News Linux News for Sep 06, 2008:

Taming Linux Font Sizes
(2008-09-06 00:01:39)
Truesong Tech: "I recently set up Arch Linux (which is awesome, by the way) on my laptop, and noticed a bit of a problem... despite my resolution, 1680x1050, which usually makes fonts look tiny, all of my system fonts were huge."

FUD Warning: Microsoft Casts "GNU/Linux" as "Piracy"
(2008-09-06 01:31:39)
Boycott Novell: "Cherish the mercy of Microsoft. It prefers not to sue poor people."

Browse the Web in Konqueror Using Only the Keyboard
(2008-09-06 03:01:39)
All about Linux: "KDE Konqueror is much more than a file manager. It is also a standards compliant web browser. Here is a neat trick to surf the web sans the mouse - that is, using just your keyboard."

Has the Head of MySQL Left Sun?
(2008-09-06 03:31:04)
Cyber Cynic: "Many former CEOs in that position quickly quit and it sounds like Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL, will be the next to leave his company's new owner."

Two Repositories of Linux and Unix Commands and Example Dot Files
(2008-09-06 04:31:39)
All about Linux: "Or perhaps you are interested in learning tips and tricks on writing versatile dotfiles. Well, here are two sites which are dedicated to collecting useful tips so as to help Linux users better."

Downloading an Entire Web Site with wget
(2008-09-06 06:01:39)
Linux Journal: "If you ever need to download an entire Web site, perhaps for off-line viewing, wget can do the job."

Unique Sorting Of Lists And Lists Of Lists With Perl For Linux Or Unix
(2008-09-06 08:01:39)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Yesterdays post on sorting Perl lists and removing duplicates did end up being a bit heavy at the end, as I feared. I received my fair share of "here's how you can do it better" emails..."

Tap Into the Google Geocoder Web Service
(2008-09-06 10:01:39)
IBM Developerworks: "Explore the Google Geocoder Web service that takes a street address and returns data about that address including its longitude and latitude. In this two-part article series, you will combine it with the Google Maps API and XSLT to create data overlays for display in Google Maps and Google Earth."

Liferay: Performance Test of Liferay 5.1 Running on Linux
(2008-09-06 12:01:39)
Joomla! "I have performed a performance analysis of Liferay 5.1 running on Linux 2.6 operating system using an Intel Core2 Quad core CPU, Q9450...My objective has been to investigate the performance of Liferay serving a public facing, no-login, web site."

A Hands-on Overview of the Access Linux Platform
(2008-09-06 14:01:39)
ars Technica: "ALP is designed to maximize flexibility so that carriers and handset makers will be able to tailor it to their needs and provide some differentiation at various layers of the stack. Another major design consideration was the need to provide strong support for a multitude of form factors and handset designs."

Build Your Own iSCSI SAN Appliances With Linux, part 1
(2008-09-06 15:01:39)
Search Enterprise Linux: "Yet most companies need a SAN, because – in my opinion – it's probably the best way to avoid losing critical data when server storage crashes occur. You don't need to pay for a proprietary SAN appliance, because you can build your own SAN using open source software. In this four-part tip you'll learn how to set up such an appliance setup."

Setting up DRBD in an Open Source SAN: Open Source SANs, part 2
(2008-09-06 16:01:39)
Search Enterprise Linux: "As we established in part one of this series on open storage area networks (SANs), building an open source SAN provides a cost-effective alternative for companies with a tight budget. Now that we've established the merits and some of the important considerations in creating open source SANs, we'll explain how to set up the Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD) service, which allows for replicated storage in a SAN."

Adding Heartbeat to Your Open Source SAN: Open Source SANs, part 3
(2008-09-06 17:01:39)
Search Enterprise Linux: "Heartbeat is a monitoring tool that will help you to make the most of your SAN by catching problems before they interfere with your productivity. Part three of this four-part tip shows you how to install a Heartbeat cluster in an open source SAN."

Centralized Access With iSCSI Wraps it up: Open Source SANs, part 4
(2008-09-06 18:01:39)
Search Enterprise Linux: "If you've read the three previous parts of this tip, you should now have two servers running and a Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD) available between them. The iSCSI target service will draw the two servers and DRBD together to create a fully functional SAN."

10 Open Source Companies to Watch
(2008-09-06 19:01:39)
Network World: "The decision is no longer a question of open source, but about what product is best at solving computing problems regardless of how it was built."

Selling GNU/Linux in a Box
(2008-09-06 20:01:39)
Linux.com: "Eight years ago, computer stores stocked a choice of GNU/Linux distributions -- established ones like Caldera, Red Hat, and SUSE, and newcomers like Corel, Progeny, and Stormix. Now, only Ubuntu and openSUSE offer box sets, and both face challenges that other distributions found unsolvable..."

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