News Linux News for Dec 13, 2008:

Editor's Note: Does the Internet Make People Stupid?
(2008-12-13 00:02:41)
I've read a number of essays recently that claim that the modern information society makes people stupid. The print publication industry is in decline, so people are reading fewer printed books, magazines, and newspapers. These are replaced by the intellectual junk food of the Web and television. The people who write these pieces are passionate, articulate, refer to all kinds of studies, quote all kinds of people, and I suspect get paid well to write them. But it's all for naught because it's hooey.

Is Linux Ready for the Average User? My Wife Thinks So
(2008-12-13 01:32:41)
Okii Living: "Now here we sit on the cusp of 2009 and there are numerous mainstream vendors such as ASUS, Dell, and HP offering pre-loaded Linux desktops and laptops, which brings me to my story."

Updated git Packages for Ubuntu Intrepid
(2008-12-13 03:02:41)
My Thoughts: "I use git quite a lot, for my plugin development and for kernel compiling. I have been creating packages of the latest version for Ubuntu for quite a while. Today I decided to make these packages available to the public by using the Launchpad PPA repository."

Yet More Tips For Documentation Writers (Writing For Money!)
(2008-12-13 04:32:41)
Linux Today Blog: "For those of you who are serious and not afraid to work hard, it is possible to get paid to write computer howtos. So as long as you promise to not come to my house and pester me, I will share some tips with you."

Push Comes to Shove Comes to Whack-A-Mole: FSF Suit Against Cisco
(2008-12-13 06:02:41)
OStatic: "He said that initially, Cisco seemed willing to work with the FSF to put procedures in place so that its products -- at the time, and in the future -- would comply with the license terms the firmware used. Over the course of five years, a compliance plan never materialized."

Build an Available Linux Server Environment With IBM Blades
(2008-12-13 10:02:41)
IBM Developerworks: "In this article, learn how to integrate an x86-based IBM BladeCenter server and external IBM BladeCenter Boot Disk System (DS3200) SAS storage, as a critical prerequisite for a reliable Linux/blade server environment. Some Linux Volume Manager "hot-add" features designed to meet the increasing demand on storage systems are covered as well."

ZaReason Makes Desktop Linux A Breeze
(2008-12-13 14:02:41)
WorksWithU: "If you're in the market for a low-end PC, put aside about $300 for the ZaReason Breeze, a small desktop computer that runs Ubuntu Linux. Based on our testing, we see some clear market segments where the Breeze is an ideal option for today's consumers and small businesses."

2 of CNET's Best Cell Phones of 2008 Run on Linux
(2008-12-13 16:40:35)
steaming open cup: "Two days ago, CNET came up with its list of what it considered as the best cell phones of this year. Out of the six, two of them run on Linux."

How To Resize RAID Partitions (Shrink & Grow) (Software RAID)
(2008-12-13 18:02:41)
HowtoForge: "This article describes how you can shrink and grow existing software RAID partitions. I have tested this with non-LVM RAID1 partitions that use ext3 as the file system. I will describe this procedure for an intact RAID array and also a degraded RAID array"

Microsoft: Hole Exploit Endangers All IE Versions
(2008-12-13 20:02:41)
CNet: "A Microsoft spokesman said he could not say when a fix would come. The next Patch Tuesday is scheduled for January 13."

Work Imitates Life On Unix or Linux - Some Surrealism For A Change
(2008-12-13 22:02:41)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "home # ssh sweatshop
The integrity of the workplace 'sweatshop (10.99.99.99)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is e3:6e:86:58:cd:38:dd:71:70:60:ea:ea:82:92:fb:72.
Are you sure you really can't find a better way to spend your day (yes/no)? yes"

Making Red Hat Bugzilla Indexable by Google
(2008-12-13 22:02:41)
Field Commander Wieers: "Currently RHbz is not indexed by Google and in my opinion this is hurting the Red Hat, Fedora, but also the CentOS community."

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