http://wolphination.com/linux J_K9 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:25:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Too frequently in the past has Linux had to spend months—even years—implementing support for the latest technologies for which the manufacturers have not bothered to make Linux drivers (either due to the extra costs or merely disinterest in the platform). Linux developers had to reverse engineer each technology to find ... http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/11/12/its-time-to-stop-playing-catch-up-intel-drivers-and-wimax/ How many times have you been stuck at work when the latest episode of a podcast such as LugRadio has become available for download, or the latest version of your favourite Linux distribution has been released? Wouldn't it be really useful if you could access a server at home through ... http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/10/25/how-to-setup-a-web-based-bittorrent-client/ Ubuntu Server is a popular Linux server distribution which has been gaining some good ground over the past few years, but is still behind its main commercial rivals: Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. However, one of the new, experimental (but stable) features in Ubuntu 7.10 Server ... http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/10/23/seventen-degrees-of-modularisation/ As always, Ubuntu's latest release doesn't fail to disappoint. In fact, I'm severely taken aback by some of the background improvements which perhaps have not earned as much credit as they ought to have. One such improvement is font rendering. Even with sub-pixel font smoothing on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), the ... http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/10/21/ubuntu-710up-to-standards/ I have a few interesting and exciting articles up my sleeve which I now have an entire week to write (you can hold me to this statement, by the way), but there is so much going on in the Linux world these days that it really is difficult to come ... http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/10/20/what-would-you-like-to-read/ Having spent the past five or so hours trying to connect my Ubuntu 7.04 laptop and Windows XP desktop to my Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles so that I can stream media from one to the other with almost no success, perhaps it is a little too easy for ... http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/09/29/why-is-achieving-simplicity-so-difficult/ Many people have innovative ideas about projects they would like to implement but simply do not have the programming expertise to realise them. So, in order to produce the application and still guide its development, they turn to the Open Source community for help. I am such a person. I have ... http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/09/19/open-source-project-management-common-pitfalls/ Small and Medium-sized Businesses are usually quite keen to consider switching to Open Source IT solutions, and not without reason: Linux and other Open Source tools are mature—often with features that rival and exceed proprietary alternatives in terms of usage and implementation—proven to be secure, low-maintenance once set up and ... http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/09/15/the-big-smb-problem-dropping-microsoft-office/ It is with great pleasure that I announce the 0.1 release of HyperGet. This is a stable release with limited functionality: it allows users to download packages to be installed on an offline Debian-based computer on an internet-enabled computer using just the Synaptic Package Manager and HyperGet. This release is a ... http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/07/04/hyperget-01-released/ Anyone who has used a Mac will be familiar with the "Dock." The Dock is a toolbar that sits at the bottom of the screen, allowing for quick access to your favourite applications and fast switching between them. Icons in the Dock represent the different applications or links and may ... http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/06/03/kiba-dockthe-interactive-dock-toolbar-redefined/