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(Jan 7, 2009, 10:32 UTC) (1453 reads) (4 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Journal: "It's long been clear to me that the biggest lock-in Microsoft has, at the enterprise level, is not with Windows or personal apps, but with Exchange Server. And the biggest problem there is this: it's good. Enterprises like it."
(Jan 7, 2009, 09:02 UTC) (1377 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Today Blog: "There is a chapter for golden-eared audiophiles, who have been left behind in the rush to lo-fi MP3s and poorly-engineered CDs with no dynamic range to speak of, no balance, no nuances-- just shove all the levers to the top and call it good. So, as usual, to do it right we have to do it ourselves, and one interesting option is DVD-Audio."
(Jan 7, 2009, 07:32 UTC) (1926 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Tech Source From Bohol: "If you are using Linux, there are plenty of backup software to choose from. I have here a list of some of the best free and open source backup software that you may want to check out."
(Jan 7, 2009, 06:02 UTC) (1099 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Phoronix: "Phoenix Technologies, the company producing the BIOSes for many of the motherboards on the market, is today introducing their SplashTop competitor. HyperSpace is the Phoenix Technologies product being unveiled this morning with several distinct differences from SplashTop."
(Jan 7, 2009, 04:32 UTC) (999 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Ubuntu Geek: "Deleting a file or reformatting a disk does not destroy your sensitive data. The data can easily be undeleted. That's a good thing if you accidentally throw something away, but what if your trying to destroy financial data, bank account passwords, or classified company information."
(Jan 7, 2009, 03:02 UTC) (987 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) BBC News: "The new agreement with Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner Music will end digital rights management (DRM) software currently attached to iTunes music."
(Jan 7, 2009, 01:32 UTC) (1561 reads) (2 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Datamation: "Taking baby steps to become more familiar with a new operating system can be as simple as revamping the OS already in use on your computer. It begins with unlearning Windows-born behavior to free up your mind for a new way of doing things."
(Jan 7, 2009, 00:02 UTC) (1069 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) The VAR Guy: "International Linux developers have flooded Cisco with inquiries about the contest -- forcing the networking giant to push back a competition deadline. Here;s the scoop."
(Jan 6, 2009, 23:34 UTC) (1232 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Tip of the Trade: "kill is most often used without an argument or with -9, to kill a process off. But it can also be used to send various other signals to a process. Some are variations on process termination, but you can also get information about or out of processes."
(Jan 6, 2009, 23:04 UTC) (1164 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LinuxPlanet: "The newly-released book "How to be a Geek Goddess" is supposed to be a helpful, not-condescending computing howto for women. Tina Gasperson, who blatantly admits to being of the female persuasion herself, isn't sure it meets these goals, and suffers from severely mixed feelings."
(Jan 6, 2009, 22:34 UTC) (1431 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Datamation: "I hate spineless managers -- especially when "executives" make incredibly stupid decisions. I realize that we all have jobs at stake but there's a line that should not be crossed."
(Jan 6, 2009, 22:04 UTC) (1648 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) IT Wire: "Think of the two most popular laptops trends, namely big screens and small screens. Now put them together and what do you get? Yep, the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds with one big screen and one small screen. Is this genius or simply the maddest laptop ever?"
(Jan 6, 2009, 21:34 UTC) (857 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LinuxPlanet: "A typical Linux system comes with all kinds of help documentation built-in, and a lot of users don't even know it's there. Juliet Kemp is your guide to finding man, info, and HTML help pages."
(Jan 6, 2009, 21:04 UTC) (881 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) KungFu Code Monkey: "The latest feature to really impress me is how easy they've made it to connect to the internet using a 3G mobile broadband connection."
(Jan 6, 2009, 20:34 UTC) (894 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Tech Republic: "We know, first of all, that the vendors don't have a proper incentive to ship good quality software, because the vendors don't pay the cost of failure; we do."
(Jan 6, 2009, 20:04 UTC) (1635 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) IT Toolbox: "For these tests I used a program called x11perf which does massive amounts of screen redraw tests and reports on the results. How long those tests took I do not exactly know because I started them and then went to bed :)."
