10 Amazing Linux Desktop Themes MyDigilife: "Dust is a concept for a new, refreshing look for Ubuntu. The idea was to take the defining aesthetic elements of Ubuntu and remix it into something clean, modern, functional, and unique...." (Nov 23, 2008)
Linux Today Features
Fedora 10 vs. Ubuntu 8.10 Benchmarks Phoronix: "With Fedora 10 finally entering the world earlier this week, we have performed benchmarks comparing the performance of Ubuntu 8.10 and Fedora 10. In our testing we used both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds of each distribution and then ran a series of automated tests through the Phoronix Test Suite." Link fixed--ed. (Nov 29, 2008)
Small Features
2008 State Of The Penguin Report - Part 1 Blog of Helios: "Blog of helios is happy to publish their findings after over 1000 separate Linux installs. This will be the first part of a three part weekly series. We hope there is something for all of us to learn within." Nov 26, 2008
Analyzing TCP Disconnects On Linux Or Unix (Dec 4, 2008, 01:03 UTC) (1021 reads)
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(feedback) The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "One question that I get asked a lot (and used to ask a lot ;) has to do with the TCP protocol. More specifically, with how an established connection goes about graciously ending. And, if you haven't guessed, the reason the question gets asked so often is that, with all the different states a graceful TCP disconnect goes through, lots of folks (involved in troubleshooting) are curious as to whether the output they're pouring over is "good" or "bad.""
Red Hat Chief: 'Cheaper Generally Wins' (Dec 3, 2008, 22:03 UTC) (722 reads)
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(feedback) ZDNet: ""At times like this, cheaper generally wins," Whitehurst said as he spoke to journalists on Monday about his thoughts on the Linux market and the immediate future for Red Hat."
Another tale of Open Sourcery (Dec 3, 2008, 20:03 UTC) (688 reads)
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(feedback) The Open Sourcerer: "Our former parent company was running a character based ERP system called MAX on Unix and a Windows file serving network.
So day 1 (ish!) we set up two RH servers and installed samba, sendmail, apache etc on one for file print intranet and email and the Linux port of MAX on the other."
Today's YouTube: US v. Microsoft 10 Years Later (Dec 3, 2008, 19:33 UTC) (903 reads)
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(feedback) Groklaw: "I found a treasure on YouTube. Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society has a channel on YouTube now. And they held a conference in September on the US antitrust trial against Microsoft, collecting many of the players in that famous litigation, including David Boies. So it's your opportunity to see him in action. As usual, he's impressive."
The World's Worst Way to Market Linux (Dec 3, 2008, 19:18 UTC) (1246 reads)
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(feedback) Cyber Cynic: "Getting businesses to go legal with a native Chinese Linux sounded like a win to me. Until, I saw the Red Flag Linux price tag: 5,000 yuan, that's $725 U.S."
Chinese Ordered to Stop Using Pirate Software (Dec 3, 2008, 19:03 UTC) (970 reads)
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(feedback) The Inquirer: "A CITY IN CHINA has required Internet cafe operators to replace pirated software with legitimate versions -- the officials primarily pushing Linux."
Why Ubuntu Now Beats Vista (Dec 3, 2008, 17:03 UTC) (3164 reads)
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(feedback) ChannelWeb: "...what is becoming increasingly clear is that the free, downloadable operating system has in many critical ways caught or surpassed Microsoft's flagship desktop operating system -- and poses a significant threat to the software giant if the market catches on."
Copyright Office Should Right DMCA Wrongs in Rulemaking (Dec 3, 2008, 12:33 UTC) (751 reads)
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(feedback) Electronic Frontier Foundation: "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed three exemption requests with the U.S. Copyright Office today aimed at protecting the important work of video remix artists, iPhone owners, and cell phone recyclers from legal threats under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)."
