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Infrastructure Linux News for Jun 29, 2009
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The pros and "conns" of Intel's ConnMan for Linux (Jun 29, 2009, 23:34)
ars Technica: "Intel has created a new network
management and configuration system for Linux called
ConnMan—but not everyone is pleased to see it challenge
NetworkManager. Ars looks at the pros and "conns" of the decision
to create the new software."
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Ubuntu: Still Popular? (Jun 29, 2009, 23:04)
Starry Hope: "As you can see, people are
blogging about Ubuntu far more often than other distros.
(We’d also like to note that a good amount of blog posts that
contain the word “fedora” are about the hat and not the
Linux distro)."
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Wireshark 1.2 Released With a Bundle of New Features (Jun 29, 2009, 22:34)
OStatic: "Popular network protocol analyzer
Wireshark released a major update recently that's chock full of new
features."
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Enable Surround Sound in Ubuntu Linux (PulseAudio) (Jun 29, 2009, 22:04)
Webupd8: "Here is how to enable more than 2
speakers (channels) in Ubuntu - PulseAudio:"
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The netbook belongs to Linux (Jun 29, 2009, 21:34)
IT Wire: "Why do Microsoft and vendors like
ASUS continue to push the line that Microsoft Windows is the
ultimate operating system for the diminutive ultraportable netbook
market? The Windows 7 plan for netbooks is fraught with limitation
and burdens. It's time to bring back the penguin."
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Slackware made easy (Jun 29, 2009, 21:04)
TuxRadar: "If you've ever wondered what it is
about Slackware that makes it so popular amongst Linux veterans,
read on for a bit of history, and hands-on installation guide, plus
some tips to help you get started..."
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Never reboot again with Linux and Ksplice (Jun 29, 2009, 20:34)
Cyber Cynic: "For some users, telecommunication
server/carrier grade administrators in particular even twice-a-year
reboots is twice a year too often and that's where Ksplice comes
in."
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EXT4, Btrfs, NILFS2 Performance Benchmarks (Jun 29, 2009, 19:04)
Phoronix: "Being the benchmarking junkies that
we are, we have set out to compare the file-system performance of
EXT4, Btrfs, and NILFS2 under Ubuntu using the Linux 2.6.30 kernel.
We also looked at how these file-systems compared to EXT3 and
XFS."
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Krut: screencasts made easy (Jun 29, 2009, 18:34)
Linux Magazine: "Need to whip up a quick
screencast? You might want to use Krut for the job. This
cross-platform screen recording tool has virtually no learning
curve, and offers a few useful features that can help you to create
high-quality screencasts with consummate ease."
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2 Minutes for Ubuntu Eye Candy! (Jun 29, 2009, 17:34)
Buntfu: "When taking a look at "CompizConfig
Settings Manager" in Ubuntu it can be a little overwhelming when
considering all the possible combinations available to us. Often
when you set up a couple effects, it seems that you rarely ever see
them, or they have to be self induced."
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KDE's Kontact vs. GNOME's Evolution: Best Personal Info Manager? (Jun 29, 2009, 15:34)
Datamation: "This basic fact was rammed home
for me when I recently switched from GNOME to KDE on my main
computer. I had little trouble learning my way around KDE, and I
continued to use many of the same programs, such as Firefox and
OpenOffice.org. But moving from GNOME's Evolution to KDE's Kontact
-- that unsettled me."
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Stealth Checking Xbox 360 Games With abgx360 and Nautilus (Jun 29, 2009, 15:04)
Ubuntugeek: "If you're like me, you've jumped
through a million hoops to get abgx360gui working. But you can only
get the command line interface working. No problem, we'll create a
script for Nautilus to easily launch abgx360 to check your Xbox 360
games."
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How to Completely Remove Mono on Ubuntu (Jun 29, 2009, 14:04)
Learning Ubuntu: "Why would you want to remove
all of Mono anyways? Well you could be paranoid like many others
because of the whole 'Microsoft could sue' thing, maybe you dislike
Novell, or you might find Mono too slow and unnecessary like
me."
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LiMux, How Linux Revolutionized Germany (Jun 29, 2009, 13:30)
ItrunsonLinux.com: "German city Munich got
itself into the American newspapers a few years ago when the city
council decided to start the project LiMux, aimed at gradually
banishing Microsoft programs from the town hall computers."
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6 Bash Productivity Tips (Jun 29, 2009, 12:09)
TuxArena: "Use !! Typing !! followed by Enter
will bring back and execute the last command (same as Ctrl+P
followed by Enter)."
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Webopedia Term of the Day: Journaled File System Defined (Jun 29, 2009, 10:38)
Webopedia: "A journaled file system is a file
system in which the hard disk maintains data integrity in the event
of a system crash or if the system is otherwise halted
abnormally."
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Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Updated (Jun 29, 2009, 06:32)
Debian News: "The Debian project is pleased to
announce the second update of its stable distribution Debian
GNU/Linux 5.0 (codename 'lenny')."
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Install Linux with InstaLinux.com (Jun 29, 2009, 01:39)
Ghacks.net: "Technically InstaLinux is really
just another way of doing a network installation. InstaLinux is a
web-based service that allows you to choose some of the specifics
of what you want on your installation and then it creates an ISO
image that will handle the network install specifics."
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