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Something Positive from Fox News
A user from the Linux community recently exchanged emails with the Director of Product Development at Fox News regarding their lack of Linux support on their Video page. Much to everyone’s surprise, Fox responded personally and addressed the OS detection routine on their website. Some positive news on Fox News, how about that?
Cracking ZIP, RAR, and 7z Files
Nine months ago you did a good deed. In a valiant attempt to clean up your filesystem you compressed and archived a few directories and their contents. Decidingly clever, effort was put towards keeping prying eyes out and your data secure - a password was embedded in the archive file. Without the password, no one [...]
Downloading an Entire Web Site with wget
GNU wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web, generally available on most Linux installs. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies. Wget is non-interactive, meaning that it can work in the background, while the user is not logged on. This allows you [...]
Ubuntu Cheat Sheet
In anticipation of the upcoming Ubuntu Hardy Heron release, FOSSwire has put together a cheat sheet for those that are new to Ubuntu - or even Linux in general. A nice, concise, organized list is always welcome!
No one left to sue, SCO goes belly up
Service provider SCO Group ended a major phase in the history of both UNIX and Linux today by declaring chapter 11 bankruptcy, forcing the company to reorganize before it can resume normal business. The sometimes scorned company said it had decided to take the action before it was absolutely necessary to make sure its existing [...]
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