Ubuntu 8.10 Beta ScreenShots from the install to installing packages Linux Dynasty: "Ubuntu 8.10 Beta was released today and I'm glad to post the ubuntu 8.10 Beta screen shots here. I will say this...I've always enjoyed using Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions. Ubuntu has always made my life on my desktop easier." link fixed--ed. (Oct 5, 2008)
Running Linux Live-CDs On Windows With MobaLiveCD (Oct 12, 2008, 08:07 UTC) (262 reads)
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(feedback) HowtoForge: "This article is a short introduction to running Linux Live-CDs with MobaLiveCD. MobaLiveCD is a standalone Windows application (i.e., you do not have to install it -- it runs by clicking on the executable) that uses the Qemu emulator to run Linux Live-CDs on your Windows desktop."
Manage Your Finances With GNUCash (Oct 12, 2008, 04:07 UTC) (717 reads)
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(feedback) OStatic: "There are many people who say that they can't or won't switch away from Windows because of Quicken, which allows them to keep track of their money. GNUCash is a similar sort of program, but as you might expect, it contains not only a large number of built-in features, but also many capabilities that can be scripted and customized."
Biggest Flaw In Gnome UI (Oct 12, 2008, 00:07 UTC) (1882 reads)
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(feedback) Shantanu's Technophilic Musings: "Everywhere you go, any building you enter, any OS you operate, any settings window you open, one rule remains set in stone, "THE ESCAPE DOOR". Always give an exit path, a way to make it all go away, make it look like nothing happened. But Gnome seems to think otherwise."
Freeing Your Phone With the FIC Neo FreeRunner (Oct 11, 2008, 20:07 UTC) (1226 reads)
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(feedback) Free Software Magazine: "The temptation to compare the FreeRunner and the Apple iPhone can be overwhelming. They both run a Unix-like operating system; they both have GPS, wi-fi, and accelerometers; they are both cell phones.
In spite of their similarities, their differences are even more striking."
A Baby Named Linux (Oct 11, 2008, 19:07 UTC) (1390 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "Reader Christian Nielsen wrote from Sweden to tell us he and his girlfriend have named their baby Linux, after the operating system, and attached this darling photo."
Top 10 Open Source Productivity Apps (Oct 11, 2008, 14:07 UTC) (2514 reads)
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(feedback) Intranet Journal: "9. OxygenOffice Professional --
Think of it as Open Office with all of the bells and whistles. Clip art, extra fonts, templates, and all of the little extras you wished a standard install of Open Office might bother to come with."
Linux-Kongress: Corbet Presents New Kernel 2.6.27 (Oct 11, 2008, 12:07 UTC) (1502 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Magazine: "In the second keynote of the Linux-Kongress in Hamburg, Germany, cofounder of LWN.net and kernel developer Jonathan Corbet presented details on yesterday's released Kernel 2.6.27, but also described some of the work Linux Torvalds and his group of hackers have been up to."
SECURITY: It's a Big Cloud (Oct 11, 2008, 08:07 UTC) (839 reads)
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(feedback) Realeyes Technology: "Using this definition, it is obvious that 'cloud computing' is simply a buzzword. Anyone who makes online purchases, has an online Email account, or has joined a social networking site is participating in 'cloud computing'."
Cross platform development with JRuby and Swing (Oct 11, 2008, 06:37 UTC) (794 reads)
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(feedback) IBM Developerworks: "In addition to building Web and console applications with Ruby, you can write complex GUI desktop applications that run unmodified on multiple platforms. This article introduces Monkeybars,a library that uses JRuby and Swing for building applications, and takes you through an example application."
Develop a Dynamic Location-Based Mashup (Oct 11, 2008, 05:07 UTC) (757 reads)
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(feedback) IBM Developerworks: "Mashups are a new, highly interactive Web development methodology. Essentially a mix of related content put together from disparate sources, mashups provide rich dynamic content for a superb user experience. Getting Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) and mashup chops into your development toolbox will benefit you with high demand in the evolving Web 2.0 workspace."
OS and Virtualization or Virtualization and OS: Red Hat Analyst Day (Oct 11, 2008, 03:37 UTC) (1052 reads)
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(feedback) RedMonk: "The philosophical differences between Red Hat and VMware could not have been more apparent during their respective events -- September's VMworld gathering in Las Vegas and yesterday's Red Hat analyst day held at the New York Stock Exchange."
Shell Script To Back Up All MySQL Databases (Oct 11, 2008, 02:07 UTC) (1277 reads)
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(feedback) HowtoForge: "This script will create a backup of each table in every database (one file per table), compress it and upload it to a remote ftp."
