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A walk in the park with Puppy Linux

Author: Mikael Vingaard Puppy Linux is a small Linux live CD distribution that can boot from a CD, DVD, or USB drive; a hard disk...

Building a Desktop Firewall

Everyone knows that you should be behind a firewall whenever you go online. However, not everyone knows that it's easy to create a personal...

Create a secure Linux-based wireless access point

  Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 (WPA2) is becoming the de facto standard for securing wireless networks, and a mandatory feature for all new Wi-Fi...

Gnash, the free Flash player, makes progress

Author: Bruce Byfield The Gnash project has been developing a free software Flash player since December. Filling one of the last major gaps on the...

Getting started with Linux-VServer

BSD users can improve system security with that operating system's jail mechanism, which creates a partition of resources, thereby creating a logical barrier between services...

Bring in the (pink) noise

Author: Nathan Willis Sometimes we need a little help to drown out the noise that surrounds us. But why settle for archaic bothers like...

Commentary: Beware when Microsoft reaches out

Author: Joe Barr eWeek.com this week ran a story entitled "Can Windows and Open Source Learn to Play Nice?" The opening paragraph of that story,...

Creating virtual private networks with tsocks and VTun

Author: Marc Abramowitz Virtual private networks (VPN) let remote users connect back to corporate networks over encrypted links. Many VPNs are built with proprietary technology...

A look at the FreeNAS server

Author: Gary Sims FreeNAS, an open source NAS server, can convert a PC into a network-attached storage server. The software, which is based on FreeBSD,...

My desktop OS: Fedora Core 5

Author: Michael Hampton I like playing with the newest software games, toys, and applications. At the same time, I have work to do, and I...