Kismet - 802.11b network sniffer and network dissector for WLAN (2009-11-R1)
Kismet is an 802.11b network sniffer and network dissector, it is capable of sniffing using most wireless cards.
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
Archive for November, 2009
Kiwix - offline reader for Web contents based on the ZIM file format (0.8 RC3)
Kiwix is an offline reader for Web contents based on the ZIM file format.
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
Using Amarok with Your iPod
Relatively new to using iPods, I basically just decided to use GtkPod with it when I got it and I haven’t really looked at other options. I knew others existed but I think that GtkPod was convenient enough for me.
BrightHub’s guide on how to use your iPod with KDE4 gives you a better idea if you are a KDE user. And this is through the use of Amarok, a media player for KDE. Amarok not only lets you play music but it also lets you synchronize your music to your media devices. Now that sounds cool, right?
Basic tips from the guide:
Start Amarok then connect your iPod. And you’d have to explicitly make Amarok remember your iPod.
Select songs on your collection list then right click on them and select the option to transfer to your media device, which happens to be your iPod.
You could also back up [...]
Full story: Clair Ching
Some Observations on Communities
How does one build communities? I haven’t had the chance to really start a community with a group of people but I’ve tried to observe some groups who have done so. By the time I know about a community, it’s been quite a while already so I didn’t see the beginnings or birthing pains. But I’ve seen some growing pains. Anyway, out of the several years of observing here are some thoughts:
It’s the common interest that drives people to go together.
Sometimes just having a common interest drives people together. It could be that they meet each other online and then start talking more often. And from that they get an idea if they could get a community going. Sometimes it could be that they want to achieve a particular goal which is to have events that are related to free and [...]
Full story: Clair Ching
Blogging Your Linux Experience
Blogging does not come easy to everyone but I want to encourage other people to write about their experiences using Linux. It’s one of the things that keeps me going when it comes to using Linux. Each Linux blog reminds me that I am not alone in my experiences.
Sometimes I get ideas from other Linux bloggers to try out other applications. That’s why there are times that I have a series of guides on using certain applications. Those are usually the applications that fit my needs. But each of us have different needs. I definitely can’t help some of my friends in the academe and research fields who use specific tools because I can only touch the surface of their fields and the FOSS tools I could find might not suit them. I’d never know until they try and sometimes it’s [...]
Full story: Clair Ching
Why Choose Joomla?
I’ve started writing about broadcasting and tools. This includes multimedia tools like GIMP, Audacity, etc. But I know I’ve blogged about blogging clients. And now let me share some thoughts about Joomla.
Joomla is a great tool you could use to create your website. It could take your site to another level. If you already have a blog, well, you could keep using that. But Joomla has a lot of features for its users.
Some features that I find are usually used in projects I encounter:
Article posting. You could post various articles and categorize them too.
Blogs. If your organization would like to have blogs, then there’s also a way to do that within Joomla. No need to get a separate blogging software.
Custom menus. You could move things around and put them in different menus and make them behave differently, in terms of [...]
Full story: Clair Ching
OpenOffice.org for Kids
Some people start their kids young when it comes to computers and free and open source software. I’ve heard about those people who really expose their children to FOSS as early as possible. Then again there are kids who are practically growing up with the computers right in front of them and they can’t help but want to play with them. Haha! Of course parents will take the chance and show them stuff on GCompris and stuff.
But there are other things to consider. Like skills. Children must grow up with the actual skills at the tips of their fingers, not just all in their heads as theories. Same thing goes for computer usage.
Admittedly the free and open source applications out there might look so scary. Why? There are still applications that say RTFM. How will children ever learn if they don’t even [...]
Full story: Clair Ching