animations.
I like this better than gnome's slab. Looks nice. mmmmmmm tabs
posted 01:35 [/linux/foss/kde]
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Is dapper to to much like debian sid?
It's almost a silly question I guess, since dapper is based on sid, but I am begginning to think that maybe a sarge install will suit my needs better. Dapper has been one headache after another. The latest xserver-xorg-core upgrade may be the straw that broke the camel's back. Honestly, the previous 3 versions were better than this one. I need something more stable on this laptop. It's fine for the computers I don't use as much as this one though. Maybe I am being a little harsh, it' not been that bad, mainly the synaptics touchpad, and now this. For the most part it's been alright--but not great. Now that I am doing this podcast though, I need something that just works all the time. I don't have the time to be playing around with trhying to fix things. I may end up changing my mind, but it looks like I am going to have to find the time to backup some stuff and do a debain stable install on this laptop.
posted 03:26 [/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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WORD OF CAUTION
Dapper upgrade issued tonight xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 will break your xserver. Downgrade with sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core=1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10 if you were unfortunate enought to have upgraded to this latest version.
posted 02:54 [/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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latest (0.3.0-1) pcmanfm for ubuntu
Now out of beta pcmanfm file manager is an extremly fast and lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and user-friendly interface. Latest package for ubuntu is here: pcmanfm_0.3.0-1_i386.deb.Link http://lottalinuxlinks.com/pcmanfm/ to download page is also on the right hand side of this page
posted 04:12 [/linux/foss/pcmanfm]
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 18 (corrected) shownotes
Topics include:
Tombot, tuxcards, et al., music on console, killing process, nohup, screen, chkrootkit, moc, and more.
Links:
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 18
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 18 ogg vorbis format
lottalinuxlinks the web blog
emelfm2-0.1.8
music on console
chkrootkit
posit shell script
tomboy
tuxcards
xpad
dockapps
remember the milk
elive
amanda backup
funniest joke in the world
Star Trek inspirational wallpapers
posted 04:09 [/podcast/shownotes]
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Correction for podcast 18
I mis-spoke when describing how to detach and later reattach to a screen session. In podcast 18 I said that the command to reattach to a named detached screen session was:
screen -a name_of_detached_session
This was not correct, the command should have been:
screen -x name_of_detached_session
Here is an example of how to do it (assumming a session name of neo):
login to remote computer then issue the command:
screen -S neo
issue some command that will take a really long time to run:
wget --quiet url_for_a_file_that_will_take_a_long_time_to_download
next hit CTRL-a d (that is hold down the control key while depressing the a key, release then press the d key) this will detach your screen session named neo.
Log out of the remote shell
Log back in later and issue the command:
screen -x neo and you will be logged back in (reattached) to the shell where you issued the wget command from earlier.
posted 02:27 [/podcast/shownotes]
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBIAN!
Debian is 13 years old today!. Now I feel old. Debian was less than a year old when I first started using linux.
posted 04:05 [/linux/distros/debian]
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Convert a dos file foramtted text file to a unix file formatted text file
Step 1
vim dosfile.txt
Step 2
:set ff=unix
Step 3
:qw
posted 02:41 [/podcast/shownotes]
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Create a time stamped text file in vim
vim `date +%s`.txt
Easy as pie.
posted 02:39 [/podcast/shownotes]
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my simple backup script revisited
This is just a simple example of how to easily backup crucial directories from a webserver to two different hard drives on a remote backup computer
Assumptions made in this example: 2424 is the alternate port number, and public key has already generated and exchanged with remote computer. Substitute username with your username, substitute backup_computer_name with the name of the remote computer you are backing up to, and substitute /stuff/backup/ with the directory path on the remote computer where you will be storing the backups. Substitute /bigbox/backup/ with the directory path on the second hard drive on the remote computer where you will be copying the tarball that was created on the first hard drive.
#!/bin/bash
# example backup script
tar zcf - /etc/apache/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > apache.tgz;cp apache.tgz /bigbox/backup/apache.tgz";
tar zcf - /home/username/bin/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > home_username_bin.tgz;cp home_username_bin.tgz /bigbox/backup/home_username_bin.tgz";
tar zcf - /home/username/download/ | ssh -p2424 bakup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > home_username_download.tgz;cp home_username_download.tgz /bigbox/backup/home_username_download.tgz"
tar zcf - /var/www/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > www.tgz;cp www.tgz /bigbox/backup/www.tgz"
# exit cleanly
exit 0
This script is best run from a cron job as root.
posted 02:38 [/podcast/shownotes]
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200 linux tips added to tip database
I just added 200 more tips for a total of 750 to the linux tips database
750 linux tips
posted 02:25 []
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Next podcast (18) within 48 hours or less
I am going to try my dead level best to post the next podcast late tomorrow night (08/14/06). It very well could be early on 08/15 though..
posted 03:01 [/podcast]
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Latest emelfm2 (0.1.8) for ubuntu
Here it is emelfm2_0.1.8-1_i386.deb for ubuntu. Link to download page is on the right side of this page.
posted 01:15 [/linux/foss/emelfm2]
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Touchpad under ubuntu revisited
After weeks of using a wireless usb mouse, and nearly forgetting about the existance of the touchpad with a mind of it's own, I had an opportunuty to use the laptop without the wireless mouse. I had all but forgotten the list of tweaks, and options that I had applied in trying to resolve this problem, but the last thing I tried seems to have worked.
