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Infrastructure Linux News for Nov 12, 2008:
Now that I dumped Debian Lenny from this laptop, Ubuntu has got to go, too
(2008-11-12 03:04:26)
Click: "I feel like I'm booting children off a train.
Sure I've had my times when I installed a GNU/Linux distribution, used it for a couple of hours and then pulled it."
WFTL Bytes! for Nov 11, 2008
(2008-11-12 04:32:05)
WFTL Bytes! "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Tuesday, November 11, 2008, with your host, Marcel Gagné. Today's stories include a netbook slug-fest, lies and damned lies, misinformation, the Microsoft Linux-killer, smartphone sales figures, a smaller OpenOffice.org, and a digital dark age."
USENIX LISA Conference: Live Streaming Keynote for Free
(2008-11-12 05:36:58)
Linux Pro Magazine: "The keynote is on Wednesday, November 12 at 8:45 am Pacific Time. After the Opening Remarks and announcing the LISA awards, Mario Obejas will introduce the keynote, titled "Implementing Intellipedia Within a "Need to Know" Culture"."
Are Game Developers Finally Seeing the Linux Light?
(2008-11-12 06:04:26)
dthomasdigital: "First the independent gaming scene is thriving on the Linux platform. Truly professional games in looks and playability are out there in the hundreds and all with out costing you a cent."
Baobab - Disk Analysis tool in openSUSE (GNOME/KDE4)
(2008-11-12 07:34:26)
SUSE & openSUSE: "Baobab is a C/gtk+ application to analyse disk usage in any Gnome environment. Baobab can easily scan either the whole filesystem tree, or a specific user-requested directory branch either on the local system or on a remote system."
Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" Mock-up Designs
(2008-11-12 12:04:26)
Tech Source From Bohol: "I know some of you, especially those who are disappointed with the Intrepid Ibex theme, are still hoping to see a completely refurbished Ubuntu look. So here are a few Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" mock-up designs that are showing up this early:"
The Practical Problem With Software Patents
(2008-11-12 13:04:26)
Michael Tiemann's blog: "Venkatesh Hariharan recently wrote an article titled The practical problem with software patents, a subject near and dear to my heart. He draws on the same research that I have cited in the past, the book "Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk," by Boston University professors, James Bessen & Michael J. Meurer, but I confess that he shows both greater insights and certainly a better sense of humor than I do when I write abou the subject."
10 Linux-powered E-book Readers
(2008-11-12 15:04:26)
Tech Source From Bohol: "Linux just keeps popping up on many of the popular gadgets that are hogging the limelight nowadays. Some are quite conspicuous about it, like the Android phone that is being developed by a group that makes it very obvious, calling themselves the Open Handset Alliance. However, there are some that don't flaunt Linux around, like the Amazon Kindle."
The Most Straightforward Wizardless Way to Create an Envelope in OpenOffice.org Writer
(2008-11-12 15:34:26)
OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas: "But once you do it, you don't have to create the envelope document again. You don't have to figure out which way the printers go in. You know. So the second time and all other times, you just open the old doc, whether you made it into a template or just saved it..."
Novell Attacks Red Hat With Linux Migration Offer
(2008-11-12 16:04:26)
The VAR Guy: "Novell is reaching out to Red Hat customers and Microsoft channel partners with a new offer. The strategy: Train Microsoft solutions providers to replace Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Novell SUSE Linux."
Sun StarOffice 9 Coming November 17th. Do You Care?
(2008-11-12 16:34:26)
Netstat -vat: "InternetNews.com has learned that Sun is set to release StarOffice 9 on November 17th. StarOffice is Sun's office suite offering currently based on the OpenOffice.org code base."
Google Chrome for Mac, Linux? Keep Waiting
(2008-11-12 16:47:26)
Webware: "I get a lot of e-mail from people asking when Google will release its Chrome Web browser for Mac OS X and Linux."
Booting Debian in 14 Seconds
(2008-11-12 17:04:26)
Debian Administration: "Inspired by this work, and because I have the same laptop, I decided to try to reproduce their results. So far I have not come very close to their 5 seconds, but I have made some significant improvements compared to the default boot time for Debian on that machine; this article describes what I've done."
Amazon to Sell OLPC's XO Laptop Starting Nov. 17
(2008-11-12 17:47:26)
Computerworld: "The XO laptop will be sold on Amazon through the same arrangement as the G1G1 program, in which a consumer donates $400 for two laptops, one of which is delivered to a child in a developing nation."
Tips and Tricks for Working on the Command Line
(2008-11-12 18:04:26)
Linux and Open Source: "Having said that, the CLI can be intimidating and obscure, but it doesn’t need to be. There are a number of tips and tricks that can be accomplished on the CLI and so this tip will provide a few of them."
Bill Gates' New Career? Patent Troll For Nathan Myhrvold?
(2008-11-12 18:34:26)
Techdirt: "So, what's Searete? Well, it appears (warning: pdf file) that it's one of the many ultra secret shell front companies for Nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures, a company that unabashedly plans to be a huge patent tollbooth on just about any kind of innovation."
Tip of the Trade: Proc and Processes
(2008-11-12 19:34:26)
ServerWatch: "The /proc directory -- which provides a text-based way of interfacing with system settings and processes -- looks complicated at first glance, but it can be incredibly helpful when troubleshooting."
MPlayer and Video Output
(2008-11-12 21:04:26)
GoblinX Project: "The MPlayer, Linux Movie Player, is an extraordinary video and audio player, and it has hundreds of options to use in order to do everything we wish to an audio or video file, one of these fantastic options are used to video output."
Specialty Linuxes to the Rescue
(2008-11-12 21:34:26)
Computerworld: "The benefit to users is somewhat akin to walking into a hardware store. On the shelves are tools, each suited to a specific task. And it's particularly nice that all the tools are free."
ATI X.Org, Mesa Performance In Ubuntu
(2008-11-12 22:34:26)
Phoronix: "In our original article we hadn't focused much upon the graphics tests and we were just using ATI's binary driver, but per a request from Canonical's Bryce Harrington, we have carried out some open-source graphics tests on Ubuntu 7.04 through 8.10 and we started with the ATI performance."
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