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)
Basket – A Multi-Purpose Note Pad For KDE (Jul 29, 2010, 16:36 UTC) (20 reads)
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(feedback) MakeTechEasier: "Basket Note Pads is a multipurpose note-taking application for KDE. Business people can use it to keep track of important tasks and notes. Writers can use it to organize their thoughts."
Demonstrating multi-processing in Bash 4 (Jul 29, 2010, 16:06 UTC) (224 reads)
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(feedback) I Am, Therefore I Think: "I have an on-going project, to code the Collatz sequence in as many languages as I can. So far, I've implemented it in C (integer and floating-point), assembly (x86, x86_64, and SPARC32), Java, BASIC in Open Office.org, Tcl, Lisp, Ada, Python, and Bash."
Spotlight on Linux: SimplyMEPIS 8.5.x (Jul 29, 2010, 15:36 UTC) (161 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Journal: "SimplyMEPIS is a simply wonderful distribution. It was the first to offer a complete out of the box experience all tied up in a pretty package. It would be fair to say that it was probably the inspiration for many of the easy-to-use distributions available today."
The U.S. Government and Its Partners Open Up To FOSS (Jul 29, 2010, 15:06 UTC) (364 reads)
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(feedback) Acrossad: "In a rapidly evolving world, people at high levels in the government have come to the realization that FOSS may offer higher levels of software development flexibility than the traditional proprietary models. The fact that FOSS helps to alleviate some of the pressure created by tight budgets and other fiscal constraints doesn't hurt."
Linux is dough, windows is glass. (Jul 29, 2010, 14:36 UTC) (888 reads)
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(feedback) Technology & Life Integration: "What happens? It goes splat, and flattens out but is still in one piece. That is what happens when Linux crashes."
Red Hat, 16%. Canonical, 1%. (Jul 29, 2010, 14:06 UTC) (1236 reads)
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(feedback) Greg DeKoenigsberg Speaks: "If you doubt, for a nanosecond, that Canonical is a marketing organization masquerading as an engineering organization, then you’re either an unapologetic Ubuntu fanboy or you’re not paying attention"
Oracle shuts down open source test servers (Jul 29, 2010, 13:06 UTC) (1225 reads)
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(feedback) IT News: "Oracle has shut down servers Sun Microsystems was contributing to the build farm for open source database software, PostgreSQL, forcing enthusiasts to scramble to find new hosts to test updates to their software on the Solaris operating system."
Spotlight: Kate Scripting (Jul 29, 2010, 12:36 UTC) (397 reads)
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(feedback) Milian Wolff: "Dominik asked me to blog about a feature in Kate that is still (sadly!) pretty unknown and seldom used: Kate Scripting. As you should know you can script KatePart completely via JavaScript."
Android vs iPhone vs Palm Pre vs Maemo: which is best? (Jul 29, 2010, 12:06 UTC) (1466 reads)
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(feedback) TuxRadar: "We've looked at three Linux-based phones that give the iPhone a run for its money. There's the Palm Pre, running WebOS; Nokia's Maemo 5-based N900, and the HTC Legend, running Android. Each is a strong challenger to Apple's device, and they beat it today in significant areas. So, which is best for you?"
Apple iPad's rivals are coming (Jul 29, 2010, 10:36 UTC) (1799 reads)
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(feedback) Cyber Cynic: "I get that Apple's iPad is hotter than hot with over three million sold so far, but to say "Apple has won the battle for tablet computing already" is really overreaching."
Don't Be Too Quick to Dismiss Open Core (Jul 29, 2010, 07:36 UTC) (983 reads)
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(feedback) IT World: "I've been taking some shots at open core lately, because I've come to the realization there are inherent flaws in this business model as it relates to open source."
Python Development Masterclass (Jul 29, 2010, 03:06 UTC) (1468 reads)
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(feedback) Linux User and Developer: "Mostly seen as a scripting language for system administrators, it is actually capable of doing almost everything and beyond the limitations of regular programming languages. Python started its life as a time-saver programming language."
"Can Open Source be secure" BCS riposte (Jul 29, 2010, 01:36 UTC) (1159 reads)
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(feedback) Advogato: "Experts do not agree about open source security in terms of whether there is an advantage or disadvantage to its use in the business world"
Irssi - A Really Good Terminal Based IRC Client For Linux (Jul 29, 2010, 00:06 UTC) (924 reads)
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(feedback) Tech Drive-in: "The only IRC client I ever used was XChat. I decided to try something different and Irssi client was a great find. Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for Unix systems and is probably the best I have used till now"
Benchmarking ZFS On FreeBSD vs. EXT4 & Btrfs On Linux (Jul 28, 2010, 23:34 UTC) (2047 reads)
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(feedback) Phoronix: "ZFS is often looked upon as an advanced, superior file-system and one of the strong points of the Solaris/OpenSolaris platform while most feel that only recently has Linux been able to catch-up on the file-system front with EXT4 and the still-experimental Btrfs."
Sunbird: Your Calendar, Your Way (Jul 28, 2010, 23:04 UTC) (1528 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxInsider: "Mozilla's Sunbird gives you customization options for the interface as well as a rich set of under-the-hood controls for setting up where, how and when the application gets its information."
Is Linux Just Another Unix Flavor? (Jul 28, 2010, 22:34 UTC) (1805 reads)
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(feedback) PC World: "But, is the Linux operating system just another flavor of the Unix operating system? Yes. But, it’s also much more."
OpenStack: Open Standards Meet The Cloud (Jul 28, 2010, 22:04 UTC) (862 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "We’re pleased to see OpenStack, the new open source project for cloud computing projects from Rackspace and NASA. In the past, only large institutions like NASA had access to super computing functionality to complete large-scale computational projects."
