How many times have you installed Linux, tweaked it to perfection with various applications, only to have something happen and you have to re-install. Or you get that machine up and running with all the goods and then want to re-create the system on another machine. In either of these situations, the last thing you [...]

Tags: apt, apt-get, deb, Debian, package management, restore
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

Users who work with newsgroups usually use desktop clients such as Newsbin, Grabit or Microsoft Outlook to do so. Some Usenet providers offer web access to newsgroups with options to download files right from the web interface which can be very comfortable in certain situations but especially when no desktop clients can be installed on [...]

Tags: Debian, giganews, linux software, newsgroup, newsgroups, newsgroups downloader, newsgroups web interface, usenet
Categories: Linux, software

One of these glorious days the PC industry will standardize hardware. When that day comes the Linux community will rejoice because there will be no need for the many, varied applications used to configure different systems on Linux. For example: I have two laptops. One one laptop I have to use nm-applet to get wireless [...]

Tags: Debian, elive, Linux, wifi-wiz, wireless connection, wireless device, wireless management
Categories: Advice, Linux, Mobile Computing, Notebooks, Open Source, Security, Tutorials Basic, software

NTP is the Network Time Protocol. This protocol allows servers (or desktops) to communicate to very reliable sources to keep their time synchronized. There are two reasons why you would want to employ NTP: 1) You’re a geek and you want your time to be perfect. 2) You need your servers all synchronized with the [...]

Tags: clock, Debian, Linux, ntp, ntp.org, time, time server
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

If you use a Debian-based Linux distribution then you probably use Synaptic. And if you use Synaptic enough you may have come across an application that it can not find. When you find that combination you will need to add repositories to Synaptic that will allow the system to find and install the application you [...]

Tags: add/remove software, Debian, Linux, Synaptic
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

Recently I installed the amazing desktop Elive Compiz. After getting it up and running I decided I needed to get some screencasts of the desktop in order to show off what it could do. I thought the task would be simple. It wasn’t. Although there are plenty of applications to handle capturing videos of a [...]

Tags: Debian, elive, Elive Compiz, Enlightenment, gtk-recordmydesktop, screen casts
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tools, Tutorials Basic

It’s been quite a while since I managed to write something here, partly because of work and study, and partly because I didn’t know exactly what to write about. But the muse seems to have returned, hopefully staying that way.
So, first off, I wanna welcome our new linux guru jack, really enjoyed your posts so [...]

Tags: Debian, Linux, migration, ubuntu, Windows
Categories: Linux, Operating Systems, Windows