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I would like to show you, how easiliy incoming mails can be monitored using a cute little GNOME applet called Gnubiff.

The following is a follow-up to the Slackware WPA-PSK HOWTO, describing the way to configure the HP 530 laptop, Slackware 12.1 OS and a Lantech wireless access-point router using WPA2 encryption method. It might be however tuned up to match other router/distro combinations.

This HOWTO describes the way to configure and manage a WPA-PSK (TKIP) connection between a HP 530 laptop running Slackware 12.1 and a Lantech router with a wireless access point. To get the encryption running, the wpa_supplicant package is required. Unfortunately, the stock package didn’t work correctly for me, which I worked around by building it from source, using SlackBuild.

How does the system startup look like? This question usually does not come into mind of a normal computer user. Oh, he presses the power button, goes to the kitchen to make a coffee and when he comes back, the password can be entered on the screen in the prepared field. Sometimes however, in the minds of a bit more keen computer enthusiasts, the question is born “how does it actually work?”

Exaile is a wonderful application for listening to music in a GNOME environment. Although it could be considered a newcomer to the music player world and we are not hearing much about it, I have been using Exaile for quite a while now and I think it is the best application of its kind.

After reading last three PolishLinux articles we are already familiar with DOS, and its emulator DOSBox. The time has come to make DOSBox communicate in a more user-friendly way. Here comes the GEM!

The following article is about using a HP-530 laptop with Slackware-12.1 and Lantech wireless router with WEP encryption. It can be used as a general tutorial for configuring your WiFi manually in Linux.

I have recently bought a Huawei E220 HSDPA access device (or a so-called “3G modem”) from Three UK. In this article I’ll share with you my experiences of using Three 3G modem in Ubuntu Linux distribution. And don’t worry, it works just fine.

I had an ambitious plan to have a perfect knowledge of ffmpeg as well as possible. I have to admit that getting the most of this program is out of my reach at the moment. What does it have to do with Screencasts in Ubuntu? Well, everything.

Even the biggest fanatics of the black console box won’t hold it against me if I say that in the respect of interacting with the computer, the future belongs to the GUI. And along comes the question: how will the desktop environments of the future look like? To envision them, we’re going to take a look at the interfaces available today, at typical and non-typical solutions given us by their creators, which finally will lead us to the question: is this still about the improvement of the comfort of work or something else?

Hothead Games together with Penny Arcade released a very interesting game called “Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness”. It can be purchased at $20 in Greenhouse Internet store, which is a counterpart of more known Steam Games. Nothing peculiar, you say? And you’d be right if not for one small detail: the game is available also for GNU/Linux. PolishLinux has a short review with screenshots.

War§ow is an FPS computer game for Linux, aimed at network gaming; it is characterized by specific graphics and an emphasis on tricks and good fun. PolishLinux.org has a review with screenshots.

The PolishLinux article goes through multiple WhereIsIt alternatives for GNU/Linux like: GTKtalog, CdCat, Kat, Katalog and GWhere. For those interested, one more read is recommended: Tellico: manage your collection of CDs, coins and… wines.

Electricity bills got higher again? Does your computer waste too many power cycles? Or perpahs you just don’t feel green enough? In any case, this article is for you! You’ll learn how to save energy and CPU cycles with your Linux box, no matter how old it is.

Linux is not just good for programming and system administration. PolishLinux.org has an article listing top 27 educational tools for you and your kids to learn maths, chemistry, geography, astronomy and languages and type-writing.

My goal, Dear Reader, is not to prove anyone, that Windows’ command-line features are identical to those of Linux. To be honest, this text does not aim to cover the Windows shell features, at all. It is not a goal, it is a measure. The goal is to present you with a few thoughts about “the human nature”, as would Agatha Christie say.

Tomasz Bednarski (Mandriva Poland) wrote a letter to PKN president, Tomasz Schweitzer, in which he expressed his concerns about the Polish OOXML ratification process which Bednarski took part of, as a member of the technical committee 182. We publish the translation of his letter and the response from Schweitzer.

Komparator is an application, that can compare and synchronize the content of two (local or remote) folders. Contrary to popular belief this activity is popular among users of all platforms, but in Linux you had to use unfriendly console apps (such as diff) to do the job. Not anymore!

The time has com to present you the new version of the virtualization environment: VMware Workstation 6.5 beta 1. Despite the fact this is only the first public beta of this new product, it offers a list of new innovative solutions. Let’s go over them!

If you ask yourself 'What am I supposed to do when I want to find a file, if I am using XFCE, and Thunar is my conscious choice as the file manager?', then ask no more and easily find stuff in Thunar using Catfish!