Digg-ing Deeper for Linux News and Links

Apparently there’s some sort of conspiracy keeping Linux-related links off the front page of the popular link-sharing site Digg.com — or at least that’s what this recent Computerworld editorial would have you believe.

Whether it’s true or not there’s still a very healthy Linux community over there — my review of the Evolution email client currently holds the all-time record for the most reads in a single day, and virtually all of that traffic came from Digg!

If you’re looking for Linux-related news allow me to share two more worthy sites for your consideration:

Project FrankenMac Needs Your Help!

Now that I’ve replaced my MacBook with a lean, mean, Linux netbook machine the next step in my open-source assimilation is to install some kind of Linux on my two year-old Mac Pro.

Netbook Linux Screencaster Smackdown

If you’re using Linux you may have already read TuxArena’s excellent rundown of three highly regarded screencasting apps.

But what if you’re using a netbook like an Eee PC? Has anyone tested these apps and other alternatives on such a machine with a slower processor and limited RAM? I sure hope not, because that’s what I’m about to do here.

Tests were carried out on two machines, an Eee PC 900 & 901, both running the latest release of Easy Peasy. The subject of the screencast is a quick fix for volume issues in Easy Peasy/Ubuntu Netbook Remix.

Watch how fast contenders drop out of the race…