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News Linux News for Nov 04, 2008:
Graphical Remote Control Desktops for Linux, part 2
(2008-11-04 00:04:01)
LinuxPlanet: "A. Lizard's in-depth howto on setting up secure remote graphical desktops continues with configuring secure Internet access: managing dynamic IP addresses, creating and managing SSH keys, configuring routers, and using Wake-on-LAN for added convenience."
Ubuntu 8.10 - All Hail new Network Manager
(2008-11-04 01:34:01)
The Register: "If you made the leap to Ubuntu 8.10 when it was released last week you may be scratching your head wondering what the fuss is about. The answer is that it might be a few days before you appreciate the small tweaks and overall streamlining in this release. Naturally, there are a slew of new and updated packages - GNOME 2.24, GIMP 2.6, and more - but much of what we love about 8.10 is more subtle."
Synchronizing Your Life
(2008-11-04 03:04:01)
Linux Journal: "Once upon a time, one computer was all you needed. All of your documents lived on that computer, or a stack of floppies or CD-Roms nearby, and nowhere else. Those days are gone, much like the one-car, one-TV, and one-iPod days."
Hugin: Create a Panorama Under Ubuntu Within 2 Minutes
(2008-11-04 04:34:01)
En plein dedan: "You've always dreamt of making panoramas of your holidays pictures. You've never done it cause you've never found the good software into Ubuntu or it was too complicated to set up? Me too. Until recently and the discovery of Hugin."
WFTL Bytes! for Nov 3, 2008
(2008-11-04 05:38:24)
WFTL Bytes!: "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Monday, November 3, 2008, with your host, Marcel Gagné. Today's stories uncover several conspiracies, including a Linux love/hate relationship, Windows payoffs, er, uhm, bribes, business needs, GNOME support, and award-winning content management."
Slideshow: Spread the Ubuntu 8.10 in Campus of China
(2008-11-04 06:04:01)
17lamp: "Some Ubuntu Fans arranged one meetup to spread the new Ubuntu 8.10 in QinDao University of China.
They setup many laptop with the new Ubuntu 8.10 Linux distribution."
TimeVault Simplifies Data Backup for Ubuntu Users
(2008-11-04 07:34:01)
Linux.com: "Because of these difficulties, some people decide not to back up data at all, and feel the pain when they accidentally delete the wrong file or their system crashes. TimeVault is a backup utility for Ubuntu that addresses these problems."
The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10)
(2008-11-04 09:04:01)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc."
Mono's SIMD Support: Making Mono safe for Gaming
(2008-11-04 10:04:01)
Miguel de Icaza's web log: "I believe we are the first VM for managed code that provides an object-oriented API to the underlying CPU SIMD instructions.
In short, this means that developers will be able to use the types in the Mono.Simd library and have those mapped directly to efficient vector operations on the hardware that supports it."
Federal Circuit Reins in Business Method Patents
(2008-11-04 11:04:01)
Freedom to Tinker: "The decision is surprising because the Federal Circuit has until recently been strongly in favor of expanding patent rights."
Asus (Re)Spins $200 Netbook
(2008-11-04 12:04:01)
LinuxDevices: "Netbook pioneer Asus will introduce a new version of its Eee PC (left) next year for just $200, says company president Jerry Shen. The company has also teamed up with Intel to launch a new website, intended to bring about the "world's first community-designed PCs.""
Innovation past and future: the Hidden Cost of Venture Capital
(2008-11-04 12:34:01)
Standards Blog: "If you hail from one of the hot beds of high tech - Silicon Valley, say, or (in my case) the Route 128/495 area of Massachusetts, you've doubtless heard the phrase "serial entrepreneur...But should this really be a compliment?"
3 Out of 10 Asus PCs Run Desktop Linux
(2008-11-04 13:04:01)
Cyber Cynic: "I don't get it. Why in the world are people reporting that seven out of ten Asus PCs is news. Hello. Wake up call. Nine in ten PCs, counting Macs as PCs, are already running Windows. The news, the real news, is that three out of ten Asus PCs are being sold with Linux."
5 Things Every Linux Adminstrator Knows
(2008-11-04 13:34:01)
Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "There are 5 things that every good Linux Administrator knows. Do you know what they are?
They are in no particular order of importance:"
Faces Behind Popular Programming Languages
(2008-11-04 14:04:01)
yabBlog: "After the popularity of Faces behind Popular Linux Distros, here's another article about faces behind popular programming language."
The Robot: Successful Installation of Debian onto the Alix 3c2 Board
(2008-11-04 14:34:01)
Adam's Tech Talk: "The Alix 3c2 main board arrived in good health and works well. On the underside is a 512MB CF card and an Atheros MiniPCI Wifi. I've soldered single core wire to the I2C bus pinout. GND, CLK, Data & +3v."
