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News Linux News for Mar 06, 2009:
ASRock N7AD-SLI Linux Review
(2009-03-06 00:04:56)
Phoronix: "These days there are ASRock motherboards that can compete with those from major OEMs both in terms of features and in terms of performance, while delivering a better price."
Google boss backs subsidized Linuxbooks
(2009-03-06 00:34:56)
The Register: "Google CEO Eric Schmidt has hinted that his company - or at least its partners - will one day subsidize the purchase of extra-low-cost Linux netbooks in an effort to promote the use of its myriad cloud online services."
Thursday Nuggets: IPTraf, OutWit Hub, Infringement and Terrorism
(2009-03-06 01:04:56)
Brendan Scott: "Does anyone honestly believe that people who are actively planning to commit mass murder are going to be deterred by a jail sentence for copyright infringement?"
The trouble with OpenBTS
(2009-03-06 01:34:56)
LWN.net: "More recently your editor, who had been looking in other directions, was surprised to learn that the OpenBTS developers are not allowed to tell anybody where to get the source from, despite the fact that it is available as free software. Intrigued, your editor decided to look into what is happening with OpenBTS."
Important Linux File Directories That Users Should Know About
(2009-03-06 03:04:56)
Tech Source From Bohol: "To become more efficient, it is essential for a Linux user to learn some basic commands and keyboard shortcuts. He or she must also be familiar with several Linux file directories to at least learn a little on how the system works."
WFTL Bytes! for Mar 5, 2009: Linux Geek Attacked, Netbooks Again, Linux Hijacked, FUD and FUD
(2009-03-06 04:18:24)
WFTL Bytes!: "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Thursday, March 5, 2009, with your host, Marcel Gagne. This is episode 53. On today's newscast . . . Helios goes mano-a-mano for being a Linux guy, car companies looking to Linux, netbooks again (it's been a while), bad support, Microsoft spreading FUD, FOSS people spreading FUD, and a Scale wrap-up."
Xen Cluster Management With Ganeti On Debian Lenny
(2009-03-06 04:34:56)
HowtoForge: "Ganeti is a cluster virtualization management system based on Xen. In this tutorial I will explain how to create one virtual Xen machine (called an instance) on a cluster of two physical nodes, and how to manage and failover this instance between the two physical nodes."
How Personal 'Credibility Busters' Hurt Your Career
(2009-03-06 06:04:56)
Datamation: "It may be a cliche, but almost all of us know an IT pro who appears light on people skills. And if they have problems relating to other people, it's entirely likely the importance of their own personal credibility eludes some of them because they think it's all about their mad skillz."
On the management of the Video4Linux subsystem tree
(2009-03-06 07:34:56)
LWN.net: "Once upon a time, the Video4Linux (V4L) development community was seen as a discordant group which hung out in its own playpen and which had not managed to implement support for much of the available hardware. Times have changed; the V4L community is energetic and productive, disruptive flame wars have all but disappeared from the V4L mailing lists, and Linux now supports a large majority of the hardware which can be found on the market."
ReactOS Targets Windows 2003, Vista
(2009-03-06 09:04:56)
OSNews: "IconThe ReactOS team has just put out its latest newsletter, and it contains some interesting information on the progress being made. However, it also provides some definitive insight into what, exactly, the project is trying to recreate - a topic of some confusion"
Opinion: Windows 7's UAC is a broken mess; mend it or end it
(2009-03-06 10:34:56)
ars Technica: "The changes Microsoft has made to Windows 7's UAC render it little more than a pesky annoyance. If this is the path the company wishes to go down, it should stop doing things by halves and kill it off altogether."
Linux Gets Faster with Splashtop
(2009-03-06 12:04:56)
Linux Journal: "One of the nagging problems for Linux is that the most popular laptops are still codesigned by Microsoft and its OEMs. It's not for nothing that laptops come with stickers on the bottom that say, "Windows Vista--Business OEM Software" or whatever"
Version 0.70 of Shutter is now available! Get it before the server overloads ;)
(2009-03-06 13:04:56)
Shutter - Featureful Screenshot Tool: "This is the first release of Shutter as it is - we've just renamed it from GScrot. So you’ll now find it called Shutter inder Applications -- Accessories, along with a nicer new logo (thanks to Pascal Grochol for the design)."
HP Mini 1000 MI
(2009-03-06 13:34:56)
PCWorld: "HP's Linux-based Mini 1000 variant keeps the line's great keyboard and well-balanced design, but its custom OS leaves you wanting more."
Netbooks: Not Designed for Developing World Children
(2009-03-06 14:04:56)
OLPC News: "Recently, Vital Wave Consulting, of TCO fame, did a in-depth Landscape Analysis of Low-cost Computing Devices. In that report, they came away with an amazing conclusion:"
New online community launches for embedded Linux developers
(2009-03-06 14:34:56)
Computerworld: "It probably won't be "Facebook for Linux" but a Web site launching Tuesday is intended to create an online community specifically for Linux programmers who focus on embedded applications such as mobile devices, set-top boxes, industrial controls and everything apart from servers and PCs."
How to be Your Own Linux Tech Support
(2009-03-06 15:04:56)
MakeTechEasier: "...these days there are a multitude of ways you can get the info you need without calling up Cousin Ron the Computer Wiz. He’s probably busy recompiling his kernel anyway."
Ratbags take "Windows 7" to the street (video)
(2009-03-06 15:13:01)
ZDNet Australia: "Is it Windows 7 or KDE 4? In this video, we take to Sydney's streets to find out what people think of what they think is a Windows 7 demonstration."
math: Windows 7 + netbook = failure - GNU/Linux as remaining winner!
