2006-01-07

A great OS X docker application for Linux is KXDocker

2006-01-06

Benchmarking Filesystems Part II Linux Gazette : January 2006 (#122)

Benchmarking Filesystems LG #102

New Mass CIO Appointed, Full Speed Ahead with ODF

Novell OES, The Leading Linux Server Product vs. Windows 2003, Server

2006-01-05

What Tech Skills Are Hot for 2006?

2006-01-04

French Military Police Switches to Firefox

Wisconsin Requires Open Source, Verifiable Voting

2006-01-03

Boot loader showdown: Getting to know LILO and GRUB

What if Motorola Unveils iRadio
and nobody cared? I mean honestly, if I wanted to listen to Radio, I'd get something that really worked everywhere, like the XM or Sirius units that plug into the boombox or stereo, car and with headphones.

Honestly, could Motorola be more of a bunch of me-too fanboys????

2005-12-30

A great wrapup article about A Watershed for Open Source that occurred in 2005, something we're all hopeful will be even bigger in 2006

It's probably a good idea to know What Tech Skills Are Hot For 2006?

2005-12-28

I LOVE it when Jakob Nielsen writes a hit piece on something, and it's NOT ME doing it.
Talking-Head Video Is Boring Online (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

2005-12-25

Never one to skirt controversy, Joe Barr asks Do LUGs still matter?

I don't know about you, but it took me almost a week to finish this article about Good and Bad Procrastination

2005-12-23

Computer Laboratory - Xen virtual machine monitor

2005-12-21

Wall Street Journal article about Email, with dinner

New, Modularized X Window Release Now Available for Download

Linux screensaver for Windows

NOVELL: Cool Solutions: Three-Screen Xinerama on SUSE Linux 10 - cheap

2005-12-20

Free Software as a Social Movement

2005-12-18

Windows 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source

2005-12-14

Slashdot | Best Cross-Distro Installation Tools for Linux?

Slashdot | Performance Tuning for Linux Servers

The Novell Desktop team's repository of User Tests in various video formats for your viewing pleasure.

An ancient (1999) article about How to Manage Geeks with Novell leader Eric Schmidt, who went on to now be the CEO of Google.

2005-12-06

As we used to say to each other as kids: "You're dead, you might just as well lay down now"

The demise of radio is in the near future, or at least as we know it, read about it in Static builds in radio's future-advertisers

2005-12-03

I hope our pathfinder salespeople are on this one, wouldn't it be great if they used Novell/SUSE products?

2008 Olympics plans open source migration - Operating Systems

2005-12-02

NOVELL: Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Earns Top Honors

2005-11-30

I wonder if I can get one of these that works on door-to-door salesmen?

The Mosquito, read about it in What's the buzz? Teens can't stand it

A massive amount of storage on tap and affordable? Read the The Yellow Machine in Review

A LOT of media outlets and mechanisms can benefit from the lessons learned by Roblimo, and documented in his article: A Recipe for Newspaper Survival in the Internet Age

OSDL shares Desktop Linux survey results

Linux Magazine: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server voted best Enterprise Server Distro

2005-11-25

The Mother of All CPU Charts 2005/2006 - Charts Updated With Dual Cores

Birth of the PowerBook: How Apple Took Over the Portable Market in 1991

2005-11-24

More Google-inspired pants-wetting, this time from Wired: Who's Afraid of Google? Everyone.

A somewhat questionable result finds Ubuntu to be the best desktop for Business, beating out SUSE just because it's completely free?

What I DON'T understand is how they think that SUSE isn't completely free? You can get every line of code from it for free and download the ISO's from the SUSE site, so what's not free?

Anyway, see what they have to say in the article: Desktop Linux for small business

Hmm, seen more and more of these new free-zines popping up, this one shows some promise.

Download the PDF and read O3: The Open Source Enterprise Data Networking Magazine

Hey, if this isn't training-related, I don't know what is. A friend of ours got one of these, it's HILARIOUS and also very sound information for new dada's, take a look at: The GoodFather Baby Skills CD-ROM Software for New Dads

2005-11-23

Craig Forrester bit-slaps Alan Canton's opinion piece with a rebuttal: Why Slackware DOES still matter!

2005-11-22

What? Microsoft is spreading fud? Read about how Novell doubts Microsoft latest Linux facts

SHOCKED, I am, SHOCKED that the Blue Hats would do this...

2005-11-17

Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams Top 100,000 Worldwide

2005-11-13

Interview with Dr. Bradley Edwards of Space Elevator Fame

Should Microsoft be afraid? Yes, they can't possibly stop the raft of Desktop apps coming to the Web

A Comparison of Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD Kernels at OpenSolaris.org

Automated Backups With rdiff-backup

2005-11-07

Hell has frozen over - Microsoft to keynote Unix conference

2005-11-05

HP Signs Red Hat, Novell For Linux Expansion

How One City Slashed its Support Costs

IT director Bryan Tidd moves a city to Linux

Take the Desktop Linux Client Survey and help out the revolution.

InformationWeek Report: Linux is Cheaper, More Reliable and Secure, Encourages innovation.

