One of my favorite console apps. Check it out, it’s fast, full of features and customizable.
CMus is a small and fast text mode music player for Linux and *BSD. Supported file formats include FLAC, Ogg, MP3 (via libmad), wav, and all module formats supported by libmodplug. Included output plugins are ALSA, ARTS, OSS, and [...]
I know there’s a portion of Ubuntu (and other distro) users who resent six virtual consoles running at a time, in addition to the X desktop in a default Ubuntu setup. I would agree that six is probably overkill, but removing them completely would be nuts.
First of all, on some slow systems, a tty is [...]
GrumpySimon writes “The recent 2.1.1 release of the popular blog software Wordpress was compromised by a cracker who made it easier for to execute code remotely. This is interesting because the official release was quietly and subtly compromised, and has been in the wild for a few days now. There’s no word on if any [...]
An anonymous reader writes “Michael Geist reports that the Canadian government has introduced new legislation that grants Vancouver Olympic organizers broad powers to police the use of any commercial use of the words associated with the Olympics. These incredibly include ‘winter, Vancouver, and games.’ As Geist notes, the government ‘has no time to deal with [...]
What happens when a free and open source software (FOSS) project attempts to introduce compensation for its developers? Because FOSS remains based largely on volunteer work, many worry that payment might demotivate both those who receive it and those who do not. However, community leaders who have observed how payment interacts with the FOSS ethos [...]
Last year’s surprise partnership between software titan Microsoft and leading Linux distributor Novell was supposed to be a kind of peace treaty. Instead, it’s brought the open source software community to the brink of civil war, over a provision that could help Microsoft sue other open source software companies for patent violations. As part [...]
The GNOME project released version 2.17.92 of its popular Linux desktop on Feb. 28. This is the last unstable bugfix release prior to the 2.18.0 release, set for March 14, a project spokesperson said.
“We’ve added important bug fixes, great translations, [and] shiny documentation during the past six months,” the spokesperson said.
Source: Desktop Linux
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You don’t have to be a geek to use Linux anymore. The open-sourse OS has evolved and many flavours are actually easier to use than Windows
P. SURDAS MOHIT
Special to Globe and Mail Update
With the recent release of the memory-hungry Windows Vista, many consumers are wondering whether they should upgrade or stand pat with XP. [...]
Mozilla on March 2 released Thunderbird 1.5.0.10, a security and stability update for the popular open-source email client. Users of Thunderbird 1.5.0.x will receive an automated update notification within a couple of days, a Mozilla spokesperson said.
Users can also manually upgrade by selecting “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu on their existing Thunderbird [...]
How and why would I set a SUID/SGID bit on a file? What is such a bit?
Normally, when a program runs under Linux, it inherits the permissions of the user who is running it, thus if I run a program under my account, the program runs with the same permissions that I would have if [...]
