Archive for August, 2006
Monday, August 21st, 2006
gPodder media aggregator
gPodder is a Podcast receiver/catcher written in Python, using GTK. It manages podcast feeds for you and automatically downloads all podcasts from as many feeds as you like.
(tags: linux ipod podcasting software)
Why doesn't Linux need defragmenting?
It's a question that crops up with depressing regularity: Why don't Linux filesystems ...
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Sunday, August 20th, 2006
LINUX Administrator’s Quick Reference Card.pdf
A quick reference guide in PDF format for Linux system adminstrators.
(tags: linux administration reference)
Perl 5 Quick Reference Guide.pdf
A quick reference for Perl in PDF format.
(tags: perl reference)
Subversion Quick Reference Card.pdf
A quick reference card for the subversion version control system in PDF format.
(tags: subversion reference)
Cheatsheets & Reference
A ...
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Saturday, August 19th, 2006
Filelight | MethylBlue
Filelight creates an interactive map of concentric segmented-rings that represent the sizes of files and directories on your computer.
(tags: linux software filesystem tools)
Top Five Open Source Packages for System Administrators: Cfengine
The top honor in my top five tools list goes to Cfengine, written by Mark Burgess. Cfengine is ...
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Friday, August 18th, 2006
Setting up an SMS Gateway - X11Wiki
We'll be using a spare PC, free open source software and an old Nokia handset to create a gateway for sending and receiving SMS text messages. If you have some basic knowledge of installing Linux (I'll be concentrating on the Debian distribution) and MySQ
(tags: ...
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Friday, August 18th, 2006
I've added a poll in the far left sidebar. I'll keep these up for a few weeks at a time. The first poll asks, "What's your Linux audio player of choice?" Vote now.
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Friday, August 18th, 2006
Back in early 2004, my fellow Clark tech staffer Mark put together a site that summarized all the blog activity for all the Clark alumni. With my recent increased blogging presence, I've been back on the Clarkalumni site pretty regularly. There are also some names on the site that I ...
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Thursday, August 17th, 2006
Google Operating System: Create an Email Blacklist in Gmail
A howto for setting up a blacklist in GMail.
(tags: gmail tips)
BlackBerry Cool » Blackberry Wallpaper Generator
Upload your images, choose the size, enter your BlackBerry email, and receive a resized version of the image for your BlackBerry wallpaper.
(tags: blackberry wallpaper)
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Thursday, August 17th, 2006
While it might be easy to dismiss Harry Shearer as a merely a humorist, he's the first person I've heard in any media outlet to echo my skepticism about the British terrorist plot.
The Blog | Harry Shearer: The Alleged Airliner Plot--a Call for Skepticism | The Huffington Post
Obviously, at this ...
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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
Clearcase Commands
Tutorial for using the ClearCase version control system in Linux.
(tags: linux clearcase reference)
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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
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