Meet the Platform Team Managers: Matt Zimmerman
(Nov 5, 2009, 00:04 UTC) (132 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ubuntu User: "In this final interview in my Where Karmic's Karma Comes From series, we meet Matt Zimmerman, Ubuntu CTO and chair of the Ubuntu Technical Board. Matt brings each team together with his tireless efforts to ensure quality, professionalism, and polish to each release."

The Psychology Of A Distrohopper
(Nov 4, 2009, 23:33 UTC) (357 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Jim Lynch: "There’s a unique breed of Linux user out there these days and they’re called “distrohoppers.” What the heck is a distrohopper?"

Getting a Scanner to work in Linux
(Nov 4, 2009, 23:03 UTC) (429 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Today Blog: "I have a different definition of "support" than HP-- theirs seems to be "A determined and stubborn Linux guru can make the darned thing work if they try really hard.""

Helping Out SSDs
(Nov 4, 2009, 22:33 UTC) (459 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Magazine: "The last article talked about the anatomy of SSDs and the origins of some of the their characteristics. In this article, we break down tuning storage and file systems for SSDs with an eye toward improving performance and helping overcome some of the platform’s limitations."

How to Crimp Your Own Ethernet Cables
(Nov 4, 2009, 22:03 UTC) (740 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "It isn't very difficult to crimp your own CAT5 cabling. You can repair and re-use old cable, cut cable to exact lengths, and save money. Aaron Weiss shows how, with lots of good pictures."

Linux's share of netbooks surging, not sagging, says analyst
(Nov 4, 2009, 21:33 UTC) (856 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Computer World: "Research firm's numbers contradict lower figures touted by Microsoft on Linux netbooks"

Finding Geotagged Photos in digiKam
(Nov 4, 2009, 21:03 UTC) (328 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Scribbles and Snaps: "Need to find all the photos you took in France? You can use the Map Searches sidebar to do just that, provided your photos have been geotagged."

Going Microsoft-Free, Saying Buh-Bye to McBride
(Nov 4, 2009, 20:33 UTC) (1146 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Blog Safari: "There seems to be no limit to the number of ways to say goodbye to Darl McBride, SCO's recently dumped CEO."

Open and Accessible
(Nov 4, 2009, 20:03 UTC) (386 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Pro Magazine: "One of the many things I love about working in the world of open source is that this field is much more about passion than profit. Think of how many extra hours you or your friends and colleagues put in on nights and weekends (and occasional holidays). You don't do that for just a "Job"."

Desktop Linux needs salesmen!
(Nov 4, 2009, 19:33 UTC) (649 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tech-No-Media: "The successful author took his book, turned it around and said: 'Here it says that I am a best selling author, not a best writing author!'"

Next-generation Linux file systems: NiLFS(2) and exofs
(Nov 4, 2009, 19:03 UTC) (1194 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "Linux continues to innovate in the area of file systems. It supports the largest variety of file systems of any operating system. It also provides cutting-edge file system technology. Two new file systems that are making their way into Linux include the NiLFS(2) log-structured file system and the exofs object-based storage system."

AMD opening shop in the Middle East?
(Nov 4, 2009, 18:33 UTC) (368 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
InternetNews: "It looks like AMD and Globalfoundries are going to set up shop in Dubai after taking a hefty chunk of change from an investment firm based in the emirate. AMD CEO Dirk Meyer told Emirates Business that the firm is looking to a open chip design center in Dubai, and maybe a fabrication plant in Abu Dhabi."

Faster booting with Upstart
(Nov 4, 2009, 18:03 UTC) (1311 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
The H Open: "A good portion of the boot time on current Linux systems is spent on system initialisation and starting dozens of daemons sequentially. The Ubuntu 9.10 development team have started to parallelise and accelerate the boot process through the large scale use of Upstart."

5 Reasons why Ubuntu 9.10 is better than Windows 7
(Nov 4, 2009, 17:33 UTC) (2632 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cyber Cynic: "OK, I'm a Linux guy you already know I'm going to come down in favor of Ubuntu 9.10.. But, I actually like Windows 7 as well. Which lead me to the question, why do I still prefer Linux?"

