News Linux News for Feb 10, 2009:

6 Great Apps to Analyze Your Disk Usage in Linux
(2009-02-10 00:02:12)
MakeUseOf: "You may own a one terabyte hard disk, but the screen still shows an "Your disk is full" error message whenever you want to install a new application. Does this sound familiar to you?"

Goldrush: Mystic Mine, Skill Game of a Different Sort
(2009-02-10 01:32:12)
Linux Magazine: "In Mystic Mine you guide a trolley through an old gold mine, switching rails at the right moment with a designated keystroke. It's the only normal thing about this new skill game from Koonsolo Games."

Is OpenSolaris Ready for Admin Desktops?
(2009-02-10 03:02:12)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "OpenSolaris is essentially GNU-Solaris. When talking about the user experience, one could say that since the GNOME desktop is used, running OpenSolaris is no different from running Linux. For the casual Web, e-mail, and office applications user this may be true."

How To Add Bookmarks Inside Vim Editor
(2009-02-10 04:32:12)
The Geek Stuff: "Mark is a bookmarking feature inside Vim editor, where you can bookmark a particular line and later return to it quickly. If you are using Vim editor regularly, this simple technique of using bookmarks will sky-rocket your productivity."

Fedora as the Basis of Russia's Operating System?
(2009-02-10 06:02:12)
Opendotdotdot: "During the meeting it was announced that the development of free software in Russia - one of the main directions of the Ministry."

Why I Switched to Android from the iPhone
(2009-02-10 07:32:12)
Smarterware: "Because it's open source, many of my favorite open source apps work with it and not the iPhone yet, like KeePass, for example."

"const" Keyword Explained
(2009-02-10 09:02:12)
Safer Code: "There are a few very basic things in C that are widely misunderstood by programmers of all caders. This is not because these things are very complex, but because books and teachers do not give them their due importance while teaching beginners and the misconceptions stick even years later."

rpmorphan - Find & delete orphaned packages in openSUSE
(2009-02-10 10:32:12)
SUSE & openSUSE: "rpmorphan has a simple GUI interface to list the orphaned packages and to show the details of the packages and to delete them if you choose to. rpmorphan can also run from commandline as a normal user."

Is Ubuntu Heading Down Microsoft's Release Path?
(2009-02-10 12:02:12)
WorksWithU: "This thought hit home when I was working to fix a sound issue on my computer, although the seeds had been sown quite some time ago with my upgrade to Ubuntu 7.04. My concern is not about FOSS philosophy, but rather about updates and version releases."

Bruce Perens: Combining GPL and Proprietary Software
(2009-02-10 13:02:12)
Datamation: "The vast majority of questions I get about combining GPL and proprietary software concern embedded systems, since Linux is a component of so many consumer products these days. It's impressive, for instance, to look at Sony's web site where they fulfill their GPL obligations..."

LiMo Foundation: More Linux Phones In 2009
(2009-02-10 13:32:12)
ChannelWeb: "The LiMo Foundation, a non-profit consortium of mobile heavyweights prepping open-source phones, said a host of global carriers will roll out Linux-based phones sometime this year. And the new crop of devices won't hit just the high-end smartphone market, but also lower-cost feature phones."

Azingo Hopes To Mix Up Mobile World With Linux-Based Browser
(2009-02-10 14:02:12)
CMSWire: "Attention! The mobile world’s cluster of hopeful operating systems just got slightly bigger thanks to Azingo, who recently announced the Azingo Mobile Platform 2.0."

What's new with Lenny
(2009-02-10 14:32:12)
Debian Today: "For those getting ready to make the switch and for those who just haven't really looked in to it, I have decided to list some of the key changes, differences, and improvements between Lenny and Etch that can be found on the Debian Project wiki."

AMD Shanghai Opteron: Linux vs. OpenSolaris Benchmarks
(2009-02-10 15:02:12)
Phoronix: "Up for viewing today are dual AMD Shanghai benchmarks when running OpenSolaris 2008.11, Ubuntu 8.10, and a daily build of the forthcoming Ubuntu 9.04 release."

Linus Renames Kernel "Linus"
(2009-02-10 15:32:12)
Linux Kernel Mailing List: "Hmm, Linu*s* 2.6.29-rc4? Tyops or hidden message?"

The Linux Pub Quiz
(2009-02-10 16:02:12)
Tux Radar: "How well do you know your free software people, apps and commands? Put yourself to the test and see just how much you know - we don't think even Linus Torvalds knows all these..."

Dell Releases Ultracheap $250 Ubuntu Netbook
(2009-02-10 16:32:12)
Netbook Digest: "Dell fires back at the Taiwanese market leaders with the Mini 9n. Starting at just $250, this Ubuntu netbook is easily one of the cheapest on the market from a brand-name manufacturer."

