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Welcome to the New LinuxJournal.com

Webmistress — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:49:31 +0000

You may have noticed something different about LinuxJournal.com today.

I am very pleased to share our newly redesigned site with you, and I'd like to tell you a little bit about some of the new features. I hope you'll take the time to register, if you have not already, so that you may take advantage of all of the new features we have added and will continue to add. more>>

Symbian Opens Up

Justin Ryan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:08:18 +0000

When Nokia bought Symbian in 2008, nobody had any reason to believe their thoughts were anywhere near Open Source — particularly given that just weeks prior, its Open Source chief declared that when it came to FOSS, the company wasn't "ready to play by the rules." Nevertheless, Open Source was exactly what Nokia had in mind for Symbian, and as of today, the process is complete. more>>

The Small Picture: More OpenOffice.org Extensions

Bruce Byfield — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:10:11 +0000

Every few weeks, I like to browse the OpenOffice.org Extensions site to see what is available, and what people are using.

New extensions that are both useful and well-designed seem to be getting few and far between. However, if you search patiently, you can still find extensions worth trying. more>>

Pass the Bug, Collect $500

Justin Ryan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:22:27 +0000

Bugs are a reality of software development, and a pain for both coders and users. Security bugs are a particularly nasty variety, and in an effort to kill as many as possible, Google is now coughing up cash for catching Chrome and Chromium glitches. more>>

Start and Control konsole with DBUS

Mitch Frazier — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:41:05 +0000

Some time back I wrote about creating a number of konsoles automatically using dcop. Although we were at the time well into the KDE4 era I had not yet upgraded since there were still things that weren't quite working with KDE4, most of these have now been fixed so I've upgraded some of my systems to KDE4, which means it's time to update the original code to now use dbus. more>>

Crafting Digital Media: A Book Review

Dave Phillips — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:38:02 +0000

I don't usually write book reviews, but this one is special. My friend and colleague Daniel James has written an introduction to the world of media production with Linux, or as the subtitle describes it, "A manual for creative media on a modest budget". I'll put the spoiler right up front: This book is wonderful and is an essential read for all artistically-inclined Linux users. Read on to find out why I think so. more>>

Amateur Radio Articles and Newsletter

David Lane — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:25:48 +0000

For those that have been waiting patiently for the Amateur Radio articles from the January 2010 edition to be available on line, your wait is over! You will find a permanent link to them in the Linux Journal Virtual Ham Shack, but for your convenience, I will put them here too: more>>

The Linux Foundation Will Train You - For Free

Justin Ryan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000

A little less than a year ago, the Linux Foundation launched a program to provide a variety of training opportunities for Linux professionals. Just a few months later, the Foundation moved the program online, offering web-based sessions of select courses to reach a wider audience. On Tuesday, they took it one step further, announcing the free — as in beer — Linux Training Webinar Series. more>>

Tech Tip: Use gxmessage for Displaying GUI Messages from Scripts

Kris Occhipinti — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:10:23 +0000

There are many dialog programs out there, Zenity, Kdialog, xdialog, etc. I love programs like these. They make it so easy to spice up a shell script with a little GUI action. Today I'm going to go look at a dialog program called gxmessage. more>>

Linux Audio Plugin Update

Dave Phillips — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:29:38 +0000

Audio processing and synthesis plugins are always a lively topic for musicians. Many contemporary music-makers rely completely upon their plugin collection for all their sound sources and processing routines, and it is not at all uncommon to discover that some of these composers have never learned to play a traditional instrument. However you feel about audio plugins they are a fact of life in modern music production. more>>