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Linux News - Blog Pages

These pages list Linux related blog entries originating from my Personal Blog Website at watkissonline.co.uk.


Firefox 3.5 publicity - Shiretokoshock and social networking

01 July 2009

If you use any of the social network websites then you've almost certainly heard about the launch of Firefox 3.5. The reason for this is that Firefox has tapped into it's fan base and community spirit to promote the launch of the new browser.

I am one of those ...

 


Firefox 3.5 is here - Faster, Safer, More Fun web browsing

30 June 2009

Firefox 3.5 is here. There is a lot of buzz on the Internet about Firefox today for the official launch of version 3.5.

Firefox is a web browser that runs on various operating systems (including Windows, Mac and Linux) and is available completely Free.

I've been running the pre-release versions ...

 


Free Software, Open Source and Software Patents - why is it so important!

03 June 2009

I keep going on about Open Source Software and the risk that software patents poses. This is why I think these are so important.

Free and open source software is an important part of many things we take for granted.

What is free and open source software

Free and open source ...

 


Free Software Pact - turns software patents into a election issue

02 June 2009

I have already posted that I believe that software patents are the biggest threat to free and open source software. Software patents do nothing to improve the quality of software and create a major barrier to all but the big software companies.

The Free Software Pact has been forged ...

 


Eee PC - mini tutorial - command line shell - xterm / konsole

20 May 2009

I've recently bought an Asus Eee PC with Linux (customised version of Xandros) pre-installed.

This is a mini tutorial on accessing and getting the most out of the the command line interface (CLI) on the Eee PC.

Although the Eee PC customised Linux GUI hides the workings of Linux behind the ...

 


Firefox with Personas - Web browser with style - create your own (First Aid Quiz)

16 May 2009

The Firefox browser has now become the most stylish and easiest to customise. This is all possible thanks to a new feature from the Mozilla Labs called Personas.

It's always been possible to customise Firefox using themes, but themes were hard to implement and used for changing the look of ...

 


Linux pre-installed, Windows XP, Windows 7 and netbooks

13 May 2009

 


Linux - upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04

27 April 2009

The latest version of Ubuntu version 9.04 has been released. This release has been given the codename Jaunty Jackalope.

I've been anticipating this release of Ubuntu as there were some packages that were still on old version numbers on 8.10. For example OpenOffice.org version 3 missed the previous release. There ...

 


Network cabling lengths

22 April 2009

During my day job I often have to arrange for network cabling spanning large distances within a data centre. As our data centre space is getting bigger and occupying more of the building we are hitting these problems more.

Here is a rough guide to the maximum lengths of ...

 


Software review of the Eee PC operating system (Eee OS)

19 April 2009

First impressions - Wow!

My first impressions when I started my Asus Eee PC were:

Tim Burners Lee has already taken www for the World Wide Web so it looks like Asus had to satisfy ...

 

