Multimedia, HTPC and IT news, 03.09.2008

Linux

Convert a Linksys NSLU2 to an RTorrent Appliance

JBCobb.net: "In this story I will show you how I converted a mild-mannered (...)

Linux

Why Lifehacker Readers Switched to Linux

Lifehacker: "We asked the devoted Linux users, the dual-Windows-and-Linux-b (...)

Linux

Novell SUSE Linux Scores Big Retail Deal

The VAR Guy: "The VAR Guy was strolling through his local BJs Wholesale Clu (...)

Linux

Tomboy - Desktop Note Taking in openSUSE Linux

SUSE & openSUSE: "Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux and (...)

Linux

Furius ISO Mount - Mount and Unmount ISO Images With GUI Tool in Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu Geek: "An ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG Image management utility for th (...)

Linux

Ubuntu Server vs Microsoft Windows Small Business Server: Looming Showdown

The VAR Guy: "Some small businesses and start-ups are standardizing on Ubun (...)

Linux

Webmin: Graphical System Administration- Can it Replace the Command-Line

Free Software Magazine: "This article will tell you how to install and use (...)

Linux

Elgg Offers Educators Safe Open Source Social Networking Platform

DaniWeb: "Elgg, a new open source social networking platform aimed specific (...)

Linux

Atlanta Linux Fest 2008 Announced

Atlanta Linux Fest 2008!: "Atlanta Linux fest will be host to dozens of the (...)

Linux

Taming Your Daemons With PSMon

Linux.com: "The PSMon utility lets you specify which processes should be ru (...)

Multimedia

THQ opens Shanghai office (at bizjournalscom)

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Hardware

Atom Proves too hot for Intel to Handle

They can make plenty of chips, but Intel is finding it hard to get them tes (...)

Linux

Getting Started With CodeIgniter

IBM Developerworks: "If you're a PHP developer, it doesn't take long to mak (...)

Linux

Exaile Music Player - Music Player for GTK+ in openSUSE

SUSE & openSUSE: "Exaile is a music player aiming to be similar to KDE̵ (...)

Linux

Actor/Author Stephen Fry Endorses Free Software

Linux.com: "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has kicked off a month-long (...)

Linux

Citibank Infuriating its Customers With Linux-Hostile Site

The Inquirer: "But when you start using that credit card and want to check (...)

Linux

Debian Distro Named for Little Green Man

Desktop Linux: "With "Lenny" in the final stages of preparation, Project Ma (...)

Linux

Strip Mining of Open Source

IT Pro: "...Fleury claimed that "IBM reacted negatively to the Sun announce (...)

Linux

Number Pools And Guaranteed Combinations Within Fixed Strings

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Our Objective: Given a Number Pool of "x thr (...)

Linux

Finnix: Compact Linux Distribution for System Administrators

Linux.com: "Finnix is a live CD distribution designed to assist system admi (...)

Multimedia

Majesco Entertainment Schedules Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call (PR N

Majesco Entertainment Company , an innovative provider of video games for t (...)

Multimedia

Ding Ding Ding! FaceBreaker Ships to Retailers Today (Business Wire)

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.----Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that FaceBreak (...)

Multimedia

Electronic Game Card, Inc Announces Shareholder Proxy Vote Results (PR Newswire)

Electronic Game Card, Inc. , announced today the results of its proxy vote (...)

Multimedia

SkillSoft to Present at the 8th Annual BMO Capital Markets Back to School Education Conference (PR N

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Linux

Money Manager Ex -- Personal Finance Manager in openSUSE

SUSE & openSUSE: "Money Manager Ex is a free, open-source, cross-platform, (...)

Linux

Aliases and Variables Keep Things Short and Simple

ServerWatch: "Aliases are great for saving typing time, and you probably al (...)

Linux

Faqs! Facts! Fax! Windows XP vs Linux

Telegraph: "Q. I have an AMD computer, which I set up to dual boot to Windo (...)

Linux

$98 Laptop From China -- Industry changer

Technocrat: "On Techvideoblog is a story of the new HiVision mininote lapt (...)

Linux

Chalk Another One Up for Linux

Motley Fool: "You have to wonder how much Novell would have sold if the pro (...)

Linux

One Tale of Two Scientific Distros

Linux Journal: "Although it is basically identical to Red Hat Enterprise Li (...)

Linux

CONSEGI 2008 Declaration -- Open Letter to ISO Reveals More OOXML Issues

Groklaw: "There is an unexpected reaction from major government IT agencies (...)

Linux

Linux Fights Creationism in UK Schools

Computerworld UK: "God-Bill created Windows 2000/XP he saw that it was good (...)

Linux

A Review of Google Chrome -- What Rocks and What Sucks

OStatic: "The browser reflects a focus on web applications--letting you cre (...)

Linux

Google Chrome: First Run Around the Track

Cyber Cynic: "Once in a great while, though, something comes along that liv (...)

Multimedia

EA Evolves (at Motley Fool)

Electronic Arts' much-anticipated new game will gr (...)