 | Yesterday , on the eve of Valentine’s Day, Debian finally released the new version of their acclaimed OS. Code-named as ‘Lenny’, after the animated character from the Disney/Pixar film “Toy Story”, it marks the first major Debian release since ‘Etch’ which was released way back in April 2007. After almost 22 months of hard work … |
| Data security is the mantra of the day. Various Organisations employ Local Area Networks in the premises to ensure fast access and transfer of data between hosts. Transferring these files securely over the network is a big issue. But with linux and the SSH at our disposal, transferring files between hosts has now become fast,… |
 | The long awaited successor to Amazon’s Kindle , the Kindle 2 was finally unveiled yesterday, after a period of almost 4 months since the launch of Sony’s PRS 700BC Reader Digital Book . This amazing portable e-book reader is already very popular among book lovers because of the unique reading experience it offers to its… |
 | Fedora users who cannot wait for the next fedora release rejoice. The Fedora Project has oficially announced the release of Fedora 11 (Leonidas) Alpha. Be aware though that the alpha release, like all the alpha releases, is mainly targeted at developers and testers. The Fedora Project, however, has been kind enough to include a installable… |
 | According to wikipedia, a screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. Now, how is it different from a screenshot? A Screenshot is just a photo-capture of your current screen state, whereas a screencast is a video-capture of your current desktop session. In… |
 | Facebook`s Chat feature really makes Facebook an all-in-one social networking website. People have started using the Facebook Chat much as they use the Google Chat. The only only downside to Facebook`s chat is that you donont have a client for the chat feature. But, now you can have your favourite Facebook Chat right on a… |
 | The Fedora Project has launched a program called the Fedora Classroom. The guys at Fedora project organize a weekend long list of events focusing on tools and applications in and around Fedora. All the sessions are taken by Fedora Ambassadors and Linux Experts and Enthusiasts. This all happens over an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel… |
 | Setting up an external Monitor to your Laptop in Fedora 10 is very simple. Fedora 10 onwards, the default X11 window system configuration file has been dropped and the system auto-configures your X11 system. In case you need to change a few settings to your X11 configuration (which we will be doing here), you need… |
 | Plymouth is the new Graphical Boot system of Fedora 10 which replaces the old RHGB boot system. If you have already installed Fedora 10 and are able to see a blue-white bar at the bottom of your monitor/screen while Fedora 10 loads, then Plymouth is actually enabled on your system. You are unable to see… |
