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News Linux News for Nov 07, 2008:
Filenames by Design, Part Two
(2008-11-07 00:05:14)
Linux.com: "The first article in this series showed ways to use the names of files and directories as a simple database -- to organize collections of data and find them quickly from either a GUI menu, from a program, or from the command line."
Linux Gnome Nautilus: "Add Open Terminal Here" Right Click Menu Option
(2008-11-07 00:35:14)
nixCraft: "Question: How do I open a shell prompt or gnome-terminal at the current location while browsing directories and files via nautilus file manager? I'd like to see Open Terminal / Prompt here option added to my right click menu."
Using IPv6 On Debian Etch
(2008-11-07 01:05:14)
HowtoForge: "This document describes how you can configure a Debian Etch system for IPv6 so that a) it can connect to other IPv6 hosts and b) other IPv6 hosts can connect to it. IPv6 should become more important in the future as recent estimates assume that there will be no more IPv4 addresses left by 2010 or 2011. Therefore it's time time to learn IPv6."
Warning: Ubuntu/Arch Linux Slowdown? Check Your Swap
(2008-11-07 02:35:14)
The Linux Hardcore: "Well, djsroknrol posted on The Linux Hardcore Forum about having a few issues with his Ubuntu install. After a bit of investigation, he realised that even though he had created and enabled a swap partition, it wasn't listed in /etc/mtab."
Five Tweaks for Your New Ubuntu Desktop
(2008-11-07 04:05:14)
Lifehacker: "This morning, though, we're taking a more nuts-and-bolts look at changes you can make to your newly-installed system to make it faster, reliable, and more enjoyable from the inside out. Read on for five tweaks that any Ubuntu user (or Linux user in general) should consider making to get started on the right foot."
The Terminal: Navigation
(2008-11-07 06:35:14)
That Linux Guy: "Now that we’ve learned all about the terminal and what it can do, we’re going to start using it and begin showing off the power of it. We’ll use the pwd, cd and ls tools to move around and and list directory contents, and we’ll also take a look at the file and less tools."
Top 10 Best Cheat Sheets and Tutorials for Linux / UNIX Commands
(2008-11-07 08:05:14)
nixCraft: "Cheat sheet act as a reference tool which provides cut and paste kind of commands to complete a specific task. I often recommend following set of best cheat sheets to students and IT professionals. It include Linux / UNIX command and shell scripting."
Improvements in GNOME 2.24 and Ubuntu 8.10
(2008-11-07 09:35:14)
Bizarre Linux: "It'll be really hard for me to keep track which feature was done by which, so I'll post GNOME 2.24 and Ubuntu 8.10 as one. How is it hard? Well, I used to think that most of the things in Ubuntu were done by GNOME, but I was proven wrong when I looked deeply into the progress of Ubuntu 8.10 from alpha to final."
Open Source in Consumer Electronics: What, Why and How
(2008-11-07 11:05:14)
DSP Design Line: "This article looks at the motives behind open source, explains where open source is (and isn't) succeeding, and reveals Texas Instruments' thinking on Linux and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA)."
Dell Offering White Spaces Connectivity With Future Laptops
(2008-11-07 12:35:14)
tgDaily: "Dell said it will be adding a new option for wireless connectivity in future laptops. The company plans to install radio chips that will be capable of connecting to the unused U.S. television spectrum referred to as White Spaces."
What Outsourcers Can Learn from Open-Source Communities
(2008-11-07 13:05:14)
CIO: "Yet a closer look from open-source software developers and industry analysts reveals that enterprises using outsourcing for their programming needs could stand to learn some management and process techniques from the open-source community."
More Touch-Screen Machines Malfunction
(2008-11-07 13:35:14)
Mercury News: "If more evidence was needed to explain why California has mostly abandoned touch-screen voting, Santa Clara County provided it this week. Fifty-seven electronic voting machines for the disabled malfunctioned Tuesday and could not be replaced for hours, despite requirements that they be available in each precinct."
link fixed--ed."
SCO Bankruptcy Filings -- Is SCO Resurrecting the Name Caldera?
(2008-11-07 14:05:14)
Groklaw: "We need to take a quick break from the Bilski series because there are a number of filings in the SCO bankruptcy, including a notation in one filing that seems to indicate that SCO is considering resurrecting the name Caldera International. Take a look at this, Exhibit D [PDF], attached to Dorsey & Whitney's 9th monthly application for compensation. On page 9, we see two notations:"
SanDisk Claims Hundredfold Speed Boost for Flash
(2008-11-07 14:35:14)
OSNews: "Instead of resorting to things like delaying all writes until shutdown and storing them in RAM, SanDisk claims it has a better option. At WinHEC yesterday, the company introduced its Extreme FFS, which it claims will improve write performance on SSDs by a factor of 100."
Barack Obama Proves the Power of Open Source
(2008-11-07 15:05:14)
Michael Tiemann's blog: "It would be a bit of a stretch to claim that Barack Obama won the 2008 election because his website ran open source software while John McCain's ran on proprietary software. But what is not a stretch at all is that Barack Obama's campaign built a powerful synergy between grass-roots politics and grass-roots technology, while presenting what many consider to be the most disciplined campaign of any candidate in modern history."
