If you’re anything like me and you’re dangerously obsessed with music (I really am); then chances are you’ve already tried the music-based social networking service Last.fm at some time. Like a lot of web services it doesn’t give much away about how it works internally.
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Is Linux dead in the netbook water?
The Windows share of the US netbook market is a staggering 96 percent. That's up from less than 10 percent of US unit sales during the first half of 2008 when the words netbook and Linux pretty much ran together. Now it seems that the netbook revolution is leaving Linux behind. Is Linux a Dead Man Walking?
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Tutorial: An Introduction to Linux CLI
A shell is a command interpreter which allows the user to interact with the computer. The way things work is simple: the user types in commands, the shell interprets them and performs the tasks it was asked to do, and finally it sends the result to the standard output (which is usually the screen). For example, the output of the ls command can be something like:
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Review: Debian 5: Lenny
Debian…the father and grandfather of many a Linux distro. I think indirectly Debian is probably running on more computers than any other Linux distro. It’s the basis of Ubuntu, Mepis, Xandros, and many others. And many people use Debian where they need a nice, stable distro.
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Fonera 2.0 powered by Linux
The upcoming Fonera 2.0 802.11g wireless router from FON uses Linux as its embedded OS and includes several new features.
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NVIDIA's Open-Source Driver Gets Updated
The ill-maintained, feature-limited, and obfuscated driver known as xf86-video-nv driver has a new release out. This is the first open-source NVIDIA X.Org driver update in several months
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State of GNOME?
The GNOME desktop is alive and well. Despite rumors that everyone and everything is moving to the browser, the desktop is here to stay.
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Cross-platform Backup Utility: fwbackups
fwbackups is a feature-rich user backup program that allows you to backup your documents anytime, anywhere. It is completely free to download and use without any sort of trial or restrictions. In fact, fwbackups is open-source, which means anybody can use, share it and improve it. If you would like to help develop or test fwbackups, see the developer's page.
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Tomboy ported from Mono to C++
The announce came on April 1st, but was NOT an April fool. Ubuntu PPA available !
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Marble Desktop Globe - Wonderful Atlas Application for KDE4
I was lately impressed by Marble Desktop Globe, a free, open-source application for KDE4 which includes a 3D atlas of the world, with lots of features and an interface similar to the one of Google Earth.
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Review: Parted Magic 4.0
Parted Magic, one of the best stand alone partition editors, is back once again with a new and updated version. But what's so special about this version, considering the narrow scope of things that Parted Magic is designed to do?
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First look: Mozilla Firefox FX 3.6 alpha 1
Although Firefox 3.5 (formerly Firefox 3.1) is still in beta, Mozilla is already developing Firefox 3.6 code-named Namoroka. Slated for an early-to-mid 2010 release, the browser will be marketed as Firefox.next (FX) moniker in a nod to new technologies set to take Firefox to the next level.
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KDE 4.2.2 Is Out
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Linux Runs on Text: Understanding & Handling Text
Text plays a central role in the Linux operating system. Take better control of your system with a firm understanding of what text is and how best to handle, format and convert it.
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Hacker and slasher or stable and steady. There is a Linux for you.
We are not all made from the same mold. To cover all of those bases there is a plethora of Linux distributions ready for the picking.
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