Infrastructure Linux News for Dec 10, 2008:

More Tips For Documentation Writers (You Too, Ace Coders)
(2008-12-10 00:05:31)
Linux Today Blog: "Last week we learned a few tips for writing better documentation, and talked about why good documentation is so important. Which seems self-evident, but some folks aren't getting the message :). Today we'll talk about letting clear, precise examples do the talking, and why being strictly literal is so important."

Magic Tricks With the Sysreq Key
(2008-12-10 01:35:31)
Tip of the Trade: "The SysReq key is hidden up the top right of your keyboard, and looks a bit like a relic from a former era of computing. (Which, indeed, it is.) But there's a bunch of things you can still do with it that may come in handy."

Blocking Content in the UK. Censorship or Populous Protection?
(2008-12-10 03:05:31)
Linux Journal: "A startling development is being reported by the BBC in the UK. It seems that the Internet Watch Foundation which looks like a quasi governmental organization, has taken offense with an album cover on Wikipedia and is "blocking" access to it. IWF claims it is an issue of child pornography, Wikipedia is calling it censorship."

Creating an oBAMP Stack: OpenBSD, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
(2008-12-10 06:05:31)
DevX: "The OpenBSD operating system claims to ship "secure by default" and aims to be "the world's most secured operating system." OpenBSD also boasts the capability to run on many hardware platforms including amd64, i386, and Sparc machines. What better way to test these claims than to configure and deploy OpenBSD yourself with more familiar web technologies?"

Interview With Totem Maintainer Bastien Nocera
(2008-12-10 07:35:31)
Footnotes: "Gnome Multimedia This is the second in a series of of interviews about Linux Multimedia. The previous interview was with Laszlo Pandy about Jokosher. This time we check in with Bastien Nocera of the Totem media player. In addition to Totem Bastien has worked on range of multimedia related projects and is someone who knows the challenges of multimedia from a range of different angles."

Storing Files/Directories In Memory With tmpfs
(2008-12-10 10:35:31)
HowtoForge: "You probably know that reading from RAM is a lot of faster than reading files from the hard drive, and reduces your disk I/O. This article shows how you can store files and directories in memory instead of on the hard drive with the help of tmpfs (a file system for creating memory devices)."

Serious Error in Diebold Voting Software Caused Lost Ballots in California County
(2008-12-10 12:05:31)
Wired: "Election officials in a small county in California discovered by chance last week that the tabulation software they used to tally votes in this year's general election dropped 197 paper ballots from the totals at one precinct. The system's audit log also appears to have deleted any sign that the ballots had ever been recorded."

Linux Desktop Enhancements
(2008-12-10 15:41:47)
NixCraft: "Here are few more Linux customization resources for you."

A Gentoo User Gives Debian a Go Around
(2008-12-10 16:01:47)
LXer: "I have to note however, I have run Gentoo for the past four years, and most of the times it's hard to 'learn' something else. However, I still liked to try and find out for myself if Debian was an easy distribution to use. So, how did I fare?"

Linux, Windows 7 and Netbooks: It's On
(2008-12-10 17:31:47)
LinuxInsider: "With the rise of new, ultra-small netbook computers, Linux has a chance to make its case to consumers. Windows Vista usually won't fit on netbooks, XP already has one foot in the grave, and many netbook buyers may give Linux serious consideration when choosing what OS they want pre-installed."

Using HDMI Audio/Video On Linux
(2008-12-10 20:31:47)
Phoronix: "The last time we looked in-depth at HDMI support on Linux was last December when talking about HDMI with the ATI Catalyst Linux driver. Since then there has been improvements in a number of drivers for different hardware. In this article we have a brief overview on the status of HDMI support in the Intel, NVIDIA, and ATI Linux drivers."

10 Linux-based Gadgets Just in Time for Christmas
(2008-12-10 21:31:47)
Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "If you haven't bought that special geek in your life something electronic yet for Christmas, here are 10 ideas for you. They're all Linux-based and are sure to bring a smile to any geek's face."

Turn Your Linux Machine into an Application Server in 10 Minutes
(2008-12-10 22:31:47)
Linutop Mag: "Machines like Linutop can make a rather neat mini server which you can use to host virtually any application base on the LAMP stack (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP). The problem is that turning Linutop (or any machine for that matter) into an application server involves setting up the required servers (e.g., Apache and MySQL), manually modifying configuration files, and tweaking application settings."

Will OpenSolaris 2008.11 Attract Linux Users?
(2008-12-10 23:01:47)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "This second OpenSolaris release comes with even more software packages than before, more hardware support, and a few nifty features revolving around ZFS. In this article, we review OpenSolaris 2008.11 and cover some of the new features they've added."

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