Linux and Open Source

Archive: 10-2012

• How to become an rsync power user with Grsync

  Marco Fioretti shows how to use a graphical front-end to the rsync backup tool called Grsync, which can help beginners learn the command line.

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

• Ubuntu 12.10 can help you avoid the pain of Windows 8 (regardless of the retraction)

  Ubuntu’s powerful and new slogan, “Avoid the pain of Windows 8,” was retracted for a generic, watered-down tagline. Jack Wallen thinks it was a mistake to retract it....

  Posted by Jack Wallen | October 29, 2012, 8:03 AM PDT

• Using the flow graph feature on Wireshark

  Scott Reeves demonstrates the flow graph feature of the Wireshark tool, which can help you check connections between client server, finding timeouts, re-transmitted frames, or dropped connections.

  Posted by Scott Reeves | October 23, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• The implications of LightWorks coming to Linux

  The LightWorks video editor is coming to Linux. How was this made possible and what are the far-reaching implications for the flagship open source platform? Jack Wallen ruminates.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | October 22, 2012, 8:03 AM PDT

• Why and how you should start using offlineIMAP now

  Marco Fioretti explains how offlineIMAP helps you back up selected mailboxes so that you always have a secure copy that you can access on a different computer.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | October 16, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• Upgrading Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10

  Ubuntu 12.10 is released in just days. Jack Wallen walks you through the process of upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10, so you can enjoy the experience a few days early.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | October 15, 2012, 7:55 AM PDT

• How to write your own Elvi for Surfraw

  Marco Fioretti takes you through the steps for writing the code that allows you to take advantage of the Surfraw tool for automating queries to websites.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | October 9, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• Linux Kernel 3.7 flexes its ARM muscles

  With the Linux 3.7 kernel some major changes are in order. In particular, the support for ARM technology has arrived. Jack Wallen pontificates on what this could mean for the open source platform...

  Posted by Jack Wallen | October 8, 2012, 7:15 AM PDT

• Linux: The big misconceptions

  There are two misconceptions about Linux that have plagued the open source platform from the very beginning. Jack Wallen tries to assuage the doubts of those hesitant to learn something new,...

  Posted by Jack Wallen | October 3, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• Using wview to monitor the weather on your own weather station

  Weather geeks will want to check out this free weather station software program called wview. Scott Reeves shows you how to get it and configure some of its features.

  Posted by Scott Reeves | October 2, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT