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Infrastructure Linux News for Dec 17, 2008
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Is Apple's Mactini the World's Tiniest Computer? (Dec 17, 2008, 23:34)
TechRadar: "Or has it just been made obsolete
by the Apple Mactini Nano?"
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Linux Devices Gain Multimedia "Octopus" (Dec 17, 2008, 22:34)
LinuxDevices: "Movial Octopus Media Engine"
provides a central point of contact for "all" multimedia use cases
on a Linux-based device, according to Movial. It includes an API
(application programming interface) for management of local or
network-based media, and works with either GStreamer or OpenMAX IL
(integration layer) components for transporting and rendering media
files."
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O'Reilly OSCON Opens Call for Participation (Dec 17, 2008, 22:04)
Media Newswire: "Now that big business has
grasped the principles of open source, the open source community
can get down to business. New times demand new ideas, and OSCON,
the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, has opened its call for
innovation. O'Reilly Media and program chairs Allison Randal and
Edd Dumbill invite proposals for tutorials, sessions, and panels
for OSCON, happening July 20 - 24, 2009, in San Jose, CA."
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Obama and McCain Prove Critical Open Source Argument True (Dec 17, 2008, 21:34)
IT Wire: "One of the most repeated examples
cited to promote open source philosophy is that of an electronic
voting system. If this process is not understood or transparent
then its results cannot be trusted. The strength of this argument
has gone up a hundredfold with the discovery that Diebold counting
software has been missing ballots for four years."
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Where Has my Disk Space Gone? (Dec 17, 2008, 21:04)
Linux.com: "If Parkinson's Law for computers
holds true, then no matter how much disk space you have, it will
get used up. If you're already feeling a pinch, consider using a
disk space analyzer tool to see what's eating your space."
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Extensive List of Keyboard Shortcuts for Ubuntu/GNOME Desktop (Dec 17, 2008, 20:04)
Tech Source From Bohol: "The fastest and most
efficient way to navigate your Ubuntu/GNOME desktop is to learn the
keyboard shortcuts that are available at your fingertips...So if
you want to increase your productivity, you have to know the
all-important keys."
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Going Loco Over the Ubuntu Logo (Dec 17, 2008, 19:04)
Tech Source From Bohol: "Warning to Windows
fanboys: The images that you are about to see are incredibly
disturbing."
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OpenSUSE 11.1: Only Part of the Novell Story (Dec 17, 2008, 18:34)
The VAR Guy: "Roger Levy NovellNovell is
generating buzz this week with the December 18 launch of OpenSUSE
11.1. But The VAR Guy is looking at Novell from a slightly
different perspective. The far bigger news involves senior VP Roger
Levy (pictured) -- who may bring order to Novell's product
lines."
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What's New in Linux Mint 6 Felicia? (Dec 17, 2008, 18:04)
LinuxMint: "Based on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex,
Linux 2.6.27, Gnome 2.24 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" comes
with a brand new "Software Manager", FTP support in mintUpload,
proxy support and history of updates in mintUpdate, mint4win (a
Linux Mint installer for Microsoft Windows), tabbed browsing in
Nautilus and a lot of other improvements."
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Linux Devices - Christmas Edition (Dec 17, 2008, 16:34)
steaming open cup: "Now, since we're all Linux
lovers here and since our beloved Tux has undoubtedly enjoyed a
great year, here's my top 10 wish list for all ye jolly
readers."
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20 Bizarre and Funny Ways People Have Broken Their Computers (Dec 17, 2008, 15:34)
Royal Pingdom: "For the last five years the
data recovery company Kroll Ontrack has been publishing a yearly
list of strange ways people have broken their computers and/or hard
drives. We here at Pingdom have gone through those press releases
and handpicked the funniest and most bizarre incidents, for your
reading pleasure."
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What If Wine Comes To Ubuntu? (Dec 17, 2008, 14:34)
Linux Loop: "Wine is a piece of software that
allows Windows applications to run natively on Linux. The problem
is that not all applications work perfectly through Wine. Some
applications work perfectly, while others don’t even
install."
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Dell Mini 12 Gets XP, $499 Ubuntu Linux Options (Dec 17, 2008, 13:34)
Electronista: "Dell on Tuesday quietly expanded
its options for the Inspiron Mini 12 with Linux and XP
options."
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The HeHe2-ness Holiday Gift Guide 2008 (Dec 17, 2008, 13:04)
Royal HeHe2Ness: "Doing some shopping for your
technical friends this year? Or just following the Golden Rule of
Giving? That is, Give Something That You Yourself Would Like In
Case They Don’t Get Around To Using It."
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NVIDIA Linux 2008 Year in Review (Dec 17, 2008, 09:04)
Phoronix: "Yesterday we had published our AMD
Linux 2008 Year in Review where we had provided a recap of all
major features introduced in their Linux driver over the past year
as well as taking the time to re-benchmark every Catalyst driver
released this year. We have been doing this process annually going
back to 2005, and now it's time to look at the NVIDIA Linux driver
releases from this year."
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Running Ubuntu as a Virtual OS in Mac OS X (Dec 17, 2008, 06:04)
Linux Journal: "Our intrepid writer installs
and tests Ubuntu Linux within both VMware Fusion and Parallels
Desktop on Mac OS X. Can you really run both Linux and Mac OS X
simultaneously and achieve nirvana?"
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The Wrong Way To Sell Linux (Dec 17, 2008, 00:04)
Linux Today Blog: "It seems that anymore all we
hear about Linux and FOSS is it's free of cost, and that desktop
Linux is just as good as Windows because it's all pointy-clicky and
you don't have to touch the nasty command line which is frightening
and must be avoided, and "just like Mac and Windows" you don't have
to learn a thing because it's all magic."
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