OpenSUSE 10.2 goes gold

Despite loud arguments over Novell and Microsof's relationship, and attempts by Ubuntu to talk openSUSE developers into coming over to their distribution, openSUSE 10.2 has arrived sooner than expected.

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FSF debuts fully-free Ubuntu/Debian variant

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has unveiled a new Linux distribution, free of the proprietary software contained in most Linuxes. gNewSense is based on Ubuntu and Debian, and offers users "the stability of Ubuntu with the addition of freedom."

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Real Player To Support Windows Media In Linux...

RealNetworks will release open-source software this year that will let Linux computers play Windows Media files.

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The Most Powerful Linux/Unix Command Nobody Ever Uses

lsof is the Linux/Unix über-tool. If you're not using it almost daily, you should be...

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Send Steve Balmer Monopoly Money to Pay for Linux

A novel idea to pay Steve Balmer and Microsoft for their intellectual rights they claim exist inside the Linux Kernel.

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Subversion Quick Reference Guide (Essentials)

A quick reference guide to using the wonderful Subversion source control. Shows the most used syntax with examples for each command.

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Ubuntu 7.04 Herd 2 is out

The second alpha of Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04 development branch ) is out

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Ultimate boot CD

A Linux boot diagnostic CD that has many different anti virus,hard disk,networking,bios,system info, and benchmarking apps

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How to connect to your headless Debian/Ubuntu server with VNC/GUI

Generally I connect to this machine via CLI and do what I need to do. However it’s used by several other folks in my office, not all of who are as comfortable with CLI. I don’t have a GUI desktop installed on this thing, so here’s what I did to make everyone’s life a bit easier.

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User-modifiable Linux phone ships

Trolltech is shipping the Greephone, its open, user-modifiable Linux mobile phone aimed at helping developers write applications for or modify components in its Qtopia Phone Edition (QPE) software stack. Additionally, the company has quietly released a GPL-licensed "community" version of QPE.

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Linux multimedia phone launches in China

Taiwanese pop superstar Jay Chou launched Motorola's thin, Linux-powered Rokr E6 multimedia phone, in Hong Kong this week. The fourth-generation music phone is just over half an inch thick and features a 2-megapixel camera and business card reader. ***Includes YouTube video***

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What Beryl (Compiz) can also do

Yeah, you think you've seen it all. Compiz, now Beryl, with XGL or AIGLX. But you haven't. My brother and I thought we'd show you the greatest things Beryl can do, greater, still, than the touch screen. Really? Yes, really.

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Latest Ubuntu xorg-core update breaks X

If you run Ubuntu be very weary in applying the latest xserver-xorg-core update. It can bring your machine to an abrupt halt. There is a fix suggested in the forums.

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Ohio Linux Fest 2006!

Ohio Linux Fest -- The name says it all. Don't miss out if you live near Ohio, because the biggest Linux event in the area is about to go down September 30.

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Installing and using Linux for the total newbie

So you've heard about Linux and you want to try it out, but you're scared you may screw up Windows or that it's too hard to install. Well fear no longer, here is a guide for the total newbie.

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Ubuntu Stickers - "Powered by Ubuntu"

Do you run Ubuntu? and want to get some cool “Powered by Ubuntu” stickers?

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2006: The year that changed Linux

Linux was already well along on its way from being the tech fanboy operating system of choice, to becoming one of big business' favorite operating systems. But in 2006, that progress smacked many Linux fans in the face.

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Oracle's Red Hat rip-off

No one saw this coming. People talked about Oracle making its own Linux, or buying a Linux company (Ubuntu?). But, the news that Oracle is erasing Red Hat's trademarks from Unbreakable Linux and supporting it for less than Red Hat is a bolt from the blue.

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Developing Flash apps on Linux for free using Flex

A video showing someone writing a Flash application (a YouTube viewer) on Linux using the free Flex 2 SDK.

