The IPFire project were at CeBIT 2010 to talk about the open source firewall and The H talked to the project's leader about what's coming in IPFire
Read more »MS’s Government Insider Wants Mac Users and GNU/Linux Users to Pay MS for Its Incompetence
While Microsoft software comes under another zero-day attack, Microsoft's Charney, who came from the U.S. Department of Justice, wants to introduce Internet usage tax to pay for the inspection and quarantine of Windows zombies
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gFTP: The No-Hassle Way to Transfer Files
gFTP is typical of most Linux-based software. It does not have to suffer code bloat to be a powerful program. Much like a file management tool, gFTP makes it easy to manage files at either end of the connection.
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Finally, Reiser4 Benchmarks Against EXT4 & Btrfs
There is no shortage of EXT4 benchmarks from comparing this evolutionary file-system's performance on netbooks to how it battles the Btrfs file-system to its performance recession. In this article though we are finally delivering something that has long been requested and that is Reiser4 file-system benchmarks running directly against EXT4 and Btrfs.
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Ubuntu Desktop in the Cloud
For the past few releases, Canonical has put quite a bit of energy into making Ubuntu a first-class OS for use in the cloud. Ubuntu now has cloud support for Amazon’s EC2 and Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (a “private cloud” system based on Eucalyptus).
Read more »Working with Graphics Text in OpenOffice.org
One of the least understood features of OpenOffice.org is graphics text. People understand vaguely that it differs from regular text, but exactly how it differs or why anyone should care is mostly unknown. However, if you know the distinction, graphics text can work for you in ways that regular text cannot.
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Nanny- A control prental for gnome
Gnome Nanny is an easy way to control what your kids are doing in the computer. You can limit how much time a day each one of them is browsing the web, chatting or doing email. You can also decide at which times of the day the can do t his things.
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DVD / VCD Cutter / Editor for Ubuntu / Debian Linux : Avidemux (Non-Linear Editor)
If you want to manipulate your VCD/DVD Videos , there is a good tool Avidemux is available in Ubuntu / Debian. Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs
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Dell Mistakenly Charges $100k For Linux Netbook
This is obviously a mistake on Dell's part, but you can't help but imagine the folks over at Microsoft laughing and saying "we told you the Linux Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is higher than Windows".
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Day Against DRM: Tuesday, May 4th 2010
"When companies organize to design products to restrict us, we have to organize to defeat them" -- FSF president Richard Stallman
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MyPaint - A fast and easy graphics application for digital painters
MyPaint is a fast and easy open-source graphics application for digital painters. It lets you focus on the art instead of the program. You work on your canvas with minimum distractions, bringing up the interface only when you need it.
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Unintended Consequences: Twelve Years Under the DMCA
Twelve years after the passage of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the law continues to stymie fair use, free speech, scientific research, and legitimate competition.
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Ubuntu 10.04: Canonical Makes Linux Software Partner Push
In preparation for the Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) release, Canonical is reaching out to independent software vendors (ISVs). In fact, Canonical says there are 10 reasons why developers should embrace Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop Edition, and nine reasons why they should support support Ubuntu 10.04 Server Edition. Here the are.
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CeBIT 2010: Linpus Linux Lite 1.3 for netbooks
Linpus Technologies release Linpus Lite version 1.3, a Linux distribution aimed specifically at OEMs of low cost hardware
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Julia Klein elected as Fellowship representative in FSFE GA
FSFE's Fellows have elected their second representative to the organisation's governing body, the General Assembly. Julia Klein will join Torsten Grote in FSFE's strategic decision making body to speak for the Fellows for the next to years.
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