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News Linux News for Dec 01, 2008:
Linux Foundation Certifies All "Major" Distros as IPv6 Compliant
(2008-12-01 00:04:17)
OStatic: "The Linux Foundation announced this week that all "major" Linux distributions are now in compliance with the federal mandate by U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) that helps ensure the world won't run out of Internet addresses anytime soon."
Clone/Back Up/Restore OpenVZ VMs With vzdump
(2008-12-01 04:04:17)
HowtoForge: "vzdump is a backup and restore utility for OpenVZ VMs. This tutorial shows how you can use it to clone/back up/restore virtual machines with vzdump."
Upgrading to Trac 0.11
(2008-12-01 08:04:17)
Linux System Admins Blog: "The TracUpgrade official documentation describes this in detail, but unfortunately misses some important steps that can leave you with a broken trac environment while trying to upgrade."
Honeywell's Kitchen Computer remembered: The $62,550 machine no one bought
(2008-12-01 12:04:17)
The Register: "With the holiday spirit in mind, we return to the Computer History Museum in Googleton Mountain View for a very special edition of This Old Box."
Val Henson meets the Honeywell H316 Kitchen Computer
(2008-12-01 12:17:17)
Val Henson's Homepage: "Hello! It is 1969, and my wonderful husband has bought me a Honeywell Kitchen Computer to help me with my cooking! It is a $10,000+ status symbol from the Nieman Marcus catalog. It will replace my unwieldy and difficult to use recipe box. How I love my Kitchen Computer! And my husband!"
Intel Rethinks Netbooks: 'Fine for an Hour' But...
(2008-12-01 13:04:17)
Nanotech - The Circuits Blog: "Intel is re-evaluating the Netbook market as possibly not The Next Big Thing. This from the company that makes the Atom processor and accompanying silicon that go into most of the Netbooks sold today."
6 of the Best Lean Linux Desktop Environments
(2008-12-01 13:34:17)
LinuxLinks: For users and developers who want to run an attractive Linux desktop on older hardware, netbooks, or mobile internet devices, neither KDE or GNOME may be a viable option, as they run too slowly on low spec machines (such as less than 256MB RAM and a 1 GHz processor). This article seeks to identify the best lean desktops for Linux, for users that have old or even ancient hardware."
10 Mistakes New Linux Administrators Make
(2008-12-01 14:04:17)
TechRepublic: "But that nightmare doesn"t have to happen, especially when you know, first hand, the most common mistakes new Linux administrators make. This article will help you avoid those mistakes by laying out the most typical Linux missteps."
8 of 2008's Latest Linux-Powered Mobile Phones
(2008-12-01 14:34:17)
steaming open cup: "Now, have you ever wondered if the G1's the only phone that runs on Linux? There are actually more out there. Let's see if we can come up with 8 of the latest."
Ride the D-Bus, Control Your Linux Desktop From the Shell
(2008-12-01 15:04:17)
Foss Boss: "Many utilities nowadays are implementing D-Bus connectivity. It is especially interesting (well for me anyway) to script some GUI elements like for example my KDE-4 desktop from the command line. This would help automate some tasks and is cool anyways. Let's see how to begin talking on the D-Bus."
Atheros Wi-Fi goes open-source, Linux friendly
(2008-12-01 15:34:17)
Cyber Cynic: "However, although Atheros has been popular, they haven't always been friendly to open-source and Linux developers. That has been changing over the years and now, thanks to Sam Leffler, noted open-source developer, the HAL (hardware abstraction layer) for Atheros' ath5k and ath9k chip families."
First Dedicated Netbook Summit to be Held in Paris
(2008-12-01 16:04:17)
World Netbook Forum: "On December 1st, the first international conference dedicated to the Netbook market will be held in Paris at the Maison de la Chimie."
Proprietary Firmware and the Pursuit of a Free Kernel
(2008-12-01 16:34:17)
Datamation: "The GNewSense team was the first to point out that the Linux kernel contained proprietary firmware blobs, and that many kernel drivers depended on external proprietary blobs, and has dedicated itself to producing an operating system with all this material removed."
An Amicus Brief: Issues in the Cyberbullying Case That Affect You - Updated
(2008-12-01 17:04:17)
Groklaw: "I think when you read it, it will turn your hair white. It did me. In fact, I don't think it's overstating it a bit to say that unless this case is overturned, it is time to get off the Internet completely, because it will have become too risky to use a computer."
Microsoft Cuddles up to Open Source
(2008-12-01 17:17:17)
Linux Magazine: "Another model of transparency that Microsoft likes to present is OOXML, the open documentation standard, according to Sandra Schaefer, manager of interoperability strategy at Microsoft."
The 2008 Guide To Open Source Hardware Projects
(2008-12-01 17:34:17)
Wired: ""What is open source hardware? Briefly, these are projects that creators have decided to completely publish all the source, schematics, firmware, software, bill of materials, parts list, drawings and "board" files to recreate the hardware - they also allow any use, including commercial. Similar to open source hardware like Linux, but hardware centric."
The State Of The Tux3 File-System
(2008-12-01 18:04:17)
Phoronix: "Btrfs has received much of the limelight on Linux when talking about file-systems since it promises to compete with Sun's ZFS file-system and introduce several features not found in the commonly-used EXT3 and EXT4 file-systems. However, work on other Linux file-systems hasn't halted. EXT4 should be stable with the Linux 2.6.28 kernel and work on the Tux3 file-system continues."
Multimedia Support in Fedora 10
(2008-12-01 18:34:17)
Complete Dose of Linux Poison: "That doesn't mean you can't play .mp3 files in Fedora, it just takes a bit of work (not much).
Follow these instructions to get mp3 and other multimedia support on your Fedora 10."
Blocking Zombie Spam Netblocks
(2008-12-01 19:04:17)
BeginLinux: "You will need to have an iptables firewall and add this section to the firewall which will use the information found in the list to drop the subnets thus taking the load off your Postfix mail server."
Data Encryption and Ubuntu, Part III
(2008-12-01 19:34:17)
IT Wire: "In the previous article we looked at the basics of using PGP, creating and backing up PGP keys and using them to encrypt files locally. Now we'll look at how to send someone an encrypted email."
Cool Command Line Apps for GNU/Linux and other Unix Systems
(2008-12-01 20:04:17)
Internetling: "Even though I am a strong advocate of learning as much as you can about using the command line, I admit I like my GUI a lot (and Compiz of course :) ). The CLI can be really useful for repairing your system or just doing some task that takes far more clicks in the graphical interface."
Is IT Offshoring an Overhyped Myth?
(2008-12-01 20:34:17)
Datamation: "Jerry Luftman, the SIM VP of academic affairs and a professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, says the extent of offshoring is greatly exaggerated. Various parties have stoked fears of offshoring for their own purposes."
MySQL Founder Warns 5.1 Not Ready
(2008-12-01 21:04:17)
Linux Magazine: "MySQL founder Michael "Monty" Widenius warns in his blog against putting the current version 5.1 of the popular database package into production. He's critical of the release policy and fears that the product's quality may suffer."
HowSoftwareIsBuilt.com interview - Adam Williamson
(2008-12-01 21:34:17)
How Software is Built: "The biggest new feature is that we are using KDE 4 as the default desktop. We had a sort of testing version of it in previous releases, but it was more for playing around with than really using. For this version, KDE 4 is the default, so when users install, that’s what they will be using, out of the box."
New Computer Prize Draws Linux Fans to Raffle
(2008-12-01 22:04:17)
Blog of Helios: "Welcome to the first annual HeliOS Project Christmas Raffle. We have found that people are most inclined to support an effort when we do things like this. What a great way to support a project that both aids the Linux Community and the greater community as a whole."
Steam Linux on the way? Left 4 Dead carries Linux binaries
(2008-12-01 22:34:17)
ars Technica: "Though some will protest that its DRM system is detestable, Valve's Steam platform is by far one of the best compromises between publishers and gamers, and it's a key contributor to the overall health of PC gaming."
Linux on the iPhone: Penguin Poop in Apple's Walled Garden
(2008-12-01 23:04:17)
ars Technica: "An iPhone hacker has successfully ported the open source Linux kernel to Apple's popular mobile device. Although the port is still at a very early stage of development and currently only supports a slim subset of the iPhone's capabilities, it demonstrates the versatility of the Linux kernel and the ingenuity of iPhone modding enthusiasts."
Scottish Open Source Awards 2008
(2008-12-01 23:26:16)
Red Devil's Blog: "I WAS honoured recently to be asked to help judge this year's Scottish Open Source Software Awards and, if I am being honest, more than a little daunted by the task."
EFF to Fight Against Telecom Immunity in Tuesday Hearing
(2008-12-01 23:34:17)
Electronic Frontier Foundation: "On Tuesday, December 2, at 10 a.m., the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will challenge the constitutionality of a federal law aimed at granting immunity to telecommunications companies participating in illegal domestic surveillance."
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