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News Linux News for Feb 09, 2009:
More Computer Comics To Round Out The Weekend
(2009-02-09 00:07:56)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "...we stumbled upon this site that's shooting at teaching Linux to the younger generation by introducing Open Source to them through comics. I actually know a few guys who could benefit from this form of learning themselves. Not me, though. I only read "graphic novels" ;)"
From the archives: the best distros of 2000
(2009-02-09 02:03:12)
Tux Radar: "Back in May 2000 the first issue of Linux Format magazine hit the newsstands. One of its features was a group test of Linux distributions, reflecting the state of play in Linux flavours at the time. If you fancy a trip down memory lane or just a quick look at how beautiful Linux wasn't all those years ago, we've dug out the original article complete with screenshots - read on!"
Updating Software under Linux: Strikes 5 and 6
(2009-02-09 06:03:12)
Defensive Computing: " But in reading and responding to them, I came across two more gripes about updating software in Linux, which I'll refer to as strikes 5 and 6."
Reflections on the hardware industry
(2009-02-09 10:03:12)
Harald Welte's blog: "But inside the industry, nobody listens to what their own R&D department or event some external entity - even the very representatives of the operating system they use (Linux). The chip makers will only listen to one thing: Demand from their tier-1 customers."
FluxFlux-Se released
(2009-02-09 11:30:12)
EeePC: "FluxFlux-Se has been released today. FluxFlux is a PCLinuxOS Remaster & provides a fully configured and ready-to-use live system containing all typical programs for the average user. "
RandR 1.3 Explained, Demonstrated (Video)
(2009-02-09 13:04:12)
Phoronix: "The first X.Org talk at FOSDEM 2009 was on version 1.3 of the Resize and Rotate extension. Matthias Hopf talked about RandR 1.3 and then Keith Packard demonstrated the transformations and panning operations using this soon-to-be-released version of RandR."
Tory open-source claims 'misguided'
(2009-02-09 13:34:12)
British Computer Society: ""Our own research, however, has concluded that open-source software exposes users to significant and unnecessary business risk, as the security is often overlooked, making users more vulnerable to security breaches.""
Kaspersky database exposed
(2009-02-09 14:04:12)
Security and the Net: "An unidentified hacker announced yesterday that he has managed to gain access to databases used by the usa.kaspersky.com website, allowing him to gain access to users accounts, activation codes and possibly personal data about Kaspersky customers."
21 More of the Best Free Linux Games
(2009-02-09 14:34:12)
Linux Links: "After much testing, we have whittled down these users' recommendations to a list of 21 highly addictive Linux games, covering as many different types of game genre as possible. Hopefully, there should be something of interest here for all types of gamers! All of these games are great fun to play."
How Microsoft Fights GNU/Linux, Apple, Others
(2009-02-09 15:04:12)
Boycott Novell: "You can't let them feel like they’re pawns in the struggle. I mean, all through this presentation previously I talked about how you're using the pawns you're going to screw them if they don't do what they want, and da-da-dah. You can't let them feel like that."
Debian Project seeks Hardware Donations
(2009-02-09 15:18:43)
Debian Announcements: "The Debian project is looking for sponsors for two new official
services: snapshot and data archives. Both services utilize large
amounts of data and therefore require a capable machine with a large
disk array that provides 10 TB of disk space to start, with the ability
to be easily extended"
FOSDEM - the hordes
(2009-02-09 15:34:12)
blog.angulosolido.pt: "Seriously, KDE 4.2 looks absolutely wonderful. It's a shame that so many things crashed on the presentation, which was allegedly ran on an unstable SVN version. Perhaps one should test things better before presenting them?"
HOWTO: Wii remote in Ubuntu 8.04
(2009-02-09 16:04:12)
Ubuntu Forums: "This howto should help you get a Wii remote working as a mouse / keyboard / joystick in 32bit or 64bit Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04
There is no compiling required, you only need to download a few packages, and configure a few text files."
Compiz community shakeup could bring big improvements
(2009-02-09 16:34:12)
ars Technica: "The project originally began at Novell as the work of David Reveman, but it was forked by an independent community of developers who were dissatisfied with the lack of inclusiveness and the manner in which it was being managed by Novell."
