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News Linux News for Apr 10, 2009:
GNU/Linux mainstream: The Simpsons Test
(2009-04-10 00:03:43)
Jacob Lludkrab's Personal Weblog: "To the statistics, it's like GNU/Linux doesn't even exist. We have to find/guess what the market share is.
So, I want to share with everyone, a way to tell when GNU/Linux has entered the mainstream. It's called "The Simpsons Test.""
Asterisk renumbers open source VoIP
(2009-04-10 01:33:43)
Netstat -vat: "The open source Asterisk VoIP PBX is now at its 1.6.x release -- it's a number that Asterisk is going to stay at for a long time. That's the message that Kevin Fleming, Director of Software Technologies at Digium and co-maintainer of the Asterisk told attendess at the IT360 conference here in Toronto.
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Telco Pirates Hold Silicon Valley Hostage
(2009-04-10 02:35:57)
Datamation: "Vandals cut fiber-optic cable lines belonging to AT&T at two locations early today, knocking out phones and access to 911 emergency services to thousands of residential customers and businesses in southern Santa Clara County, in Santa Cruz and San Benito counties and along the Peninsula..."
Guy Wants to Make A Video For Every Command!!
(2009-04-10 03:03:43)
Webholdvids: "Video content seems to be very popular nowadays so I thought I'll make a video for every command. 8 so far."
vimdiff - Edit two or Three versions of a file with Vim and show differences
(2009-04-10 04:33:43)
Debian Admin: "Vimdiff starts Vim on two (or three) files. Each file gets its own window. The differences between the files are highlighted.This is a nice way to inspect changes and to move changes from one version to another version of the same file."
Cloud Based and Open Source-Can Business Intelligence Get Any Cheaper Than This?
(2009-04-10 06:03:43)
Steaming Open Cup: "BI is the answer to a business that relies heavily on being able to process a flood of information in order to meet the demands of its clients."
Stop Dishonest Tech Lingo! (that means you, Apple and Microsoft)
(2009-04-10 07:33:43)
Datamation: "Sure, It's the job of marketers to spin. But I object when spin ends up in the dictionary."
Migrating from MS SQL Server 2008 to EnterpriseDB
(2009-04-10 09:03:43)
Packt: "In this article by Dr. Jayaram Krishnaswamy, we will learn about migration of data from MS SQL Server 2008 to EnterpriseDB. Migration Studio bundled with the EnterpriseDB download is a collection of tools to migrate automatically the data and business logic into Postgres from a variety of vendor products that include SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL to mention a few."
XreaL: The Most Advanced Open-Source Game Engine?
(2009-04-10 10:33:43)
Phoronix: "A relatively unheard of game engine is XreaL, which has not had a stable release yet but its lead developer claims that it is definitely the most advanced open-source game engine."
Installing MyDNS-NG & MyDNSConfig 3 On Debian Lenny
(2009-04-10 12:03:43)
HowtoForge: "In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS-NG and MyDNSConfig 3 on Debian Lenny. MyDNS-NG (based on MyDNS originally writen by Don Moore - http://mydns.bboy.net/) is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns."
Installing Ubuntu on Windows without partitioning
(2009-04-10 12:33:43)
Linux Adda: "You can install and run Ubuntu from within Windows without any risk of accidentally deleting your existing programs and files by using Wubi, an unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users."
Another Look At Linux Netbook Return Statistics
(2009-04-10 13:03:43)
Datamation blog: "So when I saw this item about how Microsoft, in one year, has virtually pushed Linux out of the netbook OS market by grabbing a 96 percent share, I was so dumbfounded I couldn't write about it. I just couldn't get my head around that fact. It didn't make any sense to me, but there it was, according to market research firm NPD Group."
Tutorial: Build Your Own Linux Distro
(2009-04-10 13:33:43)
PCPlus: "If you find yourself making the same adjustments each time you install a new distribution, it's worth creating your own customised version. Revisor is a tool that lets you do just this, and in this tutorial, we'll show you how..."
An afternoon among the patent lawyers
(2009-04-10 14:03:43)
LWN.net: "Sometimes, even the best job can call for extraordinary sacrifices. Even grumpy editorial jobs. Let it never be said that your editor is unwilling to take one for his readers; why else would he choose to spend four hours in the company of around 100 lawyers gathered to talk about software patents?"
Geekonomics 101
(2009-04-10 14:33:43)
ServerWatch: "Did you ever notice how computer geeks always have the coolest gadgets, leading-edge electronics and mini data centers in their basements? Do you wonder where all that money comes from to buy that stuff? Well, they aren't withdrawing their 401k funds to do it."
Should 32-bit be Retired?
(2009-04-10 15:03:43)
IT News Today: "Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you ask) it turned out to be an April fools joke, and I fell for it. Even though the news post was a gag, it got me thinking. Should distributions work on retiring 32-bit?"
