Archive for the ‘POW’ Category
POW: Gobby, the little engine that could! (collaborate)
Its been a very long time since I’ve done the Product of the Week, so I am going to change the name to Product of Whenever. This suits me better.
In July of 2001, I was introduced to a little editing tool many of us now know fondly, the wiki. I was travelling to [...]
POW: Agave
An interesting tool I came across in the last week or so is this week’s Program of the Week: Agave, from the GNOME Community. Recently, we’ve been working on a new logo for the Utah Open Source Foundation, and needed to come up with some simple color schemes that would work well with our [...]
POW: apg, Automated Password Generator
This week’s program may seem like a bit of a cop out, but it really isn’t. I’ve regularly found myself in need of some quick passwords to hand out to users that are both semi-secure and easy to remember. With apg, this can become a reality.
First, install apg:
# yum install apg
.. snip ..
Install [...]
POW: Bluetooth Improvements in Fedora 8
The POW is going to be the improvements made in the Bluetooth functionality in Fedora 8. I’m actually quite impressed with it as its been a bit of a challenge to keep my little mouse connected in the past.
Fedora 8 provides a new extended technology with its bluez-gnome package. In fact, the simplicity [...]
POW: Codec Buddy
This week’s Program of the Week is a bit ahead of its release. The package is Codec Buddy, and is currently slated for release in Fedora 8 tomorrow.
Codec Buddy, with a little help from the Fedora and Fluendo development teams has grown into something that could be great. I see Codec Buddy really [...]
POW: Yum installation by groups
The second in the Program of the Week (POW) is here.
Yum, the Yellowdog Updater Modifer, has a very interesting feature. One which you might find useful if you want to install an entire set of packages for say a new “Windows File Server”.
Yum provides this feature right out of the box these days, and [...]
POW: bash-completion - Bash Auto Completion in Fedora using yum (and more)
In an attempt to consistently blog, I am starting a new series here on fedora-tutorials.com. Program of the Week (POW). Hopefully, this will excite and inform all of us about the cool programs available in Fedora. So see you next Wednesday for another program.
Over the past year or so, I’ve been on the hunt for [...]
