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Happy Birthday, BBS! Wow, what a flashback this screen is! I...

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:03:46 -0500

Wow, what a flashback this screen is! I ran a BBS out of my home for many years, all about sports. It grabbed stats from Sportsticker, parsed them and posted them. All on my little Wildcat BBS. Too cool.

Linux/UNIX software on VanHeusden.com

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:00:29 -0500

Linux/UNIX software on VanHeusden.com:

Lots of great stuff here. multitail looks really nice.

A video showcasing some of the fancy KDE 4.4 eye candy. I used...

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:38:38 -0500

A video showcasing some of the fancy KDE 4.4 eye candy. I used to be a big KDE fan, but KDE 4 lost me and now I like a light Window Manager that doesn’t get in the way. I’ve been using openbox since my move the Arch Linux and have been pretty happy with it.

Conky Hardcore!

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:45:28 -0500

Conky Hardcore! :

I’ve done some work tweaking my Conky config since I made my move to Arch Linux, but it still has a way to go. Much like looking at fancy desktops, I’m always jealous of the great Conky displays I see. Maybe this site will spur me on to great heights!

Wicked Cheap Hosting

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:15:28 -0500

Thanks to a pointer from All About Linux, here’s a couple links to some really cheap hosting offers, both from some pretty big names. Each of these is offering a whole year of web site hosting for under US$10! I’m tempted to hook onto both, just to see how usable they are.

- *And* enter an iPad drawing! All for US$9.24 for the year!

- 1 yr (including unlimited bandwidth) for 1 month in price - US$9.95!

TermBuilder: a graphical Linux command line generator | TuxRadar Linux

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:55:23 -0500

TermBuilder: a graphical Linux command line generator | TuxRadar Linux:

Very cool little web app from the Linux Format folks that lets you build Linux commands and their myriad options by checking them off on a form. Really nice guide for newbies and experts alike!

50+ Ultimate Collections of Planet Wallpapers | Naldz Graphics

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:16:29 -0500

50+ Ultimate Collections of Planet Wallpapers | Naldz Graphics:

Everybody loves a good collection of wallpapers and here’s 50 pretty nice look “planet” ones.

7 Best Linux Apps for Ripping CDs and DVDs | Maximum PC

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:32:08 -0500

7 Best Linux Apps for Ripping CDs and DVDs | Maximum PC:

Nice list of DVD & CD rippers. I’ve been having problems with Asunder (my favorite because it will encode MP3 & Flac at the same time), so I’ve been casting about for a new CD ripper. grip is nice, although it only does one format at a time.

How fanboys see their OS: via img22.imageshack.us

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:54:44 -0500

How fanboys see their OS:

via img22.imageshack.us

bash programmable completion | freshmeat.net

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:29:33 -0500

bash programmable completion | freshmeat.net:

Since v2.04, bash has allowed you to intelligently program and extend its standard completion behavior to achieve complex command lines with just a few keystrokes. Imagine typing ssh [Tab] and being able to complete on hosts from your ~/.ssh/known_hosts files. Or typing man 3 str [Tab] and getting a list of all string handling functions in the UNIX manual. mount system: [Tab] would complete on all exported file-systems from the host called system, while make [Tab] would complete on all targets in Makefile. This project was conceived to produce programmable completion routines for the most common Linux/UNIX commands, reducing the amount of typing sysadmins and programmers need to do on a daily basis.

Very extensive list of bash completions.

"Be conservative in what you do; be liberal in what you accept from others."

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:29:07 -0500

“Be conservative in what you do; be liberal in what you accept from others.”

- Robustness principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This clause has been generalized into the robustness principle, also known as Postel’s Law.

17 gorgeous OpenSuse Wallpapers

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:04:49 -0400

17 gorgeous OpenSuse Wallpapers:

Wallpapers are always fun, although lately I’ve just been using digital snapshots.

Fun Wallpapers: The Linux Desktop Edition

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:29:23 -0400

Fun Wallpapers: The Linux Desktop Edition:

Some pretty good looking Linux wallpapers.

emacs life: occur

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:05:29 -0400

emacs life: occur:

More useful Emacs knowledge keeps bubbling up. This time, it is the occur command, which brings up a list showing where a particular regexp shows up in your file. Also, see the comments for more occur goodness.

I have been using Emacs for 20 years (or more even!) and it still brings new tools to the workshed.

Home :: GeekAdvancement.com

Tue, 19 May 2009 12:07:51 -0400

Home :: GeekAdvancement.com

8 Beautiful Conky Desktop Monitor Setup

Fri, 08 May 2009 09:54:36 -0400

8 Beautiful Conky Desktop Monitor Setup:

Sweet list of conky setups. I have a pretty basic one, but it works very nicely. Wish I had more time to customize it, but maybe I can just use one of these instead!

Don't Fear the Penguin: A Newbie's Guide to Linux - Business Center - PC World

Mon, 04 May 2009 10:54:43 -0400

Don't Fear the Penguin: A Newbie's Guide to Linux - Business Center - PC World:

Focuses on Ubuntu, with its emphasis on the squirrelly GNOME desktop, but still a good intro page.

Linux Format wallpapers | TuxRadar

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:23:39 -0400

Linux Format wallpapers | TuxRadar:

Always love a good destkop image. These are nice big images from the covers of Linux Format magazine, my fave Linux mag.

Tectonic » 10 open source books worth downloading

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:33:23 -0400

Tectonic » 10 open source books worth downloading:

Looks like a solid list of Linux and open source books. Thanks to @geekegrrl for the link.

Qimo 4 Kids | Software For Kids

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:12:17 -0400

Qimo 4 Kids | Software For Kids:

The computers the girls use are hand me downs from work and have been very unstable lately. Probably just years of WinXP cruft. So I’ve been thinking of reformatting the hard drives and throwing a Linux on there. I could just use my regular distro, openSUSE, but this month’s Linux Format magazine has a feature called “Get a Better Linux!”, where they propose a distro for different kinds of users. For kids, they recommended Qimo, which is a Ubuntu offshoot, with educational games and a special interface. I’m going to give it a shot.