http://linuxtoday.com en-us Linux Today News Service http://linuxtoday.com/pics/ltnet.png http://linuxtoday.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:04:22 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-06-001-35-MM-HW-SW <b>Linux.com:</b> "If any of these are true you might be looking at one of the many drawing tablets that can be connected, via USB, to your laptop or PC. These tablets make for a far superior graphic experience, giving the artist much more control over the cursor than with a standard mouse." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-06-001-35-MM-HW-SW Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-006-35-OS-SW <b>Linux Journal:</b> "Clonezilla is a bootable CDROM designed for partition backup and restoration. Unlike SystemRescueCD, Clonezilla Live doesn't contain an array of utilities, rather it is a single, focused tool. However, if you're interested in simply backing up or restoring whole partitions to or from files, or copying one partition onto another, Clonezilla might be just what you're looking for." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-006-35-OS-SW Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-006-35-OP-DT-SW <b>O'Reilly Broadcast:</b> "The trouble with Linux: there's too much choice. To Mr. Morrison and all the others who have written articles like this one I say: Hogwash!" http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-006-35-OP-DT-SW Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-004-35-NW-RL <b>A High School Student's Views on Software Freedom:</b> "The next version of WriteType (1.0.98) is now available for download! WriteType is a word processor designed to make typing easier and more efficient for young students and students with disabilities." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-004-35-NW-RL Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-003-35-NW-BD <b>LinuxBSDos:</b> "As a desktop distribution built atop FreeBSD, PC-BSD makes available to the desktop user all the cool technologies inside FreeBSD. One of those cool technologies is ZFS, the Zettabyte File System" http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-003-35-NW-BD Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-006-35-NW-TL-RL <b>ars Technica:</b> "Canonical has announced the availability of the Ubuntu 10.10 beta release. The new version of the popular Linux distribution, codenamed Maverick Meerkat, is scheduled for final release in October. It brings some noteworthy user interface improvements and updated software." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-006-35-NW-TL-RL Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-001-35-MM-NT <b>Linuxaria:</b> "My guide on how to make a webcam server has had a lot of feedback and so I decided to give two other methods to achieve it with two different software webcam-server and ZoneMinder" http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-05-001-35-MM-NT Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:03:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-007-35-SC-SM-RL <b>The H Open:</b> "This apparently allows a programmable USB development board with an AT90USB microcontroller to be used to circumvent the PS3's security systems and execute unsigned code." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-007-35-SC-SM-RL Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-005-35-NW-EV <b>Computerworld:</b> "Oracle is hoping to entice a younger generation of Java programmers into its fold by offering students complimentary admission to the upcoming JavaOne and Oracle Develop conferences." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-005-35-NW-EV Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-007-35-NW-HW <b>Stubborn Tech Problem Solving:</b> "Once in a while a Linux PC technician will encounter a system that has problems with lockups (a.k.a. hanging or freezing). Sometimes it is failing hardware but other times it's a software problem. Here are the common causes for this and how to identify which is the source of your problems." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-007-35-NW-HW Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-006-35-OS-SV-SW <b>Linux.com:</b> "Last weekend, we looked at how to enable your Web site to accept OpenID logins. But accepting OpenID authentication is only half of the issue — if you care about online privacy and identity, the chances are that you will want to control your own OpenID." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-006-35-OS-SV-SW Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-003-35-IN-SW-DV <b>LWN.net:</b> "Systemd, an alternative to Upstart or System V init, has made big strides since it was announced at the end of April. It has been packaged for Fedora and openSUSE, and for users of Fedora Rawhide, it gets installed as the default." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-003-35-IN-SW-DV Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-002-35-RV-MO <b>Cnet:</b> "When Samsung debuted its Galaxy Tab on Thursday, it made a bold claim: the device is at least as good as today's dominant tablet, Apple's iPad." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-002-35-RV-MO Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-001-35-OS-DT-SW <b>Linuxaria:</b> "In these days all the new netbooks and most laptops have built-in webcam, or at least add one external costs very little, apart from the traditional use in video calls you can use our Linux box to create a monitoring device" http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-04-001-35-OS-DT-SW Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:06:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-03-030-35-MM-CY What to do on a long weekend? Digikam, Ardour, Drupal, new computers.... http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-03-030-35-MM-CY