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Linux From Scratch: a recipe for system
[ Monday, 12 May 2008, Keyto ]
Linux From Scratch is a Live-CD and a collection of books on how to create your own GNU/Linux distribution. In this article you won’t learn how to create your own LFS. You’ll learn however why you might want to do it. | more » | one comment »
Ubuntu 8.04: Not quite there, yet
[ Friday, 9 May 2008, michuk ]
I was patient this time. I let all alpha and beta releases past. I took a deep breath when RC got to the surface, I even downloaded it… but it landed on a shelf in the end. This time I decided I want to install a ready product, supposedly working out-of-the-box. I’ve had enough problems […] | more » | comments (26) »
Installing Ubuntu 8.04 on LVM2
[ Wednesday, 7 May 2008, MAcks ]
Ubuntu 8.04 in desktop edition does not handle installation on LVM2 partitions. In this article we are going to show how to achieve this with just a little bit of command line hacking.
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KDE 4 rev 802150: Work in progress
[ Tuesday, 29 April 2008, Bastion ]
The state of Plasma can be currently described as ‘chaotic’. The reason for that is that its API is being refactored which in result makes it almost impossible to use for a regular human being. Most applets despite continuous development, still experience issues with adjusting to the new API. This results in instabilities and — […] | more » | comments (34) »
Ulteo — My digital life made simple
[ Sunday, 27 April 2008, paulina ]
After the partnership between Gaël Duval and Mandriva was over, he was said to build an OS even more user friendly than Mandriva. The first Alpha release, which was presented really soon after the start of the project, did not surprise anyone as it was plain KDE with a new theme. Now, after two years, […] | more » | comments (4) »
Alternative root-tail on your desktop
[ Thursday, 24 April 2008, michalrz ]
Sometimes, while working with a computer one may find it useful to view the content of a certain file, like a system log, or a report of a longer process. Sometimes, however, one might wish to be spared the constant switching to the console and typing cat; it would be best if the content of […] | more » | one comment »
Media collection software in GNU/Linux
[ Monday, 21 April 2008, Tulio ]
Around three years ago, when I began my adventure with ‘the penguin’, I had been looking for an application to catalog CDs. They were either ugly, or limited in functionality, or simply couldn’t handle all disk types (e.g. DVD)… some other apps were required for installation, and/or involved many “weird” libraries (which I didn’t […] | more » | comments (11) »
Green PCs: CPU frequency scaling in Linux
[ Wednesday, 16 April 2008, dhor ]
Electricity bills got higher again? Does your computer waste too many power cycles? Or perpahs you just don’t feel green enough? In any case, this article is for you! You’ll learn how to save energy and CPU cycles with your Linux box, no matter how old it is.
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