Infrastructure Linux News for Jan 09, 2009:

Using Wget's User Agent Option Safely On Linux And Unix
(2009-01-09 03:03:55)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Although this warning is on the original Google search rank index page, it bears repeating here and now. If you use wget (as we are in this script), or any CLI web-browsing/webpage-grabbing software, and want to fake the User-Agent, please be careful. Please check this online article regarding the likelihood that you may be sued if you masquerade as Mozilla."

The New Year Linux Resolution: Switching to Linux for a Week
(2009-01-09 09:03:55)
Zmogo: "We had no idea what to do, and it was exciting. Linux had that combination of sparseness, functionality and seriousness that gave it the feel of being a real operating system, unlike that flighty Windows 95. In short, Linux seemed cool."

Linux-based HP Mini Mi ships with command line disabled
(2009-01-09 10:33:55)
ars Technica: "What caught my eye on the product page wasn't the description of the GUI, it was what followed on the next line. Preceded by "Please note" in bold, the HP page states "the Linux command line interface is disabled on this edition.""

WiFi digital camera runs Linux
(2009-01-09 12:33:55)
LinuxDevices: "Sony Electronics is shipping a digital still camera with WiFi for uploading files to photo-sharing services. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3 offers 10-megapixel recording, a 4X optical zoom, DLNA compliance, 4GB of memory, and face- and scene-recognition software that runs on Linux."

Using your BlackBerry as a USB Modem
(2009-01-09 13:33:55)
Net Direct: "The Blackberry has the ability to act like a Hayes compatible modem, complete with AT commands."

Debugging code with strace
(2009-01-09 14:03:55)
Red Hat Magazine: "Hacker, meet strace. strace is a utility that allows you to trace system calls and signals for a given command and its arguments. What commands, you ask? Whatcha got?"

Hardest-to-understand EULA *ever* when you install WoW on GNU/Linux
(2009-01-09 14:33:55)
BoingBoing: "While installing World of Warcraft on my Ubuntu Linux laptop (using the WINE compatibility software), I found myself confronted by this license agreement"

20 "Really Cool" Netbook-optimized Linux Wallpapers
(2009-01-09 16:03:55)
Tech Source From Bohol: "If you want some high-quality Linux wallpapers for your large monitors, you can visit my collection of "25 Coolest Linux Wallpapers". However, if you happen to own a netbook, it is best to use medium-sized wallpapers that are optimized for small display."

Linux tip: How to take a screenshot without X (GUI), just from console
(2009-01-09 17:33:55)
Detector Pro: "Sometimes, when running an X application may interfere with the application you wanted to grab - perhaps a game or even a Linux installer. If you use the venerable ImageMagick import command though, you can grab from an X session via the console(terminal)."

WFTL Bytes! for Jan 8, 2009: Die Linux Counter, Bobbies Lift Your Skirts, Fedora Baby Needs Name
(2009-01-09 18:03:55)
WFTL Bytes!: "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Thursday, January 8, 2009, with your host, Marcel Gagné. This is episode 43. In today's news, Apple gets it, a bit, Fedora is nameless, a review that isn't, Abiword gets some, the iceberg issue, convert them with these, pirates with law degrees, and the end of OLPC as you knew it."

Managing Invoices with miniInvoices
(2009-01-09 18:33:55)
Linutop: "miniInvoices is a part of the Writer’s Tools package for OpenOffice.org tailored to professional writers created by yours truly. So if you write for a living, you can use miniInvoices to generate and manage invoices without leaving the convenience of your favorite productivity suite."

Installing FlyCast on Ubuntu Linux
(2009-01-09 19:03:55)
Daverea: "Initially I was disappointed, but then I noticed that FlyCast runs under Adobe Air. And since Adobe recently released an Air runtime for Linux…could it be that easy?! It turns out it is..."

Vi and Vim: 5 Awesome Examples For Automatic Word Completion Using Ctrl-X Magic
(2009-01-09 19:33:55)
The Geek Stuff: "By typing the first few characters of a word you can get the whole word either from a dictionary, or a thesaurus, or even the words that are already present on the file that you are editing."

Opening 2009 with the Openmoko Neo Freerunner
(2009-01-09 20:03:55)
Steaming Open Cup: "One of the topics that are going to dominate my posts in 2009 should be the Openmoko project. This project gives open source developers an oportunity to develop a phone that they can truly call their own."

A better way to create a customized Ubuntu Live USB drive
(2009-01-09 20:33:55)
Rudd-O: "Got a pen or a thumb USB drive and you'd like to put Linux on it? Did the other HOWTOs fail you? This is the real deal, through and through. This trick also works out-of-the-box with Kubuntu and other Ubuntu variants as well."

OpenOffice Gripes
(2009-01-09 21:03:55)
WorksWithU: "It's paper-writing time again, which means I've spent many long hours lately with OpenOffice Writer (for now, I'm still using version 2.4). Writer is a great application and a useful tool for getting work done. But there are some components that I continue to find endlessly frustrating, namely..."

Linux 2.6.28's five best features
(2009-01-09 22:03:55)
Cyber Cynic: "While you were likely to be opening up Christmas presents, Linus Torvalds was giving Linux users around the world a special present: the release of the next major Linux kernel: Linux 2.6.28."

Screw popularity. Just make yourself useful.
(2009-01-09 23:03:55)
Linux Journal: "That's the killer lesson of Dave Winer's new apporach to noise-filtered tweeting. "Friends" and "followers" aren't what matter. If you want substance, you need useful inputs. Not volume. Not style. Not popularity. Those have their places, just not in your face when you're looking for useful and interesting stuff."

KidZui Extends Kidternet to Junior Penguins
(2009-01-09 23:33:55)
Linux Journal: "Once upon a time, "Stranger Danger" involved shadowy men in trench coats lingering around playgrounds, leering and offering children candy. Now the threat comes from expert manipulators who are beamed right into our living rooms at 2.5 Mb/s, leaving plenty of parents terrified to let their children IM grandma, much less wander the back alleys of the internet alone."

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