News Linux News for Sep 13, 2008:

How-To: Compile and Install Wine 1.1.4 in Ubuntu 8.04
(2008-09-13 00:02:13)
Linux Weekly: "Ubuntu 8.04 comes with Wine 0.9.59, which is already pretty old. In the meantime, the latest development version of Wine is 1.1.4, which was released on September 5, 2008. In order to compile Wine from source and install it on Ubuntu, you will only need to follow several easy steps I list below:"

The Open Source Principles of Participation
(2008-09-13 01:32:13)
Raiden's Realm: "One of the greatest and most destructive beliefs in the open source community is that "Because I'm not a programmer, I can't participate in an open source project." Let me be the first to tell you that if you believe that, you're wrong. Dead wrong."

Elisa - Open Media Center, Multimedia Player For openSUSE Linux
(2008-09-13 03:02:13)
SUSE & openSUSE: "Elisa is an open source cross-platform media center connecting the Internet to an all-in-one media player. While primary development and deployment platform is GNU/Linux and Unix operating systems, elisa also currently support Microsoft Windows."

Share a Keyboard/Mouse Between Multiple Computers With x2x
(2008-09-13 04:32:13)
Linux Journal: "If you have multiple computers on your desktop there are a number of scenarios for using them...Use x2x, the solution we'll examine here, to share the keyboard and mouse between systems."

Installing memcached And The PHP5 memcache Module On Debian Etch (Apache2)
(2008-09-13 06:02:13)
HowtoForge: "This guide explains how to install memcached and the PHP5 memcache module on a Debian Etch system with Apache2. memcached is a daemon that can store objects in the system's memory (e.g. results of database queries) which can speed up your web site tremendously."

Panel: Open Phones are More Vulnerable
(2008-09-13 10:02:13)
ARN: "If a developer can load software on a device, a hacker can load software on a device," said Mark Kominsky, CEO of Bluefire Security Technologies."

IP Camera Designs Run Linux
(2008-09-13 14:02:13)
Linux Devices: "TI is offering Linux camera application source code and free codecs with two new IP camera reference designs based on its RISC/DSP SoCs. The Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) model handles widely variable lighting, while a Video Content Analytics (VCA) model targets video analytics processing applications."

Top 10 Ways to Save PC Computing Energy
(2008-09-13 16:02:13)
DeviceGuru: "According to an online survey conducted by the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, 55 percent of 7,274 respondents don't take advantage of their PCs' power management functions, such as suspend/resume shut-down options and performance profiles."

British Embedded Show Features Linux
(2008-09-13 18:02:13)
LinuxDevices: "There is no extra charge for the BYOES event, and participants can build and take home their own Beagle-based embedded system."

Video: Hacking a Voting Machine
(2008-09-13 19:02:13)
Make: "I am not suggesting you try this, but I am suggesting you question the reliability of these systems."

Linux and Unix Humour - Wisdom For The Ages
(2008-09-13 20:02:13)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "One test is worth a thousand opinions."

Custom Checks and Notifications for Nagios
(2008-09-13 22:02:13)
Linux Journal: "So, rather than beating a dead horse, (with sympathy to horse lovers) I decided to continue the Good and Lazy Administrator Theme and discuss extending Nagios with custom service checks and custom notifications."

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