This article shows how you can install and use POPFile to classify incoming emails on an Ubuntu Feisty Fawn desktop. It is a POP3 proxy that fetches your mails from your mail server, classifies them and passes them on to your email client. Of course, POPFile must be trained to properly classify emails.

The well known Desktop Linux Distribution SimplyMepis is about to switch from Ubuntu LTS to Debian. Read the full story at DesktopLinux.com

Basically, tcptrack is a sniffer which will show the information about TCP connections on a specific interface. tcptrack will watch all the connections that occur and show the information in a nice interface. Although it’s on a text user interface but it’s simple and easy to understand.

The Mozilla developer Asa Dotzler comments in his blog on the latest rumors that Thunderbird will be discontinued by the Mozilla foundation.

This article shows how you can use an iPod on a Linux desktop with the Rhythmbox audio player. It covers how you can upload MP3 files from your desktop to your iPod and delete files on the iPod. Normally, Apple’s iTunes software is needed to manage an iPod, but iTunes is not available for Linux. Fortunately, there are Linux alternatives such as Rhythmbox that can handle the task.

This tutorial describes how to edit the GRUB menu. It will also show how to add operating systems and how to add splash screens.

“In this issue we cover Canonical seeking help with training courses, last call for Software Freedom Day registrations, a call to arms for US LoCo teams, new Drag & Drop Gnome tabs, new Launchpad features, and much much more.”

Bill Hilf announced the launch of the new Microsoft OpenSource website at OSCON.

“This one contains the same fixes as 2.4.34.6, plus a small set of add-ons, among which some new PCI IDs, more usb-storage unusual devs, support for high-speed USB HID, updated e1000 driver, a few watchdog updates, support for systems with no keyboard controller (mainly blades), backport of the skge and sky2 drivers from 2.6, support for the “notsc” boot option for some broken dual-core x86_64 systems with no HPET, and a the latest fixes from the LVM package.”

“We are getting ready for the GIMP 2.4 release. Most of the outstanding issues have been resolved or will be resolved soon. You can get a snapshot of current development by downloading the source code for GIMP 2.3.19 from the usual places. Check the NEWS file for an overview of the changes in this release.”