[2005-05-26] Linux Loves Nokia’s 770 Tablet
Forget the old PDAs. Nokia's got something cool as school to compete in the same market. The new Nokia 770 Internet tablet gives users some groovy new tools to surf the net with and they told everyone about all about it at the Linuxworld Summit in the Big Apple.
[2005-05-17] IBM And Red Hat Want To Convert Solaris Users
A new initiative by the two companies seeks to replace Solaris with Linux in the hearts and minds of users.
[2005-05-10] Magic Sysrq
The "Magic Sysrequest key" is Alt (left or right Alt key) and Sysrq (up there under Print Screen, next to F12 on most keyboards). To use it, you need to have it enabled in your kernel (CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ).
[2005-05-10] Loadkeys, Dumpkeys
You can change the output of the console keyboard with loadkeys. It's an extremely powerful command, and the man page can be confusing, but for simple use (which is often all we need it for), it's very easy.
[2005-05-09] Microsoft’s Doom: Open Source
Microsoft may be in trouble. Right now, Windows dominates the PC market and it has for a while but Linux has developed its following that following may grow if the British government has its way.
[2005-05-09] getconf
"getconf" returns the value of certain system variables. According to the man page (which you may not have on your system) it queries system configuration variables which are either:
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