I put the follwoing in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file under the Input Device section, in the touchpad section:
Option "TapButton0" "0"
Option "TapButton1" "0"
Option "TapButton2" "0"
I stumbled apon this tip after listening to an episode of Tht Jak Attack Podcast, where Kelly Penguin Girl found reslotion to her touchpad problem in ubuntu.
Like I said, I had almost forgotten that I had even made these changes to my xorg.conf file, until just now, when I was forced to use the touchpad for the first time in weeks. It's still a little early to tell, but it seems to work a whole lot better!
posted 02:26 [/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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New url, sorta...
I finally got around to fixing it so that when you visit this blog, you don't have to type in funny url's ending in /cgi-bin/bloasom.cgi. Now all you have to do is type http://lottalinuxlinks.com/blog
If you are a subscriber to my blog feed, there is no reason to change the feed from the old url, http://lottalinuxlinks.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/index.rss (it will still work). But, if you want to, or if you are a new subscriber to my BLOG feed, here is a much easier url to remember:
http://lottalinuxlinks.com/blog/index.rss
Please, let me know if something isn't working right.
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Ogg Vorbis Feed
Starting with episode 17, I have an ogg vobis format version of the podcast.
Subscribe to this url for the ogg feed http://lottalinuxlinks.com/podcast/ogg.xml
Ogg is still new to me, it may take me a little while to get it just right.
posted 01:32 [/podcast]
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latest (0.3.0-beta3) pcmanfm for ubuntu
Now in beta 3 pcmanfm file manager is an extreamly fast and lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and user-friendly interface. Latest package for ubuntu is here: pcmanfm_0.3.0-beta3_i386.deb.Link http://lottalinuxlinks.com/pcmanfm/ to download page is also on the right hand side of this page
posted 03:32 [/linux/foss/pcmanfm]
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More code (wget example this time) referred to in podcast 17
username to be substituted with your username
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/username/Newspaper/;
wget -r -nc -nd -A pdf -R html -I content/print/front_pdf -X content/print/multimedia,content/print/ni*content/print/spor*,content/print/pol*,story* http://www.newsobserver.com;
rm ./robots.txt;
mv ./1-A*.pdf nofp.pdf;
kpdf ./nofp.pdf
exit 0
This can be run from a cron job to get the front page pdf file http://www.newsobserver.com/content/print/front_pdf/1-A-Tue-August-1-06.pdf where 1-A-Tue-August-1-06.pdf changes name daily.
posted 19:34 [/podcast/shownotes]
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Code referred to in podcast 17
This is just a simple example of how to easily backup crucial directories from a webserver to a remote backup computer
Assumptions made in this example: 2424 is the alternate port number, and public key has already generated and exchanged with remote computer. Substitute username with your username, substitute backup_computer_name with the name of the remote computer you are backing up to, and substitute /stuff/backup/ with the directory path on the remote computer where you will be storing the backups.
#!/bin/bash
# example backup script
tar zcf - /etc/apache/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > apache.tgz";
tar zcf - /home/username/bin/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > home_username_bin.tgz";
tar zcf - /home/username/download/ | ssh -p2424 bakup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > home_username_download.tgz"
tar zcf - /var/www/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > www.tgz"
# exit cleanly
exit 0
This script is best run from a cron job as root.
posted 19:24 [/podcast/shownotes]
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KDE 3.5.4 for ubuntu
add this to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
#latest kde
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-354 dapper main
posted 05:54 [/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 17 shownotes
Topics include:
Network backup one liners scp, tar, and rsync over ssh; rootkit hunter, amarok, tunapie, new release news (gnome, kde, opera, quake4, pcmanfm) and listener email too. How to print man pages
Links:
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 17
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 17 ogg vorbis format
pcmanfm tabbed file manager
rootkit hunter
bashpodder
make kde look like osx
suse e17 howto
audio and video stream browser and recorder
funny 500 mile email story
wireless rookit vunerablity
posted 03:37 [/podcast/shownotes]
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ogg feed coming soon (hopefully)
I should have done this sooner, but I am REALLY gonna try to have all future podcast to be available in both ogg AND mp3 formats. The goal will be to do this going forward with podcast 17, I may go back and make ogg formats available for 1 through 16 as well though.
posted 04:26 [/podcast]
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 16 shownotes
Topics include:
sshfs, samba, gnump3, vlc, mpc, mpd, totem, amarok, banshee, totem, quod libet, beep-media-player and more. A very nice minimalistic tag editor, ex falso. New version of democracy player for linux released, and Fluxbox tips too. Updating to latest XFCE 4.4 beta 2.
