SourceForge turns off "blanket blocking"
(Feb 9, 2010, 04:33 UTC) (158 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The H Open: "SourceForge, the open source project hosting site, has announced that it has turned off the "blanket block" on access from Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria."

Home, Events, and Ubuntu
(Feb 9, 2010, 03:03 UTC) (316 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Just Me, Amber: "I have been working with the SCaLE 8x coordinators, and the CA Loco Team for the Ubucon event at SCaLE. I am giving a talk at the WIOS event at SCaLE - A Year NTEU the Ubuntu Community and the FLOSS World."

Has the Irresistible Rise of OpenOffice.org Begun?
(Feb 9, 2010, 01:33 UTC) (1311 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Computerworld UK: "Regular readers of this blog will know that I'm a big fan of OpenOffice.org, and that I think it has the potential to break through into the mainstream. Maybe it's already begun..."

Alexandria Project Chap. 4: Beware of Greeks bearing Trapdoors
(Feb 9, 2010, 00:33 UTC) (655 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Standards Blog: "Our story so far: Security expert Frank Adversego comes under suspicion when the Library of Congress is hacked by a mysterious cracker with motives unknown and a taste for the bizarre; to protect himself, Frank had better get to the bottom of things"

The kernel column by Jon Masters #83
(Feb 9, 2010, 00:03 UTC) (734 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux User and Developer: "As I’ve mentioned before, one of the longer-term goals of the kernel development community is to kill off the Big Kernel Lock (BKL)."

How to get information from the Netscaler using Python and Suds
(Feb 8, 2010, 23:33 UTC) (506 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Dynasty: "Recently I just started to use the Citrix Netscalers again ( Load Balancers ). Being the person that I am, I wanted a way to grab the information using the SOAP API."

Tweaking Linux Library Settings Within Readline
(Feb 8, 2010, 23:03 UTC) (591 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Serverwatch: "Readline is the library that handles your Linux command-line input (and input for some other applications). The various customizable options for it are set either system-wide in /etc/inputrc or per-user in ~/.inputrc."

The KDE 4.3 System Settings - Part 3 - Computer Administration
(Feb 8, 2010, 22:33 UTC) (706 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Raiden's Realm: "Welcome to part 3 of our overview of the KDE 4.3 System Settings panel, the replacement for the old control panel of KDE 3.5. Today we're going to look at the Computer Administration master section. This will be a key area for those wanting to administer their own section."

8 of the Best Free Linux Geometry Software
(Feb 8, 2010, 22:03 UTC) (1171 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxLinks: "To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 free high quality Linux interactive geometry software. We have included 2D and 3D software. Hopefully, there will be something of interest in this article for both students and teachers alike."

GNOME Boston Summit 2009
(Feb 8, 2010, 21:33 UTC) (736 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The GNOME Journal: "GNOME Shell-- Jon McCann from Red Hat ran the first Shell session, on design. An amazing amount of progress had been made since the hackfast one year prior that spawned the Shell project, but some major tasks remained."

Sketchpad (beta) (HTML5 drawing program)
(Feb 8, 2010, 21:03 UTC) (1351 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Colorjack: "Sketchpad uses the little-known [canvas] tag to provide users and publishers with full control over the presentational qualities of their work. Directly accessing vector graphics, the [canvas] tag gives publishers real-access to their users’ display. The [canvas] tag will be available in HTML 5.0."

Cleaning Up The Linux Graphics Driver Stack
(Feb 8, 2010, 20:33 UTC) (784 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Phoronix: "Yesterday Luc Verhaegen gave a talk at FOSDEM on reverse engineering a motherboard BIOS, but today we finally have X@FOSDEM for the last time. Luc has just begun his talk on unifying and simplifying the free software desktop's graphics driver stack."

Ubuntu 9.10 and GNOME 2.28: Advancing Past Meh
(Feb 8, 2010, 20:03 UTC) (1335 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "When GNOME 2.0 was born, it left a lot of GNOME users out in the cold because it jettisoned the very features we loved. Eight years later, your editor takes another look at GNOME in the form of the Karmic Koala."

