Author Archive
Managing open source adoption in your IT organization
Digg / Linux/Unix / upcoming
What you essentially have to decide is what are the key questions around your organization’s use of open source. How will you get the answers and how long will it take? If there is an important question and the answer is “I don’t know,” you have some serious work to do.
How to install HyperVM?
Digg / Linux/Unix / upcoming
Learn How to install the best Control Panel for creating and controling multiple VPS on a Multiple Servers.
Funny Unix Commands
Digg / Linux/Unix / upcoming
% cat “food in cans”cat: can’t open food in cans
How to be a Geek Goddess
Digg / Linux/Unix / upcoming
The newly-released book “How to be a Geek Goddess” is supposed to be a helpful, not-condescending computing howto for women. Tina Gasperson, who admits to being of the female persuasion herself, isn’t sure it meets these goals, and suffers from mixed feelings. Read Tina’s review to find out if this is a must-read or a must-fling-against-the-wall.
Make Utopia Angel Work Under Ubuntu
Digg / Linux/Unix / upcoming
Make Utopia Angel Work Under Ubuntu
Firefox performance tip of the day
Digg / Linux/Unix / upcoming
A simple command in any *nix environment should make firefox seem somewhat faster.
Even Better: Linux to *Be* on More Desktops than Windows
Digg / Linux/Unix / upcoming
A new virtualized Linux boot environment is out: HyperSpace. Similar to SplashTop, there is one huge difference between the two: SplashTop is only offered through OEM bundles, directly installed in the system BIOS. HyperSpace can be downloaded and installed on *existing* Vista and XP machines, giving them faster boot times and better security.
Linux Mint’s Podcast, "mintCast" episode 4
Digg / Linux/Unix / upcoming
In Episode 4: The News (”I’m Linux”, browser market shares, artwork for the podcast), Rothgar’s segment: Overview of multimedia applications under Linux, Main Story: Linux for writers, Website of the Week: dafont.com.
Comcast Able To Slow Bandwidth Hogs Across Its Network Again
digg / crispytown / history
Comcast, which got in trouble with the FCC for its P2P-throttling approach to network management has now completed its plan that deals with bandwidth hogs by slowing all broadband traffic for heavy Internet users during times of congestion. The new system is Protocol-Agnostic which means it isn’t targeting P2P protocols only, therefor ok by the FCC
Drunk Judge Hits Police Car, Gets Slap On Wrist
digg / crispytown / history
In a proceeding that took less than 15 minutes, a judge who police say was drunk when she drove into a parked state police cruiser — and who allegedly made racist remarks after the collision — was accepted into an alcohol education program. Which, if successfully completed, could lead to the erasure of the charges against her in a year.