Digg shares an old computer joke about operating systems (OS) running airlines: "Different operating systems. Different styles.
Linux & UNIX

If Operating Systems Ran The Airlines...
Submitted by ant on Sat, 02/24/2007 - 7:19pm. Apple | Funny Jokes/Stories | General Computing | History | Internet/Network | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | Personal | Reading Materials | Software | Technology | Transportation/Travel | Windows
Esc -- A short computer generated animation of a computer desktop with 3-D character models.
Submitted by ant on Thu, 02/15/2007 - 6:52pm. Art/Design | Audio | Funny Videos/Animations | General Computing | Linux & UNIX | Personal | Sight Seeings | Software | Windows
Flash 9 b31 Final Released for Linux
Submitted by ant on Wed, 01/17/2007 - 3:07am. General Computing | Internet/Network | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | SoftwareThe final version of Adobe Flash v9.0 (b31) is out for Linux.

Compare two GNU/Linux or BSD flavors to see features and supported software/hardware.
Submitted by ant on Tue, 01/16/2007 - 2:56pm. Apple | Development/Quality Assurance Testing | General Computing | Hacking/Modification/Cracking | Hardware | Internet/Network | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | Security/Privacy | SoftwarePolishlinux.org has an online comparision feature that lets users compare two GNU/Linux or BSD flavors and see how they compare in features and

Water on Mars -- A funny animated short.
Submitted by ant on Sat, 12/09/2006 - 2:22pm. Art/Design | Audio | Funny Videos/Animations | Linux & UNIX | Personal | Science | Sight Seeings | Space | Transportation/TravelVideoSift shares a 1.75 minutes YouTube video of a short computer graphic animation of a first manned spaceship

SyncTERM -- A terminal program with many options and supports many operating systems (OS').
Submitted by ant on Thu, 11/16/2006 - 2:24pm. Apple | Audio | Communication | History | Internet/Network | Linux & UNIX | Personal | Reading Materials | Sight Seeings | Software | WindowsSyncTERM is a free terminal program (like PuTTY) which has many features (ZModem transfers, ANSI [even music], various Internet connections (Telnet, RLogin, SSH, and RAW) and speeds (remember 2400 modem speed?), old school text user interface (no stinking graphics!), supports many operating systems (OS'), works very well for online bulletin board systems (BBS'), and many more.

Popcorn and Linux/UNIX = A funny FoxTrot cartoon.
Submitted by ant on Wed, 11/08/2006 - 11:15pm. Apple | Food/Drink | Funny Pictures | General Computing | Linux & UNIX | Personal | Reading Materials | Sight Seeings | SoftwareFoxTrot shows a funny cartoon about popcorns and computers running Linux/UNIX with its Kernel.

Downloading bliss with Metalink -- download the same file from multiple sources (P2P, HTTP, FTP, etc.).
Submitted by ant on Tue, 11/07/2006 - 1:53pm. Apple | Internet/Network | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | Personal | Software | WindowsThis Linux.com article says getting popular software off the Internet can sometimes be a struggle, even with all the mirrors and BitTorrent Samaritans out there...

The FreeBSD Daemon -- A funny FreeBSD Daemons and Texans don't mix story.
Submitted by ant on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 6:35pm. Communication | Funny Jokes/Stories | History | Linux & UNIX | Personal | Reading Materials | Religion/Culture | Software
Flash Player 9 Betas for Linux Released!
Submitted by ant on Wed, 10/18/2006 - 4:47pm. Development/Quality Assurance Testing | Internet/Network | Linux & UNIX | Personal | Reading Materials | Sight SeeingsFlash Player 9 beta (plug-in and stand alone player) for Linux was finally released for testing and usage.

2 Top 10 Nasty Crash Image Lists in Public: Windows and Linux
Submitted by ant on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 4:51pm. Funny Pictures | General Computing | Hardware | History | Linux & UNIX | Personal | Sight Seeings | Software | WindowsMiguel Carrasco's Real World shows two lists of top ten operating system (OS) nasty crashes (Windows (blue screens) and Linux).