Metastasis (Dec 3, 2008, 11:33 UTC) (1275 reads)
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(feedback) Blog of Helios: "I would guess that if Steve Ballmer had his way and he could "un-say" any three public statements he's made, one of them would be this one.
He said that Linux was a Cancer."
The Perfect Server - Fedora 10 (Dec 3, 2008, 10:03 UTC) (1014 reads)
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(feedback) HowtoForge: "This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 10 server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable) with PHP5/Ruby/Python, Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc."
MySQL 5.1 Released With Crashing Bugs (Dec 3, 2008, 01:03 UTC) (1003 reads)
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(feedback) Cyber Cynic: "This sure doesn't sound like a ready to go to work software release to me! In fact, according to Widenius, the long-delayed release of MySQL 5.1, is anything but ready for production use."
On Holidays, Hot Air and the 7 Horrors of Linux (Dec 2, 2008, 19:31 UTC) (1566 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Blog Safari: ""The Gartner Group claim is the sort of watered-down stuff that makes me think I could open a consultancy," Slashdot editor Timothy Lord told LinuxInsider."
Enterprise Adoption of Open Source Steams Ahead (Dec 2, 2008, 18:31 UTC) (628 reads)
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(feedback) OStatic: "This week brings some interesting new reports on open source adoption in enterprises, providing more evidence that the economic downturn is boosting many open source product categories."
Microsoft on the Outer of Schools Funding (Dec 2, 2008, 17:01 UTC) (971 reads)
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(feedback) Australian IT: "Tomorrow, all eyes will be on the NSW government tendering website as the computers-in-schools program finally kicks off.
Microsoft is set to be the biggest loser. Compared with wireless and hardware vendors, it is bound to lose a large chunk of revenue over the next few years as NSW moves to reduce software costs."
Mandriva Falls on Bad Days - Again (Dec 2, 2008, 14:01 UTC) (1715 reads)
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(feedback) IT Wire: "The global economic crisis is taking its toll on many technology companies and Mandriva, the Linux company based in France, has now taken a hit."
OpenLDAP Quick Tips: OpenLDAP Logfile Analysis (Dec 2, 2008, 04:01 UTC) (757 reads)
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(feedback) Suretec: "Here's the 14th tip in the "OpenLDAP Quick Tips" series and today it comes from "Pablo Chamorro":
"You want to analyse your OpenLDAP logfile":"
Windows Market Share Drops to 15-Year Low (Dec 2, 2008, 00:01 UTC) (2506 reads)
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(feedback) TG Daily: "Even worse, market research firm Net Applications now estimates Microsoft’s Windows market share at less than 90%, which is still an impressive number, but a lower level than most PC users may remember. We had to go back to Windows 3.11 to find similar market share data."
Scottish Open Source Awards 2008 (Dec 1, 2008, 23:26 UTC) (644 reads)
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(feedback) Red Devil's Blog: "I WAS honoured recently to be asked to help judge this year's Scottish Open Source Software Awards and, if I am being honest, more than a little daunted by the task."
MySQL Founder Warns 5.1 Not Ready (Dec 1, 2008, 21:04 UTC) (1162 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Magazine: "MySQL founder Michael "Monty" Widenius warns in his blog against putting the current version 5.1 of the popular database package into production. He's critical of the release policy and fears that the product's quality may suffer."
Is IT Offshoring an Overhyped Myth? (Dec 1, 2008, 20:34 UTC) (1139 reads)
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(feedback) Datamation: "Jerry Luftman, the SIM VP of academic affairs and a professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, says the extent of offshoring is greatly exaggerated. Various parties have stoked fears of offshoring for their own purposes."
SECURITY: Blocking Zombie Spam Netblocks (Dec 1, 2008, 19:04 UTC) (837 reads)
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(feedback) BeginLinux: "You will need to have an iptables firewall and add this section to the firewall which will use the information found in the list to drop the subnets thus taking the load off your Postfix mail server."
