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Sexy backgrounds for Ubuntu Linux. Part 2
2008-01-07 22:48:00 Below is the next portion of sexy wallpapers for Ubuntu Linux as well as for any other distributions and operating systems (previous set is here). Related PostsSexy wallpapers for Ubuntu Linux October Survey: People try many Linux distrosFun: How To Make Windows look like Ubuntu LinuxSwitch to Ubuntu from different Linux distros or other OSesLinux Foundation Podcast: ... More About: Part
Security Guide for Linux by NSA
2007-12-24 09:22:00 The National Security Agency (NSA) recently issued security configuration guides for various operating system, including MAC OS X, Windows, Linux and Solaris. The published guides are used by the government and are pretty interesting. Guide for Linux is presented as Hardening Tips for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Guide to the Secure Configuration of ...
Latest nmap 4.50 is out. Must upgrade!
2007-12-16 16:12:00 Nmap is well known open source tool for security auditing and many other related network exploring activities. Here is it’s developers' description taken from their site: Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems ... More About: Nmap
Install Ubuntu packages by clicking html link
2007-12-16 15:31:00 Apturl allows to install Ubuntu packages using apt:pkgname like syntax with any compatible browser like Firefox, Konqueror or other. Let me note that apturl comes with Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 by default and is very useful while placing links through manuals, howtos etc. For example, to install ntop utility in Ubuntu I'd suggested to run the following command from terminal: sudo apt-get install ntop, but now I can just place the link like this: hey, install ntop by clicking here! Here is graphical representation of this example: After you click pressing "ok" button Ubuntu will start installation process of certain package: I hope this would be useful for bloggers writing manuals for Ubuntu Gutsy users. Real thanks apturl’s author Harsh J (aka Qwerty Maniac). Related PostsClean up your Ubuntu with deborphanUtorrent in Ubuntu with Firefox supportRunning Cisco Packet Tracer in LinuxPortable and integrated Linux distro for USB drivesRead CHM files in Linux More About: Link , Html , Ages
Defragmentation in Linux? Only sometimes
2007-12-12 00:32:00 Sander Marechal published at LXer interesting observations on file defragmentation that is would be needed in Linux : I still wondered how on earth it was possible the 100k+ files in Gentoo’s portage system - updated every time I synchronize the portage tree - didn't fragment my filesystem. Or was my filesystem fragmented and did I not ... More About: Some
Update Dell laptop BIOS with Ubuntu
2007-12-09 23:03:00 Good news for Dell laptops owners: latest BIOS images can be loaded with Ubuntu , Fedora or CentOS! It was announced at official Direct2Dell blog by Matt Domsch. In a nutshell to get new BIOS installed while you're running Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty, 7.10 Gutsy, or Hardy just enable Universe repository in sources.list (System -> Administration -> ... More About: Laptop , Update , Bios
Solar + Tiny PC + Linux = Sweeeet
2007-12-03 20:43:00 Really interesting device was found today in the vast expanses of Internet. Company named Aleutia (established in London, 2006) sells extremely mini PC that consumes really small amount of energy (8 watts!!!), runs Linux and can be powered by sun! It’s named Aleutia E1 and is available starting at 180 £. See details below! Seller announces the following product specifications (see detailed specs here): Processor: 200MHz x86 CPU, Memory: 128MB SDRAM, Storage: 2GB (included Compact Flash card), Power Supply (US, UK, or EU). 3 x USB 2.0 ports (480Mbps transfer rate), 1 x 10/100 Ethernet port, VGA port to connect LCD display (supports resolutions up to 1280x1024) Power consumption of 8W with CPU and SDRAM running at full speed. With external devices (USB 2.0 CD Rewriter, USB-powered hard drive) power consumption rises to 11W. Dimensions: 11.5cm (Width) x 11.5cm (Lenght) x 3.5cm (Height) Puppy Linux Operating System (version 2.14) - similar in appearance to MS Windows, stable,... More About: Solar , Tiny
Long-awaited Pidgin 2.3.0 is out!
