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News Linux News for Mar 10, 2009:
Little Boxes: Audio Production Hardware At Studio Dave
(2009-03-10 00:01:28)
Linux Journal: "This article briefly describes some of the audio production hardware I've acquired and employed here at Studio Dave during the last ten years. I hope that my readers find this information helpful when making their own decisions about their audio hardware purchases."
First Unauthorised iPhone App Store To Open Up Shop
(2009-03-10 01:31:28)
OSNews: "Several popular applications were not allowed into the App Store, forcing the developers of those applications to offer their work only to owners of jailbroken iPhones. From now on, that will be a whole lot easier: the first unauthorised iPhone application store is about to open up shop."
Review: Python Fundamentals (Video Training)
(2009-03-10 02:01:28)
A Million Chimpanzees: "Also, I can read much faster than a person can speak (that's not bragging, it's true of virtually anyone who can read normally) so in the same amount of time it takes to view a video training, I can read and (hopefully) absorb much more content. So what about Wesley Chun's Python Fundamentals videos? Let's have a look."
SCO What? It's Patently over for Copyright
(2009-03-10 03:01:28)
Open Enterprise: "Remember SCO? It's a once-important company that developed a death-wish by suing IBM in 2003."
Best racing game ever runs on Linux!
(2009-03-10 04:31:28)
Handle With Linux: "Last night I was looking for a linux game, to do some mindless gaming on the and of a tiring day.
And I found the greatest thing, the racing game I've been playing a lot as a child is available as a remake and it runs on Linux."
Linux : The cool factor - part 2
(2009-03-10 06:01:28)
Handle With Linux: "As I wrote in my last post, I think Linux is not perceived as cool by enough people.
While Linux is definitely very cool!"
Overview of RAMFS and TMPFS on Linux
(2009-03-10 07:31:28)
The Geek Stuff: "Using ramfs or tmpfs you can allocate part of the physical memory to be used as a partition. You can mount this partition and start writing and reading files like a hard disk partition. Since you’ll be reading and writing to the RAM, it will be faster."
PlayOnLinux 3.4 Released
(2009-03-10 09:01:28)
WINE Reviews: "PlayOnLinux version 3.4 has been released and it has some long awaited new features and as always bug fixes and tweaks. Also a new version of the PlayOnLinux website will be coming soon, so keep a eye on the site for these future updates."
Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Debian Lenny on the Samsung NC10
(2009-03-10 10:31:28)
Debian Admin: "I like Debian for its stability and predictability. And I like Ubuntu Netbook Remix for its suitability for small screen devices like the NC10. Running Ubuntu is in some sense like gambling – you never know if the next update will be a winner or a loser. So I decided to take the best of both worlds and combine Debian’s predictability with the beauty of UNR."
Remote Desktop With GDM
(2009-03-10 12:01:28)
Tip of the Trade: "I needed to set up a remote desktop with my netbook the other day (why use that tiny screen when you don't have to?) and expected to need to install additional software on the server side. In fact, gdm, the standard Gnome display manager, will handle this for you, as will the KDE version, kdm"
KOffice 2.0 Beta 7 Released
(2009-03-10 13:01:28)
KDE.News: "The KOffice developers have released their seventh beta for KOffice 2.0. This release may be the last of the many betas. A decision on whether there will be another beta or if the next version will be the first Release Candidates will be made next week."
Linux Performance: Different Distributions, Very Different Results
(2009-03-10 13:31:28)
Caitlyn Martin: "When I write reviews of various Linux distributions and describe differences in performance I almost invariably get a comment to the effect that all Linux distros are essentially the same: running the same kernel, the same libraries, the same filesystems. Performance should be essentially the same, right? The answer is a resounding no."
Seagate, AMD Double Down on SATA Speeds
(2009-03-10 14:01:28)
InternetNews: "AMD and Seagate today announced the first public demonstrations of 6 gigabit per second Serial ATA (SATA) drives, a doubling of the current standard for hard drive throughput in the majority of computers."
Xfig: a classic program for diagram editing
(2009-03-10 14:31:28)
Free Software Magazine: "Like the more famous TeX, Xfig hasn't seen significant updates in several years--and for the same reason: it's just about perfect like it is. It is showing its age in the style of its graphical interface, and it does have some fundamental limitations compared to more modern graphics tools, but for the simple technical diagrams it was intended for, it is still hard to beat."
How to fix the most common Linux problems
(2009-03-10 15:01:28)
Tux Radar: "We'll come right out and say this - Linux breaks. There, we've got that off our chests. No matter how much we might like our chosen distro, there is no denying that things can go wrong, or that it might not even be right in the first place."
Five things Ubuntu really needs
(2009-03-10 15:31:28)
Darren Yates: "There have been a couple of interesting Diggs this morning about features “Ubuntu really needs”. The first post seemed a bit ditzy and the second for the most part was on the money - Ubuntu already has a truckload of features and most things it doesn't have by default can be installed from the Ubuntu repositories via Synaptic or (my personal favourite) via Terminal and apt-get."
