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Android vs. iPhone: Google Hires Tim Bray
"The iPhone vision of the mobile Internet’s future omits controversy, sex, and freedom, but includes strict limits on who can know what and who can say what," he wrote. "It's a sterile, Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers."
Monday, March 15, 2010 03:36:46 PM EST
10 Great Linux Apps You Might Not Have Discovered Yet
The world of Linux applications continues to expand and improve, so check out Eric Geier's roundup of ten great Linux applications you might not have discovered yet: media players, Web page designer, video creation, run Linux on Windows, Windows apps on Linux, and more.
Monday, March 15, 2010 11:51:40 AM EST
5 Easy Steps to a Remote Linux Desktop
Juliet Kemp shows us how set up a remote graphical Linux desktop in five steps, using Virtual Network Computing (VNC).
Friday, March 12, 2010 01:08:59 PM EST
Why Use GRUB2? Good Question! (part 3)
As we come to the end of Akkana Peck's excellent series on mastering GRUB2, it's not clear what advantages it has over legacy GRUB, or even good old LILO. It seems it's gone backwards. In today's installment we learn how to translate some common and mysterious error messages, and how to manage a multi-boot system with GRUB2.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:52:20 AM EST
Window Maker Desktop: Lightweight Linux Minimalism
In this ongoing series on lightweight Linux desktops, Juliet Kemp takes us on a tour of Window Maker, the popular fast, clean, lightweight window manager based on the look and feel of the NeXTStep interface. How does Window Maker measure up in this era of fancy special effects GUIs?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:40:51 PM EST
The 7 Attractions of Gnome and KDE
GNOME and KDE have long had features that Windows lacked. In the last few years, both major free desktops have added features that show not only an interest in usability, but, at times, an effort to anticipate what users might actually want.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:25:21 AM EST
Automated Linux Server Backup Tips and Tricks
This tutorial walks us step-by-step through creating a custom server backup script with some nifty features like bandwith throttling to avoid bogging down the server being backed up, how to exclude files, and how to synchronize deleted files.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:11:47 AM EST
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