News Linux News for Aug 09, 2008:

Fitness Tips for Chair-Bound Computer Users
(2008-08-09 01:04:07)
LinuxInsider: "If the only part of your body that's subjected to a real workout every day is your brain, it might be time to consider strategies for getting the rest of you moving. Other health issues aside, a lack of physical activity can have a detrimental effect on mental performance."

IBM Reconfigures Lotus Foundations for Linux
(2008-08-09 03:04:07)
PC World: "The repackaging makes the middleware easier and cheaper to install on Linux PCs and free desktops from Microsoft software, IBM said. The easy availability of collaboration tools could trigger businesses to switch to Linux..."

Creating Simple Virtual Hosts With mod_mysql_vhost On Lighttpd (Debian Etch)
(2008-08-09 05:04:07)
HowtoForge: "This guide explains how you can use mod_mysql_vhost to create simple virtual hosts on a lighttpd web server on Debian Etch. With mod_mysql_vhost, lighttpd can read the vhost configuration from a MySQL database. Currently, you can store the domain and the document root in the MySQL database which results in very simple virtual hosts."

Earl on Video
(2008-08-09 09:04:07)
wolfgang.lonien.de: "As some of you might know, I opened the European ZaReason store this year. ZaReason is a company which is well known in the free software world, at least in the US, because it builds machines and sells them pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux."

Mom Nature Wins Again
(2008-08-09 13:04:07)
Linux Today Blog: "As powerful as all this cool technology is, it's also fragile, as I learned yet again today. A storm blew in and it was a doozy- high winds, machine-gun rain, lightning, and thunder that felt like it was RIGHT HERE. What can the mighty Linux and FOSS machine do in the face of Mother Nature pitching a little fit? Not a darned thing. They're not even relevant."

Lawyer's Funny AntiLinux FUD Turns Out to be Not So Funny
(2008-08-09 15:35:30)
Groklaw: "I put this article from Law.com's Legal Technology page, "Commentary: The Penguin Doesn't Fly, Avoid Linux" in News Picks because I found it hilarious, in the Rob Enderle kind of way. But then I thought I'd look up the author on Google, and lo and behold, I find he said something that appears to be not exactly true. I'm not talking about the FUD stuff. I'm talking about his assertion that he couldn't get any answers to a request for help from Mandriva Forum:"

Use LiquiBase to Manage Hands-free Database Migration
(2008-08-09 17:04:07)
IBM Developerworks: "Databases are often out of sync with the applications they support, and getting the database and data into a known state is a significant challenge to manage. In this installment of Automation for the people, automation expert Paul Duvall demonstrates how the open source LiquiBase database-migration tool can reduce the pain of managing the constant of change with databases and applications."

What If China's Orwellian Olympics Succeeds?
(2008-08-09 21:04:07)
Internet News: "China is employing an unprecedented level of state-of-the-art digital technology to suppress media freedom. For the sake of humanity, let's hope Beijing's Orwellian IT experiment fails."

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