ReactOS 0.3.7 Released
(2008-11-07 15:35:14)
OSNews: "The ReactOS team has released version 0.3.7 of its Windows NT compatible operating system. This release along with the rest of the 0.3.x series is still considered alpha quality software."
Available Now: KDE 4.1.3
(2008-11-07 16:05:14)
Softpedia: "The KDE community announced yesterday (November 5th, 2008), in a press release, the immediate availability of the third maintenance of the K Desktop Environment, one of the most popular desktop managers, also known as KDE. The new release, KDE 4.1.3 (dubbed Change), ships with numerous bugfixes, some translation updates and many performance improvements."
Upcoming Fedora 10 Release Has Style and Substance
(2008-11-07 16:35:14)
OStatic: "I have not seriously sat and looked at a Fedora release since FC2. As Fedora's new release started to take shape, I was hearing a lot of positive things -- comments about how good it looked, and how fast and solid it was. It seemed the right time to overcome the mental block I'd developed, and see what the fuss was about."
DRM Firmware Adopted by Mobile Linux Stack
(2008-11-07 17:05:14)
LinuxDevices: "A Tokyo-based vendor of embedded security technology says its DRM product will be ported to Access's Linux stack for mobile devices. Discretix says its Content Protection for Recordable Media Client offers software-based protection for music, video, and other premium content on SD cards and mobile handsets."
Microsoft 'Interested' in Open Source Browser: Ballmer
(2008-11-07 17:35:14)
Techworld: "Microsoft has given its most ringing endorsement of open source Web browsers to date with chief executive officer Steve Ballmer not ruling out adopting such technology as an alternative to its own popular Internet Explorer, saying it is "interesting".
More Quick Ways To Find CPU Bottlenecks On Linux
(2008-11-07 18:05:14)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "This post will be different from yesterday's in that we'll be focusing on specific CPU-related commands you can use, in a time of crisis (or, perhaps, just a long, drawn-out eternity of soul-crushing boredom ;), to determine if the CPU(s) on your machine are at the fore of whatever problems your system is having."
Sugar-Coated Fedora LiveCD Gives A Taste of the OLPC XO
(2008-11-07 18:35:14)
OStatic: "Last Thursday, the OLPC Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the availability of the Fedora Sugar Spin LiveCD. This release incorporates the Sugar Desktop Environment in to a Fedora liveCD."
Firefox 3 Soldiers On As Firefox 2 Prepares Its Exit
(2008-11-07 19:05:14)
OStatic: "In October, Mozilla witnessed a surge in Firefox 3's market share as it continued its plan to decommission Firefox 2 -- and the Gecko engine that powered it -- before the end of December."
Speeding Up DNS Access In Regions With Very Low Infrastructure
(2008-11-07 19:35:14)
HowtoForge: "Let's say you are on an expensive satellite link that can barely provide enough bandwidth for your company's Internet access and you will want to do whatever you can to get as much as possible out of this link. Moreover, occassionally you lose power from the utility company, long enough for your UPS to run out."
Kid3 - Opensource ID Tagger to Edit mp3 & Other Media Files
(2008-11-07 20:05:14)
SUSE & openSUSE: "Kid3 is a free opensource tool to easily tag multiple MP3 files (e.g. full albums) without typing the same information again and again and allow you to control and edit ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags. It’s one of those things I started doing so enthusiatically and then give up after a few tracks and finally this should help me get around this."
50 Amazing Ubuntu Time-Saving Tips
(2008-11-07 20:35:14)
TechRadar: "If you've never tried Ubuntu, there's never been a better time to dive in. If you're already a convert, read on to discover how to get the best from your installation."
From the Desktop: Fishing for Trout, Catching a Marlin
(2008-11-07 21:05:14)
LinuxPlanet: "LinuxPlanet Classics: This was originally published on LinuxPlanet Dec. 18, 2000, though it could be brand-new, as these same old anti-Linux arguments are being recycled yet one more time. And just in time for the holidays! Read on to learn how Brian Proffitt artfully demolishes the "It's not even an operating system, it's just old technology cobbled together" nonsense."
Why Microsoft is Running Scared of Linux
(2008-11-07 21:35:14)
Cyber Cynic: "In the past, Microsoft wouldn't have sweated this kind of flop. "What can users do?" they'd say. "Move to Linux or Macs? Ha!" That was then. This is now."
Is Smolt the Key to Counting Linux Users?
(2008-11-07 22:05:14)
InternetNews: "Linux users are not an easy bunch to profile or to count. Many Linux users download the operating system for free and never perform any kind of systems registration to enumerate their hardware.
That's where Smolt may be able to help fill the gap."
How Linux Helped Chickens, Environmentalists, and a Pirate!
(2008-11-07 22:35:14)
Royal HeHe2-ness!: "The most outrageously great was the "chicken sitter." Gordon Smith of Lakewood, CO, wanted to do a "useful project." Save the chickens!"
From Firefox to Fennec: Mozilla Has Surprises In Store
(2008-11-07 23:05:14)
OStatic: "With this in mind, and for several other reasons, I think many people are underestimating the impact Fennec will have as a mobile browser. Here is why."
Gollem: A Web-Based File Manager for Back-end Data
(2008-11-07 23:35:14)
Linux.com: "Such lightweight and universal access is the promise of Gollem, a file manager that runs in your Web browser. With it you can connect to and manage your files on a WebDAV, FTP, or traditional filesystem or SQL database.
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