Links:
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 16
updating ubuntu dapper's xfce to latest beta
wmdrawer
samba
tangerine daap server
conky
gnump3d
sshfs
google code hosting
linux brit blog
pimp my mpd
music player daemon
gkrellkam
new version of democracy player for linux
posted 01:16 [/podcast/shownotes]
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latest (0.3.0-beta) pcmanfm for ubuntu
pcmanfm file manager is an extremly fast and lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and user-friendly interface. Latest package for ubuntu is here: pcmanfm_0.3.0-beta-1_i386.deb.Link http://lottalinuxlinks.com/pcmanfm/ to download page is on the right hand side of this page
posted 03:22 [/linux/foss/pcmanfm]
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Upgrading Ubuntu Dapper Xfce 4.4 beta 1 to Xfce 4.4 beta 2
Fisrt uninstall dapper's xfce:
sudo apt-get remove libthunar-vfs-1 libxfce4mcs-client3 libxfce4mcs-manager3 libxfce4util4 libxfcegui4-4 mousepad orage thunar thunar-media-tags-plugin xarchiver xfburn xfce4-appfinder xfce4-battery-plugin xfce4-clipman-plugin xfce4-cpugraph-plugin xfce4-fsguard-plugin xfce4-icon-theme xfce4-mailwatch-plugin xfce4-mcs-manager xfce4-mcs-plugins xfce4-mixer xfce4-mixer-alsa xfce4-mount-plugin xfce4-netload-plugin xfce4-panel xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin xfce4-screenshooter-plugin xfce4-session xfce4-systemload-plugin xfce4-taskmanager xfce4-terminal xfce4-utils xfce4-verve-plugin xfce4-weather-plugin xfce4-xkb-plugin xfdesktop4 xfmedia xfprint4 xfwm4 xfwm4-themes xubuntu-artwork-usplash xubuntu-default-settings xubuntu-desktop xubuntu-docs
Second, just to be on the safe side do the following:
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libxml2-dev libvte-dev libxpm-dev libdbh1.0-dev
Then download the installer from xfce. Do a chmod a+x on it, then install (be sure not to check the alsa option or the build will fail.
For the record beta 2 is much better than the default xubuntu beta 1.
posted 14:20 [/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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Podcast update
Podcast 16 will (hopefully) be done this week.
posted 02:32 [/podcast]
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Another laptop screenshot (feat. latest fluxbox)
Here is another screenshot of ubuntu dapper on my laptop, running the latest and greatest fluxbox. in this shot you can see see the slit with the gkrellkam plugin and the fbpager running. You can also see the easily customized menu. The latest fluxbox (ubuntu package downloadable at link on left) has a cool feature that allows you to automatically create fully populated menus in addition to other nice things like selecting backgrounds from the menu.
posted 02:28 [/not_linux/personal]
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Laptop screenshot (feat. latest fluxbox)
Here is a screenshot of ubuntu dapper on my laptop, running the latest and greatest fluxbox. in this shot you can see conky running in the bottom left hand corner, as well as a torn off fluxbox menu showing menu items linked to a script to mount an sshfs music directory and to mpc commands to navigate my music being played with the mpd.
posted 02:21 [/not_linux/personal]
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Debain Etch on Sparc, keeping my fingers crossed
From the Debian Etch release update issued today:
"For sparc, there used to be kernel failures on the buildds. Now an appropriate
patch exists, but we have yet to figure out how it is or will be
included into Debian. Though that is not final, we are confident enough
to also set back sparc to an release architecture (especially as the
bugs don't negatively affect any other architecture - the worst that can
happen is that we don't have a proper kernel on sparc and need to review
this decision again)."
This looks good! There is an ubuntu sparc distro now, but I'd rather run debian on my sparc server.
posted 00:18 [/linux/distros/debian]
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Progress
I made some significant progress on playing my samba shared music just now, and with an app I have never cared that much for too: totem.
As far as I can tell totem is the only multimedia app (granted I haven't tried vlc yet) in dapper that can play and save a playlist from s samba share without having to mount it first.
All I had to do was click on the movie menu, select open location then type smb://server_name/share_name
Minutes later (I have a lot of music) totem was playing the music!
Equally impressive is that I could click on the save icon and save and reopen the playlist.
It even has full screen visualizations that rival the ones in iTunes.
I am a happy camper (for the time being).
posted 04:12 [/linux]
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Links I left out of shownotes for podcast 15
Tango icons
My /etc/apt/sources. list additions:
#latest kde
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-353 dapper main
#latest amarok
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-latest dapper main
#latest automatix
deb http://www.beerorkid.com/automatix/apt dapper main
posted 20:33 [/podcast/shownotes]
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 15 shownotes
Topics include:
30 days with dapper, synaptics bug, udev fail to mount
root file system bug, latest amarok, kde, automatix,
emelfm2, pcmanfm(tabbed file manger), latest fluxbox too.
kde, gnome, fvwm, fluxbox. google earth and picassa too.
Links:
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 15
fvwm forums
pcmanfm home page
nuevat3k-glacier fluxbox theme
mt-daap howto
mt-daap article
fluxbox
emelfm2 two pane file manager deb package for ubuntu
pcmanfm tabbed file manager deb package for ubuntu
latest fluxbox deb package for ubuntu
posted 12:01 [/podcast/shownotes]
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I am not dead.
