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Command line automation with Expect-lite
Author: Ben Martin
Expect is a venerable tool for scripting interactive command-line tools. One normally sees expect coupled with the TCL programming language -- for...
A hands-on look at the Splashtop instant-on Linux environment
Author: Nathan Willis
San Jose-based startup DeviceVM made waves last year when it unveiled Splashtop, a nearly instant-on Linux environment stored in the flash memory...
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...
Icon herding gets easier with Tango Generator
Author: Nathan Willis
When you want to customize the look and feel of your Linux desktop environment, you can find many resources for altering window...
Archive files in both Windows and Linux using PeaZip
Author: Federico Kereki
If you need an archiving program that can run under both Windows and Linux, sport a graphical interface, and be licensed as...
A Comparison Of AMD & NVIDIA’s Linux Control Panels
It was a year ago that AMD had replaced its aging FireGL Control Panel inside its Linux driver with the AMDCCCLE, or AMD Catalyst...
Automounting FUSE filesystems
Author: Ben Martin
One of the main things that gets annoying with FUSE, or Filesystem in Userspace, is that it won't automatically mount a filesystem...
Latest Slax release needs more time in the oven
Author: Susan Linton
Slax, a Slackware-based modular Linux distribution, released version 6.0 last month. This release brings a new tar install format along with a...
BashStyle-NG: A useful idea poorly implemented
Author: Bruce Byfield
Inside BashStyle-NG, a strong idea struggles to be born. On one hand, if you use the bash shell at all, you will...
‘The Big Switch’: Welcome to the Worldwide Computer
Nicholas Carr spends the first half of The Big Switch explaining the corporate and individual switch from computing as a box sitting in front...