Krita 2.0: a Host of New Features
(2009-02-10 17:02:12)
KDE.news: "Boudewijn Rempt has summarised results of development for the next version of Krita, the painting and image editing application for KOffice. Krita 2.0 will contain a host of new features, some of which are unique in the free software world. Below Piotr introduces some of the new features which will be available in this release."

Practical password security
(2009-02-10 17:32:12)
Stubborn Tech Problem Solving: "An analysis of the passwords revealed some interesting facts about the types of passwords people use when creating accounts at web sites. The most popular ones were "123456" and "password". A similar pattern was found in passwords exposed by a fake MySpace site in 2006."

Install GLPI (IT and asset Management Software) from Ubuntu Repositories
(2009-02-10 18:02:12)
Ubuntu Geek: "You can use it to build up a database with an inventory for your company (computer, software, printers…). It has enhanced functions to make the daily life for the administrators easier, like a job tracking system with mail-notification and methods to build a database with basic information about your network-topology."

Desktop Linux Virtualization Options
(2009-02-10 18:32:12)
Datamation: "Virtualization was once thought to be something of a fad when it first began appearing on desktop PCs not all that long ago. And while no one ever said it outright, it was clear it was not taken seriously until its obvious cost savings – particularly in hardware costs – became self-evident."

Kindle Economics 2: Why Amazon should not be Apple, and Jeff Bezos is not Steve
(2009-02-10 19:02:12)
Tech Broiler: "So the Kindle 2 has now made its debut, with everything you’d expect of a gee-whiz product launch — a packed auditorium filled with media types, a celebrity endorsement (best-selling thriller novelist Stephen King) and a Insanely Great-style presentation by Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos."

Three Anticipated Trends At SCALE (Southern California Linux Expo)
(2009-02-10 19:32:12)
The VAR Guy: "Canonical's Relatively Low Profile: Community manager Jono Bacon is expected to attend, local Canonical employees may attend and Ubuntu fans will participate in an Ubuntu Bug Jam. But a Canonical spokesman says the company won't likely announce any Ubuntu news at the event."

Automate Ubuntu Server Shutdown
(2009-02-10 20:02:12)
Noobbox: "This can be useful if you have Wake-On-Lan enabled on the server, and you're only using it for things like printer or file sharing. I responded with a little php script I whipped up that does the job nicely."

Linux Versus the Microsoft Trained Brain Syndrome
(2009-02-10 20:11:16)
The ERACC Web Log: "Recent articles I have read by people complaining about how things on Linux do not work like they do on Microsoft led me to coin the phrase Microsoft Trained Brain Syndrome (MTBS)."

[TIP] Ubuntu 1 MB /tmp Partition Problem
(2009-02-10 20:32:12)
Shantanu's Technophilic Musings: "Everything was giving errors of not enough disk space even though he had quite a few GBs left on his drive. A few of the error messages pointed out that there wasn't enough space in /tmp. And indeed, he was unable to store anything more than 1 MB inside this particular directory. "

SimplyMEPIS 8.0 ready for Lenny
(2009-02-10 21:02:12)
Desktop Linux: "As Linux distributions go, MEPIS aims to be better polished than most, and easier to use, especially for users migrating from other OSes. Woodford describes it as "easier than Vista, and intuitive for XP and Win98 users.""

The ultimate Windows apologists reference
(2009-02-10 21:32:12)
The Beez Speaks: "In order to save them some time and possibly prevent them from causing a devastating BSOD I've decided to collect their comments and publish them here, so they just need to reference this page. Here we go."

The Unthinkable: Moving From Ubuntu to Debian 5 Lenny
(2009-02-10 22:02:12)
Begin Linux: "I am thinking the unthinkable...I am considering changing from Ubuntu 8.10 for my desktop to Debian 5."

Firefox exec: we don't want to be bundled with Windows
(2009-02-10 22:32:12)
PC Pro: "Firefox architect Mike Connor says he doesn't want the browser bundled with Windows, whilst launching a scathing attack on rival Opera's tactics. "

Minty fresh Linux
(2009-02-10 23:02:12)
Cyber Cynic: "There are answers though to this problem and that's one of the reasons why I like the Linux Mint distribution. It makes listening to proprietary audio and viewing restricted video as easy as it's ever going to get on Linux."

How to install ATI fglrx driver in debian
(2009-02-10 23:32:12)
DebianAdmin: " This tutorial will explain How to install ATI fglrx driver in debian.First you need to Download the latest ATI Linux installer from here"

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