The SCP protocol, which runs on port 22, is similar to the BSD rcp protocol, however unlike rcp, data is encrypted during transfer, to avoid potential packet sniffers extracting usable information from the data packets. The protocol itself does not provide authentication and security; it relies on the underlying protocol, SSH, to provide these features. You can use scp to copy files between remote hosts using secure a connexion.

By default, Firefox (or Swiftfox) crashes when trying to view a full-screen video on say... YouTube. At least for me it used to crash until I found a fix. If that is the case for you also, you may want to read on.

- A ton of translation updates. - Support for various Unicode file encodings in Notepad. - Improved memory management, especially for OpenGL. - Desktop menus now cleaned up automatically. - Beginnings of a windowscodecs DLL implementation

In this article we will be transferring data from an MS Access database to a database on SQLServer 2008. Both the source of data and the destination database are on the same machine, in this case a computer box running Windows XP Pro. There are two versions of the Import and Export Wizard and in this example the 32 bit version is used.

In their bi-weekly tradition, the developers behind Wine have pushed out a new development release for this popular and important open-source project. Wine 1.1.25 is the newest development release and it has quite a few translation updates, support for various Unicode file encodings in Notepad, improved memory management, desktop menus are now cleared up automatically, the start of a windowscodecs DLL implementation, and of course various bug fixes...

It goes without saying that nobody wants to be in the hospital. Bland food, no privacy, and gowns that leave nothing to the imagination — not to mention the procedures being performed — don't exactly make ones visit a relaxing trip to the spa. We all know, however, that Linux can make anything better, and now, whether you're recovering from a lung transplant or liposuction, Linux is there to make your life in the infirmary just a little bit sunnier.

Tonight the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit was opened with a party sponsored by Kubuntu's very own Canonical. Stickers, t-shirts and beer were all given out to contributors and users of KDE, Gnome and any other free software environment. Some converts were made from the local Canary island population who were enthused by the spirit of freedom.

Embattled Mac cloner Psystar says it is ready to leave Chapter 11 protection. In a customer newsletter, Psystar officials say the company is ready to emerge from Chapter 11 protection, a provision of US bankruptcy law that allows a company to continue trading while it reorganises its affairs. "Although this [Chapter 11 protection] was critical to our continued daily operations, we are now ready to emerge and again battle Goliath.

• GNOME and KDE developer conference begins on Gran Canaria

• Canonical Party Welcomes Gran Canaria Desktop Summit
• KDE Updates
• USB 3.0 Equipped PCs Will Be Shipping by End of the Year
• Apple, Linux exempt from Chinese filter
• Working With Upstream: An Interview with Laszlo Peter
• Ubuntu 9.04 desktop edition
• The neverending fun of debugging a debugger
• Firefox 3.5 Hits 10 Million Downloads
• firefoxes are cute
• Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.7.3 released
• Ubuntu 9.04 on the IBM T60 – going Linux full time?
• Microsoft weighs next-phase in open-source support
• Jackalope Seems to be Jaunty Enough
• Opera Unite Review - Potential Not Fully Realised
• Three Open Source E-book Readers Worth a Look
• Microsoft Keeps Beating a Dead Browser
• Mixxx-ing Tracks on Linux
• Podcast 58 Gentoo Developer Diego E. Petteno (Flameeyes)

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Always Right: "rickspencer3 proposes pulling the gimp from the CD: ... * F-Spot has key features, like crop and red-eye removal"

• How-To: Install KDE 4.3 RC1 in Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

• How To Fix Full-Screen Flash Videos in Linux & Firefox
• Postgresql: show tables, show databases, show columns
• Stream Music with the Last.fm Client on Ubuntu
• LMMS - Linux MultiMedia Studio
• Tutorial : Easily multibooot Windows 7 with Linux
• Enabling Accent Marks on a U.S. Keyboard in Ubuntu
• Force Firefox To Open Links In Same Tab
• Thunderbird localmail Spool
• How to Set Up a TiVo Media Server on Ubuntu Linux

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Microsoft's, shall we say, cautious engagement with open-source could mean frameworks like Spring and Hibernate are the next projects tuned to Windows. Sam Ramji, director of the open-source development lab, in a recent interview pointed to the rise in what he called "micro frameworks" and their importance. "It's something we have to be a lot closer to," Ramji told The Reg, noting Microsoft had held talks with the SpringSource company and "a couple of their other folks."

Made some improvements and found some new bugs in gnetscan; the tiny C network scanner that could. Cut an interim release; I am using the tradition of odd numbered releases are testing/unstable while even numbered ones are stable. This release has some bug fixes, better input handling and still has some unresolved issues. In any case for those tracking it enjoy.

eweek.com: Mozilla plans to release a patched version of its latest browser, to be named Firefox 3.5.1, in response to certain bugs that have revealed themselves following Firefox 3.5's June 30 release.

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linuxforu.com: The war has begun. Quite literally. We laid our hands on the RC (release candidate) available for free on Microsoft’s website, and took it for a spin against Mandriva 2009.1 Spring. Who won? The results are most surprising!

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programmerfish.com: Remember the Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron? They used to be favorites when Atari’s 7800 series was still around. Now since the era of those consoles is over and a different world of interactive reality gaming has taken over, Atari has unofficially released source code of over 15 games for the coders and enthusiasts to admire.

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BeginLinux: "This course will help you understand the benefits of LDAP as well as implementation of LDAP. The OpenLDAP Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and open source LDAP suite of applications and development tools. The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the Internet to communicate, plan, and develop the OpenLDAP Suite and its related documentation."

techcrunch.com: Okay, it’s not exactly the Camp David Summit that took place in 2000 between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but sometimes the littlest gestures can go a long way.

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aseigo.blogspot: Each release of Plasma over the 18 months since its debut release has marked an impressive step forward in its evolution. We are planning on making 4.4, our second anniversary release coming in January 2010.

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fullmetalgerbil.com: Over the past couple of months or so I’ve mentioned how Slackware isn’t exactly beginner-prohibitive. I still believe that, and going even further I’ll say that basically anyone can run Linux using a good solid starter distribution like Ubuntu, Mint or Zenwalk (or any number of others actually, or even PCBSD).

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