Category Archives: Linux

Most Popular Linux Posts of 2009 [Best Of 2009]

A new browser, two new Ubuntu releases, and more than one new netbook OS—2009 was a big year for open-source software. Here are the Linux-related posts that caught our readers' attention in 2009.
Last year, we compiled the most popular Linux downloads of 2008 and the most popular Linux posts. The most popular Linux downloads, however, [...]

AcidRip for Linux Rips DVDs with Two-Click Ease [Downloads]

Linux only: Just over a year ago, we offered a semi-easy way to rip DVDs in Linux to video files. Had we been up on AcidRip, we could’ve saved ourselves about 900 words.
Okay, that’s a bit of overstatement, especially if you like to have a lot of fine-grain control over how your video files turn [...]

Play Games Inside Your Linux Terminal

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10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse

She married you even though you’re a geek, but to keep peace in the family you know you have to tone it down, don’t you? So avoid speaking Klingon and endlessly dissecting BSG and … well, here are 10 annoying habits you need to break.

How to: Set Tomato Firmware for Wireless Client Modes

Wi-Fi Planet: “If you’re like most right-thinking people, you probably use your wireless router the way that nature intended–to broadcast wireless signals to clients. But, if you’ve flashed your router with an alternative firmware, such as the increasingly popular Tomato, you can actually run your router in reverse. In other words, you can use your [...]

A good linux-powered, SATA NAS enclosure for under $200?

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