Mozilla Labs Introduces Geode (Oct 11, 2008, 00:35 UTC) (1415 reads)
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(feedback) OStatic: "Geode is one of the first applications to use the new W3C geolocation specification API. It is currently available as a plug-in for Firefox 3 (and seems to only support Windows and Mac systems at this time)."
Editors' Note: Happy 10th Birthday Linux Today! (Oct 10, 2008, 23:05 UTC) (1123 reads)
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(feedback) September 28th was Linux Today's 10th birthday. I missed it because I was gallivanting about the countryside on an out-of-town trip, so today is official Happy Birthday Linux Today day!
How To Set Up A Headless X Server On Redhat Linux (Oct 10, 2008, 22:35 UTC) (1004 reads)
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(feedback) The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today we're going to look at setting up a headless X Server. It's not quite as difficult, or as scary, as it sounds. Running a headless X Server is kind of like Night Of The Living Dead (the original; although the remake was kind of fun) except without all the zombies and with exported displays instead of excoriated remains..."
Video: From Zero to Samba in Six Minutes (Oct 10, 2008, 22:05 UTC) (1199 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxPlanet: "Charlie Schluting's video tutorial shows you how to set up a Samba server on Ubuntu, and test it from a Windows PC, all in just a few minutes."
On Making Releases... (Oct 10, 2008, 21:50 UTC) (1015 reads)
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(feedback) Linus' Blog: "So I cut the 2.6.27 release today, and it's always a somewhat anti-climactic thing."
File Format Brouhaha Pits FOSS Against Proprietary (Oct 10, 2008, 21:35 UTC) (1307 reads)
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(feedback) OStatic: "Thomson is seeking $10 million in damages annually from GMU, according to the report, and open source software and file formats are at the heart of the conflict."
The KOffice 2.0 Beta, Part 2: Graphical and Charting Programs (Oct 10, 2008, 21:05 UTC) (852 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "Now it's the turn of the rest of the beta: The KPlato project manager, KChart, the vector graphics editor Karbon, and the raster graphics editor Krita.
These four graphical and charting programs have always been among the best-regarded of the KOffice programs. All of them have matured much faster than the traditional office applications KWord, KSpread, and KPresenter."
Software as a Service a Winning Model for Hotspot Provider (Oct 10, 2008, 20:35 UTC) (605 reads)
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(feedback) Wi-Fi Planet: "Not that Sputnik has grown enormous or anything. It’s still a lean, mean entrepreneurial machine, with fewer than ten employees. But it evidently hasn’t just been flying in circles. LaDuke says Sputnik will start showing an operational profit before the end of this quarter.
Not bad for a little start-up with a one-track mind."
First dual-monitor LTSP 5 set-up? (Oct 10, 2008, 20:05 UTC) (804 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxDevices: "DisklessWorkstations says one of its thin clients now supports dual monitors, when used with LTSP 5 (Linux Terminal Server Project v5). The Troy, Michigan based thin client vendor claims to be the "first to release how to configure dual monitors using LTSP 5.""
On the Linux Laptop the Bundle is All (Oct 10, 2008, 19:35 UTC) (1249 reads)
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(feedback) Linux and Open Source: "Our review of the latest Linux laptop, the Asus EeePC 1000, has not begun auspiciously but with an important lesson.
In a Linux laptop, the bundle is all."
Open Source is About Belief in Code (Oct 10, 2008, 19:05 UTC) (752 reads)
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(feedback) Linux and Open Source: "You can read stories about doom and depression somewhere else today...There is something there that does not exist in the proprietary wreckage, something important. Code."
Ubuntu's Balancing Act (Oct 10, 2008, 18:35 UTC) (1582 reads)
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(feedback) Open Enterprise: "Once it emerged that Google ran on GNU/Linux, there could be no more argument about the latter's suitability for the enterprise. Similarly, MySQL's adoption by just about every Web 2.0 company meant that it, too, could no longer be dismissed as underpowered."
The Lenovo S10 Netbook is Here, Count Me In (Oct 10, 2008, 18:05 UTC) (2503 reads)
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(feedback) Defensive Computing: "The S10 is here, I ordered one yesterday and I'm psyched. The IdeaPad S10 is Lenovo's just-released entry in the Netbook market. "Netbook" is a new term that's applied to cheap small laptops that run either Windows XP Home Edition or Linux. No Vista or OS X here (neither is cheap)."
