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Take advantage of multiple CPU cores during file compression
Author: Ben Martin
With the number of CPU cores in desktop machines moving from two to four and soon eight, the ability to execute computationally...
Small-scale SNMP reporting
Author: Colin Beckingham
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a useful tool for examining the state of devices on a network. The open source...
Get the most out of your mouse with btnx
Author: Dmitri Popov
When you have shelled out for a swanky mouse like the Logitech VX Nano, you want to make the most out of...
SCALE 6x trip report
Author: Nathan Willis
The sixth annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) kicked off in Los Angeles on Friday with four specialized conference tracks. General talks...
Index and search with KDE’s new Strigi
Author: Ben Martin
The Strigi project is the core of the index and search technology for KDE 4. Strigi is designed to be small and...
Sending love with OSS for Valentine’s Day
Author: Chad Files
What can a Linux geek do for that special someone on Valentine's Day? Create a gift using open source software, of course.One...
Ubuntu’s Upstart event-based init daemon
Author: Mark Sobell
Because the traditional System V init daemon (SysVinit) does not deal well with modern hardware, including hotplug devices, USB hard and flash...
Subtitle manipulation tools for Linux
Author: Razvan T. Coloja
Subtitles may not mean much for the English-speaking part of the world, but for the rest of us, they are the...
Use dvdisaster to protect backups on optical media
Author: Ben Martin
Storing backups on optical media such as DVD-R discs suffers from two major drawbacks: DVD discs are easy to scratch, and the...
Well-appointed Darkstar Linux has a dark side
Author: Mayank Sharma
Darkstar Linux 2008.1 is one of the first stable distro releases of the year. This distribution from Romania is based on Slackware...