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Beginners Guide to Linux Desktops

So you use Linux, but have you ever used a different desktop environment than the default? Surprisingly, there are too many to even count, but we are taking a look at a few of the most popular and explain advantages of each one.

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A blog by a moderator at www.ubuntuforums.org

This is my new blog. I, ubuntu_demon, am a moderator of www.ubuntuforums.org. I mostly blog about interesting threads at www.ubuntuforums.org. Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions and www.ubuntuforums.org is one of the most popular Linux forums.

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Hell freezes over: Microsoft, Novell partner on Linux

Microsoft and Novell have announced a set of broad business, legal, and technical collaboration agreements to build, market, and support a series of new solutions that will make Novell's Linux and Microsoft's Windows products work better together.

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Tiny, sub-$100 PC runs Puppy Linux

This tiny device can serve as an ultra-low-cost platform for thin-client, kiosk, and electronic signage apps, or as an affordable PC for students and others in developing countries.

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Goodbye Razr, hello Linux-based Motofone

Motorola is shipping the first model in its Scpl ("scalpel") line of mobile phones set to replace the ubiquitous Razr. The Linux-based Motofone F3, available today in India, is an extremely low-end device featuring an "electronic paper" display, breakthrough battery life, and usability features for the illiterate.

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How to Configure an $80 File Server in 45 Minutes

Step-by-step directions on how to quickly and easily configure a cheap Dell GX150 into a fully functional headless file server using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) with Samba for accessible network shares, phpMyAdmin for MySQL administration, and TorrentFlux for BitTorrent transfers.

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Linux version of Democracy Player 'internet TV' released

Democracy Player, the desktop video RSS downloader / viewer is finally available for Linux as of... right now! You can download torrents, search, watch fullscreen, and there's a built-in Channel Guide with more than 400 video feeds.

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Surviving A Slashdotting With a Celeron 466: My Slashdot Experience

A cool article that just shows that you dont need to have a ub3r server to survive the digg/slashdot effect, this guy survived it on T1 with a 486!

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Mirror Your Web Site With rsync

This tutorial shows how you can mirror your web site from your main web server to a backup server that can take over if the main server fails. We use the tool rsync for this, and we make it run through a cron job that checks every x minutes if there is something to update on the mirror.

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4 years later, 64-bit Java Plugin is still "long ways off"

Even though this RFE (Request for Enhancement) is #3 in the list of top requests, don't expect to see Java working in Firefox until Java7 is out:"The point of my post is that there will be no more hand feeding from Sun ... they are now committed to including a fix for 64-bit support in JDK7."

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Ubuntu Video - Share Your Ubuntu With The World

It's a new video blog / portal that gathers up the best Ubuntu tutorials, demos, and testimonials to show potential switchers just how cool Linux is these days and help new users get up to speed. Hopefully some advanced tutorials will appear.

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Voxeo Launches Open Source Telephony Application Initiative

Under this initiative, Voxeo will sponsor development of new open source telephony applications, distribute select applications with its VoIP and IVR offerings, and increase overall awareness of the benefits of open source telephony applications to its customers, partners, and the over 21,000 registered members of its Evolution developer program.

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Interview with Mike Melanson, lead engineer on the Linux Flash Player team

Email interview with Mike Melanson, the lead engineer on Adobe's Flash Player team, about Linux and Flash.

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Moto trumps Walkman phones with Rokr E2

Motorola's Linux-based Rokr E2 mobile phone looks ready to challenge Sony/Ericsson's Walkman phone in the hot emerging market for converged PMP phones (portable media player phones), according to this hands-on preview by LinuxDevices.com senior editor Henry Kingman.

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Desktop Linux distributions -- from A to Z

There are hundreds of Linux distributions. This is DesktopLinux.com's list of the ones they think are especially interesting for desktop Linux users.

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The well-tempered Debian desktop

Fresh from his positive experience of installing Sarge on an old home server, the editor of DesktopLinux.com attempts to install an Etch desktop on an old Thinkpad. How does it turn out? Surprisingly well!