Linux Foundation's "We're Linux" Contest Enters Final Week
(2009-03-10 16:01:28)
Linux Foundation press release: "The Linux Foundation's user-generated "We're Linux" video contest enters its final week today. Final submissions for the contest that began in January are due this Sunday, March 15 at midnight ET. Contest winner(s) will be revealed at the Linux Foundation's Collaboration Summit on April 8, 2009, in San Francisco."
Google Summer of Code 2009 opens up with Melange
(2009-03-10 16:31:28)
Netstat -vat: "It's Summer! No it's not (but hey we can dream..) -- It is time though for another round of Google's Summer of Code (SoC). The SoC is an effort that first started in 2005 as an effort to get student involved in open source code development. Google provides a stipend to the student and to the mentoring organization that helps the student."
Templates Shmemplates, What's All The Fuss About?
(2009-03-10 17:01:28)
Linux Magazine: "Are templates really worth the trouble? After working with templates in VMware ESX and in XenServer 5, my gut feeling was no even after making the following statement in that article: "The template method is by far the most efficient in terms of speed and configuration consistency.""
New FFmpeg 0.5 release: "half-way to world domination A.K.A. the belligerent blue bike shed"
(2009-03-10 17:31:28)
FFmpeg: "It has been a very long time since we last made a release and many did not think we would make one again but, back by popular demand, we are proud to announce a new release: FFmpeg 0.5. Check out the release notes and changelog.
It is codenamed "half-way to world domination A.K.A. the belligerent blue bike shed" to give an idea where we stand in the grand scheme of things and to commemorate the many fruitful discussions we had during its development."
Interview: Steve McIntyre of Debian
(2009-03-10 18:01:28)
The H Open: "hO: Lenny is out, which is great news. Debian has a history of very long release cycles, compared to other distros. "release when ready" is the project's motto. Will that be changing in the near future?
SM: To a certain extent, that policy already has changed."
DirectX 10 support coming to Mac OS and Linux
(2009-03-10 18:31:28)
Bit-Tech: "However, Unix and Windows intermediary CodeWeavers claims that it will soon have enabled DirectX 10 support on Unix-based operating systems, including Mac OS X and Linux."
SCO's Appeal Brief, as text, and Something Odd - Update: Hearing May 6
(2009-03-10 19:01:28)
Groklaw: "Within two hours of Novell's public claim that it owns the UNIX copyrights, SCO's stock plummeted, even though SCO had announced record revenues that day."
Xfce Linux Desktop: Better Than KDE or GNOME?
(2009-03-10 19:37:57)
Datamation: "A few years ago, Xfce had a reputation as a lightweight desktop that made few concessions to inexperienced users. However, the Xfce 4 series of releases have shown steady improvements in usability, and version 4.6 is no exception."
14 of the Best Free Console Based Linux Multimedia Apps
(2009-03-10 20:02:46)
LinuxLinks: "So what can users do with the command-line? There is a wide range of console based software which performs the same or similar functions to their graphical equivalents, even in the field of multimedia."
Vyatta 5 Advances Linux Routing
(2009-03-10 20:34:23)
InternetNews: "Linux-based networking vendor Vyatta is out today with its Vyatta Community Edition 5 (VC5) release, including a host of new security and performance improvements.
Vyatta has been offering an open source alternative to proprietary networking gear since 2006, and with the new release is aiming to expand its share."
Lenovo S10 Netbook: Fabulous Hardware, Yuck Software
(2009-03-10 21:07:39)
LinuxPlanet: "The Lenovo S10 IdeaPad Netbook is one sweetheart of a netbook: sturdy, very usable, very portable, an all-around excellent little machine. But it has a fatal flaw, as Carla Schroder discovers in this in-depth review."
How to install Google Earth 5.0 on Ubuntu 8.10
(2009-03-10 21:33:49)
Stephane Gaudreault: "According to Wikipedia, Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe."
The Path To Linux Desktop Domination Is Through The Clouds
(2009-03-10 22:03:28)
Cloud Ave: "Why can't we abstract out the software, offered as a service, and worry about other important things like Open Formats, Data Ownership, Data Portability, etc.? Why can't we abstract out the Cloud Storage service and see if we can manage our data using Open Protocols on them?"
Linux/Windows/Solaris: Who Owns the OS Future?
(2009-03-10 22:33:28)
Standards Blog: "The headline act, if you will, was announced this morning for the third annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, and it promises to be an interesting show: the Foundation's Jim Zemlin, Microsoft's Sam Ramji, and Sun's Ian Murdock, each giving their respective futures on the future of the operating system they represent - and, I expect, the others' as well."
10 tips from Benjamin Franklin for System Admins
(2009-03-10 23:03:28)
IBM Developerworks: "Benjamin Franklin: scientist, scholar, statesman, and . . . systems administrator? Yes, 200 years or so before the birth of UNIX, Franklin scribed sage advice to keep systems humming. Here are 10 of Franklin's more notable tips."
When reality meets product concepts (prosthetic USB finger running Linux)
(2009-03-10 23:33:28)
Henri Bergius: "The story behind this is that Jerry had a motorcycle accident last May and lost a finger."
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