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News Linux News for Oct 07, 2008:
Ubuntu Multiple Terminals With Screen
(2008-10-07 00:05:11)
Computing Tech: "It is both curious and sad that many Linux veterans have not heard of the screen command. Curious because they needlessly go to extra effort to replicate what screen takes in its stride and sad because they are missing a powerful tool that would benefit them greatly."
Developers: Legal Tips for Young Players - Record Keeping
(2008-10-07 01:35:11)
Brendan Scott's Weblog: "Small and medium enterprises typically have poor record keeping processes. Without records, it can be very difficult to prove any point you're trying to establish - especially if the other side has kept their own (self serving) records."
Shell Script To Access The International Thesaurus!
(2008-10-07 03:05:11)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today's Linux/Unix bash shell script is follow-up in our (must-almost-be-ending) series of posts on Linux and Unix Bash shell scripts to keep you from having to switch to your browser ;)"
Klikit-Linux 0.1-9RC2 ScreenShots
(2008-10-07 04:35:11)
Linux Dynasty: "I just found this Linux Distribution today and I figured why not and support Klikit by posting there Screenshots here. I hope you guys enjoy. Klikit-Linux is based on the latest stable release of Kubuntu."
APNIC Box - Linux on a Mikrotik 532a, Part 3 - Installing Debian, Prebuilt Disk
(2008-10-07 06:05:11)
Adam's Tech Talk: "In this part, I’m going to provide a download link to a prebuilt image which you can write directly onto your own CF card with dd or similar tool. I'm also going to provide a step by step to installing debian yourself without my prebuilt disk image."
Installing Adobe AIR 1.1 For Linux Beta On Ubuntu 8.04
(2008-10-07 07:35:11)
HowtoForge: "Adobe AIR is a technology that lets you run Internet applications on the desktop. With AIR you do not need a browser to run such desktop applications."
The Wallpapers That Should Make Their Ways to Intrepid Ibex
(2008-10-07 09:05:11)
Quick Tweaks: "No more discussion on the new wallpaper that is probably going to be ported with the next version of our favorite OS that is going to be released on 30th October, 2008. Everyone agrees that the default wallpaper sucks!"
Clean up Your Filesystems With fslint
(2008-10-07 10:35:11)
Linux.com: "Over time you might start getting multiple copies of the same file, soft links that point to files that no longer exist, temporary files that have been hanging around longer than they should, and binaries that have been installed and not had their debugging information stripped out. fslint can help you find these troublesome files so you can clean up your filesystem."
Open Source vs. Proprietary Intranet Software, Part 3
(2008-10-07 12:05:11)
Intranet Journal: "An organization's choice of either an open source or proprietary intranet software solution must be based on its own specific needs and resources -- not on what others are doing or saying. What worked for one company might not necessarily work for yours..."
The Bizarro Steve Jobs
(2008-10-07 12:35:11)
Eye of the Needle: "Stories about Steve Jobs invariably tag him with words like mercurial, feisty, secretive and charismatic. Kallasvuo is none of those."
Watch TV With Linux
(2008-10-07 13:05:11)
The Linux Distillery: "In our modern, and busy, world the separation between home computers and home entertainment systems is fast fading. Linux makes it a cinch to build your own PVR, allowing you to watch, pause and record live TV broadcasts."
link fixed--ed.
What Wall Street Can Learn From FOSS
(2008-10-07 13:35:11)
IT Wire: "The way I see it, Wall Street could learn a few other lessons from FOSS, lessons that will help in the long term, lessons that will avoid a repeat of the crisis."
10 Handy Productivity Tools in Linux
(2008-10-07 14:05:11)
The Daily Artisan: "Conduit is an awesome syncing application for GNOME. It can help you synchronize your personal information like files, photos, notes, emails, contacts, calendar data among many other things. You can also use Conduit to synchronize that data with another computer, an online service, or even another electronic gadget."
Tip of the Trade: LDAP Master Server Problems
(2008-10-07 14:35:11)
Serverwatch: "LDAP allows you to have a master+slave server setup, with automatic failover in case of problems or just to spread the load. This has obvious advantages, but it can hide problems with the master server."
Interview: Gentoo's Berkholz and Gaffney Look Ahead
(2008-10-07 15:05:11)
OStatic: "I recently got the chance to talk with Gentoo Catalyst/Genkernel Release Engineering Lead Andrew Gaffney and developer/council member Donnie Berkholz about Gentoo Linux, the challenges it is facing, and the work that is being done by the community -- from veteran developers to new users -- to overcome them."
ODF Alliance Awards: Do You know an ODF Hero?
(2008-10-07 15:19:53)
Standards Blog: "The purpose of the award is to recognize the contribution of individuals or entities in promoting ODF adoption, the mission of the ODF Alliance. Here's how you can help! Nominate an individual or entity you work with closely or someone you have observed who stands out as a leader in the ODF community."
First Look: Latest Fedora and Ubuntu Betas Really Shine
(2008-10-07 15:35:11)
ars Technica: "These betas, which offer users an opportunity to get an early look at the functionality that will be included in the next major versions, are already highly polished and showcase the growing maturity of the desktop Linux software ecosystem."
