News Linux News for Sep 05, 2008:

Windows Guy Tries Open Suse 11
(2008-09-05 00:02:56)
10 Minute Tech Guy: "I’ve wanted to see if I could walk on the Linux side for a while now. I wanted to see if I could really switch over and do all the things I need to do easily. So I decided to give it a try."

Smile and Say 'Cheese'
(2008-09-05 00:32:56)
LinuxPlanet: "Think of Cheese as a computerized version of those booths you step into in malls or fairs, the ones that happily take your dollars and spit out four small photos of you and whoever else you can cram in the small booth. That's pretty much the concept, but it's a lot less expensive to use and you can probably crowd more people around your Webcam."

Spam Blocking And Web Filtering With The Untangle 5.3 Network Gateway
(2008-09-05 01:32:56)
HowtoForge: "Untangle bundles common open-source applications for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network in one single Linux distribution."

Writing Plug-ins in Python
(2008-09-05 03:02:56)
IBM Developerworks: "One of the more popular examples of the use of plug-ins to extend an application is the Firefox plug-in community. There are Firefox plug-ins for Flash players, Web development, managing RSS feeds, and more."

Sorting Perl Lists And Removing Duplicates On Linux Or Unix
(2008-09-05 04:32:56)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, we're going to look a Perl list sorting. In this context, you can actually consider our lists as arrays if you prefer. I'm going to keep calling them lists because, in the end, it will most closely approximate what we will want to manipulate; a fixed list of numbers."

Ubuntu Netbooks: What Dell Can Learn From ZaReason
(2008-09-05 06:02:56)
Works With U: "But Dell can learn two key lessons from ZaReason, a small PC maker that specializes in Ubuntu systems."

Using Apache, Php and MySQL on Mac OS X Leopard
(2008-09-05 07:32:56)
DigitalBS: "Here is a quick tutorial on using Apache, PHP and MySQL on Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard. The good news is Apple has already taken care of installing Apache (version 2.2.8) and PHP (version 5.2.6) for you, you’ll just need to make a few tweaks in order to actually use it, MySQL (version 5.0.67) however will need to be installed, lets start with Apache."

The Power of Perception
(2008-09-05 09:02:56)
ServerWatch: "It certainly looks like people are still taking heed of the old adage that "No one ever got fired for buying IBM": One third of all server spending went to Big Blue in the last quarter, according to IDC's latest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker figures, giving it the largest share of the Unix market."

Google Chrome Won't Kill IE
(2008-09-05 10:32:56)
Internet News: "Some might argue that Chrome is an IE-killer, an arrow in Google's quiver headed straight for Microsoft's browser. I'm not one of them."

My First Linux Laptop is the Asus EeePC Netbook
(2008-09-05 12:02:56)
ZDNet: "I could probably put a keyboard into one of the USB slots, assuming I could find a Linux driver, but that sort of voids the advantage of its small size."

Open Source Software: Your Company's Legal Risks
(2008-09-05 12:32:56)
Linux Insider: "The granting of injunctive relief is significant, because it can force a company to stop using or distributing its software products and, therefore, significantly impact overall business functions."

Kick Linux To The Curb?
(2008-09-05 13:02:56)
Intranet Journal: "Recently I found myself presented with the possibility of switching to Apple's OS X. Keeping in mind that I already have a Mac in our home in the form of my wife's computer, the idea of me using it did get me thinking. What would it take for me to completely abandon Linux and return to the world of closed source operating systems?"

If You Knew Cash Like GnuCash Knows Cash
(2008-09-05 13:32:56)
Linux Magazine: "With GNUCash and a bit of discipline, you can quickly begin to manage your money and accounts for a variety of financial needs."

Amazon to Run G1G1 Starting in November
(2008-09-05 14:02:56)
OLPC News: "Now IDG News Service broke the news earlier today that Amazon will be running this year's Give 1 Get 1 program from late November until possibly the end of December."

Open Source Release Takes Linux Rootkits Mainstream
(2008-09-05 14:32:56)
The Register: "The art of burying invisible malware deep inside a Linux machine is about to go mainstream, thanks to a new open-source rootkit released Thursday by Immunity Security, a firm that supplies tools for penetration testers."

