items tagged with GNU/Linux
Move over Tux; it's time for Tuz the Tassie Devil to be Linux mascot for a while
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-22 07:56:29
Ever socially aware, Linux has a new mascot for a short while. Tuz will instead embrace the boot screen of many a distro in kernel 2.6.29. His presence aims to bring awareness to the plight faced by Tasmanian Devils.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-22 07:56:29
Ever socially aware, Linux has a new mascot for a short while. Tuz will instead embrace the boot screen of many a distro in kernel 2.6.29. His presence aims to bring awareness to the plight faced by Tasmanian Devils.
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Just what is the big problem with Linux?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-19 09:20:57
A bunch of Microsoft Windows users were asked just why don't they use Linux. What's wrong with Linux? What needs to change to entice them? And I'll tell you! The results are a list of gripes and grievances and make an insightful collection of matters that really need to be fixed or better explained.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-19 09:20:57
A bunch of Microsoft Windows users were asked just why don't they use Linux. What's wrong with Linux? What needs to change to entice them? And I'll tell you! The results are a list of gripes and grievances and make an insightful collection of matters that really need to be fixed or better explained.
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Upgrade Ubuntu Linux to Jaunty Jackalope the super-easy way
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-17 00:47:12
Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, is being released next month. What does this mean for your existing Ubuntu setup? Fear not, here is the super simple way to go forwards without reformatting, reinstalling or losing data in any way.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-17 00:47:12
Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, is being released next month. What does this mean for your existing Ubuntu setup? Fear not, here is the super simple way to go forwards without reformatting, reinstalling or losing data in any way.
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Linux gains social networking hub
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 20:10:29
The Linux Foundation has taken over hosting and content for the linux.com domain from SourceForge Inc with the aim of producing a dynamic web 2.0 site that is high on collaboration and utility. Potential ideas touted so far include a Linux AppStore, Digg-like news aggregation and location-based support.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 20:10:29
The Linux Foundation has taken over hosting and content for the linux.com domain from SourceForge Inc with the aim of producing a dynamic web 2.0 site that is high on collaboration and utility. Potential ideas touted so far include a Linux AppStore, Digg-like news aggregation and location-based support.
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Essential Linux tools for the PC technician
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 01:52:00
Recently, I blogged that every good IT technician really needs Linux in their toolkit – even if you're strictly a Windows shop. Here are more good reasons why a bootable Linux CD can really save your bacon including indispensable tools you must have.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 01:52:00
Recently, I blogged that every good IT technician really needs Linux in their toolkit – even if you're strictly a Windows shop. Here are more good reasons why a bootable Linux CD can really save your bacon including indispensable tools you must have.
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Two in race for Debian project leader
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-03-11 19:26:02
It's that time of the year again - the Debian GNU/Linux project is in election mode with the process for electing a leader for 2009-10 having begun.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-03-11 19:26:02
It's that time of the year again - the Debian GNU/Linux project is in election mode with the process for electing a leader for 2009-10 having begun.
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Linux s'il vous plaît: French Gendarmerie say oui to Ubuntu
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-11 08:30:09
The Gendarmerie Nationale – France’s national police force – has been slowly introducing open source software to its 105,000+ policemen since 2005. In 2008 the decision was made to use only Ubuntu for all new workstations. A year on shows this has been a great success with happy users, a better network and cost savings of over seven million euro per year.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-11 08:30:09
The Gendarmerie Nationale – France’s national police force – has been slowly introducing open source software to its 105,000+ policemen since 2005. In 2008 the decision was made to use only Ubuntu for all new workstations. A year on shows this has been a great success with happy users, a better network and cost savings of over seven million euro per year.
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Ubuntu 9.10 sees the cloud above the trees
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-09 19:16:34
Next month Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, hits an FTP or torrent site near you. With its feature set pretty much frozen the masterminds at Canonical are looking to the future with Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala, I kid you not – being touted as cloud-centric.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-09 19:16:34
Next month Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, hits an FTP or torrent site near you. With its feature set pretty much frozen the masterminds at Canonical are looking to the future with Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala, I kid you not – being touted as cloud-centric.
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Linux saves the day: why every good toolkit should have Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-08 20:45:38
No matter if you're exclusively a Windows shop, every good IT technician needs Linux in their toolkit. A bootable Linux CD has saved my bacon more than once.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-08 20:45:38
No matter if you're exclusively a Windows shop, every good IT technician needs Linux in their toolkit. A bootable Linux CD has saved my bacon more than once.
