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Selena Frye

Selena Frye

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Selena Frye

Selena Frye
Selena has been at TechRepublic since 2002. She is currently a Senior Editor with a background in technical writing, editing, and research. She edits Data Center, Linux and Open Source, Apple in the Enterprise, The Enterprise Cloud, Web Designer, and IT Security blogs.
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    Open source gets the snub from Seagate

    The headline says it all. Seagate comes out with some new drives (320s and 500s - both USB2 drives) that are serious power savers formatted in the NTFS file system that will NOT work with the...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | December 9, 2007, 7:08 PM PST | Latest comment by votary.of.truth@...

  • 3

    Get more e-mail flexibility with Fetchmail

    Most users use GUI e-mail clients such as Thunderbird or Evolution, or even prefer Web-based mail services such as Gmail; however, there are still a significant number of people using text-based...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | December 3, 2007, 11:09 AM PST | Latest comment by blissb

  • 10

    Zonbu: Upping the ante

    You might remember me covering Zonbu's Zonbox recently. That article generated a lot of opinions (on both sides of the coin.) The Zonbox was a nice piece of hardware that had its limitations....

    Posted by Jack Wallen | December 2, 2007, 10:35 AM PST | Latest comment by AllanMitch

  • 14

    Linux 'equivalents' for Windows programs

    It's nice when someone else does all the work for you. I ran across this post at downloadsquad.com that compiles several lists of applications from Linux users: Sure, you know there are open...

    Posted by Selena Frye | November 28, 2007, 10:04 AM PST | Latest comment by earlyjazz@...

  • 7

    Manipulate process priority with nice

    Modern operating systems are multi-user and multitasking, which means that multiple users and multiple tasks can be using the computer at any given time. Typically you'll have one person using a...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | November 26, 2007, 7:30 AM PST | Latest comment by S,David

  • 45

    From XP to Fedora 7 with ease

    The day after Thanksgiving my boss asked me if I would be willing to go to his house and do something about his computer. He had been told by Insight that his XP-based computer had a spambot...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | November 25, 2007, 10:09 AM PST | Latest comment by yschoo1@...

  • 10

    Highly superior gifts for the Linux geek

    Ah, the crassness of the commercialized holiday season is upon us, and I could curl my lip and refuse to participate, but no! Instead, I have scoured the Internet for holiday gifts that are geeky...

    Posted by Selena Frye | November 21, 2007, 8:16 AM PST | Latest comment by seanferd

  • 0

    Secure connections to PostgreSQL

    The PostgreSQL database server is arguably one of the best SQL servers available, but it's not as easy for beginners to get a handle on it as with other SQL databases, such as MySQL. Where MySQL...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | November 19, 2007, 9:39 AM PST

  • 28

    RTFM: I did, and it didn't help

    It's almost a battle cry for the open source community. Before you go to mailing lists or forums for help, you are expected to RTFM (I think we all know what that acronym stands for right?) But...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | November 19, 2007, 6:03 AM PST | Latest comment by Justin James

  • 5

    Forrester Research predicts Linux desktop growth

    Here's something to warm the kernels of your heart. A new Forrester report calls Linux a "credible threat to Windows on the desktop" and predicts continued growth. If you or someone you know...

    Posted by Selena Frye | November 15, 2007, 10:48 AM PST | Latest comment by yschoo1@...

  • 11

    You can't run Linux on that: Oh, yeah?

    The Cult of Linux blogger has compiled a fun list of "20 Awesome Devices That Run Linux (But Weren't Designed To)." A common attitude among people who believe in free software is to stick it to...

    Posted by Selena Frye | November 13, 2007, 1:15 PM PST | Latest comment by Neon Samurai

  • 36

    Zonbu: A simple computer for everyone

    Recently, I was sent a box with a Zonbox inside. What is a Zonbox you ask? Simple: A Zonbox is a tiny form-factor PC (made by Zonbu) with no moving parts, no fans, no hard drive, and an open...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | November 12, 2007, 5:26 AM PST | Latest comment by Penguin_me

  • 18

    Specify who can log in via OpenSSH

    The OpenSSH suite of tools, developed by the OpenBSD Project, includes popular programs that serve many uses. This popularity combined with ssh availability as both server and client on just about...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | November 9, 2007, 11:00 AM PST | Latest comment by anggwaponi@...

  • 18

    Are you a Debian advocate?

    There's a really good, in-depth article on the Debian community at ITPro.co.uk. It gives a nice history of Debian's origins and development and makes the case for it as one of the most important...

    Posted by Selena Frye | November 8, 2007, 8:47 AM PST | Latest comment by Neon Samurai

  • 16

    Define disk quotas to keep users from hogging drive space

    With massive hard drives, one might be tempted to think disk quotas a thing of the past. However, with larger capacity comes larger amounts of data, and in multiuser systems, one user can easily...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | November 5, 2007, 7:29 AM PST | Latest comment by feral@...

  • 73

    Guru-ing: Open Source big brothers (and sisters)

    When I first leaped into the Linux ocean I was struggling to keep my head above water. I would dog paddle and make a bit of headway only to be dragged back down to the bottom desperately trying to...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | November 5, 2007, 6:14 AM PST | Latest comment by RealInIT

  • 18

    Want to see rm -rf command in progress?

    Sometimes people throw watermelons off thirty-story buildings just to see what they look like on impact (if you've ever watched David Letterman, you know what I mean). In response to that dark...

    Posted by Selena Frye | November 1, 2007, 1:39 PM PDT | Latest comment by deepsand

  • 5

    Authentication caching with nscd

    *Edited post to clarify issues with original wording. | 10-31-2007, 1:40 ET Distributed authentication is increasingly popular as home networks add more computers and business networks continue...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | October 29, 2007, 10:57 AM PDT | Latest comment by robertjtownley@...

  • 65

    Linux and multimedia-driven Web sites

    Over the weekend, my wife and I found ourselves needing to catch up on a couple of missed Ugly Betty episodes. So after a bit of searching, we found that the ABC.com Web site offered the...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | October 29, 2007, 6:47 AM PDT | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto

  • 45

    Linux r/evolution: What's next?

    Linux.com's feature commentary, "Where does Linux go from here?" by Bob Barr is an interesting read. As Linux worms its way into more IT shops and on to the desktops of users, Barr takes a stab at...

    Posted by Selena Frye | October 23, 2007, 12:43 PM PDT | Latest comment by Neon Samurai

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