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Prettier Fonts Coming Your Way

By Susan Linton | Jul 27, 2010

There was a time when Linux was notorious for having what was called "fugly" fonts. Things improved a bit over the years, but thanks to expiring patents things are about to get even better. more>>

Bash Co-Processes

By Mitch Frazier | Jul 27, 2010

One of the new features in bash 4.0 is the coproc statement. The coproc statement allows you to create a co-process that is connected to the invoking shell via two pipes: one to send input to the co-process and one to get output from the co-process. more>>

OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org 3.3 Definitely On Its Way

By Susan Linton | Jul 26, 2010

OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 was released on June 4 and a new master workspace was branched off for the upcoming 3.3 on June 5. The code in this branch will be stabilized and later become the product release that will find its way onto your desktops. more>>

Using Linux To Create a Music Blog

By Doug.Roberts | Jul 26, 2010

Saxophone? Check. Digital recorder? Check. Camera? Check. Ready to rock & roll. Or do some blues. A bit of jazz? How about some Zydeco. Honky Tonk?

We'll see when we get to the Second Street Brewery this Wednesday in Santa Fe, New Mexico. That's when the weekly open mic session kicks off at 7:00pm, led by Case Tanner and his house band. more>>

$35 Sakshat Tablet

India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer

By Susan Linton | Jul 23, 2010

On July 22 a $35 (or 1500 INR) hand-held Linux computing device was unveiled by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development of India. The goal of the project is to lower the price to around $20 in time and eventually reaching the amazing price of $10. more>>

Tech Tip

Stupid afio Tricks

By LJ Staff | Jul 23, 2010

I've already covered tar and all the wonderful ways to use it, but it's not the only tool at your disposal. Another popular backup tool is afio. Depending on your distribution, it already may be installed. On Ubuntu, for example, run the following to install it: more>>

sudo apt-get install afio
OpenSolaris

Will Oracle Let OpenSolaris Wither and Die?

By Susan Linton | Jul 22, 2010

When Oracle began the acquisition of Sun, few doubted that MySQL was the main asset of interest. With MySQL still breathing six months later, users hoped Sun's other projects would survive as well. But despite Oracle's early claims and intermittent assurances that OpenSolaris would remain open source software, very little else has been said. more>>

Security

Security vs. Convenience

By Shawn Powers | Jul 22, 2010

Although my intent is not to start the next GNOME/KDE-level war, it seems there must be a happy medium between total desktop insecurity and total desktop unusability. Linux offers so many ways to secure data that it's important to realize it's okay for folks to have different needs and desires. Sure, there are some basic security measures we all should take—things like: more>>

Distributed Agent Based Modeling

By Doug.Roberts | Jul 21, 2010

Introduction

What is agent-based modeling, otherwise known as ABM? What is distributed computing? Why do it? more>>

Spotify

Spotify Comes to Linux - Well, Some Linux

By Susan Linton | Jul 20, 2010

Spotify is a streaming music service that previously was only available to Windows and Mac users. Spotify offered a way for music lovers to enjoy their favorite tunes on their computers and gadgets legally. But Linux users were left out in the cold... until July 12. more>>

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