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There are numerous common features with every Linux installation. This document lists 10 of the more important ones you should know about. |
By Jeffrey G. Thomas Linux is not Windows, and although there are some similarities, you must realize that there may be a few "new ways of doing things" to learn before you can be comfortable in Linux. Linux is an open-source clone of UNIX, a secure operating system (OS) that predates DOS and Windows and is designed for multiple users. The items in the following list generally apply to any UNIX-based *nix system, such as Linux and the various BSD's. For the purposes of this article, assume that it's all Linux. Here are the 10 things to know Editor's note: As part of a recent IT Soapboxblog post I asked Linux users and evangelists in the TechRepublic community to step up to the plate and take a crack at producing some informative articles and downloads on the Linux operating system. This document is just one of the submissions inspired by that challenge. Just click the Linux challenge tag to track other published submissions stemming from this grass roots project.
Ten tools for every admin Posted Jan 2nd 2006 5:50PM by Jordan Running Filed under: Windows
Apple might kill iPod shuffle Shuffle off this mortal coil By Nick Farrell: Tuesday 03 January 2006, 15:32 THERE ARE signs that Apple may dump or replace its iPod shuffle, according to Apple fanzines. Currently it is next to near impossible to buy the one-gigabyte iPod shuffle through Apple's Web store or through Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Circuit City. Apple's Web store has been out of stock on the 1GB shuffle since mid-December, according to enthusiast site AppleInsider.com. A survey of 12 Apple retail stores chosen at random found seven didn’t have the shuffle in stock and didn’t know if they could get any more. This is in comparison to the Nano, which were in short supply in the run up to Christmas, but now seem to be in abundant supply again. Apple watchers say that dwindling inventory is often a sign that company will replace the product. This is what happened when Jobs Mob introduced the flash-based nano in September when the company cut its iPod minis. It is likely that any announcement on the future of the shuffle will be revealed when Apple CEO Steve Jobs makes his annual sermon to the faithful at MacWorld in January. More here.
10 Tips for Making Time-outs WorkIf you are a parent, here are some tips for you. When your child acts up and you need to discipline, is there a way to discipline and what sort of plan you should have to make it work? Over at Parenting Ideas, they introduced a child discipline called Time-outs, and best of all they have a list of 10 tips for making it works for you:
- Understand the purpose of using time-outs is to interrupt or stop the undesirable behavior of your child.
- Find a safe and suitable place for administering time-outs.
- Decide which type of behavior warrants a time-out and try to follow through consistently.
- Use time-outs for children who turn three year old and are able to understand rules
- The length of time-out should be appropriate to the age and the severity of misbehavior
- Use the timer of oven or alarm clock to help your child know when it is finished
- Must give a verbal warning
- Don’t overuse it.
- Be consistent.
- Remember to counsel your child when a time-out finishes.
It is interesting to see there are some psychological and logical thoughts in those tips. Go to the site and read the full article.
Onfolio - Two thumbs up Onfolio makes my job easier. I look at hundreds of start-up companies every year, research hundreds of topics using search engines, and read lots of blogs every day. I have a very good memory but keeping all of this information organized is a problem. Onfolio makes it easier to collect and organize information, add my own comments, and keep everything prioritized. Search engines are great at finding information hidden in the more than 8 billion pages on the web. Bookmarks or Favorites are quickly overwhelmed. Saving snippets to Word or Notepad is tedious too. Onfolio makes it all fast and easy. Onfolio is a web research tool and an RSS reader built into one clean intuitive interface. Onfolio is a browser add-on to Explorer and a plug-in to Outlook email. It can be used to "capture" content from web sites, RSS feeds, email, or even Office documents. The captured content can be organized into folders and sub-folders, or added to My Reading List for later reading.
EXTREMELY USEFUL FIREFOX ADDON:
http://www.download.com/3000-2242_4-10470745.html?tag=txt
How-to Setup and Configure a Linux Media Server
This is a guide explaining what was involved in setting up a Linux box to be used as a shared network media server, although I also include my experiences in trying to setup Windows XP. (I didn’t get very far on the XP front)
This is a really cool item that does a flicker search by having you draw what you are looking for:
http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/
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