Sam Ramji: On the CodePlex Foundation and more
(Nov 4, 2009, 17:03 UTC) (503 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LWN.net: "A few weeks back, we looked at the newly announced CodePlex Foundation. At the time, there were a few questions about the foundation and its plans. We asked Sam Ramji, interim president of the foundation—and, previously, Microsoft's senior director of platform strategy—to fill in some of the gaps."

Lenovo: Win7 beats Linux in netbooks
(Nov 4, 2009, 16:33 UTC) (2332 reads) (9 talkbacks) (feedback)
EETimes: "Improvements in Windows 7 will make it less likely notebook makers will adopt Linux-based operating systems, said a technology executive at Lenovo."

SECURITY: Hole in the Linux kernel allows root access
(Nov 4, 2009, 16:03 UTC) (1817 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The H Open: "A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel can be exploited to access a system at root privilege level."

Linux Dairy Council Steps to the Plate...
(Nov 4, 2009, 15:33 UTC) (659 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Blog of Helios: "Many of us are stumbling around, trying to find the best way to get Desktop Linux into the awareness of the average computer user. There are millions of us already and I am fairly certain that even the most generous stats pertaining to Linux Desktop use are wrong. There are more of us than I think many of us imagine. But still..."

Speaking UNIX: Peering into pipes
(Nov 4, 2009, 15:03 UTC) (962 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "The pipe operator connects one UNIX® command to another to create ad hoc programs right on the command line. But a pipe is something of a black box, occluding the data flowing from one utility to the next. Pipe Viewer provides a peek into the pipeline. Here's how to use it in day-to-day tasks."

Pink Army Cooperative Uses Open Source Principles to Treat Breast Cancer
(Nov 4, 2009, 14:33 UTC) (532 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OStatic: "Content management systems, media apps, and gaming software all have their place in the FOSS ecosystem, but when projects like the Pink Army Cooperative come along, it reminds people of just how powerful the open source doctrine really is."

ApacheCon 2009 Free Live Stream
(Nov 4, 2009, 14:03 UTC) (466 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Pro Magazine: "The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is holding ApacheCon US 2009 from November 2-6 in Oakland, California. The foundation for a free webserver is also celebrating its 10th birthday. In honor of this 10th birthday, the celebration includes three days of the conference program available as a FREE Live stream."

10,000 hours: Track your practice with gnuplot and wordpress
(Nov 4, 2009, 13:33 UTC) (1090 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
On Ensemble: "Here’s how to set up a system with pretty graphs to track your practice time and display it at your Wordpress site! I’m using mine to track the time I spend each day on four different categories of practice, and also show my progress toward the goal of 10,000 hours of total practice."

Novell SUSE Linux Appliance Effort Shows Promise
(Nov 4, 2009, 13:03 UTC) (619 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The VAR Guy: "It has been a few months since Novell launched the SUSE Appliance program. So we checked in with Novell to see how the effort was going so far. Matt Richards, director, emerging technologies, and Steve Hale, VP and worldwide data center channel lead"

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Gets Managed
(Nov 4, 2009, 12:33 UTC) (969 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
InternetNews: "Red Hat has been talking about its new virtualization strategy for much of 2009. Today, the Linux vendor is making good on that talk with the release of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, which includes a standalone hypervisor (RHEF-H) as well as a management platform (RHEV-M)."

SECURITY: Patch and Patch Again
(Nov 4, 2009, 12:03 UTC) (1331 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Sure, It's Secure: "Microsoft is always patching Windows. What some people don't know is that they often don't get it right the second time either."

Open Source ‘Napster’ Resurrected After 8-Year Dormancy
(Nov 4, 2009, 10:33 UTC) (964 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Wired: "A small group of programmers plans to breathe new life into the Napster-spawned OpenNap protocol that was designed to help dejected music fans share files using similar technology after the official Napster servers blinked off."

3Leaf makes big SMPs out of x64 clusters
(Nov 4, 2009, 09:03 UTC) (843 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "Everybody is looking to shake up the server business this days, it seems. But everyone had better get in line behind 3Leaf Systems, which is launching its much awaited "Aqua" system pooling and virtualization chipset and an intriguing x64 system to match."

