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Quick & Dirty Backups - Linux Magazine Article

I have gotten a ton of feedback on my most recent Linux Magazine article - "Quick and Dirty Backups".  Thanks to everyone who responded.  Hopefully the article will end up saving some data!  I really appreciate that many readers shared with me their backup strategies and experiences.  If

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Best Wishes Patrick Volkerding

I was extremely saddened to read this.  I've had the pleasure of hanging out with Patrick on numerous occasions and he is a great guy.  I wish him the absolute best and hopefully he has a speedy recovery.  It's a shame that the local doctor wasn&

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Interview with Michael Tiemann

I recently got the chance to interview Michael Tiemann and the interview has just been posted. A lot of interesting answers and Michael really is an Open Source pioneer, so go take a look.  The interview made /. and unlike most times I was actually around to keep an eye on

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Testing 1..2..3 - LinuxQuestions.org Podcast

While I don't have all the new equipment yet, I do have enough to start testing.  Let me know how this sounds to everyone.  I'd also be interested in what you want to hear on the LinuxQuestions.org Podcast.  Many people have been asking me what

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Cracked Version of SoundForge used in Creating the .wav's that Ship with Media Player?

It seems that a cracked version of SoundForge was used to create the sound files that ship with Windows Media Player (pic).  Have to wonder if 1) the BSA will look into this and 2) How Sony will react. --jeremy

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More Internet Explorer Fun

Looks like another exploit for IE is in the wild.  This one is particularly nasty as it is extremely difficult for anti-virus programs to detect.  On a related note, I just got the following email from the folks at Firefox: Two days after the launch of Firefox 1.0, we&

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LQ Podcast - Coming Soon

I am happy to report that I just made what should be the last purchase needed to get the LQ Podcast online.  Should be here early next week, which means we could have a test Podcast up by late next week.  Stay tuned - and keep watching (and soon listening

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Another Innovation from MSFT?

Now, this is accompanied with very little fact, but the sad part is...it really wouldn't surprise me if it were true. --jeremy

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Busy Day (or two) for Open Source

With Firefox 1.0 and Fedora Core 3(download Fedora) both being released, it has been a busy couple of days.  I was able to grab a copy of Firefox early this morning before the mirrors got busy and already had my Fedora ISO's ready.  I upgraded my

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Microsoft Feeling the Competition?

Seems that MSFT pulled a completely out of character move and contacted CNET with a preemptive comment in anticipation of the Firefox release.  Gary Schare, Microsoft's director of product management for Windows, professed to be unconcerned about Firefox's apparent popularity.  I wonder what it feels like

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Novell Settles One Antitrust Claim with Microsoft, Plans to File Suit on Second Claim

Novell and Microsoft just settled a potential lawsuit related to Novell's NetWare operating system for $536 million.  Novell also announced it will file an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft related to WordPerfect.  Sadly, Novell has agreed to withdraw its intervention in the European Commission’s case with Microsoft as

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Maddog Weighs in on the State of Linux

SearchEnterpriseLinux has posted a good interview with John "Maddog" Hall.  Maddog is a Linux pioneer and has been around for a long time.  He covers some general trends, application integration, how open source development is changing the enterprise application development world and what is and isn't

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LQ ISO Hits 100,000 Downloads

In less than three months, LQ ISO has registered well over 100,000 downloads.  There are now almost 100 distribution versions available from almost 300 different download mirrors.  If you see any distribution missing, please click "Suggest Additions" and let us know.  Thanks. --jeremy

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OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit Sponsor

I am proud to announce that LinuxQuestions.org will be a sponsor of the upcoming OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit.  From the OSDL Site: The OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit is the source of Linux deployment information.  This unique conference brings together Linux users, developers and vendors to explore practical solutions for

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Interview II

Chuck, from Orange Crate, recently asked me to do an email interview.  I was happy to oblige.  Thanks Chuck.  Tom Adelstein also recently interviewed me for LXer. --jeremy

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Dell to Announce a Preload Agreement with Novell - Part II

Just got confirmation on this.  The call is in about 5 minutes. SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 on Select Dell PowerEdge Servers Extends Customer Choice and Value ROUND ROCK, Texas and WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 27, 2004 - Dell and Novell today announced an agreement to offer Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise

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Dell to Announce a Preload Agreement with Novell?

Looks like there is a rumor going around that Dell may announce a preload deal with Novell.  From the article: Dell is expected to announce a partnership Wednesday to offer Novell's SuSE Linux factory-installed on new servers, CNET News.com has learned. Now, considering that yesterday I got

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Software Piracy Due to Expensive Hardware, Says Ballmer

It really amazes me how many stupid statements come out of Microsoft these days.  Now, from the Microsoft employees that have participated on my blog on multiple occasions, I know they have some smart and clued in people.  Why they continue to let the PHB's say things like

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Spread Firefox

Spread Firefox is trying to raise money for the official Firefox 1.0 release.  You can register here and donate here.  One of their goals is a full page ad in the New York Times.  Should be interesting. --jeremy

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O'Reilly Radar 2004

I was pretty bummed when I had to miss OSCon due to it's close proximity to LinuxWorld.  It was great to see that Tim's keynote presentation is available online in streaming format, complete with companion slides in PDF format.  Tim is a really smart guy -

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Fedora Kernel and iPod

As I posted here, the stock FC2 kernel is not compatible with the iPod.  I've compiled i686 kernels that will work with the iPod and am making them available to everyone.  Please note, while I have tested both kernels I am releasing on machines I own and both

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Storming the Microsoft Edifice

An interesting article by Sam Hiser that touches on the fact that apps such as Firefox and OpenOffice.org can really help Open Source, even when run on Windows.  By not allowing web protocols and file formats to be dictated, you really are helping yourself and your company.  But this

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iPod and Linux

All I have to say is - that was way too difficult.  I got an iPod as a birthday gift (Thanks!) and of course wanted to use it in Linux.  Easy, right? Nope!  When I plugged the iPod into my home machine it recognized the iPod straight-away, but would not

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Paris City Hall Balks at Linux Switch

...or do they?  Odd that an article with this title would have a first sentence of "Local government offices in the French capital will not abandon Microsoft software overnight but instead gradually phase in more open-source programs".  From my POV, a gradual but steady phase in is still

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Interview

If you don't get enough of me on this blog, an interview done by Tom Adelstein has just been posted to LXer. --jeremy