SECURITY: One Dad's Take: Why Windows Could be Worse Than Teen Dating
(Feb 8, 2010, 19:33 UTC) (1578 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IT World: "Though most of the machines at home are currently Linux driven, there are a couple of Windows machines in the house that are used by my children for Software they Cannot Live Without."

Let your inner Video Director loose: "We're Linux" Video Contest 2010
(Feb 8, 2010, 19:03 UTC) (627 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Standards Blog: "As you may recall, the Linux Foundation last year ran a video contest that drew a lot of entries, many of which were not only entertaining, but had surprisingly high production values as well. Last year's invitation was to use the popular "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ad series as an inspiration, and you can see the winning videos here (all of last year's entries can be found here)."

PCLinuxOS 2010 is Shaping Up
(Feb 8, 2010, 18:33 UTC) (1098 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
PCLinuxOS: "The version label "2010" in that ftp URL caught my attention. Finally, PCLinuxOS is shaping up for a 2010 release!"

How To Reverse Engineer A Motherboard BIOS
(Feb 8, 2010, 18:03 UTC) (1184 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Phoronix: "Since being let go by Novell last year where he worked on the RadeonHD Linux graphics driver and X.Org support within SuSE Linux, Luc Verhaegen has continued work on his VIA Unichrome DDX driver as well as other X.Org code..."

Waste plenty of time with Frozen Bubble and gnubik
(Feb 8, 2010, 17:33 UTC) (967 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ghacks: "This time around I will visit two games. One of these games is one of my all time favorite second sucker – Frozen Bubble. The other, gnubik, is sure to frustrate you for hours. Let’s take a look at these two gems."

Patent nonsense
(Feb 8, 2010, 17:03 UTC) (896 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Economist: "Or what about those ludicrous business-process patents, like Amazon.com’s “one-click” patent or the “name-your-price” auction patent assigned to Priceline.com? Instead of stimulating innovation, such patents seem more about extracting “rents” from innocent bystanders going about their business."

13 Ways To Customize Ubuntu Netbook Remix For Better Usability
(Feb 8, 2010, 16:33 UTC) (1119 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
MakeTechEasier: "Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) is a modified version of Ubuntu specially for the netbooks. The latest version of UNR runs Ubuntu Karmic in the backend, but the interface has been heavily customized to make it looks/functions good in small screen."

Linux Enthusiasts Raise Over $33,000 to Help Save Lives
(Feb 8, 2010, 16:03 UTC) (507 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
SCOOP: "The LCA2010 conference is over, but the generosity of its delegates will leave a lasting impression on the Life Flight Trust."

Debian Linux on the Toshiba Libretto 100ct – Part 1 Installing the Operating System
(Feb 8, 2010, 15:33 UTC) (752 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Journal of Nathan Bibb: "I got this little Toshiba Libretto for myself for Christmas as a tinkering project, as I’ve mentioned previously. I like to tinker with computers, and I wanted a machine that I could use to experiment with a full installation of Linux."

5 open source office suites to watch
(Feb 8, 2010, 15:03 UTC) (2288 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
CIO: "As the name indicates, Simple Groupware was developed as an open source groupware suite, but we've included it here because of the increasing amount of office suite-like applications it contains, including an online spreadsheet."

Happy Camper
(Feb 8, 2010, 14:33 UTC) (1085 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: " I broke down and bought a Nexus One last week. I got the original G1 phone from google when it came out, and I hardly ever used it. Why? I generally hate phones..."

The KDE 4.3 System Settings - Part 2 - Personal + Network & Connectivity
(Feb 8, 2010, 14:03 UTC) (944 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Raiden's Realm: "Welcome to part 2 of our overview of the KDE 4.3 System Settings panel, the replacement for the old control panel of KDE 3.5. Today we're going to look at two more master sections. Namely, Personal and Network & Connectivity. So sit back and enjoy."

Discuss application use-cases in Lucid UNE (Drop OpenOffice)
(Feb 8, 2010, 13:03 UTC) (1746 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ubuntu: "[asac] how about dropping OOO and evolution - we will probably do for the armel variant ... ?"

