Monthly Archives: December 2005

A look at rss2email

Posted on December 19, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

A few weeks ago, I discovered (maybe rediscovered… I seem to be forgetful lately) rss2email. It’s a nifty little proggy that converts RSS to emails. I wrote up a short intro to the tool on Linux.com. Give it a read … Continue reading →

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Gaim 2.0 beta – packages for Ubuntu Breezy

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

If you’d like to try out Gaim 2.0 beta 1, but don’t feel like compiling from source, I might be able to help out. I whipped up packages this morning with CheckInstall for Ubuntu Breezy, and they seem to be … Continue reading →

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MySQL compatibility for PostgreSQL

Posted on December 16, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

If you’re a PostgreSQL fan, but using MySQL because one or more of your favorite open source applications only supports MySQL, the MySQL Compatibility project might be a good thing. I wrote up a short article on the project that … Continue reading →

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LISA coverage

Posted on December 13, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

Spent several days in San Diego last week, attending (and covering) the LISA conference. Good stuff. Had a great time, met some really fun (and brainy) folks, and learned a bit in the process. For a little more detail, see … Continue reading →

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A few SSH tricks

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

For this week’s CLI Magic, I looked at a few features in OpenSSH that may be helpful.

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Something like Expose

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

The All about Linux blog discusses Kompose, which is much like Mac OS X’s Expose feature. I’ve installed this on my test desktop, which is running KDE 3.5 on top of Kubuntu at the moment. It’s available from the Kubuntu/Ubuntu … Continue reading →

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New Debaday site?

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

Looks like there’s a new site trying to resurrect the “debaday” mission by providing a link to a new Debian package every day. It doesn’t look like the site is quite living up to the name, but I’ll be happy … Continue reading →

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