Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Sep 6, 2011, 4:09 am
Ruby, the open source programming language, has been a phenomenon in the development community for many years running now.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Aug 15, 2011, 2:00 am
Mozilla Firefox 6.0 is to be officially released on Tuesday (it's already out if you look on FTP mirrors) with faster performance, better start-up times, improved plug-in management, greater HTML5 support, more permission controls, and several other features. What's not talked about much, but...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Aug 12, 2011, 6:00 am
Nearly the entire text of The Art of Assembly Language Programming has been posted online for the Processing Systems and Structures course at Washington University.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Aug 11, 2011, 2:00 am
There’s a lot to like about open source software. It can help your business by cutting costs and producing better software. It’s open, auditable, and customizable, and free of the restrictive, invasive licenses and EULAs that infest proprietary software.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Aug 10, 2011, 2:00 am
PiTiVi is a GTK-based film editor that shows promise but lacks enough refinement to be much more than a "lite" version of other film packages. Its interface is simple enough to use as it was designed, with both newbie and seasoned film fanciers in mind. PiTiVi was created in 2004...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Aug 8, 2011, 4:05 am
There are lots of valid reasons why many people around the globe want to be able to use the web and messaging systems anonymously, despite the fact that some people want to end Internet anonymity altogether.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Aug 5, 2011, 6:30 am
Linux may not be the most popular OS around, but that doesn't mean it we're going to sit here and ignore it. Here are our favorite downloads for everyone's favorite open source operating system.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Aug 5, 2011, 4:01 am
If you follow VMware, you may have also followed the recent brouhaha over its release of vSphere 5, its virtualization and cloud computing suite.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Aug 1, 2011, 2:00 am
For those that missed it, S2 Games has made their Heroes of Newerth title go free-to-play. No longer does it cost $30 USD to buy the game, but it's free, which is S2's attempt to expand the game's user-base...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jul 15, 2011, 3:46 am
Ever find yourself juggling so many passwords that you can't keep track of them, or compromising the security of your sign-ins by using the same log-in information across multiple sites?
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jul 8, 2011, 2:00 am
The latest stable release of the SeaMonkey "all-in-one internet application suite" introduces new features such as support for CSS animations, and addresses several security vulnerabilities that had already been fixed in Firefox 5...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jul 6, 2011, 3:30 am
It's been a while since we discussed Thunderbird Conversations, but the developers have released a new version that's stable, out of beta, and brings Gmail-style conversation view to Thunderbird.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jul 5, 2011, 3:48 am
Every so often, we at OStatic compile documentation and guidance resources for popular open source platforms and applications, and one of the best ongoing projects for producing free open source-related documentation is FLOSS Manuals. It's an ongoing and ambitious effort to build online guide...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jul 1, 2011, 3:47 am
Rolling out new servers is a big part of system administrators’ jobs, so any software that can simplify server installation and configuration is a welcome tool. We sat down with OpenLogic’s Senior Content Manager Brad Reeves to talk about Chef, an open source systems integration framework...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jun 23, 2011, 2:00 am
Blender 2.58 has been released as the second stable release in the Blender 2.5 series...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jun 20, 2011, 4:00 am
Some folks just aren't happy with GNOME 3. Some aren't happy with the whole concept while others think it just really needs more simmering. Regardless of where you might fall in that spectrum, there may be hope yet.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jun 16, 2011, 4:00 am
Mozilla plans to release the next small-fry iteration of its Firefox browser next week.…...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jun 15, 2011, 4:00 am
When you release code under the GNU General Public License (GPL), you undertake a specific set of obligations. Many of these obligations, such as providing a copyright notice and a copy of the GPL version you are using, are relatively simple.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jun 6, 2011, 4:00 am
With Nagios, the leading open source infrastructure monitoring application, you can monitor your whole enterprise by using a distributed monitoring scheme in which local slave instances of Nagios perform monitoring tasks and report the results back to a single master.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jun 3, 2011, 7:01 am
Used responsibly, instant messaging (IM) offers the benefit of instant communication and collaboration on the corporate intranet. However, many companies, fearing IM’s adverse affect on productivity, tweak their corporate firewalls to block all ports ferrying IM traffic.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jun 3, 2011, 4:00 am
As we've recently covered, Mozilla has moved to an agressive rapid release cycle for its Firefox browser, with the latest version 4 quickly emerging as the most popular version of Firefox.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jun 2, 2011, 4:00 am
Finally the Linux kernel advances a number as new distro releases from Red Hat, Mint, Puppy Linux and Tiny Core debut.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Jun 1, 2011, 5:49 am
SSH offers a highly secure channel for remote administration of servers. However, if you face an audit for regulatory or business requirements, such as Visa/Mastercard PCI, you need to be aware of some potential authentication related short-comings that may cause headaches in...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 31, 2011, 4:00 am
Here is a MySQL backup script which can take table by table backups (individual backup files of each table of each database) in a compressed format. It also provides an automatic rotation of old backup...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 27, 2011, 11:51 am
After a relatively long road traveled with a few bumps along the way, as of yesterday, Linus's mainline tree (2.6.39+) contains literally every component needed for Linux to run both as a management domain kernel(Dom0) and a guest(DomU)...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 27, 2011, 4:41 am
