'Avatar' Oscars could make Weta household name

Linux.com 1 February 2010 10:02
When Oscar nominations are announced Tuesday, Weta Digital will surely get a nod for "Avatar" visual effects. Unfamiliar to many, the studio has been on top for years.

Burn CDs, DVDs and ISOs with K3b

Linux.com 1 February 2010 08:02

Linux has numerous tools for the burning of CDs and DVDs. I recently covered the GNOME tool, Brasero. While Brasero is a GNOME-specific tool, K3B is a desktop-independent tool. So whether you have GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, or any other graphical desktop (or window manager), K3B will run. And features? You want features?

 

K3B Main Window

 

The Alexandria Project, Chap. 3: I just HATE it when that Happens

Linux.com 1 February 2010 05:02
 …Sure enough, as Frank strode up the half-lit corridor in Cube City, there was Rick standing next to his cubicle, coffee cup in hand.  His face lit up as soon as he saw Frank.  “Morning, Frank,” he called out.  “Recovered from your big Saturday night yet?”  He raised his coffee...

Opinion: Computing, Even in Linux, is All About Failure

Linux.com 29 January 2010 20:01
Hardware failures, power failures, and most of all, storage media failures. Ever notice how fragile digital storage media are? Are we ever going to get digital storage media that can match plain old paper, and other analog media, for reliability and longevity?

Oracle and Apple: This Week's Big Tech News and What it Means for Linux

Linux.com 28 January 2010 22:01

The tech industry is jumping this week. On the consumer side, Apple finally took the wraps off the poorly named but interesting iPad. On the enterprise side, Oracle finally had the chance to lay claim to Sun and spell out what it's planning to do with the spoils.

Oracle Promises MySQL, OpenOffice Autonomy

Linux.com 27 January 2010 13:01

The employees of MySQL are a truly blessed people. As with Sun Microsystems before it, Oracle has vowed to leave its sales and development team independent and intact...

Novell beefs software appliance kit

Linux.com 26 January 2010 11:01
How to harden SUSE Linux Novell says that its SUSE Appliance Toolkit is ready for primetime.…...

Chrome 4: King of the Web browser hill?

Linux.com 26 January 2010 10:01
The latest Chrome Web browser is faster than ever, but what really matters is its new and improved feature set. read more...

Efficient desktop searching with Beagle

Linux.com 26 January 2010 08:01

The ability to efficiently (and reliably) search your desktop computer for files and folders is a key aspect of the modern desktop. Without this ability, the average user (especially the ones who are organizationally-challenged) will find themselves working far more than they should to locate the files and folders they need to use. And when something gets misplaced? LOOKOUT!

Opinion: Goofy Pro-Linux Story to Counter Pundit's Awkward Efforts to Install Firefox

Linux.com 25 January 2010 16:01
Emery Fletcher muses on how a rank Linux beginner can figure out how to install the latest Firefox release, even when professional tech journalists can't.