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Infrastructure Linux News for Apr 13, 2009:
Ubuntu Goodies
(2009-04-13 00:03:43)
Beastly Tech: "Believe it or not, Ubuntu has a control panel. Firstly, it's just called the control center, and secondly it's kinda hidden."
New Test Release Of Intel X.Org 2.7 Driver
(2009-04-13 04:03:43)
Phoronix: "We are now into the second quarter of 2009, but Intel will soon release its X.Org driver for Q1'09. While late, the xf86-video-intel 2.7.0 driver update SDVO-TV support, basic SDVO-LVDS support, tear-free X-Video support, and many bugs have been fixed."
Handle Compressed and Uncompressed Files Uniformly
(2009-04-13 08:03:43)
Linux Journal: "When looking at log files or other files that are compressed and rotated automatically, it's useful to be able to deal with them in a uniform fashion. The following bash function does that:"
Vista SP2 and Windows 7 More Secure than Linux and Mac OS X Leopard
(2009-04-13 12:03:43)
Softpedia: "Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is the absolute apex in security when it comes down to operating systems, Kevin Turner, chief operating officer for Microsoft, has indicated at the Midmarket CIO Summit earlier this week."
Installing Asterisk + PostgreSQL To Manage CDR & RealTime Config On Debian
(2009-04-13 12:33:43)
HowtoForge: "In this tutorial, I will describe how to install and configure Asterisk 1.6 on a Debian system to work with PostgreSQL in order to manage CDR (Call Detail Records) and real-time configuration."
Linux Store Open for Business: A Fantastic Voyage
(2009-04-13 13:33:43)
Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "It has 1GB RAM and a 160GB Hard Drive for $296. Awesome deal. The problem, at least for me, is that it comes standard with some whittled down version of Windows XP. This wouldn't ordinarily be a problem but I prefer Linux on my potential new netbook."
Concurrent Booting: make full use of your multi-core processors in Ubuntu
(2009-04-13 14:03:43)
Giz Village: "This is a great way to make full use of your multi-core processors during boot time. I have an Intel core 2 duo processor and I have seen a notable change in boot time. Here's the how-to:"
How to Hijack an EU Open Source Strategy Paper
(2009-04-13 15:03:43)
Wikileaks: "Open source is an outsider, not part of the establishment. One price it pays for this is not being privy to all the decisions that are made in the field of governmental policy. Too often, established players are involved without any counterbalancing input from the free software side."
Ordering Ubuntu on a Dell Laptop
(2009-04-13 15:33:43)
Red Gecko: "What could be easier than ordering a machine directly from Dell with Ubuntu pre-installed? Everything will work out of the box, and I should be able to unwrap it, plug it in, and off I'd go."
Back In Time - easy, schedulable backup utility
(2009-04-13 16:03:43)
Vadi's Web Forum: "Enter Back In Time. Available for both Gnome and KDE, it is well-maintained, featuring snapshots, automatic backups, and a Ubuntu & Fedora repositories to install from."
Inkscape: one essential vector graphics application
(2009-04-13 17:03:43)
Free Software Magazine: "Inkscape is my vector graphics application of choice. It can do a wide variety of vector drawing tasks with relatively little effort. It uses the now-standard SVG vector format as its native format, and it has become very extensible through a simple "stream-based", language-agnostic scripting system."
Alex Brown: OOXML Revealed "JTC1 Procedures Were Rubbish" -- Sure Enough, Problems Surface
(2009-04-13 17:33:43)
Groklaw: "Alex Brown recently tweeted to Microsoft's Doug Mahugh the following about OOXML:
"OOXML=tought [sic] fights; revealed JTC 1 procedures were rubbish.""
Video ad winner does Linux no favor
(2009-04-13 18:33:48)
ZDNet: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and when the Linux Foundation announced a contest to produce a TV advertisement for Linux they meant well. It's just a shame the results don't end up doing Linux any favors. At all."
Could Google Be the Most Dangerous Company in the World?
(2009-04-13 18:33:48)
LinuxInsider: "Already, there have been instances in which the company has chosen what appears to be the evil response to a particular situation, either overtly or by omission. Should the government step in?"
Moblin Linux will boot in about 2 seconds
(2009-04-13 19:03:48)
It Runs on Linux: "Parallelized bloat is still bloat"
Killing the Roach: The Incredibly Illogical, Fundamentally Odious Billable Hour
(2009-04-13 20:03:48)
Standards Blog: "Both reviled and ubiquitous, the billable hour is the roach of the legal world -- Douglas McCollam, writing in the American Lawyer"
Ubuntu: How to send Text Messages with Skype for Linux
(2009-04-13 20:33:48)
Okabatology: "Skype is neither open source nor open-protocol - it is one of those applications that when you get used to, you hardly let go, however with the Skype API for Linux, you can integrate third party scripts, services and build applications for the Skype community."
Is Citrix's $500 Million Purchase of XenSource Paying Off?
(2009-04-13 21:03:48)
Datamation: "While pondering how a Sun-IBM or Cisco-VMware alignment would change the competitive landscape, it’s worth looking back to the last major virtualization deal for guidance: Citrix’s acquisition of XenSource."
Steve McIntyre re-elected Debian leader
(2009-04-13 21:33:48)
IT Wire: "British developer Steve McIntyre has been re-elected leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project (DPL) for 2009-10.
The contest for leader was a two-way affair this year, with McIntyre, who held the office in 2008-09, recontesting against Stefano Zacchiroli."
10 Individuals who have contributed the most to FOSS
(2009-04-13 22:03:48)
l2admin: "10. Rasmus Lerdorf
Rasmus Lerdorf is a Danish-Greenlandic programmer and is most notable as the creator of the PHP programming language."
Linux For Absolute Beginners: 3 Easy Ways to Test-Drive Linux
(2009-04-13 22:33:48)
LinuxPlanet: "You've been hearing about Linux and you're curious. Did you know you can try it out for free? That you can install it inside of Windows just like any Windows program, or that you can try it without installing it? Carla Schroder shows how in this new series for absolute Linux beginners."
Browser wars 2009: Firefox, Chrome, & Internet Explorer
(2009-04-13 23:03:48)
Cyber Cynic: "Now, many times when you read about reviews with benchmarks the differences, in real life, aren't really visible. That's not the case with Chrome vs. its rivals. If this was a NASCAR race, it would be beating them to the checkered flag by laps."
ULTILEX - The Ultimate Linux Experience version 3.0.0
(2009-04-13 23:33:48)
ULTILEX news: "ULTILEX stands for "Ultimate Linux Experience". This is a live linux CD compilation which in turn contains several live linux distributions. You can boot ULTILEX from CD/DVD and USB flash devices."
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