links for 2008-10-03

• AskMen.com – Top 10: Overlooked Doomsday Scenarios
  (tags: humor apocalypse doomsday)
• AskMen.com – 5 Things You Didn't Know: The Apocalypse
  Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz once advised us: "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today; it's already tomorrow in Australia."

  If only those words were enough to assuage the anxiety of the human heart. Instead, throughout history, the idea of an impending apocalypse has persisted. Throughout, it has changed costumes many times, wearing fires, floods, frog storms, and even catchy sayings — remember Y2K?

  (tags: humor apocalyse survival)
• AskMen.com – How To: An Survive Apocalyptic Disaster
  We have good news and bad news for you. The bad news is that the planet has been devastated by a nuclear catastrophe that has transformed 90% of the population into mindless, flesh-eating zombies. Their appetites are ravenous, their might is awesome and they’re growing in number by the hour. The good news is that they’ve already devoured your in-laws.
  (tags: humor apocalypse survival)
• LinuxPlanet – Tutorials – Networking 101: Who Governs the Internet? – It's Raining Alphabet Soup
  The Internet is a wild and unruly place. When people talk about Internet governance, the conversation is normally related to IP allocation and domain name management, rather than censorship or control. The Internet actually is tightly managed with regards to network allocation. This edition of Networking 101 will clear up those mysterious organizational acronyms and explain what their purpose really is.
  (tags: networking-101 networking internet iana)
• Power of Wonderful Linux Terminal – 10 Challenges for Windows Users | Quick Tweaks
  Enough said about Linux being free. You shouldn’t use anything just for the reason that it’s free. This post is for those Linux users who underestimate the power of Linux Terminal and for those Windows users who thinks that Linux is useless.
  (tags: linux cli shell command line interface bash ubuntu)
• Software libre para una sociedad libre
  Libro online de Richard M. Stallman, Diciembre 2004, Versión 1.0.
  (tags: free open source software richard stallman gnu foss linux)
• LinuxPlanet – Tutorials – Linux Package Manager Cheatsheet – Keeping Your Linux PC In Fine Tune
  In these modern times of Linux glitz, and yes, even bling (shudder) we crusty old command-line commandos sometimes like to put down our stewed prunes, ascend the podium, and remind our newer Linux compadres that underneath the tinsel and glitter lies the all-powerful command line. On good days, when our arthritis isn't flaring up too badly, we'll even emit a bit or two of usefulness. As it happens, all the stars briefly aligned in exactly the correct sequence and thus I was inspired to assemble this Fedora and Debian cheat-sheet, starring Yum, RPM, aptitude, dpkg, and apt-file.

  Graphical package-management tools are nice, and everyone who is anyone has their favorites. But gnarly system administrators running headless boxes, users who want more speed and options, and anyone who is struggling with a broken X.org installation need to know command-line package management.

  (tags: linux software install yum apt-get aptitude urpmi package manager ubuntu redhat fedora)
• 10 must-have Linux office applications | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com
  Does Linux have what it takes to meet the needs of the corporate desktop? Jack Wallen thinks so. Here’s his list of office apps that can handle everything from word processing to project management to data backups.
  (tags: linux office applications software openoffice.org tools free open source foss ubuntu)