News Linux News for Apr 07, 2009:

Cisco ASA vs IPTables
(2009-04-07 00:09:11)
l2admin: "In the not too distant past there was a huge gap in performance, features and reliability between Cisco gear and a commodity Linux server. This gap has gone as Linux is now more reliable than IOS"

Check the status of multiple network interfaces the easy way
(2009-04-07 01:36:43)
Linux Dynasty: "This article explains how to check the status and speed of multiple Network Interfaces/Ports on a device (Switch, Router, Server, etc) using SNMP."

Sun's board may have a lot of explaining to do
(2009-04-07 03:01:27)
cnet: Sun Microsystems' board members are "going to have a lot of explaining to do if they turned down an offer of $9.40," Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi told The Wall Street Journal."

A Cloudy Future
(2009-04-07 04:36:02)
Tux Deluxe: "I finally realized I have to do some serious thinking about cloud computing."

Debian Creates Branches for FreeBSD Kernels
(2009-04-07 06:02:29)
Linux Magazine: "Debian users can soon decide whether to install on Linux or FreeBSD kernels."

A Quick Look at Ubuntu Portable
(2009-04-07 07:39:02)
Softpedia: "When I thought that installing and trying Linux couldn't get any easier, I stumbled upon Ubuntu Portable and I was proved wrong. Coming inside a 438 MB self-extracting 7zip archive, this little application lets you run Ubuntu 8.04.1 and Windows at the same time."

Exploring Exploring JSON and CouchDB
(2009-04-07 09:02:06)
developerWorks: "Apache's open source CouchDB offers a new method of storing data, in what is referred to as a schema-free document-oriented database model."

Webopedia Term of the Day: iPhone Killer
(2009-04-07 10:33:18)
Webopedia: "A buzzword that is used to describe any mobile phone that has the potential to be a threat to the Apple iPhone consumer market dominance."

VirtualBox 2: How To Pass Through USB Devices To Guests On An Ubuntu 8.10 Host
(2009-04-07 12:01:03)
HowtoForge: "This short guide shows how you can pass through USB devices (such as a USB flash drive) to VirtualBox guests on an Ubuntu 8.10 VirtualBox 2 host."

Flegita: Gnome Scan - A Simple Scanning Alternative to XSane
(2009-04-07 12:48:06)
Kabatology: "Originally launched as a proof of concept during the 2006 Google Summer of Code, Gnome Scan has no real back-end support, but its a good alternative to the XSane UI."

Red Hat CEO seeks open source in government
(2009-04-07 13:36:43)
NetworkWorld: "All levels of government can make it happen if they work collaboratively and follow Obama's rallying cry, 'Yes, we can,'.

Ubuntu 9.04: What's New for Desktop Users?
(2009-04-07 14:23:01)
WorksWithU: "Here is a breakdown of the features most noticeable to desktop users, most of which represent incremental improvement in areas where Ubuntu was pretty strong to begin with."

Creating Your Own Theme: A Wordpress Tutorial
(2009-04-07 15:03:12)
Packt Publishing: "This tutorial by Sammy Davis will help you learn how to built and start your own Wordpress theme."

Fixing your network the lazy way using Nagios
(2009-04-07 16:23:42)
l2admin: "Well no matter what you try sometimes things break and inevitably when they do it happens at 3am just as your nodding off. Well in case you were not aware Nagios has a wonderful feature called event handlers."

Intel Core i7 On Linux
(2009-04-07 17:18:03)
Phoronix: "Back in November Intel had formally launched the Core i7 series, but Linux benchmarks were not to be found. Over time there were many more Linux test results from the Phoronix Test Suite community, but now we have posted some of our own Intel Core i7 numbers from Ubuntu Linux."

CentOS 5.3: Creating Encrypted Block Devices
(2009-04-07 18:04:24)
BeginLinux: "CentOS 5.3 now comes with disk encryption. When you install the operating system you have the option to encrypt block devices, partitions that you create."

Red Hat CEO Dismisses Consumer Linux (Again)
(2009-04-07 18:49:38)
WorksWithU: "Sometimes, you have to respect someone for sticking to an opinion and a vision. Other times, you have to wonder if a consistent vision becomes a fatal flaw."

The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 8.10 [ISPConfig 3]
(2009-04-07 20:18:29)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 8.10 server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3."

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Planning to Overtake Apple
(2009-04-07 21:06:09)
Datamation: "Last summer, Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of the Ubuntu distribution and of Canonical, Ubuntu's commercial sponsor, challenged the free and open source software (FOSS) to deliver a desktop experience superior to Apple's."

Dell: The Top Reseller of Red Hat JBoss Middleware?
(2009-04-07 21:58:11)
The VAR Guy: "Quick: Name the biggest reseller of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The answer very likely is Dell. Now, the PC giant is striving to become the largest reseller of Red Hat’s JBoss open source middleware."

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