Infrastructure Linux News for Dec 09, 2008:

Our Guide to Building Your Own Online Distro
(2008-12-09 06:05:31)
TechRadar: "Wouldn't it be great if you could just click your way to a custom distro? After all, most of the packages you will need are sitting on a well-connected web server somewhere..."

Tips: T-Mobile G1 - Getting the Most Out of the First 'gPhone'
(2008-12-09 09:05:31)
PDAStreet: "If you've recently upgraded to the T-Mobile G1, the first cell phone to use Google's Android operating system, here's a sweet collection of tips to help you get more out of it."

The Future Of Cell-Phones Is Here
(2008-12-09 12:05:31)
Shantanu's Technophilic Musings: "My company had a video contest a few days ago (which yours-truly won by a handsome margin :). The topic was "Future of Wireless" as perceived by the employees but with the catch that it had to be done in just 10 seconds or less."

Linux And Unix Internet User And Site Security - How Much Is Too Much?
(2008-12-09 14:35:31)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today's post is going to be about security on Linux and Unix, since we're building up to doing some work with CAPTCHA in the near future and need to keep ourselves awake and interested ;) To be more specific, today's post is going to deal with site, and user, security on the Internet (although you could apply these examples to various arenas). As we all know, maintaining a decent level of personal and professional site security on the Internet is possible to a degree."

Easier File Renaming With Renameutils
(2008-12-09 16:05:31)
Debian Admin: "Ever been faced with a collection of files that need renaming and nearly gone mad from trying to do it manually? Lots of typing mv, or lots of right click -> rename. Enter qmv, part of renameutils."

Linux - Stop Holding Our Kids Back
(2008-12-09 17:05:31)
Blog of Helios: "The student was showing the ability of the laptop and handing out Linux disks. After confiscating the disks I called a confrence with the student and that is how I came to discover you and your organization."

Google's 'Active X' Alternative Works on Linux & Mac
(2008-12-09 17:35:31)
PC Advisor: "Google has released an ActiveX alternative that's designed to let website developers write more powerful applications that can work directly with an operating system, rather than having to be run through a browser."

First Ever Computer Mouse Demo (video)
(2008-12-09 18:35:31)
BBC News: "The first mouse that Dr Engelbart used in the demo at the Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) was made of wood and had one button."

20 Great Quotes From Richard M. Stallman
(2008-12-09 18:48:31)
Tech Source From Bohol: ""I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I would look back on years of building walls to divide people, and feel I had spent my life making the world a worse place.""

NimbleX Linux - 94% Satisfaction
(2008-12-09 19:05:31)
Dedoimedo: "Hey, why not 100%, you ask? Well, read on to find out. On the surface, NimbleX is another Linux distribution, shipping as a live CD, meant to be used primarily as a live CD, with the optional installation. It is based on Slackware and designed to fit under 256MB to allow it to be used from small USB thumb drives."

10 Things Linux Does Better Than OS X
(2008-12-09 19:35:31)
TechRepublic: "It may sound strange, seeing as how OS X is based on a Linux variant and is widely considered to be the most user-friendly operating system available, but Linux does a number of things better than everyone's favorite iOperatingSystem. Before you shun the thought, read on. You might be surprised at your resulting opinion."

Magical apt-clone, Broken System Recovery
(2008-12-09 21:05:31)
FOSS Boss: "This week I'm going to play once more with my Nexenta installation that we completed in part1. This time around I am going to basically demo the integration the Nexenta folks have pulled mixing apt-get with ZFS file-system capabilities, resulting in transactional system upgrades, with multi-snapshots that makes system recovery a snap!"

Hacking Linux : Programmers Test Themselves (What Are The Issues With Open Source Linux?)
(2008-12-09 21:35:31)
Hackingalert: "Many corporations use Linux as their server on the web as it is cheaper and easier to deploy. Its security is also better when compared to Microsoft operating systems. No wonder that network hacking tools for this open source operating system have proliferated in the last years."

A Response to "What Are The Issues With Open Source Linux?"
(2008-12-09 22:05:31)
LXer: "A point by point response to an article on Hackingalert.com entitled "What Are The Issues With Open Source Linux?" that hit our newswire yesterday."

Dear Mr. Obama - Small and Medium Business
(2008-12-09 23:05:31)
Linux Magazine: "Dear President-elect Obama,
As part of your campaign, you were an advocate for small and medium business (SMB). I agree with this philosophy, since such a large number of people in the United States are employed by SMBs, and since such a large portion of our economy is based on SMBs."

Unix And Linux PDF Telnet Curiosity - When HTTP Error Pages Don't Attack!
(2008-12-09 23:35:31)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "For this post, I spent a bunch of time goofing around with Telnetting to port 80 to try and force the binary modes (-8, -L), and some combination of those and the "no-escape" clause (...I mean, flag ;) and encountered terrible frustration. As odd as it may seem, downloading binary files from servers that won't serve anything but ASCII over Telnet can make it very hard to get the original product back"

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