Just got back from vacation yesterday after a gruelling seven hour drive. And what beter way to be welcomed home than by finding my Neo Freerunner waiting for me The phone was very professionally packed, the absense of a manual was the only thing giving away that this isn’t a mass market product (yet).
Besides [...]
The new microblogging service identi.ca has been online for some time now and its user base is growing steadily. It hasn’t gotten as much attention as Twitter or Jaiku to name a few, but identi.ca offers some features that are quite compelling to geeks as myself.
Perhaps the best thing about identi.ca is that its an [...]
The Django web framework is one of the rising stars in the world of web frameworks. The combination of an object relational mapper, template system, automatic admin system and elegant URL design make Django a web framework for perfectionists with deadlines. The latest Django related book from Packt Publishing ‘Learning Website Development with Django‘ by [...]
Ars Technica takes a look at Gnome 2.22, the latest release of the populare Open Source desktop environment.
In version 2.22 GNOME continues to provide a high level of performance, functionality, and ease of use that contributes significantly to the viability of Linux on the desktop. Despite the numerous advances that are being made in [...]
The official WordPress blog has a nice sneak peek of the upcoming WordPress 2.5. A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management and other new features will be powering blogs over the internet.
If you’re a system administrator like me, you’ll no doubt have a bunch of remote machines that you connect to with SSH. SSHMenu is a cool panel applet that lets you quickly connect to your favorite hosts.
Getting SSHMenu on your system is as darn easy with Ubuntu or Debian. Just add the SSHMenu Debian Repository [...]
The TrueCrypt foundation recently released TrueCrypt version 5.0, the latest version of the Open Source disk encryption software for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.
Before version 5.0 was released, Linux users had to resort to other GUI frontends or stick with the command line version. GUI options weren’t too bad, the more advanced Forcefield GUI [...]
One of the most often missed tools in Linux based operating systems today is a Grub configuration tool. In this review I’ll have a look at Startup Manager, a nice GTK+ tool to configure grub and usplash.
There probably isn’t a serious hacker around that doesn’t know the name nmap. It’s a security term on it’s own, the opensource portscanner that has been around for as long as I can remember.
Since it’s incarnation, nmap has been a command line tool. No point & click, just the power of the shell. A number [...]
On Januari 11th the KDE team will be releasing KDE 4, the new release of the award winning K Desktop Environment. KDE 4 has an impressive list of new features and includes an almost completely redone code base. It’s not only faster than KDE 3 it also uses substantially less memory.
Read on for a [...]