2006 February

South African tax authorities are eyeing Linux for their desktop and tax collecting needs. It may be said that there is still a lack of apps to make this switch viable. And yet, it seems that people are making it work each and every day.

You know, I tried this app a few times in Linux - it just did not wash with me at the time. Using it in Windows however, may yield better control over your audio devices.

Why would we even need a new DHCP client in Linux? Apparently it involves a little known feature that it can take advantage of. Check it out below…

Eh, I guess this might be the next logical step for the Linux distro. They have done pretty well on the desktop and perhaps moving on to the gadget world is where they need to move to next.

I have to say, I love the concept beyond Songbird. But until they can get something ready that is just a little less’ beta’, I am going to have a difficult time using it with any confidence. Having said this, they do get points for the work on a Linux version…

Configuring /etc/fstab is both fun and daunting at the same time. In most modern distributions of Linux, there is next to no config needed. Still, you will find it necessary from time to time with certain hard drive MP3 players and other external devices.

First off, I think that the folks at Cedega do a bang up job. Thanks to their efforts with WINE, we have the option of playing many Windows games within Linux. But the cold, hard fact remains that running on the native OS for the game in question will always be more stable and faster.

Linuxant has saved my bacon more times than I’d like to admit. Yes, there support in the wireless world is legendary according to some. But did you know that they can help with HSF modems, too?

The word ‘ghetto’ keeps popping up into my head when I think back to the picture from the link below. But then you figure that it is a great project to kill off a weekend at your worries seem to fade away from there.

Running any sort of virtual OS environment has always made a little leery. This has certainly be the case when considering the purchase of VMware for Linux. But after seeing what it can do with a Mac, Windows and so on - maybe it is worth a second look?

OK, the question must be on the tip of your tongue: Why would we want Linux to look like Windows? Well, where there is a question, more often than not there is someone with a great answer…

Hey Mambo and PHP users, you might want to make yourself aware of the security alert going around with regard to a nasty Linux worm working its way through certain systems.

For the most part, the idea of malware in Linux and OS X has been all but laughable. Still, I would challenge folks to tell me that having an outbreak in the future would be impossible. Sure, we do have that great Unix-styled security with limited access by default. But who’s to say what the [...]

With Apache maintaining it’s continued success, we might as well have a decent guide to help make sure that we are getting all we can from this server platform…

Boy, if I didn’t know better, I might think that Qwest is getting serious about their open support for the Linux OS! In reality, I believe that they realize that they’re actually serving their own interest by being this proactive.

What? You thought that Knoppix for was just for repairing Windows? No silly, it can also help you out a million times over with a quick fix for your Linux box as well.

Now I realize that at first glance, this is going to seem like a lot of work. But the reality is that once it is all finished, you are going to feel really good about having XGL installed on your Linux box.

A talent shortage on the Linux front? Is this really true? Eh, I suppose it makes a difference who you’re asking.

So what makes HowToForge so darn special? The collaboration of the written word? Perhaps the sheer number of how-tos? No, what really makes it so dynamite is the ingenuity many of the articles there reflect.

Personally, I think it’s unbelievable how unaware some folks are when it comes to now securing an OS properly. The article below really sums it all up I think…