2005-11-03

From the "Shedding Windows one desktop (or 6000) at a time" Department:
Novell Launches the Better Desktop Initiative

2005-11-01

Ready for MS Office the Web Edition? Read the article about how Microsoft unveils a bigger push into Web-based software, and then find the one about Google hiring OpenOffice coders to work on OO, and you get the message?

2005-10-31

This was really funny, particularly for a SCI-FI fan, read all about how to Defend yourself against the coming robot rebellion

Red Hat CEO decries open source pretenders, tries, convicts and hangs self for the RHEL 3/4 License Agreement

Why do people switch to Linux?

From the "All Good Press is Good" Department: Linux Living in a Windows World

2005-10-30

Another good article about using SUSE 10, on the Road by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

2005-10-26

This is a great thing, a Sysadmin Price List for all the stupid things you could be asked.

2005-10-22

Watch PocketPC Video - Lifehacker

A really funny take that translates the Google's Privacy Policy In Layman's Words

Huh, we all saw this one coming, there are Major layoffs expected at Novell, but mostly in the consulting division.

2005-10-20

Wacky laptop tricks from a fellow instructor, which is how I justify this being on the Unix/Linux Training Blog!

? Ballmer: Microsoft to go after Linux strongholds or their knees with a baseball bat, Steve would be just as happy with either approach.

There's an MP3 of the whole FUD-storm linked in the article, I expected him to start throwing chairs around and using the F-word at any moment. Increase the medication, Steve...

2005-10-17

HowTo: Use Synergy to Control Several Workstations from One Keyboard and Mouse

Discover all the software included in a SUSE distro

Korn: A Monitor for Your Email Accounts

Ever wondered Where to Get SUSE Linux?

Troubleshooting SLES Installation Problems

How to Synchronize Directories with rsync

Hook yourself up to the new Social Web with Flock: A new sort of browser

Open Source Goes on RAID with three products for storage systems that are based on OSS software.

From the German Federal Government Co-ordination and Advisory Agency (KBSt) comes this whitepaper/guide that offers incredibly detailed methods for migrating to Linux.

Migrating to OpenOffice.org 90 per cent cheaper than to Microsoft Office 12

2005-10-15

Linux bootable USB key HOWTO

Boot Knoppix 3.6 from USB key - How To (Success!)

2005-10-14

For the other thrill-seekers out there, learn about the Linux Kernel Crash Dump Summit 2005 and Kernel Crash Dumps

Want to get the most out of OpenSUSE 10? Check out Jem's article on The Hacking OpenSUSE

2005-10-13

Time for Linux on the Desktop? Read about how Novell Launches the Better Desktop Initiative

The Gecko reaches 10, check out SUSE 10

Nice article about how we're eating our own dog food, er, drinking our own champagne, quaffing our own beer, whatever, just read - Inside the Novell Linux Migration

2005-10-07

Linux Professional Institute offers reduced pricing on Certification Exams at the LinuxWorld Utrecht, Netherlands

2005-10-04

It's an entire article describing how Office blunders caused by computer jargon.

OMFG, they're describing MY PARENTS!!!

This is tragic, how bad does it SUCK to have the Treo be based on Winbloze Mobile.

So go take a look already at the First official photos of the Treo 700w

2005-10-02

Hmm, Chris Stone crawls back into the light, sort of - Former Novell exec's firm supports SUSE Linux, rebrands

Linux LDAP authentication

45 Minutes to a Linux Terminal Server

2005-09-29

openSUSE Project "Off to a Good Start," Says Novel

2005-09-28

Boy, isn't this a true statement...

Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore - New York Times

ISP Server Setup - OpenSUSE 10 RC 1

Create a Picture Gallery for the Internet using Gwenview

KRandRTray: Quick Access to Desktop Configuration

Create and Use Persistent VNC Sessions

Turbocharge an SSH Connection with screen

And now, without further ado: the Google PC

2005-09-26

John Terpstra weighs in on What's ahead for Samba-3, Samba-4 and (does some) FUD-fighting

Let the games begin, Hans Reiser requests that Reiser4 be put into the Mainline Kernel

Our MonkeyMan has spoken - Miguel de Icaza: WinFS no threat to Mono

Linux vs. Linux: Which Distro Should You Dump Windows For?

Glory hallelujah, it's time for Slackware 10.2 to be out, all you fellow Slackers rejoice!

Chapter 17 of the Daemon, the GNU and the Penguin, an ebook that covers a lot of territory, this installment covers a lot about the beginnings of the web and Tim BL, check it out at GROKLAW

2005-09-24

To quote Michael Stipe: "It's the end of the world as we know it" and Palm feels fine about collaborating with M$, read the disgusting news in this story - New Palm to embrace Microsoft

2005-09-22

Hey, at least he didn't use the F-word in this tirade...
Ballmer on Linux rivalry

Locating files in real-time with rlocate

NOVELL: Cool Solutions: Linux Monitoring Tool

2005-09-15

Get your LPIC game on, LPI Offers Free Certification Exams at LinuxWorld UK

Great interview with Hans Reiser

Here I thought an article named: Stevie's Little Wonder would be something of a medical nature, and it IS about tiny equipment, but not THAT kind...

