jlwallen: Writer Tip: If you write a familiar character in the wrong voice, that character will do everything they can to let you know you've strayed.

Lars Torben Kremer has announced the availability of the release candidate for Snowlinux 2, a desktop distribution based on Debian's stable branch and featuring the GNOME 2 desktop: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 2, code name 'Ice'. New features: improved installer (keyboard variants,....

jlwallen: RT @OfficialITM: We're playing Rock On The Range 2012! Who's coming to rock Columbus with us? http://t.co/fBpwZzlG http://t.co/bCNaFHYg

A vDSO (virtual dynamic shared object) is an alternative to the somewhat cycle-expensive system call interface that the GNU/Linux kernel provides. But, before I explain how to cook up your own vDSO, in this brief jaunt down operating system lane, I cover some basics of vDSOs, what they are and why they are useful. more>>

How To Set Up A TOR Middlebox Routing All VirtualBox Virtual Machine Traffic Over The TOR Network

This tutorial will show you how to reroute all traffic for a virtual machine through the Tor network to ensure anonymity. It assumes a standalone machine with a Linux OS, and VirtualBox installed. In this case, we'll be using Ubuntu on the host machine.

jlwallen: Zombie Survival Tip: Belt clips might seem nerdy fashion-less statements, but they are great for keeping weapons and tools at the ready.

jlwallen: Shero Fashion Tip: Welcome to the 21st Century. You CAN wear white after labor day. Don't wear hot pink panties under that white though Eww!

jlwallen: Superstitious writers: And my changing process | Jack Wallen - http://t.co/pusZzA2r

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: I dream of Linux - Dreamlinux 5 News: Red Hat introduces 10-year support, Texstar takes leave of absence, Mint banks on Cinnamon Questions and answers: Revisiting Ubuntu market share numbers Released last week: Linux Mint 12 "KDE", PCLinuxOS 2012.2, DEFT Linux 7....

jlwallen: Madonna? Not so great. Upstaged by a set covered in lights and video.

jlwallen: Looking for a cover for your book? Check out my deviant art gallery: http://t.co/yHBuOiXg

jlwallen: taking notes for the upcoming novel in the I Zombie series, Lie Zombie Lie. The brains will hit the fan!

jlwallen: http://t.co/qkn8g5bZ video review of I Zombie I by @TheaIsis

jlwallen: @TheaIsis YAY! Thank you so very much. What a wonderful treat that was to watch. :D

jlwallen: Oh Elton John. What do you think you're doing with a KING outfit on. You know it should be a QUEEN outfit. You go girl!

jlwallen: @KiltedMoose @mattleslie74 http://t.co/CEAFCF99 SWEET!

jlwallen: RT @KiltedMoose: @mattleslie74 Geddy Lee sang the Canadian national anthem in 93 at the World Series - which the Blue Jays won. Go Rush!

jlwallen: oh my GOD - commercials with SHIRTTUCKERS! Say it isn't SOOOOO!!!!!

jlwallen: when in the world is the NFL going to get Geddy Lee or Rob Halford to sing the national anthem for the super bowl? seriously!

Running Simple Groupware On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10

This tutorial shows how you can install and run Simple Groupware on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). Simple Groupware is an open source enterprise groupware that offers email, calendaring, contacts, tasks, document management, project management, synchronization with Outlook and cell phones, full-text search, extensions and many more. nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.