As long as we’re talking security, Linux.com posted an interesting article that gives some tips on how to improve your SSH security. Although this guide is not geared toward beginners, it can be used as an excellent learning tool. The tutorial covers changing the SSH listening port, allowing only SSH protocol 2, setting […]
Although Linux computers are considerably safer than Windows computers, no computer is perfectly safe. The builder au weblog has a list of the 10 things you should do to a fresh Linux installation before taking on the mighty Internet. The points are focused around making your installation’s security air-tight. Do you have […]
Last month, Dell Corporation asked its customer base what they would like from Dell. A simple question that was greeted by an overwhelming majority of customers requesting preloaded Linux installations. Dell recently responded to these responses in the affirmative. When purchasing a Dell you will now have the choice of installing Linux […]
Arsgeek has an excellent tutorial that demonstrates how to install Beryl on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. The Ubuntu team has streamlined the process, however it still requires some configuration. I find the tutorials at Arsgeek to be really helpful and very good for a beginner. If you are having trouble getting Beryl going […]
If you’ve got an old computer sitting around (I’m talking really old) then don’t rule Linux out. Unfortunately, most of the common Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Knoppix, Red Hat, Fedora, etc.) are too bloated to work on computers with very little RAM and/or a very slow processor. The Linux on Desktop weblog lists 13 […]
The ergo weblog has an excellent introduction to the make command. While the man page for make leaves a lot to be desired, ergo does an excellent job explaining how make can be used.
Uses for make:
Make can be used:
1. To create shorthands for complex (or multi-stage) command pipelines
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After 303 iterations, Sugar, the Linux operating system powering the One Laptop Per Child project is finally considered stable. Sugar is built on top of Red Hat Linux and the details of the “stablization” can be found at DesktopLinux.com
The One Laptop Per Child program reported today that after 303 builds, it finally has a […]
Questions Please recently released an audio interview with Ubuntu founder, visionary, and bankroll, Mark Shuttleworth. The interview is very interesting and covers topics such as his motivations for starting the Ubuntu project, pre-installed GNU/Linux, space travel, and much more.
As always, thanks to the fantastic questions we’ve had sent in, it’s a really interesting listen […]
LinuxMCE is a recently released Linux distribution that promises to be the MythTV for the rest of us. MythTV is notoriously difficult to set up and LinuxMCE promises to be the easiest Media Center Linux distribution complete with an installer that is so easy to use any user with absolutely no Linux experience will […]
HowToForge has an excellent tutorial that shows how to import your Outlook information into Evolution and Thunderbird. Don’t kill the messenger for linking to a tutorial on Windows, but moving to open source software is one step in the right direction. HowToForge also explains that if you are making the switch from Windows […]
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