(2009-03-06 15:32:50)
ZDNet: "So Linux is not crap, it's the fact that MS has the power to pay manufactures to use their OS. That's a HUGE difference between a technical point of view or the marketing way of seeing an operating system as better or worse."
FOSS Debates, Part 1: Kernel Truths
(2009-03-06 16:02:50)
LinuxInsider: "As the central element of Linux, the kernel is equally central to open source software in general. Because the community has such a stake in its design and success, the kernel has proven to be the hub around which much discussion revolves. The kernel's creator, Linus Torvalds, also has a stake in its success, and he takes part in the discussion."
Android attack
(2009-03-06 16:32:50)
Fianancial Mail: "In what would be its most direct challenge to Microsoft to date, Google is said to be planning to offer Android, an operating system it developed for smartphones, on a new generation of mini laptop computers. Can Google unseat Windows on PCs?"
Cisco's PostPath to Linux powered hosted email
(2009-03-06 17:02:50)
Netstat --vat: "I wrote a story earlier this week about Cisco's new hosted email security offering. Buried in that story was an interesting new Linux development that I want to call attention to:
Cisco is building a (Linux powered) hosted email service."
Firefox eclipses IE6 in web share, threatens IE7
(2009-03-06 17:32:50)
Electronista: "Firefox 3 has become the first non-Microsoft web browser to overtake Internet Explorer 6 in market share, according to new data from StatCounter."
More Linux tips every geek should know
(2009-03-06 18:02:50)
Linux Format: "Bash has a built-in command called "shopt" that lets you set various command-line options. For example, running shopt -s cdspell enables automatic typo correction for directory names, so that typing cd /hom/hudzila will get you to the nearest match - /home/hudzilla."
Google CEO hints Google/Linux netbooks may be coming
(2009-03-06 18:32:50)
Cyber Cynic: "Then, the rumor-mill really got churning when it was shown that Google mobile operating system, Android, would work just fine as a desktop operating system. Just because something can be done, though, doesn't mean a company actually going to do it though."
Software Wars Map
(2009-03-06 19:02:50)
Here is an oldie but goodie: A map displaying Microsoft's product lines as a battlefield, with multiple fronts and numerous enemies. Its last update was in December 2006 so it doesn't show netbooks, but other than that it's still surprisingly accurate. --ed.
MSI Winki eyes-on: it's an instant-on OS, but for desktops
(2009-03-06 19:32:50)
Engadget: "The kicker is that at least for now, this thing is only for desktops, as it's actually built into a small module (shown above) that plugs directly into an MSI motherboard."
Firefox Faced More Flaws in 2008, But Fixed Them Faster
(2009-03-06 19:32:50)
OSNews: "We've got two bits of good news, and one bit of bad news about Mozilla's Firefox web browser. Starting with the bad news - in 2008, Fiefox suffered from considerably more security holes than Internet Explorer and Safari."
Pixel Density on Netbooks Compared to Other Screens
(2009-03-06 20:02:50)
Linux Loop: "Manufacturers like to advertise something like this: 1024×600 8.9″ Screen. What does that tell you? The number of pixels is irrelevant on its own; you need to know what the pixel density is (or how many pixels there are in a square inch)."
Free/Open Source Workout/Fitness Software for Linux
(2009-03-06 20:32:50)
Tech Source From Bohol: "For those of you who are also planning to burn a lot of fats this year, I have here a short list of some great free and open source workout/fitness software that I hope you will find useful:"
Samsung stuffs 1.5TB onto three-platter hard drive
(2009-03-06 21:02:50)
Computerworld: "Samsung Electronics Co. today announced its first 500GB-per-platter hard drive. The EcoGreen F2EG hard disk delivers up 1.5TB of capacity on three platters."
Sizing up a possible NVIDIA-made x86 processor
(2009-03-06 21:32:50)
ars Technica: "I've never believed the rumor that NVIDIA has been working on an x86 processor. But, as it turns out, the GPU maker is indeed looking seriously at the idea, and will probably wind up giving it a go in the next few years."
Confronting the 'Tech Innovation Deficit'
(2009-03-06 22:02:50)
InternetNews: "Is Silicon Valley and the broader tech industry gripped by:
A: An innovation deficit.
B: Fear of failure.
C: Greed and short term thinking."
High-Availability Storage Cluster With GlusterFS On Ubuntu
(2009-03-06 22:32:50)
HowtoForge: "In this tutorial I will show you how to install GlusterFS in a scalable way to create a storage cluster, starting with 2 servers on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server. Files will be replicated and splitted accross all servers which is some sort of RAID 10 (raid 1 with < 4 servers). With 4 servers that have each 100GB hard drive, total storage will be 200GB and if one server fails, the data will still be intact and files on the failed server will be replicated on another working server."
Opinion: Desktop Linux is ready for the mainstream
(2009-03-06 23:02:50)
Computerworld: "So when my colleague Neil McAllister, author of InfoWorld's Fatal Exception blog, made the case for desktop Linux, I snorted, "Give me a break! Desktop Linux is nowhere." He challenged me to try it myself. He had a point: It had been a decade since I fired up any desktop Linux distro. So I accepted his challenge."
Putting Open Source to the Mom Test
(2009-03-06 23:32:50)
Linux Magazine: "I hope open source developers are following along as stay-at-home-mom Amber shares her adventures in Linux and open source. She eloquently points out usability issues that make it hard for your average mom to race out and embrace open source. Developers: Take note. For that matter, publishers should take note -- I hope Amber gets a book deal out of her blog series."
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