Hi all, This blog is now a little over two weeks old and I'm still experimenting with the layout. I've added a few ads to the site b...Read more »
Saturday, July 31, 2010
HOWTO: Starcraft 2 on Linux with Wine
Okie dokie - so I've mentioned before that I play Starcraft 2 under my Linux install with no issues. Since the game's official rel...Read more »
Friday, July 30, 2010
Fast, Cheap, Reliable VPN for Linux
I did some research into VPN services because even if I'm not in the US or UK for a while I don't want to be prevented from accessin...Read more »
High Speed Network Authentication Cracking Tool - Ncrack
Ncrack is a high-speed network authentication cracking tool. It was built to help companies secure their networks by proactively testing al...Read more »
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Remember the year of the Linux desktop?
It´s a long standing joke, but I think two or three years ago people stopped claiming next year will be the year of the Linux desktop. Not s...Read more »
How To Extract data from .deb file in Linux
A Debian " package ", or a Debian archive file , contains the executable files, libraries, and documentation associated with a par...Read more »
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Go ahead; Try it!
The software has been under heavy coding lately, big time. Travis M. is seeing what he can do with the code. I am short on time now for all ...Read more »
How to Compress / Uncompress files using bzip2 in Linux?
bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression is generally con...Read more »
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
KDE SC 4.5 Release Candidate 3 is out!
Codenamed "Canny", the third and last release candidate for KDE SC 4.5 is now out, available for testing. Version 4.5 of the grea...Read more »
Penetration Testing Tool box - PenTBox
PenTBox is a Security Suite that packs security and stability testing oriented tools for networks and systems. Programmed in Ruby and orien...Read more »
Monday, July 26, 2010
Copying the Evolution Data From one system to another
Here are the steps you would need to follow to make sure all your can recover and save all the mails in your evolution if you decide to migr...Read more »
KDE file transfer with KBluetooth
After many years being a Windows user, I took my first steps as a Linux user under Ubuntu. As I started to learn more about the GNOME deskt...Read more »
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Seven Ubuntu Derivatives worth Checking Out
One of the mottos the Linux community has is "if you don't like it - then fork". While this is interesting idea it has created...Read more »
Must Have N900 Utility Applications
I've talked about my favorite N900 applications before, but today I am going to discuss some applications that add some useful functiona...Read more »
Friday, July 23, 2010
Formatting using the Linux Command Line.
If you do not have a format option in your Linux GUI don't worry. The command line is always there to help you. The command that you ca...Read more »
The Story of the VP8 Encoder and Decoder
An x264 developer blogs about the work on writing a decoder for ffmpeg and how the code is not really perfect and the spec not really exist...Read more »
Convert Flv to Mp3 in Linux - FlvToMp3
FlvToMp3 is a Flash FLV MP3 Converter is a free tool to convert FLV to MP3 audio files. It allows you to extract audio file from flash FLV ...Read more »
Cache Memory
In this article we will look into what a cache is, the need and understand the working. In the memory hierarchy the cache memory comes next ...Read more »
Thursday, July 22, 2010
POLL: Best Linux packaging strategy?
Whenever Linux weak spots are up for discussion, the current packaging strategy is one of the star topics. Not surprisingly, the lack of a ...Read more »
Hostnames and Virtual Hosts Discovery tool - Hostmap
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies ...Read more »
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Check for security configuration issue on software - YASAT
YASAT ( Yet Another Stupid Audit Tool ) is a simple stupid audit tool. YASAT goal is to be as simple as possible with minimum binary depend...Read more »
Pinguy OS - Distro Review
My favourite type of distros are Ubuntu based. For some time now I have been making a case for why you should be using Linux Mint. Even thou...Read more »
More reviews and areas of interest
Hello there, both the reviews on Unity Linux and on Kongoni GNU/Linux were received quite well. Got a lot of reads and even the first commen...Read more »
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Blackboard - No Linux for Online Education
In addition to being a Linux Advocate and working 40+ hours a week I am also a full time student. Due to schedule constraints I often take ...Read more »
A New Cycle in the Vinyard - Bordeaux, Crossover, and Wine 1.2
July 16th, 2010 marks the next release in the "stable" line of Wine releases. Periodic "stable" releases of Wine are im...Read more »
IDS/IPS/WAF Evasion & Flooding Tool - Inundator
Inundator is a multi-threaded, queue-driven, IDS evasion tool. Its purpose is to anonymously flood intrusion detection systems ( specificall...Read more »
Monday, July 19, 2010
Firefox 4 and a glance at the near future
If you have read some of my past articles, you probably know I like Firefox a lot. The project went through some rough times when the compe...Read more »