As a Linux user the best way to begin solving your wireless problems is to develop a basic understanding of how wireless fits into networking and to understanding the terminology describing wireless. These links are designed to also provide a number of examples of how to set up wireless on Ubuntu 8.10, Fedora 10 and Damn Small Linux.
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CrunchBang Linux, Netbooks at High Speed
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Last week I discovered CrunchBang Linux, a distribution built on top of Ubuntu that uses OpenBox as its Window Manager. CruchBang Linux and its OpenBox environment are perfectly suited to the Eee PC.
I’m going to try to explain why for some people, CrunchBang is the perfect netbook OS.
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HOWTO: Check which version or flavor of Linux a system is running
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In this entry we will see how we can check which version of Linux (or Unix) a particular system is running. For example, suppose I am logged into a system’s console that I know is running Linux, but how do I know which version of Linux (Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo) the system is running.
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How To Create Brochure Easily With Scribus
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Scribus is a popular open source desktop publishing software that allows you to create publication like e-books, brochures, type setting and other print publications easily. Being a close competitor to Adobe Indesign and QuarkXpress, the advantage that Scribus has is that it is free and supports many features like CYMK color support and PDF creation.
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New features in the upcoming Easy Peasy 2.0 release
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Easy Peasy (netbook optimized Ubuntu Linux) which was released a few weeks ago will have a few nice new features in the upcoming 2.0 release, according to developer Jon Ramvi.
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If Open Source Doesn't Succeed, Don't Blame the Teachers
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We talk a lot at OStatic about open source solutions in the classroom. In fact, just yesterday Kristin pointed to a recent article from the BBC discussing the strengths of open source software and the complexities associated with deploying it in an educational environment.
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Perl Scripting: Check If a File Exists
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It's not often that I write about Perl Scripting on Unix Tutorial, but that's just because I don't script in Perl this much on a regular basis. Today, however, I'd like to share one of the building blocks - a really basic piece of functionality which you'll find really useful in almost any Perl script.
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Teachers Need An Open Source Education
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Remember back in 2008 when a teacher named "Karen" made a remark about using Linux holding her students back? The idea apparently being that students using Linux must somehow be participating in something that is illegal.
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[Announce] Amaya 11.1
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"The version Amaya 11.1 is now available.The main reason of that release is to fix buffer overflows that might be exploited by remote attackers ..." -- NB: Amaya is free software licensed under the
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Location-aware software comes to the Linux platform
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Several powerful open source software frameworks aim to bring mapping and geolocation capabilities to the Linux platform. Ars takes a look at this emerging technology and how it is being used in several popular desktop applications.
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8 Ways To Improve Your WordPress’s Loading Time
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Here are 8 ways that you can use to improve your site loading time.
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A glimmer of hope from whitehouse.gov
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Politicians in general are not terribly tech-savvy, let alone conscious of the most important intellectual freedom issues, but President Barack Obama does have a reputation of being more aware than most of the new media and new possibilities of the internet. The new US presidential website shows some promise that indeed, we now have a US president who isn't afraid of the future.
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Open-Source is Privacy
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Yesterday was data privacy day, according to Lifehacker, and they posted a number of tips for protecting your privacy.There is one more thing you can do to protect your privacy, though: use open-source software. Open-source, while not inherently more secure, has little chance of containing any backdoors or anything you wouldn't want in your software, since all the code is open.
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Simon Phipps speaks against intellectual property; software patents suffer in the US
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Linus’ Old Employer Swept by Microsoft’s Patent Übertroll
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Nathan Myhrvold's patent-trolling firm (backed by Microsoft) scoops Transmeta's patents
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