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What's the most popular Linux desktop?

The results of DesktopLinux.com's 2006 Desktop Linux Market survey are in, and the votes are all tallied. This first article of a series offers a perspective on how the various desktop Linux distributions fared, and why.

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Free Printable Lens Hoods

This site contains PDF documents that can be printed and cut out to make lens hoods for a variety of 35mm and digital SLR camera lenses. Lens hoods give better quality photographs by reducing flare caused by nonimageforming light.

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Control a dudes Christmas lights and inflatables.

control a guys Christmas lights from your browser plus have fun with the inflatables

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Mobile SVG

As about every phone sold now has SVG support out-of-the-box now (http://svg.org/special/svg_phones) and most others can install it, it's not surprising that the numbers of 'SVG phones' in use are becoming quite significant (and much bigger than Flash lite). See some numbers

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Smart Sunglasses Change Into Virtually Any Color on Demand

The lenses that the researchers have developed are made of a kind of electrochromic polymer, a material that can alter its levels of darkness and color in response to an electric current. The glasses only require power when they change hue.

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Tabbed Browsing, Circa 1588

Rotary Reading Desk from 1588

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Stolen Zune recovered while attempting to join the social

Zune's share feature shows its true usefulness!

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Canon Blink Shot Cameras Won't Shoot Till Everyone's Eyes Are Open

There's one in every picture. Some fool who ruins your shot by closing their eyes just as you hit the shutter button. Well, Canon's looking to make that a thing of the past with their new Blink Shot technology, which won't let you take a picture if your subject's eyes are closed.

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Thinkgeek's 8-bit Tie prank should become reality!

As usual, some of my favorite April Fool's Day Internet pranks have come from Thinkgeek.com. But there is one product that deserves to become a reality: The 8-bit Tie! Let's start an email campaign to see if we can convince Thinkgeek to actually produce it!

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Amazing $200 inkjet - prints one page per SECOND on sale next year (VIDEO)

Secretive inventor with more patents that Edison. Spent 13 years developing the technology. Today released videos that have stunned the printer industry. Analysts have confirmed prototypes are real. Ultra-high speed $150 photo printer technology available 2007. Also promises color printers built into mobile phones, digicams, and handheld games...

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GlucoPhone: A Cellphone for Diabetics

Good news, diabetics! [...] There is a new cellphone out that can manage your diabetes easily and conveniently. This phone, from the folks at HealthPia, is essentially a cellphone and glucometer. It will measure blood sugar levels.

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Secret pictures of Google Phone now public - here they are!

Google's answer to Apple's iPhone: The Google Phone! Will it be possible to beat Apple with it in terms of market share? Here are the first pictures of the Google Phone - leaked from participants in a survey.

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Top 10 Funniest Gadgets

If you’ve always wanted an easier way to rewind your DVDs, look no furthur than the “DVD Rewinder”. You’ll find that and more in this amusing list of gadgets.

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7 Simple Ideas to Make The TiVo S3 Even Better

As TiVo fanatic myself, I was impressed with the simplicity of some of these ideas. Hopefully this will get some attention from the folks at Tivo.

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The 7 worst sexy toys for children

Shocker: tarted-up toys are slaggy. Apparently a bunch of American scientists –after a lot of study – has determined that dolls that wear fishnet tights and trowels of slap don’t promote healthy childhood innocence. So if the American Psychological Association can do it, with a stroll round the Internet we can too.

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Are Chinese Manufacturers Destroying Digium's (Asterisk) Hardware Business?

Chinese hardware manufacturers are selling Digium Clone hardware at what maybe less than Digium's cost price.

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Amazon.com sells PS3 for $499 with 6 free Blu-Ray movies - free shipping

PS3 Price Drop Bonus: For a limited time receive a Blu-ray Remote Controller & Six Blu-ray discs FREE when you buy a PS3 from amazon.com

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How to select the right hardware for your CCNA Studies

Discussion on what hardware to choose to prepare for the Cisco CCNA exam - will Cisco 2500 series routers work? Is Ciscokits.com a good place to buy them? Do you need "current equipment"? What about the CCNA test changes that will be coming up in November?

