Archive for January, 2009
Is Mac Safer?
Posted by Alex Costa in Apple, Security on January 31st, 2009
I was reading this article on ZDNET.com “Is Mac still the safer bet?” by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. This is a question that I have been asked many times also, “Is Mac safer than windows?” Although many times it sounded more like an affirmation than a question. I wouldn’t say it’s safer, it’s just not as targeted. [...]
Synergy – share mouse and keyboard cross platform
Posted by Alex Costa in Easy Tips, Linux, Open Source, Windows on January 28th, 2009
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It’s intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s). Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off [...]
WordPress TV
Posted by Alex Costa in ITechFeed on January 26th, 2009
WordPress has launched “WordPress TV” a source of video tutorials and support. The developers expect that this new tool will be more than just another source of support for WordPress. “On WordPress.tv, you’ll find tutorials for both WordPress self-installs and WordPress.com to help you get blogging fast and hassle-free. We’ve kicked things off with the [...]
OpenSuse – run IFCONFIG as user
Posted by Alex Costa in Linux on January 17th, 2009
OPenSUSE 11.1 surprised me when I was denied to run IFCONFIG as a normal user and also as SUDO. There is an easy way around it, just create an alias link to the /sbin/ifconfig file. $alias ifconfig=’/sbin/ifconfig’ Now you can run IFCONFIG with your user account. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]
Old Novell Ad (I am a Linux)
Posted by Alex Costa in Linux on January 14th, 2009
This is an Old Novell Ad, a nice addition to the Mac/PC ads war. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up Share on Orkut share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Technorati Tags: Linux, Mac, [...]
OpenOffice is sick
Posted by Alex Costa in Open Source on January 14th, 2009
According to this article “Measuring the true success of Openoffice.org” by Michael Meeks, the beloved OpenOffice is sick, sick because of Sun. “…the statistics show a picture of slow disengagement by Sun, combined with a spectacular lack of growth in the developer community. In a healthy project we would expect to see a large number [...]
The MacBook Wheel revealed by Onion News Network
Posted by Alex Costa in Apple on January 10th, 2009
If this was real, Mac users would love it… just because it’s from Apple! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up Share on Orkut share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Technorati Tags: Apple, Mac, [...]
Google Android OS on Notebooks
Posted by Alex Costa in Linux, Mobile Phones, Open Source on January 9th, 2009
A developer team on venturebeat.com has reported that they can get Google’s Android to run on netbooks. Long before Andoid was released there were rumors about its use not being restric to mobiles. The Venturabeast team claim to have made it work on a EeePC 1000h within 4 hours as reported by the Linux Magazine [...]
SORT
Posted by Alex Costa in Linux Man Pages on January 4th, 2009
SORT(1) User Commands SORT(1) NAME sort – sort lines of text files SYNOPSIS sort [OPTION]… [FILE]… DESCRIPTION Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Ordering options: -b, –ignore-leading-blanks ignore leading blanks -d, –dictionary-order consider only blanks and alphanumeric characters -f, –ignore-case fold [...]
wvdial
Posted by Alex Costa in Linux Man Pages on January 2nd, 2009
WVDIAL(1) WVDIAL(1) NAME wvdial – PPP dialer with built-in intelligence. SYNOPSIS wvdial –help | –version | –chat | –config | option=value | –no- syslog | section… DESCRIPTION wvdial is an intelligent PPP dialer, which means that it dials a modem and starts PPP in order to connect to the Internet. It is something like the [...]
