As many know, one of my BIGGEST gripes with Gnome and/or GTK-based apps is their inability to NATIVELY support remote filesystem access, like Konqueror does by default, and Kate does by default, and many of the other applications built for

OpenSUSE Linux provides a command-line method of managing repositories and packages. This tool is called zypper. The following is a basic tutorial by example of how to use zypper.Repository ManagementTo list repositories:[1342][root@dev:/home/scott]$ zypper repos# | Alias | Name [...]

We Linux users are quite the easy-going laid-back bunch. We rarely get religious about our operating systems, and in no way wear them as a part of our very identity. We love everything, and get along with everyone. We are

In the search for a full weight loss program for my window manager (I'm switching from KDE 3.5 to XFCE4), it became clear that another terminal would have to replace Konsole. After 11 full minutes of considerable thought, agonizing contemplation,

For everyone who is an OpenSUSE Linux fan, here's a new wallpaper just for you:Click image for bigger version.Take a look at the rest of the Linux wallpaper gallery.

In OpenSUSE Linux, we have a wonderful thing called One-Click Install. This is a marvelous thing for new users. I love it to death, and care for it as I would my own child. Almost everyone knows that this is

When you are forwarding ports through a tunnel, either locally or remotely (i.e., with the -L or -R switches), you can modify the session real-time. The way that you do this is after you start the session, you press SHIFT

My car has a 10-gallon tank. And hat.54.20 miles per gallon. That's better than my motorcycle. Nope, my car isn't a Prius. Nope, it isn't even a hybrid. No, it isn't a Geo Metro. Yes, this is a real picture

If you have difficulty browsing on your Linux workstation at work, say, because of filters and such, this will make your day. One other thing is that you need a Linux server that is outside your network at work. Once

Pretty excited to be going to UTOSC 2009:

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It seems that M$ still doesn't get it. At least that's quite obvious when one considers the "training" that they have been providing to Best Buy employees. For example, take a look at this screenshot of the training (click for

Another migration to SUSE Linux:Excerpt:"Novell today announced that National Vision Inc., one of the largest optical retailers in the United States, plans to use SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Point of Service to improve the performance, stability and uptime of the network

You know Microsoft would only say something like this if there was absolutely no other alternative. They are marketing experts, not software experts. And apparently, the software experts that contribute to Linux have created an OS superior enough that, with

Tell me you haven't always wanted to do this.

When you have the level of paranoia that I do, being able to generate ultra-secure passwords is a very nice thing.My bash prompt is also something I take great pride in. Not only that, I really like it.Well guess what,

Por fin! It's about time they did something like this with OpenSUSE Linux. Uses for this are infinite. What a fantastically cool concept.From the site, "Novell has launched a new service called SUSE Studio that makes it easy to build

Linux has so many marvelous tools. The great part about this is that you can combine the tools to make new tools. As you may know, there have been previous postings about a tool called 'sup' which tells you some

I don't like it when people try and hack my web servers. To make myself aware of people trying to access my ssh daemon, I wrote me a little script. Yup, I'm certainly aware of DenyHosts. Notwithstanding, in the hopes

Once in awhile, it's nice to block hostile machines on the kernel level. Specifically, this is done with iptables or ipchains. Iptables if you are living in this millenium.If a specific host is known to be hostile, execute the 'whois'