Scott Granneman Archive
Scott Granneman teaches at Washington University in St. Louis, consults for WebSanity, and writes for SecurityFocus and Linux Magazine. His latest book, Linux Phrasebook is in stores now. You can reach him at scott@granneman.com.
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When it comes to photographs, I generally have one word of advice for everyone, experienced or noob: Flickr.
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Frustrated by Vim? Confused about why some swear by it but you can't figure out how make simple edits? Cream can take the edge off Vim's learning curve.
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A few hard drives and rsync make a simple and effective onsite backup system. Scott Granneman shows you how to keep your desktop data safe.
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It took five years, 10,000 employees, and (allegedly) billions of dollars. It contains some 50 million lines of code. Yes, it's Windows Vista, and it's finally here. And guess what? In some ways, Vista has Linux beat.
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You can take it with you! Run your favorite open source programs from a USB stick.
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Remotely control your tunes with MPD and ncmpc.
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JetS3t is a better way to do online backups via Amazon.com's S3 service -- providing cheap online storage on Amazon’s redundant servers.
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Quanta is a Web page editor that doesn’t suck
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For when you're ready to make the move from self-absorbed blog posts to self-absorbed Hollywood blockbusters!
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UniTTY: A better way to SSH.
And SFTP. And VNC!
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One of the most important choices a discerning computer user makes (and since you’re reading this column, you must be discerning) is which email program to adopt. Most Windows users end up blindly using the horrendous Outlook Express or the …
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Make your fonts go pop!
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Read about Gregarius, the best Web-based, open source RSS feed reader.
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Fast! Cheap! Easy! Store files online with Jungle Disk.
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Work together on documents over a network with Gobby.
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Pow! Bam! Keraanng! Read your digital comics with Comix!
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Facilitate fine-grained file permissions with ACL editor Eiciel.
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Backing up data isn't exactly exciting, but like washing laundry, everyone needs to do it. On Linux, you can back up your files using an almost-bewildering array of choices, from self-composed shell scripts, to expensive software packages. But how about a simple, open source, easy-to-use, set-up-and-fuggedaboutit tool?
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Find the files that are hogging your hard drive with with Baobab.
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Map your ideas and thoughts with FreeMind.
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Flock to a fascinating new browser
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Who’s in your family tree? GRAMPS, a great piece of Linux software — and a model web site — can help you discover who you are.
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Project planning Penguinistas should take a look at GanttProject.
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Manage your ocean of images with F-spot.
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Manage your ocean of images with F-spot
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It never hurts to use protection. Here’s a way to keep your Linux system free of viruses.
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Hide messages in images with simple steganography tools.
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Install software safely and easily... with just one klik!
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Azureus is the way to go online if you’re searching for torrents.
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The Nvu web authoring system promises a lot, but falls short.
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If you listen to Ogg Vorbis files, KRename and EasyTAG makes organizing those files a snap.
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Linux offers several excellent music players, including (but not limited to) XMMS, Zinf, noatun, amaroK, Juk, Rhythmbox, and Kaffeine. Most of these can play streaming Internet audio, compact discs, and best of all, digital audio files. With music stored as digital audio files, you can enjoy your music wherever and whenever you want to.
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Backing up data isn't exactly exciting, but like washing laundry, everyone needs to do it. On Linux, you can back up your files using an almost-bewildering array of choices, from self-composed shell scripts, to expensive software packages. But how about a simple, open source, easy-to-use, set-up-and-fuggedaboutit tool?
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Is there any multimedia software that Linux users love to hate more than RealPlayer? RealPlayer's bad interface, proprietary and poor-sounding codecs, and overall poor support for Linux have irked many a Penguinista.
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The Debian Linux distribution introduced apt, a superior way to manage packages and avoid package dependency hell. Now, apt works with RPM-based distributions, like Red Hat. Here's how to use apt to greatly simplify system maintenance.
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