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MariaDB/MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite3 - Comparing Command-Line Interfaces

By Daniel Bartholomew 

Don't be afraid of using your chosen database's command-line client. more>>

Non-Linux FOSS: TrueCrypt

By Shawn Powers 

TrueCrypt is a fully open-source tool for encrypting data. That data can be on a completely encrypted hard drive, or just an encrypted image file. Thankfully, the encryption works the same regardless of your platform, so Windows and OS X users can share encrypted files between computers. more>>

Hack and /: Automatically Lock Your Computer

By Kyle Rankin 

If you've ever worked with pranksters, you've probably come across this classic office prank. First, the unsuspecting victim leaves his computer and goes to lunch or a long meeting and doesn't lock his screen. The prankster then takes a screenshot of his current desktop, hides all the desktop icons and any taskbars, and sets the background to be the screenshot the prankster just took. more>>

Building an Ultra-Low-Power File Server with the Trim-Slice

By Daniel Bartholomew 

For the past several years, I've used a custom-built file server at my house. I've upgraded it many times, but it began life, as near as I can recall, in April 2000. When I say "upgraded", I mean the internals have been swapped completely on at least two occasions among other things. more>>

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SSH Tunneling - Poor Techie's VPN

By Jayson Broughton 

"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it is the light of the oncoming train" ~ Robert Lowell. Oh yes, another good quote. This post is on SSH tunneling, or as I like to call it 'Poor Man's VPN'. Contrary to the sysadmin's popular belief, SSH tunneling actually can be very valuable use for both techies and home users. more>>

How many domains do you own/control personally and/or for your employer?

By LJ Staff 
1-5 54% (902 votes) 6-14 20% (334 votes) 15-49 12% (199 votes) 50-99 4% (66 votes) 100+ 11% (178 votes) Total votes: 1679

Roaming Media

By Michael Nugent 

Portable music doesn't need to be restricted to headphones. Here's a step-by-step how-to on setting up a music system that follows you around the house like a puppy. more>>

Learning to Program the Arduino

By Amit Saha 

This article should acquaint you with basic Arduino programming and show you how to write programs that interact with objects in the real world. (A mandatory disclaimer: the last time I really studied electronics was way back in high school, so this article focuses more on the programming aspects, rather than the electronic side of things.) more>>

Work the Shell - What Day Is That Date in the Past?

By Dave Taylor 

In a previous article, we started a script that worked backward from a day and month date and figured out the most recent year—including possibly the current year—that would match that date occurring on that particular day. more>>

Advanced Firewall Configurations with ipset

By Henry Van Styn 

iptables is the user-space tool for configuring firewall rules in the Linux kernel. It is actually a part of the larger netfilter framework. Perhaps because iptables is the most visible part of the netfilter framework, the framework is commonly referred to collectively as iptables. iptables has been the Linux firewall solution since the 2.4 kernel. more>>

The Future Web at DrupalCon Denver

By Katherine Druckman 

It's DrupalCon season once again, which means Drupalers from all over the world will converge next week on Denver, Colorado, to educate each other about their favorite CMS and platform, and this eternal debate about CMS vs. platform seems to be at the heart of this year's event. more>>

Network Programming with ENet

By Mike Diehl 

Cross-platform network programming made easy. more>>

Mustache.js

By Reuven Lerner 

In previous articles, I've looked at a number of uses for JavaScript, on both the server and the client. I hope to continue my exploration of such systems, particularly on the client side, in the coming months. more>>

Python in the Cloud

By Adrian Klaver 

A basic introduction to using the Python boto library to interact with AWS services and resources. more>>

Do you care that a new iPad was announced today?

By Webmistress 
Yes, already in line 7% (207 votes) No, don't give a hoot 67% (1911 votes) Meh 26% (739 votes) Total votes: 2857

Swap Your Laptop for an iPad + Linode

By Mark O'Connor 

Ditch your laptop and code in the cloud—it's easier than you'd think.

On September 19, 2011, I said goodbye to my trusty MacBook Pro and started developing exclusively on an iPad + Linode 512. This is the surprising story of three months spent working in the cloud. more>>

Remote Viewing-Not Just a Psychic Power

By Joey Bernard 

Most people today are used to having a nice, intuitive graphical environment when they sit down to use a computer. Gone are the days of using a DOS machine or being lucky enough to have a dial-up account at 300 baud on a UNIX mainframe. more>>

Round, round we go

Here come the Ultrabooks

By David Lane 

A while back, the headlines from Computerworld arrived in my mailbox and one topic jumped out at me: Ultrabooks, expected to be hot at CES, could be boon for enterprise IT. Over the past weekend I actually saw two of them at my local big b more>>

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Scribus: Leading, Kerning, and Tracking Text

By Bruce Byfield 

In "Tweaking Text in Scribus," I briefly described the tools available for manipulating text in Scribus. more>>

Hack and / - Forensics with Ext4

By Kyle Rankin 

Learn from my mistakes as I figure out how to gather forensics data on an ext4 filesystem. more>>

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