I will do a podcast this week, I will do a podcast this week, I will do a podcast this week. I have been busy.
posted 01:21 [/podcast]
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Latest and greatest fluxbox for ubuntu
fluxbox rocks, but the version that comes with ubuntu is behind the times. Download the latest ubuntu deb package here fluxbox-1.0rc2_1.0rc2-1_i386.deb. Link to download page http://lottalinuxlinks.com/fluxbox/ is on the right.
posted 01:20 [/linux/foss/fluxbox]
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pcmanfm for ubuntu
pcmanfm file manager is an extremly fast and lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and user-friendly interface. Latest package for ubuntu is here: pcmanfm-0.2.4_0.2.4-1_i386.deb.
Link http://lottalinuxlinks.com/pcmanfm/ to download page is on the right hand side of this page
posted 01:13 [/linux/foss/pcmanfm]
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Latest emelfm2 for ubuntu
Here it is emelfm2_0.1.7-1_i386.deb for ubunutu. Link to download page is on the right side of this page.
posted 01:08 [/linux/foss/emelfm2]
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Sound quality
In my rush to get the last podcast done, the sound quality was a lot worse than it should have been. I have done some experimenting, and the next pod/car cast will have better sound quality for sure. I know what I did wrong, and the same mistake will not be repeated.
posted 01:08 [/podcast]
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dapper drake dazed and confused
Ubuntu's dapper drake (6.06) on my HP Pavillion dv5040us is driving me crazy!
The touchpad cursor has a mind of it's own! This wa NOT a problem with breezy (5.10). Since upgrading though, I have nothing but problems. It's a little better since disabling tap to click in xorg.conf, but it's still a problem. For the most part, I can use the laptop, but I still have to more than occasionally "reset" the touchpad's ability to select and click, by dropping out to a virtual console (ctrl-F1) and dropping back into to X-windows (ctrl-F7). This is WAY more than just a little irratating! I have tired everything short of a new kernel or a clean install (this was an upgrade from breezy). I have tried boot options: acoi=off, noapic, nolapic, pci=noacpi, pci=routeirq; I have tried module optons pcmouse=proto.bare, and pcmouse=proto.imps; I have tried 3 different synaptics drivers (including one outside the repositories); I have tried many different synaptics xorg.conf options as well. /var/log/messages keeps telling me stuff like:
laptop kernel: [4329915.038000] psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost sync at byte 1
and
laptop kernel: [4330728.139000] psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 - driver resynched
Those messages happen (almost always) at the same time I have to "reset" the cursor by dropping in and out of x-windows.
The most progress I have made is with the kernel boot option acpi=off, but this causes my wireless to stop working, and gives a message saying something about bcm43xx cannot registerirq
If anyone out there has the solution or knows someting I can try, please let me know. If there is a way to make this work, and still have wireless, life would be great. As it is now, life stinks!
posted 00:51 [/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 14 shownotes
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 14
;
dapper upgrades
ubuntu dapper guide
easyubuntu
automatix
picasa
gmail for domains
damn small linux embedded
ubuntu
beep media player
posted 05:08 [/podcast/shownotes]
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 13 shownotes
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 13
elive: debian-based, live linux distro featuring enlightenment E16, and E17
kororaa: gentoo-based, live linux distro, with all the glx bells and whistles
Slax and Sun combine with Java for a unique 3D desktop experience
peer to peer voice service, skypeout for free
fish: Allows you to access another computer's files using SSH and KDE's konqueror.
posted 17:03 [/podcast/shownotes]
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Podcast update
I am gonna start work on podcast 13 tonight, meaning right now in a minute (as soon as the wife goes to bed). It should be finished and posted before Monday.
If you are reading this, and haven't taken the time to sign my frappr map, then please do so now. Thanks!
posted 02:41 [/podcast]
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Call for audio comments
If there are any readers of this blog who listen to my podcast, please send me some audio comments for my podcast. send them to linux.podcast@gmail.com
Comments on how you use linux, what distro you use, cool or neat things you do with linux, cool open source apps you use, or linux tips or tricks you can't live without, anything linux is welcome. Keep them clean and less than 3 minutes, and I will play them in the next podcast. Speaking of next podcast, it is coming - hopefully soon too. Real life/work is busy lately. I have been thinking about and planning the next podcast since the last one was posted. I hope to start/finish the podcast in the next 3 or 4 days. Thanks in advance!
posted 00:02 [/podcast]
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Ubuntu Center Alpha 1 Released - Web Based Ubuntu Control
I don't know if I would use something like this or not; but this looks pretty cool:
Ubuntu Center is a web based interface for accessing all kinds of information that's being stored on your computer running Ubuntu Breezy, Kubuntu, XUbuntu, or even nUbuntu box. Ubuntu Center accomplishes all of this by integrating PHP software licensed under the GPL license in one giant package suitable for use on a Ubuntu computer. This release adds tons of new features and bug fixes and is suitable for everyday use. Read the rest
posted 03:40 [/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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Free Comic Book Day
On Saturday, May 6 - the comic book industry once again celebrates Free Comic Book Day!
