Great Hardware Support
Perhaps one of the most common myths surrounding desktop Linux is the belief that modern distributions do not provide decent hardware support.
In this article, I'll not only provide what I deem to be significant evidence to the contrary, but also provide real examples of PC peripherals and hardware that work out of the box, often with little to no configuration involved.
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Mandriva 2009.1 Preview and Screenshots
Mandriva one of the leading distro provider has finally released their last testing version for their upcoming spanking distro named 2009.1 Spring ... 2009.1 tries mend the flaws that 2009.0 came with.. 2009.1 brings the latest technology from the Linux world, featuring the cutting edge softwares and tools to enchant audience with a soothing experience...
Read more »A Simple Approach To Grabbing Streaming Audio Playlists With Unix Or Linux
As long as you do this for your own enjoyment, I'm pretty sure it's ethical
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An Easter Story: More ASCII Art For Linux And Unix
Almost have all the major holidays covered in ASCII ;)
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Gnu Screen Cheat Sheet
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Vimperator Cheat Sheet
a handy cheatsheet to keep on your desk or wall helping out with the vimperator plugin for Firefox. A week with this up and you won't be touching that mouse for quite some time.
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Funny Or Die: Unix Trouble
If this video isn't funny, it might die. Or something like that... ;)
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Master Vim Registers for Advanced Copy
Want a better solutions for copying and pasting than the OS clipboard or the temporary buffer? Get to know Vim's registers.
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Turn on Vim’s Spell checker
Did you know vim had a spell checker? Me neither. Goodbye OO.o Writer, hello sane keybindings!
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Trixbox CE- Securing Your trixbox Server
Even though a trixbox system is a phone system, it is still a basic computer system like any other. One of the problems that we face is that extensions and VoIP service providers typically come into the system over the open Internet; this means that certain aspects of our system are wide open to the outside world.
Read more »Install, Configure and Maintain a VoIP-Based Telephony System with New Book
Packt is pleased to announce a new book that helps design and develop VoIP telephony platforms and services through the Asterisk platform. Written by Open Source expert, Kerry Garrison, trixbox CE 2.6 guides users with clear instructions and screenshots to create a complete and cost effective VoIP based telephony system.
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The Beginner's Guide to Linux Part 4: Introduction to the Terminal
Traditionally, most new users have always been reluctant to experiment with the command line interface. Once you understand the terminal, Linux will finally open up to you. The terminal is easily the most powerful part of a Linux system.
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Linux and the Drummer
So when a friend who is a drummer for a band called "The Long Gone Daddys" asked me to fix his computer I asked what do you use it for? Answer to check the MySpace and web site for the band mostly. He also needed better tools for the web site management as well. He knew I used Linux so I asked if he wanted to give it a try. He answered that he wanted to have a working computer that stayed working.
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Design Powerful Web Applications with the Spring Web Flow Framework
Through this book users will learn to design, develop, and test their web applications using the Spring Web Flow 2 framework. Java developers will be able to Integrate Java Server Faces (JSF) with Spring Web Flow to organize and manage the storage of data inside their web application.
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