DesktopLinux.Com reports that IronKey will be making their super secure storage device compatible with recent Linux versions. The specs/features:
# Capacity — 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB
# Read/write speed — up to 30MB/sec read; up to 20MB/sec write
# Hardware encryption — AES Cipher-Block Chained mode
# Encryption keys — 128 hardware DRNG
# PKI — 2048-bit RSA
# Hashing [...]

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I’m changing things up for my GTD trusted system. In th past I’ve used a combination of Evolution and my Palm T|X, which works great…except for for one thing: I’m now sick and tired of carrying out a Palm device. I wouldn’t mind a Treo, but I’m fresh out of cash (spending my tax rebate [...]

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Just pulled down Firefox 3.0 (Release Candidate 1) from the Hardy Heron Ubuntu repos this morning. Nice to have it out of beta. I’m still missing some important extensions that haven’t updated for Firefox 3.0, though, most notably Commentful, Greasemonkey, and FireFTP.
The Commentful extension is a great tool for tracking comments on various blogs. [...]

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When I first envisioned this little site, I imagined a daily blog. Then, later, a supplementary podcast. Looking at the logs and stats, the podcast is clearly the most popular part of ProductiveLinux…so it’s as if things have flipped flopped. ProductiveLinux has become a podcast, with a supplementary blog!
And it makes sense. The podcast [...]

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In Episode 13 (our longest episode ever!) we talk about the latest release from the dedicated Puppy Linux team. It rocks, and actually has some great personal productivity software installed!

Puppy Linux Home Page

Puppy Linux 4 Download

Puppy Linux 4 Release Notes

Did you like this week’s podcast, or was it completely useless? Leave a comment and [...]

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