Novell spies MS Vista launch opportunity, while hardware vendors pee themselves in glee at the hardware requirements for Vista...

2005-09-11

Interview with Mark Spencer, creator of Asterisk, the Open Source PBX

Oh shoot, here it comes, what'll happen to our Palm devices now that Japan's Access is to buy out PalmSource

Check out the latest version of OpenSuSE -- 10.0 RC1 is here!

What a misleading title: Microsoft makes Unix changes, sounds like they're altering Unix, when all they are doing is getting rid of the independent product Services for Unix

Finally, someone wrote a driver to make NTFS for Linux a reality! Try it, you'll really like it.

2005-09-08

The OSDIR guy does a review and finds that SUSE 10 is Sweet!

2005-09-07

Check out this OPEN SUSE... Third Beta Review, and if you haven't looked at OpenSuse, it's really coming along for the desktop folks!

2005-09-05

Of course you saw this coming, first Steve Ballmer gets in touch with his inner sailor/dockworker and uses the F word in an interview, and now Microsoft Blasts Massachusetts' New XML Policy

It's kind of fun to see Microsoft start to come apart and pull a "Tom Cruise" now and then...

How to understand and build your version of the The digital home from the Economist site.

I didn't believe it when I first heard how MySQL enters Unix pact with SCO, it just doesn't make sense...

2005-09-04

Steve Ballmer finally throws a rod in public, (not just at PDC) and vows to not only "bury Eric Schmidt" but also 'I'm going to f---ing kill Google'

2005-09-03

A great resource for all things SUSE and PowerPC related - POWER@SUSE - OpenSUSE

Another great article by that closet-penguin; PaulT compares Windows Vista Beta 1 vs. Mac OS X "Tiger" (Part 1)

Another poll about how much ground Linux will have to cover to even wipe the dust from MS's feet: Linux is harder to live with, reckons poll

Great article about Vim's newest features

As I tell attendees, you have to use and understand vi, if you're trying to impress someone with your technical abilities, firing up X to run kate is pretty tragic

Very cool, the most communistic state in the Union goes free software, now how about somewhere like New York where we KNOW it's all about the money? Massachusetts set to switch off Microsoft

Shocked, Shocked I am! Since we're just a cancer on the corpus of Software, what could prompt Microsoft to clone open source?

Tridgell wrote rsync, MS copies it?

2005-08-31

freshmeat.net: Project details for Ghost for Linux

Open Office 2.0 Kicks MS Office Around the Block

NOVELL: Cool Solutions: VIM: Console Text Editor

NOVELL: Cool Solutions: PDFTOHTML: Format conversion utility

NOVELL: Cool Solutions: KDirStat: Visual Disk Space Mapper

2005-08-29

Linuxtoday story about how theLinux Professional Institute Invites Community Input for the certification development process

2005-08-27

Need to plot log files in graphs and charts? Try out Orca it's better than trying to cut and paste from sar into OO calc!

2005-08-25

I like Knoppix 4.0 on the DVD, but for really using Knoppix, 3.9 on a CD is still my best tool, take a look at the article about the DVD, Knoppix 4.0 DVD - Like a Kid in a Candy Store

How a CIO replaced a $100M mainframe with 144 Linux servers and lived to tell about it

Another one from the Troubleshooting Department: How to recover from a broken RAID5

From the Troubleshooting Department: System panic: Get a serial console log

Finally, an article that details how to Sync your Pocket PC with Linux

I'm used to fighting with the MCSE's (Male Caucasian Seeking Employment) about The TCO Question, but they'll never admit their precious M$FT costs the enterprise more in patching and updating than all the supposed savings they get from using a "managed solution".

Wondering about OSS? Here's a great guide to Open Source: A Way of Developing, Distributing, and Licensing Software - Introduction

2005-08-24

Wondering what happens inside a program? Try Debugging code with strace

Blow up your stuff on demand, enable the Magic System Request Keys on your system

Losing your memory? Try testing it with Memtest86 - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

Done with Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever Novels? Read The Chronicles of X: Part 1, Introduction to X

How good is the Suse Linux Professional 9.3 64bit product? Read the review to find out.

Get your screenshots here! Someone has done a SUSE Linux 10.0 Beta 2 Report

2005-08-22

Great article about Writing syslog messages to MySQL

Now this is really, seriously funny. I love the definition of the acryonym PLAGUE.
Study: Linux Exposure Causes Insanity

Doesn't the title say it all?
Novell to SCO Group: Drop Dead

2005-08-21

A whole site dedicated to two of my favorite activities - Military Jokes & Military Humor

When Ernie Pyle asked the recruit in FMJ "What's your Major Malfunction, NUMB***S?, this wasn't the guy he was talking about.If you travel and work in or from a hotel, read howA Hacker Games the Hotel

Got someone bugging you about what Linux distro is best for them? Give them this URL, it's a great Resource for Those New to Linux

The LPI Level 1 Objectives are currently in review.

Here's your chance to make sure they are up to everyone's spec, if you don't contribute, don't bitch about them...

2005-08-18

Just for Atiq HHS Signs Major Linux Deal With Novell

2005-08-14

Hey, if you travel you have heard of planes being struck by lightning, or thought you had heard an old wives tale to that effect.

