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LyX: A FOSS 'WYSIWYM' LaTeX word processor

January 27, 2009

You have no doubt heard of 'WYSIWYG' editors, which show you what you get.

Easy CD Burning in GNOME

January 26, 2009

The ability to burn CDs is one of those issues that often perplexes many new users (to any operating system).

Easy Peasy Optimized Ubuntu For Asus Eee PCs

January 24, 2009

Easy Peasy, which was formerly known as Ubuntu Eee, is a optimized (unofficial) version of Ubuntu for Asus Eee PCs and other netbooks.

Monitor your Network the Open Source way with Etherape

January 23, 2009

Every network administrator needs a good network monitor for network management.

Back up your Apache web directory and database with this simple script

January 22, 2009

I administer a lot of web sites.

eGroupware: Your Exchange Replacement Has Arrived

January 21, 2009

If your company uses Exchange you might have noticed the license for Exchange now requires a CAL for each user who accesses the Exchange server.

GnuCash: Open Source Accounting/Finance Goodness

January 20, 2009

For many the idea of Linux accounting and financial software falls squarely in the lap of either Quicken or Microsoft Money.

Shorten Linux Boot Time with Services

January 18, 2009

The patience of today's computer user is low.

dd: the ultimate disk cloning tool

January 17, 2009

I recently had to clone a hard disk so I naturally turned to solutions such as Acronis True Image, but I discovered these did not work (the start-up disk claime

Getting to Know Linux: Installing From Command Line

January 16, 2009

For users new to the Linux operating system, nothing beats installing applications with the graphical Add/Remove Software applications found in the main menu of

Ease Linux Networking With /etc/hosts

January 15, 2009

How many times have you gone to your Linux box to administer your network and found yourself developing carpal tunnel from typing ssh -v -l jlwallen 192.

Fedora 10 and the Evolution of Xorg

January 14, 2009

This is a rant.

Enable Beagle Searching in GNOME

January 14, 2009

The Beagle indexing tool takes searching your computer to another level.

Using Cron to Automate Linux Tasks

January 11, 2009

Linux is one of the most flexible and useful operating systems available.

Burn CD and DVD ISO Images with K3B

January 11, 2009

You just downloaded the newest version of your favorite Linux distribution but you remembered the first time you did it you were in Windows where you had Nero (

Installing Fonts in Linux

January 9, 2009

If you do much desktop publishing or graphics work in Linux than you might be at a place where you are struggling to get fonts installed.

Using The GIMP With Fewer Windows

January 8, 2009

After only a couple of articles about The GIMP it is clear there are many users that are still unhappy with the interface.

Getting to Know The GIMP Interface

January 7, 2009

For many people, the biggest hurdle to using The GIMP is the user interface.

Save Your Skin by Customizing Your Bash Prompt

January 6, 2009

If you do much work at the Linux command line then you know the bash prompt can offer you a lot of information.

Work in style with the Enigma desktop package

January 6, 2009

While I'm a huge fan of desktop customization I always actually work with a solution which is the simplest possible.

Get Graphic with The GIMP

January 5, 2009

I almost hesitate to offer up any sort of review for the Linux version of Photoshop.

Get Vertical Titlebars in E16 Themes

January 4, 2009

I bet you didn't know that you could change the placement of your Enlightenment titlebars.

Understanding Linux /etc/fstab

January 3, 2009

The fstab file has a very key mission for your Linux system.

Ubuntu Privacy Remix

January 3, 2009

Ubuntu Privacy Remix is a live CD that is based on Ubuntu 8.

Ghacks Linux Article Compilation December 2008

January 2, 2009

You already might have recognized that we have a new Linux writer here at Ghacks.

Collaborate in Real Time with Gobby

January 1, 2009

If you do any collaborative work you know how difficult some collaboration tools can be.

Enable Composite for Window Transparency in Enlightenment

January 1, 2009

If you have played around with the Enlightenment window manager you know it is, for such a lightweight window manager, pretty impressive.

Make KDE 4 More User-Friendly by Changing Window Behavior

December 31, 2008

If you are using a distribution that now ships with KDE 4 you might notice the desktop is less than user-friendly.

Abiword: A Lean Word-processing Machine

December 29, 2008

I like my tools to be efficient.

Configuring gtkpod for Music Playback

December 28, 2008

In my recent article I illustrated how to connect your iPod to the Linux application gtkpod.

Connect your iPod to gtkpod

December 26, 2008

You're new to Linux.

Use Aterm for Transparent Terminal Effects

December 25, 2008

If you're like me you wind up using the command line a LOT.

Add mp3 support in Fedora 10

December 25, 2008

One of more frustrating aspects of some modern Linux distributions is that they do not ship with mp3 support rolled in.

Installing Applications in Linux with GNOME PackageKit

December 24, 2008

If you have used Fedora in the past you might be well aquainted with rpm (Red Hat Package Manager).

Installing Linux applications with Aptitude

December 22, 2008

For those of you who like a little more power behind your tools you will certainly appreciate the Aptitude front-end for the apt package management system.