The Virtual Volumes View (VVV) project lets you index your data DVDs and perform searches to figure out whether a given file is backed up and what disc contains it. If you routinely back up a large amount of data onto DVDs, you can simply number your discs and keep them in numerically sorted order.

Linux has no shortage of audio and video players, but if you want to devote you whole system to multimedia use, you need the Xbox Media Center (XBMC).

"I’m starting to put this in ~/.bashrc of all my servers now [...] When I log into the machine, the screen window title (which displays on the hard status line, and in turn my urxvt window title bar) automatically changes to the hostname of the machine I’m logged into. I used to set this manually, but now I don’t have to, yay! ..."

OpenBSD provides a UNIX® distribution with a primary emphasis on security and cryptography. If you're looking for a UNIX distribution to deploy in the most critical nexus in your network infrastructure, look no further than OpenBSD. The recent release of OpenBSD—version 4.3—includes several new features and bug fixes that this article reviews.

Although we all remember that everything started with legendary Norton Commander, somehow lots of TC users religiously believe that every other, two pane file manager, is a not worthy clone. They all share the same roots, but TC with its rich Plugin library managed to capture the largest user base.

I started prying into the logic of their software and the excited CEO and developers went silent. So, I asked how I could help. At that point their eyes widened and the CTO muttered about how difficult a time they had finding Python developers.

I want to make a series of posts to record some of the things I’ve found out about maintaining the Ports Kernel for PS3 so far. I’m still to complete the full cycle to getting an updated kernel build into the repos but I’d like to note what I’ve found out so far. As I know more I’ll endeavor to update these notes so they remain fairly accurate.