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Recycle's Friend, Reuse

By Shawn Powers | Aug 05, 2011

Recycling is something we all deal with, or at least should deal with, when it comes to technology. more>>

Tux Radio

In Search Of... A Few Good Developers

By David Lane | Aug 04, 2011

Occasionally I get a chance to poke my head up and see what is new and different and occasionally I get asked if I know anyone that could help.  This is one of those cases. more>>

PICkitII

Summer Hacking

By Johan Thelin | Aug 03, 2011

It is summer on the northern hemisphere, and I've decided to target a smaller system than I've been used to in the last couple of years. In particular, I've decided to finally open my dear old PICkit II. The goal is to be able to work with this board from within a Linux environment. more>>

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LibreOffice Developer Glimpse Proves Balance

By Susan Linton | Aug 02, 2011

Florian Effenberger recently posted statistics of the number of developers contributing to the LibreOffice project. Several months ago, Cedric Bosdonnat offered data on the number of contribution and contributors from the various sources. more>>

Kde 4.7 Released And In The Wild

By Michael Reed | Aug 01, 2011

July saw the release of KDE SC 4.7. Like all recent KDE releases, this is a combination of updates to the bundled applications, underlying desktop and associated technologies. Canonical have already pushed 4.7 through to Kubuntu desktops. more>>

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Managing Your Dead Tree Library

By Shawn Powers | Jul 29, 2011

If you're an e-book reader, chances are you already use the wonderful Calibre software. If not, see Dan Sawyer's article in the April 2011 issue. Like many avid readers, however, I still find something soothing about a book made from dead trees. more>>

VirtualBox 4.1 Introduces Cloning Amongst Other Features

By Michael Reed | Jul 28, 2011

We first covered the release of VirtualBox 4.0 back in January. Amongst other improvements and new features, 4.1 adds VM cloning and a nascent PCI passthrough feature. more>>

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Getting Help from Linux - Part 1 Man Pages

By Jayson Broughton | Jul 27, 2011

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No manual entry for woman more>>

Oooh, I just know I'm going to hear it in the comments for that one. But you know what? Just how many of you have tried something similar with other words? You know you have at least once or twice. Go ahead, try one or two..you might be surprised.

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Spotlight on Linux: Linvo GNU/Linux

By Susan Linton | Jul 26, 2011

After an earlier quick look, it seemed Linvo GNU/Linux was worthy of a spotlight. Linvo is a Slackware-based distribution featuring GNOME 2.32 and is shipped as a live image. The desktop is pretty and features a handy set of applications. In addition, additional applications are available through a popular one-click format. more>>

Super Collision At Studio Dave: The New World of SuperCollider3, Part 1

By Dave Phillips | Jul 25, 2011

SuperCollider3 more>>

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OSCON Will Stream Keynotes and More Online

By Katherine Druckman | Jul 22, 2011

 Can't make it to OSCON this year?  You can still catch keynotes, interviews and news via live streaming video.  

Check back right here during the conference July 25-29, 2011 to enjoy some great content virtually.

Keynotes are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9am Pacific. more>>

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Numeric Relativity with the Einstein Toolkit

By Joey Bernard | Jul 21, 2011

This post finds us at the cutting edge of physics, numerical general relativity. Because we haven't perfected mind-to-mind transmission of information, we won't actually be able to cover in any real detail how this all works. more>>

iSCSI Lab

Creating Software-backed iSCSI Targets in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

By Pete Vargas Mas | Jul 20, 2011

Studying for certification exams can be an adventure. Even more so when the certification exam is a hands-on, performance-based exam. The quandry most people I know fall into, is that to effectively study for such an exam, you need access to a lab environment with elements that may be beyond the scope of the average Linux enthusiast. One such element is iSCSI.  more>>

Aptosid - An Overview

By Michael Reed | Jul 19, 2011

aptosid might sound like a package management tool, but it's actually a desktop-orientated (KDE4 or XFCE) Debian derived Linux distro. It's more than a mere respin of Debian, but does it have what it takes to distinguish it from all of the other desktop distros? more>>

Mageia Linux

Mageia 2 Release Details Revealed

By Susan Linton | Jul 18, 2011

After an extensive discussion with the community on the Mageia developmental mailing list, Anne Nicolas revealed the results concerning Mageia release and support cycles as well as the release schedule for Mageia 2. The consensus was to use basically the same cycle used in Mageia 1. more>>

What is your favorite open source CMS?

By LJ Staff | Jul 15, 2011
Drupal Joomla WordPress MODx TYPO3 Plone other (please tell us which one in comments)
Maxima

Maximum Calculus with Maxima

By Joey Bernard | Jul 14, 2011

We looked at Maxima in the February 2011 issue to do algebra and rearrange some equations. But those aren't the only tricks up Maxima's sleeve. This month, I describe how Maxima can help with differential equations, but I'm going to leave out some of the intermediate results to save some space. more>>

Secondary Window Tools in Scribus

By Bruce Byfield | Jul 13, 2011

Scribus is designed so that the main window shows only the document you are designing. Other tools are positioned to secondary windows, where they have all the room they need for detailed settings. You may discover some of these secondary windows via menus and toolbars as you work, but not all. more>>

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The Linux Desktop: We've Arrived.

By Kevin Bush | Jul 12, 2011

Linux Desktop articles are all over the place. I can hardly open up a browser without tripping over one. Most of them are negative whine-fests, complaining that Linux is too hard for new users, or has become too dumbed-down for technical users, or the fonts are ugly, or the next generation desktop environments are too different, or... well I could go on, but I think you get the point. more>>

Linux Gaming: OpenClonk

By Michael Reed | Jul 11, 2011

Until recently, I had presumed that a Clonk was the sound that my hard drive made just before I realized that I hadn't backed it up properly. However, in this case, a Clonk is a tiny chap who can jump, climb and fire weapons in the service of reaching his goal. OpenClonk runs on Linux and is the latest in a series of side-view platform games that started life as a DOS shareware series. more>>