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Bash HISTCONTROL
I happened to come across Linux Tips: take control of your bash_history. This explains that setting "export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth" causes Bash not to store duplicate commands in history. For example, if you are checking "ps" waiting for some process to end:
 
CNN Shows The Linus Interview
The Linux operating system has reshaped the technology industry greatly over the past decade, but creator Linus Torvalds still comes across as just another techie who enjoys working on code.
 
Time to Fix the Bugs?
Almost two years ago I wondered about the negative aspects of companies like IBM and HP trying to control Linux by hiring top Linux developers. Well, part of the problem may be about to get some attention: Andrew Morton asserts that the Linux kernel is 'getting buggier' and that part of the reason may be from the strong influence of corporate money...

GDI Printers
"But I'm just sending data to Windows - why doesn't the Windows printer driver just take care of it?" I probably hear that question at least a dozen times a year. Somebody wants to send Unix/Linux print jobs through Samba to a shared Windows printer and it's not working. Why not?

KOffice 1.5 Released For Linux
The newest version of KOffice offers OpenDocument as the default file format and presents a new project planning tool, KPlato. KDE announced the KOffice 1.5 release and noted it has native support for the OASIS OpenDocument File format (ODF).


05.24.06



Audacity
Open Source Audio Editing

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio.

Size: 2.5 MB


SNARE
Intrusion Detection System

As regular users of the Linux operating system, the team at InterSect Alliance believe that one of the key missing features that is holding Linux back from deployment in large organisations, particularly those with significant security requirements, is the availability of host based intrusion detection systems - ie: system auditing or event logging facilities. Snare for Linux provides a 'C2' or 'CAPP' style audit subsystem for the Linux operating system.

Size: 13.4 MB

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Liferea
Linux Feed Reader

Liferea is an aggregator for online news feeds. There are many other news readers available, but these others are not available for Linux or require many extra libraries to be installed. Liferea tries to fill this gap by creating a fast, easy to use, easy to install news aggregator for GTK/GNOME.

Size: 1.5 MB


K-3D
Animation and Rendering Utility

K-3D is the free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling, animation, and rendering system for GNU / Linux, Posix, and Win32 operating systems. K-3D features a robust, object-oriented plugin architecture, designed to scale to the needs of professional artists, and is designed from-the-ground-up to generate motion-picture-quality animation using RenderMan-compliant render engines.

Size: 4.9 MB


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