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Intro Post

I guess I ought to have an introduction post here on Linux.com. I'm a mechanical engineer who loves Linux and has been using it (mostly)...

The First… Hopefully Not the Last

OK, so here I am. Like I really need a new place to express myself. Well, what the heck... it's not like boards/forums/USENET aren't...

Kubuntu 9.04 RC. A mini review.

Last night I installed Kubuntu 9.04 RC on a 2Ghz, 512MB Shuttle machine with onboard graphics that landed in my lap a couple of...

Netbook users: Microsoft says three apps is enough

Article Source Amanda McPherson's BlogFebruary 9, 2009, 9:43 am During the last two years, Microsoft has encountered more competition from Linux...

Power monitoring and logging with Apcupsd and Cacti

Author: Colin Beckingham For some time I have been using the American Power Conversion (APC) uninterruptible power supply (UPS) daemon Apcupsd to interface my desktop...

FOSS for students

Author: W. Dean Freeman Whether you're a high school student or just starting out with your college coursework, the free software community has provided a...

Social networking for sports sits on an open platform

Author: Tina Gasperson Sportsvite.com, a kind of MySpace for ballers, exists because Steve Parker and a few friends wanted to find a better way to...

Inspecting disk IO performance with fio

  Storage performance has failed to keep up with that of other major components of computer systems. Hard disks have gotten larger, but their speed...

Choose the DVD ripper that’s right for you

By Andrew Min   Linux is sometimes belittled for having inferior applications, but that's simply not the case. Take DVD rippers, for example -- a plethora...

Microsoft influencing partner NGOs to support OOXML in India

Author: Mayank Sharma Microsoft is encouraging its business partners to promote its Office Open XML specification (OOXML) to the Indian Bureau of Standards (BIS) and...