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SpreadFirefox.org is pushing all Firefox fans to download Firefox 3.0 on the day of its release. Their goal is to break the Guinness World Record of the most software downloads in 24 hours. Let's make the 3.0 release one that will go down in history. Pledge your bandwidth today.

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

By the way, is anybody throwing some release parties for Firefox 3.0 and Wine 1.0?

SAJ

Losing your Linux Jedi Knight abilities??

I found this bit in my iGoogle news feed today I realized this really is happening. The value of continuing to use your hard-earned skills is very important to maintaining any ability you even possibly hope to accomplish in the future...
Hope you enjoy reading... click the link to read the rest at his site. ... nomasteryoda (I think)

Your Linux Skills - Use them or lose them

I haven't seen anyone mention this, but I just got my hands on one :D i must say it's worth the $350 i paid for it. It's my first laptop, which was closely followed by an ibook g3 (which i am having trouble with, and which i will bring to the meeting this Saturday [anyone know much about apple hardware??]).

This post is about the Eee though. I picked it up off newegg pretty cheap, opting for the 4G sans-webcam. looking back, i kinda wish i got the one with the cam, it would have been perfect for deployments :S oh well.

Yet again, don't we all wish we could fly? Linux gives us wings...

Enjoy.

No, I don't recommend using Vista... This is a good solution for a bad "OS".

enjoy the quick, simple install!!

I've been using VirtualBox from Sun (Sun recently purchased VirtualBox from Innotek) for over a year now and have not even looked back at using VMware worksation, of which I own 2 copies.

VirtualBox allows you to run Windows, Linux, BSD, DOS right on top of your Linux desktop. It supports importing vmware vmx images - virtual machines you might have created in vmware server (free version) or vmware workstation.

There are 2 flavors of VirtualBox to choose from. One is the OSE version available in Ubuntu or Debian package repositories. To check if it exists in your package list, type "sudo apt-cache search virtualbox" in a Terminal window. Follow any instructions provided.

SSH Key Authentication Using seahorse (GUI)

To simplify use of ssh key pairs on your computers, no matter the network you are on, Seahorse is the way to go!

Just follow this howto at www.debianadmin.com and you can manage your ssh keys in no time flat. Sure, cli is simple enough, but for new users this is almost foolproof.

nomasteryoda

Here's a good one I found today while reading digg....

http://www.playonlinux.com/en

check it out

I was looking at some coverage of CES and ran into an interesting product.

Yoggie has a family of award winning embedded Linux devices (including a computer on a USB stick that can be purchased for ~$100) that seems to rather effectively protect Windows machines (or home and SOHO networks) from bad stuff on the internet:

http://www.yoggie.com/how-it-works

I haven't used any of their products so I can't endorse them or answer anything about them that isn't on their website. I just find it very interesting the trend, that has actually been going on for a while, towards using Linux to protect Windows machines from Windows security shortcomings.

This is a tip for all those poor souls who dare repartition their nice Linux drive... BACKUP THAT SUCKER SOME PLACE SAFE!!! Yea I'm yelling that out to the world. You can never be to careful with your valuable data. Spending hours upon hours to recover using some nice windows utility is not fun. Believe me when I say this.... please.

.... yea, did not follow my own advice.

Anyway, the tool I found and had forgotten about is called R-Linux and its free... Yeah, free is very good when you have dorked up your data. Check it out at: www.data-recovery-software.net

Hey all!!

Check out a hot little contest from Pearson Education/InformIT.

Just click to register EACH month and get chance to win cool prizes!!! No, really. These guys sponsor the books we review. Spend 1 minute completing the entry form and I'm sure you'll be happier. Heck, do it in Firefox and let it save the form field data so you can just complete it quicker next time.

Take a look at the forums (on the right side) and comment or come to one of the Meetings Saturday to discuss. Note, you must be a member to post.

nomasteryoda

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nomasteryoda
September 17, 2007

If you have the hardware, this really is a great way to show off what Linux can do vs the other 2 popular OSs.

Here's a video of some of the coolness.
Compiz Fusion Video

nomasteryoda

Just a link to my screenshots page on blogger.

Nomasteryoda's Linux Screenshots