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How to select the right hardware for your CCNA Studies

Discussion on what hardware to choose to prepare for the Cisco CCNA exam - will Cisco 2500 series routers work? Is Ciscokits.com a good place to buy them? Do you need "current equipment"? What about the CCNA test changes that will be coming up in November?

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Digg button kit released!

The Digg button is a very simple beginner electronics that teaches how to solder and program microcontroller. Once made, this basic electronic project mimics the popular Digg.com- each time you push the button, the button flashes "Dug". The project is completely open source! Released at the Digg party by Kevin Rose, Limor Fried and Phillip Torrone

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What is open source hardware?

What is open source hardware? In this article MAKE magazine divides up electronic hardware into layers, each of which has different document types and licensing concerns: Hardware (mechanical) diagrams, schematics & circuit diagrams, layout diagrams, core/firmware, software/API - each layer has an example provided and links to many projects.

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Hot Apps Give Hardware a Lift

New operating systems from Microsoft and Apple, plus healthy demand for laptops, should help drive sales for computer hardware makers...

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Down With DRM Video Contest Winners Announced!

Freeculture.org is pleased to announce the contest winners for our Down With DRM video contest. We had a lot of great entries, and want to thank *all* of the participants for their submissions. They’ve all contributed greatly to raising awareness in the fight against DRM.The winners will all receive a Neuros OSD digital video recorder.

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Supreme Commander & Intel Core 2 Quad Gameplay Advantages

Supreme Commander is one of the first games to feature out-of-the-box multi-core processor support. Will a quad-core CPU really show better gameplay? Real world gameplay results plus Vista versus XP performance findings with SupCom.

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Google Phone Rumors Shot Down

We were afraid the fun couldn't last long, and indeed a Google bossman has come forward in an attempt to quell rumors of a Google phone. Richard Kimber, Google's South-East Asia managing director of sales and operations, says that Google is obviously investing in the software side of things, but that it has no interest in entering the crowded...

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Al Gore Would Love this PC

ExtremeTech has a how-to on building an eco-friendly PC.

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OS Encryption Showdown: Vista's BitLocker vs. Mac's FileVault

Both Windows Vista and Mac OS X can encrypt files and protect them from the prying eyes of thieves and snoops. Vista's new BitLocker feature and Mac OS X's FileVault are especially useful to those of you toting laptops that contain sensitive data.

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Surviving A Slashdotting With a Celeron 466: My Slashdot Experience

Interesting article how a Celeron 466 handled a slashdot with little sweat. He did make some config changes for this to work though, but there is some good tips.

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EVGA nForce 680i LT SLI Review: New NVIDIA Intel Chipset!

bit-tech.net has reviewed NVIDIA's new reference 680i LT SLI mobo from EVGA and compared it to a load of other boards as well as giving details of the new chipset itself. £130 for £180++ 680i SLI technology??

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BREAKTHROUGH: Transistor Built Only One Atom Thick

new transistors are only one atom thick and less than 50 atoms wide. The development opens the gate to superfast computer chips at sizes not possible before with standard Silicon transistors.

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Build your own NAS in under 1 hr.

Based on FreeBSD and M0n0wall. Live CD easy to install and configure. Supports booting from CD, Hard Drive, USB, and Compact Flash. Support for samba, FTP, NFS, and software RAID. Gather up your extra hardware and setup a NAS in under 1 hr.

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How To Put Hard Drives on the LAN

With ATA hard drives now being cheaper than tape, this simple new storage technology enables you to build storage arrays for archives, backup or live use.

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Laser-Engraved Laptop With Digg and Revision3 Logos!

Leah Culver got a brand spanking new MacBook Pro by selling ad space on its lid. She got enough advertisers lined up and did the engraving last weekend at Squid Labs. It looks fantastic! Check out the pics and the whole story on her site. Digg, Revision3, Instructables, Make Magazine, Zooomr, Laughing Squid, and lots of others are on there.

