News Linux News for Nov 10, 2008:

Networking Change Causes Distribution Headaches
(2008-11-10 02:03:03)
LWN.net: "A seemingly innocuous change to the networking code that went into the 2.6.27 kernel is now causing trouble for various distributions...Unfortunately, if the problem is not addressed, some users may never be able to download a fix because their TCP/IP won't interoperate with some broken equipment on the internet."

Unix And Linux Humor - Cult Satire
(2008-11-10 06:03:03)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Notes from some recent archeological findings on the birth of the UNIX cult on Sol 3 are presented. Recently discovered electronic records have shed considerable light on the beginnings of the cult. A sketchy history of the cult is attempted."

Linux Boots in 2.97 Seconds
(2008-11-10 10:03:03)
LinuxDevices: "Japanese embedded Linux house Lineo has announced a quick-start technology that it claims can boot Linux in 2.97 seconds on a low-powered system. The technology appears similar to but much faster than Linux's existing "suspend-to-disk" capability."

Hotmail Does Work--Badly--With Linux
(2008-11-10 13:03:03)
Cyber Cynic: "Linux-Watch has reported that at least one Linux user was unable to use the newly redesigned Windows Live Hotmail. Other Linux desktop users have also reported problems with the new Hotmail."

Using Your Linux Computer As A UPnP AV Server (Part 3)
(2008-11-10 13:33:03)
Makeuseof: "By setting your Linux computer as a UPnP AV server, you will be able to access your collection of music, photos and videos that reside in your computer wherever you are within the house."

The Pain-Free Guide to Switching Linux Distros
(2008-11-10 14:03:03)
TechRadar: "Switching to a different distro means formatting at least part of your hard disk and starting again with configuration of your system. It could also wipe out all of your personal files, depending on how your disk is partitioned."

You Can Have Your Computer and Save Money, Too
(2008-11-10 14:33:03)
Newsday: "Because of the weak economy, I thought it might be a good idea to put together some money-saving ideas and see where that got us. I was surprised. If you're happy with plain-vanilla everything, you can probably save about $800, some of that on a recurring basis."

Russia and Cuba Unite Against Microsoft
(2008-11-10 15:03:03)
Open...: "Recently, Russia announced that it was pushing Microsoft out of its schools in favour of open source. Now, it's going even further by joining with Cuba to write free software that can be used instead of Microsoft's products in other areas:"

New Old Netbook
(2008-11-10 15:33:03)
Invalid Object: "But I couldn't help thinking abou the old Sony VAIO in my junkpile. It had a fantastic 12-inch LCD, and I had an unused wireless-G card to stick in it. It only weighed three pounds, too. And, although it only had 192 MB of RAM, it should be able to do almost anything a netbook could do."

The Top 10 Greatest Geeks of All Time
(2008-11-10 16:03:03)
IT News: "You won't find any smooth-talking chief executives or business masterminds who built computing empires on this list (that comes next week). These people are the geek's geeks. They are the truly magnificent eggheads that worked their magic on the most basic levels, from invention and development to silicon and command lines."

Researchers Hijack Storm Worm to Track Profits
(2008-11-10 16:33:03)
Washington Post: "A single response from 12 million e-mails is all it takes for spammers to turn annual profits of millions of dollars promoting knockoff pharmaceuticals, according to an unprecedented new study on the economics of spam."

Expresso Livre: Community/Government Free Software Collaboration in Latin America
(2008-11-10 17:03:03)
Free Software in Latin America: "This contrasts with the culture in the north which is traditionally about keeping information secret, guarding knowledge, spending millions of dollars on licensing and spending even more on patent lawyers who use the force of law to keep information and knowledge private."

When Device Support Goes Beyond Drivers
(2008-11-10 17:33:03)
OStatic: "I've been doing some thinking since writing about kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman's statement that Linux supports more devices than any other operating system. Readers made some good comments, and after some time spent wrestling with my (yes, supported) webcam, I can venture an additional suggestion as to why it doesn't always seem that way, beyond Kroah-Hartman's theory of a non-supported device becoming "personal.""

Video: The Origins of Linux - Linus Torvalds
(2008-11-10 18:03:03)
YouTube: "Linus Torvalds, the creator of the operating system phenomenon Linux, tells the story of how he went from writing code as a graduate student in Helsinki in the early 1990s to becoming an icon for open source software by the end of the decade."

How Two of the World's Largest Websites Use Linux for High Availability
(2008-11-10 18:33:03)
The Linux Distillery: "Pop quiz: you have a web site and you want it to be popular. It must scale to tens, hundreds of thousands, even millions of visitors. It has to be snappy and responsive. What server platform will you host it on? Here’s what two of the world's most popular sites - Wikipedia and Digg - went with, and it wasn't Windows."

Time to Take OpenSolaris Seriously?
(2008-11-10 19:03:03)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "What is OpenSolaris? In two words: either Solaris Evolved or Solaris Linux."

An Interview With The "Dilbert" Cartoonist Scott Adams
(2008-11-10 19:33:03)
New Yorker: "Scott Adams is the genius behind the comic strip "Dilbert," and behind every genius is a stalker, lurking in a crawl space. I like to think that each of our readers is like that stalker: hungry, semi-naked, and scratching at an itch that doesn't exist. I'm almost choked up now."

Could Mepis Have Been Ubuntu?
(2008-11-10 20:03:03)
Datamation: "But once I discovered SimplyMepis (also known as Mepis), I found that Knoppix was simply too time consuming. I enjoyed Mepis for a while, though I ended up moving to Ubuntu due to stagnation in Mepis development."

Linux Software Installation Myths
(2008-11-10 20:33:03)
Cyber Cynic: ""...when installing programs becomes as easy as Windows then Microsoft will be in trouble...." Ah, hello, it's actually easier to install software in Linux than it is in Windows.

50 Must-Have Open Source Tools for Security
(2008-11-10 21:33:03)
Datamation: "The area of open source security software is growing rapidly, with a cornucopia of apps for every use: anti-spam, firewalls, forensics, encryption, log monitoring, passwords – the list is growing even as you read this."

Sun Expands 'Open' Storage Line
(2008-11-10 22:03:03)
Wall Street Journal: "Sun Microsystems Inc. is making another move to expand its small position in data storage, as the computer maker continues to take advantage of the "open-source" movement that has shaken up parts of the industry."

Fedora 9 -- the Live CD ... and Why It's Not Working Out
(2008-11-10 22:33:03)
Click: "I first tried the live CD on my Dell desktop. It booted, but not after the usual Fedora disc access errors, which take up a minute of time before the disc boots and then seem to have no effect whatsoever on subsequent loading and performance of the OS and applications."

How to Not be a Shamefully Bad Time Server Abuser
(2008-11-10 23:03:03)
LinuxPlanet: "LinuxPlanet classics: The folks who run NTP servers are generally providing a free service, so it's rather crass to repay their kindness with thoughtlessness when you're setting up your own NTP clients. Carla Schroder shows how you can be smarter than famous big commercial vendors and set up your timeservers the right way."

Problems with Penetration Testing
(2008-11-10 23:33:03)
Security Watch: "Penetration testing is as popular as ever, yet it continues to miss the mark. As a means of validating the security of an application system, it fails miserably on several counts."

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