This howto will guide you to set up RADIUS authentication with the LinOTP 2 Community Edition. LinOTP is a one time password backend that enables you to do two factor authentication with a broad...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 27, 2011, 4:16 am
There are countless arguments online about which graphics and photo application is best: GIMP or Photoshop?  Here's why just one...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 23, 2011, 4:00 am
This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 3.0.3) on a CentOS 5.6 (x86_64) system. Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called "virtual machines" or domUs, under a host operating system...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 23, 2011, 4:00 am
Mozilla has released the first beta of Firefox 5, the initial version of the open-source browser to be produced under a new fast-moving schedule.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 20, 2011, 4:00 am
Depending on who you talk to, 40 to 75 per cent of the world’s web servers are Linux-based. That is some serious market penetration. But even in organisations running Linux on their servers the operating system is on just 20 per cent of desktops.…...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 18, 2011, 5:05 am
This tutorial will cover how to install the well-known CUPS printing system, and optionally tell you how to have your Canon printer work. There are extra details about where to find Canon drivers and how to install the "Print...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 17, 2011, 4:00 am
The annual Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), sponsored by Computerworld, is underway in San Francisco this week, and, as usual at the conference, Northbridge Venture Partners has released its Future of Open Source survey results.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 16, 2011, 4:00 am
giter8 is "a command line tool to generate files and directories from templates published on github." Its written in Scala on top of the Simple Build Tool, but you don't need to be a Scala hacker to use it. You can find a list of existing templates here. In response...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 16, 2011, 4:00 am
Packages for the release of Amarok 2.4.1 are available for Kubuntu 11.04 and oneiric. Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. Users of 11.04 can install it from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 13, 2011, 4:00 am
This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Fedora 14 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 12, 2011, 4:00 am
In conjunction with the Google I/O conference this week, Google held its launch event for the long awaited Chrome OS, the company's cloud-centric operating system.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 11, 2011, 4:00 am
Mozilla.org's SeaMonkey Project was my first exposure to Web browsing when I started dabbling in the Linux OS. I have since played around with other browsers, including my workhorse favorite, Firefox, by the Mozilla folks. But I keep coming back to SeaMonkey for its simplicity and charm. SeaM...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 6, 2011, 4:00 am
The GNU Project is taking a shot photo sharing. On May 2nd, the wraps came off the GNU Mediagoblin project. If successful, the GNU Mediagoblin could solve several problems that haven't been addressed well by existing photo sharing services — namely privacy, data ownership, reliability, and ...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 4, 2011, 4:00 am
Waterbear is a Scratch-like visual programming language for JavaScript. It was created by Dethe Elza, who gave a presentation on the project today at JSConf in Portland, OR. Waterbear brings the concepts of kid-friendly, educational programming languages, such as Logo and Scratch, to the mode...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - May 2, 2011, 4:00 am
The ISPConfig Monitor App is for all servers, not only for servers running ISPConfig. With the ISPConfig Monitor App, you can check your server status and find out if all services are running as expected. You can check TCP and UDP ports and ping your...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Apr 28, 2011, 4:30 am
Novell announced that it has completed its previously announced merger with Attachmate Corporation and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Apr 27, 2011, 5:28 am
The role of application servers has grown significantly in IT architecture over the past few years as the cloud becomes the new frontier for application development–a frontier that offers more opportunity and challenges than the Web ever did.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Apr 27, 2011, 4:30 am
If you have a blog that you no longer wish to keep interactive, you can use two little command-line utilities, wget and rsync, to easily convert your blog into a static site.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Apr 26, 2011, 4:00 am
In a move designed to protect the free and open source software community, the U.S. Justice Department has intervened in an intellectual property case involving four dominant IT enterprises. The transaction involves software developer Novell and a consortium made up of Microsoft, Oracle, Appl...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Apr 22, 2011, 4:00 am
Android: Amazon's Kindle app for Android devices has been updated to make full use of Honeycomb tablets, with specific layouts added for newspaper and magazine subscriptions.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Apr 22, 2011, 4:00 am
The Third Humble Indie Bundle that focuses upon games offered by Frozenbyte that are multi-platform and free of any Digital Rights Management, is still for sale at any price you wish (literally). This morning though there's been a surprise announcement by Frozenbyte with some bonuses, includi...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Apr 21, 2011, 4:10 am
As we've recently covered, and as our readers have confirmed, not everyone is thrilled with the performance of Mozilla's newly release Firefox 4 browser.
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Apr 21, 2011, 4:10 am
Most terms of service (TOS) changes go unnoticed, but when Dropbox changed its TOS to say it'd provide files to the government people took notice. According to Dropbox's CTO, this is nothing new. But it does raise questions about Dropbox's security and privacy. Read more...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Apr 21, 2011, 4:00 am
Now and then, office-type documents need to be converted. The latex users have always been able to produce a variety of formats from the command line, but for the OpenOffice/LibreOffice users, manual labor has been the solution. That changes with unoconv. Now you can convert to most file form...
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Brian Proffitt posted an article on Linux.com - Apr 20, 2011, 4:00 am
Mandriva 2011 Beta 2 was made available earlier today and my interest has been piqued since I saw Eugeni Dodonov's screenshot a couple of days ago. It's gone now, but the whole desktop appeared to be this launcher with a gray background. I was almost panicked. Visions of GNOME 3 and Unity dan...
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