Library

This is the library where you may browse through our database of news stories, and find other relevant information. We've managed to modify a news system to be as easy and userfriendly as possible. It relies heavily on the use of URl querystrings. A thorough explanation of this system is below. Our database contains 123 stories and 33 comments. Find what you need by either searching, or clicking through our monthly chronological archive. Our articles are also organized into categories listed below. If you want to specify one category you may choose one from the list to your right. You can also view our news articles organized by categories.

Order by IDdatetitle AscendingDescending 2004

June
2004-06-29 17:35:54 - Our Summer Break
2004-06-29 17:25:11 - gLabels: Ready for Prime Time
2004-06-29 17:22:58 - Getting Comcast Email
2004-06-29 15:34:48 - Choosing A CPU Scheduler
2004-06-29 01:32:48 - What To Do When Things Go Wrong
2004-06-29 01:30:56 - Programming With bash
2004-06-29 01:29:28 - Upgrade to 2.6.7 on Slackware 10
2004-06-28 11:59:39 - Write Unmaintainable Code
2004-06-28 11:55:19 - What's New, KDE 3.3 Preview
2004-06-27 16:36:32 - Global File System
2004-06-27 16:33:49 - Gaim 0.79 Released
2004-06-27 14:43:07 - OpenBSD AMD64 SMP In Testing
2004-06-27 14:37:34 - Retro Games Gets Hot
2004-06-26 13:29:16 - Call for News Posters
2004-06-25 17:13:17 - Xandros Desktop OS 2.0 Review
2004-06-25 12:48:57 - Making RSS Pretty
2004-06-24 16:02:06 - Desktop Linux: Sun Shines
2004-06-24 15:57:40 - Slackware 10.0 Officially Released
2004-06-23 16:57:20 - Wireless Networking with Knoppix
2004-06-23 12:17:51 - Hacking BSD
2004-06-23 12:13:57 - PHP on the Command Line
2004-06-23 01:55:01 - Putting together PDF files
2004-06-23 00:47:54 - Foremost, a Linux Computer Forensics Tool
2004-06-23 00:22:53 - A Note on Security...
2004-06-22 23:29:19 - Deep inside the new KDE 3.2
2004-06-22 15:42:28 - "WineX" 4.0 "Cedega" Released
2004-06-22 14:32:56 - Updated Category Listing
2004-06-21 17:35:27 - 64Bit Linux - Just for Geeks?
2004-06-21 14:33:01 - Skolelinux Project Releases Version 1.0
2004-06-21 14:26:06 - An Update on GMail
2004-06-20 21:26:59 - Download SUSE 9.1 Personal ISO
2004-06-20 21:23:53 - OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 Released
2004-06-20 16:25:17 - Experiences with Gnome 2.6
2004-06-19 17:35:52 - Knock Safely With portknocking_v1.0
2004-06-18 20:44:15 - Kobo Deluxe Review
2004-06-18 20:27:40 - Kommander Looks to Shake Up the Desktop
2004-06-17 18:31:18 - Scripting languages for the Sysadmin
2004-06-17 16:01:25 - RealPlayer 10.0 beta 1
2004-06-17 11:07:27 - 2.6.7, Security Fix
2004-06-16 17:28:02 - Slackware 10-RC1 Released
2004-06-16 12:04:26 - GCC Gets Its Own News Site
2004-06-15 23:57:36 - New RSS Feeds
2004-06-15 23:44:57 - Java Faster Than C++?
2004-06-15 23:41:43 - Java Desktop System 2 Review
2004-06-15 17:20:40 - Kernel Crash-Exploit
2004-06-15 12:56:22 - The Case for Gconf
2004-06-15 12:23:17 - GNOME Development Release 2.7.2
2004-06-15 00:14:43 - Recent Updates
2004-06-14 18:36:22 - Console Surfing With Lynx
2004-06-13 23:38:48 - Custom System Statistics Monitoring
2004-06-13 18:57:36 - Debian x86_64 port ready
2004-06-13 18:22:53 - phpstack: A TCP/IP Stack and Webserver in PHP
2004-06-13 18:09:52 - GTK+ 2.4.3 Released
2004-06-12 01:36:00 - Showdown with the Linux Gang
2004-06-11 13:55:21 - Security holes splatter Open Source
2004-06-11 12:43:33 - Playing Games With Brainwaves
2004-06-10 18:51:58 - Is the Linux Desktop Getting Heavier and Slower?
2004-06-10 17:15:14 - Gaim's Ground in a Closed IM World
2004-06-10 14:07:18 - 3270 Redux
2004-06-10 12:55:48 - Using Jabber as a Log Monitor
2004-06-10 12:20:27 - Mandrakelinux 10.0 for AMD64 Released
2004-06-09 11:20:58 - Gentoo Officially Not-For-Profit
2004-06-08 23:36:25 - How to Install SuSE 9.1 Linux via FTP
2004-06-08 12:36:29 - Linux vs. Apple: An Uncomfortable Battle
2004-06-08 01:24:25 - America's Army 2.1.0 Released
2004-06-08 01:21:05 - Cold War for Linux
2004-06-08 00:28:13 - OpenBSD Revisited
2004-06-07 15:22:40 - Scribus 1.1.7 Released
2004-06-06 20:30:54 - GoboLinux Compile - A Scalable Portage?
2004-06-06 20:01:49 - A New Look For Firefox
2004-06-05 13:26:45 - Making An Operating System Faster
2004-06-04 15:08:11 - Generic 2.6 Wireless Driver
2004-06-03 18:50:58 - The Spinning Cube of Potential Doom
2004-06-03 15:26:42 - Where Does a Red Hat Linux User Go Now?
2004-06-02 13:16:09 - New Forum Released
2004-06-01 14:14:22 - Many Wireless Networks Lack Security