LinuxCon 2010 - Just for Fun - Poll (Jul 28, 2010, 21:34 UTC) (806 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "Given this amazing year, we want to hear from you about what you think are some of the most important milestones in the areas that we're going to be exploring at LinuxCon in a couple weeks"
Using ALSA to Control Linux Audio
(Jul 28, 2010, 20:34 UTC) (1308 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Planet: "ALSA has been the default Linux sound system for many years, and it is a perfectly capable audio subsystem even in this modern era of fancy new things. Carla Schroder shows us how to to control Linux audio with ALSA."
Linux Format wallpapers (Jul 28, 2010, 20:04 UTC) (1880 reads)
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(feedback) TuxRadar: "We've had a number of reader requests to make available some of the imagery we use in Linux Format magazine. Naturally we're happy to share with you all, so we've put this page online where we'll upload artwork as it's requested."
Cisco Details Enterprise Security Threats (Jul 28, 2010, 19:34 UTC) (873 reads)
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(feedback) eSecurity Planet: "Cisco said Adobe Reader/Acrobat, Sun Java, and Adobe Flash were the three most common malware targets over the first half of 2010."
Why Free Software is a Matter of Life and Death (Jul 28, 2010, 19:04 UTC) (1121 reads)
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(feedback) Computerworld UK: "But for most people, it's hard to understand why software freedom is really that important. So this new report “Killed by Code: Software Transparency in Implantable Medical Devices” from the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) provides a handy opportunity to get the message across:"
Novell opens Linux appliance gallery (Jul 28, 2010, 18:34 UTC) (1139 reads)
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(feedback) Channel Register: "Novell has opened an online gallery for SUSE software appliances.
It has been a year since Novell launched its SUSE Appliance Program, which offers a set of online tools, dubbed SUSE Studio, for spinning up software appliances based on its SUSE Linux distro."
Linux-based hybrid video server supports 40 channels (Jul 28, 2010, 18:04 UTC) (919 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxDevices: "Exacq Technologies is shipping a line of Linux-based hybrid video surveillance appliances with Intel Atom processors. The ExacqVision EL-S systems offer eight or 16 analog inputs and up to 24 IP inputs, allowing creation of systems with up to 40 channels overall, says the company."
The Gallium3D R600 Driver Now Has Texture Support (Jul 28, 2010, 17:34 UTC) (940 reads)
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(feedback) Phoronix: "There's good news for those interested in the open-source Gallium3D driver for the ATI R600/R700 (Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 series) graphics cards: the R600g driver is beginning to work."
Why Android won (Jul 28, 2010, 17:04 UTC) (3853 reads)
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(feedback) ZDNet: "The LiMo Foundation and GNOME sent out a press release this week touting their cooperation and the media laughed."
Going fast with DWM (Jul 28, 2010, 16:34 UTC) (1295 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Journal: "If there was any justice in this world, there would be two cars parked in my driveway. One would be a 1977 Ferrari 308 GTS. The other would be a midnight blue BMW M3 convertible with all the amenities."
Privacy Lawsuit Targets Net Giants Over ‘Zombie’ Cookies (Jul 28, 2010, 16:04 UTC) (1043 reads)
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(feedback) Wired: "A wide swath of the net’s top websites, including MTV, ESPN, MySpace, Hulu, ABC, NBC and Scribd, were sued in federal court Friday on the grounds they violated federal computer intrusion law by secretly using storage in Adobe’s Flash player to re-create cookies deleted by users."
Open source startup takes over OpenSSO (Jul 28, 2010, 15:34 UTC) (1209 reads)
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(feedback) TechWorld: "A Norwegian startup is assuming responsibility for maintaining an open source web authentication technology originally developed by Sun Microsystems, and seemingly neglected by Oracle, which purchased Sun in January."
AMD Ups The Workstation Ante With A New FirePro Driver (Jul 28, 2010, 15:04 UTC) (1004 reads)
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(feedback) Phoronix: "Whether you are an owner of an ATI FirePro V3800 that retails for just over $100 USD, the proud owner of an ATI FirePro V8800 that goes for over $1,300 USD, or any of the FirePro products in-between, you will want to update your graphics driver when AMD puts out their next stable software update"
Linux Music Players: Amarok vs. Clementine (Jul 28, 2010, 14:34 UTC) (1893 reads)
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(feedback) Datamation: "The recent history of the Amarok music player is like a scaled-down version of KDE's recent past. Like KDE 4, the Amarok 2 series was greeted with a user revolt that has only gradually quieted. And just like KDE 4 inspired Trinity KDE for those who preferred KDE 3, so Amarok 2 inspired Clementine, a fork of Amarok 1.4."
GNOME 3.0 delayed to March 2011 (Jul 28, 2010, 14:04 UTC) (1993 reads)
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(feedback) der Standard: "Developers want to take more time to "polish" their next major release - GNOME 2.32 in September"
Is Oracle trying to kill VirtualBox? (Jul 28, 2010, 13:34 UTC) (5847 reads)
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(feedback) Muktware: "It seems Oracle is hellbent on destroying whatever good Sun had done to the Open Source Ecosystem. The latest product to get the axe seems to be none other than the Flagship Virtualization program xVM VirtualBox."
Dell expands Ubuntu Linux desktop offerings (Jul 28, 2010, 13:04 UTC) (2028 reads)
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(feedback) Cyber Cynic: "The latest panic in desktop-Linux-land was that Dell would no longer be selling Ubuntu pre-installed on laptops and netbooks. Alas, for those who love drama, it wasn't true. In fact, Dell is expanding its Ubuntu desktop offerings."
