Infrastructure Linux News for Feb 11, 2009:

Keeping Your ssh Connection Alive
(2009-02-11 04:32:21)
Tip of the Trade: "You may have had the experience of having your SSH connection to another machine drop if you ignore it for too long... You can fix this..."

Digiband - Drumming & Guitar simulator in openSUSE
(2009-02-11 07:32:21)
SUSE & openSUSE: "DigiBand is a full home version Drumming/Guitar simulator. It isn't just intended to be a simulator, but a uniquely refreshing new experience. It is much different than simulators already out there."

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, aka 'lenny', due this weekend
(2009-02-11 09:02:21)
Computerworld: "Should Debian meet its deadline, lenny will come out almost two years after the release of etch, which made its official debut in April 2007."

Help Fight This Patent-Encumbered IETF Standard
(2009-02-11 10:32:21)
Open Enterprise: "I've written numerous times about the importance of writing to governments about their hare-brained schemes, but this one is rather different."

Free software isn't freeware: why Linux and FOSS have a higher standard
(2009-02-11 13:02:21)
IT Wire: "Microsoft's recent survey proclaimed nearly half the population believe it is ok to use pirated software for personal use. This diminishes the argument by Linux advocates that you can use their operating system without any cost. Yet, you can't confuse free as in cost with free as in freedom. Here's what FOSS really means."

How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps
(2009-02-11 13:32:21)
Foobar: "But nevertheless, users can't just catch a virus by email or downloading malware from the Internet, contrary to "those Windows users". Linux will protect them from their own stupidity. At least so the story goes. But sadly, that's not true."

PCLinuxOS 2009 Beta 3 Released
(2009-02-11 14:02:21)
Tech Source From Bohol: "Don't count out PCLinuxOS just yet. The Ripper Gang announced today the release of the third public beta of PCLinuxOS 2009."

Over 30 Must-Have Open Source Resources
(2009-02-11 15:02:21)
OStatic: "In this post, you'll find more than 30 collections and resources. Hopefully, there is something right up your alley here, and the good news is that everything you'll find is free."

Happy 15th Birthday Linux Journal!
(2009-02-11 15:32:21)
Linux Journal: "The big news that comes along with this maiden issue of Linux Journal is that the Linux kernel itself has matured to 1.0 status."

Audacity - Audio editing & recording in openSUSE
(2009-02-11 16:02:21)
SUSE & openSUSE: "Audacity is a free opensource audio editing and recording software. Audacity can run on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX. Audacity can manipulate digital audio wave forms. In addition to recording sounds directly from within the program, it imports many sound file formats, including WAV, AIFF, AU, IRCAM, MP, and Ogg Vorbis"

Vendor strips down rugged PC panel
(2009-02-11 17:02:21)
LinuxDevices: "Glacier is shipping a lower-cost, reduced-feature version of its ruggedized Everest panel PCs that targets warehouse, supply chain, and shop-floor environments. The e4000 model is equipped with a 600MHz Celeron or 1.4GHz Pentium M processor, and is available with an Igel thin-client image for Linux."

Benchmarked: Firefox Javascript on Linux and Windows - and it's not pretty
(2009-02-11 17:32:21)
Tux Radar: "In fact, we think more Linux users need to admit there are some places where Linux isn't quite as good as its competitors. And one place where that's certainly true is in web browsing. Don't believe us? We did some simple JavaScript benchmarks of Firefox 3.0 using Windows and Linux to see how it performed across the platforms - and the results are pretty bleak for Linux."

23 Useful System Applications for Linux
(2009-02-11 18:32:21)
TechCityInc: "It's always great to have Linux Alternatives to popular applications so I've decided to write about some of the most useful System applications for Linux including Cd burners, Anti Virus, FTP solutions and instant messengers that you can download today."

Set up Linutop in 5 Minutes
(2009-02-11 19:02:21)
Linutop Magazine: "Just because Linutop is based on Linux, it doesn’t mean it’s difficult to configure. In fact, the little machine comes with a custom Linutop Setup applet which allows you to configure virtually every aspect of the system in a matter of minutes. "

Silverlight, via Moonlight, comes to Linux
(2009-02-11 19:32:21)
Cyber Cynic: "The Mono Project, a Novell sponsored open-source initiative to bring .NET code to Linux, has just released an open-source, Firefox add-in Moonlight 1.0 that enables Linux desktop users to view Moonlight content."

Colorful man pages in linux
(2009-02-11 21:32:21)
UNIX BASH scripting: "By default, the man pages are formatted using Linux 'less' utility which displays the texts in blank and white colors. Using 'most' utility to view man pages gives a color formatted man page..."

Make your Ubuntu distro look like the Mini Mi
(2009-02-11 22:02:21)
ars Technica: "The GUI released by HP for its Mini Mi netbook has been winning accolades for its high design standards. The interface offers pleasing shiny black eye candy that some sites are comparing to Apple design."

Create a file with given size - Linux dd command
(2009-02-11 22:32:21)
UNIX BASH scripting: "Linux dd command (convert and copy a file) can be used for this purpose."

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