Codeweavers crossover - Beta testing Internet Explorer 7 on Linux
Hardware review: Mini laptop / netbook - Asus Eee PC 1000H with Linux
Wordpress easy upgrade
Buying a netbook - Asus Eee PC with Linux vs. Windows XP
Long term hardware review : HP Laptop dv6285eu (DV6200 series) Entertainment Laptop
Ethernet over powerline - In home wireless connectivity - Devolo Linux support
Petition against software patents in Europe
Non-linear Video Editing in Ubuntu Linux - What tools to use and how to do it!
Linux pitfall of soft links ln - Rhythm Box - Music Player on Ubuntu
Amazon.co.uk MP3 downloads for Windows, Mac and Linux (but not 64bit versions)
MP3 Downloads - Is this the end of DRM on Music?
Video: Christmas at Thomas Land on YouTube
Progress on video editing with Linux Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid
Happy New Year - 2009
Editing HD Video on Ubuntu Linux (kdenlive / Cinelerra) - is this better than Windows Vista?
Quicktime playing camcorder files - Error opening video files - mp4 h.264 - Error -50: an unknown error
Upgrade of wordpress blog engine to version 2.7
Book Review: The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking by Simon Singh
Software Review - OpenOffice.org 3 - Free Office Suite for Windows, Mac, Linux and more...
Computer upgrade Utopia - Linux Ubuntu upgrade to 8.10
Updates to Quizzes on FirstAidQuiz.com and PenguinTutor.com
Installing OpenOffice.org 3 onto Ubuntu - Debian package for Linux
Upgrade your Office software, OpenOffice.org 3 released today
CDex, extracting CDs under Windows - Free software and patent issues regarding MP3s
New Tutorial on Penguintutor - Network IP Alias addresses in Linux
World Day Against Software Patents - 24 September 2008
Making a website more dynamic using Javascript
New game on First Aid Quiz - First Aid Hangman
New game for First Aid Quiz.com - almost here
First Aid Quiz - new page on Facebook
New game coming soon to www.firstaidquiz.com
Wordpress blog now upgraded
Password Gorilla - Password Safe for Linux and Windows
gnokii - Mobile Phone Nokia PC Communicator for Linux - Settings for Ubuntu, Mini USB and Nokia 6300
Butlins Skegness holiday - Toddler diary 2008 (created with OpenSource software)
Book Review: Networking Complete
Upgrade of Linux Server from Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 8.04
Linux Format Awards (my vote for Devolo hardware support)
HP Support Centre - Lost laptop
New game for FirstAidQuiz.com - under construction
Running Dreamweaver 8, Fireworks 8 and Flash Professional 8 on Linux using Crossover Office (cxoffice)
Ubuntu 8.04 / Xubuntu 8.04 - Probably the best Linux distributions yet
New email form on watkissonline.co.uk
Upgraded to Wordpress 2.5 - Security Updates are important
Rename file extensions in Linux
Testing Ubuntu / Xubuntu 8.04 - beta release
Ubuntu - Countdown to the next release
Windows Vista - Damaged Hardware (VGA Splitter)
Penguin Tutor moved to new hosting provider (from Compila to Streamline.net)
Ubuntu / XUbuntu - Enabling Broadcom Wireless driver on Dell Latitude C540/C640 with built in wireless
Circuit diagram published in Linux Format magazine
Hardware review: Advent wireless keyboard and mouse
HTML - href rel=nofollow for urls. Stop SPAM from getting a rating on search engines
Printing onto CD with Canon Pixma IP4200 and Ubuntu linux
Hardware hacking - Circuit diagram for LXF Arduino Simon Project
Preparing an external disk drive for use with Linux - Ubuntu
Adding a second hard disk to Linux
Book Review: Career Warfare by David F. D'Alessandro (CEO of John Hancock)
Virgin Media - Complaints department, not very helpful
PenguinTutor.com - DOS due to attempt to break in to website - Read the fineprint when signing up for a hosting deal
HP laptop dv6200 doesn't support Windows XP
Windows XP vs Windows Vista
HP Warranty Support for Pavilion Entertainment Laptop dv6285eu
DHCP server setup in Ubuntu Linux - automatic IP address allocation
Book Review: Career Warfare by David F. D'alessandro (CEO John Hancock)
Christmas Charity 2007 - Tommy's Baby Charity and Wikipedia
HP Laptop Hardware Problem - Wireless Networking
Virgin Media - Not taking payment then contacting a debt collection agency
Recent activities - Linux Ubuntu 7.10, Virgin Media cabling, Ethernet over Powerline, Windows Vista Notworking (or do I mean networking?)
