Monthly Archives: February 2006

Master’s degree in Linux

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Well, looks like it’s time for me to pack up and move to Australia, so I can get a Master’s degree in Linux: Australia’s Charles Sturt University will next month kick off the world’s first certified masters degree in Linux, … Continue reading →

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Using MultiTail

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

The tail utility is a staple of systems administration work, but MultiTail is even better. I’ve written up a short intro to MultiTail on Linux.com. If you do any regular sys admin work, take a look at MultiTail to see … Continue reading →

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Xgl back in X.org development

Posted on February 7, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Novell announced today that they’re contributing Xgl enhancements and the Compiz composition manager to X.org. I wrote up a brief story on the announcement, and reactions from Aaron Seigo, for NewsForge.com. Really, it seems there are two stories here — … Continue reading →

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Stealing focus

Posted on February 5, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

The next time the UI folks are sitting around discussing “usability,” I’d like to ask that they deal with one of my pet-peeves — specifically, applications that steal focus from the active application. This is something that’s gotten much better … Continue reading →

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