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Archive for September 2005

September 25th, 2005

EXPLAIN: What’s the GNU GPL?

GNU GPL stands for GNU General Public License. It’s a license written by Richard Stallman of the GNU Project that is available for any software author to use. Applications licensed under the GNU GPL allow anyone to:

Run the software
Examine how it works (sourcecode required)
Share the software with anyone they wish
Modify how it works (as long […]

By Jon -- 1 comment

September 25th, 2005

HOWTO: Get My CD Drive to Eject on my GNU/Linux Machine.

If your CD drive won’t open for you, there’s a few things you can try:

Unmount it: right-click the CD-drive icon and select ‘Unmount’. It may be hidden under a submenu called ‘actions’ or something like that. Then press the CD-drive eject button.
Eject it: right-click the CD-drive icon and select ‘Eject’. It may be hidden under […]

By Jon -- 0 comments

September 25th, 2005

EXPLAIN: What’s the Difference Between ‘Linux’ and ‘GNU/Linux’?

In common conversation they are usually used interchangeably.
In the midst of time there came a point where Linus Torvalds and the GNU Project crossed paths. Linus had finished the Linux kernel, but had no operating system to put it into. Richard M Stallman and his crew at the GNU Project had just completed the […]

By Jon -- 1 comment

September 24th, 2005

HOWTO: Find Out What Linux Kernel Version I am Running?

In a terminal window, type:

echo `uname -r`

and press the ENTER key.
NOTE: Those little ticks are the backticks usually located on the key to the left of the ‘1′ (on the same key as the tilde ~ character) on a US layout keyboard. They are NOT the single quote usually located beside the enter key on […]

By Jon -- 3 comments