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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. - Isaac Asimov

Friday, March 31, 2006

Okay this just goes in the AWESOME CATEGORY --- 100+ systems running from 4 physical disks and one GRUB menu.

JustLinux Forums - A grub menu booting 100+ systems of Dos, Windows, Linux, BSD and Solaris

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Script To Backup DVDs In Ubuntu

Script To Backup DVDs In Ubuntu

Awesome script which backs up your DVDs under Ubuntu Linux.

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History of the GUI

History of the GUI
This page shows screenshots, icons and sounds of dozens of GUIs past and present. A GREAT resource.

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A Picture Evolution of the Mac OS

A Picture Evolution of the Mac OS
On April 1, Apple celebrates it's 30th birthday. Having created one of the first personal computers and the graphical mouse-and-menu interface most PCs now use, it is now reshaping the music industry with the iPod and iTunes. To celebrate the company's birthday, Wired News has a series of special features this week that can be viewed here.

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How To: Scanning For Viruses Using Knoppix...

How To: Scanning For Viruses Using Knoppix...
"Ridding a network of Windows computers of a virus or worm can seem impossible. Viruses may cause computers to reboot and infect new machines while you are in the process of removing them. Through the use of the live-software installer, Knoppix provides a solution to this catch-22"

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Here is the story on the out of control recording industy. This one is SO bad that the artists and the music industry even appear to be upset...
Boing Boing: EMI releases Brazilian DRM CDs that totally hose their customers
Here we go again. Why should ANYONE pay attention laws, ethics and morality when it is obvious that the big corporations think they are EXEMPT!!!! -- Time to add EMI to the boycott list...
Slyck News - EMI Repeats Sony BMG's Mistakes: Some may remember

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

HOW TO - SSL VPNs and Using OpenVPN

HOW TO - SSL VPNs and Using OpenVPN --

An excellent 4 part tutorial and discussion on the various ways of using OpenVPN for SSL VPNs on both Linux and Windows platforms, with tips, walk-throughs and further resources.

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SSH Tutorial for Linux

SSH Tutorial for Linux --

Great for starters. This is one of the top tutorials on SSH on the Internet. It was originally written back in 1999 and was completely revised in 2006 to include new and more accurate information.

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Fixing Linux with Knoppix

Fixing Linux with Knoppix --

First Windows, now Linux. ExtremeTech shows you how to fix Linux with Knoppix, which includes repairing boot issues, working with key system files, and working with Linux partitions.

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Linux distros for older hardware

Linux distros for older hardware --

Microsoft lately has been challenging Linux's suitability for older hardware, so it seems like a good time to look at Linux distributions that can run on older machines. I took six distributions for a test run on an old machine, and also tried software that turns old hardware into a thin client.

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vi Reference --
A good cheat sheet to have handy when you are editing on vi.

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Who said the Zaurus is dead?

Who said the Zaurus is dead?

For those of you out there that still consider the Zaurus a great piece of hardware; The newest version of OpenZaurus is out: Version 3.5.4 in the 3 different flavors of Opie, GPE and bootstrap.

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Wikipedia's List Of Portable Applications For Your USB Drive!

Even if this list is only half correct, it is an impressive list in the move towards being able to run an application off of removable media.

Wikipedia's List Of Portable Applications For Your USB Drive! -
Check out Wikipedia's comprehensive list of portable applications for your USB drive or other portable device!

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32 *GB* Flash Drive - No more HD's!

32 *GB* Flash Drive - No more HD's! --
Samsung's putting out a 32 GB Flash-based HD repaclement unit. 3X faster that a HDD. Connects on a UDMA SATA bus, 5% of the power of a normal HD.

While not enough to store all my music, I'd love to run Windows off of this sucker!

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How to Make a "Bob Clock"...uses 60 Multicolor LCDs

Okay, so this one from digg is just strange enough to be very cool --
How to Make a "Bob Clock"...uses 60 Multicolor LCDs the inspiration came to me in a dream sometime (I think it was arround 1997). This is the only time ever that I have really gotten an idea from a dream, and actually carried it out...The Bob-clock is a wall-clock I have built, which uses 60 multi-color LEDs arranged in a circle to represent the small and big arm of an analog clock.

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FreshDiagnose - Know EVERYTHING about your PC

FreshDiagnose - Diagnostic for your PC - Know EVERYTHING about your PC -
This diagnostic tool gives you tons of information about every element of your system, such as your CPU, memory (virtual, physical, and swap-file), display drivers, virtual devices, and interrupt-request list

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PortaPuTTY - Portable Putty for USB

PortaPuTTy - Portable PuTTy -
Finally, someone has hacked the venerable PuTTY ssh client to store its settings in the filesystem rather than the registry. That means, settings are easily copied to other machines and especially your USB flash drive.

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In the WAY COOL Category - 500-DVD server

In the WAY COOL Category - 500-DVD Changer - "I built a 5-terabyte media server with 20 250GB hard drives--it uses a pair of 500-watt power supplies and has 12 fans running full blast to keep cool. It stores more than 500 of my DVDs, categorized by title, director etc., which it streams to my home-theater PC over a gigabit Ethernet connection."

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Saturday, March 18, 2006

Okay, so this site is just pretty cool. Full of fun pics and videoclips -- Ezprezzo.com
It's AMAZING that the people involved with these overloada actually thought that it was a GOOD IDEA at the time -- even briefly... If you have ever overloaded your vehicle OR have thought about it, look at these first.Ezprezzo.com - Overloaded
KnoppMyth Release 5 B7

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