May
2004-05-31 22:19:25 - Slackware Goes X.Org
2004-05-31 16:11:12 - Comparison of Linux Code with MINIX Code
2004-05-30 14:45:33 - FreeBSD 4.10 Released
2004-05-29 14:14:32 - Is Swap Necessary?
2004-05-29 12:27:57 - Scripting GNU in the 21st Century
2004-05-28 11:23:34 - LickLinux in Blogshares
2004-05-28 10:58:34 - Flash 7 for Linux Released
2004-05-28 08:45:32 - DOOM III Interview at HomeLAN Fed
2004-05-28 08:36:21 - Chrooting Apache
2004-05-26 20:41:26 - SAX processing in Python
2004-05-24 12:39:48 - Freedom 0
2004-05-24 12:28:32 - A First Look at CrossOver Office 3.0
2004-05-24 08:59:57 - To readers with 1024x768 screens
2004-05-23 18:51:03 - Fedora Core Doesn't Like to Dual Boot?
2004-05-23 18:08:13 - Sun Pushes Linux into Retail
2004-05-22 14:18:46 - CRUX 2.0 Released
2004-05-21 13:53:38 - Audio and Video: KMPlayer for KDE
2004-05-21 13:43:46 - Implementing Linux Emulation on NetBSD
2004-05-20 12:39:31 - Opennet Ships Red Hat Linux Desktop
2004-05-19 08:22:08 - OpenOffice Interoperability
2004-05-18 13:34:35 - Group-Office 2.2 Pro Review
2004-05-18 13:25:46 - FreeBSD 4.10-RC3 Available
2004-05-17 15:58:19 - Open Source Scripting Made Easy
2004-05-14 11:57:21 - GNOME gDesklets Review
2004-05-11 20:34:08 - DOOM III This Summer
2004-05-11 14:44:12 - Desktop Linux To-Do List
2004-05-11 14:22:10 - Comparing Linux Filesystems
2004-05-10 17:53:00 - Kernel 2.6.6 Released
2004-05-07 08:40:40 - Gmail Accessibility
2004-05-06 11:33:13 - Java on Linux: State of the Union
2004-05-03 18:07:59 - Will RSS Clog The Internet?
2004-05-03 17:28:28 - OpenBSD 3.5 Released
2004-05-01 17:47:25 - A Week with Linspire 4.5
2004-05-01 11:57:43 - LickLinux 2.0 Released

April
2004-04-30 13:05:40 - ketchup, Automatic Kernel Patching
2004-04-27 12:51:56 - Application Suggestions for Gnome 3.0
2004-04-23 14:36:22 - PostgreSQL vs. MySQL vs. Commercial Databases
2004-04-20 23:06:29 - uCLinux ported to the Blackfin DSP
2004-04-20 12:00:13 - OpenOffice.org Off the Wall: Fonts of Wisdom
2004-04-19 19:05:35 - Quick Look At SuSE Linux 9.1 Personal
2004-04-16 17:54:35 - Hot RSS
2004-04-13 17:56:31 - Tribes & Tribes 2 Giveaway
2004-04-13 17:02:54 - Chat, Copy, Paste, Prison
2004-04-12 23:15:25 - The Changing Face of Open Source
2004-04-12 18:30:44 - A Need for Greater Cybersecurity
2004-04-05 14:29:53 - Cool Tools for Remote Administration
2004-04-04 23:57:12 - IP Spoofing: Understanding the basics

Querystrings

Our news system relies a lot on the querystring, these variables passed with the URL (note: to pass variables in the querystring, preceed the first variable name with a '?' question mark and every other variables with a '&' sign.)
Most of the time you won't have to do anything about it, but if you want to know how it works, it's here:

How to use the QueryString:

index.php?m=200407 will display the month of July 2004.

index.php?m=20040701 will display all posts from July 1st, 2004.

index.php?w=20 will display the posts from the 20th week of the year, where January 1st is in the first week (according to PHP).

index.php?p=50 will display the post labeled #50 in the database.

index.php?s=blue+house will display the posts that match the search request "blue house".

index.php?cat=1 will display all posts that belong to category #1 (1 is the default).

index.php?author=1 will display all posts from the author #1

index.php?p=50&c=1 will display the comments and a form to add a comment below the post.
you should use this variable only with p=, example: index.php?p=50&c=1.

index.php?p=50&tb=1 will display the TrackBacks to the post #50.
you should use this variable only with p=, example: index.php?p=50&tb=1.

index.php?p=50&pb=1 will display the Pingbacks to the post #50.
you should use this variable only with p=, example: index.php?p=50&pb=1.

index.php?p=50&more=1 will display the extended entries' text. this, too, should be used only with p=, for individual entries.

index.php?p=50&page=1 will display the first page of post #50. this, again, should be used only with p=, for individual entries.

You can also mix these variables, example: index.php?m=200407&s=hotdog will display the posts that match the search request "hotdog", but only in July 2004.

Category IDs

Here you can see the ID of each category used in the querystrings and feeds.

ID: 1 News
ID: 2 Linux
ID: 3 BSD
ID: 4 Games
ID: 5 Apps
ID: 6 Code
ID: 7 Security