Mostly Ignored
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Stench
“Ooooh, that smell! Can’t you smell that smell?” ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd on Stench A pioneer British punk band formed in 1974, Stench is largely credited with starting the trend of naming yourself after something disgusting in order to sound anti-social. Copycat acts included: Vomit, The Boogermen, and Smegma. Origins Ralph Featherstonehaugh formed Stench as an…
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How much would YOU pay for Debian?
Total estimated cost to develop Debian Linux 3.1 (“Sarge”)? 191.6 billion dollars. Yes, SLOC can be a somewhat contentious measurement seeing as it can be hard to agree what ‘a line of code’ is, especially when you compound the fact that identical functions can be done in different programming languages with varying amounts of code…
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Console Applications for the X-less
No X? Hate X? Laptop runs on coal? Here’s a list of console apps I’ve compiled from various articles and discussions around the net. Some of these are included with distros, some not. Some are actively in development, some not. Feel free to make additions or comments. Audio: abcde (CD Ripper) http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/abcde.php lame (MP3 Encoder)…
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Enabling mailto: in Firefox
As of Firefox 1.0.6 (Debian), FF still does not respond to email links in webpages. I have no clue why configuration of an external email program isn’t built into FF’s preferences yet, but it’s simple enough to configure if you haven’t already done so. (1.) Open Firefox, type “about:config” (no quotes) in the address window,…
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How to make a Favicon for your website using Debian Linux
To make a favicon (that icon that appears before http:// in the address bar of your browser): (1.) Install xpm2wico (xpm to Windows ico converter) using APT. (2.) Capture and shrink or create/edit a 16×16 graphic in GIMP, KIconEdit, etc. (3.) Save your image in X PixMap Image (xpm) format. (4.) Open a console to…
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Deskshot: September 25, 2005
Here’s a shot of my desktop today, still running Debian Linux with the KDE desktop. The open window shows protein folding in progress for Stanford University’s Folding@Home project:
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Linux Cookbook (1st Edition)
Linux Cookbook By Carla Schroder First Edition November 2004 Series: Cookbooks ISBN: 0-596-00640-3 592 pages While few of us call ourselves chefs, we are all able to open a cookbook, locate a recipe, follow simple instructions, and get acceptable results – unless we’re trying to cook lobster thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce served…
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Store Wars
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Movix 2 (0.3.1 rc2)
Movix 2 is the X Window System based version of Movix, which is a tiny bootable Live CD that transforms your computer into a multimedia player. Essentially, it is a micro distribution that launches MPlayer. Similar distros include WOMP and GeeXBoX. Movix 2 actually allows you to switch over to text-based Movix mode should you prefer to,…