News Linux News for Apr 06, 2009:

Doctor Fun - More Linux and Unix Comic Humor
(2009-04-06 00:03:34)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Here's another great site I never knew existed. Lots of funny cartoons going by the name of "Dr. Fun". Unfortunately, the series ended in 2006, but (fortunately) it's still being hosted at ibiblio.org so you can read every single one of them :)"

Sun-IBM Merger Talks Collapse
(2009-04-06 00:43:34)
Enterprise Storage Forum: "The Wall Street Journal is reporting tonight that merger talks between Sun Microsystems and IBM have collapsed, placing the potential $7 billion deal in jeopardy."

Build simple photo-sharing with Amazon cloud and Perl
(2009-04-06 02:01:32)
IBM Developerworks: "This visual tour explains the S3 and SimpleDB architectures and how to use them through practical examples; in this case, you'll use a Perl library to build a simple photo-sharing site."

VMware ESX SDK SnapShot Perl Script Part 3
(2009-04-06 06:01:32)
Linux Dynasty: "This is the 3rd and I think final revision of this script. I added the --list function, which before had to be combined with the --vm_name function. The main reason for creating this script was so that there can be an easy way to manage snapshots, especially automating the deletion, creation, reverting, and listing of snapshots."

Enterprise Clueless, Employees Not So Much
(2009-04-06 10:01:32)
Blog of Helios: "I went to the IT department, and told them I needed a decent SVG graphics application, like Adobe or (ugh!) Visio. The last time I heard them laugh that hard was when I asked them for a Dvorak keymap on my work computer, but I digress. They told me to use "MS Paint"."

The Linux laptops of 2009
(2009-04-06 12:01:32)
ZDNet: "The Linux laptop business represents a Chinese industry trying to serve a Western market and getting lost in the translation."

The Perfect Server - Fedora 10: ISPConfig 3
(2009-04-06 13:38:29)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how to prepare a Fedora 10 server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3."

7 Ways to Boost Linux Security
(2009-04-06 13:52:11)
Linux Adda: "This article outlines seven things administrators can do to make their Linux server more secure."

How to check VMware Tools status per virtual Machine
(2009-04-06 14:17:42)
Linux Dynasty: "The other day I was told to check and see if VMware Tools was installed on every Virtual Machine in our Cluster. I figured this was the perfect time for me to write another script to do this."

5 Most important companies to the advancment of enterprise GNU/Linux
(2009-04-06 15:04:02)
l2admin: "HP has to be one of the biggest corporate supporters of all things GNU with approximately 2500 full time developers working on code."

Everything about Mounting a Foreign File System in Linux
(2009-04-06 15:46:11)
Linux Adda: "Linux, being the chameleon that it is, has the ability to support many different file systems, either natively or with outside help."

A Review of OracleVM
(2009-04-06 16:32:01)
l2admin: "OracleVM is a management system put on top of Xen to make the deployment of highly available VMs quite simple."

Charming Python: Distributing computing with RPyC
(2009-04-06 17:19:33)
developerWorks: This article looks at the advantages or drawbacks RPyC has over other distributed Python frameworks such as XML-RPC and Pyro."

How can we save Thunderbird when email is dying?
(2009-04-06 18:03:45)
ComputerworldUK: "In terms of fixing the short-term problem of increasing Thunderbird's user base, there are number of actions that can be taken. Perhaps the easiest is starting to encourage and promote Thunderbird add-ons."

How to Remove Pulse Audio in Ubuntu 8.10
(2009-04-06 19:31:08)
Ubuntu Geek: "If you don’t want to use Pulse Audio you can remove it using the following procedure."

Creating a new Zen Cart Template
(2009-04-06 20:18:11)
Packt Publishing: "This step-by-step guide enables you to change the text and graphics displayed in the front-end, customize the look and feel by editing files, understand and apply the template override system, modify and create new templates, and finally modify email templates."

Taking a Closer Look at Microsoft's Ms-PL Open Source License
(2009-04-06 21:05:32)
CMS Wire: "The rumors are true. Microsoft has an official open source license that was approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI)."

Weekly Distribution Release Roundup for March 30-April 5
(2009-04-06 21:47:01)
The Linux Ninja: "A new month and a new set of Linux distribution releases. Check out what’s new and where to get it."

10 ways Microsoft could help Linux
(2009-04-06 22:36:39)
builder.au: "I confess, I never thought I would write such a title. Microsoft helping Linux? No way."

Set Up DKIM On Postfix With dkim-milter (CentOS 5.2)
(2009-04-06 23:08:32)
HowtoForge: "DKIM is an authentication framework which stores public-keys in DNS and digitally signs emails on a domain basis."

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