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Tips To Protect Linux Servers Physical Console Access

Vivek Gite — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:09:31 +0000

This is an user contributed article.

Linux computer console is a physical device to operate a computer / server. Here are few steps which, if taken, make it more difficult for an attacker to quickly modify a system from its console.

Linus Torvalds Switched Back To Gnome

Vivek Gite — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:54:55 +0000

Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator, dislikes the GNOME desktop. There was a big flame war(s) between Linus Torvalds and the GNOME community. At one point he claimed that - "Gnome seems to be developed by interface Nazis and that its developers believe their users are idiots". And guess what? Who made the switch to Gnome?

Nokia To Add LGPL Option For the Qt UI and Application Framework

Vivek Gite — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:12:02 +0000

Good news for all developers! QT will be available under the LGPL starting with version 4.5. The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation. The LGPL places copyleft restrictions on the program itself but does not apply these restrictions to other software that merely links with the program. There are, however, certain other restrictions on this software. The LGPL is primarily used for software libraries, although it is also used by some stand-alone applications, most notably Mozilla and OpenOffice.org.

This option could increase Qt usage and adoption. You may see more cross platform commercial application on the Linux desktop. This is huge news for cross-platform developers.

New Notification System for GNOME and KDE

Vivek Gite — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:51:55 +0000

Canonical the makers of Ubuntu about to introduce a new desktop notification system proposal. New changes should improve the usability of the Linux desktop including desktop notification system for both GNOME and KDE. From the Mark Shuttleworth blog:

The key proposals we are making are that:
* There should be no actions on notifications.
* Notifications should not be displayed synchronously, but may be queued. Our implementation of the notification display daemon will display only one notification at a time, others may do it differently.
That's pretty much it. There are some subtleties and variations, but these are the key changes we are proposing, and which we will explore in a netbook device with a partner, as well as in the general Ubuntu 9.04 release, schedule gods being willing.

I think new changes looks more like Growl system used in Mac OS X. You can read more about proposal including mockup video that shows new notification system here.

Kill a Frozen or Crashed UNIX / Linux X Desktop

Vivek Gite — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:33:03 +0000

Here is a quick tip to kill a crashed Linux / UNIX X desktop system. Many new user do not know this simple tip and end up hitting computer reboot button. Press CTRL + ALT + Backspace to kill GUI and get back to login screen. There are more ways to kill a crashed desktop without restarting your computer.

Download of the day: KDE version 4.0.1

Vivek Gite — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:04:35 +0000

KDE version 4.0.1 has been released and available for download. KDE 4.0.1 is a maintenance release for version 4.0, which provides corrections of problems reported by users. From the announcement page: The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of KDE 4.0.1, the first bugfix and maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced [...]

How to: Install KDE 4 Desktop under Ubuntu Linux 7.10

Vivek Gite — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:16:08 +0000

KDE 4 has been released. I've received couple of questions about installing KDE 4 under Ubuntu Linux 7.10. KDE 4 Packages are available for Ubuntu Linux version 7.10 (Gutsy) and from development Ubuntu Linux Hardy version. They install to /usr/lib/kde4 and can be installed alongside your existing KDE 3. However these packages are not compatible [...]

Qt To Be Licensed Under GPL version 3

Vivek Gite — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:38:45 +0000

Qt is the standard framework for high performance, cross-platform application development. Trolltech ASA is licensing its Qt cross-platform development framework under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPL v3), with immediate effect. GNU founder Richard Stallman said: I am very pleased that Trolltech has decided to make Qt avaliable under GPL v3. This will [...]

Download of the day: KDE 4 Desktop

Vivek Gite — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:02:07 +0000

KDE4 has been released and available for download. KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix and Linux workstations. It is based on the version 4 series of Qt (a cross-platform GUI application development framework). From the announcement page: The KDE Community is thrilled to announce the immediate availability of KDE 4.0. This significant release marks [...]

Download of the day: Dolphin File Manager for KDE Linux Desktop

Vivek Gite — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:49:50 +0000

Dolphin is a file manager for KDE focusing on usability. The KDE 3 version of Dolphin is in beta stage, but provides already most features for daily usage. Currently Dolphin gets ported for KDE 4.0. I really liked its simplicity. The main features of Dolphin are: * Navigation bar for URLs, which allows to navigate quickly through [...]

What’s new in KDE version 4?

Vivek Gite — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:54:32 +0000

KDE an easy-to-use desktop environment for UNIX / Linux. KDE 4 is the next major release and it is scheduled for release on December 2007. The new version claims t make KDE faster and more memory efficient by leveraging the greater speed and efficiency of Qt 4.x and increased efficiency in the KDE [...]

I turn my Linux computer off and when I turn it on it runs disk check (fsck) on hard disk. Why?

Vivek Gite — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:12:13 +0000

A typical question asked by many new Linux users. The answer is pretty simple: Your partitions are not being unmounted properly when you last shutdown the Linux desktop. Linux needs to shutdown properly (I’m sure this applies to Windows and Mac OS too) before powered off. If you skip this step there could be data loss. If [...]

How To: Install KDE on the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet

Vivek Gite — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:47:12 +0000

The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet is a wireless Internet appliance from Nokia. It is powered by Debian Linux. KDE and all it's supporting programs have been compiled for the Internet Tablet, and it works b-e-a-utifully. I've installed this sucker on my N770 and it purrs like a kitten, believe it or not ;) => KDE on [...]

How to: Linux Setup and configure Webcam or Digital Camera

Vivek Gite — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:21:46 +0000

Explains how to configure web camera under Debian / Ubuntu Linux using Camorama software.

How to: Control Amarok Media Player with Bluetooth Enabled Phone

Vivek Gite — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:46:19 +0000

This is a nice hack and a small how to about controlling Amarok media player: Ever since I’ve received my new phone, bluetooth has excited me. To be honest, the notion of being able to control my pc from the phone was the exciting aspect. Ever wondered how to do this? Let me elaborate. (Image Source: Authors [...]

Gnome or KDE Keyboard Shortcuts you must know

n00b_Programmer — Wed, 24 May 2006 19:01:19 +0000

Shell (command prompt) offers fastest way to finish your work. However, not everyone out there is comfortable with shell. Therefore, you end up using KDE or Gnome. After some time you will fill that, you need combination of both keyboard and mouse to get best result. Novell has published a nice list of essential keyboard short [...]