News Linux News for Feb 02, 2009:

Optimizing Switch-Case Statements In C For Speed
(2009-02-02 03:04:29)
Safer Code: "The biggest bottlenecks in making efficient code today are jumps or branches. You must have always heard of people telling you to use switch-case blocks instead of cascadin if-else’es. They were right, but partially."

10 Tips for Writing Efficient Bash Scripts
(2009-02-02 07:04:29)
HackTux: "Bash is the default command line interface for many Linux distributions and a powerful scripting language. Here are some suggestions that will keep your Bash scripts efficient and lean."

How to find the shell you are using
(2009-02-02 11:04:29)
Shantanu's Technophilic Musings: "Many times you might not be sure about which shell you are currently using. Especially if you are not on your system and logging into someone else's, or maybe ssh'ing into a remote server."

Intel's Poulsbo Driver A Bloody Mess?
(2009-02-02 13:04:29)
Phoronix: "...a new driver had to be created for the GMA 500. The driver for the Intel GMA 500 "Poulsbo" Chipset was created by Intel and Tungsten Graphics. Unfortunately, this driver is very ill maintained."

Intel GMA 500 (Poulsbo) graphics on Linux - why it doesn't work
(2009-02-02 13:17:29)
Happy Assassin: "So, poking around idly on Google this morning, I came across the interesting fact that there is, in fact, a native Linux driver for Intel GMA 500 - Poulsbo - graphics on Linux. Don't get excited, though. It's not like it's actually any use."

Review: A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux (Versions 8.10 and 8.04) 2nd Ed
(2009-02-02 14:02:29)
A Million Chimpanzees: "I upgraded my Ubuntu VM to 8.10 just for this review (well, not "just" for this review, but mostly). Of course, Sobell's second edition of this "I-weigh-a-ton" tome covers both 8.04 and 8.10, but I run 8.04 on my production machine, so I figure I've got the book covered."

H & R Block Works with Linux
(2009-02-02 14:32:29)
LXer: "Ah yes it is that time of year again for U.S. citizens. So when we started looking for an online tax tool that worked with Linux we were disappointed and surprised."

How to build a powerful distributed computer
(2009-02-02 15:02:29)
TechRadar: "Pleasingly, with a very small outlay, it is easy to use any spare machines you may have to create a single homogeneous computing mega-matrix and calculation engine just by wiring them all together and running the right software."

MEPIS 8: So close you can almost taste it
(2009-02-02 15:32:29)
Practical Technology: "One of my favorite Linux distributions, MEPIS is almost ready with its latest release: 8.0."

Two Microsoft Veterans Leap to Openbravo, Open Source Movement
(2009-02-02 16:02:29)
The VAR Guy: "Two Microsoft Business Solutions veterans have joined Openbravo, a fast-growing provider of open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) and point of sale (POS) software. The moves signal growing momentum for business-centric open source applications."

The case for Ubuntu on the server
(2009-02-02 16:32:29)
PC Authority: "Does Ubuntu have a future on servers, or is super-stable Debian the classier OS? Leigh Dyer weighs up the pros and cons."

Netbook Linux at a Crossroads
(2009-02-02 17:02:29)
Datamation: "Much has been written about how Linux is an optimal OS for a lightweight netbook. And netbooks themselves are on a tear: ABI Research is projecting that 35 million will be shipped in 2009, and estimates that number to increase to a stunning 139 million by 2013--not bad for a category of PC that no one heard of 18 months ago."

Carphone Warehouse, netbooks and GNU/Linux: an inquest
(2009-02-02 17:49:13)
Free Software Magazine: "I was browsing around my local Carphone Warehouse shop last week. Unlike the last time I crossed their threshold (November) I noticed that their Ubuntu netbook display had vanished. There was only one netbook on display and it was advertised as running Windows XP. Their website also advertised the Asus EeePC with Windows XP too."

Speed up your Web pages 80% for dial-up users
(2009-02-02 18:02:13)
IBM Developerworks: "Do you want faster-loading Web pages? Learn how you can make the browsing experience better for dial-up users by reducing loading times by as much as 80 percent, in some cases."

SourceForge Expands Open Source Mirrors with CDN
(2009-02-02 19:02:13)
InternetNews: "With over 180,000 open source projects in its repository, SourceForge.net has a lot of files it needs to track and serve."

Debian Lenny Release update: deep freeze
(2009-02-02 19:32:13)
LWN.net: "Following the plan outlined in the previous release update [2], we are now in deep freeze, which means that we'll only be migrating to testing packages that fix RC bugs."

Is open source becoming like Microsoft?
(2009-02-02 19:47:42)
The Open Road: "Talking with Microsoft officials last week, I was surprised to hear a key reason for the company getting involved with things like optimizing Windows for PHP: it was the only way to ensure products like PHP work with Microsoft technology at all."

Karaoke Software for Linux
(2009-02-02 20:02:13)
Tech Source From Bohol: "I'm not really a hardcore karaoke singer, but before, I have karaoke software installed on my PC just in case I can't hold my urge to sing."

Linux Community Begins Crafting Radio Ad
(2009-02-02 20:32:13)
Blog of Helios: "It's been discussed to distraction...whether advertising Linux would do any good or not. Well, we are not far from finding out. Our "Voice of Linux", we'll call him George...simply because that's his name; has given us some raw audio to work with."

14 of the Best Free Linux Wiki Engines
(2009-02-02 21:02:13)
LinuxLinks: "To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 14 high quality free Linux wiki engines. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone who wishes to share information with others."

Four Completely Useless Linux Commands
(2009-02-02 21:32:13)
The GeekStuff: "Like most of you, I’m a command line junkie. There are two advantages of using Linux command line instead of UI."

Midnight Commander wakes from deep sleep
(2009-02-02 22:02:13)
Heise Online: "The Midnight Commander file manager developers have restarted work on the, once quite popular, file manager for the Linux/Unix console...In recent years, there had been no development at all, but now a "Bugfix Release" 4.6.2 has been made available."

All About Linux Swap Part 2: Management
(2009-02-02 22:32:13)
Idea Excursion: "If you're new to Linux and choose a guided installation where the partitioning was automatically configured for you, you may not even be aware of how much swap space you've allocated and where exactly it lives. Fortunately, there are a couple different ways that allows us to explore, analyze and manage this information."

Take a hard look at the command line
(2009-02-02 23:02:13)
IT Toolbox: "Watching it boot up with some unknown messages scrolling up the screen my excitement became almost unbearable. Then there was a beep and a black screen with a flashing green block. My excitement flashed over into puzzlement. What am I supposed to do?"

Red Hat Calls For Papers For Upcoming Events
(2009-02-02 23:32:13)
OStatic: "Red Hat issued a call for papers this week for its upcoming conferences, Red Hat Summit and JBoss World. The co-located events are scheduled to take place September 1-4, 2009 in Chicago, IL."

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