Infrastructure Linux News for Jun 12, 2008:

Invigorating GNOME
(2008-06-12 00:00:44)
jonobacon@home: "...GNOME has become the software equivalent of my dad's comfortable trousers--predictable and reliable, but has ceased to be exciting and innovative in new, innovative, visual, inspirational ways..."

The Elephant in the Room
(2008-06-12 01:30:13)
451 CAOS Theory: "Continuing the ongoing discussion about open source software business models, Rich Sharples of Red Hat's JBoss division weighs in on an issue I have with Savio Rodrigues's categorization of open source users..."

Linux.com: Puppy Linux 4.00 is Barking Up the Right Tree
(2008-06-12 03:00:01)
Linux.com: "With the recent release of Puppy Linux 4.00, developer Barry Kauler and his team have provided a lightweight but functional Linux operating system..."

Anatomy of Linux Journaling File Systems
(2008-06-12 04:30:23)
developerWorks: "You can define journaling file systems in many ways, but let's get right to the point. Journaling file systems are for people who tire of watching the boot-time fsck, or file system consistency check process..."

How To Whitelist Hosts/IP Addresses In Postfix
(2008-06-12 06:00:29)
HowtoForge: "This short guide shows how you can whitelist such a mail server in Postfix to make your customers happy again..."

Monitoring and Display Commands For LVM On Linux And Unix
(2008-06-12 07:30:48)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, we're going to follow up on our previous post regarding getting started with LVM logical volume management and go over a few (perhaps) boring but essential commands you'll want to know in order to keep tabs on your setup both in good times and in bad..."

Screencasts in Ubuntu, Part 2: FFmpeg
(2008-06-12 09:00:22)
PolishLinux: "Unfortunately, in the Ubuntu repositories we have a version of ffmpeg that doesn't support some formats (mostly because of law and license issues)..."

Review of the New Banshee 1.0 Audio Player
(2008-06-12 10:30:31)
Echoes: "Banshee 1.0 comes with many features, like a pretty good collection management, audio and video libraries, support for podcasts and many plugins, a notable one being the Last.fm integration and song submission..."

Spawn of Ubuntu
(2008-06-12 12:00:32)
Linux Magazine: "It isn't enough just to create a great distribution these days; you also have to create a distribution that can spawn offspring to further that greatness..."

Record Your Desktop With recordMyDesktop, Part 2
(2008-06-12 19:00:47)
LinuxPlanet: "Last week we learned how to make simple video screencasts on Linux with recordMyDesktop. Today we're going to record audio from a microphone, get acquainted with JACK, and convert MyDesktop's Ogg files into AVI formats..."

Linux's Chance to Leap Ahead of Apple And Microsoft
(2008-06-12 23:00:47)
Linux Loop: "Apple and Microsoft are both in a situation where they are essentially forced, due to past mistakes or a lack of foresight, to spend a significant amount of time making behind-the-scenes changes. In this time, Linux could potentially get a real leg up on other OSs."

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