Infrastructure Linux News for Jul 09, 2009:

Why Google Chrome OS matters already, on Day 1
(2009-07-09 04:33:52)
Cyber Cynic: "At last. At long last, there's a real challenger to the Windows desktop, and its name is Google Chrome OS."

Turn off or limit the Recent Documents feature in Ubuntu
(2009-07-09 09:03:52)
Tips4Linux: " If you want to turn off the Recent Documents feature in Ubuntu, all you have to do is create a .gtkrc file in your home directory..."

Ubuntu Beats Windows 7 and Windows XP by a huge margin
(2009-07-09 10:33:52)
Flexense: "But, what about the operating system – which one of modern operating systems is capable of utilizing fast hard drives and multi-core CPUs most effectively?"

10 Reasons Why Chrome OS Is No 'Windows Killer'
(2009-07-09 12:03:52)
Datamation: ""Google Operating System To Smash Windows," predicts Sky News. "Google Drops A Nuclear Bomb On Microsoft. And It’s Made of Chrome," warns TechCrunch . "DOMINATE: GOOG PLOTS DEATH BLOW TO MSFT!" screams Drudge. Really? Based on what? Google's blog post?"

Did Microsoft force Asus to axe Linux?
(2009-07-09 12:33:52)
Guardian.co.uk: "Microsoft is right to warn about the danger of a serious monopoly in search because of Google's dominance. Its own revamped search engine, Bing, is a welcome addition and has some interesting features that should earn it more followers."

Organise your music with Picard
(2009-07-09 13:03:52)
TuxRadar: "Organising your digital music collection can be a Herculean effort. Yet when you have several gigabytes of tracks to sift through, your only chance of finding what you want to hear is if your music files are properly tagged."

The fun of legacy hardware
(2009-07-09 13:33:52)
Stubborn Tech Problem Solving: "I have an old embedded system that uses an SBC-MAX (pdf) board from Computer Dynamics. The unit was part of a vehicle monitoring system that used Windows 98 (one of many fundamental flaws in the design)."

Lian Li PC-A05N
(2009-07-09 14:03:52)
Phoronix: "Rather than pulling air into the chassis from the front and exhausting it at the rear, the Lian Li PC-A05N is designed to pull in the fresh air from the back of the ATX chassis and then the exhaust is at the front, which Lian Li engineers claim will deliver dramatically better performance."

VirtualBox 3.0: An easy way to mix and match operating system
(2009-07-09 14:33:52)
Computerworld: "If you want to tinker with multiple operating systems, VirtualBox 3.0 is fast and easy to use."

And Now Google Wants My Netbook Too
(2009-07-09 15:33:52)
Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "Instead of that cute little taskbar, there will be a constant stream of advertising crawling along enticing you to click and buy."

MySQL: Five More Dials To Turn
(2009-07-09 16:33:52)
Database Journal: "Last month we talked about some things to set and tune in a new MySQL database installation. We touched on connections, query cache, temp tables, session memory, and the slow query log. This second part in the series hits on some other very important things to tune in a new MySQL database."

Go Google Chrome OS! Just don't go too fast, too far
(2009-07-09 17:03:52)
Cyber Cynic: "But, do I really want a desktop operating system, Linux-based or not, which will need Google's online applications to run just as much as a car does gas? Eh... I don't think so."

5 Simple APT Tips for Debian and Ubuntu, Part II
(2009-07-09 17:33:52)
TuxArena: "Several months ago I created an article with 5 APT (Advanced Packaging Tool) tips for both Debian and Ubuntu available here. APT is the package manager in Debian and Debian-based distributions, like Ubuntu. Here's part two of that article, with 5 more tips and tricks for APT."

Kdenlive: A Video Editor in the Spotlight
(2009-07-09 19:03:52)
Linux Magazine: "Linux distributions strive to include all the useful applications that users will need, but a quality video editor has been lacking for quite some time. Now with KDE4 getting better and better, could an application like Kdenlive fill that gap?"

Mandriva Linux One 2009.0 (KDE)
(2009-07-09 21:03:52)
Desktop Linux Reviews: "So I snagged a copy of Mandriva Linux One (a free download) and thought I’d give it a whirl. I picked the KDE version as I wanted to spend more time playing with KDE."

Internet radio sites, music industry reach agreement over royalties
(2009-07-09 21:33:52)
LA Times: "Deal with SoundExchange allows webcasters such as Pandora to pay lower per-song royalties or a percentage of their revenue."

Copy Your Linux Install to a Different Partition or Drive
(2009-07-09 22:33:52)
Linux Journal: "If you need to move your Linux installation to a different hard drive or partition (and keep it working) and your distro uses grub this tech tip is what you need."

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