Tag Archives: Linux
My Cat Bubba Posts Videos and Twitters using an EeePC and Ubuntu
MAKE blogged about plants that notify the owner via text message or Twitter status update that they need water, and even thank their owners when they’re watered. This got me thinking – why not a cat who sends a tweet … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Video
Tagged bubba the cat, jungle crawler, junglecrawler, Linux, motion, twittering cat, Ubuntu
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gOS Space and myMiniPC: Bling-Enabled Desktop for Myspace
The 100+ million “average joe” Myspace users are about to get mind blowing eye-gasm with the brand new myMiniPC with gOS Space 2.9 – and I’m not talking about some spicy profile pictures. Combining the Avant Window Navigator dock and … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Video
Tagged average joe, everex, gOS, gos space 2.9, Linux, myminipc, Review
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Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 Release Notes Rewritten in Plain English
If you have been using Windows all your life, it’s no secret that switching to Linux is not an easy decision to make. Last September I was fed up with Windows Vista and decided to make the plunge. It wasn’t … Continue reading
Twittering from the Command Line
Since I’ve started using Twitter, I’ve been on the hunt for a command line version, so I don’t need to start up a browser or send an SMS on my phone. As I found out, it’s pretty darn easy to … Continue reading
Roadmap Analysis For Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS Revisited
Five months ago, I wrote an article about the next version of Ubuntu’s roadmap for Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS, with my own personal ideas of ideas were most interesting that had been proposed. Let me itterate something important: these are … Continue reading
Posted in Linux
Tagged Armchair Critic, Linux, Roadmap Analysis, Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS
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Unboxing the Asus Eee PC and First Impressions
Supporting companies that offer Linux support or Linux-based products is extremely important for the alternative operating system to succeed in the retail arena. This alone is the most compelling reason why I decided to buy an Asus Eee PC. This … Continue reading
Posted in Linux
Tagged ASUS Eee PC 4G, Eee PC, Galaxy Black, Intel, Laptop, Linux, Review, Xandros
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Interview with Sean Moss-Pultz, CEO of OpenMoko – Ninjas *ARE* Better Than Pirates
Sean Moss-Pultz was kind enough to answer a few questions with fsckin w/ linux. He’s got some pretty interesting answers to questions plaguing geeks and non-geeks alike, such as the eternal debate on which is better – Ninjas or Pirates? … Continue reading
Posted in Interview, Linux
Tagged anti iphone, dash express, freerunner, Linux, neo1973, openmoko
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HowTo: Setup and Benchmark Encrypted Partitions in Ubuntu
In a previous article, I talked about using shred to securely delete files. Now we’ll delve into using encrypted volumes in Linux to secure our data in the first place, so that we don’t need to use programs like shred. … Continue reading
Posted in Linux
Tagged benchmarks, cryptsetup, Encrypted, Gparted, hashalot, Linux, luksformat, Partitions
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State of Affairs: The Linux Girlfriend Project – Two Months In The Trenches
About 2 months ago, I convinced my girlfriend to try out Linux for a month after a really nasty bit of spyware infected her computer. This isn’t a bash on Microsoft, but it happened twice in about a month. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Using Shred to Wipe Hard Drives – DoD Uses It – You Should Too!
Hard drive encryption (and to a lesser extent, secure hard drive erasing) has been in the news regarding child pornography crossing the US border, government officials around the world erasing incriminating emails and other nefarious headlines. The one that caught … Continue reading
Posted in Linux
Tagged , Erase Files Permanently, Linux, Secure Wipe, Shred, Unrecoverable Erase
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