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News Linux News for Dec 09, 2008:
Five Good Programming Habits in PHP
(2008-12-09 00:05:31)
IBM Developerworks: "Just like any language, developers can write code in PHP that ranges in quality from truly awful to very good. Learn good programming habits that can help you bridge the productivity gap."
WFTL Bytes! for Dec 8, 2008: RIAA Slimes Sick Girl, Mandriva is Dying, Mandriva is Thriving
(2008-12-09 01:35:31)
WFTL Bytes!: "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Monday, December 8, 2008, with your host, Marcel Gagne. This is episode 35. Today's stories do not include a sad RIAA tale, but does talk about Google's open phone, an exploding open source cloud, yet another open cell phone OS, pay toilet Wi-Fi, Mandriva is either doing poorly or doing great, and how to fail your computing class."
When Linux Fails
(2008-12-09 03:05:31)
Tux Deluxe: "Jon is a wonderfully entertaining speaker, and not afraid of controversy. Showing a picture of a child in the African bush holding a "One Laptop per Child" laptop he said "I don't care about this kid"."
Marching Off to Cyberwar
(2008-12-09 04:35:31)
The Economist: "Attacks launched over the internet on Estonia and Georgia highlight the difficulty of defining and dealing with "cyberwar""
Our Guide to Building Your Own Online Distro
(2008-12-09 06:05:31)
TechRadar: "Wouldn't it be great if you could just click your way to a custom distro?
After all, most of the packages you will need are sitting on a well-connected web server somewhere..."
The Microsoftie Who Embraced the Dark Side (Open Source)
(2008-12-09 07:35:31)
Datamation: "Keith Curtis spent years as a Microsoft programmer. Then he quit and became deeply enthusiastic about source development. This is his story"
Tips: T-Mobile G1 - Getting the Most Out of the First 'gPhone'
(2008-12-09 09:05:31)
PDAStreet: "If you've recently upgraded to the T-Mobile G1, the first cell phone to use Google's Android operating system, here's a sweet collection of tips to help you get more out of it."
Five Essential Computer Forensics Tools
(2008-12-09 10:35:31)
Enterprise IT Planet: "What is interesting is the fact that the number that checked off the unknown box (that is, those that aren't sure if they were compromised or not) increased to 13 percent. This is still an overall lower figure if we were to assume that they were compromised, but really, IT security professionals ought to be aware if their organization is compromised or not."
The Future Of Cell-Phones Is Here
(2008-12-09 12:05:31)
Shantanu's Technophilic Musings: "My company had a video contest a few days ago (which yours-truly won by a handsome margin :). The topic was "Future of Wireless" as perceived by the employees but with the catch that it had to be done in just 10 seconds or less."
Administering MySQL Databases on the Web Using PHP
(2008-12-09 13:05:31)
WebReference: "Inserting new items into the database is remarkably similar to getting items out of the database. You follow the same basic steps: make a connection, send a query, and check the results. In this case, the query you send is an INSERT rather than a SELECT."
A No-Fly Zone to Protect Linux From Patent Trolls
(2008-12-09 13:35:31)
Forbes: "On Tuesday a consortium of technology companies, including IBM (IBM), will launch a new initiative designed to help shield the open-source software community from threats posed by companies or individuals holding dubious software patents and seeking payment for alleged infringements by open-source software products."
Sun May Surprise Its Critics
(2008-12-09 14:05:31)
Enterprise Storage Forum: "Much has been made of the precarious position of Sun Microsystems of late, but the company has much more time than its critics would have you believe"
Linux And Unix Internet User And Site Security - How Much Is Too Much?
(2008-12-09 14:35:31)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today's post is going to be about security on Linux and Unix, since we're building up to doing some work with CAPTCHA in the near future and need to keep ourselves awake and interested ;) To be more specific, today's post is going to deal with site, and user, security on the Internet (although you could apply these examples to various arenas). As we all know, maintaining a decent level of personal and professional site security on the Internet is possible to a degree."
Crooks Deliver Call Blizzards Via a Bug in Asterisk
(2008-12-09 15:05:31)
OStatic: "How would you like to be on the receiving end of thousands of scam phone calls in an hour? In an auto-dialing nightmare, that's exactly what's happening thanks to a bug in an older version of Digium's Asterisk"
Red Hat Bucks the Trend
(2008-12-09 15:35:31)
IT Wire: "At a time when most companies are happy if the balance sheet does not show any red ink, Red Hat Linux has bucked the trend. Its stock price leapt 32 percent last week compared to that a year ago, during a week when technology stocks overall fell by 2.6 percent."
Easier File Renaming With Renameutils
(2008-12-09 16:05:31)
Debian Admin: "Ever been faced with a collection of files that need renaming and nearly gone mad from trying to do it manually? Lots of typing mv, or lots of right click -> rename. Enter qmv, part of renameutils."
Vulnerabilities Play Only a Minor Role in Malware Spread, Says Researcher
(2008-12-09 16:21:37)
Computerworld: "Computer users are their own worst enemies, a security company warned today, as it released data that shows software bugs were the source of just 5% of the past year's infections."
