Linux and Open Source

Archive: 12-2012

• Get Spotify on your Linux desktop (and why you should)

  Jack Wallen not only shows you how to install Spotify on your Ubuntu desktop, but reminds us how important it is to install, use, and even purchase these titles!

  Posted by Jack Wallen | December 31, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• Scrapbook: A Firefox extension for personal Web archives and more

  Marco Fioretti goes over the uses of Firefox’s Scrapbook extension and gives you some tips and tricks for how to use it.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | December 24, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• An open source holiday card to share

  Here is a fun, interactive open source holiday card that you can modify and share with friends, courtesy of Protecode.

  Posted by Selena Frye | December 20, 2012, 7:28 AM PST

• Top 10 Linux and open source posts for 2012

  Here are the most-read posts for the Linux and Open Source blog in 2012.

  Posted by Selena Frye | December 18, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• 12 Days of Christmas: What open source has given us

  Jack Wallen plants his tongue in his cheek and has a go at the Twelve Days of Christmas — open source style!

  Posted by Jack Wallen | December 17, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• How to convert and reuse all your WordPress posts

  Marco Fioretti explains how to get your Wordpress posts into a format that you can use to convert them and reuse in other databases.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | December 11, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• How to get Netflix streaming on Ubuntu 12.10

  It’s taken quite some time, but Netflix streaming video has finally arrived on the Ubuntu Linux desktop. In this easy, step-by-step, Jack Wallen shows you how.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | December 10, 2012, 7:00 AM PST

• How to recover all your posts from a WordPress database

  Marco Fioretti shares a tip on how to retrieve WordPress posts by querying the MySQL database.

  Posted by Marco Fioretti | December 4, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• Driving forces behind Linux and open source growth

  Jack Wallen has been watching Linux and open source for well over a decade. In all the ebbs and flows of acceptance, he has never seen such wide-spread usage of the open source platform as now.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | December 3, 2012, 8:13 AM PST