"The FUSE project allows you to create filesystems in userspace - which means you can create a filesystem without having to get your hands dirty and modify your kernel source. This is insanely cool, and can be used for many purposes. Here we're going to look at using the Ruby bindings to create a simple filesystem..."
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Gaming and Linux software RAID – Your path to pwnage
When I've seen gaming rigs (actual rigs, not the big budget magazine stuff), I usually find a powerful CPU and GPU with everything else being of average spec: on board sound, on board networking, average case (apart from see-through windows and a dozen fans) and a single modern SATA hard drive.
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Anonymity on the Internet is not going away.
"...Anonymity is a defense against the tyranny of the majority. There are many, many valid uses of anonymity tools, such as Tor. The belief that anonymous tools exist only for the edges of societies is narrow-minded. The tools exist and are used by all. Much like the Internet, the tools can be used for good or bad.
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"Internet 'black boxes' could be used to record every email and website visit made by computer users in Britain, it has been reported..."
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Free Imaging software - CloneZilla & PartImage - Tutorial
This article introduces a pair of excellent, free imaging software solutions that you can use to backup your complete systems.
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When Android beats the iPhone
Today I discovered two reasons why Android might beat the iPhone, eventually. One, it is open source (ok, I am kidding, I did know that before ;-) Two, it has OTA firmware update.
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Which comes first, the linux penguin or the linux egg?
I found out they only offer one Linux course in their whole program. Then we got talking back-end and she mentioned that they're moving off of Linux for computers/servers the college runs on.
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The Netbook OS Question: Windows XP vs. Linux
The netbook revolution is upon us—possibly due to the gotta-have-it factor more than anything else. After all, netbooks practically scream "buy me" from store display tables as a result of their featherweight designs and low prices.
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What Free Software Does the World Need Now?
The question was recently asked by none other than the Free Software Foundation Latest News about Free Software Foundation, which then published its list of the highest-priority free software projects.
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Education IT chiefs debate open source
The concept of open source software seems so firmly entrenched in higher education that it comes as almost a shock to realize there's actually a debate over it.
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30 Cool Linux Login Screens
One of the most powerful attributes that are running for Linux as opposed to other OS’es is it flexibility and customizibility.
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OpenOffice 3.0 Beefs Up Collaboration, Extensions
OpenOffice has hit version 3, and the free alternative to Microsoft Office and other commercial office suites is looking more professional and fully featured than ever before.
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Fluxbox - Why You Might Want to Try It
When you think about desktop environments on Linux/Unix, you'll probably immediately think of the two most popular fully-featured desktop environments - GNOME and KDE.
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Collabora funds development of open source video editor PiTiVi
Open source multimedia specialist Collabora is hiring developers to work on the nonlinear video editor PiTiVi. The Cambridge, UK-based company contributes heavily to the GStreamer media framework and other GStreamer-dependent projects, so PiTiVi is a natural fit -- and it fills a sorely needed niche on the Linux desktop.
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Automatically mount encrypted filesystems at login with pam_mount
The pam_mount project lets you unlock an encrypted filesystem automatically when you log in. The same password used to log in is used as the key to unlock the encrypted filesystem, so you only need to type it once.
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