HP's 'End Run' Around Windows
(2008-09-05 15:02:56)
Businessweek: "A Skunk Works of engineers at the company is even angling to replace Windows with an HP-assembled operating system, sources say."

KDE Community Working Group Takes Care of the Community
(2008-09-05 16:02:56)
Linux.com: "If the rocky reception of KDE 4 has done anything, it has forced the KDE project to realize it needs to listen to users more closely. One of the first results of this realization is the new Community Working Group (CWG)."

Microsoft Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates Commercial
(2008-09-05 16:32:56)
YouTube: Yes folks, this is it, the new hip, cutting-edge, trendy face of Microsoft. -- ed.

Vista vs Linux -- Has the Penguin Got the Power?
(2008-09-05 17:02:56)
New Zealand Herald: "Linux versus Windows is the stuff of near endless controversy. Linux lovers trash Windows for being slow, unreliable, insecure and overpriced, whilst Windows bigots accuse Linux of being hard to use and clunky."

Interactive Map of GNU/Linux OS and FOSS
(2008-09-05 17:32:56)
Makelinux: This interactive map demonstrates the anatomy of the Linux operating system and popular Free/Open Source software applications.

Ten Tweaks For a New Acer Aspire One
(2008-09-05 18:02:56)
The Register: "Hands on Acer's smart Small, Cheap Computer, the Aspire One (AA1), is ready to go out of the box, but if you've opted for the Linux version and you're new to the open source OS, you may be wondering how to take charge of the little machine. Here are ten things to try."

Document Management With Epiware
(2008-09-05 18:32:56)
Linux.com: "Out of the many available open source document management packages, Epiware GPL is noteworthy because it includes project management features: if your work has to do with producing written matter, you can not only manage the documents themselves, but the development project as well."

A Java Developer’s Pythonic Experience
(2008-09-05 19:02:56)
Tech Source From Bohol: "Without hesitation, I said yes and not even thinking of how I'll do it. That time, I was biting my nails and learning deeper about Python. My first problem was the GUI...Tkinter."

"Olympics" Phone Runs Linux
(2008-09-05 19:32:56)
LinuxDevices: "China Unicom is distributing a Samsung Electronics phone that runs a mobile Linux stack from Mizi Research, a company that will soon be acquired by Wind River. Samsung's "Olympics" phone, also called the SCH-i859, is equipped with a Marvell PXA300 processor and a 2.8-inch touchscreen."

Online Sharing with Creative Commons
(2008-09-05 20:02:56)
BusinessWeek: "The Japanese Net entrepreneur Joichi Ito makes a case for free-content distribution on the Internet. Nine Inch Nails is an early adopter."

Google's Chrome, Mozilla, Explorer, Rendering Engines: Let the War Begin
(2008-09-05 20:32:56)
Free Software Magazine: "Apparently, the launch was accidentally “leaked” by a Google employee who was a little piggy fingered with the send button on his e-mail client."

Ubuntu Documentation in Shreds
(2008-09-05 21:32:56)
The Register: "An ambitious plan to smarten up the online documentation for Linux distro Ubuntu has ended in failure."

openSUSE 11.0: A Versatile Linux Server
(2008-09-05 22:02:56)
LinuxPlanet: "OpenSUSE 11.0 does a great job on the desktop, but it shines equally as bright in the server role. Everything you need to set up most any type of server comes on the OpenSUSE 11.0 installation DVD. The trick is narrowing down the options to the ones you'll really need."

A Graphical Representation of the Linux File Structure
(2008-09-05 22:32:56)
Geek2Live: "I hope that breakdown of Linux File Structure will help."

Editor's Note: Chrome Comic Books, Yugos, Our New Global Overlords
(2008-09-05 23:02:56)
Google's Chrome browser is the most revolutionary, transformative technology to ever hit the planet. It will end hunger, tame avarice and greed, and beat swords into plowshares. But plows are destructive, so they will be strictly ornamental and have pretty flowers growing over them.

What They're Using: Christian Einfeldt, Producer, the Digital Tipping Point
(2008-09-05 23:32:56)
Linux Journal: "The boxes to my left are the thin clients. If you look just over my right ear, you will see a silvery small computer between two black monitors. That's the computer on which I captured this photograph (Gutsy Ubuntu running on the ZaReason media box)."

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