Linux Journal

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• Even Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictators Need a Little Change

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source Out of all the titles Linux leaders are known by, we must admit that one is our favorite. The one that makes us smile is attached to Ubuntu’s Mark Shuttleworth, affectionately known as the Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator for Life . While that title is secure, one of his others will soon be dropping ...
  3 days ago

• Creating Slide Show Backgrounds in XFCE

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source Continuing in this series of slide show backgrounds, in this article I will explain the process of creating a set of desktop backgrounds that will transition like a slide-show in XFCE. Note that I am using XFCE version 4.6.0 in this tutorial. Other versions may be able to use this tip, but the screen shots ...
  4 days ago

• Announcing LinuxCon 2010

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source The Linux Foundation — the non-profit organization dedicated to all things Linux — is involved in a number of conferences throughout the year. Among those, the newest is LinuxCon, which will be celebrating it’s second year in 2010. read more
  5 days ago

• Custom Transitioning Backgrounds In KDE3

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source My recent article about transitioning slide show backgrounds in GNOME garnered quite a bit of attention, so here’s my first reminder of how to do the same thing in other desktop environments. This one will show you how to create a custom slide show backgrounds in KDE3. read more
  6 days ago

• Tech Tip: Periodically Update Your MOTD with update-motd

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source This tech tip provides you with information on how to customize your motd (Message Of The Day) message to display the output of one or more scripts. This uses the update-motd package, which updates the motd message when run. I use this method on Ubuntu 9.10, but not all systems provide this package so ...
  1 week ago

• Give the Gift of Membership

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source When you hear the phrase “Give One, Get One,” your mind may turn to the ill-fated promotion from the One Laptop Per Child program. This holiday season, the Linux Foundation is shaking up the phrase with a “Get One, Give One” program , helping you share the benefits of Foundation membership with ...
  1 week ago

• Tech Tip: Add Latitude/Longitude Information to Photos

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source I wanted to store geolocation information in the photos I take with my digital camera. That way I wouldn’t have to specify the photo locations manually when I upload them to the Picasa webpage. Since my camera doesn’t have built in GPS support, I wrote this script to add the location information to the ...
  1 week ago

• Free Shipping on Orders Over $50 in the LJ Store

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source Free shipping on orders over $50 in our Store now through Dec 16 (as well as guaranteed Christmas delivery for U.S. orders placed by this date). Best sellers this week include: read more
  1 week ago

• Rotating Backgrounds with Drapes

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source Download in .ogv format read more
  1 week ago

• Tech Tip: Using Twitter and Facebook from Pidgin

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source In the vast world of communication, instant messaging is a long-standing medium. Facebook has entered the scene relatively recently, as has Twitter. If you use these newer mediums of communication and you’re a Pidgin user then you may want to look at the Pidgin plugins for accessing them. read more
  1 week ago

• The CinelerraCV Project

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source Continuing my tour of Linux-based video editors this week I’ve profiled Cinelerra. Specifically I’ve reviewed the community-supported version produced by the CinelerraCV project. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Meet Your Linux Journal Team

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source Here’s your chance to get a peek at the awesome group of people I get to work with behind the scenes at Linux Journal . Happy Friday! read more
  2 weeks ago

• Create a Custom Transitioning Background for Your Gnome 2.28 Des...

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  Linux Journal: "While test-driving the new Gnome 2.28 desktop, I was surprised to see that among the default backgrounds, there was a "Cosmos" slide-show of several cosmic pictures of space that regularly transition on your desktop. While I had used this feature in the past when using KDE, I was not aware of how to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Meet Your Linux Journal Team

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  Heres your chance to get a peek at the awesome group of people I get to work with behind the scenes at Linux Journal . Happy Friday! read more read more
  2 weeks ago

• Create a Custom Transitioning Background for Your Gnome 2.28 Desktop

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source While test-driving the new Gnome 2.28 desktop, I was surprised to see that among the default backgrounds, there was a "Cosmos" slide-show of several cosmic pictures of space that regularly transition on your desktop. While I had used this feature in the past when using KDE, I was not aware of how to create ...
  2 weeks ago

• Qt: More, More, More

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source No software release is complete without a proclamation of the shiny new features packed inside the box. Such is the case with Nokia’s freshly unveiled Qt 4.6, where the word of the day is more . read more
  2 weeks ago

• Brain + Keyboard = T-Shirt

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source Engage your brain, send us a Tech-Tip, and we’ll send you a T-Shirt. Or if you prefer one of our new Calendars. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Custom Toolbar Buttons for Thunderbird

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source If you watched the video and wondered what the JavaScript code was for my "Move Junk" button in Thunderbird, then read on. If you haven’t watched the video, this article describes how to add custom toolbar buttons to Thunderbird using the Custom Buttons addon. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Linux Journal Insider January 2010

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source This is the maiden voyage of the Linux Journal Insider podcast, and we start the new year of Linux Journal off with a bang. Or more precisely with a HAM. HAM radio that is. If you’re not a subscriber to the magazine, pick up this latest issue on newsstands mid-December, or buy a single copy in our ...
  2 weeks ago

• Open Source Tweeting

  
  Firmo Technologies, L.L.C., Kansas City Unix and Open Source Software Support. |AIX|Solaris|Linux| — Authority: 149
  Source Can we liberate tweeting from Twitter? It’s an open question. And it’s one that Dave Winer hopes we can answer, in response to his post We need: An open source Twitter shell . He begins, It would do more or less exactly what the twitter.com website does. Same prefs, same commands, same user ...
  2 weeks ago

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