O'Reilly Webcast: Everything You Wanted to Know About Drupal but Were Afraid to Ask
(Nov 20, 2008, 11:33 UTC) (58 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
O'Reilly Media: "Join us for this free live webcast:
Everything you wanted to know about Drupal but were afraid to ask; Presented by Jeff Eaton and James Walker, authors of "Using Drupal"

Hardening The Linux Kernel With Grsecurity (Debian)
(Nov 20, 2008, 10:03 UTC) (233 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "Security is based on three characteristics: prevention, protection and detection. Grsecurity is a patch for Linux kernel that allows you to increase each of these points."

Mounting Xen Virtual Machine Storage on Physical Hosts
(Nov 20, 2008, 08:33 UTC) (365 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
SearchEnterpriseLinux: "In the event that something happens to a Xen virtual machine (VM) that prevents you from starting it, it's a good practice to have the virtual machine storage back end mounted in the Linux file system of the Xen-based server. By doing so, you'll be able to repair the VM quickly and painlessly. In this tip, I'll cover how to do this for physical devices that are used as storage back ends."

Ulteo Unveils the First Open Source Virtual Desktop
(Nov 20, 2008, 08:03 UTC) (546 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ulteo: "Following its commitment to desktop virtualization solutions, Ulteo, an Open Virtual Desktop Infrastructure company, announced today that they were releasing the first installable version of their Open Virtual Desktop solution for enterprises."

Phoronix 2008 Linux Graphics Survey
(Nov 20, 2008, 07:03 UTC) (475 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Phoronix: "This year we're hosting the survey again to allow the development community to get a better understanding of the video hardware in use, what open-source and closed-source drivers are being used, and other relevant information."

Bash Cable, Dish and Local TV Listings Script For Linux Or Unix
(Nov 20, 2008, 05:33 UTC) (363 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "For this week's Monday Linux/Unix bash shell script continuation, we're following up on our script from last week. If you liked that one, please revisit last week's cabletv.sh script, as this one introduces some features which (while nice) introduce a bit of extra run time. This week's improvements include making the script output more readable..."

Authenticate Linux Clients with Active Directory (Technet)
(Nov 20, 2008, 04:03 UTC) (597 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LWN: "Microsoft's Technet Magazine has a lengthy article on authenticating Linux clients with Active Directory. "Originally, Linux (and the GNU tools and libraries that run on it) was not built with a single authentication mechanism in mind. As a result of this, Linux application developers generally took to creating their own authentication scheme."

Book Review: C Programming: A Modern Approach by K. N. King
(Nov 20, 2008, 02:33 UTC) (853 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Free Software Magazine: "A good starting point for learning is K N Kings popular book "C Programming: A modern approach", published by Norton, which has just reached its second edition and hence worthy of a new review."

Tip: Simple Regular Expressions For Reviewing Log Files
(Nov 20, 2008, 01:33 UTC) (711 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "LinuxPlanet Classics: With a few simple regular expressions you can quickly search your logfiles for problems, nasties, and even good news. These regexps are also useful for all kinds of text searches"

On Feedback
(Nov 20, 2008, 01:03 UTC) (337 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
jonobacon@home: "This has been something on my mind for a long time - how can we see the great many interconnecting lines between different parts of community. In effort to make progress this area, I have worked closely with my team to build some metrics to understand our community."

iBGP: Synchronizing the Internet
(Nov 20, 2008, 00:33 UTC) (448 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "Last week in our classic Networking 101 series we learned about Border Gateway Protocol, the networking protocol that powers the Internet. This week Charlie Schluting leads the dive into iBGP-- Internal Border Gateway Protocol-- to learn how to connect all those BGP routers together, and how to route between thousands of computers without going nuts."

Good (Linux) Things on the Horizon
(Nov 20, 2008, 00:03 UTC) (1152 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Jamie's Random Musings on Video IM: "We seem to be in a particularly good period for Linux at the moment. We've recently gotten the Mandriva 2009.0 and Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex releases, and both of them seem to be very good. There will be a number of new releases coming in the next few weeks, as well:"

Bash One-Liner Script To Produce Somewhat-Fancy Output Of Who's Logged In
(Nov 19, 2008, 23:33 UTC) (710 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today we're going to shoot out a quick one liner script that can come in handy from time to time. It doesn't fall under the "necessary" category (or, maybe not even the "useful" one ;), but it's nice to have for those times when you just don't feel like doing any extra typing or expending the effort required to separate the wheat from the chaff on a screen full of garbage output."

