HP Opens Up Its Switches to OpenFlow
(Feb 5, 2012, 14:00 UTC) (727 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: HP is taking the bold step of being the first major vendor to offer full commercial support for open source OpenFlow software defined networking technology.

How to Use Facebook through the Command Line
(Feb 5, 2012, 10:00 UTC) (1510 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
UbuntuManual: A majority of Linux users prefer sticking to their terminal rather than accessing through a GUI for most of their daily tasks.

Linux 3.3 Will Let You Boot Into Android: Greg-KH
(Feb 5, 2012, 06:00 UTC) (2583 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Muktware: The 3.3 kernel release will let you boot an Android userspace with no modifications, but not very good power management.

Say What? Top Five IT Quotes of the Week
(Feb 4, 2012, 23:00 UTC) (1405 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
InternetNews: So how much do Linux Foundation fellows make anyways?

Weekend project: Zap Your Coworkers' Minds with Multi-Pointer X
(Feb 4, 2012, 19:00 UTC) (2656 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: Care to rethink your desktop user experience? It may be simpler than you think.

Open Source Tackles Healthcare In Places Microsoft Can't
(Feb 4, 2012, 15:00 UTC) (2450 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
WIRED Enterprise: "First created in 2004, OpenMRS is now used in countries across the globe, including Rwanda, Mozambique, Haiti, India, China, and the Phillipines."

Open Source Migration Checklist
(Feb 4, 2012, 11:04 UTC) (1901 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
PC Quest: "Presented here are the key points to keep in mind before moving to open source software."

Moving from Windows to Linux: Easy Steps and Resources
(Feb 4, 2012, 07:02 UTC) (3388 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
OSTATIC: "There are a number of free resources available for Windows users who want to take the Linux plunge. In this post, you'll find our updated collection of several of them that can make moving to Linux very easy."

Tech Comics: "Daydream of a Tech Salesman"
(Feb 4, 2012, 01:00 UTC) (2693 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: Tech salesman have daydreams just like everyone else.

Simplify Administration with Directory Services
(Feb 3, 2012, 23:01 UTC) (2307 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Wazi: "Imagine a hundred-user network where people come and go, and you, the systems administrator, have to create and delete users not only for access to the operating system but on the many applications that also require authorization."

The Best Filesystem for an external hard disk of 1TB with cross platform support
(Feb 3, 2012, 22:03 UTC) (5514 reads) (7 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linuxaria: "Which Filesystem should I use with this big disk ?"

SECURITY: Bouncing malware from Android Market
(Feb 3, 2012, 21:02 UTC) (1669 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxBSDos.com: "The battle between malware writers and those trying to make their life miserable is a never ending one."

Alfresco Embraces SaaS and the Cloud with Its New CMS Platform
(Feb 3, 2012, 20:03 UTC) (1464 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OSTATIC: "Alfresco has done a good job of competing with alternative platforms, such as Microsoft's Sharepoint, through an open source-centric model."

Android, Tizen and the End of Java
(Feb 3, 2012, 19:04 UTC) (3779 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Power Base: "I wanted to call this piece Life, the Universe and Everything. Allow me to explain."

Hardening Postfix For ISPConfig 3
(Feb 3, 2012, 18:01 UTC) (1382 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "The goal of this tutorial is to harden the mail server postfix used by ISPConfig for internet mail servers where authenticated users are trusted."

Is Facebook's IPO an exit strategy?
(Feb 3, 2012, 17:04 UTC) (2795 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Consumerization: BYOD: "I think Facebook’s IPO comes at a time when Facebook is on its way out–out of our lives and out of our gadgetry–for good."

PCLinuxOS KDE 2012.02 Has Been Officially Released
(Feb 3, 2012, 16:03 UTC) (2139 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Softpedia: "PCLinuxOS KDE 2012.02 is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.38.8bfs, optimized for maximum desktop performance, and the KDE SC 4.6.5 environment."

GhostBSD 2.5 review
(Feb 3, 2012, 15:01 UTC) (1755 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxBSDos.com: "The latest edition, GhostBSD 2.5, based on FreeBSD 9, is the project's fourth release, and was made available for public download on January 24 (2012)."

Webopedia Term of the Day: What is Debian Goodies
(Feb 3, 2012, 14:04 UTC) (1328 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Webopedia: "Debian Goodies is a set of utilities that work with Debian packages and provide more information than you can get out of the standard APT (Advanced Package Tool) utilities."

