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By LJ Staff | Dec 28, 2011

As the year comes to a close, it is time for year-end reflections. In our case that means sharing the most popular articles of 2011. The following were viewed the most, and in some case created a lot of discussion as well.

1. Readers' Choice Awards 2011 more>>

Goodbye GNOME 2, Hello GNOME 2?

By Shawn Powers | Dec 23, 2011

Many Linux users who have been GNOME fans for years find themselves in a sudden quandary. GNOME 3.0 has completely abandoned the desktop experience we've come to love during the years. That's not to say change is bad, it's just that many folks (even Linus Torvalds) don't really want to change. more>>

Arduino-Open Hardware and IDE Combo

By John Knight | Dec 21, 2011

This article is a bit different from my usual column in two ways. First, it's starting with a hardware and software combo—something I've not done before. Second, the projects are linked to each other and come recommended to me by Perth LUG member, Simon Newton. more>>

tcpdump fu

By Henry Van Styn | Dec 19, 2011

Packet capture is one of the most fundamental and powerful ways to do network analysis. You can learn virtually anything about what is going on within a network by intercepting and examining the raw data that crosses it. Modern network analysis tools are able to capture, interpret and describe this network traffic in a human-friendly manner. more>>

Linux Systems Capacity Planning

By L J Staff | Dec 16, 2011

This video is from our good friends at USENIX's recent LISA conference in Boston.

"Linux Systems Capacity Planning: Beyond RRD and top", by Rodrigo Campos more>>

The Geek's Guide to the Coolest Holiday Gifts

By LJ Staff | Dec 13, 2011

The season of gift-giving is well underway, and since we're sure most of you are not finished shopping, we thought we'd give you some of our ideas for the perfect holiday gifts.

Enjoy!

Gift (thumbnail) photo via Shutterstock.

Free Poker DB-Advanced On-line Poker Database

By John Knight | Dec 12, 2011

According to its Freshmeat entry:

Fpdb is a free/open-source tracker/HUD for use with on-line poker. The intent is to make fpdb capable of supporting all games on all sites. more>>

Talking Point: Should Distros Stick to CDR Size?

By Michael Reed | Dec 09, 2011

It's starting to look like the end of an era for Ubuntu users as Canonical mull the creation of an ISO that won't fit onto a CDR. The question is, does it matter? more>>

Lowjack Your Body with RunKeeper

By Shawn Powers | Dec 07, 2011

This past summer, I went to a beach resort in Mexico with my wife. It made sense to get into a little better shape so as not to cause any beached-whale rumors while I soaked in the rays. Typical geek that I am, I wanted to track my every move so I could see how much exercise I really was doing. And, I wanted to do that with technology. more>>

Get More from Your e-Reader: Instapaper

By Shawn Powers | Dec 05, 2011

If you use a dedicated e-reader to read Linux Journal every month, chances are you want to read other material on it as well. Thanks to a free service called Instapaper, if you have an e-reader like the Linux-powered Kindle, you can take your favorite Web articles with you on the go, even if your destination doesn't have Internet access! more>>

Readers' Choice Awards 2011

By Shawn Powers | Dec 01, 2011

The votes are in, the tallies are counted, the hanging chads have been evaluated, and we have our winners. This year holds a few surprises, a couple dominant players and as much open source as you can handle. We don't encourage gambling here at Linux Journal, but if you had an office pool going for pizza money, it's officially too late to make your wager.

CrunchBang 10 “Statler” refresh R20111125

By Michael Reed | Nov 30, 2011

Although officially a version 10 refresh and still under the “Statler” moniker, the latest Crunchbang release constitutes some notable changes. more>>

Cyber Monday: $10 Off Coupon for BRAND NEW Archive DVD

By LJ Staff | Nov 28, 2011

Pre-order the 2011 Linux Journal Archive DVD.

Normally $34.50, our Cyber Monday price is just $24.50. (Use discount code DVDNEW at checkout.) more>>

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The Lustre Distributed Filesystem

By Petros Koutoupis | Nov 28, 2011

There comes a time in a network or storage administrator's career when a large collection of storage volumes needs to be pooled together and distributed within a clustered or multiple client network, while maintaining high performance with little to no bottlenecks when accessing the same files. That is where Lustre comes into the picture. The Lustre more>>

sinfo-Advanced Network Monitoring

By John Knight | Nov 23, 2011

Are you looking to set up some kind of network cluster, but dealing with many different computers, all of which are nearly impossible to keep track of? What if you're in charge of a room full of computers and also of those who are using them (some of whom may be looking to slack off or run something I'll politely dub "objectionable")? more>>

Elmer for PDEs

By Joey Bernard | Nov 21, 2011

Elmer is an open-source multiphysics simulation software that has been around since 1995. It is developed by the CSC — IT Center for Science Ltd. This group is administered by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture in Finland. With Elmer, you can model physical systems, such as fluid dynamics, electromagnetism, heat transfer and acoustics. more>>

How do you manage your files? Do you:

By Shawn Powers | Nov 18, 2011
Organize your files into folders, and find them based on your filing structure Lump all your files together and rely on search to find a specific file Organize your files into folders, but find them using a search
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Non-Linux FOSS: Juice

By Shawn Powers | Nov 17, 2011

Many Windows or Macintosh users are perfectly happy to download their podcasts with iTunes or something similar. Here at Linux Journal, however, we like to offer open-source alternatives. Enter Juice. Juice is a cross-platform, open-source application for downloading podcasts. more>>

New Books

By James Gray | Nov 16, 2011
Scott Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 20th Ed. (Que)

Besides our fealty to Linux, there may be nothing else besides tinkering with our PCs that defines our Linux geek identity. Therefore, we know that books like Scott Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing PCs, now in its 20th edition, will appeal to many of our readers. more>>

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PdfMasher--E-Book Conversion

By John Knight | Nov 15, 2011

If you've had problems reading PDF files on various devices (like mobile phones), PdfMasher may be just what you're looking for. According to the Web site: more>>