Srinivasan is running a series called ‘One day, One command’. The series highlights a new command each day for GNU/Linux systems.
Srinivasan runs the Free Software Blog which is where you can catch the ODOC series, or you can link right to the Technorati ODOC tag, here.
Check it out!

Wnat a free, online desktop?
Me too!
Cosmopod has recently launched offering just such a beast utilizing the KDE desktop operating in kiosk mode. Their servers are getting hammered right now and I can’t get logged in, but I’m sure trying!
The first one to get in has to report back here :)

I’ve decided to use de.lirio.us instead of Furl (or del.icio.us for that matter) to store the show’s bookmarks collection. This is largely due to the fact that de.lirio.us uses the open Xfolk bookmark standard which is a good thing ™.
I’ll be moving the bookmarks over the next few days. Until I’m done I’ll link both […]

Digg actually had a useful link on it today: a link to a GNU/Linux HOWTO site. There are tons of articles on here about installing different distros and how to configure them post-install.
They seem to be written by users and I’m not sure if they’re vetted for accruacy so you may want to be a […]

Weeee’reee baaaack!
OK, we were never hear before, this is new groud.
My Soopah-Secret project that Pat figured out is live today. Newlinuxuser.com is open for business with HowTos and Explanations for new linux users.
The sad thing is that my final template isn’t ready yet. Therefore the launch is kind of underwhelming. I was hoping for the […]

tar -xzvf ftl-travel-2.1.tar.gz
cd ftl-travel-2.1
./configure
make
su -c “make install”

Does this piece of text seem familiar, but scary at the same time? If so, you might want to check out Marcel Gagne’s ‘The Extract and Build Five-Step”.
Sometimes there’s no package available for an application we want to use, or the latest package available isn’t the latest version of […]

There’s been a few requests for a quick and dirty listing of all the shows so far. I’ve created one on my personal wiki, complete with links.
I’ll put the link in the sidebar, but it’s here as well.

Listener Tony emailed me this link today. It’s an excellent article on the pros and cons of some distros and how suitable they might be for new users.
Link to article.
Also - don’t forget to check out the show Furl (link here and in the sidebar). I’m always adding new pages and links to it.

Kodo wrote in to let us all know that Learn Linux has put 5 different self-directed Linux courses online. Free!
The courses you can take are:

Fundamentals

System Administration

Network Administration

Shell Scripting

Internals

Electives

Take a look here.
Thanks Kodo!

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