Monthly Archives: June 2006

Ohio LinuxFest call for speakers

Posted on June 22, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

The deadline is rapidly approaching — the Ohio LinuxFest folks are looking for speakers for this year’s OLF. I went last year and had a blast, and I fully expect this year’s to be even better. If you know a … Continue reading →

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Tips for new Ubuntu users

Posted on June 21, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Since Dapper is no doubt attracting a whole bunch of new Ubuntu users, I thought it’d be a good idea to write up a piece addressing some common new user questions. It’s up on Linux.com now, if you have any … Continue reading →

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Meaningless

Posted on June 19, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

This has already been touched on, but I figure it’s worth saying again: Saying that something is “open source based” is pretty much meaningless. I’m seeing this term a lot in press releases, and I just want to clarify — … Continue reading →

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A look at Flock

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

I have a review of the Flock beta (0.7) up on NewsForge this afternoon. It’s Friday, I know, but don’t let that stop you from heading over and giving it a quick read. I tested Flock on Ubuntu Linux — … Continue reading →

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GNOME's Women’s Summer Outreach Program

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

This is some interesting stuff, the GNOME project is trying to bring more women into the project (and free software development in general) by hosting the first Women’s Summer Outreach Program (WSOP). This was spurred on by the fact that … Continue reading →

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Synergy, one mouse and keyboard for all your computers

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

I have an article up on Linux.com today, “Synergy: One keyboard (and mouse) to rule them all,” that looks at using the Synergy software as kind of a software KVM — minus the M, anyway. I get a great deal … Continue reading →

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Creating VMware images with VMware player

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

I have a short article up on NewsForge today about creating VMware images using VMware Player. This might be useful if you don’t have the money for VMware Workstation, and don’t feel like messing with a full-blown VMware Server install. … Continue reading →

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