Check out the photo's and footage of this Plane struck by lightning

2005-08-11

What's one third of 2 billion people? A great year for Novell products, that's what happens when we find out that Novell Has One-Third of the Entire Chinese Linux Server Market
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2005-08-08

The public reviews of the updated LPI Level 1 Objectives are ready for public comment.

Let the games begin!

The Perfect Setup - SUSE 9.3 and no, it's not a police sting, it's a great howto about how to get SUSE Pro 9.3 running.

Those of you who know me know I run SUSE 9.3 Pro on my laptop, and I think it's the best laptop OS since Knoppix on a hard disk! Fast and loads of features, including everything you'd want in a wireless setup.

Another story about OPENSUSE, and how the Suse Linux 10.0 Beta is available as download from next week on

Very happy to see that our feedback is being taken into consideration, we've wanted SUSE Pro to be totally open and to have all the community support it can get, it is probably the best laptop OS I have every used, and I've used almost 30 distros on my laptops so far.

Take a look at Computerworld's report about how we (the community and employees) convinced Novell to make SUSE Linux open-source

2005-08-03

Hey if it requires that Firefox Goes For-Profit to put Microsoft's beauty on the blink, then go for it, I say.

2005-08-02

We have definitely found this to be true: Financial Services Companies Lead the Charge to Linux

Open Source gets it's own radio show! Check out Talk Radio Starts Chat by Tapping Into Blogs

2005-08-01

Use A Linux Bootable CDROM to Image Your Hard Drive

Take A Prerelease Tour of GNOME 2.12 and see what the new features and ClearLooks theme does for you

Interesting article written by a member of the FreeNX team, about what NX is and how to test it.

2005-07-30

Ever wonder where a particular zip code is? The zipdecode (Zip Code Decoder) helps me find what the physical location of a code is, ie: the city.

2005-07-29

Suffering from Kernel Crashing on Linux? Check out how to Set Up Linux Kernel Crash Dump (LKCD) on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server by one of our support specialists

Great article from Test and Measurement World about the Ins and Outs of Linux Kernel Device Drivers

2005-07-22

Sourcefire, a commercial Snort Intrusion Detection Appliance, article here

2005-07-19

Nothing to do with training, but everyone should have a Death Star Home Cinema Subwoofer

Great article about Bash History Expansion

2005-07-18

Understanding IP Addressing, Chuck's great paper about what you need to Understand about IP Addressing

As one of the people who is On The Move at Novell, I liked what this article had to say about the move to desktop Linux.

My needs include more software than is normally used by a typical desktop user, so I actually tend to use SUSE 9.x a lot, but NLD is very stable and friendly to anyone from Sales to Management.

2005-07-15

I guess what's really hilarious is that people are just realizing that your Privacy is easy to breach.

Waiter, can we get a platter of CLUES here, please?

A somewhat clueless article about how Progeny will save the world, The Return of the Prodigal Distro shows us the power of the media, to make a dead company come back to life.

Have to make demos or training videos of a Linux desktop? Try vnc2swf the Screen Recorder, it takes a vnc session and records it to .swf format files

2005-07-13

Wondering how to get Suse 9.3 to play a DVD?


This article is a very nicely done step by step tutorial about how to get it working.

2005-07-12

This little box enables streaming media, TV, Cable, DVD Playback, whatever you can get on a TV or from a PVR/TIVO etc. across the net!


What does the Slingbox have to do with Unix and Linux Traing? Not a thing, but it's extremely easy to setup and stable as all get out, and looks like an ingot of platinum to boot.

Is anyone else getting tired of the yapping little poodle that is Tom Yager? All we ever hear about from him is that Mac is the best, they rock and Linux hasn't got a chance in hell.


Here is another clueless example of what he's been up to lately, where he contends that Linux Faces an Uphill Battle in OS Universe.


Not long ago Mac's didn't have much of a chance, did they? Apple turned around because of Steve Jobs' leadership and great products that resulted from his kicking Pepsi-Man out of the saddle, but those rules don't apply to Linux, it's not A company, it's the worlds largest grass-roots movement.

It's always nice when you write something for a newswire service, but don't let facts enter into the presentation of the story.


Proving they don't understand messaging product strategies, this story found on LinuxInsider contends that Novell Adds Confusion to Messaging, E-Mail Market, when what is really happening is the newswire people have already made up their mind about Novell.


Hello! Netmail is now open-sourced as the HULA project, it's not producing confusion outside of people who don't research thier facts properly. Netmail IS HULA, and the SUSE SLOX Mail Server product is no more, it's back to being Openexchange.

Outstanding! Software patents have been smacked down in the EU, now we just have to get the idiotic USPO rules revised.
Get the story about why Open Source Celebrates EU Decision on Software Patents

2005-07-10

The future of Linux in small business markets is appliances? I believe it, remember how it used to be the most technical user, not a sysadmin who did all the Netware box administration?

Maybe Nitix has something going on, since they are Targeting small business with Linux in a black box

2005-07-09

Always wanted to know How to setup your GNOME desktop for wallpaper switching under Linux? This article and download will help you immensely.

