Linux

Xgl on Suse10.1

December 5, 2006

Xgl is an X server architecture designed to take advantage of modern graphics cards via their OpenGL drivers. The development of Xgl was sponsored by Novell to increase the usability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) and was led by David Reveman Checkout this video to see Xgl in action : I recently installed Suse [...]

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Ethereal User Guide

November 17, 2006

Ethereal is one of the best open source packet sniffer available today. It is available on both Windows and Unix Platform. Detailed list of Ethereal features can be found here ! Richard Sharpe and Ed Warnicke have written an extensive user guide(450 pages) on Ethereal. The intent of the document was to improve the accessibility [...]

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100 Linux Tips and Tricks

November 12, 2006

Nope I am not going to write a post listing the 100 Linux Tips and Tricks. I am just going to attach a nice book that I found while searching through by E-book collection The book is pretty good for new Linux users and can help them to quickly get started on Linux ! I [...]

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Suse Linux 10.1

November 7, 2006

Suse Linux 10.1 is a mammoth 3.5GB installation. I spent almost 30 hours downloading it via the torrent and I should say it was worth that effort. I had Suse 10.0 installed previously. SuSe 10.1 has lot of improvements in terms of installation and hardware drivers. For the first time I could install any linux [...]

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