I know this may seem insignificant to some but trust me it’s HUGE!!! I installed the ntfs-3g driver update this morning and I have tested it on my NTFS partitions and so far, it works flawlessly. What this means in plain terms is you can now write files and delete files to and from a [...]

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I found this article orginally on John C. Devorak’s blog http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=9903. However, he is apparently not a Harley Davidson fan. As a result, I chose not to quote his remarks directly but rather those of the original article at http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070219-9999-1n19harley.html
Note: This is used without permission.
By Anne Krueger
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
February 19, 2007
Jose Santana hadn’t ridden a [...]

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Now this is a phone that is very interesting to me. Linux based so anyone can make apps for it and probably cheaper than a comparable Windows Smart Phone. Also, there’s some good info over at http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8030785497.html

Trolltech’s Qtopia Greenphone is a Linux-based, quad band GSM/EDGE handset that boasts a QVGA touch screen display, 1.3-megapixel camera, [...]

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Some interesting data. Some of it not too surprising. This is Linux related obviously.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=530202
The polls are closed, the data has been audited and the results are in. Here are the official results for the 2006 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards:
Distribution of the Year - Ubuntu (26.44%)
Live Distribution of the Year - Knoppix (26.22%)
Browser of the Year [...]

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I know this is one of my largest personal problems with Linux right now aside from configuring Samba using Ubuntu/Kubuntu.
As written over at: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4466236354.html
Analysis — When it comes to troublesome Linux peripherals, WiFi takes the cake. Sparked by the Portland Project’s efforts to bring standardization to the Linux desktop, the Linux wireless developer community tackled [...]

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I found this over at http://slashdot.org and figure it might be a good follow up to my last post on this topic. http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/02/06/1644218.shtml “You know the story about Novell losing the right to distribute Linux? Well, the Free Software Foundation has absolutely no control over Novell’s distribution of Linux. A zealous Reuters reporter apparently conflated [...]

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Finally some progress for the Indian Motorcycle Company. http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/ Apparently they are taking deposits for their 2008 models right now. $1,000 is all you need to guarantee your very own Indian Chief. I’ll post pictures as soon as they have something worth posing on their site.

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Since I used to be a devout SuSE user I find this very interesting and sad that they have rfeached this point as a company. Hopefully OpenSuse will continue without problems.
The Free Software Foundation is reviewing Novell Inc.’s right to sell new versions of Linux operating system software after the open-source community criticized Novell for [...]

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As posted by Leo Laporte at: http://www.twit.tv/2007/01/26/kfi_radio_show_is_being_syndicated I’m pleased to announce that Premiere Radio Networks - the biggest radio syndicator in the US - has picked up my KFI radio show for syndication. We’re signing up affiliates now, so ask your local talk radio station to give Premiere a call. KFI listeners: the show will [...]

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070202/tc_nm/viacom_youtube_dc
Fri Feb 2, 4:26 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIAB - news) on Friday demanded that Google Inc.’s (Nasdaq:GOOG - news) online video service YouTube remove more than 100,000 video clips after they failed to reach a distribution agreement.
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Viacom said it sent a notice to YouTube on Friday morning asking the popular video-sharing [...]

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Harley-Davidson chose the venue of their winter dealer meeting in Orlando, Florida to reveal the latest addition to their classic Sportster range. The XL 1200N Nightster is a super-low riding Sportster 1200 with an aggressive look highlighted by a flat gray/black engine with chrome highlights, and a paint scheme making use of satin finishes for [...]

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My friend Storm posted an interesting article about this slick password recovery tool, the Ophcrack Live CD. It’s well worth keeping on hand to help those sad Windows users in your family that forget their passwords and ask you for some sort of magic solution. Now you can help them instead of reinstalling windows. http://storm.homelinux.org/?p=416

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This may be a bit boring for most but it’s a worthy read for you to understand Windows Vista’s DRM (Digital Rights Management) and how it affects your PC. From what i read, none of it is good. I wouldn’t classify this as FUD either this guy knows his stuff. It’s written by Peter Gutmann [...]

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