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News Linux News for Apr 12, 2009:
Living Life Without Windows: An Introduction to Linux
(2009-04-12 00:02:43)
Raiden's Realm: "Figure out where I am going here? I am talking about the mindset that you MUST have Microsoft Windows installed on your PC to do ANYTHING. There is nothing farther from the truth."
GNU Radio: the open-source software defined Radio
(2009-04-12 04:02:43)
Your Electronics Open Source: "GNU Radio is an open source Software Defined Radio (SDR) project that was started about ten years ago by Eric Blossom, an electrical engineer. The main idea which is behind this project, as its founder says, was to turn all the hardware problems into software problems, that is move the complexity of a radio equipment from the hardware level to the software one, and get the software as close to the antenna as possible."
Backtrack security testing distro another great tool to convince people of Linux
(2009-04-12 08:02:43)
Handle With Linux: "When I tell them what you can do with Linux, they only think about the effort it will take to learn a new OS.
But when I mention penetration testing I see this little twinkle in their eye. Most system administrators (not enough) are interested in security. So often when I tell them there is a Linux distribution completely aimed at penetration testing they are eager to try."
Funny Or Die: Unix Trouble
(2009-04-12 12:02:43)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "I visited my grandfather in the hospital. He had all kinds of gadgets by his bed...I spent hours playing with those machines."
How Microsoft Changes the Prices at OEMs to Block GNU/Linux Sales
(2009-04-12 16:02:43)
Boycott Novell: "Summary: Antitrust exhibit shows how Microsoft changes its pricing to suppress interest in Mandrake (GNU/Linux)"
Computer virus strikes University of Utah (Conficker, and it's a Windows worm)
(2009-04-12 19:18:06)
Salt Lake Tribune: "So far, the virus has mainly affected health sciences, including the university's three hospitals, medical school, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and College of Health, said Chris Nelson, spokesman for health sciences at the U."
An Easter Story: More ASCII Art For Linux And Unix
(2009-04-12 20:02:43)
The Linux and Unix: "It's yet another holiday that we haven't ASCII'ed yet, and we've got another script to print a somewhat-tame Easter story, and picture, to your terminal. Yet again, I've gone back to Joan Stark's ASCII Art Gallery to find a really good picture."
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