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- SolutionBase: Get familiar with alternative Linux desktops
- Desktop customization in Linux is very flexible; from the ultra-modern KDE and GNOME window managers to with the likes of Fluxbox and AfterStep, there's a Linux desktop to suit everyone. Jack Wallen covers some of your Linux desktop options. Linux has proven amazingly flexible: after nearly 10...
- Tags: Desktop, Application, Menu, Linux Desktop, Window, Toolbar, Author, Entry, Workspace, Icon, Exec, Desktop Customization, AfterStep, Fluxbox Fluxbox, Construction, Desktops, Linux, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Jack Wallen, Fluxbox
- Technical articles 2007-11-15
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- Alternative desktops
- Recently, Selena penned a blog about the Linux Desktop Revolution. I replied to that posting my current Linux desktop. Shortly after that I wrote a series of articles for TechRepublic on Linux desktops. The first was Enlightenment, then came KDE, GNOME, and finally piece on Fluxbox and AfterStep. Doing...
- Tags: Desktop, Linux Desktop, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- GParted LiveCD (iso)
- The power and simplicity of GParted on a biz-card size LiveCD. The CD aims to be fast, small in size (~50mb), and use minimal resources to get that disk partitioned the way you want it. GParted LiveCD uses Xorg, the lightweight Fluxbox window manager, and the latest 2.6 Linux Kernel....
- Tags: CD, Tool, Chi3 Hacklab, Productivity, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-06-14
- Linux Desktop Hacks: Scrap X11 for Fancy Login Consoles
- Qingy is an alternative login screen developed by Michele Noberasco. Qingy uses the graphical frame-buffer console capability in Linux to paint an attractive and powerful session login screen on one or more virtual terminals. Unlike XDM, GDM, and KDM, Qingy does not use X11. Despite this, Qingy has as many...
- Tags: Desktop, Linux Desktop, Console, O'Reilly Media Inc., Qingy, Login Screen, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2005-03-09
- 10 ways to secure your Linux desktop
- Out of the box, a Linux desktop is far more secure than most others. But this level of security doesn't necessarily involve typical security-focused software or techniques. Sometimes, the easiest means to security are those measures that are the easiest to forget. Let's take a look at 10 things you...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Password, Linux Server Security, SELinux, Linux, Desktops, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Hardware, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Denny's BSD Blog
- Denny's BSD Blogblog rootBSD blog firstWill try to figure out later how to importall my blogs from Blogger. Meantime, it can be viewed at:http://polarwave.blogspot.comDownloading with TorrentBeen fiddling around with torrent files the lastcouple of nights. Ran into NAT problems and fixedthem finally tonight. Had to go into the routerconfig and...
- Tags: Rootkits, Blogging, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, dennyboy@..., Debian, BSD Blog, blog, FreeBSD, BSD, rootkit, Denny
- Discussion threads 2005-05-24
- New Old School Window Management
- Since we're on the subject of old-school Linux computing I thought I'd bring up a topic very near and very dear to my heart (and one that tends to make M$ users drool with "trapped computing envy". Window Mangers.I've used pretty much every X Windows Window Manager there is. ICEWm....
- Tags: desktop, KDE, Linux, window, Window Manager
- Blog posts 2006-08-12
- Setup WITHOUT CD-ROM
- First off, I admit my lack of knowledge about Linux. However, in the next few years I want to be able to switch to Linux on some of my computers and get rid of Windows as much as possible.Here is my situation:I want to install Linux on several of...
- Tags: CD-ROM, GUI, install, Linux, minimal, RAM, RknRlKid
- Discussion threads 2005-09-15
- GNOME: user un-friendliness
- And they wonder why no-one important will ever take them seriouslyOn one hand, you have the evil empire, which has software with sane names, a single DE and compatability across the board. On the other hand, you have Linux and its stick on bits. The grand high phooba of the...
- Tags: GNOME, paul@..., software, open source, linux, kde, enlightenment, multimedia
- Discussion threads 2007-02-19
- Desktop Linux a vehicle for pirating Windows
- Linux DesktopI run Linux on the desktop and really enjoy it. I use it all the time. It is more stable, a lot faster and easier to maintain then a windows machine. I would never think of going back to windows. But windows has it's place...
- Tags: desktop, desktop Linux, Gartner Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows OS, Microsoft Windows XP, The Whiner, window
- Discussion threads 2004-10-01
- Microsoft probes anti-spyware Trojan
- Serious Security probs with WindowsSomething is seriously wrong with windows if a trojan can simply delete a security program directory full of progs to stop it running. Please everyone stop stealing windows and using it and instead use linux or mac os and ask vendors to have versions of...
- Tags: *NIX, anti-spyware, Dr Dij, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, operating system, security, trojan horse
- Discussion threads 2005-02-14
- Remotely control VMware Server machines
- Remotely control VMware Server machinesarticle rootgui on a server?who is stupid enough to run a server with a gui? that just slows it down drastically by sucking ram and cpu cycles from it's work.oh, yeah, that's right, Microsoft won't sell software that doesn't have that useless bloat included. no linux...
- Tags: server, GUI, linux, monitors and displays, hardware servers, Jaqui, networking, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
- Microsoft vs. Google: Who's greener?
- Tech giants work to help save planet EarthAs the product battle heats up between Microsoft and Google, these tech companies continue working to reduce energy use and promote sustainability. See the photo gallery: Green tech giantshttp://techrepublic.com.com/2300-10878-6079491.htmlDespite the need to use massive amounts of electricity to power and cool their data...
- Tags: Google Inc., microsoft, google, workplace, news, energy, gallery, Sonja Thompson, it management, Microsoft Corp., Hydroelectric, turbine
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
- Help with Setting up Linux Server
- Help with Setting up Linux ServerScenario:I have a old, spare server that I want to play around with to learn Linux.Stats:Pentium III Duel 450 Mhz512 MB RAM5 9GB Hard Drives in RAID 5I know, pretty old but it currently has MS Server 2003 on it and runs pretty well aside...
- Tags: Servers, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, server
- Discussion threads 2006-05-28
- 10 ways to sell corporate on Linux
- Your systems are all way overdue for an operating system upgrade, but your IT department is going over budget. You know you can't afford the latest version of Microsoft Windows or Office. The easiest path to reining in your costs would be to migrate over to the Linux operating system....
- Tags: Desktop, Application, Microsoft Windows, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- SolutionBase: Seek Enlightenment for an easy-to-use Linux GUI
- Looking for a Linux GUI that does its job well and looks good, too? In this article, Jack Wallen tells you why he recommends Enlightenment as a Linux desktop environment. In the 10 years I've been using Linux, I've run the gamut of window managers and desktop environments:...
- Tags: Enlightenment, Desktop, Application, Menu, Window, Pager, Entry, Window Manager, Iconbox, Construction, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Jack Wallen
- Technical articles 2007-10-10
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