Category: GNU/Linux

On my Linux desktop, I use a program called J-Pilot to keep my Palm information up to date. For some reason, I didn’t think there was anyone currently maintaining this program, but just saw that there was a new point release.

The one page linux manual was recommend by someone at “Groklaw”:http://www.groklaw.net during a discussion of the relative merits of ease of use of Linux versus other operating systems. It contains a pdf file that has a good cheat sheet of Linux commands.

The past few days, I have been trying to learn more about “the Gimp.”:http://www.gimp.org/ I’ve used it since I installed Linux Red Hat 9 last September, but hadn’t done much more than cropped and resized photos, and adjust the colors a bit. I’ve found a lot of tutorials of varying quality on the web, but so far have been most pleased with Grokking the GIMP – Learning Advanced Image Editing Techniques.

Fedora Core 2 Test Release 1 is now available from the Fedora Project. Although I am interested in the 2.6 kernel, featured in this release, I think I may wait for Release 2.

I’ve been a supporter of OSS/FS for years, and used what I could even before I finally made the switch to GNU Linux this fall as my desktop operating system. This long article, Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!, not only gives the standard reasons for migrating, but provides numerical support for doing so as well.

Do I think that desktop Linux is ready for the masses? Judging by one or two recent questions I have been asked by people (who unfortunately think of me as some sort of computer expert) I am not sure that Windows is ready for the masses.

Linux Lessons : Root provides information about creating ISO files, a list of other resources, and how to use the command line.

John Munsch has written a good article on getting started with the Linux Fedora Core distribution.

Thurday night, Jack and I attended the meeting of the “Pikes Peak Linux Users Group”:http://www.pplug.org/ and listened to a presentation from someone who makes her living compiling kernels to test software drivers about how to build the Linux kernel. The instructions seemed pretty close to these from LinuxPlanet – Tutorials – How to Compile the Linux Kernel.

I spent most of the weekend installing “Fedora Core”:http://fedora.redhat.com/ and then playing with it. Unless FC does something evil to my computer, this should be the last time I do major operating systems stuff with my computer for a while.
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Like Windows, Linux provides non-productive ways to spend your time. A game called Frozen Bubble is particularly addictive.