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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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    Will the real Bastille Linux please stand up?

    Jack Wallen's eBay seller isn't the only one trying to make a buck off of open source. A cybersquatter has purchased the domain name for Bastille-Linux.org and is demanding $10,000 for its return....

    Posted by Selena Frye | September 19, 2007, 9:00 AM PDT

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    iPods and the Penguin

    Now that the new iPods have disabled Linux compatibility, there's a lot of griping out there. As Gizmodo points out: Using a third party app (such as Winamp in Windows as well) to unlock or...

    Posted by Selena Frye | September 18, 2007, 1:00 PM PDT | Latest comment by Dumphrey

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    The nerve of some people: Selling OpenOffice on eBay

    Over the weekend I came across this listing on eBay. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Not only did someone have the nerve to sell digital copies of OpenOffice they were listing it as: Open...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | September 17, 2007, 6:58 AM PDT | Latest comment by cdevault80

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    Obtaining file information with RPM

    RPM (the Red Hat Package manager) is the most widely-used package manager on Linux systems. Other package formats exist on various Linux systems, such as the Debian (.deb) package format, but the...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | September 17, 2007, 6:23 AM PDT | Latest comment by Allen Halsey

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    Open Source POS (piece of *%$@#)!

    Recently, the salon where I worked finally came into the 21st century and purchased a PC. Being the only tech-savvy employee, I was charged with setting up everything - including the client...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | September 10, 2007, 1:36 PM PDT | Latest comment by DohnJoe

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    Locate files with the find tool

    The find tool is another Linux gem that allows you to search for files based on a number of criteria including name, file size, modification date, etc. Using find will help you locate files that...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | September 10, 2007, 10:17 AM PDT | Latest comment by javabuddy

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    How much does Linux adoption depend on gaming?

    Stephen J.V. Nichols at linux-watch.com has uncovered the truth about why you can't use Linux (or any variation) as your Xbox screen name. Turns out that it is not just another case of Microsoft...

    Posted by Selena Frye | September 6, 2007, 1:25 PM PDT | Latest comment by open.suse@...

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    Linux gains ground with handhelds

    Bill Childers at arstechnica.com says that your mom might be carrying a penguin in her purse any day now. This fearless prediction is based on recent research that indicates Linux could be running...

    Posted by Selena Frye | September 4, 2007, 1:01 PM PDT

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    Yearning for the days of rolling your own kernel

    It used to be, you know - back in the day, that you almost always had to roll your own Linux kernel. Inevitably, there was a feature you needed or a bit of hardware unsupported in the standard...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | September 3, 2007, 7:41 AM PDT | Latest comment by apotheon

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    Learn to search with grep

    The grep tool is a great text-searching tool. Using grep, you can search anything that is text, be it text in a file or text in a command's output. Grep can search for simple strings or regular...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | August 31, 2007, 8:04 AM PDT

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    100 best Linux apps

    This has received many Diggs since it was posted in the Ubuntu forum, but just in case you missed it, here's a list of the "Top 100 Open-Source Linux Apps" as compiled by TheWiseNoob. It's still...

    Posted by Selena Frye | August 27, 2007, 12:26 PM PDT | Latest comment by ekennedy1@...

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    Felon 0, Microsoft 1

    It was reported here as well as a number of other sites that Scott McCausland (admin of Elite Torrents) was arrested on felony charges of uploading Star Wars Episode III to the Internet. When the...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | August 27, 2007, 9:17 AM PDT | Latest comment by Oz_Media

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    Is there a desktop Linux revolution?

    DesktopLinux.com's admittedly non-scientific recent poll indicates that the number of desktop Linux users has more than doubled since last year. Unsurprisingly, Ubuntu is the favorite...

    Posted by Selena Frye | August 24, 2007, 1:42 PM PDT | Latest comment by groenem@...

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    Configure wireless support in Mandriva Linux with ndiswrapper

    If there is one area in Linux that still persists in falling under the category of "black magic," it's wireless networking. Due to the differences in wireless network cards, rebranding, slightly...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | August 24, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by apotheon

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    Extract text with awk

    Like sed, awk can be used to transform text. Awk is both a general purpose text transformation tool and a programming language in its own right. Awk is especially useful in scripts and on the...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | August 20, 2007, 6:38 AM PDT | Latest comment by eduardoamfm@...

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    OOXML Standard: Time for Microsoft to stay on the playground

    Over the weekend I read about the New Zealand Open Source Society barking about patent threats within the OOXML standard. They complained that the 6000-page documentation was "peppered" with...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | August 20, 2007, 6:08 AM PDT

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    Manipulate text with sed

    Sed is a very handy and very powerful little text manipulator. Sed is short for "stream editor" and what it does is manipulate and filter text. Typically, sed is used "in-transmit," meaning that...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | August 13, 2007, 8:42 AM PDT | Latest comment by arran.price@...

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    Network neutrality (or down with open source)

    I had thought net neutrality to be a dying issue. But lo and behold, it has reared its nasty head in England this time. Naturally, to someone like me, the whole net neutrality debate smacks, on...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | August 13, 2007, 5:53 AM PDT | Latest comment by JohnMcGrew@...

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    Set up user accounts quickly and securely

    When you need to set up a user account to give a user shell access to the system, the only logical choice of login tool is OpenSSH. With SSH keys, all you need from the user is his SSH public key,...

    Posted by Vincent Danen | August 6, 2007, 7:42 AM PDT | Latest comment by vdanen

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    Selling open source with documentation

    Recently I read a report on how one IT manager was dealing with the corporate office telling him he had to switch from LAMP to .NET. One of the main reasons corporate gave him was the lack of...

    Posted by Jack Wallen | August 6, 2007, 6:25 AM PDT | Latest comment by manwethegreat@...

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