News Linux News for Oct 08, 2008:

Torvalds Talks About His Brand New Blog
(2008-10-08 00:05:11)
NetworkWorld: "We tend to think that everybody who's anybody in the tech world has a blog, right? Well, Linus Torvalds didn't have a blog, at least not until dipping his toe into the waters with this one -- "Linus' Blog" -- which launched last Thursday."

Become a Multimedia Pro With the Vector Linux Multimedia Bonus Disc
(2008-10-08 01:31:17)
Linux.com: "Many audio, video, and graphics professionals would like to make the switch to Linux, but don't want to deal with the hassle of figuring out multimedia on Linux or are scared off by the purported lack of such tools. I created Vector Linux Multimedia Bonus Disc (MMBD) to address this problem and perception. It's a complete multimedia creation and production system that contains hundreds of the best multimedia applications available on Linux."

Video: Greg Kroah Hartman on the Linux Kernel
(2008-10-08 03:01:17)
YouTube: "This talk describes the rate of development for the Linux kernel, and how the development model is set up to handle such a large and diverse developer population and huge rate of change."

Linux Robot - Watch This Space
(2008-10-08 04:31:17)
Linux Robot: "The device will initially have few inputs and outputs. It will support miniPCI, USB, Serial Console, CF card, GPIO or some other good method for controlling a relay board and some motors. The device will have 4 small wheels, maybe rubber [old mouse] balls instead and some ultrasonic sensors, 4, 6 or 8."

Linux Netbook Returns: Not Surprising, but Likely Avoidable
(2008-10-08 06:01:17)
OStatic: "jkOnTheRun reasons that this isn't terribly surprising. Considering the low price of Linux netbooks, and their rarity at larger retailers that might allow new users to "kick the tires," it seems that many new users leap, then look."

8 Ways to Maintain a Clean, Lean Ubuntu Machine
(2008-10-08 07:31:17)
Make Tech Easier: "Once in a while, you may want to do some maintenance on your Ubuntu machine and clean up unnecessary files that are chunking up large storage space in your hard disk. Here are 8 ways that you can use to clean up your Ubuntu:"

Mandriva 2009 RC2 ScreenShots, From the Install to the Control Panel
(2008-10-08 09:01:17)
Linux Dynasty: "For you Microsoft Windows Users, I think I feel I finally found a Linux OS that I can say that Windows users will use and not get confused..."

rsnapshot - Local/Remote Filesystem Backups Utility in openSUSE
(2008-10-08 10:31:17)
SUSE & openSUSE: "rsnapshot is a filesystem backup utility based on rsync. Using rsnapshot, it is possible to take snapshots of your filesystems at different points in time. Using hard links, rsnapshot creates the illusion of multiple full backups, while only taking up the space of one full backup plus differences. When coupled with ssh, it is possible to take snapshots of remote filesystems as well."

Mixing Windows and Linux: How Do You Manage Choice?
(2008-10-08 12:01:17)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "It's growing because in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) there are at least two distros that are seen as enterprise ready and suitable for the big time, and also because it's cheap, manageable, good for virtualization and it runs the software that many people want to use."

Installing Xbox Media Center (XBMC) On Ubuntu 8.04
(2008-10-08 12:31:17)
HowtoForge: "The Xbox Media Center (XBMC) is a media center application for Linux, Mac, and Windows that allows you to manage/watch/listen to/view your videos, music, and pictures. It has a nice interface, can be controlled from the desktop or a remote control or via its built-in web interface, and it can be extended by custom scripts."

IBM Brings 5GHz Chip to its Top-Selling Unix Server
(2008-10-08 13:01:17)
InfoWorld: "The Power 570, IBM's top-selling midrange server, is now available with a 5GHz Power6 processor, which was previously available only in IBM's high-end Power 595 system, as IBM targets customers who want to use its hardware for virtualization and server consolidation."

Dell Rivals Smallness of Apple’s MacBook Air, Asus With New Inspiron Mini 9
(2008-10-08 13:31:17)
Midwest Business: "Apple and Dell have both lived up to the challenge to create tiny and workable laptops that pack computing punch and yet are smaller, lighter and more portable for the on-the-go consumer."

Red Hat Looks to Mainstream Markets for Growth
(2008-10-08 14:01:17)
Computerworld: "Expanding Linux adoption beyond key vertical markets is an important driver for Red Hat's growth, which remains steady even as one of its strongest customer sectors, financial services, is getting hit hard by the U.S. crisis, the company's CEO, Jim Whitehurst, said Tuesday."

AMD to Spin Off Chip Fabs to Raise Funds
(2008-10-08 14:31:17)
LinuxWorld: "Advanced Micro Devices plans to split into two companies, one to design chips and one to make them, while two investment funds owned by the government of Abu Dhabi will contribute new capital..."

Examining the Compilation Process. Part 1.
(2008-10-08 15:01:17)
Linux Journal: "The students in this class were non-programmers who had been hired to receive bug reports for a compiler product. As Analysts, they had to understand the software compilation process in some detail, even though some of them had never written a single line of code."