Vi Search -- Search the Web in vi style.
Submitted by ant on Thu, 09/07/2006 - 12:21pm. Development/Quality Assurance Testing | Funny Jokes/Stories | Hacking/Modification/Cracking | History | Internet/Network | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | Personal | Reading Materials | Sight Seeings | SoftwareVi Search was created by combining a vi editor with a search engine. LinuxPlanet tells how this project started out, why it was created, etc.

Clippy/Clippit in VIM.
Submitted by ant on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 12:06am. Apple | Art/Design | Communication | Funny Pictures | General Computing | Linux & UNIX | Personal | Reading Materials | Sight Seeings | Software | WindowsUserFriendly shares its link of the day with this animated GIF. Basically, » read more | login to post comments

The Linux Kernel v2.6.8.1 Map
Submitted by ant on Thu, 08/17/2006 - 4:59pm. Art/Design | Development/Quality Assurance Testing | General Computing | Hacking/Modification/Cracking | Hardware | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | Personal | Sight Seeings | SoftwareOregon State University (OSU)'s Linux Users Group (LUG) created an interactive flowchart map of Linux Kernel v2.6.8.1.

Adobe returns attention to Flash for Linux
Submitted by ant on Wed, 07/26/2006 - 1:16pm. Development/Quality Assurance Testing | General Computing | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | News | SoftwareAs a follow-up to an older story that had the bad news, Digg reports a CNET News.com story that Adobe returns attention to Flash for Linux.

7/21/2006 Status on Flash for Linux: Stoppage.
Submitted by ant on Fri, 07/21/2006 - 6:12pm. Development/Quality Assurance Testing | General Computing | Internet/Network | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | Personal | Reading Materials | SoftwareThis Penguin.SWF blog entry, owned by Mike Melanson, gives a bad news on Flash for Linux status:

Linux: 15 years and still growing - A timeline since 1992.
Submitted by ant on Mon, 07/17/2006 - 12:49pm. Development/Quality Assurance Testing | General Computing | Hacking/Modification/Cracking | History | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | Reading Materials | SoftwareLinux Journal says Linux turns 15 this year and decided to compile the significant events starting in August 1991. Seen on Digg.

NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon Take On Linux: Radeon X1900 XTX and GeForce 7800 GTX
Submitted by ant on Thu, 07/13/2006 - 6:01pm. Development/Quality Assurance Testing | General Computing | Hardware | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | Personal | Reading Materials | Shopping | Sight Seeings | SoftwareThis Tom's Hardware article takes a look at two big personal computer (PC) graphic card companies and their video cards, ATI and NVIDIA. There are hundreds of game titles available for the Linux platform and hundreds (if not thousands) more are accessible using products like TransGaming Technologies Cedega portability platform. Best of all, these games can be played with all the trappings of modern high-end gaming, including Serial ATA, PCI Express, and even ATI's Radeon X1900 series or Nvidia's 7 series flagship GPUs.

Software War Map between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Microsoft.
Submitted by ant on Thu, 06/22/2006 - 8:59am. Art/Design | Development/Quality Assurance Testing | General Computing | Hacking/Modification/Cracking | Hardware | History | Internet/Network | Linux & UNIX | New Version/Update/Upgrade | Personal | Reading Materials | Sight Seeings | Software | Technology | WindowsNeatorama mentions Steven Hilton's Software War Map that depicts "the epic struggle of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) against the Empire

Linux on Obsolete Displays (e.g., B&W TVs, portable TVs, etc.).
Submitted by ant on Sat, 06/03/2006 - 1:43pm. General Computing | Hacking/Modification/Cracking | Hardware | History | Linux & UNIX | Personal | Reading Materials | Shopping | Sight Seeings | Software | Technology | Television (TV) Show/MovieDigg mentions Linux on Obsolete Displays Project Page that says: "Interfacing older, non VGA displays to systems with VGA hardware without the help of a hardware scan converter. Almost every linux embedded project out there today uses some form of LCD text or graphics display...

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