The Linksys PAP2T is an analog telephone adapter (ATA) widely used in VoIP applications to connect an analog phone to a digital IP network.

From an old mailing list gem, I got the right method to back up your Evolution (mail + calendar + contacts) data the right way:

Like Firefox, OpenOffice also comes with extensions that you can use to improve its functionality. Here, we have tested all the extensions and sorted out those that are useful for everyday use.

Shared libraries that are dynamically linked make more efficient use of disk space than those that are statically linked, and more importantly allow you to perform security updates in a more efficient manner, but executables compiled against a particular version of a dynamic library expect that version of the shared library to be available on the machine they run on.

Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman is leading an effort now that could possibly end up changing the way the Linux kernel is numbered.

Mint, the only leafy plant not to be ignored (excluding the cannabis). How about Mint Linux?

Hip hop artists might not be the most obvious target for Linux evangelists, but a little-known distribution called Transmission is making waves. It's what powers Indamixx, a pro audio production system that runs on a customised Samsung handheld computer created by Trinity Audio Group.

Wouldn't it be useful if your computer could email you? I'd like to be notified by email when my server is in trouble, but I don't want to run my own mail server. sSMTP is perfect for this; it's a simple way to send email from your system to an SMTP mail server, like Gmail's.