April 2007

A photo circulating the web showed what appeared to be Bill Gates recommending Ubuntu Linux — a fun piece of internet humour from 2007.

Get a Lexmark X1100 all-in-one printer working on Fedora Core 6 using hosted Z600 RPM drivers, with instructions for Debian users converting them with alien.

Load-test your web application using open source Grinder and JWebUnit to simulate heavy traffic and find performance bottlenecks before they become production problems.

Beryl adds a rotating desktop cube, rain effects, and more to Linux GNOME desktops — visual eye candy that rivals and arguably beats Windows Vista.

Rip a CD to an ISO image on Linux in seconds using dd, or use GnomeBaker for a GUI alternative — no extra packages required for the command-line method.

Monitor your CPU temperature, fan speed, and voltages right from the GNOME desktop with the Sensors Applet, a great alternative to Windows motherboard utilities.

Fix a missing i2cdetect path bug in lm_sensors sensors-detect on Fedora Core 6 and get hardware temperature monitoring working with a one-line config change.

Google's TiSP toilet-based internet service turned out to be one of their most elaborate April Fools pranks, complete with a 404 page that spills the beans.

Research from Illyria University claims modern CPUs lose megahertz over time — but is it real science or just another April Fools joke?

The rebuilt WW2 Colossus cipher-cracking machine at Bletchley Park gives visitors a live look at how Nazi Lorenz messages were broken and computing history began.

PEBKAC — Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair — is the most frustrating case any tech support person faces. Here's a lighthearted look at why.