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Via debuts tiny, media-rich, nano-ITX mobo duo

Via Technologies is sampling a pair of nano-ITX motherboards that target space-constrained embedded systems where heavy media processing is needed. The 4.7 x 4.7-inch (12 x 12mm) mobos use Via's C7 processor, clocked at 1.5 or 1.2 GHz, along with Via's CX700M2 single-chip core logic.

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Finding a Ruby on Rails host just became a lot easier

Finding a good Ruby on Rails hosting company is hard. I have literally spend days searching and comparing possible hosting companies to host my Rails projects. But now you can easily find, compare and review Ruby on Rails hosting companies. If you have an opinion about any of the companies that are already added, just post your review.

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AMD brings Xbox 360 tech to handhelds

At GDC today, AMD announced a suite of tools for developing handheld gaming content for the company's next-generation mobile graphics chips. These chips support the same Unified Shader Architecture as the Xbox 360's ATI-designed GPU. Are phones the last stop here, or could the "Xboy" be on its way?

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Silicon laser "breakthrough" augurs hyperfast computers

Intel and the UCSB have jointly built the world's first electrically pumped hybrid silicon laser using conventional chip-fabrication technologies. The breakthrough aims to enable low-cost, ultra-high-speed computing devices, including terabit/sec optical links between devices.

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Why RAID Is (usually) A Terrible Idea

"There is an overwhelming opinion out there that if you have the money and want a blazing fast and stable computer, that you should put your hard drives in RAID. We have known for years that this perception is just flat out wrong, but the problem is that the idea is so widely accepted that it is nearly impossible to convince people otherwise."

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Ever wanted to boot the OS from Memory?

Ever wondered how fast the OS will boot if it was stored in the RAM? Well now you can. Seagate's new HDDs feature 256 MB Flash memory to speed up the booting process. Read more for details.

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REVIEW: Intel Core 2/Conroe Kicks AMD's Butt

ExtremeTech put the just-released Core 2 chips (formerly Conroe) through 20 benchmark tests, and it beats AMD on all of them. Even the standard desktop chip beats AMD's enthusiast FX-62.

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Sony's Updated UX280 Micro PC

Major improvements have been made in memory (bumped up to 1GB) and storage (doubled to 40GB). The UX280 UX280P is "Windows Vista™ Premium Ready, Edge, WiFi and Bluetooth are built right in, and expansion is a breeze with the included port replicator. Shame they didn't go the Duo-Core route. The price is a whopping $1999.

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TiVo: Is this REALLY the best product out there?

The article begins: "I'm too angry to write anything approaching coherence right now, so I'll fill in the details later. For now, I'll just post a quick opinion piece in case you, too, are planning to give a TiVo unit for Christmas this year: I absolutely hate this f!$%^ing thing."

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More new hybrids out of Geneva: Toyota's Hybrid X could be the new Prius

Today at the Geneva Motor Show Toyota unveiled the Hybrid-X concept, which is supposed to give the world a hint at the new design language for future Toyota hybrid vehicles. Presumably that means that what we see here will be reflected in the next generation Prius when it comes out next year. Lots of great pictures, with more to come.

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Where NOT to keep your servers according to Mother Nature

If Mother Nature has anything to say, there simply are some places where you shouldn’t place a data center. Do you really want to have your servers where there is a high risk of earthquakes, tornadoes or hurricanes? We didn’t think so…

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Look Ma, I'm Playing PC Games With Brain Waves!

OCZ technology has been showing off the Neural Impulse Actuator over at CeBIT this past week and the device is worth a look. The actuator uses three neural sensors that are resting on the forehead of the user to create unique commands based on the specific permutation of brain, eye and facial muscle activity. Freaked out yet?

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Ever wonder what the Scroll Lock key is for?

Explains why the SysRq, Scroll Lock, and Pause/Break keys are on keyboards.

