SynchronEX

SynchronEX - Advanced File Synchronizer Software

"SynchronEX enables robust multi-directional file tree synchronization and backup over local & network paths in any situation: From laptop synchronization to scheduled periodic backup to incremental website upload."

Pro Git

Pro Git - Pro Git Book

"This is the website for the Pro Git book, written by Scott Chacon and published by Apress. Here you can find the full content of the book, a blog with tips and updates about Git and the book and open source projects related to Git or referenced in the book."

nano nowrap

To make the nowrap (-w) option default when starting nano, edit (or create) .nanorc in your home directory with the line:

set nowrap

More info at The GNU nano editor FAQ

rsnapshot

rsnapshot

"rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems. Using rsync and hard links, it is possible to keep multiple, full backups instantly available. The disk space required is just a little more than the space of one full backup, plus incrementals."

Lifehacker - Mastering Wget

Geek to Live: Mastering Wget

Ubuntu Release Cycle

The Ubuntu Release Cycle

[Update 2010-09-08]

The above link seems to no longer work. The release schedule is listed here:
Releases - Ubuntu Wiki

Squid

Squid

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages.

Squid offers a rich access control, authorization and logging environment to develop web proxy and content serving applications.

Squid User's Guide

SquidGuard

DansGuardian

Marvell SheevaPlug

I want. I want.

Marvell: Plug Computing

PlugComputer Community

Linux for Devices - News: $100 Linux wall-wart launches

Ubuntu LAMP

Installing Apache MySQL PHP on Ubuntu.

ArtistX

ArtistX - eXtra ordinary art tools:

"ArtistX is a free live GNU/Linux DVD which turns a common computer into a full multimedia production studio.
It is based on Ubuntu GNU/Linux and contains nearly all the available free audio, 2D and 3D graphics, and video software for the GNU/Linux computing platform."

The site has a big list of free graphics, audio, and video software packages.

G-Scripts

Nautilus File Manager Scripts: Welcome to G-Scripts

nautilus-open-terminal

I figured there'd be something like this available:

Ubuntu Tutorials : nautilus-open-terminal : terminal quick launch

Just installed on a couple Ubuntu boxes. Looks like it'll be handy.

Ubuntu Live CD Customization

LiveCDCustomization - Community Ubuntu Documentation

VirtualBox

This weekend I'm going to check out VirtualBox:

"VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)."

I'll probably start with these simple instructions: Using VirtualBox to run Linux from within Windows.

I also plan to check out the VMKnoppix live CD.

(As if I need more stuff to do;)

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I've been using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and notice a lot of similarities between it and VirtualBox. Maybe that's because they share a common ancestry. Virtual PC was originally developed by Connectix and was later sold to Microsoft (see Microsoft Virtual PC: Version History). VirtualBox came from Innotek which, before being acquired by Sun Microsystems, worked with Connectix on Virtual PC technology.

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Rich Green: On Snowglobes, xVM and Freedom

Virtual Steve: Weblog: This Isn't Your Dad's Desktop Virtualization

NolaPro

Accounting & Business Software | Free Web-Based NolaPro

Sound & MIDI Software For Linux

Sound & MIDI Software For Linux is a site maintained by Dave Phillips who sometimes writes for Linux Journal. Dave's most recent article in the October 2008 Linux Journal (which, I believe, won't be available online for a couple months) points out a number of resources for Linux audio and sound. I don't know if the old boxes I have running Linux will be up to the task but I'd like to check out these audio tools as time permits.

LessWatts.org - Saving Power on Intel systems with Linux

LessWatts.org - Saving Power on Intel systems with Linux:

"PowerTOP combines various sources of information from the kernel into one convenient screen so that you can see how well your system is doing at saving power, and which components are the biggest problems."

COLUG Meeting - March 2008

I attended the The Central Ohio Linux User Group meeting yesterday. Rick German from Stoneware gave a presentation on their WebOS. In my over-simplified view, WebOS is a system that creates a virtual desktop within a web browser. The system is built around a set of Java applications running on servers that interface with a number of hosted applications including web services and Windows Terminal Server sessions. This provides a unified point of entry to multiple back-end services with single sign-on, and provides centralized control of who can run which applications and where. This looks like some pretty cool technology especially useful for organizations with a lot of users needing access to a limited core set of applications to do their jobs. Still there is something about the idea of the desktop within the browser within a host OS that makes me feel like this is only evolutionary. At some point that outer browser and OS should disappear like the legs on a snake.

Speaking of snakes, Python to be precise, Catherine Devlin announced PyOhio, a "daylong regional miniconference being planned for the summer of 2008 in Columbus, OH."

Linux Home Automation

Linux Home Automation - Neil Cherry's blog. Neil is the author of Linux Smart Homes For Dummies.

Setting Up Subversion for One or Multiple Projects

Setting Up Subversion for One or Multiple Projects