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10 "Really Cool" Icon Sets for Ubuntu/GNOME Desktop (1,144 diggs) I ’m going to share to you some of my favorite set of icons. These are specifically made for Ubuntu, as well as any other Linux distro with a GNOME desktop. So here they are:

Space Cube - The World's Smallest Linux PC (1,536 diggs) Meet the Space Cube — the world's smallest fully functional PC. Primarily designed for use in space, it somehow manages to cram a working PC with USB ports, card readers, audio outputs and proprietary interfaces into a tiny cube chassis measuring just two inches square. It runs a basic Linux front-end.

Anatomy of Linux Dynamic Libraries (716 diggs) Dynamically linked shared libraries are an important aspect of GNU/Linux. They allow executables to dynamically access external functionality at run time and thereby reduce their overall memory footprint. This article investigates the process of creating and using dynamic libraries, how to explore them, nd explores how these libraries work.

Be a Productive Linux User (707 diggs) 5 ways to increase your productivity and enhance your Linux user experience.

10 Fundamental Differences Between Linux and Windows (983 diggs) I have been around the Linux community for more than 10 years now. From the very beginning, I have known that there are basic differences between Linux and Windows that will always set them apart. This is not, in the least, to say one is better than the other. It ’s just to say that they are fundamentally different.

Linux And Sex Battle it Out in Utah (515 diggs) Even though the data is apparently a bit screwy, I was still really proud to see Utah emerge as the top state for "Linux" searches on Google. The data also shows that Cubans prefer "Linux" to "sex," which is almost certainly not true, but I think there may actually be something to Utah's strong affinity for Linux, at least as it relates to searched

How To Protect MySQL Database From SQL Injection Attacks (956 diggs) SQL injection attacks can allow hackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on your database through your Web site. To avoid these attacks, every piece of data supplied by a user on a Web form, through HTTP Post or CGI parameters, or other means, must be validated to not contain information that is not expected, GreenSQL is a firewall for SQL.

Red Hat, Fedora servers infiltrated by attackers (739 diggs) Unknown attackers infiltrated Red Hat and Fedora servers but did not compromise the integrity of the Red Hat Network software deployment system. The Fedora project leader says that no source packages were modified.

Red Hat Infrastructure Servers Hacked, Cracked & Compromised (810 diggs) In the Fedora breach, company officials said they had "high confidence" the hackers did not get the "passphrase used to secure the Fedora package signing key."...In the Red Hat compromise, the intruder was able to sign a small number of OpenSSH packages relating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 [i386, x86_64] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 [x86_64].

10 Good UNIX Usage Habits (1,352 diggs) Adopt 10 good habits that improve your UNIX ® command line efficiency -- and break away from bad usage patterns in the process. This article takes you step-by-step through several good, but too often neglected, techniques for command-line operations.

Laser-guided French Robots Run Linux (520 diggs) A French robotics start-up called Wany Robotics has announced two mobile, mini-ITX-based sensor robots that run Linux. Aimed at educational and R&D applications, the PeKeeII robots are based on Via C3 or Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and offer sensor telemetry, ultrasound, and laser detection.

25 killer Linux apps (993 diggs) The very best software for your Linux machine.

A really sexy Ubuntu theme that is actually possible!! (1,711 diggs) Rather than have nerdgasms over a theme that will never ship with the next version of Ubuntu instead throw your support behind this gorgeous theme that is actually possible. Let's show Canonical that we want something sleek and sophisticated that can actually ship.

What Ubuntu 8.10 SHOULD look like. (1,769 diggs) This is a mockup that was put together for a possible look and feel for the next Ubuntu release (Intrepid Ibex), which is due out in October. And it looks amazing. And, in all reality, it is very easily doable. If Ubuntu 8.10 does not look like this... it will be a crime against humanity.

Using Linux for Photography, where we stand (812 diggs) Graphics and photography have been Apple ’s chasse gardée for years but for quite some time, MS Windows is on par with the Mac and the system of choice for photographers boils down to personal preferences more than anything else. So what about Linux then?

Debian Delivers Freerunner Open-Phone Package (558 diggs) Olympics aside,summer 2008 will be remembered for at least two other reasons. It will be seen as a time when the noise over Linux as a platform for mobile devices reached a crescendo. Second: it marked Debian's 15th anniversary.Bringing both together, Debian developers have delivered a version of their Linux distro for Openmoko's FreeRunner handset

Linux popularity across the globe (992 diggs) The Linux landscape is constantly changing and has a strong community of both developers and users. But where is Linux the most popular, and where are the different Linux distributions the most popular?

How To Block Porn Pictures And Images With SafeSquid Proxy (658 diggs) Administrators can use various methods to block access to websites that are pornographic in nature, like URL Filter, URL Blacklist, Keyword Filter, etc.Follow the procedure below to install Pornographic Image Filter and use it with SafeSquid:

5 Great Alternative Linux Music Players (802 diggs) Amarok, Rhythmbox and Banshee are a few of the popular music players in Linux. They are great in features and have received plenty of good reviews. But what is unknown to many is that there are a lot of other music players for Linux which are also great in features, but are hidden in some corners of the world.

Would Linux help Adobe pummel Microsoft? (761 diggs) Columnist John Dvorak thinks that Adobe Systems has a Microsoft problem and that Linux provides a clear solution: Adobe could port its Creative Suite...to Linux as a shot across Redmond's bow. Then the company should race Linux in-house and develop a complete, optimized Linux OS...

XBMC's Linux Port Lacks Impressive Features (590 diggs) Linux has no shortage of audio and video players, but if you want to devote you whole system to multimedia use, you need the Xbox Media Center (XBMC). Although initially designed for the Xbox gaming console, XBMC has been ported to other platforms. The Linux port of XBMC that I use is quite usable, especially for video playback.

NimbleX 2008 "The New Wave of Linux" is Speedy But Flawed (463 diggs) NimbleX, a Slackware-based distribution, advertises itself as "the new wave of Linux." However, what is appealing in NimbleX -- its speed and small footprint and the resulting selection of alternative software choices -- will likely strike veteran GNU/Linux users as being very old school. By contrast, its limitations -- too little attention

Open Virtual Machine Tools with Ubuntu Hardy (614 diggs) Getting a working vmtools installation into a freshly upgraded Ubuntu 8.04 is a simple matter of rebuilding the right modules against the newer kernel and rolling them up into a tarball.

Open Source: An Open Question for Red Hat and Others (446 diggs) It's been tough lately for companies like Red Hat and Novell that bet their business on open source. Here's a look at the haves and the have-nots

Ubuntu at Toyota (733 diggs) I checked out the bank of beat up Gateways with vagabond keyboards in the corner. I wiggle the mouse, and up pops the Ubuntu Heron! Wow!The neat part is that other people are actually using them.