Infrastructure Linux News for Dec 02, 2008:

A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer
(2008-12-02 00:31:57)
Gene Ziegler: "Bits Bytes Chips Clocks
Bits in bytes on chips in box.
Bytes with bits and chips with clocks.
Chips in box on ether-docks."

Save the Libraries -- With Open Source
(2008-12-02 01:01:57)
Linux Journal: "...the places where books are stored -- especially those that make them freely available to the public -- are important repositories of the world's knowledge, of relevance to all. So coders too should care about them alongside the other kind, and should be concerned that there is a threat to their ability to provide ready access to knowledge they have created themselves. The good news is that open source can save them."

The Useful Uses Of Mod Rewrite
(2008-12-02 02:31:57)
HowtoForge: "Mod rewrite is a part of apache servers that can rewrite requested URLs on the fly. As it supports an endless number of rules that in turn have unlimited attached rule conditions it is very flexible and an important URL manipulation mechanism. It can be used for internet users and for search engine friendly URLs. This increases the chance of the database driven website to be indexed."

Even More Madcap Manpages - Linux and Unix Laughs
(2008-12-02 07:01:57)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, while out trudging through the wasteland of that thingy they call the Internet, looking far and wide for stuff to make me chuckle, I ran across this awesome collection of fake, and funny, man pages."

Leaked: Microsoft Pays Companies to Recommend Windows
(2008-12-02 11:31:57)
Boycott Novell: "SOME weeks ago we wrote about how Microsoft fakes recommendations and deceives the public. Now we have solid proof."

Ubuntu Remains Best Linux Distribution for Desktops
(2008-12-02 13:31:57)
eWeek: "The latest version of Canonical's Linux distribution, Ubuntu 8.10, still outshines the Linux desktop offerings from Red Hat and Novell, and is the best open-source alternative to Microsoft and Apple operating systems."

Vibuntu 1.0: A Customized Version of Ubuntu for Visually Impaired Users
(2008-12-02 14:31:57)
Softpedia: " Vibuntu is a Linux distribution based on of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), designed especially for visually impaired users."

Recent Firefox Extensions for Tab Addicts
(2008-12-02 15:31:57)
Linux.com: "Now, despite the need to rewrite many extensions to make them compatible with Firefox 3.0, the number is over 190, and the choice is greater than ever. Basic functionality, coloring options, positioning of the tab bar, automatic opening of tabs at startup -- whatever your need, you can probably find it on the Firefox add-ons site."

Keeping It Light
(2008-12-02 16:01:57)
New York Times: "THE netbook could be considered the Honda Fit of computing: manageable in size, light of weight, handsome in an understated way, efficient and affordable."

Non-Free "Blobs" in the Linux Kernel?
(2008-12-02 16:31:57)
TechRepublic: "Jack Wallen comments on the debate that’s broken out about the use of proprietary "blobs" in the "free" Linux kernel. How much "free" deserves the seal of approval from the Free Software Foundation? Does the expectation of 100-percent free software make sense?"

Testing Fedora 10 KDE Edition
(2008-12-02 18:01:57)
An alien's viewpoint: "My experience with Fedora has not been bad at all. I think a big reason for that is that my laptop has practically no need for proprietary drivers...So, that leaves me free to compare distros by their features and ease of use. So what have I found in using Fedora 10 KDE version?"

Keeping Tabs on Your Network Traffic
(2008-12-02 19:01:57)
Linux.com: "One of the first things I do upon installing a Linux distribution is put the Network Monitor applet on my GNOME panel. Watching the blue lights twinkle on and off makes me aware of network traffic. But if you want more details about what's happening on your network, such as which application is hogging bandwidth or what each network interface is up to, you can turn to specialty tools like NetHogs and IPTraf. While NetHogs is a unique tool altogether, IPTraf can be used on a server as well as by a home user."

iPhone Linux Hack: What It Means
(2008-12-02 20:01:57)
Business Week: "iPhone hackers have just managed to replace Apple’s own operating system that comes with the device with Linux software. That could be the beginning of a seismic shift for smartphone software. It opens the door for open-source operating systems to jump onto devices not built specifically for them."

Dealing With "Argument list too long" Errors on Linux and Unix
(2008-12-02 20:31:57)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Here's a question that gets asked a lot (and, consequently, answered a lot ;) on the boards. How do you go about dealing with a situation in which you're trying to take care of some business on your Linux or Unix box and you get stopped with the "Argument list too long" error message?"

Netbooks: Small, Cheap -- and Fast?
(2008-12-02 21:01:57)
PC World: "For Good OS, the browser is the operating system -- or at least, all you're going to see of it."

Three Graphical Mount Managers
(2008-12-02 21:31:57)
Linux.com: "Mounting and unmounting filesystems used to be straightforward in GNU/Linux. A basic knowledge of the mount command or some editing of /etc/fstab in a text editor and you were done. However, with the addition of udev in the 2.6 kernel for autoplugging, and the demand for hotswapping USB devices, along with the increased use of logical volume managers and other complications, the process is now more complicated -- perhaps too complicated for many among the growing number of desktop users. That is where graphical mount managers such as Forelex Mount Manager, PySDM, and MountManager find their niche."

Back Up/Restore Hard Drives And Partitions With CloneZilla Live
(2008-12-02 22:01:57)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can back up and restore hard drives and partitions with CloneZilla Live. CloneZilla Live is a Linux Live-CD that you insert into your computer; it contains hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tools similar to Norton Ghost. The created images are compressed and can be transferred to a Samba-, SSH-, or NFS server or to a local hard drive or USB drive."

Using Linux to Overcome Comcast's Policy of FUD
(2008-12-02 22:31:57)
Matt Shipman's blog: "Why can't they just tell customers how much bandwidth they've used recently?!?!?!...Anyhow, after fuming for a few days, I set off to overcome the intimidation that now comes packaged with Comcast's service."

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