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why-doesnt-this-work.....A True Dumbass

this guy has no idea what he is doing.

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HOW TO - Learn how to use a multimeter (Free video and PDF)

Measuring resistance is *not* futile - Learn how to use a multimeter! Free video Podcast tutorial featuring hardware hacker Joe Grand. This weekend, dust off that multimeter and learn how to use it! In this video you'll learn how to check for continuity, measure resistance and measure voltage. Get hacking.

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Intel Unleashes Conroe: X6800 and E6700 Reviewed

Introduction to the new king of the hill: Intel's Conroe

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The Ulitimate Best Buy Extended Warranty Nightmare w/Pics & Video

It's the real life encounters of PSP (Product Service Plan) at Best Buy. Only this time, this customer is not your average bear.

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The cost of leaving your PC on

"Between my server and my Windows Media Center home theater PC, I have at least two PCs on all the time at home. Have you ever wondered how much it's costing you to leave a computer on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?"

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humping dog usb memory stick

Video of a humping dog usb memory stick.... I want one!

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why-doesnt-this-work.....A True Dumbass

this guy has no idea what he is doing.

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Delorean Motors lists "Flux Capacitor" in online parts store

Someone over at Delorean has a sense of humor, it seems. Do a search for "flux" and the item will be shown in the results. Also, check out the item number.

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Laser-Engraved Laptop With Digg and Revision3 Logos!

Leah Culver got a brand spanking new MacBook Pro by selling ad space on its lid. She got enough advertisers lined up and did the engraving last weekend at Squid Labs. It looks fantastic! Check out the pics and the whole story on her site. Digg, Revision3, Instructables, Make Magazine, Zooomr, Laughing Squid, and lots of others are on there.

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Various sex positions as demonstrated by LEDs and resistors - SFW PICTURES

In case you ever wanted to see some light emitting diodes and resistors demonstrate various sex positions, here's a gallery. Don't worry, there's no nudity or anything gross, they are just integrated circuits for god's sake!

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ATM runs Windows (and gets PWN'd!)

An ATM at a movie theater apparently runs Windows, and this girl opens up everyone's favorite app: MS Paint! Hilarity ensues.

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The Funniest Sorry Note I Have Seen...

Guy dents and scratches another while parking... then leaves this note

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First Pictures and Specs of The New Commodore Gaming PC's

After years anguishing as a ghost of gaming year’s gone-by, Commodore is looking to get back into the market with it’s line of high-end custom gaming PC’s. We've got an assortment of pictures straight from the all-new Commodore Gaming, plus a sample hardware run-down of it's top-of-the-line Cxx system.

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Sun puts 16 cores on its 'Rock' chip

Sun Microsystems, already an aggressive advocate of multicore processing, will try to stay a step ahead of the game by putting 16 cores in its high-end Rock chip.

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Sun puts 16 cores on its 'Rock' chip

Sun Microsystems, already an aggressive advocate of multicore processing, will try to stay a step ahead of the game by putting 16 cores in its high-end Rock chip.

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Microsoft bribing bloggers with free high-spec laptops

W...T...F... Microsoft has been sending out free top-of-the-line laptops pre-loaded with Vista to bloggers. "No strings attached". This is of course right before the launch of Vista to consumers. Make no mistake -- these weren't loans, they were 'gifts'.

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This is why major carmakers seem to be dragging their feet on batteries

Written by a blogger with 20+ years in the auto industry, this clever, descriptive post looks at the issues holding back sweet cars like the Tesla Roadster from being within everyone's budget, and why it will still take many years for electric cars (like the Chevy Volt) to be a legitimate option for major auto manufacturers. Edumacate yourself.

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Fully automated DORM ROOM!

These guys (naturally at MIT) completely automated their dorm room. Lighting control, window blinds, security, everything! Videos and some technical info included. (found via Makezine: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/05/midas_homemade_dorm_room_home.html)

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James Kim's Body Found

Spotted from helicopter

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