.. so I got one of the new Intel SSDs
(2008-10-08 15:31:17)
Linus' Blog: "The kernel summit was two weeks ago, and at the end of that I got one of the new 80GB solid state disks from Intel. Since then, I've been wanting to talk to people about it because I'm so impressed with it..."

Video: Mastering IPTables, Part I
(2008-10-08 16:01:17)
Linux Journal: "Linux comes with a powerful firewall built-in, although the interface can be a little intimidating. This is the first in a multi-part tutorial on how to master basic and not-so-basic IPTables functionality and create the perfect firewall for your home network."

New Linux Broadcom Wi-Fi Drivers Arrive
(2008-10-08 16:31:17)
Cyber Cynic: "That used to be a commonplace experience, but over the years it's gotten much better. Unless, of course, you were using a laptop with a Broadcom chipset; then, chances were, you were in for some trouble."

The LXF Guide: Write a Perl module
(2008-10-08 17:01:17)
Linux Format: "Looking to make your Perl code more re-usable and easier to maintain? Juliet Kemp explains how to create, build and install your own Perl modules, and it's not as difficult as you might think..."

Hands On: How to Get More From Linux
(2008-10-08 17:31:17)
VNUNet: "Following the recent releases of two popular Linux distributions, Fedora 9 and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, we are looking at a couple of additional pieces of software you might want to install onto a fresh installation of either."

Does Linux Suck or is it Lusers Who Suck?
(2008-10-08 18:01:17)
IT Wire: "Statistics can hide a great deal of information. Especially the actual state of play in the consumer market."

Sidux Grows on You
(2008-10-08 18:31:17)
Linux.com: "Sidux, a relatively new desktop Linux distribution, is based on Sid, the unstable developmental branch of Debian. The developers strive for an easy-to-install and easy-to-use modern Debian derivative, and pride themselves on remaining true to the principles and values of the Debian project. Despite a few inconveniences, I like Sidux a bit more each time I use it."

Google Updates Photo Editor for Linux
(2008-10-08 19:01:17)
Desktop Linux: "Google has released a new Linux version of the popular beginner-level photography program, Picasa. Picasa 3.0 for Linux (beta) adds an improved collage tool, red-eye-out, watermark support, a retouch tool, and enhanced integration with Picasa Web Albums"

Why Mono and Samba Are Patently Different
(2008-10-08 19:31:17)
Open Enterprise: "Here's a very good question: why are people (including me) nasty to Mono, but nice to Samba?...To understand the principal difference between Samba and Mono, we need to explore what they do, and how they do it."

Using Iconv To Convert Character Sets On Linux And Unix
(2008-10-08 20:01:17)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, we're going to look at character conversion Since, if you looked at the picture in yesterday's bash script post, you probably noticed that a lot of the foreign characters came up looking like garbage. Ok; maybe not garbage, but certainly not in the way they were intended to be shown."

Upcoming PHP 5.3 Beefs up Security
(2008-10-08 20:31:17)
Computerworld: "PHP security guru Stefan Esser recently posted on some of the changes and important security issues that are likely to have significant effects for the everyday PHP coder (and user) with the release of the upcoming PHP 5.3."

Puppy Linux Live Trumps LinuxDefender In More Ways Than One
(2008-10-08 21:01:17)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "The one thing that blew my mind is that the download links for LinuxDefender Live don't even work any more...I knew they'd been swallowed up by BitDefender (or am I getting foggy and not remembering them always being under that umbrella? ;), but I had no idea that the entire project had been trashed."

Going to a Linux or Open-Source Show?
(2008-10-08 21:31:17)
Practical Technology: "The Linux Foundation recently announced that they’d be holding a new get-together, LinuxCon and a few days later IDG announced that they were transforming LinuxWorld into OpenSource World. My question: Will you be going to either one? Or, to any of the other major open-source shows like OSCon?"

Stallman vs. Clouds
(2008-10-08 22:01:17)
Linux Journal: "I respect Richard Stallman for the same reason I respect gravity. The man is a force of nature. He is like the iron core of the Earth: fixed, central, essential. So, when I read a story like "Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman", which ran in the Guardian last week, I take notice."

Linux for the Accountant?
(2008-10-08 22:31:17)
Enterpriser: "Your company's accounts department can migrate to the Linux platform, however let us take a look at findings of our survey of a typical accounting SMB, and then see the solutions offered by Linux."

True IT Tales of Horror: Crazed Wax Custodians Hold School District Hostage
(2008-10-08 23:01:17)
Linux Today Blog: "In part 1 of our little series, True IT Tales of Horror: Dave's Not Here we were introduced to the Precious Progeny Public School District, and learned that the combined efforts of IT staff, a teacher, and multiple administrative assistants are almost adequate to the task of ordering a laptop battery."

A Gentle Introduction to Routing
(2008-10-08 23:31:17)
LinuxPlanet: "To understand something in the networking world, you have to understand the problem it's trying to solve. Memorizing the configuration options for a certain routing protocol won’t help you until you understand what it’s really doing. This installment of Networking 101 is designed to be a gentle introduction into the world of routing issues and concepts, arguably the most interesting and important part of networking..."

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