Android phone sports 8.1-megapixel camera
(Nov 4, 2009, 07:33 UTC) (1654 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxDevices: "Sony Ericsson announced its first Android phone, along with a "UX" user interface targeting social networking. The Xperia X10 offers from 8 to 16GB of flash storage, a four-inch touchscreen, and an 8.1-megapixel camera with face recognition and geo-tagging, plus the usual 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS features."

La Curacao replaces Netware with Novell SUSE
(Nov 4, 2009, 06:03 UTC) (796 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Search Enterprise Linux: "La Curacao, a $220 million Hispanic-oriented department store chain, says it has solved its performance problems, boosted reliability and added ample capacity for growth by converting its main transaction and application servers from Novell Netware (a proprietary OS) and Microsoft Windows, respectively, to Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise."

Red Hat Takes on VMware, Microsoft in Server Virtualization
(Nov 4, 2009, 04:33 UTC) (1551 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
eWeek: "Red Hat officials said the platform—which includes as standalone hypervisor and manage-ment software—offers users better performance at a lower cost than com-peting products from VMware and Microsoft. A management solution for virtualized desktop environments will be available in early 2010, they said."

KDE 4.3.3 Out Now: Clockwork
(Nov 4, 2009, 03:03 UTC) (2615 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
KDE: "KDE Community Ships Third Translation and Service Release of the 4.3 Free Desktop, Containing Numerous Bugfixes, Performance Improvements and Translation Updates"

Firefox 3.6 Tweaks Are Mostly Under the Hood
(Nov 4, 2009, 01:33 UTC) (1874 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxInsider: "Developers may be more interested in some of the more subtle changes, however -- e.g., support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 Web technologies, as well as support for image rendering and multiple background images."

The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
(Nov 4, 2009, 00:03 UTC) (2914 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Howtoforge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge."

AutoZone Update - And Another Update - And Another
(Nov 3, 2009, 23:32 UTC) (1133 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Groklaw: "Just to keep you in the loop, there is an update in the AutoZone docket, a note rescheduling oral argument on AutoZone's motion to dismiss in part SCO's claims for damages. It will now be held on December 7 at 10 AM. Except of course that it probably won't..."

Triple Boot Mac OS, XP, and Linux on a Mac
(Nov 3, 2009, 23:02 UTC) (1144 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Wired: "The newest Macs allow you to boot up from Windows or Mac OS X using the included Boot Camp disk-partitioning software. However, with some steps and a little elbow grease, you can add Linux to the mix and get the best of all worlds."

SECURITY: StartSSL: a Certification Authority with a heart
(Nov 3, 2009, 22:32 UTC) (1291 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Security: "Linux Security had the chance to talk with Eddy Nigg, founder of StartSSL, an “alternative” CA, by any meaning. Their business model is quite different then that of other well known CAs, with a pricing policy absolutely counter to current trends: once a customer verified its identity, any number of certificates can be obtained for free, payment is only required for those steps requiring human intervention"

GoblinX – An Alternative OS With 4 Different Flavors
(Nov 3, 2009, 22:02 UTC) (1577 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
MakeUseOf: "In today’s Ubuntu dominated Linux landscape, it’s refreshing to stumble upon an alternative linux software distribution choosing to follow its own path. GoblinX is one of these."

What's New in the Newest Linux in a Nutshell?
(Nov 3, 2009, 21:32 UTC) (1385 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Pro Magazine: "I ran into Stephen Figgins at OSCON in San Jose last summer and he told me he'd been working on the 6th edition of Linux in a Nutshell. Last Friday we met in Kansas at a coffee shop to discuss the new release."

Pulling the trigger on Ubuntu 9.10 upgrade, Part 1: Eyes wide open/shut
(Nov 3, 2009, 21:02 UTC) (2112 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
Click: "However you slice it up, upgrades have been hell for anybody with Intel video chips in their computers. And that's a whole lot of people. I can think of bigger "negatives" when it comes to open-source-OS adoption over the past two years ... oh, wait ... I can't."

Geotagging Photos with digiKam
(Nov 3, 2009, 20:32 UTC) (908 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Scribbles and Snaps: "Even if your camera doesn’t support geotagging, you can easily add geographical coordinates to your photos using digiKam."

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