by Rick Lehrbaum (Oct. 4, 2006) Linux Desktop
Like most companies, my employer has a stash of old, “obsolete” PCs and laptops that won’t run the latest versions of Windows worth a darn. Naturally, this represents a great source of systems for testing the latest Linux distributions.
I thought it would be interesting to find out which [...]
By ROBERT A. GUTH Wall Street Journal
The Linux operating system, having made inroads into corporations’ backroom server computers, is showing hints of inching into a much broader market: employees’ personal computers.
The much-hyped notion that Linux would be viable software to run desktop and notebook PCs seemed dead on arrival a few years ago. But the [...]
bash ninja (iii)
In this bash ninja article, we’ll look at some more advanced commands, and how these can be used in day to day tasks on your linux box.
Redirection
Before we look at specific commands, there is a “technique” that you should know about that can be very useful when using the command line. Redirection is [...]
bash ninja (ii)
In the previous bash ninja article, I looked at getting around the bash shell fast. This article looks at very basic everyday useful commands on the command line. It is not a comprehensive exposition on all possible options for all possible commands, but simply a (hopefully) helpful list of practical commands for everyday [...]
One of the best ways you can participate in the free and open source software (FOSS) revolution is by helping to test software and reporting bugs and issues to project developers to help them improve their code. Even in the wild and woolly, sometimes undisciplined approach to development that we see in FOSS projects, there [...]
Create and manage large documents in OpenOffice.org
All hail the lazy, for they will find the most efficient way to work a computer in general, and a word processor in particular. In this article, I’ll look at three lazy writer’s tricks that can relieve you of most of the drudgery involved in creating a fairly large [...]
Ever since Dell launched its IdeaStorm Web site earlier this year, the company has been inundated with customers — and potential customers — clamoring for Dell to offer Linux preinstalled on desktop and laptop PCs. In February, Dell said it would certify Novell’s Suse Linux on business desktop and laptop PCs, but stopped short [...]
PDFedit is not the first tool for editing PDF files on the GNU/Linux desktop, but it does have a strong claim to being the first truly practical one. Although only at version 0.2.5, PDFedit is already a practical solution for manipulating pages and…
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