(Jan 6, 2009, 19:34 UTC) (649 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) BBC News: "Kamal Prasad Sharma, aged 12, a student at Saraswati Secondary School in a small village not far from Kathmandu, was afraid when he saw a computer for the first time."
(Jan 6, 2009, 19:04 UTC) (1478 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Eee PC: "Ubuntu Eee is dead, long live Easy Peasy! This is a custom Linux distribution (Ubuntu 8.10 based), optimized for netbooks, especially the Eee PC series."
(Jan 6, 2009, 18:34 UTC) (2750 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) XenStreet: "A few months back I wrote a review about gOS on one of my blogs which received some raving reviews. I did not just review it, but decided to start using it as my default Linux desktop."
(Jan 6, 2009, 18:04 UTC) (539 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Magazine: "This year the challenge will be to create a one or two minute video or audio "advertisement", suitable for displaying on the web in sites such as YouTube and others, but captured, edited and otherwise produced using Free Software"
(Jan 6, 2009, 17:34 UTC) (1753 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Chao-Kuei's Notes: "Please say it loudly in your blogs or emails, in as non-technical terms as possible. Then we will turn around and show your opinions to the confused governments and journalists who still believe Microsoft's claim that OOXML is an open format, and put an end to that lie."
(Jan 6, 2009, 17:04 UTC) (2163 reads) (2 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) OLPC News: "As part of a small personal project, I've been reading through the court exhibits presented in Comes V Microsoft. One of those exhibits is a chain of internal Microsoft emails discussing how to get Windows XP on the OLPC."
(Jan 6, 2009, 16:34 UTC) (1086 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Cyber Cynic: "One of the neat things about Linux has always been that you can run it on just about anything: iPhones, xBoxes, PS3, you name it, you can run Linux on it. So, why not, the good people at DeviceVM thought, make a desktop Linux that came bundled in a PC's motherboard: Splashtop."
(Jan 6, 2009, 16:04 UTC) (1885 reads) (6 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) 451 CAOS Theory: "From Freescale’s perspective, and from a Linux fan's, the future looks nice: thinner, cheaper netbooks, many of which will be based on Linux, that run as long as eight hours on a charge."
(Jan 6, 2009, 15:34 UTC) (851 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) EeePC: "If you want to recover your Acer Aspire One netbook to its default state, Acer uploaded a disc image on its FTP server from the default Linpus Linux installation."
(Jan 6, 2009, 15:04 UTC) (513 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) IT Wire: "Leah Duncan loves cheese and salami. And given that fact, the Australian Linux community is probably lucky that she didn't like the micro-organisms used in the making of such foods enough to complete a degree in Microbiology some years ago."
(Jan 6, 2009, 14:34 UTC) (1145 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) The Open Road: "Somehow, I missed that. Vaughan-Nichols points to HP shipping Linux, Dell shipping Linux, etc., but come on: a trickle of retail activity does not a "Year of the Linux Desktop" make."
(Jan 6, 2009, 14:04 UTC) (1482 reads) (4 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Internet news: "The lawsuit between the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Cisco may be critical in shaping the future of the open source ecosystem, according to legal experts closely watching the saga's next stages."
(Jan 6, 2009, 13:34 UTC) (1486 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Catonmat: "This is the third and final part of a three-part article on the famous Awk one-liners. This part will explain Awk one-liners for selective printing and deletion of certain lines."
(Jan 6, 2009, 13:04 UTC) (1381 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) The Linux Distillery: "Software piracy is a scourge on the world of computing. Yet it's a problem the open source community doesn't have. That makes sense; it's all freely available. But this raises the question: if it's free how do the developers make any money?"
(Jan 6, 2009, 11:34 UTC) (1402 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LinuxEdit: "So you have bought the parts, built it and set up the BIOS. Know you are on to the fun part, installing the operating system. Since this article is obviously about building a Linux based system, I was torn between what Linux distribution to use to install on your new computer. After some personal deliberation, I chose Ubuntu Linux for the task."