For those needing to run new or custom daemons or services at startup, this article will show you how Creating Custom init Scripts is done.

I wish I could count how many times I have been asked the question: Should I choose Novell Linux Desktop or SUSE LINUX Professional as my desktop?

This document will help explain which is which and what is possible with either.
I use both, but primarily depend on SUSE Linux for my daily tasks.

2005-06-28

Way to go, nice to see our (or someone's) elected officials shake off the flood of trips to Aruba and Hawaii and loads of free binary software from M$oft and say something about how open standards are the must when communicating with government entities

2005-06-24

Nice comparison of the Major and some Minor Distros from the
TipMonkies

2005-06-23

Finally, an article that Pulling The Covers Off Linux PAM

More about PAM, this article is all about Hardening the PAM framework

Wondering about Pluggable Authentication Modules? My latest classes have been focusing on them.

LinuxDevCenter.com: Introduction to PAM

KTH Kerberos, Red Hat PAM, and More

2005-06-16

This is pitiful - What's next, Sun becomes a "services" company?

Linux News: Open Source: Sun Officially Opens Solaris

Trend Alert, been seeing more and more Linux and Storage coverage, could this be one of the new next things?

Linux's Growing Role in Storage

Excavating ancient abbreviations in Linux

This is about how a MS rep lied to a School Pricinpal, and the funny thing is that this guy is really shocked...
blog of helios ? Blog Archive ? They Will Stop at Nothing

2005-06-08

This is a piece of interesting news; Unisys teams with Novell for Linux migration center
I trained a bunch of Unisys engineers not long ago, and the ES7000 is a smoking fast box, glad to see this happen.

2005-06-06

I don't know if this is a real study or a Microsoft-funded study, so look at it and see what you think
Linux Adoption Stalls, Study Says - Yahoo! News

Nice interview with David Patrick, Open Source Platforms, Novell about what Novell has been doing lately

This article has some really funny stuff in it, like the poster who likens Microsoft to the psychotic b**tch you left Novell for, but Novell's been working out lately and getting buff, and and all your friends are noticing her!

HHS Signs Major Linux Deal With Novell

2005-06-04

I don't know about you, but I travel for a living, so when I see that Open Source (is) Catching On in (the) Travel Industry, I feel a hell safer...

What's the downside for any Developing Countries Choosing Linux? They can stop stealing Microsoft code and own their Operating System's.

Ballmer and Szulik meeting over lunch? It's like Chamberlain in Malta, watch what get given away...

Microsoft Makes Its Open-Source Move

2005-06-01

We're always trying to give back to the Community, so here we are again with our Kickstart of Availability for Linux Desktop Applications

2005-05-31

Great article from FreeOS.com about using Logcheck to see if you have intruders or other problems

Gartner Report about detailing what you need to know about Novell when Choosing an Enterprise Linux Strategy

YAOPFR from IDC about how supposedly Techworld.com - Windows wipes floor with Linux in the server market.

Yeah right.

Knoppix, how I love thee. Let me count the ways.

Number 347 - Whoppix, a distro that's based on Knoppix 3.8.x, designed for penetration testing and is loaded up with a ton of other security-related tools

2005-05-30

Linuxworld Summit and a bunch of suits showed, not pony-tails. So what, who do you think has the budget and spreadsheets?

Eweek reports that Linux Is Already Big Business

2005-05-27

From the "How to make insurance underwriters look like reckless fools" department:

Plus Side = Low Cost, Ability to Customize, Freedom to choose a Vendor, Less M$ Taxes... So why do some CIOs balk at open source apps?

The Second Edition of this book was probably the greatest computer reference tome since PC Magazine's DOS Power Tools.

This edition is smoother, more coherent and with the addition of Shelley Powers, more accessible.

You've got to get a copy of Unix Power Tools 3rd edition, it's every sick and twisted thing you ever wanted to know about Unix/Linux.

2005-05-26

The Iron Penguin, Linux on IBM Mainframes, a very nice set of resources for those who are looking for Linux Solutions on IBM iSeries and pSeries Servers

2005-05-25

IBM Laid off thousands, so why shouldn't OSDL performa few Layoffs in Linux Space

2005-05-24

Only a year since you had to reboot - Not bad, here is the story of One small business's year without Windows

Something all of us need to have a better understanding of - firewalls and how these Three tools (can) help you configure iptables

Freeing yourself from the ITunes monster, with a new IPod Plug-In (that) Sets Music Free

Help keep Granny and Legal Secretaries safe from the Mitnick's of the world, read this report about how the Honeynet Project is finding out more about Phishing attacks - Know your Enemy: Phishing

2005-05-23

From the Yankee Group site - Linux is here, Windows is Not Going Away and Heterogeneity is the Order of the Day

Report - complete with requisite pie chart

I guess it's only fair that Linux (is) present in 60% of Windows environments, says Yankee 'cause Windows is certainly present in most Linux environments; such as Client OSes, Presentation machines, Accounting etc.

2005-05-22

Think that SUDO is entirely too complex? Hack your "su" command with these tips about Multi-level 'su' access.

I don't usually wax poetic about a browser, but since I hired Firefox and fired Opera, (after firing IE LONG ago) I have never been happier. Spyware is gone, virii are nearly non-existent and it gives shoulder massages. Well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad...

