In case you are new to DCoT or just haven’t noticed, I’m a bit of a USB drive nut. I like what they can do and the freedom that they give me. I have started making different USB “systems” and my latest is a complete e-mail system on one USB drive. Build a USB Drive Mail System has a fully functioning mail client along with its own SMTP mail server. This will allow you to carry all your e-mails, contacts, RSS feeds, etc. with you and also let you send e-mails without having to worry about whether or not your internet provider will let you connect from outside their network.
The other nice thing about this system is that everything is available for free!
Now here is an idea whose time has come. One of the arguments that I have always hears against open source applications is that there is no support available for them. This has been solved for some open source applications where you can purchase professional support for their applications but this still leaves out out in the cold if you are using some unsupported applications. There are always forums but it can be hit or miss.
That is, until now.
In comes Qunu. Qunu allows you to connect with users via Jabber-enabled IM clients. The way it works, you go to the Qunu website and search for a topic. You will then be shown a list of people who are available to help with your problem. You can select one of these people to chat with and they will try to help you with your problem.
This feels very much like many other help websites except this connects you in real time rather than relying on e-mail or forums. A very cool idea!
The latest addition to the DCoT blogroll family is Nothing but Unix. From their website:
Nothing but Unix news. All related to Unices such as Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Sun Solaris, Minix, AIX, HP-UX, Digital UNIX, SCO Unix, DragonFly BSD, Gnu/Hurd and others. One resource containing basic articles, stories and links of the day. For people which have some free time to be well informed about the basic events and news in this area.
I’ve spent some time digging around their site and it looks like they have some good information to offer. Welcome to the blogroll and search engine!
I have recently been seeing some low ratings on some of my recent posts. I have no problem with people giving me low rating on any post or article that I put on DCoT. What I would like to ask is that if you do rate an article low (or high, for that matter), please tell me why you have given this article such a rating. I would like the opportunity to at least respond to the reason it was rated the way it was or fix the problem if there are issues with the article. Someone who comes to DCoT, quickly rates a number of posts a 1/5 as an anonymous user and then leaves without commenting on these articles does not help me or the other readers.
Sorry for the rant and thanks for your understanding.
And thanks to all of those who do put in comments.
Now here is an idea whose time has come. One of the arguments that I have always hears against open source applications is that there is no support available for them. This has been solved for some open source applications where you can purchase professional support for their applications but this still leaves out out in the cold if you are using some unsupported applications. There are always forums but it can be hit or miss.