Know When Your Drives are Failing, With Smartd
(2008-12-09 16:35:31)
Linux Journal: ""Ka-chunk... ka-chunk... ka-chunk... tick... tick... tick... Ka-chunk... ka-chunk..." That's just not a sound you ever want to hear coming from a hard drive."
Linux - Stop Holding Our Kids Back
(2008-12-09 17:05:31)
Blog of Helios: "The student was showing the ability of the laptop and handing out Linux disks. After confiscating the disks I called a confrence with the student and that is how I came to discover you and your organization."
Google's 'Active X' Alternative Works on Linux & Mac
(2008-12-09 17:35:31)
PC Advisor: "Google has released an ActiveX alternative that's designed to let website developers write more powerful applications that can work directly with an operating system, rather than having to be run through a browser."
Can We Get Some Better Telecom Shills Please?
(2008-12-09 18:05:31)
ars Technica: "If, in fact, I were to make such an argument, you would rapidly conclude that there are really only two possibilities: (1) I am a moron, or (2) I must think that you are if I expect you to find this persuasive."
First Ever Computer Mouse Demo (video)
(2008-12-09 18:35:31)
BBC News: "The first mouse that Dr Engelbart used in the demo at the Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) was made of wood and had one button."
20 Great Quotes From Richard M. Stallman
(2008-12-09 18:48:31)
Tech Source From Bohol: ""I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I would look back on years of building walls to divide people, and feel I had spent my life making the world a worse place.""
NimbleX Linux - 94% Satisfaction
(2008-12-09 19:05:31)
Dedoimedo: "Hey, why not 100%, you ask? Well, read on to find out.
On the surface, NimbleX is another Linux distribution, shipping as a live CD, meant to be used primarily as a live CD, with the optional installation. It is based on Slackware and designed to fit under 256MB to allow it to be used from small USB thumb drives."
10 Things Linux Does Better Than OS X
(2008-12-09 19:35:31)
TechRepublic: "It may sound strange, seeing as how OS X is based on a Linux variant and is widely considered to be the most user-friendly operating system available, but Linux does a number of things better than everyone's favorite iOperatingSystem. Before you shun the thought, read on. You might be surprised at your resulting opinion."
Open Source E-Books for Linux
(2008-12-09 20:05:31)
Daily Artisan: "Installation and Getting Started
"1. Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide
"2. Linux From Scratch
"3. The Easiest Linux Guide You'll Ever Read - An Introduction to Linux for Windows users"
Nmap Network Scanning (book review)
(2008-12-09 20:35:31)
Slashdot.org: "The main benefit of the buying the book is that it has the collected wisdom of Fyodor's, in addition to numerous real-world scenarios, and Nmap commands not documented elsewhere. At over 400 pages, the books 15 chapters provide the reader with everything they need to know about using Nmap to the fullest."
Magical apt-clone, Broken System Recovery
(2008-12-09 21:05:31)
FOSS Boss: "This week I'm going to play once more with my Nexenta installation that we completed in part1. This time around I am going to basically demo the integration the Nexenta folks have pulled mixing apt-get with ZFS file-system capabilities, resulting in transactional system upgrades, with multi-snapshots that makes system recovery a snap!"
New Releases Expand Splunk and Zenoss
(2008-12-09 21:17:31)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "Both products are must-haves and both are excellent examples of powerful open source offerings. Both also strike a good balance between fully open and fully closed source, offering the core functionality that works for smaller organizations completely free."
Hacking Linux : Programmers Test Themselves (What Are The Issues With Open Source Linux?)
(2008-12-09 21:35:31)
Hackingalert: "Many corporations use Linux as their server on the web as it is cheaper and easier to deploy. Its security is also better when compared to Microsoft operating systems. No wonder that network hacking tools for this open source operating system have proliferated in the last years."
A Response to "What Are The Issues With Open Source Linux?"
(2008-12-09 22:05:31)
LXer: "A point by point response to an article on Hackingalert.com entitled "What Are The Issues With Open Source Linux?" that hit our newswire yesterday."
HowTo upgrade from Debian Etch to Lenny
(2008-12-09 22:35:31)
MDLog:/sysadmin: "Debian Lenny's release is getting closer and closer and many people will want to upgrade their Etch servers to Lenny, maybe even before Lenny is declared stable (at RC1 at this time). Even people that don’t want to upgrade to lenny might find some useful information in this post."
Dear Mr. Obama - Small and Medium Business
(2008-12-09 23:05:31)
Linux Magazine: "Dear President-elect Obama,
As part of your campaign, you were an advocate for small and medium business (SMB). I agree with this philosophy, since such a large number of people in the United States are employed by SMBs, and since such a large portion of our economy is based on SMBs."
Unix And Linux PDF Telnet Curiosity - When HTTP Error Pages Don't Attack!
(2008-12-09 23:35:31)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "For this post, I spent a bunch of time goofing around with Telnetting to port 80 to try and force the binary modes (-8, -L), and some combination of those and the "no-escape" clause (...I mean, flag ;) and encountered terrible frustration. As odd as it may seem, downloading binary files from servers that won't serve anything but ASCII over Telnet can make it very hard to get the original product back"
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