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Nagios, one of the most popular network monitoring software out there. While the software itself is pretty intensive very robust, the web UI leaves a bit to be desired. For starters, it does not graph trends regarding to hosts and services. This isn't a big missing feature, but it would still be nice to have. However, there is one feature that I really wish was implemented, especially with the general concept being easy to handle, and that is ACL (access control list). With Nagios, you can have multiple accounts to login to the web UI, but everyone could see every server. As I wanted my clients to view just theirs, this was not acceptable.

Netflow with Cisco routers can be set up and integrated with Nagios for detailed information about traffic data on your routers and switches. Using nfdump and nfsen this data can be gathered and charted and then connected to the Nagios interface.

The Linux Foundation has announced the 2012 Linux Training Scholarship Program, which will award five scholarships to computer science students, Linux developers and architects who show promise but "but do not otherwise have the ability to attend Linux Foundation training courses".

In that beautiful moment when your partner has proposed to you and you open your mouth to kiss him, only YOU can understand the massive amount of disaster that could happen when a creepy mosquito gets inside your mouth! It might sound a little funny, but if it really happens, I am sure you will feel doomed.

As a user who has found perfection in Linux Mint 9 LTS "Isadora" GNOME, I had high hopes. Unfortunately, this new version has taken a few steps backward, and that makes me sad.

He is one of the most mysterious bloggers in the Linux world. Nobody saw his face. Nobody read his replies to the comments below the articles, simply because there are no comments. But still, he owns one of the most respectable and popular resources.

I came across Debian project leader Stefano Zacchiroli's most recent Bits from the DPL. The more interesting bits this month include a controversy over duplication between the Debian Multimedia archive and Debian proper. Stefano suggests that what package belongs where be worked out, or that Debian Multimedia shed its Debian name and move on. Surprisingly (to me anyway), Christian Marillat of Debian Multimedia didn't argue the point. He just said he's going to change the name of the project and the archive.

Siri is an interesting concept but for getting real work done, Tap & Speak beats it–hands down.

Amarok has some excited new features to showcase. Come check 'em out!

Heimdall is a cross-platform (runs on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX), open source Odin alternative which uses the same protocol as Odin to interact with a device in download mode, that can be used to flash Android ROMs or Kernels onto Samsung Galaxy S phones.

This year’s latest generation of smartphones will be equipped with new, more powerful mobile processors that rival the power of most laptops. So it almost seems fitting that Clamcase, the company that makes iPad keyboard docks, is making the laptop-like peripheral that’s completely powered by a smartphone.

The Clambook is essentially a Macbook Air styled thin-as-hell laptop--minus all the guts. It’s equipped with a 16:9 display, 3D Cinema Sound system, track pad, and a full keyboard with Android specific keys.

When it comes to presenting significant updates to any platform, Microsoft is streets ahead of the rest. That much can be said without any hesitation.

Just when you thought it couldn't top itself -- having contributed Linux kernel code under the GPL, broadly supported Linux alongside Windows with its systems management and other software, and spun off a new subsidiary dedicated to openness, Microsoft showed yet more Linux and open source love recently, adding an impressive Linux lineup to supported software on its Azure cloud

In a reaction to the high demand for Linux skills, the Linux Foundation is to begin offering scholarships for training, and a new enterprise focuses course...

SolusOS is a Debian-based distro that still uses Gnome2 as the desktop environment and it has gained a lot of attention of Linux users recently. This is an interview with Ikey Doherty - creator of SolusOS- about SolusOS and its future.

Boxes command is a text filter and a little known tool that can draw any kind of ASCII art box around its input text or code for fun and profit. You can quickly create email signatures, or create regional comments in any programming language. This command was intended to be used with the vim text editor, but can be tied to any text editor which supports filters, as well as from the command line as a standalone tool.

The GNU/Linux operating system recently received a huge boost, courtesy of the United States Navy. One momentous decision has officially made GNU/Linux too big to fail.

This tutorial shows how you can install and run Shopware Community Edition (version 3.5.6) on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 12.04 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). Shopware is a feature-rich ecommerce platform; I will use the Community Edition here which is free. nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.

Free Software firebrand's hardware liberated in Argentina Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, was distressed to find his personal belongings had been liberally distributed sans GPL - his prized laptop, wallet and passport were nicked at a conference in Argentina.…

There are a lot of Linux distributions on the Linux Planet, very few of them have their own branded hardware.