Linux and Open Source

Archive: 08-2012

• Surfing the World Wide Web, raw style

  Marco Fioretti gets to the bottom of the “mysterious” Surfraw program and tells you what you can do with it to power-up your WWW research skills.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | August 30, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• The sitting duck that is open source

  A jury irresponsibly awarded a huge victory to Apple over Samsung. This judgement could have a serious impact on not only the landscape of smartphones, but the whole of open source.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | August 27, 2012, 7:55 AM PDT

• A little known DigiKam tool: Print Assistant

  Marco Fioretti shows three uses for DigiKam’s Print Assistant feature and reviews some of the settings.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | August 24, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• Ubuntu 12.10: New features, new levels of user-friendliness

  Ubuntu 12.10 is less than two months away from release. One feature in particular stands out as an overwhelming favorite to launch Ubuntu into new reaches of user-friendliness. The future of...

  Posted by Jack Wallen | August 20, 2012, 7:43 AM PDT

• Quick introduction to SUID: What you need to know

  Marco Fioretti explains the suid access right — why you should understand what it is, why it can be dangerous, and workarounds if you have to use it.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | August 15, 2012, 7:00 AM PDT

• Does Windows 8 help set the stage for mainstream Linux desktops?

  Windows 8 will release soon and this could be the perfect storm the Linux desktop has needed. Couple that with a few missteps by Microsoft and Linux is looking at a big and bright future. Do you...

  Posted by Jack Wallen | August 13, 2012, 8:22 AM PDT

• Really small in the age of big: 50 MB Linux OS gets a refresh

  A super lightweight Linux distribution that checks in at just 50 MB might give old hardware new life. Check out the new update of Damn Small Linux.

  Posted by Selena Frye | August 9, 2012, 1:29 PM PDT

• Microsoft dips back into the realm of evil with its trusty patent trolling

  Microsoft has dusted off their tried and true patent portfolio and taken up Mafia-like bullying once again. The on again, off again love affair with open source is, seemingly, off again. Jack...

  Posted by Jack Wallen | August 6, 2012, 7:18 AM PDT