I love Linux Journal…I should seriously subscribe. This is a great tip for anybody looking to automatically share file systems over a network via Samba & cifs. I’m probably going to use a similar solution to serve video from my main workstation to my yet-to-be-assembled, homebrew XBMC frontend in my living room.

My favorite file manager to use with lightweight window managers like OpenBox, Fluxbox, and IceWM is Rox-Filer. It’s small, lightweight, and highly configurable. It works great on a full desktop as well as small-screen netbooks like the Asus Eee PC.
The only problem is that it doesn’t handle auto-mounting your USB drives, CD-ROMs, and other removable [...]

Just a quick post for those of you settling into the latest version of Ubuntu! Enabling USB in Sun VirtualBox is a little different in Intrepid Ibex than other versions. Remember, you’ll have to have the closed source, Personal Use and Evaluation version of VirtualBox for this one. The Open Source Edition (VirtualBox OSE) doesn’t [...]

Tombuntu has done it again, with an excellent tutorial on getting the latest OpenOffice up and running on your Ubuntu Linux box. Tom guides you step-by-step as you install the new version of OOo alongside the old one. He even provides instructions for completely removing the old version, if you’d like.
Here’s a short list of [...]

The always excellent Fosswire has posted a fantastic beginners guide to screen in video format…I say it’s a much watch!
Screen is this cool “window manager” type app for the terminal. It allows you to not only run more than one command/program/process in only one terminal window, it also allows you to close that window and [...]