Microsoft Cuddles up to Open Source (Dec 1, 2008, 17:17 UTC) (1184 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Magazine: "Another model of transparency that Microsoft likes to present is OOXML, the open documentation standard, according to Sandra Schaefer, manager of interoperability strategy at Microsoft."
Intel Rethinks Netbooks: 'Fine for an Hour' But... (Dec 1, 2008, 13:04 UTC) (2141 reads)
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(feedback) Nanotech - The Circuits Blog: "Intel is re-evaluating the Netbook market as possibly not The Next Big Thing. This from the company that makes the Atom processor and accompanying silicon that go into most of the Netbooks sold today."
Upgrading to Trac 0.11 (Dec 1, 2008, 08:04 UTC) (981 reads)
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(feedback) Linux System Admins Blog: "The TracUpgrade official documentation describes this in detail, but unfortunately misses some important steps that can leave you with a broken trac environment while trying to upgrade."
Run your NFS server in the user address space with NFS-GANESHA (Nov 28, 2008, 04:05 UTC) (1462 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "NFS-GANESHA is an NFS version 2-4 server that runs in the user address space instead of as part of the operating system kernel. Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) lets you run a filesystem in the user address space instead of as part of the Linux kernel, but the FUSE support in the Linux kernel from many Linux distributions does not allow you to export FUSE through NFS. NFS-GANESHA lets you expose FUSE through NFS without patching your kernel."
Enabling Samba Shares Across Subnets, Part 1 (Nov 28, 2008, 00:05 UTC) (1964 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxPlanetClassics: "It is still taught that Samba shares cannot be accessed across subnets. But actually Samba can cross subnets. It's easy for Linux hosts, and a bit less easy for Windows clients. But fear not, for we shall guide you through safely past the traps and pitfalls.
Sharing Linux Printers Across Multiple Subnets (Nov 27, 2008, 16:03 UTC) (1904 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxPlanet Classics: "All you need to make this work are a central Linux/CUPS printer server, and one Linux PC per subnet to act as a relay printer server."
Install Nagios 3 on Ubuntu 8.10 (Nov 27, 2008, 08:03 UTC) (2833 reads)
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(feedback) BeginLinux: "Nagios is a free, open-source tool that can be used to monitor network components and services. When it detects a problem, it can send alert messages by either e-mail or pager. It can also be configured so that only designated personnel can view status information for particular services or equipment. This tutorial will show you how to install Nagios 3 on an Ubuntu 8.10 server."
WFTL Bytes! for Nov 26, 2008: SCO Won't Stay Dead, Fedora 10 Shines, Red Hat Needs a Date (Nov 27, 2008, 00:03 UTC) (2467 reads)
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(feedback) WFTL Bytes!: "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Wednesday, November 26, 2008, with your host, Marcel Gagne. Stories covered in today's newscast include SCO rising from the undead with an appeal, a shiny new Fedora 10, a brighter than bright future for Linux, Wyse guys make it big by being thin, and RedHat stock needs some lovin'."
A future so bright Tux needs shades (Nov 26, 2008, 22:33 UTC) (3379 reads)
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(feedback) Linux and Open Source: "To hear Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin tell it, the operating system war is over and Linux has won."
Dimdim out of Beta on December 3rd (Nov 26, 2008, 20:33 UTC) (1484 reads)
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(feedback) Netstat -vat:"Dimdim first demoed their software a year ago at DEMO - and their "Eagle" release came out in May of this year. Dimdim has also recently benefited from the investment of Zimbra founder Satish Dharmaraj."
Analyst: Red Hat "deeply undervalued," Oracle Linux "has failed" (Nov 26, 2008, 20:03 UTC) (2887 reads)
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(feedback) The Open Road: "Red Hat has been taking a beating in the stock market recently, but in a recent research note leading analyst Mark Murphy of Piper Jaffray thinks this represents an exceptional opportunity to buy into a "deeply undervalued" company."
