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I’m a bad writer, so I like to direct the grammar natzees to other links out there. Today I’ll be giving out some link love, but at the same time I’d like to show you some of the links I gathered in the past to improve my Linux Experience.And by Jean-Luc Picard, what a wondrous [...]

It is very frustrating when you don’t know every programming language (I’m a PHP guy). There are so many things I’d like to change in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (it is still a great Linux OS), but don’t have the time/knowledge to do. I am very active in promotion, but maybe someone who knows his stuff [...]

Hello everyone! I’m back!After a very painful WP upgrade, I’m back on track.I’ve been talking a lot about window managers and desktop environments. Nowadays most major distros simply go for KDE or GNOME, but it is not very common to see a distro use XFCE. This is a very sleek and useful little desktop environment, [...]

0.2.14 has been released! This release includes a lot of bug fixes, and the lastfmradio plugin.Also, we’ve put up the first source tarball for Exaile 0.3.0a. To use it, download and extract the tarball, then run ./exaile from within the source directory. Note: This is an alpha release, and yes we know that there are a lot of features missing. This is just barely a hint of what’s to come.Full Story

Even before I write this post, I know I’m going to get some real nasty comments. Bring it on, tough guys. The freedom which FOSS gives us, enables everyone with a specific goal in their mind to create their own Linux distro. Most of the time, the goals/philosophy are cool and interesting, but it often [...]

Konsole: This is a powerful and full-featured terminal included by default in KDE. It features desktop transparency, background images, profiles, tabs, notifications and plenty schemes to choose from.13 Terminal Emulators for Linux

Due to the large number of different types of GNU/Linux, there is a multitude of interesting propaganda images, made either by the community or by professionals. What is interesting, most of them are made by someone from the community, and it’s very simple, but hilarious. I enjoy good humor and I enjoy Linux.Here is a [...]

 I’ve been rambling on and on about the productivity and/or visual boost which one can get from Compiz Fusion, the Live-CD function that enables you to try out Linux before installing it, etc. etc. etc.!But what about you?Many Linux users know why they use Linux, everyone has a reason they chose the Linux Desktop. Some [...]

There is still no native Linux support of newly unveiled browser Google Chrome but guys from CodeWeavers prepared the port of Chromium (official name of Google Chome for Linux). This staff is already available for downloading as DEB packages for Ubuntu (32-bit and 64-bit), as RPM for RedHat, Fedora, CentOS etc. as well as self [...]

Not only Firefox became in a relatively short amount of time the most popular web browser on Linux, but it also turned out to be the most powerful competitor to Internet Explorer on Windows, proving itself faster, more stable, more flexible and secure. Some would say Firefox is one of the most important proofs that open-source can and is actually better than closed, proprietary software. Firefox is heavily advertised by the Mozilla corporation, many Linux fans put a link to the official Firefox website on their blog or personal homepages, initiatives like SpreadFirefox.com or the Firefox Download Day, they all contribute to making Firefox so popular.

Q: How can I disable one or several keys of my laptop keyboard in Linux? When I press DELETE key it gets stuck and deletes everything A: No problem! You can use the following command to remap or disable any key of your keyboard:xmodmap -e 'keycode ='For example, run the following to disable your [...]

I was a Windows user for several years when I decided to switch to Linux, late 2005 or early 2006, I can't recall exactly. I remember that on Windows I was always looking for freeware alternatives to all the paid applications. At the time, I was not aware of the terms 'open-source' or 'free software', and I definitely had no idea about the concepts behind them. On Windows I considered myself a 'power user', I knew my way around and could complete almost any task in Windows XP easily. I kept searching until I bumped into Linux and decided to give it a try.

 Mockup from www.portefolje.netA Linux distro is basically someone saying: here’s a collection of packages that works well together, now keep it or change it as you wish.Oh I get it, if GNU/Linux can’t make the user drool when he sees a Linux desktop, we’ll never get a large userbase. Here’s what I think; let’s not [...]

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Today Mark Shuttleworth unveiled in ubuntu-devel-announce mail-lists some future plans for Ubuntu 9.04 that will be named as The Jaunty Jackalope. Here is the part of Mark’s short message:There are some specific goals that we need to meet in Jaunty. One of them is boot time. We want Ubuntu to boot as fast as possible [...]

Due to technical and financial issues Linux Screw site was down since end of August… Now we are happy to announce that we are up again and ready to provide our visitors (you ) with interesting information, docs, tips, manuals etc.Great thanks to our readers for being with us!Related PostsAbout Linux ScrewShare your Linux [...]

New features of the Korn Shell provide system administrators and management with the ability to monitor, track, record, and audit every command executed by any user of a system.

Untangle bundles common open-source applications for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network in one single Linux distribution. It can be integrated into existing networks either as a router or as a transparent bridge (directly behind the router, but before the switch that connects the client PCs with the router).read more

Learn how to extend your Python command-line tools by writing plug-ins. Plug-ins offer a convenient way to extend the functionality of your current existing code.

This guide shows how you can install and use incron on a Debian Etch system. Incron is similar to cron, but instead of running commands based on time, it can trigger commands when file or directory events occur (e.g. a file modification, changes of permissions, etc.).