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eCryptfs: Single-File Encryption in Linux (Oct 10, 2008, 17:35 UTC) (1077 reads)
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(feedback) DevX: "Yet many developers try to build their own cryptographic technology, which often gets them in trouble. A better approach is to employ tools that rely on proven cryptography techniques and algorithms. A great example of this approach is eCryptfs, a complete cryptographic file system for Linux that essentially is a robust implementation of mature cryptographic technology."
Zimbra Collaboration Server, Keeping the Discussion Going (Oct 10, 2008, 17:05 UTC) (864 reads)
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(feedback) ServerWatch: "Zimbra Collaboration Server (ZCS) separates itself from the pack in several ways. First and foremost, it occupies a newly emerging niche of "commercial open source" products. That is, the base version of ZCS is open source software, free to acquire or modify."
Life on the Cutting Edge - ArchLinux (Oct 10, 2008, 16:35 UTC) (1607 reads)
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(feedback) The Smaller Bang: "After a few months of using it, I finally feel I am confident enough to write a piece about one of the best, and I MEAN best, linux distros ever, archlinux. This distro is rather unique, and several things in it make it the ideal distro for the intermediate level linux user."
Does Hacking Closed Hardware Hinder Open Hardware? (Oct 10, 2008, 16:17 UTC) (631 reads)
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(feedback) O'Reilly: "Though open drivers exist for video cards produced by companies who produce binary-only drivers, I realized a fundamental point about my purchasing habits. I'm profoundly uncomfortable purchasing devices which, by default, do not provide the freedoms I desire."
Bash Extended Globbing (Oct 10, 2008, 16:05 UTC) (701 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Journal: "A subtle point about pathname expansion that is not often understood is that it is done by bash and not by the operating system or by the program that is being run. The program never sees the wildcards, bash substitutes the expansion into the command line before running the program."
A (New) Bash Script to Download Entire PicasaWeb Albums (Oct 10, 2008, 15:35 UTC) (811 reads)
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(feedback) Blue GNU: "Although Picasa is now available on GNU/Linux, it is still proprietary and, as such, unethical. One year ago, I wrote a simple Bash script that handles a very rapid download of entire PicasaWeb albums/galleries. During the last weeks, Google changed twice the format of the related Web pages and my script could not fetch any picture. Here is an updated script that does even more than the previous one."
It's... Linux kernel 2.6.27 (Oct 10, 2008, 15:17 UTC) (1882 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Format: "Crank up your compiler -- kernel 2.6.27 has arrived, including (deep breath): a new filesystem (UBIFS) optimized for "pure" flash-based storage devices;"
Debian Postpones Lenny, Calls for Help (Oct 10, 2008, 15:05 UTC) (1168 reads)
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(feedback) Tectonic: "It seems the Debian team is battling "too many release critical bugs" to make Lenny viable. And now the team is calling for help from the community to squash the remainder of these bugs."
Strange Ironies (Oct 10, 2008, 14:35 UTC) (918 reads)
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(feedback) Snake Bytes: "There have been a lot of strange ironies for me in the last week in the security world. Rather than expound on any one of them, I thought I'd take a stab at all of them all at once. So bear with me -- you're in for a ride."
BoycottNovell Goes Shopping for Mono Patent 'Protection' (Oct 10, 2008, 14:05 UTC) (1359 reads)
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(feedback) Boycott Novell: "We made a start by asking for our protection as we might wish to install the GNOME desktop environment in the future and it's already extremely hard to get it preinstalled without Mono these days. Here is the message we sent last night."
Hackles: Funniest Comic Strip About Hacking and Linux (Oct 10, 2008, 13:35 UTC) (2499 reads)
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(feedback) Tech Source From Bohol: "I bumped into this old and stagnant website which featured a funny comic strip entitled Hackles. The main character named Hackles is a dog programmer who is clearly into Linux and open source. He is joined by two tux-looking penguins, a web-developer cat, and some other other cool characters."
Linux For The Masses: Are We There Yet? (Oct 10, 2008, 13:05 UTC) (1173 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxHaxor: "As another year is coming to an end, and another major distribution is around the corner; this might be a good time to remind everyone how next year will not be much different from this year."
Twin POS Systems for Linux (Oct 10, 2008, 12:35 UTC) (869 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxDevices: "NEC announced two new POS (point-of-sales/service) computers that run Linux. The TwinPOS 5500 and 3500 feature integrated flat panel touchscreens, resistance against dust and liquids, and optional MSRs (magnetic stripe readers) and customer-facing displays, says the company."