Bilski: What It Means, Part 1 -- Red Hat on What It Means for FOSS
(2008-11-04 15:04:01)
Groklaw: "First, in a simplified nutshell, here is what Bilski means to everyone: You can't get patents any more on a pure mental process. You can no longer patent a process that you can think through all in your mind. In other words, abstract ideas are not patentable."
FSF Releases New Version of GNU Free Documentation License
(2008-11-04 15:34:01)
FSF.org: "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the release of version 1.3 of the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL). This version of the license allows public wikis to relicense their FDL-covered materials under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) 3.0 license."
BD+ Busted - Blu-ray on Linux One Step Closer?
(2008-11-04 16:04:01)
Hardware 2.0: "A small group of dedicated researchers over on the Doom9 forum have successfully defeated BD+, the Blu-ray copy-protection system. This was the copy-protection mechanism that Richard Doherty, a media analyst with Envisioneering Group, claimed wouldn’t likely be broken for 10 years."
Examining Alternative Linux Distributions
(2008-11-04 16:34:01)
InformIT: "Have you tried the major Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora/RHEL, and OpenSUSE/SLED? Were they not quite right for your needs? The major distros are not the only game in town. Find out the good, the bad, and the ugly about three of the best-known alternatives to the "big" user distros."
What's Up With the GNOME Linux Desktop?
(2008-11-04 17:04:01)
InternetNews: "It takes money and it takes new ideas to build a better desktop, both of which are being raised by the open source GNOME Foundation. GNOME is one of the most popular Linux desktop GUIs and is included in nearly every Linux distribution."
Is a Political Endorsement Appropriate for a Technical Site?
(2008-11-04 17:34:01)
O'Reilly Radar: "A number of people have responded to my endorsement of Barack Obama with complaints that it is inappropriate for a tech publisher to publish on political issues. While most of the people responding to the post have either been supportive, or thoughtfully countered one or more of my arguments, a number of people have threatened to stop buying from O'Reilly as a result of my endorsement."
Healing the Rift Between Wikipedia and Creative Commons
(2008-11-04 18:04:01)
Open Enterprise: "There is an irony at the heart of the open content world: that the two biggest successes there -- Wikipedia and the Creative Commons movement -- cannot share content."
Open Source Alarm Clock Transcends the Nightstand
(2008-11-04 18:34:01)
OStatic: "Though it may not be as epically geek as the NetBSD toaster, there is a certain appeal to Chumby, the Linux alarm clock. The hardware and software are open and hackable, for the hands-on type."
States Stand Aside as Open Source Bandwagon Rolls By
(2008-11-04 19:04:01)
LinuxInsider: "While some state governments have explored the idea of using open source software in their systems, the same gripes continue to hold back its adoption: Quality, compatibility and security. Some states make use of open source, but all stop short of mandating its use."
Four Winning Ways to Monitor Machines Through Web Interfaces
(2008-11-04 19:34:01)
Linux.com: "Here's a look at several tools that let you monitor one or more servers from a Web interface.
Each tool has a slightly different focus, so we'll take them all for a spin to give you an idea of which you might like to install on your machine."
Ubuntu: What Exactly Does LTS mean?
(2008-11-04 20:04:01)
Shantanu's Technophilic Musings: "One of the main highlights of all the stories, news and reviews doing the rounds are that this is an LTS version. But many people, mostly those who are new to Ubuntu, and even a few who are already using it, are not sure what LTS really means."
Super Grub Disk To The Rescue!
(2008-11-04 20:34:01)
LinuxPlanet: "If you accidentally mangle your boot record and render your system unbootable, don't reinstall your operating system. Paul Ferrill shows how to rescue a non-booting computer with the Super Grub Disk, a sophisticated yet easy-to-use Free software application."
Don't Fear Big-Box Linux Development
(2008-11-04 21:34:01)
Information Week: "News of a new Linux graphics-server project called "Wayland" crossed my desk this morning. It got me thinking: are "big-box" open source vendors going to make individual programmers irrelevant?"
Really Simple Keyless Steganography For Linux And Unix
(2008-11-04 22:04:01)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today we're going to take a look at a topic that most people are probably familiar with to one degree or another. To use the dictionary definition, steganography is the art of "hiding a secret message within a larger one in such a way that others can not discern the presence or contents of the hidden message.""
ASRock G43Twins-FullHD
(2008-11-04 22:34:01)
Phoronix: "One of the motherboards to use Intel's G43 is the ASRock G43Twins-FullHD, which we happen to be looking at today. This motherboard that pairs the Intel G43 with an ICH10 Southbridge supports both DDR2 and DDR3 system memory and its video connectors include D-Sub, DVI-D, and DisplayPort."
Using Dnsmasq for DNS and DHCP Services
(2008-11-04 23:34:01)
Linux and Open Source: "Vincent Danen introduces an open source solution called dnsmasq, which provides both DNS forwarding and DHCP services for a small network or home office."
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