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For those of you who are here to crack password protected PDF files: go away. I'm not going to explain you how to do that. I am, however, going to teach you how to get past that annoying print-protection system built into PDFs.

PDF files are all over the...

I was looking for a way to concatenate PDF (or Postscript) files on Linux today, so that I could easily print some coursebook. Professors have this annoying habit of "conveniently" splitting their books into one PDF for each chapter. Very annoying if you want to print a file double-sided (like the...

It is a common misconception that installing Linux from a USB key is a difficult task. It's not. And I'm going to prove it to you in this short article.

This method is not just useful for machines without an optical drive, but it also helps you save on writeable CDs/DVDs, and it is are a...

As I posted earlier, I recently got myself a Thinkpad X31. It's a nice and sturdy laptop, but being a 12-incher, it lacks an optical drive. I've been using Kubuntu/Ubuntu 7.10 for the past months, and all was well.

But then I...

If you're anything like me, you have probably spent hours (or even days) of your life looking for free games on the net. Yes, there's no shame in admitting it, getting things for free is fun. And playing games is fun. So playing free games is... well you do the math.

The only...

Recently, I discovered Full Circle Magazine, a free linux magazine everyone can contribute to. They focus on Ubuntu, the most popular distribution out there, and my personal favorite. In the #1 issue, they have...

Recently, in my neverending quest for a truly portable computing experience, I've tried to use an emulator and a USB key to make me a portable operating system for use with the computers at school. The only problem is that USB keys are slow, and QEMU on Windows is even worse. I am used to the...

Most of you probably watched the keynote where Steve Jobs finally showed us the iPhone. And I must say, I immediately thought "I want one". Until I started investigating the device more thoroughly.

Granted, the iPhone is a wonderful device that seems to do everything you ever wanted to...

Those of you who know me personally will confirm that I'm a linux enthousiast. Until last year, I could even be called a zealot. Recently, I re-installed Windows XP in order to play a videogame, which still doesn't work in Wine. I also used the opportunity to check if all of my code worked on...

Lately I've been left unsatisfied with Linux, or maybe I should say bored. It's been four years since I made the switch from Windows, and although I never regretted it, there are certain issues that bother me. Some of these are distribution specific and others aren't even limited to the linux. Let...