I love it!!

Compared to BloGTK, ScribeFire is faster, and has more options.

Posts pop up in seconds and I can post to more than one category, which wasn’t possible in BloGTK.

Yep, this is a keeper!

Thanks Baldy, for finding this little gem! Guess you are good for something…

~LC

What’s new in this release:

– Midi support in the CoreAudio driver.

– Mixer support in the Alsa driver.

– A lot of MSI fixes.

– Implementation for most D3DRM functions.

– The usual assortment of Direct3D fixes.

– Lots of bug fixes.

Source: winehq.org

~LC

April 27, 2006 – AfterStep 2.2.5 released!

Lots of changes:

* Everything got touched. It’s all good.

Get it from here : ftp.afterstep.org/stable/AfterStep-2.2.5.tar.gz
Or if you already have 2.1.0 or later installed – you can use smaller upgrade packages : ftp.afterstep.org/stable/AfterStep-2.2.5-noimages.tar.gz

I used to love this WM, maybe I’ll have to make some free time to see what it looks like these days.

Source: afterstep.org

~LC

Overview:

Xbindkeys is a program that allows you to launch shell commands with your keyboard or your mouse under X Window. It links commands to keys or mouse buttons, using its configuration file. It does not depend on the window manager and can capture all keyboard keys.

Prerequisites:

* a keyboard with special/multimedia buttons

* xbindkeys

* working X Window, doesn’t matter if it is KDE, Gnome or any other

Complete Tutorial: Howto Forge

~LC

Are open source security tools really as secure as those available for sale? Yes, say a growing number of enterprises. While some are understandably hesitant to employ solutions that are openly available to hackers and users alike, many organizations are finding that open source tools not only cost less, they are at least as secure as commercial products, if not more so.

(Really a good read for the IT manager or the normal Linux user that wants to increase the secruity of their systems, and they are open source and free. Baldy)

Source: Ten Open Source Security Apps Worth Considering

There are some basic things I have learned as I convert more an more people over to Ubuntu and if I don’t I get them curious. I have compiled a list of necessary things people must show off to attract more interest and attention to the open source world of Ubuntu.

Source: How To Convert Windows Users To Ubuntu!

Information Week’s detailed comparison of Ubuntu and Windows Vista made quite bit of noise today, hitting front pages of Digg and Slashdot. The article was written by a Windows power user. For those who want to hear the other side of the story, Ubuntu News posted a lenghty reply. Saying Windows’ “add/remove programs” is equal to apt-get goodness simply cannot go unnoticed.

Source: Ubuntu vs. Vista – Two Points of View

SourceLabs released on Wednesday the Open Source Management System to help control the legal, security and operational risks associated with open source software. The OSMS is a platform to centralize and manage open source software code. The new platform will help organizations maximize the benefits of open source programming while mitigating the risks. It will enable large enterprises to improve compliance, promote the prudent usage of open source and obtain better operational efficiencies from open source technologies.

Source: New SourceLabs App Aims to Make Open Source Safe

Software programmers, developers, analysts, engineers and architects are facing an ever-widening range of job roles and expectations. Organizations worldwide are asking more of these professionals, in ways rarely seen only a decade ago. “One of the things I’ve seen over the last three years is a decline in the number folks who describe themselves as computer programmers and a rise in the number of people who identify themselves as software engineers for application development or software engineers for systems development,” said analyst Jeffrey Hammond.

Source: As the Software World Turns, Part 1: Engineers In, Programmers Out

PARODY: Debain is the only group of software developers who still believe that Richard Stallman invented programming. Everyone else now correctly credits Bill Gates for doing so. Debain developers hold themselves separate from the rest of the Linux…

Source: Debain WrEtch: review of an UnAmerican Linux system