News Linux News for Apr 09, 2009:

Ubuntu accuses Microsoft of Linux netbook FUD
(2009-04-09 00:04:03)
Cyber Cynic: "When Microsoft employee, Brandon LeBlanc announced that Microsoft ruled the netbook world, he was exaggerating, shall we say, just a wee bit. I was going to stomp on him but Chris Kenyon of Canonical, the business that stands behind Ubuntu, beat me to it."

Making the Future Happen In Linux
(2009-04-09 01:34:03)
Linux Today Blog: "...you don't have to sit around all sad because Linux is missing an application or feature that you need. What you do is roll up your sleeves and help make it happen, because that is how Linux works, and that is what makes Linux--and all Free and Open Source software-- so good."

Microsoft, FUD and the netbook market
(2009-04-09 03:04:03)
Canonical Blog: "However here is an interesting fact - when customers are offered choice on equally well-engineered computers around a third will select Ubuntu over XP."

10 Special Purpose Linux Distributions
(2009-04-09 04:34:03)
LinuxHaxor: "Today we will share with you 10 such distribution (among many) that are fairly popular for specialized task or interest:"

A Short Introduction To Cron Jobs
(2009-04-09 06:04:03)
HowtoForge: "This article is a short introduction to cron jobs, their syntax, and how to set them up. A cron job is a scheduled task that is executed by the system at a specified time/date."

When Developers Drink On The Job
(2009-04-09 07:34:03)
Datamation: ""Is that alcohol I smell on your breath?" The question seemed to hang in the air for a very long time, even though we both already knew the answer."

Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies
(2009-04-09 09:04:03)
Wall Street Journal: "Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials."

Mafiaboy: Conficker Was a Ruse
(2009-04-09 10:34:03)
InternetNews: "The convicted hacker argues that Conficker demonstrates that the Internet is still broken -- 10 years after he first brought it to its knees."

And the winners of the Linux Foundation video competition are...
(2009-04-09 12:04:03)
Cyber Cynic: "A few weeks ago, I went over my selection of the best of the Linux Foundation "We're Linux" Video Contest. Well. I got it wrong, but I think the Foundation got it right."

Pia Waugh goes to Canberra
(2009-04-09 12:34:03)
ZDNet AU: "Open source advocate and former Linux Australia president Pia Waugh today revealed she will be leaving her business and joining the staff of Senator Kate Lundy as a policy advisor."

Portable Ubuntu Runs Ubuntu Inside Windows
(2009-04-09 13:04:03)
Lifehacker: "Free application Portable Ubuntu for Windows runs an entire Linux operating system as a Windows application. As if that weren't cool enough, it's portable, so you can carry it on your thumb drive."

Schmidt a fitting keynote for newspaper convention (Google killed newspapers)
(2009-04-09 13:34:03)
Policy Fugue: "I say fitting because to many, Schmidt's company has done more than any other to hasten the demise of the printed product and the legacy business model it carries."

The best looking Linux is nearly here - and it's not Ubuntu
(2009-04-09 14:04:03)
Linux Distillery: "Forget Windows 7, this is going to be the hottest operating software release of 2009. Yet, the muddy brown and orange theme doesn't do it for me which is why this time I'm eyeing off something else from Canonical's stable."

Marble Desktop Globe - Wonderful Atlas Application for KDE4
(2009-04-09 14:34:03)
TuxArena: "I was lately impressed by Marble Desktop Globe, a free, open-source application for KDE4 which includes a 3D atlas of the world, with lots of features and an interface similar to the one of Google Earth."

How Open a Platform does "Open Government" Need?
(2009-04-09 15:04:03)
Standards Blog: "Any old standards hand forced to choose the single most disputed issue in standard setting over the past decade would likely respond with a deceivingly simple question: "What does it mean to be an 'open standard?'""

Multiple holes in MIT Kerberos
(2009-04-09 15:34:03)
the H Open: "The Kerberos developers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have reported multiple vulnerabilities in their network authentication suite."

Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" KDE CE released!
(2009-04-09 16:04:03)
Linux Mint Blog: "On behalf of the team I am thrilled to announce the release of Linux Mint 6 KDE. Congratulations to Jamie Boo Birse, maintainer of this edition, for the integration of a fantastic KDE4 desktop and the excellent work he’s done for this release."