2007-11-27 21:22:00 One of the best instant messengers named Pidgin (previously Gaim) released it’s latest version 2.3.0. According to developers' description Pidgin is a multiprotocol IM client and it’s goal is to hide protocols from the user as much as possible (users have to know about individual protocols when they create or modify accounts, but in day-to-day communication and usage, the intent is that users don't have to think about protocols at all). Pidgin supports the following protocols: .NET Messenger Service (MSN) OSCAR (AIM/ICQ/.Mac) XMPP (Jabber, Google Talk) Gadu-Gadu Internet Relay Chat MySpaceIM Novell GroupWise SILC Yahoo! Zephyr Lotus Sametime (previously supported by the third party gaim-meanwhile plugin) QQ (previously supported by the third-party OpenQ plugin) Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (only with chat function) DirectNet, 3rd party plugin for DirectNet ? peer to peer instant messenger IMPS, Smart VAS Tlen.pl, SourceForge Xfire, gfire RVP, Fabien Carrion Skype... More About: Long
Microsoft tells how to recover data using Linux
2007-11-26 20:46:00 Recently I came across nice article published at Microsoft ’s site Port 25 about how to recover crashed Windows using Linux . It’s rather helpful staff written by Chris Travers (who own Metatron Technology Consulting by the way). Here is an introduction quote from the document: We have all run into cases where Windows refuses to load for one reason or another. The problem may be a hardware or a software failure, and the problem may seem to be irrecoverable. Yet often Linux can be used to help recover data that otherwise might be lost. In writing this paper, we generally assume that either a Linux workstation is available to accept recovery information or that a USB drive of sufficient size is available to hold the data. Generally in either case, enough free space should be available to store the entire hard drive as a bit-for-bit file and still have at least 2GB of space free. However, if more space is available, the process of organizing the recovered data is a bit easie... More About: Data , Tells
One Linux/Unix manual page?
2007-11-22 23:12:00 Related PostsLinux /Unix coreutils command 'paste' to merge lines of filesArchivesGoogle is 9 years old nowLinux and Unix Live CDs listhtop: new generation Linux processes viewer More About: Page , Manual
Windows Software Linux Software
2007-11-22 22:03:00 Below is the full list of Windows Software equivalents for Linux . If you can suggest better list you're welcome to comment here! Related PostsDebian/Ubuntu Linux apt-get vs. aptitudeProducing Open Source Software bookSeptember 15th - Software Freedom DayFun: Bill Gates quotesVideo conference between Linux and Windows users
GNU GRUB Simplified for Newbies
2007-11-22 00:01:00 GNU GRUB is a boot loader package from the GNU Project. GRUB is the reference implementation of the Multiboot Specification, which allows a user to have several different operating systems on their computer at once, and to choose which one to run when the computer starts. GRUB can be used to select from different kernel ... More About: Newb , Newbie , Simplified
Firefox 3 Beta 1 is Ready!
2007-11-21 00:09:00 Really nice news: Mozilla announced Firefox 3 Beta 1 and it’s available for free download now! This is the ninth developer milestone focused on testing the core functionality provided by many (actually MANY) new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3 : New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include: Improved security ... More About: Ready
Asterisk unveils customized Linux distro
2007-11-19 16:51:00 Asterisk is an open source/free software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange (PBX) originally created by Mark Spencer of Digium. The basic Asterisk software includes many features available in proprietary PBX systems: voice mail, conference calling, interactive voice response (phone menus), and automatic call distribution. Asterisk is released under a dual license scheme, the ... More About: Linux , Asterisk , Distro , Aster
PCLinuxOS Magazine Latest Issue (Nov 2007)
2007-11-16 14:05:00 PCLinuxOS that was founded in October 2003 is free, easy-to-use Linux-based operating system for the home. It is distributed as a LiveCD, and can also be installed to a local hard drive. Locally installed versions of PCLinuxOS utilize the Advanced Packaging Tool (or APT), a package management system (originally from the Debian distribution), together with ... More About: Magazine , Issue
Generate strong passwords online and offline
2007-11-16 09:32:00 To generate random and secure passwords offline I recommend oldie mkpasswd. It was written by Don Libes from National Institute of Standards and Technology very long time ago but works perfectly. Install mkpasswd in Debian or any other distro containing APT by command: sudo apt-get install -y mkpasswd For some reason Ubuntu’s repository contains makepasswd that was ... More About: Offline , Online , Strong , Passwords
Why Penguin is Linux logo?
