2002 April

Linuxdot.org
http://www.linuxdot.org/

gentoo [538 Kb]
http://ftp.falsehope.com/pub/gentoo/gentoo-0.11.23-1rh71.i386.rpm
http://www.obsession.se/gentoo/
“gentoo is a file manager written in C. It uses the GTK+ toolkit, and the two-pane concept. What makes gentoo stand out are its graphical configurability and its real cool file typing and styling system. Using the latter, gentoo identifies the type of your files and then uses the style you’ve defined [...]

Continuing Caldera Directories
We’re clipping along with the directory structure of Caldera OpenLinux, comparing the similarities and differences with other major Linux distributions.
/root. This is the home directory of the root user. Much like the /home directory, files belonging to the root user are stored in the /root directory. This is a common directory for all [...]

XF86Config - Part II
We’re diving into a discussion this week of the XF86Config file. As noted yesterday, there are graphical and text-based tools available in the various Linux distributions to configure your X Window system, but none is as accurate or flexible as manually editing the XF86Config file. It’s a mystery to many new Linux [...]

It’s a quick report today. I want to give you a heads-up on some of the upcoming items in Penguin Shell.
First off, it’s been awhile since we’ve done a DIY Friday. I’ve been sorting through your mail this morning, and it looks as though I might be able to pull together another DIY Friday issue [...]

Tips For Linux
http://www.geocities.com/tipsforlinux/
Tips For Linux is a tip site with, at present, 36 tips for new Linux users. These tips, listed from newest to oldest, dig a bit more deeply into Linux use than other sites out there. These tips are straightforward and easy to understand. Though there’s not much organizational rhyme or reason to [...]

SOT Office Suite [70 Mb]
Span class=”url”>Unearthed by Andy
ftp://ftp.sot.com/sotoffice-2002/linux/soto-2002-6en.i386.rpm
http://www.sot.com/en/linux/soto/
“Partly based on OpenOffice.org, SOT Office 2002 is the only office application you’ll ever need. A full-featured, high-quality software suite, SOT Office is fully compatible with other major office applications. You can open and save .doc, .xls and all your usual file formats with SOT Office, so sharing [...]

b>Continuing Caldera Directories
We’re moving right along in the review of Caldera OpenLinux directories. With just a few days left, it’s important to remember that Caldera both conforms to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standanrd and deviates a bit from it. Our look into the Caldera structure is a means to explore both the similarities and the differences.
/mnt. [...]

XF86Config
You know how much I love the command line and manually configuring my settings. I use GUI tools where necessary but, for the most part, like to have at least a firsthand understanding of how these configurations work. That means digging into the files themselves, throwing caution to the wind, and making configuration changes by [...]

I got quite a few emails regarding the comments on Governor Vilsack’s campaign website. Most supported my postition that the Governor should have kept the website contract within the state of Iowa. It was far from unanimous, though. As evidenced by today’s GnomeVOICE, some thought that picking the company to build the website based on [...]

FirstLinux.com
http://www.firstlinux.com/

DrumPatterns [575 Kb]
ftp://www.linux-france.com/pub/prj/drumpatterns/drumpatterns-0.54.tgz
http://www.linux-france.org/prj/drumpatterns/index-en.html
“DrumPatterns is a free, open source, web oriented drum patterns generator. Like says its name, DrumPatterns is a tool to learn drum patterns. With it, you can learn what it is said the “rudiments”. And you can learn much more. This tool is exhaustive, you select the members you want to study, [...]

Continuing Caldera Directories
Let’s move right along in this series on Caldera OpenLinux directories with a look at another 3 directories and their contents.
install@. Though you’ll find install@ in the root directory, it really isn’t a subdirectory at all. It’s a symbolic link to the scripts and files directory, located at /var/lib/LST. This link is unique [...]

Package Management
Tuesday, we looked at configuring your dialup connection via KDE’s KPPP. KDE is full of these convenient GUI apps designed specifically for configuring elements of your system that might be a bit daunting for new Linux users. Today, we’ll look at another - kpackage - the KDE package management system.
As you know, many programs [...]

As you well know, most of the Lockergnome bunch is located in the heartland of America. With the exception of Chris, we all live and work in Iowa. That’s sometimes comes as a surprise to people, as Iowa is associated with hogs, corn and soybeans more often than with technology. Let’s face it - the [...]

Linux: A Newbie’s Tale
http://home.clara.net/george.russell/linuxtale.html
One thing is certain about Linux - you’re going to have some tales to tell when you’re finally comfortable with the OS. That’s what Linux: A Newbie’s Tale is all about - sharing those first experiences in Linux with others who may follow. It’s an interesting read from start to finish, filled [...]

JB Linux
ftp://ftp.nlc.no/pub/jblinux/JBLinux-2.2/iso/
http://www.jblinux.net/
Adam Knutson
“I just started using Linux earlier this year, and your newsletter has helped me find some resources like linuxcommand.org that really helped me out. I’d like to return the favor by exposing you all to JBLinux.net - the JB Linux Distro. After trying Mandrake 8.1 and Slackware 8.0, I came to [...]

Continuing Caldera Directories
We’re digging through the directory structure of Caldera OpenLinux this week, taking a look at the similarities and dissimilarities to other Linux distributions. Today, we’re looking at three more directories, all of which are standard in Linux.
/etc. The /etc directory in Caldera is a standard directory for all Linux distributions, though others may [...]

Locating Faster
We’ve talked about the find command. It’s a drive search on steroids. With find, you can locate any file by name, ownership, permissions, etc. It’s powerful and very useful. It can also be very slow.
Because of the speed issue, locate has become my preference for finding files on a massive hard drive. It doesn’t [...]

Stirring things up again …
I got lots of mail regarding the comments on Lindows yesterday. I even heard from some Lindows “Insiders.” They explained why everyone is so tight-lipped about the alpha release “Insider Edition”: because they’re bound by Non-Disclosure Agreements to stay quiet about what they’re seeing. Many did say that, ” … what’s [...]