Finally a Big-Name Backer for Linux
(2008-10-07 16:05:11)
reHASHplus: "The problem with Linux is that the backers of Linux distributions tend to be small little companies or at least not really famous ones. Funny names like Red Hat, Mandrake and Ubuntu don't help, either, not to mention "difficult to understand" business and profit models."
Setting Up Your New Computer - Beginner User
(2008-10-07 16:35:11)
Linux Loop: "Today, I have a tutorial for anyone new to Ubuntu who has just gotten a machine with Ubuntu, either from Dell or from any other manufacturer. These are the things I would consider doing as a new user getting his or her first PC with Ubuntu"
Fun Way To View Logs With logstalgia
(2008-10-07 17:05:11)
LinuxHaxor: "But if you are looking to make your server monitoring a lot more interesting (besides using woopra), you should definitely try out "logstalgia". Also known as "ApachePong", it displays apache access log as a retro arcade game-like simulation in real time."
Is .NET on Linux Finally Ready?
(2008-10-07 17:35:11)
InternetNews: "Even though Mono 2.0 is compatible with Microsoft's .NET 2.0, it's not in full compliance with the latest .NET releases from Microsoft. The Mono effort is important as it is intended to enable .NET (define) applications to run on Linux."
Free, Professional Music Production: A Linux Introduction
(2008-10-07 18:05:11)
Royal HeHe2-ness: "Metal music may not be exactly everyone's cup of tea but if there's anything we could all agree on, it's an extremely intense, technically complex and physically demanding style of music -- A perfect guinea pig for pushing an audio production suite to its limits."
Changing Operating Systems Requires a Change in Mindset
(2008-10-07 18:35:11)
IT Wire: "Most Windows users are quite happy to find out about some software that they want, go to a website, download it and install it. Or buy it on a CD/DVD and install it from that media. However, this approach usually doesn't work that well in Linux."
7 Days of M1530: First Impressions
(2008-10-07 19:05:11)
Linux Loop: "It's been four days now since I got my Dell XPS M1530 pre-installed with Ubuntu. You can see the unboxing pictures here. While I am not ready for a full review, I am ready to give some first impressions. Here is what I have noticed so far:"
10 Power-Saving Myths Debunked
(2008-10-07 19:35:11)
InfoWorld: "how can you be certain that the power-saving strategies your company has adopted are, in fact, the best ones? After all, there are plenty of myths out there about saving energy that are patently false. In this report, we examine 10 such myths and bring the truth to light."
CERN Fires Up Massive Grid
(2008-10-07 20:05:11)
Grid Computing Planet "The grid combines the computing resources of more than 100,000 processors from 140 institutions in 33 countries, creating a massive distributed supercomputer that will provide more than 7,000 physicists around the world with near real-time access to LHC data and the power to process it, CERN said."
Microcontrolling on the Cheap With Arduino and Linux
(2008-10-07 20:35:11)
LinuxPlanet: "Rob Reilly introduces us to the revolutionary and accessible new world of inexpensive microcontrollers, open hardware, and development environments that run on Linux. Unleash your inner mad scientist with these inexpensive yet sophisticated tools."
Canonical Confirms MSI's Linux Return Rate Statement
(2008-10-07 21:05:11)
OSNews: "He claimed that the unfamiliarity of people with Linux was the culprit. This claim sparked some serious discussion around the net, but now MSI's statement is being repeated by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu."
pt. X: the Window
(2008-10-07 21:51:34)
OSNews: "If you were to ask people of a technically inclined nature who 'invented' the window, or where it first appeared, I'm sure you would get a lot of answers along the lines of Xerox PARC or Apple, and some might even be educated enough to come up with Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the mouse, and one of the driving forces behind the Online System (NLS). I will get to Englebart later, but I want to focus on someone else first."
LinuxWorld is Dead. Long Live Open Source World!
(2008-10-07 22:05:11)
Netstat -vat: "As I had predicted earlier this year LinuxWorld is no more. Well not quite. LinuxWorld the big Linux show that occurs ever year in San Francisco is morphing into a new show called OpenSource World."
AMD Radeon HD 3300 / 790GX
(2008-10-07 22:35:11)
Phoronix: "Now though AMD's top-end IGP is 790GX Chipset with Radeon HD 3300 graphics. We have been testing an AMD 790GX motherboard from Elitegroup Computer Systems for the past several weeks and today we are delivering our Linux benchmarks of this newest AMD integrated graphics processor."
NPX-9000 UMPC is Inexpensive but Underpowered
(2008-10-07 23:05:11)
Linux.com: "The wave of cheap netbooks, mini laptops, or ultra-mobile PCs has crested with the cheapest yet, the NPX-9000 from Carapelli. Though it was announced in July with great fanfare at a price of £65 (or $110), it has yet to appear on the vendor's Web site. But we got our hands on one of the first units to escape from the factory and put it through its paces. We found that you get what you pay for -- if that."
Venezuela Acquires One Million Classmate Laptops in Deal With Portugal
(2008-10-07 23:35:11)
Free Software in Latin America: "The agreement includes the creation of a factory in Venezuela to build the computers. The Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Socorro Hernandez, reported that Portugal will deliver 500,000 computers during the first and second quarter of 2009."
Asus Reports Virus Loaded Into Eee Box PCs
(2008-10-07 23:47:11)
Network World: "Asustek Computer's Japanese arm has alerted owners of its new Eee Box low-cost desktop PC that the machine shipped with a virus."
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