2007-11-15 00:41:00 Beginning Penguin as logo/mascot for Linux was discussed first in early 1996 by several people in the linux-kernel mailing list. The idea of such mascot came from Alan Cox first. Among many other suggestions made by different people there were parodies of other operating system logos, sharks or even eagles. You can find them here. Some ... More About: Logo , Guin
Ubuntu Customization Kit 2.0 is out
2007-11-13 23:16:00 Ubuntu Customization Kit or simply UCK is a tool that helps to customize official Ubuntu Live CDs (including Kubuntu/Xubuntu and Edubuntu) to your needs. You can add any package to the live system, for example language packs, or applications. UCK package provides uck-gui utility that will guide you through all the most common customization tasks. The ... More About: Ubuntu
Site of the day: Free Linux eBooks
2007-11-13 22:40:00 Few days ago I came across nice site named Free Linux eBooks containing tons of Linux related electronic books for offline reading (mostly in PDF). Here is the list of available ones (please note that site allows to download 10 books per day)… Share This ---Related Articles at Linux Screw:Fun: How To Make Windows look like Ubuntu ... More About: Ebooks , Site
Detailed Plans for Fedora 9
2007-11-12 15:36:00 The next version of one of the best Linux distributions ever (Fedora 9) has many ideas that would be implemented into final release. By the way it’s scheduled for 1 May 2008 (first alpha realease should be at 17 Jan 2008). Here are these features: Share This ---Related Articles at Linux Screw:Get ready to download Fedora 8 ... More About: Plans
Ubuntu Document Storage Facility
2007-11-12 09:31:00 Ubuntu Document Storage Facility (UDSF) is fully indexed archive of some of the best howtos, tricks and tips that were generated by Ubuntu Forum Community. It’s contributed by UDSF Team who describe it as: A centralized repository for information that is produced on the forums: a public forum library, a knowledgebase. An effort to record and maintain ... More About: Ubuntu
Weekly portion of Linux humour [3 pics]
2007-11-08 23:51:00 See pictures below… Share This ---Related Articles at Linux Screw:Fun: Bill Gates recommends Ubuntu :)Linux Halloween! [pic]Anatomy of the Linux file systemWhat is a Linux guy doing at Sun?About More About: Humour , Weekly
Fedora 8 (werewolf) is ready!
2007-11-08 23:22:00 Fedora (previously named Fedora Core) is an RPM-based, general purpose Linux distribution, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora’s mission statement is: "Fedora is about the rapid progress of Free and Open Source software". Today latest release of Fedora 8 that is called Werewolf is announced. Direct Download Links: 1. DVD images: i386, ... More About: Fedora , Ready
Sync Google Reader with Liferea
2007-11-08 15:36:00 Liferea is the best aggregator for online news feeds especially 1.4.6 version. Some of it’s features really makes feeding life easier. It supports duplicate rss entries detection (see picture), and it’s surely one of the fastest feed readers I ever tried. Google Reader is very powerful and useful solution for RSS reading as well but ... More About: Google Reader , Sync
Get ready to download Fedora 8 (werewolf)!
2007-11-08 09:14:00 Tomorrow the latest release of one of my favorite Linux distributions is to be announced. Fedora 8 (also known as werewolf) release day is arranged at November 8 2007 but it’s time to get ready to download hot ISO images even now… Share This ---Related Articles at Linux Screw:Fully automated Fedora Linux installation manual (create custom installation ... More About: Download , Werewolf , Ready , Get Ready
TinyFlux 1.0: Minimal Linux Distro
2007-11-07 00:34:00 First stable version of minimal Linux distribution named TinyFlux 1.0 is now released. As it comes from it’s name TinyLinux is extremely lightweight Linux distro based on popular Desktop manager FluxBox. This is the first stable release of the PCFluxboxOS series and it’s authors are very proud of it TinyFlux stands for: Being as small an ... More About: Minimal , Distro , Minima
Howto: Home video security with Zoneminder and Ubuntu
2007-11-05 23:39:00 These weekend my colleague brought to our office simple 20$ webcam. I have to say that my previous attitude to such toys was quite ambiguous. But idea to build home/office video security system based on such webcam(s) and Ubuntu changed my mind especially taking into consideration extremely low cost of end system and it’s capabilities. ... More About: Video , Security , Home , Howto
Read CHM files in Linux
2007-11-04 22:00:00 CHM is the file extension for Microsoft Compiled HTML Help that is a proprietary format for online help files, developed by Microsoft and first released in 1997 as a successor to the Microsoft WinHelp format. It was first introduced with the release of Windows 98 crap. There are three most popular tools to read CHM files ... More About: Linux , Read , Files
gOS: operating system with Google Apps
2007-11-02 00:22:00 As it comes from official site, gOS is alternative OS with for the masses. Actually it’s open source operating system that is based on Linux kernel and would be built to include Google Apps.. As this project is in early stage their site is still under development but Live CD ISO image is already available here. ... More About: System , Operating System , Google Apps , Operating
October Survey: People try many Linux distros
More articles from this author:2007-11-01 23:11:00 I think it’s time to finish survey that was started at Linux Screw a month ago and announce it’s results. First of all thanks for all people who took part and gave his (her) vote, it’s really appreciated. So, most of people (251) tried from 2 to 5 Linux distributions on their way to freedom :). ... More About: People , Survey , October 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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