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Become a Linux command line black-belt PDF E-mail
Sunday, 08 March 2009
!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.

 
Become a Linux command line black-belt PDF E-mail
Sunday, 08 March 2009
!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.

 
Linksys silent over WPA interoperability flaws PDF E-mail
Monday, 02 March 2009
Like a lot of people I assumed Linksys would be a top-notch consumer-level networking equipment brand, being a subsidiary of industry heavyweight Cisco. I found out how wrong I was when it came to WPA – a security protocol for WiFi networks. Worse, the company refused to comment.

 
Linux ISVs gain tool to uncover lost license revenue PDF E-mail
Saturday, 28 February 2009
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.

 
Linux celebrates its 1234567890'th breath PDF E-mail
Friday, 13 February 2009
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.

 
Free software isn't freeware: why Linux and FOSS have a higher standard PDF E-mail
Sunday, 08 February 2009
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.

 
Why didn't people vote in the Linux Australia elections? PDF E-mail
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Linux Australia assert they are the peak body for Linux user groups around Australia and represent some 5,000 Australian Linux users and developers. Yet, the 2009 elections roused a mere 66 voters. Why didn't people vote? (And, in a related incident, why can't I please all the people all the time?)


 
Linux Australia election results are in - but is there a mandate? PDF E-mail
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Linux Australia has completed its 2009 election process with a new executive and committee announced. Yet, can the organisation maintain its claim to being the peak body when voter turnout suggests major disinterest?

 
Jolly new cloud computing netbook OS seeks to bring market back to Linux PDF E-mail
Monday, 26 January 2009
Out of nowhere, an independent software developer has produced his own fast and fancy netbook operating system. It promises lightning boot times, an iPhone-esque icon-studded interface, modern cloud apps. The secret ingredient is Linux.


 
Congratulations Mr President - Linux Australia goes to the vote PDF E-mail
Thursday, 22 January 2009
A new President is about to be inaugurated; yes, Linux Australia's Council is in the midst of its general elections with the results to be declared at the annual general meeting held as part of Linux.Conf.Au (LCA) 2009.

 
Move over PC and Mac; it's time for "I'm Linux" PDF E-mail
Sunday, 18 January 2009
The Linux Foundation hopes to succeed where Microsoft’s short-lived Jerry Seinfeld experiment failed, namely landing a glove on Apple’s unrelenting "I'm a Mac" ads. And not a moment too soon with fear of anything not Windows at a high as demonstrated by this week’s news about a young lady dropping out of College "because of Ubuntu Linux."

 
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