Check out this great article about Supercharging Firefox

I'm horrified and amazed when I see people still using Internet Exploder. Why, the tabbed browsing alone would cause me to use Firefox/Opera, and here's a nice little interview with Nigel McFarlane about Clearing Internet Explorer barriers to using Firefox

2005-05-20

I couldn't agree more with Steven on this one, the report he's ranting on about; Windows Patching: Cheaper than Open Source? is a complete farce and fantasy. Obviously no one had slept for days or taken the right medication...

So move over WinTel and hello LinTel, 'cause now Intel Counsels Desktop Linux Movement is the way to go.

How DO these people sleep at night, reporting crap like this? Some "business partner" of M$ did a study that Windows (is) cheaper to patch than OSS???

2005-05-19

Want to build a GNOME-based LiveCD? You really need to check out the GnomeLiveCd/HowTo to see what needs to be done.

Don't like using Quanta? Dreamweaver still isn't Open Source and doesn't run on Linux except via Crossover Office? Try using Nvu instead.

Larry Ewing of "Tux" fame has a new project that promises to help compete with Iphoto and Picasa on the Open Source side, take a look at F-Spot

I love it, News mixed with Satire, my fave blend. In this article, we discover that Microsoft is building a new Thin XP client, like we care now that Knoppix has had rdesktop and grdesktop for ages...

Microsoft Discovers X11

2005-05-16

A visual comparison of Windows XP, nothing very deep but a lot of good eye candy - Windows vs Linux: a modern desktop comparison

LPI's TWiki - A great place to start learnging and contributing! Click Here

2005-05-12

I don't know what all the fuss is about, I've been using Linux as a primary desktop for a long time now, it's not that painful particularly with VMWare, here's the new Desktop Linux Market survey (updated)

I don't know about you, but I'm seeing more and more emphasis on clustering, and it's all about getting the most bank for the buck, which is why I appreciated this great article from LinuxMag about Building a Very Low Cost Cluster.

It's not necessarily about the COST, it's about not being locked in to any one vendor, which is really expensive. So it's about cost anyway?

Check out this report about the Key Advantages of Open Source

2005-05-11

I recently had an error in an OO file, and the Sun Staroffice Paid Support team SAVED my file, kept me on schedule for a class and all that for only $20, way to go guys

OpenOffice a Strong Competitor

This was hilarious to me, sometimes I think the British have a leg up on us for candor and giving a vendor a "kick in the #$%&", but only while in print, nothing would ever be SAID out LOUD

UK Schools 'Wasting Millions' on Microsoft

Not sure what these products can do that Common Sense TM can't, but it's nice so see addon's for my favorite browser, on any platform

Two New Products Tighten Firefox Security, Privacy

Oh there's a good idea, buy a commercial version of the world's best Open Source Project: Samba, all that for only $ 25M? DEAL!

Sun To Buy Tarantella for $25 Million

Getting our Security Focus game on with another acquisition, Immunix will be an interesting fit to Astaro, which we already partnerned up with...

Novell Nabs Immunix To Beef Up Linux Security

Slackware was _my_ first distribution, back around the 1.2/1.3 era, remember the Linux System Adminisrators Survival Guide?
Slackware 10.1 review

What a nice coincidence, I'm going out to Intel week after next, they just keep on making the right moves lately...

Intel forms internal open-source group

2005-05-10

Local councils get the hots for Linux

2005-05-09

Hula brings open source groupware to SMBs

Ok, so the study in question shows that MS used much older versions of Apache, Linux and the Kernel to test against, so that's strike number one, and even then they show only marginal improvements over the crusty, fusty old OSS software. Nice job of Anti-Spin on CXOLinux's part.


Microsoft Study Favors Linux

2005-05-05

Why is my system so slow?

2005-05-04

My 96-processor Linux cluster is smaller than yours

? I don’t want you to talk, Mr. Gates

2005-05-03

Building Binary RPM Packages from Source RPMs mini-HOWTO

2005-04-29

Woot! We scored Jeremy Allison! - Lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison leaves HP for Novell

2005-04-28

We're gaining market share, Red Hat is just holding steady - Novell Has Eyes on Linux Crown

Big Red N + Red Flag = Novell and Linux in China - Novell Pushes Linux into China

Novell Tightens Its Open-Source Embrace

Open-Xchange Server 5 Eases Migration

2005-04-27

Talk about cooincidence, I was just researching psad when this article came up! - Detecting suspicious network traffic with psad

More fun things to do on the command line - Top 10 Linux console applications

2005-04-26

Yep, that's who I would have asked about Linux on the Desktop, Jim "My software never ships it just becomes a technology platform" Allchin...

Microsoft and the 24-hour Linux phenomenon

2005-04-25

Samba-3: Windows file and directory ACLs

Open source opens opportunities

A new way to thin client Linux

2005-04-23

Laura D is still full of S**T - The Truth about Linux and Windows

2005-04-22

[print version] TiVo looks for an edge

Companies buy open source because it's better, not cheaper

Canadian Enterprises toute open source success stories

2005-04-21

Choosing an Enterprise Linux Strategy: Novell/SUSE or Red Hat?

