2006 May

I don’t think that there is really any question that BitTorrent is immensely important when it comes to distributing Linux. And the good news is that it’s not that difficult to make happen, either.

Could they truly be gearing up for an IPO? All signs are certainly pointing in this direction as of late. What would this mean for the company? Well if they play their cards right, it could mean some serious cash.

Yes, I am all but sure that this has been mentioned at least once. Still, with the release of open drivers to be used for the Linux desktop, I am a believer that joy of this news was to be had by all. ;o)

Yes, the following is from a Microsoft MVP. OK, begin throwing things right….now! Seriously, I thought it was interesting to gain some insight with regard to how she sees open source fans and how a select few morons have managed to get us all stamped as Microsoft “haters”. While it is certainly no secret that [...]

So you are considering Linux but multimedia issues have been getting you down. Never fear, there is help out for you…

“Have Linux skills, will travel?” If this sounds like you, then maybe you need to keep reading. rPath has posted recently that they are looking for a few good people. Do you have what it takes?

Is Embedded Linux on the verge of soaring here soon? You might think so with rumors of IPOs and the like. Still, I am will remain realistic until I see some real evidence of this myself.

A link distro is not going to be of much use to people if the package manage sucks. Apparently, eWeek has uncovered some issues to this regard in OpenSUSE 10.1.

I guess that most of us have all but forgotten about Brazil when it comes to Linux and open source software. As it turns out, Red Hat has their eye straight on Linux in the South American country.

While I prefer not to live my life in command line, I am comfortable enough to do what is needed when the time comes up. When I first heard of SystemImager being featured at Linux.com, I found myself counting my blessings that my command shell skills (although not perfect) are not totally forgotten.

Stateful firewall inspection. It’s not too much to ask, is it? I didn’t think so either. And thanks to RouterOS 2.9, it can be a reality for those on a budget!

With all of the noise surrounding Ubuntu, it’s nice to see that Fedora has not been forgotten about. It’s a solid distro, even with its “issues’.

Under most circumstances, protests do nothing but annoy me. But when you have one regarding DRM and people wearing wild looking plastic suits, my mind quickly changes!

Oh boy. Leave to Debian users to have their own conference! Kidding, just kidding. No, seriously I am curious as to whether the conference was truly based around Debian or instead more around Ubuntu?

Definitely one of those tools that you will want to have in a cross platform sort of way, the VideoDownloader is a must have for those who like to ‘grab’ video to watch later while offline.

OK, I’ll admit it. I am a total sucker for a good spreadsheet template. And with decent ones becoming more difficult to find outside of the MS Office world, I was thrilled to discover the one being described below.

OK, so Sun is not making things real easy right now. Regardless, if I am going to use Java myself, then you better believe that its going to be coming from them. I just go with what works. In this case however, I can see where the argument is a valid…

If you happen to have a yearning for a new download manager, then you may be interested in learning that there are some good options available for you. Take Downloader for X. It’s not going to win you millions of dollars, but it will do exactly what you’d expect from such an app.

For a Gnome app, Banshee is a good looking application for those who need yet another Jukebox like media player for their Linux box. I will go down in flames with the statement that amaroK, blows it out of the water in almost every area, but it’s still nice to have options.

Oh heck yes! Now this is a totally dynamic way to get a handle on partition sizes and other hard disk type needs. All of this from a Live bootable CD, too.