As part of the Great Weekend Update (switching my main desktop from Ubuntu Breezy to Ubuntu Dapper) I decided it was also time to switch mail clients.
I’ve been using Mozilla Thunderbird for quite some time, but I decided I wanted to switch it up a little bit and use something new for a change. [...]
The Linux community, or at least large chunks of it, have worked really hard to entice large companies to develop applications for the Linux platform. I consider it a sign of success that a company like Google would take the time and effort to port a desktop application like Picasa to Linux, and — even [...]
Wrote up an article for Linux.com on setting KDE shortcuts. You’d be surprised how handy they can be, if you take the time to set them up… of course, other folks may not have the same mouse aversion that I do, but if you like to avoid switching between keyboard and mouse as much as [...]
I’ve been thinking about DRM and “content management” lately, partly because of the DRM protests in Seattle on Wednesday.
The entertainment industry insists that we must have DRM to “protect the artists.” To make sure artists get their fair share, we’ve got to prevent unauthorized copying of music and movies.
This might work, if it’s implemented [...]
I used to blog about open source for ZDNet before taking the full-time gig with Linux.com, and one of the things that alternately amused and concerned me was the comments that criticized ZDNet and myself for biased articles, when it was — in my mind at least — clear that what I was writing was [...]
Okay, another Vim tips article is up on Linux.com, this time I cover using folds, which is a method of hiding lines of text — really, super useful if you’re working on longer documents.
I hope people are enjoying the Vim series, or at least finding it useful. I plan to cover a few more topics [...]
Quick story up on NewsForge about updates to PostgreSQL to address SQL injection vulnerabilities.
If you’re running PostgreSQL, you need to update (if you haven’t already)! Doesn’t look like Ubuntu has any packages yet, but I expect they’ll be along shortly.