The annual event is the perfect opportunity to introduce your friends and family to the many worlds of wonder available at your local comic book store. From super-heroes to slice-of-life to action/adventure and beyond, Free Comic Book Day has a comic book for everyone! Free Comic Book Day
posted 13:14 [/not_linux/entertainment/books]
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 12 shownotes
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 12
linux iso bittorrent site
Azureus plugins-get RSS feed scanner plugin here
Democracy Player for linux
Slax live linux slackware-based distro
Mounting iso files in linux
Huge number of online programming books.
posted 07:25 [/podcast/shownotes]
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They Might be Giants : Beardo 2006 tour
The best $21.00 I ever spent! I saw my all time favorite music group perform live in concert Friday night at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. I have been a TMBG fan since 1984, and finally got to see them in concert. It was absolutely FANTASTIC. This concert was the most fun I think I have ever had in my entire life. They played for 2 hours and did three encores! They played an even misture of their old stuff and their newer stuff-including 3 brand new songs. They Might be Giants truely are the greatest rock band ever! I got a new TMBG hat, t-sirt, and a big yellow foam finger too! If you have never seen TMBG live, go see them; it's a musical party for your ears! If you have never heard them, leave this sight now and do a google search for They Might Be Giants. Check out their podcast, download their flash player, streaming music clock radio. I hope they never quit making music.
posted 18:09 [/not_linux/entertainment/music]
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Looking for testers
I am trying to figure out if the comment system is working. Please leave a comment.
posted 00:07 []
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 11 shownotes
Topics include: knoppix DVD 5.0; jazzing up your remote shell login screen; concert disaster; and rpn calculator update
Links:
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 11
knoppix
knoppix FAQ wiki
knoppix 5.0 DVD review
jazzing up yout remote login shell
fixing windows with knoppix
fixing linux with knoppix
and linux gamer's faq
posted 07:00 [/podcast/shownotes]
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RPN calculator scare.
My trusty HP 11C has been resurrected (and on ironically enough, on Easter weekend) Here's the whole story: when I dropped my 11C, the display quit working i.e. pressing keys did nothing. I replaced the batteries with unopened one year old, silver oxide 357 batteries--still nothing. Saturday night, I tore my computer room apart, looking for an 13 year old h48gx I used to own, but hadn't seen in over a year. After an hour or so, I found it, an was satisfied. On Monday, just on a whim, I bought new batteries to try in the 11c; I put them in, and it came back to life. I was sooooo happy. I have my 11c back!!!! and to top it all off, I just found out today that the 48gx has an 8 layer stack! I am VERY happy now. I just knew it was gone forever, but after 23 years it lives anew :-)
posted 01:14 [/not_linux/personal]
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TMBG concert!!!
Speaking of concerts...the one that I am really excited about is They Might be Giants, at the Orange Peel in Ashville, NC Friday April 28th!!! I can hardly wait for that one.
posted 01:10 [/not_linux/personal]
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Doomed concert
Last friday, my brother-in-law and I went to see Coheed and Cambria in concert in Atlanta. We were stuck in traffic for over 2 hours, 100 miles north of the concert venue due to an 18-wheeler exploding on Interstate 85. We got to the concert just in time to see the last 4 minutes of Coheed and Cambria. We were under the impression that Coheed was the main act and that two groups that I had never heard of were the opening act. We were wrong. the first act Head Automatica, was a no show, Coheed was the second act, and the main act was Avenged Sevenfold.
I normally don't listen to music like this, but I do like Coheed (think Rush, Pink Floyd, and tragic epic science fiction combined with heavy metal thrown in for good measure). Aveneged Sevenfold was not anything to write home about. Based on the 4 minutes I got to hear live, I would travel again to see Coheed--as long as they are the main act.
posted 01:08 [/not_linux/personal]
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Podcast #10 from lottalinuxlinks.com.
Topics include: desktop icons with xfce4 with rox; dsl version 2.3
Links:
DSL Cheat Codes;
damn small linux DSL version 2.3;
DSL review;
Pen Drive linux;
DSL review at IBM developer works;
How to run dsl on a usb hard drive alternate method;
DSL review
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Solaris author Stanislaw Lem dies at 84
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Polish author Stanislaw Lem, one of the world's leading science-fiction writers, died on Monday in his home city of Krakow at the age of 84 after a battle with heart disease.
Lem, whose books have sold more than 27 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages, won widespread acclaim for The Cyberiad, stories from a mechanical world ruled by robots, first published in English in 1974. Read the Rest
posted 01:54 [/not_linux/entertainment/books]
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Reunion
27 years ago I worked as a staff member/couselor at a Boy Scout Camp. I did this 10 weeks a summer for 3 summers in a row. This was one of the best times of my life! I was 13 years old my first year as a staff member; I worked there until i was 15 years old. The camp was Camp Old Indian, near the North Carolina border, in the upsate of South Carolina. This weekened, there was a reunion of the satff past to present day. There were guys there I had known as a boy scout, and guys I worked with in the in 1979 through 1982. Words cannot describe the emotions that went trhough my mind, being in a place, that changed my life, where I had nothing but good memories, and to be with people that I hadn't seen in nearly 30 years, who shared the same experiences and memories with me. To walk at 40, where I had walked as a teenager, with the people I count among my greatest friends, was surreal to say the least. It was strange to be there with people that I had not seen in 30 years. Somethings had changed, but some things never change.
