A simple introduction to the command line. Read it if you want to break through your fear of the command line!
Read more »Basic Linux Tips and Tricks, Part 1
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I'll take PCLinuxOS (PSLinOS) Please
Well ladies & gentlemen…it has been nearly 6 months since I installed & began working with PCLinuxOS, and I must say I am nothing but impressed. Since that time, my article on PCLinuxOS vs Ubuntu has quickly become my most read article on eJabs. The article has surpassed other very popular articles in a short amount of time.
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Using FileZilla on Linux
Recently, the open source FileZilla FTP client became available for Mac OS X and Linux. Previous versions of FileZilla were only available for Windows.
Using the wxWidgets cross-platform user interface, FileZilla now can be used with a consistent look-and-feel on multiple operating systems. The only prerequisite is to have the wxWidgets package installed.
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Vamp the Linux LAMP through PHP part 2
Last time we showed how anyone can get started writing, or reading, web pages coded with PHP, the “P” in “LAMP” (the rest being Linux, Apache and MySQL.) We received kind reader feedback that this was the friendliest and simplest PHP introduction they’d seen.
Read more »Howto Fix RSSOwl Internal Browser
Applications that collect data from RSS-compliant sites are called RSS readers or “aggregators.” RSSOwl is such an application. RSSOwl lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more.
Read more »LiPS synchs with OMA on mobile Linux
The confusing world of standards for mobile versions of Linux became a little less confusing last week with a declaration of "alignment" between two key players.
The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) announced "a formal liaison and framework for cooperation" at the Open Source in Mobile (OSiM) conference in Madrid.
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Schedule Streaming Audio Recordings in Ubuntu
If you're like me, your bosses actually expect you to work while on the job, and not sit listening to your favorite radio show like you might want to. In this instructable, I'll show how to record any audio stream automatically using mplayer, lame and cron to schedule the job.
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ASUS Blitz Extreme
Over the years of reviewing ASUS products we've seen a number of interesting motherboards but the one we have our hands on for review today is one of the most interesting we have ever seen.
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Howto Install Freecom Musicpal in Ubuntu Feisty
Freecom just brought a brand new product to the Dutch market called the “Musicpal“. On the box it says it’s supported for Windows and Mac, although its software is based on Linux Kernel. Stubborn and Windows/Mac hater as I am, I decided to buy this nice product convinced of managing to make it work somehow in Ubuntu (Linux geek as I am!). Two days later I managed to make it work!
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U.S. antitrust officials OK Yahoo's Zimbra deal
U.S. antitrust officials have approved Yahoo's (purchase of e-mail software maker Zimbra for $350 million, the Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday.
Antitrust authorities took a preliminary look at the deal and said it posed no antitrust concerns, the FTC said in a statement
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Free embedded browser rev's up, goes FLTK2
The Dillo project has achieved an alpha release of a next-generation version of its ultra-lightweight CGI forms-capable HTML browser for embedded systems. Dillo-f15f is built against FLTK2 (fast light toolkit, aka "full tick") rather than GTK, and adds support for anti-aliased international UTF-8 text, among other new features.
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NTP Server and Client Configuration in debian
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer. It is designed particularly to resist the effects of variable latency (Jitter).
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WebAppers - Only the Best and Free Resources for Web Application Developers
Daily updated blog with a lot of high quality open-source resources for web developers.
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CoScripter For Firefox: Automate Your Tasks
"Known as a company that innovates in many fields, IBM dishes out an interesting Web 2.0-ish gem every now and then. The latest is CoScripter, which launches today; it’s a Firefox plugin that lets you automate various mundane tasks which you regularly do online..."
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