Quick HOWTO: Linux Networking

2005-04-20

LinuxGuruz Netfilter IPTABLES Firewall Page

The Free (and 99.9% foolproof) way of ridding your computer of Spyware

Windows-to-Linux migration tool goes free

2005-04-18

You have GOT to read this report, Salvaggio has conducted a 8 month study about Open Source and it's effects on the economy

The Perfect Setup - SUSE 9.2

Fighting the FUD - Deploying Novell's Linux Server in a Windows Domain Environment

A Comparison of Application Servers and Services

2005-04-14

Novell's Prospects Brighten with Linux and Proprietary Mix, Says Illuminata

VI Cheat Sheet from K Computing

2005-04-12

Fdisk Stuff Howto

2005-04-10

Proof from the Great White North that P2P isn't spoiling the Music/Film Industry

Hacker Highschool - Security Awareness Training for Teens

2005-04-09

Who will champion Novell's open source strategy?

2005-04-08

Knetstat Howto on Orangecrate.com

(The Overnight SuperPenguin) -- Linux distro turns PCs into supercomputers

Linux cluster no crash test dummy for Volvo

2005-04-07

(More Extreme Cluelessness from Yankee Group and LD) -- Yankee Group slams 'Linux extremists'

U.S. government agencies turn to Linux - (United Press International)

Longhorn Delayed Again - Who Wins? (WE DO!)

Novell: A Player or Follower in Open Source Applistructure?

Like Poop in a Punchbowl -- Microsoft exec broaches open source paradigm

2005-04-06

Small college saves big with OpenOffice.org and Linux

2005-04-05

(Los Angeles saves much dinero by using Linux) -- Opening doors to open source

Linux appeal grows as applications flourish

Hypocritical?: Red Hat's Use of Proprietary Blog Software Questioned

2005-04-04

Will Netline Open-Xchange be the next Fire

2005-04-02

Wonder if this guy gets good coverage in KOA campgrounds??? -- Firm builds internet motor home

Governments green-light Linux

2005-04-01

What a total Wanker this guy is, read at the risk of your blood pressure-- 'It's a race against time'

Novell offers break for cash-strapped German govt

Novell's Linux Makeover

Look Out, Windows: It's the Next SuSE Linux Desktop

2005-03-31

NOVELL: Cool Solutions: Need a Backup? (Article about using rsync to backup files)

Ogilvy Worldwide says OSS is OK

TUX Magazine debut signals new vitality in Linux market

SMB space could be a win for Novell

NOVELL: Connection Magazine Mar/Apr 2005 - Tech Talk #9 - Find Your Way (A discussion of the LPI Certifications)

2005-03-30

Configuring Software: make for Nonprogrammers

Beginner's Guide to Using Novell SUSE LINUX's Build Utility

2005-03-26

Novell's BrainShare 2005 - Day 3

Why Novell's internal migration to Linux desktops is a landmark story

De Montfort University switches to SUSE Linux

Adobe re-discovers Linux with Reader v7

How SMB's Should Choose Between Linux and Windows

Novell walking the walk of a true Linux Company

2005-03-24

Rob's guide to using VMWare

Oregon DOT Migrates To SUSE Linux On IBM Zseries

OpenOffice.org 2.0 Looks Good

Novell Acquires Firm to Build Up ZenWorks

2005-03-23

The Apple Motion Sensor As A Human Interface Device

Samsung 30-Mile Cordless Phone : Gizmodo

A Directory Of Programs Designed For USB Drives

2005-03-21

The Geek Gazette - Configuring Asterisk@Home For BroadVoice

2005-03-20

For those who prefer reality to the MSoft Alternative - Linux: Fewer Bugs Than Rivals

NOVELL: Cool Solutions: Move Your /home to Another Computer

Turn your single Novell Linux Desktop (NLD) system into as much as 10 workstations with Omni NLD Multiplier

Interview with the OpenOffice.org 2.0 Team

108 Million people are still running Win98/ME/WFW??? - Creaky Operating Systems Form IT Foundations

Who needs a computer when you've got Google? - Good-bye, computer; hello, world!

2005-03-17

Create a Linux-based Network printer that sends the user a PDF of their document with Acrophobia

2005-03-16

IBM brings SUSE Linux into innovation centers for partners

2005-03-15

Sizing up the Linux e-mail market

Interview with Chris Schlaeger of SuSE

Novell debuts ZENworks for Linux

2005-03-13

Grub From the Ground Up

2005-03-12

Slashdot | Nero Burning for Linux

Enterprise Unix Roundup: Send in the Clones

Digging into Mandrake, Novell, and Red Hat Demographics and Financials

2005-03-11

You can't be too thin, or have enough Shoutcast streams, apparently...

