Infrastructure Linux News for Feb 13, 2009:

Miro 2.0 gets serious about Web video, leaves us wanting
(2009-02-13 01:31:10)
ars Technica: "A major new version of the open source Internet TV and video podcast player brings support for a variety of Web services like Hulu, YouTube, and Legaltorrents.com, a separate video playing window, and a more polished UI. Most of Miro's key drawbacks, however, still remain."

'Don't Click' Attack Strikes Twitter Users
(2009-02-13 06:01:10)
Internet News: "Using the simplest of social engineering hacks -- an enticing message with a link, labeled "don't click" -- a "clickjacking" exploit of the Twitter microblogging service flooded its network today, hijacking users' status to spread itself before the link could be shut down."

Magic hashes - compare, secure and audit your data
(2009-02-13 09:01:10)
Tech Czar: "This is a fairly common question. People want to know if the file they received is identical to the original source. Most of the time people look at the file size and if its the same, then that must mean the file is the same... but this is completely false."

Ask the Wi-Fi Guru: daisy chaining, DD-WRT, signal boosting, and remote administration
(2009-02-13 10:31:10)
Wi-Fi Planet: "Q: I have setup WDS with two routers using DD-WRT sp1 at my folks' house, which is in a different town. I can remote into the base router with their IP address:port, but I want to be able to access the second router from my house, as well."

10 Songbird add-ons for a better audio player
(2009-02-13 12:01:10)
LinuxForums: "The 1.0.0 release launched in the first days of December delivers an impressive arsenal ranging from themes to add-ons."

The Cold Numbers of Microsoft's Netbook/Linux Nightmare
(2009-02-13 13:31:10)
Netbook Digest: "We did the heavy lifting and dug up the real numbers to accurately quantify what's going on and what it means (hint: developers are getting laid off!)."

Party Like It's 1234567890!
(2009-02-13 14:43:44)
Planned celebrations will spontaneously erupt all over the globe as computer geeks celebrate when UNIX time hits 1234567890! On Friday the 13th! The day before Valentine's Day!

How to Install the HP Mobile Experience Interface On Non-HP Computers
(2009-02-13 16:01:10)
Linux-Ninja: "Earlier we covered the new, shiny GUI for Ubuntu that HP started shipping with the new Mini Mi netbook. Unsurprisingly, it didn't take long for jealous, non-HP Ubuntu users to figure out how to install the HP Mobile Experience Interface on their own computers"

Linux Gets Gooey on Friday the 13th
(2009-02-13 17:31:10)
Blog of Helios: "It's been one of the loudest excuses I've heard for people not wanting to use Linux. "Linux won't play my games."

Wrap text using linux fold
(2009-02-13 19:01:10)
UNIX BASH Scripting: "Today I came to know about Linux 'fold' command, using which we can wrap each input line to fit in specified width."

Moonshine: drinking fermented Windows Media content on Linux
(2009-02-13 20:01:10)
ars Technica: "Novell developer Aaron Bockover has created a clever Firefox plugin that uses Moonlight to play conventional Windows media streaming video content at websites like C-SPAN. The plugin takes advantage of the video codecs that Microsoft provides for Moonlight, Novell's open source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application framework."

Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring Beta is available
(2009-02-13 20:31:10)
Mandriva: "Step 1 of Speedboot is now available in Spring beta version. This should improve your boot time. It's not enabled by default. To test it, enter speedboot keyword at boot time. You can use Bootchart to test precisely effects on your boot time."

Geek Hero Comic: Everything is Open Source, Actually
(2009-02-13 21:01:10)
Datamation: "Why, what's the difference between open source software and closed source, anyway?"

Hack a Linux router for fun and profit
(2009-02-13 22:01:10)
Null Pointer: "The hardware is fine and capable of doing so much more, but is shackled by the vendor's software. In short, if you haven't considered user-created firmware by this stage, you really should."

Browser benchmarks 2: even Wine beats Linux Firefox
(2009-02-13 22:31:10)
TuxRadar: "Some people have said that we should have used a stock build from Mozilla. (We disagree, because we'd argue that most Linux users use software from their package manager rather than downloading bits and pieces from the web.)"

Maximize Your Screen with Littlefox (Linux Minute video)
(2009-02-13 23:31:10)
Linux Journal: "How to maximize your screen area with Littlefox, a plugin that shrinks the Firefox interface, which is especially useful for wee netbook screens."

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