Linux

Pycapsule is a command line tool used to distribute the Python scripts and package. With Pycapsule, you can encrypt your Python scripts and they will run as if they’re not encrypted or distribute your Python scripts or package to another machine without Python installed (in a case where the target system is different from the [...]

Everything you need to know about Linux is in this book. Written by Stephen Figgins, Ellen Siever, Robert Love, and Arnold Robbins — people with years of active participation in the Linux community — Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition, thoroughly covers programming tools, system and network administration tools, the shell, editors, and LILO and [...]

Learn about everything you’ll need to build and maintain your Linux servers, and to deploy Web applications to them.
Whether you’re planning on running Linux at home, or on a leased Web server, this book will walk you step-by-step through all of the common administration tasks, from managing traffic reporting to log-file rotation.
This guide even includes [...]

Gnomie Anthony writes:
I’m Anthony and I just dug up your YouTube channel (and I’m glad I did!). I’ve been watching many videos on Linux and virtualization and was wondering if you had ever heard of coLinux.
You only have the option of virtualizing Linux under Windows but I have found it to be reasonably fast on [...]

Not that you’d actually want to do it (or at least I don’t think I would), but you have to admit it’s pretty cool that you can now run Linux on the iPhone. It’s really basic so far, but no doubt it will get better and have more and more hardware/feature support. Maybe a dual-boot [...]

Gnomie Rossgang writes:
I don’t know if “restoring” is the right word, but here is my problem.
Like other people getting bored with Windows and wanting to try out a new operating system, I downloaded Ubuntu Linux and burned it to a CD. Then, as the directions read, I placed it in my PC to try to [...]

Gnomie Plaszer from our chat room writes:
Hey, Chris! I’ve been using Ubuntu for almost a year and I have learned how to use all three of the most popular desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, and XFCE), and I’ve decided to spread some of my knowledge on how to choose and get used to a desktop environment.

Don’t [...]

Are we doing enough to attract new users from the IT community? The results are right here, many of the IT pros do not see Vista as an option any longer, and I personally see a fantastic opportunity for various Linux distros to make a name for themselves going forward. Here’s a solid opportunity to [...]

Why is it that we can manage to sway countless hardware manufacturers into looking our way yet those who work in other business circles continue to ignore Linux to the point of almost being laughable? Today, we will highlight these companies, just to remind them how their decisions are costing them money.
World of Warcraft: Keeping [...]

Gnomie Kaleb (aka hyp3rdrv) writes:
Hey Chris! My name is Kaleb, and I’m a new viewer. I saw your video on Ubuntu a couple of months back and decided to try it out for myself. It’s been tough getting used to it, but I really like it now. Despite this, I have run into a [...]

There you are, staring at your computer, wondering why your Internet connection is running slower than slow, and wishing you knew enough to penetrate the endless runaround you get from your service provider. Or, you’re the Lone IT Staffer in a small business who got the job because you know the difference between a switch [...]

It has long since been my own personal experience that Linux documentation is largely ignored by Linux beginners in exchange for the interactivity of Linux forums. The reasons why will be further explored in this piece; however, today I have located a solid exception to the rule. Not only does this article provide the clearest, [...]

There is, in fact, a coming divide that will hit the Linux community like a freight train. The battle lines have already been drawn, and companies that support Linux, such as Canonical, will eventually find themselves fiercely pitted against companies like Linspire, that, only a short time ago, entered into an agreement of cooperation.
A clash [...]

Everywhere I turn these days, I continue to hear how “Novell” sold Linux users down the river. And while I partially agree with this perspective, I do differ with those who say Xandros did the same thing. Xandros is simply looking to make sure that fluidity between the Linux desktop and Windows desktop is as [...]

Let’s face it: some distributions have better controls for handling display issues than others. Two that do it right out of the box that come to mind include Fedora (Red Hat) and OpenSuSE (Novell). Each includes tools that minimize the need to do what I gleefully refer to as the “Xorg dance.” Basically, these options [...]

Quote from DaniWeb.com (February 26, 2007):
“…The simple truth is that Linux is still not ready for the big time, by which I mean the mass-market, non-computer savvy, it has to just work consumer. Hardware and software compatibility issues need to be resolved before it would make any sense at all for a company such as Dell [...]

Is there really the level of competition in the Open Source world that we see in the Closed Source world? This is something that has been stuck in my mind lately as I have been told so many times by Closed Source developers that by opening the code you are creating your own competition. Today, [...]

The Call for Participation is now open for Ubuntu Live, the first official conference dedicated to this award-winning and popular Linux-based operating system. The three-day event will aim to give participants all the knowledge they need to explore and set in motion the powerful features in Ubuntu and related applications. Program chairs are building an [...]

Despite its large code base (more than seven million lines of code), the Linux kernel is the most flexible operating system that has ever been created. It can be used for a wide range of different systems, running on everything from a radio-controlled model helicopter, to a cell phone, to the majority of the largest [...]

I am a very happy Linux user, but am also aware that Linux is not for everyone. Having said this, I was a fan of SLED 10. So it’s not like I am anti-SuSE by any means.
When I heard that SuSE 10.2 had come out, naturally I was curious. Has it overcome some of the [...]