Ever wonder where a particular zip code is? The zipdecode (Zip Code Decoder) helps me find what the physical location of a code is, ie: the city.

Suffering from Kernel Crashing on Linux? Check out how to Set Up Linux Kernel Crash Dump (LKCD) on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server by one of our support specialists

Great article from Test and Measurement World about the Ins and Outs of Linux Kernel Device Drivers

Sourcefire, a commercial Snort Intrusion Detection Appliance, article here

Nothing to do with training, but everyone should have a Death Star Home Cinema Subwoofer

Great article about Bash History Expansion

Understanding IP Addressing, Chuck's great paper about what you need to Understand about IP Addressing

As one of the people who is On The Move at Novell, I liked what this article had to say about the move to desktop Linux.

My needs include more software than is normally used by a typical desktop user, so I actually tend to use SUSE 9.x a lot, but NLD is very stable and friendly to anyone from Sales to Management.

I guess what's really hilarious is that people are just realizing that your Privacy is easy to breach.

Waiter, can we get a platter of CLUES here, please?

A somewhat clueless article about how Progeny will save the world, The Return of the Prodigal Distro shows us the power of the media, to make a dead company come back to life.

Have to make demos or training videos of a Linux desktop? Try vnc2swf the Screen Recorder, it takes a vnc session and records it to .swf format files

Wondering how to get Suse 9.3 to play a DVD?


This article is a very nicely done step by step tutorial about how to get it working.

This little box enables streaming media, TV, Cable, DVD Playback, whatever you can get on a TV or from a PVR/TIVO etc. across the net!


What does the Slingbox have to do with Unix and Linux Traing? Not a thing, but it's extremely easy to setup and stable as all get out, and looks like an ingot of platinum to boot.

Is anyone else getting tired of the yapping little poodle that is Tom Yager? All we ever hear about from him is that Mac is the best, they rock and Linux hasn't got a chance in hell.


Here is another clueless example of what he's been up to lately, where he contends that Linux Faces an Uphill Battle in OS Universe.


Not long ago Mac's didn't have much of a chance, did they? Apple turned around because of Steve Jobs' leadership and great products that resulted from his kicking Pepsi-Man out of the saddle, but those rules don't apply to Linux, it's not A company, it's the worlds largest grass-roots movement.

It's always nice when you write something for a newswire service, but don't let facts enter into the presentation of the story.


Proving they don't understand messaging product strategies, this story found on LinuxInsider contends that Novell Adds Confusion to Messaging, E-Mail Market, when what is really happening is the newswire people have already made up their mind about Novell.


Hello! Netmail is now open-sourced as the HULA project, it's not producing confusion outside of people who don't research thier facts properly. Netmail IS HULA, and the SUSE SLOX Mail Server product is no more, it's back to being Openexchange.

Outstanding! Software patents have been smacked down in the EU, now we just have to get the idiotic USPO rules revised.
Get the story about why Open Source Celebrates EU Decision on Software Patents

The future of Linux in small business markets is appliances? I believe it, remember how it used to be the most technical user, not a sysadmin who did all the Netware box administration?

Maybe Nitix has something going on, since they are Targeting small business with Linux in a black box

Always wanted to know How to setup your GNOME desktop for wallpaper switching under Linux? This article and download will help you immensely.

For those needing to run new or custom daemons or services at startup, this article will show you how Creating Custom init Scripts is done.

I wish I could count how many times I have been asked the question: Should I choose Novell Linux Desktop or SUSE LINUX Professional as my desktop?

This document will help explain which is which and what is possible with either.
I use both, but primarily depend on SUSE Linux for my daily tasks.