Red Hat to focus on enterprise market, not consumer Linux

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Once upon a time when you mentioned Linux to non-Linux users, the first thing they thought of was Red Hat. That's because the company was one of the first and most successful to get its desktop Linux onto retail shelves. But in a blog post today, the Red Hat team ...

Firefox 2.0.0.14 Released

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

For those of you who are not trying out a BETA version of Firefox 3, version 2.0.0.14 has been released and can be downloaded from here.

Crack Rar, 7z, and zip files with RarCrack in Ubuntu Linux

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Ever run into the problem where you created a password protected zip/rar file and you forgot the password or accidentally deleted it? Or just dont know the password at all? Well I have come across a nice solution for cracking zip/rar files. Its called rarcrack, If you forget your password ...

Load Desktop Backgrounds Immediately in Linux

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

When logging into Ubuntu or most any GNOME-based Linux system, users see a blank one-color screen until the actual desktop is loaded—which can make one feel like something's broken, or at least make your boot experience less fluid. One intrepid Ubuntu hacker, however, shows how to banish the blank screen ...

Running Backtrack in VirtualBox

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Seeing as I've just spent the morning trying to get all this up and running I thought I'd create an entry about how to get Backtrack running in VirtualBox.For those who haven't heard of it, VirtualBox is an open source equivalent to vmware workstation. It does full snapshoting (unlike vmware ...