DataCenter Dynamics - London November 2007
Electronics with Linux
Letter to Linux Format - Published in Christmas Edition - OpenOffice.org Special Edition Magazine
Broadband reconnected
OpenOffice.org Linux Format Special Edition Magazine
Windows Vista - Disable auto reboot after Windows Update
Sony accuses almost all owners of MP3 players of being pirates
Useful website for RS232 / Serial connectivity
Thunderbird Email Client version 2 - Easy to use - SAFE email client
Batch resizing images on Linux or Windows - ImageMagick convert command
SCO vs. IBM - SCO vs. Linux - SCO has lost!
Google Pack now includes Star Office available as a free download
Converting filenames / extensions to lowercase in Linux and Windows
Changing the Battery on a Palm Tungsten T3
Microsoft - The pot calling the kettle black
Website now fully migrated
Planned Website Maintanance 22 May 2007
Microsoft Claims Patent over Linux
Will applications be Windows Vista ready in time?
Password Safe (pwsafe) - and Linux alternatives
Microsoft $3 Windows package for poor nations
Recycle Ink Catridges - Send a Cow
Internet Explorer 7 has broken my Bluetooth in Windows XP
PenguinTutor website - down due to renewal issues!
Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux
Problem installing dual boot Windows Vista and Linux on a HP Pavilion dv6285eu laptop
Refund from Dell at last - Purchase of HP Pavilion dv6285eu laptop
Dell - Cancelled my laptop order - but still no refund
Dell's Helpless Desk - The Missing Laptop Computer
Who wants to be a Linuxaire?
Fighting SPAM with the Thunderbird Email Client for Windows, Mac OSX or Linux
Electricity Cost of Running a PC 24x7
PHPBB Forum Closed through SPAM
The Developer Highway Code Free when you purchase a selected Microsoft title
Linux Professional Institute Launches LPIC-3 Certification Program
New TCP / UDP Port Number Quick Reference Guide
Wordpress Upgraded to Version 2.1
Linux Format Mailserver: Mono enthusiast
Simultaneous page downloads with Firefox - useful for Wordpress users - network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server
Black Box - Data Centre Design and Network Cabling Workshop
WatkissOnline now on Hosted web space - Wordpress Successfully Migrated
New US and UK Online Book and Equipment Shops on First Aid Quiz and Penguin Tutor
First Aid Quiz, St. John Ambulance News and The pitfalls of web capturing
Happy New Year - 2007
Web Site Cracked
Toy Review: V.smile Baby - Computer Console for Babies and Young Children from vtech
New Linux Tutorial - Basic Shell Programming Reference Guide - PenguinTutor.com
Email to Linux Format on the Mono C# Tutorials
Linux Format Magazine - Reply to In Defence of the Firefox Web Browser
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Addons / Extensions / Plugins
Online Privacy and clearing your web browser history and cache - NSPCC
Change to LPI (Linux Professional Institute) recertification policy
Short distance broadcast to be legal in the UK - e.g. Tunecast
Survey - OpenOffice.org
LPI Level 3 Information (Linux Professional Certification)
wQuiz Perl Web Quiz Engine - New Software Section on PenguinTutor.com
Advanced Level Linux Professional (LPIC-2)
New Linux Professional Institue (LPI 202) Practice Exam
PHP Script to redirect and log connections
In defence of the Firefox Web Browser
LPI Level 3 Beta Exams at LinuxWorld Expo, London UK on 25th / 26th October 2006
PHP Web Sites Using Includes Relative to the DocumentRoot Directory
New version of OpenOffice.org 2.0.4, and 6th Birthday
Updated Version of wQuiz, the web based Quiz Engine
Google Sitemaps - Page Priority
Sun and Linux - Friends or Foe
Kubuntu - Ubuntu Linux the KDE way
LPI to run free LPI level 3 (beta) exams at LinuxWorld Expo
Using mod_rewrite (RewriteRule) in .htaccess file on Apache
Free / Reduced Price LPI Exams at LinuxWorld Expo in London
Will RFID chips on DVDs reduce Piracy or Privacy?
New Amazon Associates Online Stores - Buy Books and other items online
WQuiz has a project page on the Google Code Site
Apache mod_rewrite with Query String - redirecting wordpress pages to posts
Firefox 2 beta 2 available to download
New TCP/IP networking tutorial / reference guide
Installing a MOD on PHPBB for User Management
New Tutorial on Penguin Tutor - Linux Documentation and Help Reference Guide
