PeterThe filesystem used in the vast majority of Linux (and to a lesser extent on other Unix) distributions is the ext3 filesystem, which stands for extended filesystem.
Slashdot recently pointed to an article on IBM DeveloperWorks discussing the new ext4 filesystem currently in development, and some of its new features.
So what is a filesystem really? And why is the development of ext4 and the new features it brings to …
PeterHistorically, installing Flash Player, and therefore getting access to much of the internet's video content, on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions has been a right pain.
You can download the archive from Adobe and run through the text-based installer, but Ubuntu Hardy Heron actually makes it a whole lot easier than previous releases (if you're using Firefox at least).
Here's how.
Launch Firefox 3 Beta 5, and browse to any …
PeterAdept is the graphical package management program included with Kubuntu, which is also available for Debian and other Linux distributions that use the apt package management system.
While Adept does the job for most software management tasks, it isn't exactly the quickest application when it comes to starting up.
KDE Software Installer is an alternative program for installation of applications from the Debian and Ubuntu repositories. I thought I would …
PeterThere are lots of different ways you can build software and the typical ways in which FOSS development and proprietary development are done are quite dramatically different.
In this article, I'm going to talk about what problems the typical FOSS method can face when open source products are integrated within enterprise environments. I will then go on to talk about two different companies, and how they address some of these …