Government sticks to proprietary line: leaves Linux in the dust
(2009-04-09 16:34:03)
Technology & Business: "In both cases people chose not to make use of the alternatives. We were of the opinion that to force people to change would cause more disruption and probably interrupt the process of teaching and learning..."

Writing Plugins for GIMP in Python
(2009-04-09 17:04:03)
LinuxPlanet: "Plugins are not mysterious elite geek things, but rather are scripts for automating tasks that you perform frequently. They can be very simple, for example flipping an image upside-down, or as complex as you like. Akkana Peck shows us how to create a simple GIMP plugin using Python."

The new faces of Linux - Who Do I Yell At?
(2009-04-09 17:34:03)
Blog of Helios: "A computer is NOT an appliance. It is a maintainable machine that needs attention from time to time."

10 Music making Apps for Linux
(2009-04-09 18:04:03)
Linux Masters: "3. Sweep-- an audio editor and live playback tool. It aims to be easy to use, support many codecs and audio formats, and support LADSPA effects plug-ins." "

The top 10 operating system stinkers
(2009-04-09 18:34:03)
Computerworld: "What can one say about an operating system written in DEC PDP-6 and PDP-10 assembly language that supported one mono-case, six-character filename ... per directory..."

A Tale of Two Alans (Comic)
(2009-04-09 19:04:03)
Emoticomics: Just a comic poking fun at the fact that Alan Cox looks just like Alan Moore, and both look like bearded British hobos.

Anti-Linux Propaganda du Jour: Windows Owns 96% Of Netbooks
(2009-04-09 19:34:03)
Linux Today Blog: "The anti-Linux propaganda du jour, being dutifully parroted by "news" publications everywhere, is that Windows now owns 96% of the netbook market, and that Linux netbooks are returned four times more than windows netbooks. Both are untrue and have been debunked repeatedly. Yet they persist-- why?"

Six New Mobile Devices Running Open Source
(2009-04-09 20:04:03)
Linux Magazine: "Looking for more Linux and open source apps in your life? Then pick up your phone. Check out the newest smartphones and netbooks announced just last week that the discerning penguin will be craving before the year is out."

Red Hat open sources Teiid virtual data integration
(2009-04-09 20:34:03)
Netstat -vat: "The problem that it solves is one we're all familiar with -- data lives in multiple sources and environments and users don't always want to have to physically move/copy it to make use of it for data integration."

The A-Z of Programming Languages: Falcon
(2009-04-09 21:04:03)
Computerworld: "In this interview Falcon creator Giancarlo Niccolai, took some time to tell Computerworld about the development of Falcon, the power and influence of C++, and how the new multithreading design in Falcon version 0.9 will innovate the scripting language panorama."

Linux Foundation CEO: Linux is "fastest growing platform"
(2009-04-09 21:34:03)
ars Technica: "He describes Linux as the "fastest growing platform in every aspect of computing," and asserts that the operating system's adoption rate is advancing two to three times faster than any other platform."

MLB.com looks great on desktop Linux
(2009-04-09 22:04:03)
Cyber Cynic: "If you visit MLB.com and look to see if you can watch baseball games over the Internet, you'll be informed that you'll need Windows or a Mac to watch them. Wrong. Any modern Linux desktop distribution will let you keep up with your favorite team."

Continuations in Mono: Embrace and Extending.NET, Part 3
(2009-04-09 22:34:03)
Miguel de Icaza's web log: "As part of our ongoing Embrace and Extend.NET series (SIMD, supercomputing), today I wanted to talk about the Mono.Tasklets library that has just landed on Mono's repository."

Qt Creator
(2009-04-09 23:04:03)
Tux Radar: "Qt Creator has been designed to offer the programmer a smooth, integrated and powerful development environment. For the first time with Qt, you can create the GUI, write the code and debug your project from within the same application."

An early KDE 4.3 review
(2009-04-09 23:34:03)
Polish Linux: "Finally the day has come, when the curiosity about the KDE4.3 development branch took the better of me. Unfortunately the gap between what I was blogging on caused some confusion on what is really new out there."

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