MoBlock is a cutting-edge open source security tool for the Linux platform designed help fine-tune the network security of your Linux desktop or server. Sukrit Dhandhania expMoblock02lains how to use it to secure your Linux box…
In the preface, the author explains that his desire to write the book came from discovering a lack of published literature on the subject…
Last month many developers were scurrying to prepare for the 2.6.33 merge window. When they weren’t doing that, here are a few of the items that were under discussion, starting with the Big Kernel Lock…
Norton Ghost and its open source alternative Partition Image have been the software to go to for cloning hard drives for some time now. Today we're look at a further alternative that the open source world has to offer – Clonezilla…
With the right attitude, and some tips and tricks from industry experts, you can soon turn your homegrown Android app into a nice little earner. Adrian Bridgwater explains how…
Today, Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the open source space. Following on from the success of our original 'ten essential Python tips for beginners', we've compiled a further collection of ten gems to make your Python experience that much more worthwhile…
Miguel de Icaza is a polarising figure amongst licence jockeys like Richard Stallman, but there is no denying his ability to get things done. We caught up with Miguel and asked him about Mono, Gnome, and all of the various things in Linux he touches in his role as a ...
Virtualisation has become a big industry. Large numbers of desktop machines and servers are being run in this way. So it’s not surprising that there is a high demand for more information for the end user about virtualisation and what can be done with it…
In a recent blog post Canonical's Rick Spencer has revealed two seemingly small changes for Ubuntu 10.04 that will affect the default web browser, Mozilla's Firefox, and all its prospective users…
While everybody is talking about how Apple plans to revolutionise print media, iCreate and Imagine Publishing continue to focus on doing the job themselves with the launch of iCreate magazine for iPhone and iPod touch…
A log file grows without limits unless some action is taken. Growing log files pose many problems since larger files are very difficult to manipulate and file systems can run out of space…
Contributor Martin Nordholt has recently revealed a ballpark release date of December 27th 2010 for the hotly anticipated version 2.8 update of the popular open source image manipulation program, GIMP.