First Interplanetary Internet Test Completed
(Nov 19, 2008, 23:03 UTC) (523 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
NASA: "NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking, or DTN, to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about 20 million miles from Earth."

The Green Penguin - Where Does Your E-Waste Go?
(Nov 19, 2008, 22:33 UTC) (453 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Journal: "What happens frequently is that a less-than-reputable outfit will pack your e-junk onto a container and ship it off to a developing country with lax environmental and labor laws, where it will wreak havoc on the environment and poor people."

Book Review: American Nerd
(Nov 19, 2008, 22:03 UTC) (427 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Slashdot: "This book seemed to have potential, particularly since the image of nerds has changed in recent times. Once objects of derision and schoolyard bullying, nerds are now acknowledged as having a place in society. The Lord of the Rings became a multi-million dollar movie trilogy, the internet is now used by an incredible number of people, and computer games are no longer seen as being 'just for kids.'"

Why Free Software is a Con-Trick
(Nov 19, 2008, 21:33 UTC) (1386 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Open...: "The key to a con is not that you trust the conman, but that he shows he trusts you. Conmen ply their trade by appearing fragile or needing help, by seeming vulnerable."

Will Flash Ever Be a Standard?
(Nov 19, 2008, 21:03 UTC) (1122 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Developer Network: "Yesterday, I caught wind of some good news. It was the kind of good news that is immediately good for me and ultimately good for Linux. It was announced by MLB Advanced Media, major league baseball's online division, that video on MLB.com would no longer be delivered via Microsoft's Silverlight format but instead with Adobe Flash technology."

kerneloops.org Records its 100,000th Oops
(Nov 19, 2008, 20:33 UTC) (754 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LWN: "Today, just a few days short of the first anniversity of the project, the kerneloops.org database of oopses and warnings has passed the 100.000 stored oopses/warnings."

Patent Hassles for OpenMoko
(Nov 19, 2008, 20:03 UTC) (996 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LWN: "When users asked about what was going on, the answer that came back was: "The short story is that we are in a protracted battle with some patent trolls. Google for Sisvel."

Will Microsoft Build Native Mac and Linux Tools?
(Nov 19, 2008, 19:33 UTC) (1038 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Builder.au: "If the future is in Microsoft's online services why isn't the company building native tools for Mac and Linux developers?"

Answers Trickle Out as Spammer Networks Remain Compromised
(Nov 19, 2008, 19:16 UTC) (1063 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Washington Post: "At about 4:30 p.m. Eastern time last Tuesday, the volume of junk e-mail arriving at inboxes around the world suddenly plummeted by about 65 percent...But when McColo was taken offline by its Internet providers, so too were all of the botnet control servers located there, security experts said."

Microsoft, Novell See Profits in Partnership
(Nov 19, 2008, 19:03 UTC) (469 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
InternetNews: "Two years ago, Microsoft and Novell inked a landmark deal on patents and Linux-to-Windows interoperability. According to Microsoft and Novell, it's a deal that has shown dramatic momentum in its second year, with a triple digit percentage increase in customers for a total tally of more than 200 customers."

Reiser Seeks to Appeal - Says Lawyer 'Hates Me'
(Nov 19, 2008, 18:33 UTC) (940 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
SFGate: "Hans Reiser, the computer programmer who admitted to strangling his estranged wife, is trying to appeal his conviction and sentence on the grounds of ineffective assistance from his lead attorney."

Unplugging The World's Biggest Spam Host-- Temporarily
(Nov 19, 2008, 18:16 UTC) (1078 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
A number of stories have been published in the past few days about McColo getting shut down. Reportedly, worldwide spam volumes dropped significantly. McColo then got back online briefly, but was again disconnected due to public pressure.

Unjustifiable Criticism of Richard Stallman by Linus Torvalds
(Nov 19, 2008, 18:03 UTC) (2689 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
Free Software Magazine: "A recent attack piece against Richard Stallman was written by Linus Torvalds on the eve of Obama's election. Black and white by Linus Torvalds."

iPhone Applications for the Linux User
(Nov 19, 2008, 17:33 UTC) (690 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "The iPhone and iPod Touch haven taken the mobile market by storm. Apple's AppStore is full of interesting applications that take advantage of the two devices's capabilities. But what's in there for Linux users? Sadly, GTKPod and Amarok cannot yet transfer files on an iPhone with the 2.x firmware upgrade, but there are other interesting ways your iPhone can interact with your Linux desktop and even servers."