I have, intentionally, missed my 5, 10, 15, and 20 year high school class reunions. I am so glad I didn't talk myself into missing this camp staff reunion. Just like working at camp, going to this reunion was one of the best things I have ever done. An entirely positive and life changing experience. It was difficult leaving there in 1982; it was difficult to leave today.
posted 02:00 [/not_linux/personal]
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CORRECTED shownotes for podcast 6
Fixed broken link
My xplanet default file:
xplanet & weather scripts ymv. I run the cloudmap script via a cron job every 3 hours. The "default" file goes in your home directory; all the rest are made executable and placed in ~/bin
posted 21:12 [/podcast/shownotes]
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 9 shownotes
firefox memory faq
festival female voice package howto
Festival article
Festival Speech program
Screen
XFCE4
XFCE4 download page
XFCE4 graphical installer download page
torsmo
gkrellm
Pizza Party
posted 23:44 [/podcast/shownotes]
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SSH bash script from podcast 8
I forgot to include the bash script I talked about in podcast 8. This script turbo charges connecting to ssh hosts. This script will assume you have already gernerated a key with:
ssh-keygen -t rsa
and copied the resulting id_rsa.pub to your authorsized_keys file on the host
bash script:
#!/bin/sh
ssh -p 22 `basename $0` $*
Change the default port from 22 to something unused and obsure (this is highly suggested)
Make the script executable and name it something like ssh_to_host
Next make sym-links to all your favorite servers:
ln s ssh_to_host name_of_favorite server
Of course be sure to change name_of_favorite server to the name of your favorite server :-)
posted 23:59 [/podcast/shownotes]
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latest ubuntu emelfm2 deb packages available
get them here
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Jonathan Coulton:funny video
Flickr
Jonathan Coulton is a very talented (and funny) singer song writer.
This is a song written for a video created for a song. All the images come from Flickr, an online database of photos uploaded by anyone - the ones I used have a Creative Commons license which allows anyone to re-use them in a new non-commercial work as long as they are credited, and as long as the new work is released under the same license.
flickr video by Jonathan Coulton
posted 11:10 [/not_linux/entertainment/music]
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Free streaming radio stations, tailored made to your exact musical taste
If you have never heard of the music genome project, or have never been to Pandora.com, you HAVE to go right now!!!
This site will help you find music that you will like. Tell pandora what artist, or what song you like, and it will create a streaming station for you that plays music that is like what you suggested. Do you like Coheed and Cambria? Create a Cohed and Cambria stattion, and you can hear music 24/7 that is simular to the music Coheed and Cambria plays. Try TMBG, or any artist, and song. Has to be experienced to be appreciated! Streams are further tailorable (is that a word?) by giving the current song being played a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Do yourself a big favor and go there now! Thank me later :-)
posted 01:41 [/not_linux/entertainment/music]
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Now that was fast!
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-262-1 March 12, 2006
Ubuntu 5.10 installer vulnerability
https://launchpad.net/bugs/34606
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)
The following packages are affected:
base-config
passwd
The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to
version 2.67ubuntu20 (base-config) and 1:4.0.3-37ubuntu8 (passwd). In
general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
Details follow:
Karl Øie discovered that the Ubuntu 5.10 installer failed to clean
passwords in the installer log files. Since these files were
world-readable, any local user could see the password of the first
user account, which has full sudo privileges by default.
The updated packages remove the passwords and additionally make the
log files readable only by root.
This does not affect the Ubuntu 4.10, 5.04, or the upcoming 6.04
installer. However, if you upgraded from Ubuntu 5.10 to the current
development version of Ubuntu 6.04 ('Dapper Drake'), please ensure
that you upgrade the passwd package to version 1:4.0.13-7ubuntu2 to
fix the installer log files.
update your systems
posted 01:03 [/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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Not good!
Administrator root password readable in cleartext on Ubuntu Breezy
Bug #34606 in Ubuntu: "Administrator root password readable in cleartext on Breezy"
The root password from the first user registred by Breezy can be found by any user by reading the file /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat
a quick
grep -r rootpassword /var
shows that the rootpassword is recorded in cleartext by the installer
/var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat:Value: mypasswd
/var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat:Value: mypasswd
/var/log/debian-installer/cdebconf/questions.dat:Value: mypasswd /var/log/debian-installer/cdebconf/questions.dat:Value: mypasswd
let's hope this is fixed soon!
