Linux and Open Source

Archive: 09-2011

• How to save your Twitter timeline to a file with a simple script

  Marco Fioretti shares a simple script that uses the Curl program that you can run as a cron job from your server to archive a Twitter timeline.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | September 27, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT

• Why I chose Zorin OS 5 Ultimate as my go-to distribution

  Ivan Kirkpatrick reviews the Ubuntu-based distribution of Linux called Zorin and explains why he finds it to be a good fit for his computing needs.

  Posted by Ivan Kirkpatrick | September 26, 2011, 12:45 PM PDT

• All your Android are belong to us

  Jack Wallen takes a stand on whether Android is a true Linux distribution. Are Jack’s arguments compelling enough to change your mind? Read on and find out.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | September 26, 2011, 7:49 AM PDT

• How (and why) to do math with awk

  Marco Fioretti explains why you might want to process numbers using the awk scripting language’s math functions and follows up with a short example of how to use it.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | September 21, 2011, 9:23 AM PDT

• How to use Logical Volume Manager (LVM) to grow etx4 file systems online

  Scott Reeves explains how LVM and fsadm can be used to grow ext4 file systems without incurring any downtime for critical applications — even while the file system is being expanded.

  Posted by Scott Reeves | September 19, 2011, 12:30 PM PDT

• The importance of donating to open source projects (and a giveaway!)

  Bodhi Linux is having a giveaway for a Dell Duo, and Jack Wallen wants not only to make you aware of it, but also the importance of donating to open source projects.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | September 19, 2011, 10:03 AM PDT

• How to create conditional plotting with Gnuplot

  Marco Fioretti goes over the finer points of using Gnuplot to design graphs based on mathematical functions and tabular data using conditional plotting.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | September 14, 2011, 8:30 AM PDT

• Linux repository hit by malware attack

  The kernel.org Linux repository was rooted by a malware attack. While the breach goes under investigation, the websites for kernel.org, Linux Foundation, and Linux.com are down for maintenance.

  Posted by Selena Frye | September 12, 2011, 9:23 AM PDT

• The responsibility of the Linux user: Purchase software

  Jack Wallen comes across a couple of software titles for Linux that remind him it is the Linux user’s responsibility to purchase good software titles to help developers see there is, in...

  Posted by Jack Wallen | September 12, 2011, 7:53 AM PDT

• Make your Linux desktop send alerts that you can't miss

  Marco Fioretti shows his favored methods of setting up desktop alerts that are distribution-independent and sure to get his immediate attention.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | September 7, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT