Linux refers to one or both of two things.
The heart of a Linux system is the Linux kernel, originally written by Linus Torvalds from Minix by Andrew Tanenbaum, and now maintained by hundreds of developers. It is a clone of Unix for personal computers and forms the heart of a system that is, to a reasonable extent, POSIX compliant.
Linux also refers to the name of the complete operating system built upon the Linux kernel, and there are literally hundreds (possibly thousands) of Linux operating system distributions, each one tailored to a specific need or set of needs.
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I can't decide what image I want to use for my desktop background/wallpaper, so I set it to be changed every 10 minutes to a ...
I continued toying with encrypted multibooting, and I've written so far two journal entries about my attempts. My first attempt was a frankly ...
So immediately after hacking together something with TrueCrypt (described in my my previous journal entry) and realizing how unworkable it is with side-by-side ...
Encrypted PC Triple-Boot with TrueCrypt and LUKS Howto
Some people when faced with data confidentiality problems think "I know, I'll use encryption". Now they
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And I wrote it. Installing multiple operating systems with full encryption should not be as hard as it is. Installing multiple versions of Windows side-by-side ...
It's three years old now, and it's geared toward Ubuntu specifically, but this is a pretty neat explanation of how to save bandwidth ...
How do you schedule a cron job to run on a specific weekday of the month, but on only one of the four or five ...
I got tired of GNOME on Ubuntu, and I wanted to upgrade artpad (my Toshiba Portégé M200 tablet) to something less ...
One thing I really don't like about how the universe works is how becoming frustrated with trying to do something seems to be the only ...
Apparently, there's a great deal for DSL Internet service in AT&T's service areas: $14.95 a month for a two-year contract. That's not a bad deal ...
IBM was represented at AusCERT this year, and they gave away complimentary USB flash drives at their booth. However, IBM released ...
What a news story to start off the week with! SCO CEO Darl McBride has been fired! 
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The closest thing I ever found to a perfect unified music player application was Amarok 1.4. It let me: - stream and/or download podcasts,
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The closest thing I ever found to a perfect unified music player application was Amarok 1.4. It let me: - stream and/or download podcasts,
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