News Linux News for May 01, 2009:

Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe 2009: registration started
(2009-05-01 00:01:55)
LVEE 2009: "The 5th International conference of developers and users of free / open source software "Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe" (LVEE 2009) will take place on July 02-05. The event combines both communication and rest of the enthusiasts of free software, including GNU/Linux platform, but not limited to it."

Spreading Digital Freedom with The Whuffie Factor
(2009-05-01 01:31:55)
WorldLabel: "We in the FOSS world are really good at writing game-changing code, but we need to get better at getting people to use the code in mainstream applications, and we need to get better at forging alliances."

Don't Cry For Disappearing Newspapers
(2009-05-01 03:01:55)
Linux Today Blog: "I think the confusion that is rampant in all of this nostalgia for the old days illustrates a major problem with traditional journalism-- they're confusing the form with the function. The point of news reporting and journalism is not using up tons of paper and ink, it's the content."

NetBSD 5 speeds up kernel, drops HP-UX support
(2009-05-01 04:31:55)
Netstat -vat: "NetBSD 5.0 is out, introducing a long list of new features to the BSD operating system with the first big major release since NetBSD 4.0 came out in 2007."

The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)
(2009-05-01 06:01:55)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge."

Several powerful console music players for Linux
(2009-05-01 07:31:55)
TuxArena: "These players are among the top audio players for console available on Linux. You can run them in a shell instance without the need of an X Server, and although several use only a command-line interface (like ogg123 of mpg123), several come with a nice, ncurses-based interface which makes music management easier and pleasant."

The Tiny Unix And Linux Shell Crash Course For Beginners
(2009-05-01 09:01:55)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "I came up with a little something to help a few new guys get used to the shell (bash in this instance, but most of this will work in any shell... except the c shell - nothing is compatible with the c shell except tcsh and ...the c shell ;)"

Oracle and Sun: Match Made in Hades?
(2009-05-01 10:31:55)
Linux Blog Safari: "Does Oracle+Sun spell dream come true or disaster for the open source movement? The blogosphere has been ringing with opinions left, right and center on the topic, and perhaps just one thing is certain: The times they are a-changing."

Ubuntu, Now More Popular than Windows XP!
(2009-05-01 12:01:55)
Tech Source From Bohol: "Ubuntu has finally eclipsed Windows XP in terms of popularity. --That is according to the most recent data from Google Trends. See graph below:"

Mandriva's latest touted for fast boots
(2009-05-01 12:31:55)
Desktop Linux: "Mandriva has released the final version of Mandriva Linux Spring 2009. The new version offers KDE 4.2.2 as the default desktop, delivers up to 25 percent faster boots, supports additional netbooks, and provides enhanced networking and security tools, says the French software company."

Mini HOWTO: Tiny Core Linux 1.4 LiveUSB home web server
(2009-05-01 13:01:55)
Raiden's Realm: "Tiny Core Linux (TCL) is a great distro. My Apache HTTP server runs on it and uses a paltry total of 43MB of RAM. It boots from a 32MB USB stick and loads the whole thing into RAM - locks, box and dice."

Solving the ext3 latency problem
(2009-05-01 13:31:55)
LWN.net: "One might think that the ext3 filesystem, by virtue of being standard on almost all installed Linux systems for some years now, would be reasonably well tuned for performance. Recent events have shown, though, that some performance problems remain in ext3, especially in places where the fsync() system call is used."

Spanish Government to Hand Schools Over to Microsoft?
(2009-05-01 14:01:55)
Linux Magazine: "It's not the first time Microsoft has tried to wrestle away market share from free software using shady tactics. Suddenly, Microsoft seems to have discovered that education is strategic for their enterprise and they are pouring resources into cornering the market... at least in areas where Linux has the lead."

3 Tweaks to Speed Up Firefox and Free Some Memory
(2009-05-01 14:31:55)
TuxArena: "Sometimes Firefox can become a real memory hog, especially if you keep it running for hours and have many tabs opened. In order to make Firefox a little more responsive and save some RAM memory, here are three tweaks I bumped into over time."

In Depth: LinuxFest Northwest 2009 (video)
(2009-05-01 15:01:55)
Jupiter Broadcasting: "We made our yearly trip up to LinuxFest Northwest and had a great time. This year we had the opportunity to have a few quick chats with some people and projects in the Open Source community and Bryan gave a talk on what areas, as he puts it, "suck" on the Linux Desktop and what could be done to solve those problems."

Open source app puts the squeeze on network traffic
(2009-05-01 15:46:55)
LinuxDevices: "A group called the Traffic Squeezer project released an open source application that accelerates WAN network traffic. The Traffic Squeezer software uses lossless compression and other procedures to accelerate traffic on Linux-based network devices, and it's said a port to an embedded hardware version is planned."

Sun Updates Solaris 10 Performance, Security
(2009-05-01 16:31:55)
InternetNews: "With the Oracle acquisition looming, new Solaris update shows off new enterprise features, but is Solaris 11 on the horizon?"

The sad case of technology education in the United States
(2009-05-01 17:16:55)
Free Software in Latin America: "It might be arguable that Spain and France rank higher than Brazil (rank: 3) in government adoption of free software but the rankings show that large governments who could be doing amazing programs like the United States (rank: 28) are being beaten out by developing nations like Venezuela, Peru, South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam -- even Costa Rica (population: 4 million)."

Ubuntu brings advanced Screen features to the masses
(2009-05-01 18:01:55)
ars Technica: "The latest version of Ubuntu includes some nifty embellishments to the GNU Screen program. These improvements make some of Screen's more sophisticated features accessible to users."

Hey, Don't Dump. Debug!
(2009-05-01 19:46:55)
Linux Magazine: "Are the "Two Ps" (print statements and prayer) all that comprise your debugging strategy? It's time you were introduced to the Interactive Ruby Debugger."

New Sauerbraten Release Is Imminent
(2009-05-01 20:31:55)
Phoronix: "Within the next few days we should see the first 2009 release of Sauerbraten and it brings a host of new features. In this article is a rundown on some of the key features along with screenshots we captured when running their latest Subversion code."

Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On Debian Lenny
(2009-05-01 21:16:55)
HowtoForge: "This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on Debian Lenny. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk."

Software I'd Pay Money for
(2009-05-01 22:01:55)
Computersight: "What software would be worth paying for on Open Source Linux?"

Top 7 Reasons People Quit Linux
(2009-05-01 22:46:55)
PC World: "I'm happy to say that the excuses are getting far less common nowadays, compared to 2003, when I wrote my first book. But I still hear 'em. Here are the top seven reasons I've come across. No doubt you've heard them too."

Linux clients break 1% web usage share
(2009-05-01 23:01:55)
ZDNet: "According to NetApplications, Linux usage share on client devices has, for the first time, passed the 1% mark."

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