Controlling Your Linux Smart Home with X10
To own and operate a Linux smart home means to control and monitor devices and information around your home by using a standard personal computer, the Linux operating system, and its vast array of open [more…]
Exploring KDE, the Default GUI for SUSE Linux 9.3
KDE (pronounced kay-dee-ee) is the default GUI for SUSE Linux 9.3. KDE stands for the K Desktop Environment. From your perspective as a user, KDE provides a graphical desktop environment that includes [more…]
Linux Smart Homes: Managing Your Media with MythTV
MythTV is an open source program that you can use with Linux. With the MythTV digital video recorder, you can watch TV, pause and resume live TV, schedule recordings, and do everything that a typical PVR [more…]
Being Sysadmin, the Root User in SUSE Linux 9.3
System administration, or sysadmin for short, refers to whatever has to be done to keep a computer system up and running; the system administrator (also called the [more…]
Editing the Printer Configuration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
After adding your printer(s) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, you can edit settings by selecting the printer from the printer list of the Printer Configuration tool and then clicking the Edit button. The [more…]
Doing Page Layout in SUSE Linux 9.3
SUSE Linux comes with the OpenOffice.org suite of office applications that includes Writer for preparing documents. In Writer, page styles control the page layout, and each page can have its own style. [more…]
Looking at Intrusion Detection in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Having unauthorized users entering your systems is definitely something that you don't want to happen. Of course you want to stop them before they get in. But before you can do something about keeping [more…]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: Maintaining Your System
The Red Hat Network is a program that is installed by default when you install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Red Hat Network software is used to register a profile with Red Hat that contains information [more…]