Using system rescue CD to scan and delete virus in Windows
(2009-02-09 17:04:12)
Learning on Demand: "System rescue cd from http://www.sysresccd.org/ include clam anti virus, during our standard operating procedure process I use this cd as one of virus detector."
Kaspersky confirms hack with fingers firmly in ears
(2009-02-09 17:34:12)
Daniweb: "Well, how about the report that 'uno' had actually exposed the breach days before making it public and only did that because Kaspersky was busy sticking fingers in ears and ignoring him. Apparently, according to and administrator at the hacker forum, uno got "no response from more discreet communiques with Kaspersky employees.""
Ubuntu desktop apparently scares Microsoft
(2009-02-09 18:04:12)
The Open Road: "In other words, the candidate needs to think about bludgeoning Microsoft with a free price tag, a global community of determined developers, and absolutely no sacred profit cows like Windows or Office to protect."
One Laptop Per Child Creator To Open-Source Netbook Technology
(2009-02-09 18:34:12)
NetBookBoards: "Yesterday at the TED Conference, Nicholas Negroponte delivered a speech about the rise of and future of netbooks. He is the founder of One Laptop Per Child, and claimed that this very program was responsible for the netbook category's immense upwards trajectory."
Linux System Rescue CD 1.1.5 updates for ext4
(2009-02-09 19:04:12)
Netstat -vat: "There comes a time when for whatever reason a system (Linux or Windows) won't boot. It was during during one such emergency years ago that I discovered the System Rescue LiveLinux CD. System Rescue is a bootable Linux operating system that will show you what partitions are on a drive and enable you to 'fix' them."
Collaborative Editing with AbiWord
(2009-02-09 19:34:12)
Linutop Magazine: "Take the Collaboration feature, for example. It allows several users to work on the same document on the local network or via the Web in a rather straightforward manner."
Google Latitude and That Creepy Feeling
(2009-02-09 20:04:12)
InternetNews: "The needle on the creeped-out meter just moved a notch for privacy advocates with the release Wednesday of Google Latitude."
Behind the scenes of Microsoft's ongoing patent war against Linux
(2009-02-09 20:34:12)
The Open Road: "Even as Microsoft has slipped into the mainstream of open-source by embedding it in its products and adopting open-source strategies for some products like CRM, it continues its subversive fight against Linux."
Installing Linux software 101 for Windows users
(2009-02-09 20:47:12)
Cyber Cynic: "Lately, I've seen several articles by Windows users grumbling about how hard it is to install software on Linux. It is? You could have fooled me."
EVE Online ditches Linux Cedega client recommends Wine
(2009-02-09 21:04:12)
Wine-Reviews: "The EVE client for Linux was frankly - a piece of crap.
Wine always did a better job than the
horrible thing Transgaming hacked together."
Top 5 Linux Games for 2009
(2009-02-09 21:34:12)
Zmogo: "Once the great downfall of the platform, gaming can now only be considered a strength, in the hopes you take up this guilty pleasure and wait for 2010 before you give up on gaming. May I present the premier Linux gaming software with the best from each genre."
How S.M.A.R.T. are your disks?
(2009-02-09 22:04:12)
LinuxInsight: "GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from Smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives."
Top 10 Responses to Why Should I Use Linux? - A Linux Evangelists' Reference
(2009-02-09 22:34:12)
Internetling: "...here are some quick and simple things about Linux you can point out to your potential convert."
Getting Started With Kate, the Friendly yet Powerful Text Editor
(2009-02-09 23:04:12)
LinuxPlanet: "There are stacks of useful features, including multi-document support (so you can have as many files open at the same time as you want, or the same file open in multiple windows), and session support (open sets of files together automatically)."
Acer Brings Upgraded Netbook To U.S., But Without Linux
(2009-02-09 23:34:12)
ChannelWeb: "Acer's new, larger Aspire One netbook is now shipping in the U.S., about a week earlier than expected, but it's lacking the optional preloaded Linux operating system offered with its predecessor."
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