Should You Use Twice the Amount of Ram as Swap Space?
(Nov 19, 2008, 17:16 UTC) (2919 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
NixCraft: "Now, many admins (both Windows and Linux/UNIX) follow an old rule of thumb that your swap partition should be twice the size of your main system RAM. Let us say I've 32GB RAM, should I set swap space to 64 GB? Is 64 GB of swap space really required? How big should your Linux / UNIX swap space be?"

SECURITY: Liability for Software When Life is at Stake
(Nov 19, 2008, 17:03 UTC) (753 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
BoycottNovell: "With roughly 320,000,000 zombie PCs out there, how can any sane person put Windows in mission-critical settings like a hospital? Well, that's just what some people do."

Exciting Features For Ubuntu 9.04
(Nov 19, 2008, 16:33 UTC) (2750 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Phoronix: "If all goes according to plan, the first alpha release for Ubuntu 9.04 (the Jaunty Jackalope) will be released tomorrow. It's not even been one month since the release of Ubuntu 8.10, but this first alpha release will show early signs of what we can expect to see in this next Canonical-sponsored release..."

The Extremely Vocal Desktop Linux tinority
(Nov 19, 2008, 16:16 UTC) (1068 reads) (13 talkbacks) (feedback)
IT Wire: "Neither Ubuntu nor any other brand of Linux is ever going to make it as a mainstream desktop operating system. Listen to a roar of protests from some of the millions of Linux desktop users around the world. Very loud they are but in the scheme of things their numbers are tiny - they are a tinority."

5 Reasons I Like Linux (And 5 Why I Dislike It)
(Nov 19, 2008, 16:03 UTC) (1476 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
Shantanu's Technophilic Musings "Light on Resources: I must say that Linux is what still keeps my more than 3 years old laptop running in a prim condition with the latest and greatest of everything from technology stand-point as well as eye-candy stuff."

Dell and Staples Launch Computer Recycling Program
(Nov 19, 2008, 15:33 UTC) (590 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Direct2Dell: "Beginning today, any Dell-branded equipment can be dropped off for recycling at any of 1500 Staples stores in the United States for free recycling."
Link fixed--ed.

The Linux Licensing Labyrinth
(Nov 19, 2008, 15:03 UTC) (569 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxInsider: "The land of open source software is awash in an often confusing array of various licenses and rules regarding what is and is not allowed once someone has written a piece of code. It's enough to scare some vendors away from FOSS altogether, and that can be a problem when it comes to creating open source drivers. Fortunately, some vendors are coming around."

GNOME.Asia Summit 2008 Report
(Nov 19, 2008, 14:33 UTC) (377 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
17Lamp.net: "The first ever GNOME.Asia Summit was held at the Beihang university, Beijing, China, from October 18th to 19th, 2008. The GNOME Foundation was the organizer of GNOME.Asia Summit in collaboration with Sun Microsystems, Beijing Linux User Group (BLUG) and China OSS Promotion Union (COPU)."

Linux Mint 6 RC1 ScreenShots and Review
(Nov 19, 2008, 14:03 UTC) (1274 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Dynasty: "I must say Linux Mint seems to always impress me with every new release. In this release Linux Mint has brought to us a new software manager called MintInstall, which allows you to browse the Mint Software portal offline, see screenshots that are available per package, and much more. Linux Mint has also brought you MintNanny, which allows you to control what domains are blocked."

Novell Releases GroupWise 8
(Nov 19, 2008, 13:33 UTC) (955 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet: "Novell has released a new version of GroupWise, its answer to Microsoft's ubiquitious Outlook/Exchange collaboration suite."

Linux: For All Things Great and Small
(Nov 19, 2008, 13:03 UTC) (694 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IT Wire: "Most of us get a chance to see Linux in action at the desktop or single server level. Some of us use Linux on mobiles and other little gizmos without even realising that the penguin is doing the lifting."

The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal: Two years later
(Nov 19, 2008, 12:33 UTC) (1187 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
InfoWorld: "Two years ago this month, Microsoft forged its controversial partnership with Novell that, among other things, had the two companies agreeing not to sue each other over intellectual property issues, in part to protect Suse Linux users over any patent litigation from Microsoft."

MSI GeForce 9800GT 512MB
(Nov 19, 2008, 11:03 UTC) (837 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Phoronix: "AMD is now providing same-day support with all new products, CrossFire on Linux, OverDrive, and many other recently introduced features. NVIDIA and AMD are nearly at a feature parity and even in the past two months they both released new video APIs for Linux (PureVideo / VDPAU and X-Video Bitstream Acceleration, respectively) and they are now battling it out on Linux over performance."

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