How to Make Windows Faster than Linux Tech Source: "I can go on and on explaining about its quickness but since I'm here to teach you how to make Windows faster than Linux, I will now share with you these tips:" (Jul 16, 2010)
Linux Today Features
Claimed Proof That UNIX Code Was Copied Into Linux Slashdot: "SCO's ex-CEO's brother, a lawyer named Kevin McBride, has finally revealed some of the UNIX code that SCO claimed was copied into Linux." (Jul 12, 2010)
Sabayon 5.3 LXDE Screenshots (Aug 1, 2010, 02:04 UTC) (314 reads)
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(feedback) EasyLinuxCDs: "I recently tried the new Sabayon 5.3 LXDE release and found it to be lightweight yet still hold up Sabayon’s feature packed, out-of-the-box way of doing things"
10 Experimental PHP Projects Pushing the Envelope (Jul 31, 2010, 18:04 UTC) (1205 reads)
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(feedback) Developer.com: "The PHP community has never been one to shy away from bending their favorite language more ways than a shopping mall pretzel, and as the ten wild projects introduced in this article indicate, the fervor for experimentation is as strong as ever!"
USPTO Asks for Comments on New Interim Guidance on Bilski (Jul 31, 2010, 10:04 UTC) (810 reads)
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(feedback) Groklaw: "The PTO has just issued new guidance for their examiners on Bilski, Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v. Kappos [PDF] -- on how to follow what they think Bilski held as to what is and isn't patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101."
Desktop Summit 2011 Announced (Jul 31, 2010, 06:04 UTC) (1017 reads)
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(feedback) KDE.news: "GNOME and KDE are teaming up again to host the 2011 Desktop Summit in Berlin, Germany. Due to the success of the 2009 Desktop Summit the projects will co-locate GUADEC and Akademy once again in August, 2011 for the largest free software desktop event ever."
Setting Up OpenVPN on a DD-WRT Router, Part 2 (Jul 31, 2010, 02:04 UTC) (1402 reads)
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(feedback) Serverwatch: "This is the second installment of a two-part series on setting up the OpenVPN server on DD-WRT router firmware. This is a great way to set up secure connections to your network for road-warriors or to remotely connect offices."
Editor's Note: Ubuntu, the Bad Selfish Linux (Jul 30, 2010, 22:04 UTC) (7245 reads)
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(feedback) In my grumpier moments their relentlessly positive, cult-like Kumbaya-or-else approach makes me want to turn the hose on them. But I don't remember them attacking anyone else the way they've been attacked.
Lockheed Goes Open Source. Blankenhorn Hates It. (Jul 30, 2010, 21:34 UTC) (2280 reads)
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(feedback) OnePeople: "I was really pleased to read the announcement that Lockheed Martin’s social networking platform, EurekaStreams, was released as an open source project today. Lockheed is a very conservative company, and while they’re happy to use open source internally and on projects for their customers, this is their first experiment with actually running a project themselves."
GNOME Census report now available as free download (Jul 30, 2010, 21:04 UTC) (1135 reads)
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(feedback) Neary Consulting: "I was delighted to see that the GNOME Census presentation I gave yesterday at GUADEC has gotten a lot of attention. And I’m pleased to announce a change of plan from what I presented yesterday: The report is now available under a Creative Commons license."
Adding periods to SCHED_DEADLINE (Jul 30, 2010, 20:34 UTC) (898 reads)
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(feedback) LWN.net: "The Linux scheduler, in both the mainline and realtime versions, provides a couple of scheduling classes for realtime tasks. These classes implement the classic POSIX priority-based semantics, wherein the highest-priority runnable task is guaranteed to have access to the CPU."
Speeding up Ruby on Rails (Jul 30, 2010, 20:04 UTC) (1249 reads)
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(feedback) IBM Developerworks "Ruby on Rails, a popular Web development framework based on the Ruby programming language, makes it easy to access your database, but it does not always do so efficiently. Learn more about common performance problems with Rails and discover how you can fix them."
OpenGL 4.1 Released (Jul 30, 2010, 19:04 UTC) (1298 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Pro Magazine: "The Khronos Group announced that finalizing the OpenGL 4.1 specifications had been completed and that its release would be immediate. "
Where do you find Linux? (Jul 30, 2010, 18:34 UTC) (1493 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Journal: "Looking through my home for Linux systems I just realized that it is everywhere. First of all, I find it on my computers - from servers to laptop. That is the obvious place though. I wonder, where else can I find Linux running?"
Open games with closed content (Jul 30, 2010, 17:34 UTC) (1398 reads)
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(feedback) Examiner: "Some of the games mentioned in this column, in the past as well as in the future, are licensed such that the game itself is under the GPL or a similarly free license, but the content is not."
Ten outstanding cross-platform apps (Jul 30, 2010, 16:34 UTC) (2324 reads)
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(feedback) ZDNet: "Organisations and individuals have to operate across many platforms these days. So we all need apps that can function reliably regardless of operating system, says Jack Wallen."