Warner Music Group: All your memories belong to us
(2009-04-10 15:33:43)
Tech Broiler: "That being said, there is also the issue of copyrighted content and what situations constitute Fair Use. One such area of Fair Use I would like to touch on is when it is used within the context of a unique work, such as home movies and video slideshows."
Microsoft-NPD Connections
(2009-04-10 16:03:43)
Boycott Novell: "Take from that what you will about NPD and Microsoft whenever this pair shows up in the same article. NPD loves to momentarily count how many products are forcibly pushed into the warehouses of specific stores..."
Vuurmuur 0.7 Firewall released
(2009-04-10 16:33:43)
It Runs On Linux: "Vuurmuur 0.7 is released. Vuurmuur (Dutch for Firewall) is a powerful Firewall Manager built on top of Iptables on Linux."
Combining Debian and FreeBSD; Pushing the Envelope of FOSS
(2009-04-10 17:03:43)
Linux Magazine: "The Debian team implements a Linux kernel-less, FreeBSD mashup. Say goodbye to your single-kernel operating system."
Linux for Dummies
(2009-04-10 17:33:43)
Popsci: "That's the basic sales pitch for a new software package called Presto -- though the official verbiage doesn't dare go anywhere near that dirty "Linux" word. On its web site and in its documentation, Presto is positioned simply as a program for Windows. You download it as an .exe file and install it like you would any other application."
What Happens When You Run "sudo rm -rf /" (video)
(2009-04-10 18:03:43)
YouTube: An oldie but goodie: A video of a Linux system deleting itself, complete with adorable big-eyed kitten. (Do not do this unless you want to delete your Linux system!)
Open Source Haggadah, chapter 2
(2009-04-10 18:33:43)
Tech Broiler: "Last Passover, I spoke of the Commandments that companies should follow in order to be good Open Source citizens. My, what a difference a year makes -- or maybe not so much."
More Linux tips every geek should know
(2009-04-10 19:03:43)
Tux Radar: "If you've already read and memorised our "Linux tips every geek should know" and "20 all-new tips for KDE 4.2" features, we've picked out 50 more Linux desktop tips for you to enjoy."
How to: Prevent, Detect, and Recover from Router Worms
(2009-04-10 19:33:43)
Wi-Fi Planet: "In this tutorial, we'll review the types of routers that are susceptible to this particular worm. Then we'll discuss how to prevent infection from this and other router worms. Finally, we'll see how to get rid of the worm on infected routers."
Using 'ab', ApacheBench to test Web Server Performance
(2009-04-10 20:03:43)
Nick's Blog: "ApacheBench (referred to as 'ab' in the terminal) is a tool for testing web server performance by allowing you to test how many requests per second the web server is capable of serving."
Kernel Log: Linux 2.6.30 is taking shape
(2009-04-10 20:33:43)
The H Open: "The release of 2.6.30-rc1 marks the end of the development phase for integrating the majority of the changes scheduled for 2.6.30."
First Look at SUSE Studio
(2009-04-10 21:03:43)
LinuxHaxor: "SUSE studio is a web front-end to customize and build your own personal distribution in as many ways you could possibly think off. There are other similar services and applications that helps you make custom distribution but none of them are as extensive in customization options as SUSEstudio or as easy."
Mozilla SUMO Is No Lightweight
(2009-04-10 21:33:43)
InternetNews: "For the millions of users around the globe using Mozilla's Firefox, that's where SUpport Mozilla (SUMO) aims to come in, with a support forum and live chat features to help users get answers for their browser problems."
Cloud Computing Poses E-Discovery, Legal Risks
(2009-04-10 22:03:43)
Enterprise Storage Forum: "In a presentation titled "Computing (strike that -- Litigation) in the Cloud," Steven Teppler, senior counsel at KamberEdelson in New York, said cloud computing and services are a corporate counsel's nightmare."
Conficker Twitch Leaves Security Sleuths With More Mysteries to Solve
(2009-04-10 22:33:43)
LinuxInsider: "On Tuesday, computers infected by the Conficker worm woke up and downloaded a new variant.
Named "Worm.Downad.E" by Trend Micro, "Conficker.AQ" by antivirus vendor Eset and "Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Kido.o" by antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab, this new variant has left many security threat researchers bewildered."
Why Mozilla must win the hearts of new Web users
(2009-04-10 23:03:43)
The Open Road: "The Web has about doubled in size since Safari and Firefox came on the scene, and since that time, Firefox has captured almost half of that growth;"
ntop in openSUSE to probe & monitor Network Traffic
(2009-04-10 23:33:43)
SUSE & openSUSE: "ntop is a free opensource network traffic probe that shows the network usage. ntop is based on libpcap and can run on Linux/Unix and Windows operating system. ntop provides a very easy to use a web access to navigate through ntop traffic information and get a dump of the network status."
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