Infrastructure Linux News for Jan 04, 2009:

Linux Solid-State Drive Benchmarks
(2009-01-04 00:04:31)
Phoronix: "How though does the real-world performance differ between hard disk drives and solid-state drives on Linux? We have run several tests atop Ubuntu on a Samsung netbook with a HDD and SSD. In addition, we have also looked at the encryption performance using both types of drives."

Microsoft on FLOSS
(2009-01-04 04:04:31)
Me and U(buntu): "Over the holiday break, I’ve been working on a small project. I’m trying to collect up quotes from Microsoft on Linux, Free Software, and Open Source... I wanted to start collecting these quotes for a lot of related issues:"

Happy New Year! Unix and Linux Resolutions.
(2009-01-04 08:04:31)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Good morning/afternoon/evening... is it January 2nd already?!?!?!?!"

Setting Your Bash Shell Prompt
(2009-01-04 16:04:31)
Computing Tech: "When your Linux system is installed, often a prompt is set to contain more than just a dollar sign or pound sign. For example, in Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, your prompt is set to include the following information: your username, your hostname, and the base name of your current working directory."

The Google Linux desktop has arrived
(2009-01-04 20:04:31)
Cyber Cynic: "Google has been slowly, but surely, displacing Microsoft as the number one PC technology company. Google has done it by misdirection. Instead of taking Microsoft head-on in desktops, Google first consolidated their hold on Web search and only then started moving into Web-based desktop applications."

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