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Become a Linux command line black-belt
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:17
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:17
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Become a Linux command line black-belt
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:15
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:15
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Linux ISVs gain tool to uncover lost license revenue
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-27 23:31:18
Software piracy is a big deal. Maybe, you can reason, Microsoft and Adobe and the like can suck it up because they still make huge profits. Yet, for small independent software vendors each unpaid, unlicensed installation could be taking food from their mouth. CodeArmor is a tool to help developers, and is now available for Linux.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-27 23:31:18
Software piracy is a big deal. Maybe, you can reason, Microsoft and Adobe and the like can suck it up because they still make huge profits. Yet, for small independent software vendors each unpaid, unlicensed installation could be taking food from their mouth. CodeArmor is a tool to help developers, and is now available for Linux.
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MySQL forks: Monty splits from Sun
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-25 07:38:11
Sometimes open source projects "fork." Disagreements over direction cause a splinter group to hive off and maintain their own separate code base. This is going to happen with well-known heavyweight FOSS staple, MySQL, after the original author quit Sun Microsystems earlier this month.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-25 07:38:11
Sometimes open source projects "fork." Disagreements over direction cause a splinter group to hive off and maintain their own separate code base. This is going to happen with well-known heavyweight FOSS staple, MySQL, after the original author quit Sun Microsystems earlier this month.
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Debian project gets a new secretary
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-23 20:21:34
The Debian GNU/Linux Project which was functioning without a permanent secretary for some time has finally got a man for the job.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-23 20:21:34
The Debian GNU/Linux Project which was functioning without a permanent secretary for some time has finally got a man for the job.
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Linux celebrates its 1234567890'th breath
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-12 23:35:14
How do you measure time on a computer? If you're using a UNIX-like operating system, such as Linux, AIX, Solaris and others, time is counted as the number of seconds since an event known as "the epoch." It just so happens February 13th 2009, is the day that 1234567890 seconds tick over.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-12 23:35:14
How do you measure time on a computer? If you're using a UNIX-like operating system, such as Linux, AIX, Solaris and others, time is counted as the number of seconds since an event known as "the epoch." It just so happens February 13th 2009, is the day that 1234567890 seconds tick over.
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A touch of sadness as Lenny emerges
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-12 10:23:29
The release of a stable version of Debian GNU/Linux is normally a time of rejoicing and celebration for the 1000-plus geeks who provide Linux users with one of the best distributions going.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-12 10:23:29
The release of a stable version of Debian GNU/Linux is normally a time of rejoicing and celebration for the 1000-plus geeks who provide Linux users with one of the best distributions going.
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Free software isn't freeware: why Linux and FOSS have a higher standard
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-08 06:48:25
Microsoft's recent survey proclaimed nearly half the population believe it is ok to use pirated software for personal use. This diminishes the argument by Linux advocates that you can use their operating system without any cost. Yet, you can't confuse free as in cost with free as in freedom. Here's what FOSS really means.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-08 06:48:25
Microsoft's recent survey proclaimed nearly half the population believe it is ok to use pirated software for personal use. This diminishes the argument by Linux advocates that you can use their operating system without any cost. Yet, you can't confuse free as in cost with free as in freedom. Here's what FOSS really means.
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Why Debian release schedules don't matter
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-05 18:52:37
We all love it when things run on time. There are certain things which need to happen when the clock strikes the hour - buses and trains need to arrive, a cron job on your server needs to spark some script or the other to life, your kids need to be at school.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-05 18:52:37
We all love it when things run on time. There are certain things which need to happen when the clock strikes the hour - buses and trains need to arrive, a cron job on your server needs to spark some script or the other to life, your kids need to be at school.
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Dell select Linux to keep enterprise IT costs down
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-04 07:33:38
This week Novell announced they've signed a deal that will see Dell using SUSE Linux Enterprise on their new OptiPlex FX160 thin clients. This move means corporate IT departments will be able to simplify IT at a lower cost than ever before.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-04 07:33:38
This week Novell announced they've signed a deal that will see Dell using SUSE Linux Enterprise on their new OptiPlex FX160 thin clients. This move means corporate IT departments will be able to simplify IT at a lower cost than ever before.
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Which enterprise Linux to choose?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-03 18:54:14
Debate abounds between Linux lovers which distribution to choose on the desktop. But what about the server? Yes, all versions of Linux are equally capable of serving your mail and web site, but just what is it in those so-called "enterprise" editions that make them, well, enterprise-y?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-03 18:54:14
Debate abounds between Linux lovers which distribution to choose on the desktop. But what about the server? Yes, all versions of Linux are equally capable of serving your mail and web site, but just what is it in those so-called "enterprise" editions that make them, well, enterprise-y?
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