posted 00:35 [/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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Podcast #8 from lottalinuxlinks.com
Topics include openssh Links:
openssh
podcast frappr map
ssh server howto
openssh tutorial
Jonathan Coulton
John Hodgman
Linux Dictionary
secondlife linux port mmorpg
jawbone radio
Podcast Clients
posted 08:27 [/podcast/shownotes]
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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. The bottom line: Linux is still quite suitable for older hardware. It might not turn your aging PC into a powerhouse, but it will extend its lifespan considerably....Read it at linux.com
posted 20:34 [/linux/distros]
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Mandriva 2006 to Offer Built-in Online Music Service
Mandriva and The Kompany, the creator of Mindawn, a Linux-friendly online music and video service, have announced their partnership to provide customers with built-in software to take advantage of legitimate digital content using Mandriva Linux 2006. Thanks to the collaboration between the two companies, Mandriva Linux 2006 users can access high quality music and video files at the Mindawn website....Read the Rest
posted 20:30 [/linux/distros/mandriva]
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influenza
Tamiflu cost me $55.00; and then an additional $135.00 for the rest of my family. I guess the stuff works. I am feeling better after 3 1/2 days since first symptoms (flu symptoms normally last 5to 9 days). I missed 2 1/2 days of work; and have probably lost 4 or 5 lbs in sweat and snot (yuck). I have slept so much my body doesn't know what time it is anymore. I think getting sick, and observing how the immune system recovers is fascinating. Sweating out a cold, while not fun, is still an amazing thing to me, knowing that at the cellular level your body is fighting off a virus. It's just neat. Call me weird....I will take pain relievers if I am in pain, but I try to stear clear of fever reducers when possible, cause I think that my immune system does a fine job at that all by itself.
I feel better that James Brown ---Was Not Was
posted 18:27 [/not_linux/personal]
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shownotes for podcat 7
Here are th links I reference in podcast 7
Download Ubuntu ISO files
podcat frappr map
Installing and Configuring Ubuntu on a Laptop
Installation Documentation for Ubuntu Breezy 5.10
WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
Ubuntu's Linux Wireless Utility Easier than Windows
Ubuntu ndiswrapper wiki
BinaryDriverHowto/ATI
HOW-TO: ATI fglrx driver latest version
Debian System Administration
Fixing Linux with Knoppix
Guide to window managers and desktop environments
The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use
Underground: Tales of hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic frontier: by Suelette Dreyfus
Automatix Automated GUI installation script
posted 16:10 [/podcast/shownotes]
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So far so good
I moved the podcast to libsyn. I still host the rss feed from my own webserver, so I hope the transfer was transparent to the listener/downloader of my podcast. Feedback on this would be much appreciated. Best as I can tll though libsyn is great.
posted 23:26 [/podcast]
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frapper map bandwagon
lottalinuxlinks the podcast frapper map: If you have ever listened to one of my podcast, and feel the urge to stick a virtual pin in a map, then by all means please sign my frapper map.
posted 05:27 [/podcast]
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podcast traffic woes
I HAD to do something quick! The amount of traffic my podcast had driven to my we server was getting out of hand. It was more than my adsl connection could take. I moved the podcast to another server, problem solved. Transistion should have been transparent, or at least I hope so.
posted 05:24 [/podcast]
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Don't Bring Home the Bacon, Print It
Being a geek by nature and a food scientist by trade I found this interesting: Ink-jet printing has come a long way; we used to use it for what was called "hard copy." Soon, you will be able to use a modified ink-jet printer to make yourself some breakfast....Read the Rest
posted 05:13 [/not_linux/science/humor]
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Way-cool linux site
Debian Administration: System Administration Tips and Resources Check it ouy!
posted 17:11 [/linux/distros/debian]
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tllts.org
Dann and Patrick from tllts.org have both emailed me recently with some very kind comments regarding my podcast; rss feed. If you have never checked these guys out, please do yourself a favor and give them a listen rss feed ...I consider their braodcast to be the benchmark for all linux related podcast!
posted 16:41 [/podcast]
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Podcast schedule
Now that I am back from vaction I can get to work on podcast number 6. I will post it sometime in the next 6 or 8 days. More to come...
posted 05:47 [/podcast]
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Back from vacation
I just got back from a week long trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
I had a wonderful time! It wasn;t easy leaving behind computers for a week, but it was VERY relaxing. I will post some pics soon.
posted 05:46 [/not_linux/personal]
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Trying out bittorrent podcast solution
I am trying to make my podcast available via bittorrent. Don't really know if it is working. Someone please let me know. go to my podcast page Thanks!
posted 04:40 [/podcast]
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How Linux boots
This articles teaches you how a Linux system starts, or boots -- that is, how the kernel gets into memory and how the regular system processes get started.
This article is excerpted from the newly published book How Linux Works..... Read the Rest
posted 05:03 [/linux]
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Rolling your own Debian packages
This two-part article explains how to make a Debian package of simple piece of software, presumably something you have written yourself. Although building a new package is more complex than rebuilding one or having one generated, the idea is that it is actually surprisingly simple to create basic Debian packages. In fact, if you can make software install into a temporary installation tree, you're already 90% done! This text provides a quick alternative to the more comprehensive Debian New Maintainers' Guide. Only knowledge of Makefiles and the basic Debian package tools is assumed....Read the Rest
posted 05:22 [/linux/distros/debian]
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Data Mining using Google
Google (and many other search engines) has the ability not only to search on keywords, but also using a more “database-ish” query language to really narrow down your search results. Below is a summary of a few of the most useful lesser known features... Read the Rest
posted 21:47 [/linux/internet]
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apt-get dist-upgrade without editing?
