A nice article for freshers who want to start a career in IP Networking and computer security.

I needed a good way to explain software freedom to people who have little to no computer experience (possibly parents or grandparents, kids, stay-at-home moms/dads, etc.), so I created the following blog post. Many of these people could benefit from free software, but aren’t going to learn about it through mainstream media.

A compilation of frequent Linux tips. 1. Mount an ISO image 2. Rip FLAC and WAV files to OGG Vorbis 3. Split a FLAC/WAV file when a CUE file is available 4. Run a second X server 5. Convert MPEG video files to Theora Video 6. Get audio from DVD .VOB files 7. APT: Install needed dependencies to compile a source

How to find out what options a command takes, and what it does, when you have no clue what it's used for and don't want to make a huge mess!

With Independence Day coming up, I want to do a series of posts about freedom and what "free software" actually means. The English language is weak in the area of freedom, so when somebody says "free software" they think "free of charge" or "gratis" (to use the Latin term for the concept), which can really throw you, since most free software is available to anyone without monetary cost.

Part four of a five part post series on setting up Linux and Unix servers securely.

Most of us might be finding it difficult to run Mozilla Firefox 3 on Debian Etch, because of the old gtk libraries. And many might have problems installing the libraries themselves. Mozilla Firefox requires at least gtk 2.10. Here is a small howto I found to solve the problem. Basically it is to install the required libraries in a different location and make Firefox3 use them.