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Review: Lightweight Linux distributions

Years ago I already played a bit with Linux (It was Redhat 5.0 on my 386). At that time I thought the operating system...

Edit and compare giant binary files with lfhex

Author: Ben Martin Many hex editors try to copy an entire file into memory before they let you edit it, which explicitly limits the size...

FOSS helps Free Geek Vancouver become an ethical recycler

Author: Bruce Byfield Free Geek Vancouver (FGV) is now certified as the first ethical recycler in western Canada by the Basel Action Network (BAN), and...

‘Linux is a platform for people, not just specialists’

In 1999, the South African-born Mark Shuttleworth sold his internet company, Thawte, which provided digital certificates for websites, for more than $500m (£254m). After...

Lightweight Equinox Desktop Environment needs polish

Author: Leslie P. Polzer Desktop environments like KDE and GNOME offer a popular interface to computing. Unfortunately they are also often heavy on resource usage....

How To Run Linux From A USB Flash Drive

Most Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, are capable of installing directly to a USB drive as if it were just another hard drive, but...

Fedora 9 tools demystify installation and upgrades

Author: Bruce Byfield The Fedora project has always offered installation options. The best known of these options are the Fedora spins -- roll-your-own install images...

Comparing Linux USB flash disk distros

By Gary SimsSome Linux distributions, such as Mandriva Flash, are specially designed to work from flash devices. Some provide installers to get them onto...

Plotting your Web site visitors on a map

Author: Ben Martin ApacheMap plots the location of each Web hit your site receives on a Google Map. The utility converts IP addresses from Apache...

Comparing Linux USB flash disk distros

Author: Gary Sims The recent success of the ASUS Eee PC has shown that running Linux from flash memory is now commercially viable in the...