Infrastructure Linux News for Aug 02, 2007:

Google Desktop for Linux: Why Do We Need It?
(2007-08-02 00:00:12)
Mad Penguin: "Like many of you, I feel confused in regards to the advantage of using Google Desktop on my Linux PC..."

Open to Misinterpretation
(2007-08-02 00:30:10)
TuxDeluxe: "Before 'open source,' before free software, there was software in the public domain. You could say that software in the public domain was truly free..."

Top 5 Linux Myths
(2007-08-02 02:00:13)
OSWeekly:"The sheer ignorance regarding casual Linux users astounds me to no end. While I'm not interested in pointing fingers, there is a lot of misinformation about the Linux community, and we will help to dispel some of these myths, once and for all."

rTorrent--Console P2P!
(2007-08-02 03:30:13)
PolishLinux: "The first question is--'how do we add a new torrents?' The answer is right here: torrents add themselves automatically. 'How is it possible?' You will see in a moment..."

NVIDIA & ATI GTK Benchmarks
(2007-08-02 04:00:35)
Phoronix: "In our original GtkPerf tests with the open-source Avivo driver we had compared the performance with the ShadowFB option, which had dramatically increased the performance over the fglrx driver. With the ShadowFB option disabled, the Avivo driver was slower than the fglrx driver..."

How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Rhythmbox
(2007-08-02 04:30:33)
HowtoForge: "Normally, Apple's iTunes software is needed to manage an iPod, but iTunes is not available for Linux. Fortunately, there are Linux alternatives such as Rhythmbox that can handle the task..."

VHCS2 ISP Control Panel Setup Guide in Debian Etch
(2007-08-02 05:15:21)
DebianAdmin: "I’ve read a lot of manuals, how-to's etc. describing the process of setting a Debian webserver containing the great VHCS2 control panel system. I've tried them all, and all were failing for me on several critical points..."

Email Classification (Incl. Spam Classification) With POPFile On Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
(2007-08-02 06:00:58)
HowtoForge: This article shows how you can install and use POPFile to classify incoming emails on an Ubuntu Feisty Fawn desktop..."

Instant Backups with smbmount and grsync
(2007-08-02 06:45:38)
Linux.com: "Need a simple yet effective way to back up your laptop or desktop machine to a network-attached storage device or a network hard disk running Samba...?"

In-Vehicle Linux System Assists First Responders
(2007-08-02 07:30:27)
LinuxDevices: "U.K.-based Thorcom Systems Ltd is shipping a rugged, Debian Linux-based, in-vehicle computer intended for emergency first responders..."

Troubleshooting Linux Audio, Part 2
(2007-08-02 08:15:39)
Linux Journal: "In my last installment of this series I introduced a variety of GUI-based tools that can help you discover more about your system to help identify potentially troublesome components..."

Monitoring Ubuntu Services Using Monit
(2007-08-02 10:30:58)
UbuntuGeek: "monit is a utility for managing and monitoring, processes, files, directories and devices on a UNIX system..."

Tracking TCP Connections With tcptrack
(2007-08-02 11:30:49)
HowtoForge: "Basically, tcptrack is a sniffer which will show the information about TCP connections on a specific interface. tcptrack will watch all the connections that occur and show the information in a nice interface..."

KDE 4.0 Beta 1 Release Announcement
(2007-08-02 14:00:02)
KDE.org: "The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the first Beta release for KDE 4.0..."

Fedora 8 Test 1 Delayed
(2007-08-02 14:30:30)
LWN: "Due to an ongoing issue with booting many Dells (and some Toshiba) systems via CD, we've had to delay the release of Test1..."

GPLv3 Picks Up Traction
(2007-08-02 15:30:20)
Linux-Watch: "Now, open-source programmers are beginning to give the new license a try..."

China Remains Cautious about OLPC
(2007-08-02 16:00:50)
Shanghaiist: "Behind the headlines of double digit growth and urban prosperity, two thirds of Chinese still live in the countryside and two hundred million people earn less than a dollar a day. Still, the Chinese government has not signed up to this project..."

Linux Foundation CTO Markus Rex: Linux 'Now an Accepted Choice'
(2007-08-02 17:00:06)
LinuxInsider: "The Linux Foundation recently scored an executive coup when it nabbed Novell's Markus Rex, a well-respected Linux-focused business executive..."

Shared Source: Just Another Red Herring
(2007-08-02 19:30:22)
iTWire: "Microsoft has begun to talk about open source again. Sure, atheists sometimes do talk about God..."

Microsoft's Overtures Towards Open Source Show Just How Scared It Is
(2007-08-02 20:30:07)
The Inquirer: "However, the Vole's approach to OSI and Open Sauce in general deserves to be met with a shipload of skepticism..."

Another News Site? Really?
(2007-08-02 21:00:22)
Hoosier Penguin: "That was the initial reaction I had when I first learned about Blue GNU, a new free software news and information site that just launched yesterday..."

MEPIS Begins Return to Debian Linux with Alpha Release
(2007-08-02 21:30:43)
DesktopLinux: "As expected, Warren Woodford of MEPIS Linux has announced that the next version of SimplyMEPIS 6.9.51 will be based on Debian Linux instead of Ubuntu..."

New Microsoft "Open Source" Licenses Reveal a Company on the Defensive
(2007-08-02 22:00:18)
The Wisdom of Ganesh: "I don't trust Microsoft any more than she does, but I don't share her seeming paranoia that every move the company makes is a deviously cunning ploy to destroy its enemies..."

Tech Writers Think Ubuntu is for Morons
(2007-08-02 23:15:12)
The Jem Report: "I don't know what specifically pushed me over the edge about Ubuntu articles..."

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