Microsoft Vows to Fix 'Broken' Code In Open Source Cloud Project
(Feb 3, 2012, 13:10 UTC) (2263 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cloudline: "Microsoft says it is committed to making good on its OpenStack promises just as it did with Hyper-V and Linux."

Five most downloaded extensions of awesome (gnome) shell
(Feb 3, 2012, 11:03 UTC) (3354 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Justin Stories: "The gnome shell extensions are a great to way to customize your awesome shell."

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released
(Feb 3, 2012, 10:01 UTC) (3144 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Web Upd8: "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin alpha 2 is available for download, we'll do a recap of all the changes since the previous milestone (alpha 1)."

Red Hat unveils 10-year support plan
(Feb 3, 2012, 06:03 UTC) (1495 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxDevices: "Red Hat has extended the life cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6 from seven to 10 years."

OpenStack Gets a HyperVsectomy
(Feb 3, 2012, 00:01 UTC) (2507 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
InternetNews: From the 'Microsoft Bashers' files:

Open source software should be used to secure public sector systems, IT bosses are told
(Feb 2, 2012, 23:02 UTC) (1978 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Inquirer: "Ian Levy, technical director at the Communication Electronics Security Group (CESG) said local authorities need to realise the organisation supports the deployment of non-proprietary software for security purposes."

Facebook IPO Highlights Hacker Culture
(Feb 2, 2012, 22:00 UTC) (1967 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: Facebook's S1 filing reveals insights into the company's finances and its hyperactive culture, whose ethic Mark Zuckerberg describes as 'The Hacker Way'.

Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its way
(Feb 2, 2012, 21:00 UTC) (4084 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDnet: Thanks to Android, Linux is well represented on tablets, but there hasn't been a free software tablet, without any proprietary bits, until now.

Open-source Weave liberates data for journalists, citizens
(Feb 2, 2012, 20:00 UTC) (1580 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Niemen Journalism Lab: The software can help journalists create infinitely interactive visualizations.

Radio Software Airtime 2.0 Released With Easier Icecast And SHOUTcast Configuration, More
(Feb 2, 2012, 19:00 UTC) (1514 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
WebUpd8: Airtime is a free open source radio management application. The Airtime server runs on Linux, but the interface can be used from anywhere, using a web browser.

GNUnited Nations 0.5 Released
(Feb 2, 2012, 18:00 UTC) (1318 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
GNU.org: GNUnited Nations (or GNUN for short) is a build system for www.gnu.org translations, supposed to make translators' lives easier.

Google is killing Free Software
(Feb 2, 2012, 17:00 UTC) (5927 reads) (8 talkbacks) (feedback)
Swfblag: Google is the greatest danger to the Free Software movement at the current time.

Unity 5.2: What's new, and a call for testing
(Feb 2, 2012, 16:00 UTC) (2885 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ubuntu Fridge: It has been a few weeks since the last drop of unity, and now the unity team has readied the new version of unity 5.2.

Raspbmc - XBMC Linux Distribution For Raspberry Pi Announced
(Feb 2, 2012, 15:03 UTC) (2779 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ubuntu Vibes: "A specific Linux distribution Raspbmc is being developed by Stm Labs which is specially optimized for Raspberry Pi."

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (CentOS 6.2 x86_64)
(Feb 2, 2012, 14:01 UTC) (1355 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database."

Textbook of the Future: The hardware
(Feb 2, 2012, 13:02 UTC) (2690 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tech Broiler: "So the iPad and iBooks Textbooks are too expensive and also too proprietary. That much is a given. What do you replace it with?"

Komodo 7.0 IDE Syncs Up Development
(Feb 2, 2012, 12:00 UTC) (1909 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Developer.com: Developer tools vendor ActiveState is out with a major new release of their Mozilla-powered Komodo IDE.

The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5.1 And FreeBSD 9
(Feb 2, 2012, 11:02 UTC) (1685 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "Here is the guide on installing Firebird 2.5.1 from FreeBSD 9 Ports and creating your first test database."

Nano quadrotors demonstrate complex swarm behavior
(Feb 2, 2012, 07:04 UTC) (2520 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Geek.com: "A new video posted by the GRASP Lab shows that development of quadrotors isn’t slowing down."

Understanding Open Source Licensing
(Feb 2, 2012, 03:17 UTC) (3577 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
PC Quest: "We demystify the major licenses from an enterprise perspective"

Firefox 10 and Thunderbird 10 Arrive on Ubuntu 12.04
(Feb 1, 2012, 23:02 UTC) (3427 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Softpedia: "Canonical updated its default web browser and email client to Firefox 10 and Thunderbird 10, respectively."

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