AutomaticUpgrade for Ubuntu At the moment people who want to upgrade from one version of Ubuntu to the new release have to update their sources.list manually, and then do a dist-upgrade. For most people not experienced with Ubuntu,...site: AutomaticUpgrade
posted 21:15 [/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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Run linux on your old X-box (Step by Step guide)
The Xbox is a legacy-free PC by Microsoft that consists of an Intel Celeron 733 MHz CPU, an nVidia GeForce 3MX, 64 MB of RAM, a 8/10 GB hard disk, a DVD drive and 10/100 Ethernet. As on every PC, you can run Linux on it.
An Xbox with Linux can be a full desktop computer with mouse and keyboard, a web/email box connected to TV, a server or router or a node in a cluster. You can either dual-boot or use Linux only; in the latter case, you can replace both IDE devices. And yes, you can connect the Xbox to a VGA monitor. site:
xbox-linux.org
posted 20:03 [/linux]
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Stallman Clarifies Free Software Movement
Following this week's unveiling of the proposed GNU General Public License Version 3 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation President and Founder Richard Stallman discussed his work on GPLv3 and other free software issues with CRN Senior Writer Paula Rooney. Read the Rest
posted 19:51 [/linux/foss]
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Looking for some feedback
I am hosting this webpage, blog, and podcast from a 10 year old Sparc Ultra2 and my 1500/128k ADSL connection :-(
For anyone who has downloaded one of my podcast, or used this blog, or visited my main page: how slow is this site? And more specifically, how long or painful is the podcasy download time?
My ISP is SUPPOSED to double my download speed soon (and hopefully my upload speed as well). My preception is that this site is going through some growing pains, mainly due to the extra bandwidth required by my podcast. I fear that some hardware and bandwidth upgrades may be required in the future (hopefully not the near future)
Thanks in advance.
posted 17:22 [/podcast]
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fan-based audioblog / podcast found at Theynow.com!
check it out: Theynow.com
posted 17:05 [/not_linux/entertainment/music]
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Companies that violate GPL may also be violating federal law.
"Linux products are generally covered under GPL which among other things mandates that the source code must be available. Violating the terms of GPL is usually not a big deal and the offending companies are generally made to merely release the code, but Wasabi says that Sarbanes-Oxley makes this much more complicated." Read the Rest
posted 16:19 [/linux/legal]
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GPL 3 disses DRM
From arstechnica.com:
The draft for the long-awaited third revision of the GNU Public Licence, a popular open-source license used for the Linux kernel and many other OSS projects, was posted earlier this week and has already generated heated discussion. One particular pair of paragraphs stand out, as they directly address the hot-button issue of Digital Rights Management, or DRM:...Read the Rest
posted 16:17 [/linux]
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Coming soon: The Linux Macintel
From linux-watch.com:
"I'm sure we will see Windows running on a Mactel... someday. It may be when Vista finally shows up, since it should run with EFI, or perhaps when they get Virtual PC 8 out, but long, long before then, we'll be able to run Linux and Mac OS X on the same Mactel box.
Now, as always, Linux remains the most flexible of all operating systems. ...Read the Rest
posted 16:13 [/linux]
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Linux: Genuinely Trustworthy Computing
From an article at enterprisenetworkingplanet.com: "FOSS enforces trust on a couple of levels. One, the community values of openness and sharing, and two, there is no place to hide. Everything is transparent. It is possible that one of the Linux distributions could make a deal with the devil, and sneak in unsavory bits. But they would be found out, and it is trivially easy to migrate to a different distribution."...Read the Rest
posted 16:10 [/linux/foss]
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The Socratic Method:
Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling by Rick Garlikov
"The experiment was to see whether I could teach these students binary arithmetic (arithmetic using only two numbers, 0 and 1) only by asking them questions. None of them had been introduced to binary arithmetic before. Though the ostensible subject matter was binary arithmetic, my primary interest was to give a demonstration to the teacher of the power and benefit of the Socratic method where it is applicable. That is my interest here as well. I chose binary arithmetic as the vehicle for that because...."Read the Rest
posted 15:58 [/not_linux/science]
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The Linux pod people pocket $1500
I wish something like this would happen to me
Not often thought of as radio stars, Linux developers are now able to steal the limelight thanks to Dapto couple James and Karin Purser who produce the Linux Australia Update and the LUG Roundup podcasts from their lounge room.
Linux Australia has this week donated $1500 to the Purser's to help them upgrade their equipment.....Read the rest
posted 15:45 [/podcast]
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yet another test
sigh...test test test
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retest
retest retest retest
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DANG!!!
This podcastiong stuff is sucking my bandwidth dry! Supposedly my ISP is to double my speed in the near future. I don't know how long it will be; but it can't come some enought for me. I HOPE I don't have to resort to some other kind of delivery service. I really like hosting/serving my own stuff. Saves lotsa $$$$
posted 00:02 [/podcast]
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Testing ping plugin
test test test...
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