I am an avid fan and user of the Linux operating system. I enjoy the stability, the configurability. I like the performance and efficiency. These are but a few reasons that Linux is a wonderful desktop operating system alternative.
I recently read this article written by a friend of mine known as DedRyzing. In it he [...]
Just so you will know, emerge is the package management tool for Gentoo linux. It is “the command-line interface to the portage system” (from emerge man-pages).
On with my top-5:
#1 emerge –sync
This command synchronizes your local collection of packages with the latest sources available from Gentoo. You should sync your portage directory at least weekly. You [...]
I recently re-established my relationship with Conky. If you’re not familiar with Conky, it is a desktop system monitor of sorts for Unix based operating systems. Actually it is much more than just a system monitor. Conky has the capability to monitor email and tail log files to the desktop.
I haven’t actually touched the [...]
Today I searched USTREAM.TV for shows with certain words in the title. I am a self proclaimed computer geek so, I search for shows with the words tech, computers, linux, windows and mac in the title of the show. I found that there are many shows that came back from the search. Then I noticed [...]
I recently found this post. Being a Linux user and, looking around my house, i saw that this was going to be an easy post for me. So, here is my Top 5 uses for an old PC …. from a Linux users perspective
router ..install a couple or three NICs and a copy of IPCOP [...]
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