A newbie's guide to Fedora 12
(Feb 8, 2010, 12:33 UTC) (1262 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tux Radar: "Sometimes it's easy to forget that we all had to start somewhere with Linux. When you're not used to the way it works, or the kind of concepts involved, Linux can seem like a foreign language. If you're struggling with free software, or if you know someone who needs help making the switch to Linux, we hope this feature will help."

Google/HTC’s Nexus One is only $49 (in a manner of speaking)
(Feb 8, 2010, 12:03 UTC) (2201 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Gadgetopolis: "Would you like to get the Google/HTC Nexus One Superphone for a cool $49?"

Ubuntu 9.10 on Dell Latitude D820 Laptop
(Feb 8, 2010, 08:03 UTC) (1884 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Open Source Ecology: "We got a 3 year old Dell Latitude D820 from Craigslist. With 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo, and 1920×1200 screen resolution – that makes for an impressive system with Ubuntu 9.10 installed."

Managing Finances with Tonido Money
(Feb 8, 2010, 04:03 UTC) (1526 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Pro Magazine: "Based on the excellent Money Manager Ex, Tonido Money is part of the TonidoTonido personal cloud server solution."

Patent Office Grants EFF Request for Reexamination of Dangerous VOIP Patent
(Feb 8, 2010, 00:03 UTC) (1731 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Electronic Frontier Foundation: "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has won reexamination of an illegitimate patent on voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) that could cripple the adoption of new VoIP technologies."

Ask the Wi-Fi Guru: Why Isn't My Linksys Router with DD-WRT Working?
(Feb 7, 2010, 20:02 UTC) (2745 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Wi-Fi Planet: "The good news, Melissa, is that you've done a great job of troubleshooting the problem. The bad news, of course, is that the problem still exists. Now what? Let's first take a step back."

Top 50 Funny Computer Quotes
(Feb 7, 2010, 16:02 UTC) (6515 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tech Source: "37. "Hey! It compiles! Ship it!""

House Passes Cybersecurity Bill
(Feb 7, 2010, 12:02 UTC) (1817 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
NY Times: "The House today overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at building up the United States’ cybersecurity army and expertise, amid growing alarm over the country’s vulnerability online."

Sold out: Microsoft's Linux business is booming
(Feb 7, 2010, 08:02 UTC) (4994 reads) (8 talkbacks) (feedback)
The H Open: "The SD Times reports that Microsoft has sold nearly all of its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) support coupons."

Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.33 (Part 3) - Graphics
(Feb 7, 2010, 04:02 UTC) (3601 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The H Open: "The next version of Linux is not only the first to offer the Nouveau KMS graphics driver for NVIDIA graphics hardware, it also comes with a multitude of improvements for the two AMD/ATI and Intel graphics drivers which support Kernel-based Mode Setting (KMS)."

Covert .mp3 to .wav and .ogg from command
(Feb 7, 2010, 00:02 UTC) (2646 reads) (9 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ghacks: "I have a ton of various music files on my machine that are in various states of migrating from .mp3 to different formats. The primary reason for this is because of the issue of licensing between Linux and the MP3 format."

SECURITY: Google to send Internet Explorer 6 users packing come March
(Feb 6, 2010, 20:49 UTC) (2518 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ars Technica: "Google is continuing to kill off support for Internet Explorer 6 in its services; the search giant has announced that two more of its Web properties will stop supporting IE6 as of March 1."

IBM hits graphene transistor breakthrough
(Feb 6, 2010, 20:02 UTC) (2943 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
CNet: "IBM Research on Friday announced that it has demonstrated a radio-frequency graphene transistor with the highest frequency so far: 100GHz."

Traffic Analysis Using Debian Lenny
(Feb 6, 2010, 18:02 UTC) (1948 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Howtoforge: "By using my Network Monitoring Appliance we noticed a link in MRTG always under heavy load. On this link a lot of different traffic aggregates, so we decided to analyze of what quantities of protocols and therefore applications the cumulative traffic consists."

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