Speaking UNIX: Get to know Ksplice (Jul 30, 2010, 15:34 UTC) (1154 reads)
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(feedback) IBM Developerworks: "Summary: Ksplice applies kernel patches on-the-fly—no reboot required—in a fraction of a second. Here's a hands-on guide to performing painless system updates."
Banish Flash cookies forever under Linux (Jul 30, 2010, 15:04 UTC) (2454 reads)
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(feedback) The Inquirer: "LINUX USERS can banish forever Adobe's Flash Player cookies, which can be a good idea because, for one thing, as a plugin Flash doesn't observe web browsers' Private Browsing modes."
Device support in Windows vs. Linux (Jul 30, 2010, 14:04 UTC) (2313 reads)
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(feedback) ZDNet: "One of the highly debated subjects with Windows and Linux is with device support. The two have different methods of how drivers are created and implemented into the operating system."
How to make a see-through to image text effect in GIMP (Jul 30, 2010, 13:34 UTC) (1568 reads)
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(feedback) Scott Photographics: " really simple little trick to adding normal text to an image and making it look interesting! This technique can be used for nearly any photograph, however it is a lot easier to see the text with less detailed and contrasty photographs."
New controller chip sets stage for color e-readers (Jul 30, 2010, 12:04 UTC) (1109 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Devices: "While Amazon announced a smaller, lighter version of its Kindle e-reader today, the device still has a monochrome-only screen. Color E Ink displays are on the way, however, as today's announcement of a relevant controller chip -- the Epson S1D13524 -- made clear."
The PHP Content Management/Framework Upgrades in ExpressionEngine 2 (Jul 30, 2010, 10:04 UTC) (1209 reads)
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(feedback) PHPBuilder: "A few months ago I wrote a series of articles highlighting PHP-driven content management systems and frameworks, and I singled out ExpressionEngine as one particularly impressive solution that effectively balances the best features of both. This popular Web development solution recently took another major step forward with the July 12 release of ExpressionEngine 2.1"
Millions of Home Routers at Risk (Jul 30, 2010, 08:04 UTC) (4415 reads)
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(feedback) eSecurity Planet: "In his presentation at Black Hat, security researcher Craig Heffner detailed how an external attacker could gain full control of a user's router and use that to gain access to the internal local area network (LAN)."
Emulating an Amiga in Linux (Jul 30, 2010, 06:04 UTC) (2057 reads)
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(feedback) Matthew Casperson's Hubfolio: "The Amiga was one of the most powerful PC's of it's time, easily trumping the emerging IBM PC's in the 80's. You can relive this classic PC on your Linux desktop thanks to a number of emulators that are available."
5 Best Web eCommerce Software for Linux (Jul 30, 2010, 04:04 UTC) (2046 reads)
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(feedback) Tech Source: "For those of you who are planning to build or setup an online shop to sell goods or services, I have here a list of some of the most popular web eCommerce software for Linux. The following web eCommerce programs that I'm about to feature here are all free and open source, so try or use them as you wish:"
In Search Of... Android Tablets (Jul 30, 2010, 02:04 UTC) (2449 reads)
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(feedback) Tech Broiler: "Along with Bigfoot, the lost city of Atlantis, and the Bermuda Triangle, the lack of Android tablets continues to be an unsolved mystery."
MeeGo Selected as Platform to Power In-Vehicle Infotainment Devices (Jul 30, 2010, 00:04 UTC) (1542 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Pro Magazine: "GENIVI, the nonprofit industry alliance that was founded by BMW, Delphi, Intel, GM, PSA, Wind River and Magneti-Marelli, announced that MeeGo would become the operating platform for the next generation of In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) devices."
Warning: Five Things to Know Before Switching to Linux (Jul 29, 2010, 23:06 UTC) (4413 reads)
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(feedback) PC World: "A happy customer might tell someone. An unhappy customer tells everyone. Converting to Linux before taking a dose of reality might make you a very unhappy customer."
Ubuntu 10.04: A Second Look
(Jul 29, 2010, 22:36 UTC) (3408 reads)
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(feedback) IT News Today: "After I review an operating system or Linux distribution, it’s always fun to go back and try out the product again, with all updates, and see how it’s improved. Ubuntu 10.04 was something I thought was pretty decent, but not decent enough to steal me away from Arch."
KDE 4.5 Screenshot Tour (Jul 29, 2010, 22:06 UTC) (3868 reads)
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(feedback) Abhi Blog: "KDE 4.5 is coming out in August but I simply couldn’t wait to try it out a few days before the release. Hence, I got my hands on the Release Candidate v2 via kubuntu-beta ppa.Apart from some dazzling eye candy,KDE4 has matured a lot when it comes to stability."
SECURITY: DNSSEC is Here. Now What? (Jul 29, 2010, 21:36 UTC) (1641 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Networking Planet: "Two years ago at the Black Hat USA 2008 conference, security researcher Dan Kaminsky detailed a critical flaw in DNS that could have destroyed the Internet as we know it. Two years later, the root zone of Internet DNS is now signed with DNSSEC, partially as a response and a solution to Kaminsky's 2008 finding."
