Tag: LFY July 2011
Locking Horns: Fedora 15 ‘Lovelock’ v/s Ubuntu 11.04 ‘Natty Narwhal’
The two titans of the free software operating system arena, Fedora and Ubuntu, usually time their distribution releases a few days apart. This makes...
ILUGC to TN Government: “Why Windows; Why Not Just Linux?”
When ELCOT invited tenders for 9.12 lakh laptops that the government planned to distribute free across Tamil Nadu, it probably forgot to consider the...
What Makes Linux the Preferred Web Hosting Choice?
This article explores the reasons why Linux-based Web hosting solutions are enjoying a larger market share globally, and why they are being hailed as...
FOSS is __FUN__: The Dvorak Keyboard
The "what" and the "why" of the Dvorak keyboard, when compared to the older "standard", the QWERTY keyboard.
The standard keyboard has the QWERTY layout,...
Unix-to-Linux Migration Has Come of Age
If you've often wondered whether you ought to migrate your Unix system to Linux, this article will answer your question!
The driving force behind every...
Set Up Your Own Forum Using phpBB
Clichéd as it may sound, we do live in the age of the social media. It is normal for humans to gather in groups...
10 WordPress Plugins for Power Blogging
The power of WordPress lies in its many plugins, which can greatly enhance its functionality. Understanding the plugin infrastructure and equipping your WordPress site...
A Media Organisation Keeps Its Data Safe with PostgreSQL
Bineeta Guharoy ,one of the EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL contest winners, shares her views on why she trusts PostgreSQL to keep critical data safe.
A media house...
Get Started with Pygame, Part 2
In the first part of this series, we learnt about uploading a background image, and how to put text with different fonts on the...
Device Drivers, Part 8: Accessing x86-Specific I/O-Mapped Hardware
This article, which is part of the series on Linux device drivers, continues the discussion on accessing hardware in Linux.
The second day in the...
