2004 July

I suppose you could go ask gramps to tell you all about the family tree, but if you’d rather do the research on your own, GRAMPS can still help you out. “GRAMPS is an acronym for Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System. It allows you to store, edit and research genealogical data using you [...]

According to LinuxFormat Magazine, the release of Intel’s Centrino 802.11b/g drivers is apparently imminent. “Flushed with the success of the the first “pre-beta” code, Intel is planning to port the full spectrum of WiFi drivers (a/b/g) to Linux inder a yet-to-be-decided Open Source licence.” This is great news for many of us who use Linux [...]

Edmunds Enterprises of America, Inc. is another good source for inexpensive Linux distros. For our friends with a dialup connection, this is often the easiest and cheapest way to add to your collection. By the way, has anyone ever figured out how many distros you can get on one of those 160GB drives?

Except for those who have worked extensively in DOS, the Linux command line may be a bit intimidating to begin with. Here’s a tutorial from TuxFiles that explains the command line in terms we all can understand. Taking command of the command line can greatly increase your productivity in Linux.

As I’ve commented before, one of the biggest differences between the Windows GUI and Linux is the file system. New Linux users can easily get lost trying to figure out where to find specific files and folders (also called directories in some distros). Mark Stone has written an easy-to-read intro to the Linux file system [...]

If you develop Open Source applications, or are looking for someone who does, DevCounter is the place for you.

Shouldn’t we penguins have a better homepage for our favorite browser than Yahoo!? Can’t we have a start page that offers cool links and news, but geared toward the Linux crowd? Yes we can, and we do. Consider making Linux Links your start page. Granted, it’s not quite as polished and jam-packed with content [...]

Some time ago, I spent a fair amount of time surfing through the various desktop theme sites, just aimlessly browsing through screenshots. In a short time, I noticed an odd trend: in the majority of the shots, some variation of GKrellM was running. I thought that was interesting, but didn’t pay it much mind. But [...]

If you’ve been hoping to parlay your mad Linux skillz into a Linux job, then there’s good news! Tech Target interviewed the CEO of Dice prior to the start of Linux World next week, and he’s seeing an increase in both Linux job postings and their average salary.
The recommendation is if you will be [...]

Linux as an OS excels in many areas; sadly, gaming is not one of them. However, there seems to be hope on the horizon in the form of Cedega 4.0. What! You’ve never heard of it? Maybe you have, but under its old name WineX (Transgaming recently changed the name). This ExtremeTech report looks [...]

A survey has indicated that Linux is mostly hack free. One point to note however, the survey only came from 500 Linux developers. This does not mean the results are invalid, but it is not on as wide of a scale as it could be. While Linux like any OS has it’s faults, I believe [...]

The YES corporation is pleased to announce YES Linux 2.0.10. Available for immediate download, hopefully Lockergnome readers will be able to get to it before the download lines get too big. ;o)

With Microsoft in a never ending price war with a competitor that cannot seemed to be stopped, they continue the price drops. As most of you already are aware, the “newly discovered” emerging markets are a hot spot for the Open Source / Microsoft war right now. The only defense that Microsoft has been able [...]

Thanks to the efforts of Acucorp, Cobol applications now have the opportunity for a new lease on life. “The marriage of 64-bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and IBM’s 64-bit zSeries platform combines the traditional strengths of the latest IBM mainframe servers with the flexibility and open standards of SuSE Linux,” said Cameron Jenkins, Acucorp’s [...]

Mark Stosberg, an Open Source developer, shows that Linux can work in the real world with real examples that he gives his readers. Six groups of people, six completely different situations. It is amazing to hear stories like this as they just go to prove that it can be done, the switch can be made.

Paul Gallant of OSNews explores the realitys of using Linux for video production. Linux has the ability to use some really great tools. Programs such as “The Gimp“, and Audacity are two old standbys that have proven to be effective tools. Unfortunetly, the author felt like that he would be better off for the time [...]

Robert Love, Kernel developer and author, has expressed his desire to have Plug ‘n Play become a reality in Linux. I also think this could be very, very cool. However, I would not want to see all distros move in this direction and I will tell you why. As important as it is for [...]

WinInsider is making the claim that Microsoft is really popular with the Open Source crowd. Fine, I will accept this with two exceptions.
1) They are NOT loved by the Open Source community. Their high download numbers indicate that people are curious about what they are up to, not because their software is so impressive.
2) It [...]

Linux requires support from those who love to use it. Mandrake for instance, stresses this in an excerpt from their download page. “Since Mandrake Linux is an Open Source product, it needs your financial contribution. Developing a Linux distribution is very costly, so it’s up to the community of users to ensure its health.”
While I [...]

Granted, IT jobs may seem a bit hard to come by these days. Then again, maybe we are just not looking in the right place. Kevin Brandes tells his readers about how he was able to land a job working with Linux in Nicaragua. Not the first place you would look for a Linux admin [...]