The “world-wide-known” back up and recovery software (open source) - Amanda - has recently upgraded the program to version 2.5. The features improved in this version go from: cleaning the code, to easy installation/configuration, also security measures and optimization of resources used.
One of the best features of this software is the ability to work […]

Good news for the Ubuntu users, a web based app called Ubuntu Center was released a few hours ago and the use of it is being able to access files on your computer, by using the internet and a web application. This is a new addition made by a user (TTT_Travis) at Ubunto forums.
The version […]

Beware Ubuntu users, the 5.10 Breezy Badger version of the Linux OS has a very bad bug. This bug lets anyone have access to the root password that a user has chosen.
Why did this happen? It seems that the installer file let the passwords remain in the log files, and these are readable by any […]

The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet just debuted and is currently on sale in European countries. From the Linux Devices article on the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet:
The Tablet lacks a hard drive, but has 64MB of free Flash space for user files, expandable through an MMC slot. Battery life is expected to be about three hours. […]

I’ve been tempted to buy a second computer, possibly a MiniPC for some time now and when I do, I’ll be loading it up with a Linux OS, just to see if this penguin fetish is all that it’s cracked up to be. So naturally this Linux powered AOpen MiniPC that’s being developed over in […]

Ok, this one was just too cool to pass up - A company called DeLaval, who’s been in the automatic cow milking machine business for over 100 years, is using Linux embedded technology to run robotic VMS (Voluntary Milking Systems). Here’s a few details from Linuxdevices.com:
When a cow decides to be milked, it enters an […]

Gamepark’s GP2X (which I previously profiled here as the GPX2) has now officially gone on sale in the UK and North American availability is looking like late October or early November.
If you’re not familiar, the GP2X is a powerful little handheld that features dual 200mhz CPU’s with 64meg of RAM. It runs on Linux […]

Now here’s a device with an identity crisis. Not quite as compact as a PDA, yet much easier to handle than a laptop, the Pepper Pad, made by the Pepper Computer company is an interesting set-up.
This 2.3lb unit runs a 624 MHz Intel XScale processor with 256MB of SDRAM and a 20GB ATA hard […]

Joe Bruno is at the LinuxWorld Conference on behalf of The Inquirer and reports on this hot new toaster case mod, that runs embedded Linux/NetBSD. From Joe’s Inquirer article:
The board on the left is the computer that is INSIDE this toaster. It’s running BSD, and the guys at the show are happy to be playing […]

Wildseed, an American company that was the first to offer a Linux-based mobile phone in the US has been bought by America Online. Wildseed has been targeting the teen market with dual-band GSM/GPRS Linux fashion phones that feature unique snap-on ‘Smart Skins‘ themed around popular entertainers. These ‘Smart Skins‘ contain chips that interface […]