Comparison of Unwanted Software Installed by P2P Programs

Novell Packs Plenty in SUSE Linux 9.3

2005-03-09

Setting up a DHCP server on Linux/BSD

SELinux FAQ - For Fedora C3, but good stuff

Storage Represents Linux's Next Challenge

Linux desktops on Windows using VNC

Choosing the right Linux trainer

No, it's not Magic, but Magic Numbers

2005-03-08

Mainframe Linux Use Growing

2005-03-07

Who needs Ma Bell? - Building your own PBX using Asterisk for $ 20 of old machine parts

New about the company everybody loves to predict the imminent demise of: Apple CFO muses on iPod halo effect, Mac mini, more

From EVERYBODY'S arbiter of Tech Trends: GQ - Journey to the (Revolutionary, Evil-Hating, Cash-Crazy, and Possibly Self-Destructive) Center of Google

From the "Kill me before I get senile, wait, what was I saying" Department - John C. Dvorak's Microsoft Murder Plot: "How to Kill Linux"

Novell Linux Desktop Equivalents of Windows Software - New and Improved

First Look At Solaris 10 (Is it worth it? Does anyone really care?)

IDC: Volume servers behind server market growth (Almost 36% growth over last year!)

Rogue Amoeba - Airfoil for Mac OS X (And a realy amusing logo - an Amoeba with an AK!)

A Nimble Linux Desktop (with Xfce)

From the "My Favorite Distribution of BSD" Section - Apple Polishes the PowerBook Line

Tracking PCs anywhere on the Net

Venezuelanalysis: 50% of Venezuela Government Software will be Open Source by 2007

Denver Post article - "How secure is your computer", apparently the Internet is a dangerous place... Do 'ya think?

A new computer mouse called Horse

A First Look at OpenOffice.org 2.0

LPIC Exam Cram 2 Makes Zonker's Picks in Linux Mag!

2005-03-06

Free Software Magazine - The Libre Culture Manifesto

2005-03-05

Subscribe to a cool Hacking mag either online or in PDF - Hakin9

Use Helix Linux for Forensic needs, it won't change the host computer at all

Got Mom and Pop stores in your consulting customer base? Use YES Linux to give them a complete solution

2005-03-03

lg3d-livecd: LG3D LiveCD Project

2005-03-02

First look: OpenOffice.org version 2.0 beta

Boot From SAN

Building a NAS on Linux (cheaply, just for Antoine)

2005-02-28

LinuxWorld Australia: New Zealand Gov't Ministry Dumps Windows for Linux

What?! Winbloze Admins don't make good Linux Admins? Perish the thought -- Linux in Government: Linux System Administrators

Linux in China slice of life - Linux Mag's Linux in the Red

2005-02-24

Alternative Screenshot Methods

Taking Samba-3 beyond file and print serving, part one

If they're using Squid, does that mean it's Caching Czech's? -- Czech Post turns to SUSE LINUX to Support Postal Operations

Great News! They're using Linux, sort of, since it's Red Hat -- Italian bank moves to desktop Linux

Linux cuts costs for finance firm

A Penguin in a Tanga??? -- Mandrakesoft Acquires Conectiva

2005-02-23

Novell profit surpasses analyst projections

Ready for a Windows-free desktop?

NOVELL Linux Desktop Make the Switch Guide - Download for free

2005-02-22

Do YOU know Jack? -- Novell's Linux makeover

2005-02-21

Piss 'em off then try to get 'em back, didn't Microsoft do this? Red Hat: Fedora will engage customers

W00T - We beat Red Hat -- SUSE Awarded EAL4 Certification

2005-02-20

Leetspeek Guide from Microsoft, sort of like finding out your parents like the same bands as you do -- A parent's primer to computer slang

2005-02-19

LMFAO - Take the quiz, can you tell if a particular photo is of a Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?

2005-02-18

Very Novell-Positive Editors Note from Linuxtoday's Brian Proffitt - Integration is Key

Linux use doubles in financial organisations

Linux Desktops Have Role at Cisco

ABC News: One-on-One with Bill Gates

2005-02-17

NOVELL: Subscription Central

Novell Open Sourcing HULA - An implementation of the NetMail product

Using SUDO

Stallman nails Gates in the Shorts - C|Net article titled: "Bill Gates and other communists"

CoolTechZone::The Search for the Perfect Linux Distribution

The Lightweight experience:A comparison of Window Managers

2005-02-16

Novell Takes Enterprise Security Focus - Novell's LinuxWorld Moves

2005-02-15

Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?

2005-02-14

OpenOffice 2.0 preview released

eWeek: HP, Novell to Open Up More Code at LinuxWorld

Novell Outlines Its Future

Red Hat and Novell plot diverging paths - vnunet.com

2005-02-13

Ding Dong; The Witch is DEAD - 10 Million iPods, Previewing the CD's End

2005-02-12

Los Angeles to Consider Open Source Software

2005-02-11

CentOS - A Decent RHEL alternative

GNOME Photo Printer: A nifty little app

Introduction to DVD backup.

Novell Teams with IBM to Promote SUSE LINUX and Linux on POWER to Software Providers

2005-02-09

From the "I'll be a big man in computers if I ever get out of college" pile - iPod Shuffle RAID

Nicholas Negroponte and African children - Digital guru floats sub-$100 PC

Use your Cell anywhere in the house with a CellSocket - mines on the way...

2005-02-08

Why Windows 95/NT is better than Linux

2005-02-05

Part I: Corporate Desktop Linux - The Hard Truth

2005-02-03

Linux LiveCD Roundup