Archive for April, 2007

On the latest episode of Security Now, they’re talking about how WEP has been broken even more, and it is now possible to be cracked in under 1 minute. If you’re interested in this sort of thing, you can download it here.


In case you’ve been under a rock, the new version of Ubuntu has just been released (Feisty Fawn, 7.04). I’ve been using the development version on my Desktop for the past few months, and it was very interesting to watch it mature. I just upgraded my laptop, although it took about 8 hours to download [...]


IE on Linux

15Apr07

Yes, IE is bad, very bad… but if you are like me and are designing websites on Linux, testing in IE is essential to ensure that the design will work for 85% of visitors (it’s sad, but true). Fortunately, thanks to the guys behind the wonderful Wine project, IE runs quite well on Linux. There [...]


I’ve just discovered a neat little Firefox extension called ScribeFire (previously Performancing for Firefox). This neat little extension puts a button in the Firefox bottom toolbar, and when clicked, brings up a WYSIWYG post editor. From there, simply type it up and post away. So if you’re using Firefox (which you should be) and are [...]


Welcome!

13Apr07

And after signing up for a blog at WordPress.com, Tales of Tux is live! Check back here for news/opinions about Linux, Technology, and just about anything else.
For kicks, take a look at one of Novell’s ads that I like. Stay tuned, there’s more to come…