Firefox Speed Tweak for the Eee PC
Details how to make Firefox use RAM for its cache.
Setting up an IMAP server with dovecot
A brief introduction to setting up an IMAP mailserver on Debian.
cronolog
A handy weblog rotation program. Works well with the Apache HTTP Server Project.
Visitors - fast web log analyzer
Visitors has to be tried to be believed, it really is super fast! The reports are not too shabby either.
think tank forums
There are many forums on the web, some good, some not so good. IMHO, think tank forums are amongst the best. They are clean, simple and very easy to use. Good stuff.
SUCKLESS.ORG
"Dedicated to software which sucks less." - Nice software, nice site design.
Using dmenu in Pekwm and Openbox
A good post detailing how to set-up and configure dmenu with Openbox, a lightweight application launcher.
Cruciforum: crucially simple
Stuart Langridge's crucially simple PHP forum software. Featuring, no accounts/registrations, spam protection and gravatars. The software has been built with Joel Spolsky's thoughts on forum design in mind — just like Joel's software discussion forum, it is deceptively simple.
Building Communities with Software
Joel Spolsky discusses the ideas behind his deceptively simple discussion forums. An interesting and informative read.
The Joel on Software Discussion Group
Joel Spolsky's deceptively simple discussion forum.
my little forum
A nice looking PHP and MySQL forum application with threaded discussions. If you are interested in simple software, this might be worth a look.
HOWTO: Make A Metapackage
Straightforward instructions for creating Debian/Ubuntu metapackages.
Software Management Command Line Comparison - openSUSE
A list of functions used in the major command line software management utilities. Commands are grouped by management task, e.g. package management or sources management. The analysis describes the function in the first column, lists the corresponding commands of all tools except zypper in the second column and finally the zypper command in the last column.
Code Rush, the Mozilla Documentary from 2000
A video documenting the first open-source release of Netscape's browser and the foundation of the Mozilla project.
ffmpeg Conversion
A handy list of ffmpeg command line arguements used for video conversion. Provided by Alan Pope of the Ubuntu Screencast Team.
How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People
An interesting Google TechTalk, luckily I have not met too many poisonous people; still, worth a look.
Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License
The WTFPL is a good license to use when you want free to mean free, no arguments.
potrace
A good article about converting bitmap images into vector graphics with potrace.
Four Words for Funpidgin
Some interesting debate about the Funpidgen fork of Pidgen IM and user designed software.
Zattoo Player for Ubuntu
Alan Pope wants to know why nobody told him about Zattoo player for Ubuntu.
What can you do with open source software?
David Thomas asks the question.
Chronicle Blog Compiler
"Chronicle is a small and fast blog compiler, written in Perl with minimal dependencies. It can be installed in seconds and used to publish any number of blogs!" — I need to try this.
Epiphany to dump Gecko in favour of Webkit
It smells like an April fool, it looks like an April fool, it tastes like an April fool, but it's not an April fool.
Vista in "actually pretty good" shocker!
Chris Lord reviews Microsoft Windows Vista and is shocked at how good it is. Having had some experience of Vista, with Emma's budget laptop, I remain unconvinced.
AwesomeBar Convert
Mark Pilgrim states, "I was skeptical, but count me as an AwesomeBar convert." Praise indeed.