Book Review: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible
Installing Ubuntu LTS 6.06.1 - the latest Ubuntu release
Canon PIXMA IP4200 printer now working with Linux drivers on Ubuntu
LinuxFormat Mailserver - Disc Reference
What is a Linux Distribution?
Linux Beginners - ASDL (Tiscali) and EasyUbuntu
Picasa - Free Photo Software from Google (available on Windows and Linux)
Vote for the most influential IT organisation
First Aid Quiz Web Site is now on a hosted server
Converting music and sound from Tape or Record to CD or MP3 (Linux audio solution)
Linux Books, Software and Hardware Reviews
Book Review: Apache Server 2.0 The Complete Reference
Linux Command Line - Running Programs even when your shell is closed. The nohup command
Adobe / Macromedia Flash based autocue program (actionscript)
First Aid Quiz Web Site Updated to coincide with the launch of the new First Aid Manual
Can't stand the heat - Monitoring CPU and computer temperature in Linux
St. John Ambulance Variety Show 27th and 28th October 2006
Review: Panasonic SD Audio Player - AAC, WMA and MP3 (SV-SD300 / SV-SD350V), with SD-Jukebox Version 5
Linux Advocacy - New Linux User
Coventry Power Cut - Web Site Outage
Adding a Search Engine to the Mozilla Firefox Searchbar (MozSearch Plugin)
LPIC level 2 exam 201 online practice test at PenguinTutor.com
New Beta Version of Mozilla Firefox 2 Web Browser
Problems installing Perl::Tk cpan module on Linux (Ubuntu and Fedora)
Linux Professional Institute LPIC Level 2 Exam 201
Review: Akai 256MB MP3 Player with SD Slot
Updating Wikipedia - Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
Blocking WebReaper (web crawler / web spider) using robots.txt
New Linux Install - Fedora FC5
Perl/Tk: Creating an Autocue for use in the Theatre
Which Linux Distro should I use?
Short outage for PenguinTutor.com - suspect UPS failure
Installing Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) with Nvidia Graphics Card - blank screen during install / Live CD
Computer Hardware Review: Canon PIXMA iP4200 printer, including Windows and Linux Drivers, and includes CD/DVD print capability
Linux beginners guide to compiling a program from source code - ktranslator, taskbar translation software
Game Review: Linux Game - PowerManga Shoot-em Up
First Aid Quiz web site, now on updated perl quiz engine
New Linux LPIC 102 Practice Certification Exam at PenguinTutor
Linux - Network Time Protocol NTP on Linux
Perl: Safely handling and showing European Characters on a html page
PenguinTutor Linux Website - One week old
Book Review: Red Hat Fedora and Enterprise Linux 4 Bible
Using wget to retrieve web pages
Improve Your Search Engine Ranking with Google Sitemaps and PHPBB
Launch of new website: Penguin Tutor Linux / LPIC Web Site
Book Review: ExamCram 2, LPIC I Exam 101 & 102
PHP Programming: Reading and Writing to GZip Files
Converting Linux man pages into html
Who Won This Mondays playmonday lottery?
Get Legal - Get OpenOffice.org free office suite
Linux Technology Previews - 3D Desktop and XGL (X Windows on OpenGL)
Quiz Engine - Replace Cache::FileCache Perl module
Fixing hardware problems on my Linux (Ubuntu) Web Server
New Website - Penguin Tutor, Linux / LPI Information
Rebuilding the web server using Ubuntu Linux
Linux Format Mailbox Article
Open Office .org New Release
Linux Professional Institute Certifed Junior Systems Administrator (LPIC 102 Exam)
Webcalendar, creating a photographic diary online, using Linux and PHP.
Installing Macromedia Flash Player on Ubuntu Linux
Door Plaques from Jaycee Crafts (including Linux Penguin door plaque)
Linux Professional Institute Certification LPI 101 exam
Windows WMF Security Vulnerability
Against Software Patents - Vote for European of the Year
Linux World Expo 2005
Macromedia Flash Standalone Player for Linux Version 6
Upgrading Mozilla Firefox on Mandriva Linux Limited Edition 2005
IDS - Creating a simple Intrusion Detection System using Apache mod_rewrite
Loginfo - Apache Log Analysis Software New Version
Apache mod_rewrite
Regular Expressions
Wiki
Loginfo - Apache Log Analysis Software - New Version
Cyber Vandals
Loginfo - Apache Log Analysis Software
Cygwin: Linux Commands on Windows
Mandriva Linux - Up and Running Again
Windows XP, the Blue Screen of Death and Activation Hell