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#Ebook Deal of the Day: Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition – Only $9.99! Use code DDNUT (O’Reilly Media)
March 10, 2010 – 3:30 am | No Comment

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Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition for only $9.99. Use discount code DDNUT to get your savings!…

Yellow Dog Linux licks CUDA (The Register)
March 9, 2010 – 4:08 am | No Comment

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Nvidia GPUs sit up and bark Remember Terra Soft and its Yellow Dog Linux for Power processors?… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work

Saving PCs from viruses – the Linux way (TechRepublic)
March 7, 2010 – 9:44 am | One Comment

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Viruses seem to be all the rage again. If you’re an IT consultant, and you’re looking for a fresh way to ride hard drives of viruses, take a look …

How To Delete All Dot Files From a Directory In Linux
March 6, 2010 – 11:47 am | No Comment

Have you ever typed rm -rf .* within a directory only to find the command had unintended consequences?

How Linux Can Achieve Faster World Domination (Tom’s Hardware)
March 5, 2010 – 8:01 pm | No Comment

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Today we have Keith Curtis returning for a new discussion on Linux. Curtis spent 11 years as a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft before examining Linux and the open …

Linux Australia Funds Important Legal Research on Free Software Compliance (Linux Today)
March 4, 2010 – 5:50 pm | No Comment

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Brendan Scott: “Over the past twelve months or so I’ve noticed an upswing in enquiries about free software compliance. For example, someone might be seeking access to source code …

Simple Scan Makes Linux Scanning Beginner-Friendly [Downloads] (Lifehacker)
March 3, 2010 – 2:00 pm | No Comment

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# downloads Linux: The default image scanning app on most Linux desktops, XSane, has many, many buttons and sliders. When all you want to do is make a PDF …

AE Linux Is Available on Cinnamon Bay SBC Featuring Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processors (Marketwire)
March 2, 2010 – 8:18 am | No Comment

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ADI Engineering and Arium Announce That AE Linux Is Shipping With the Cinnamon Bay SBC