The Windows operating system is not the only operating system with a registry. And I do realize that many of you cringed when you read the words "Windows" and "registry" in the same sentence. But don't worry - the GNOME registry isn't such a beast that can take your machine down with a single, poorly executed change.

To put things short, Gconf is a system built in GNOME 2 which stores applications’ preferable configuration data as well as graphical environment variables in its own files (think: GNOME registry). I’d like you to get familiar with the Gconf tool’s functions, engineering, and usage with this article.

Tcpdump, Snort and similar tools are great; administrators and programmers alike can leverage them for everything from basic packet header reading down to bit for bit analysis of what, when, where on a network. How do they work? If someone wished to include packet reading functionality in their own software(s) what might be the best method?

Chris Lord shares his experiences and six laws of writing simple games for GNOME, using Clutter.

While GNOME registry size isn't nowhere near the size of Windows registry, and thus shouldn't slow your computer too much, it's still nice to have a tool that cleans unused and obsolete entries.

The GNOME Journal is back. A brand new issue has just been published. It features an interview with Stormy Peters, a look at the GConf Configuation System, and editorial on GNOME 3.0.

GConf is a system of storing preferences of most of the installed applications, as well as the environment and desktop for GNOME for Linux.

Those who follow GNOME have probably read about the GNOME Online Desktop. After reading about this concept, I find myself very confused at what it is they’re actually trying to accomplish. Why do I need to imagine that sort of an operating system? I’ve had that for years now.

Every Linux user that has used the GNOME desktop environment must have had at least an encounter with its default text editor, Gedit. You start it up, and it looks like a simple notepad type application with a toolbar added on top. However, don't let yourself fooled by that simple appearance.