I am thankful for these times that people also care about others because we don’t just talk about technology for work but how we could use technology to help ourselves amidst calamities. The past weekend was terrible in the Philippines but people from here and abroad all cared to share something with us to help my fellow Filipinos. I was one of the luckier ones that wasn’t badly affected by Typhoon Ketsana. Others were flooded and their homes were swept away by the water, and there are those who were able to leave their homes but everything …read more

Possible Linux distros to use Moblin are: Ubuntu, Xandros and Red Flag. Novell also announced a Moblin version of SUSE for Acer Aspire One and MSI Wind. I already blogged about Moblin so you have a better idea of what it looks like, right?
andros is said to be the best distro for Windows users while Ubuntu and SUSE have a lot of users, especially Ubuntu because of how user friendly it is. So I get the feeling that combining Moblin with these distros could be beneficial. The user interface of Moblin seems to maximize the screen …read more

Looking for Android-powered netbooks? Acer might be coming up with something. It is reported that Acer is currently working on a netbook running Android. The market will have another choice when it comes to operating systems on the Acer Aspire One.
Interestingly enough, Acer might be releasing the Android-powered Acer Aspire One in the third quarter of the year. And they could probably even have a netbook sale around Thanksgiving, right? Or around Christmas time. A strategic time of release, don’t you think? Especially if these netbooks would cost lower. For Linux users …read more

There’s news that AVG has a new version for Linux with AVG 8.5. It is  said to have editions available for servers and workstations. Here is a run-down of the features of this software :

streamlined scanning capabilities
new antivirus filters
improved handling of system resource
improved ease of use
support for 64-bit and multi-CPU architectures and multi-core
CPUs
a modular approach to software

It has been tested on the following distros:

Mandriva
Fedora Core
Debian
SUSE
Red Hat
Red Flag
Ubuntu
other Debian-based distros

Maybe those who are running small businesses might want to consider using AVG for their needs. I’ve encountered some people who use AVG on their Windows computers and they swear …read more

If you love music then you’re probably looking for the music player of your choice. You could choose among several types of music players out there. In my case, as long as it doesn’t hang, as long as it shows me all the important information I need as well as store playlists well, then everything’s alright.
Lately I’ve been listening to music on my netbook using Listen. It’s like iTunes, Amarok and Exaile and Rhythmbox in a way because the interface is like that. omething simple, not too cluttered with information.
Aside from that, my Rhythmbox install keeps hanging …read more

I’ve successfully download the latest version of Knoppix and it’s now running live from my USB drive. Awesome, ain’t it? I used unetbootin but I was careless at first when I defined which device I wanted to use. Apparently I chose a different partition so my USB drive wasn’t recognized. The netbook wasn’t booting from it. Anyhow, it’s working now and here’s a screenshot of Knoppix at work.

Image Credit: Clair Ching, 2009.
Some of the interesting things about this version of Knoppix:
1. My wireless works out of the box. (Look ma, no tweaks!)
2. The user interface …read more

Aspire One users like me have other choices aside from the default Linpus Lite and Windows XP options. There’s Ubuntu UMPC, probably other lightweight distros such as Puppy Linux, as well as Kuki.
Kuki is also based on Ubuntu but it boasts of tweaks that are specific to the hardware of your Aspire One. The Kuki team’s objectives are as follows:

For Kuki to be an out of the box working system
For Kuki to boot fast
Have a low usage on SSD/HDD
Include lightweight and fully working programs for common daily tasks

It uses the combination of Openbox and LXDE so the graphical user interface …read more

Sorry I’ve been away most of the time last month. Real life got in the way but I am back now!
So how have you Linux users have been? Any newbie troubles you’ve been experiencing? Let me know and maybe I could help you out.
One of my online buddies didn’t really know how to add/remove programs on his sister’s Acer Aspire One and he posted an SOS online. Though I haven’t really tried Linpus on my own AAO, I found a tip that might help you if you have the same issue he’s having.
You could install new applications …read more

I learned something new today about the less command:
When you need to look at the contents of the tar.gz file you downloaded, you could actually use the command less to list them for you!
$ less yourfile.tar.gz

Image credit: Clair Ching, 2009. Screenshot posted on Flickr.
This is a sample of the output of the less command. You don’t have to extract the file’s contents before you could check if all the files you are expecting to be there.
This is thanks to the article on ServerWatch It’s called Reading Compressed Files with Less.
Another tip I got from the article …read more

I was avoiding trying to install another dock for Openbox and I thought that maybe the WindowMaker dock apps would work for the docker.
I’ve read that other people used different panels and docks for their system tray and applets. I actually like the full screen goodness I have with OpenBox right now as well as the docker which shows that I have applications running like Pidgin and Gnome-do. I also want to see the time and date just so I won’t be too disoriented.
I’ve tried wmclock but I didn’t like the way it looks. Now I …read more