News Linux News for May 12, 2009:

10 Awesome Icon Sets for Ubuntu/GNOME Desktop
(2009-05-12 00:03:49)
Tech Source From Bohol: "This time, we have collected some of the finest and freshest icon sets that will surely enhance the look of your Linux desktop."

Ubuntu Muslim Edition Is Now Known as Sabily
(2009-05-12 01:33:49)
Softpedia: "...we're happy to announce that the dedicated team of developers behind the Ubuntu Muslim Edition project released today a new version of their Linux distribution. And with the new Jaunty Jackalope base comes a new name: Sabily, codename Tayebah."

OpenOffice.org 3.1: The next generation
(2009-05-12 03:03:49)
Computerworld: "The latest version of the open-source office suite OpenOffice.org 3.1 has just arrived, and it's a good one. While some of the improvements are visible to the naked eye, I found that the most important changes were hidden under the hood."

Lies, Damn Lies and Linux Market Share Statistics
(2009-05-12 04:33:49)
Linux Blog Safari: "Commercial software can be tabulated by units sold, but when so many copies of Linux operating systems are tossed around the Net for free, who's counting? A few outfits tried recently, and the results caused quite the commotion."

Has HADOPI Driven the French Insane?
(2009-05-12 06:03:49)
Open...: "One of the things I have been unable to understand is why the French, well known for their love of liberté, égalité, fraternité and all that jazz, seem hell-bent on getting rid of large chunks of said liberté in the digital sphere."

Ask the Wi-Fi Guru, Episode XV: Power Poaching, Wi-Fi Troubleshooting
(2009-05-12 07:33:49)
Wi-Fi Planet: "Unfortunately, mother nature has arranged things such that the frequencies we commonly use for wireless networking, such as 2.4 GHz, tend to be blocked by greenery. If you have any wireless links running shooting through trees or bushes, especially those you setup in the fall or winter, check for changes in signal strength."

Canonical launches UbuntuOne beta, online sync service, Dropbox competitor
(2009-05-12 09:03:49)
Always Right: "At the very moment, it seems to be just Dropbox clone, a free 2gb plan and a pay-for plan which gives you 10gb (less than Dropbox, at least for now). Also, is invitation only for now. I wonder if a service yet exists behind the website. Is this the secret project, Rodrigo ? "

Android 1.5 screenshot tour
(2009-05-12 10:33:49)
OpenComputer: "Without further delay, here is the tour of what is new in Android Cupcake."

10 Free Linux Ebooks For Beginners
(2009-05-12 12:03:49)
LinuxHaxor: "Last time we did a free book collection 2 years ago it was a hit among Linux users and rightfully so, who doesn't like free books?"

Adblock Plus Maker Proposes Letting Publishers Plead For Revenue
(2009-05-12 12:33:49)
Information Week: "The maker of Adblock Plus, a popular Firefox extension that allows users to block online ads, on Monday proposed a change in the software that would allow publishers, with the consent of Adblock Plus users, to prevent their ads from being blocked."

Sneak Preview: Five Game-Changing Features in Firefox 3.5
(2009-05-12 13:17:49)
Linux Magazine: "The latest Firefox may still be in beta but it boasts a number of behind-the-scenes features that will make developing for the web easier as well as end-user changes that add new functionality, like private browsing and support for drag and drop."

Obituary: Anthony Rumble - Linux pioneer and enthusiast
(2009-05-12 14:03:49)
Khaotic Musings: "Anthony Rumble, one of Australia's long-time supporters of Linux and free software, died on the weekend. The announcement, made on the Sydney Linux Users Group mailing list, indicated that the death was sudden, caused by a regular household accident."

Elderly Ubuntu User Says Books Far Better than Forums
(2009-05-12 14:33:49)
Datamation: "...you wondered who actually buys and uses computer books. Well, I do, and I'd be in bad shape without them! I don't fit the profile of Incipient Geek. I'm 75 years old..."

Cairo Dock 2.0.0 is Here (Linux Dock Menu)!
(2009-05-12 15:03:49)
Web Upd8: "Not so long ago I was telling you about the new version 2 of Cairo Dock which was at the time still in beta/rc and that it doesn't look at all like the old 1 branch - this new version is by far the best dock menu application I've seen for any operating system."

Ubuntu 9.04 vs. Mac OS X 10.5.6 Benchmarks
(2009-05-12 15:33:49)
Phoronix: "We have already looked at the performance of Ubuntu's Jaunty Jackalope, and even found it to perform with old hardware, but how does it now compete with Mac OS X? We have more benchmarks this morning to continue this performance investigation."

Nagios - A Fork In The Road
(2009-05-12 16:03:49)
Nagios Community: "As many of you know, a recent fork of Nagios has been announced, accompanied with a flurry of activity in both the community and press. An email thread titled "Nagios is dead! Long live Icinga!" began last week on the nagios-devel mailing list to kick this off."

10 Games That Will Turn your Linux into a WarMachine
(2009-05-12 16:33:49)
A New Morning: "Loads of my friends use linux and "some" complain that there aren't much games for the OS out there.. well they are wrong, I've posted about Linux games in the past and going to write / update more on it in this post."

Hands On: The New York Times' New Digital Reader
(2009-05-12 17:03:49)
PC Magazine: "On Monday, the New York Times released a new version of it Times Reader, a slick Adobe Air-powered app that brings the experience of reading the printed paper to your computer. Times Reader 2.0 takes the best of both the Web and print editions and combines them into a pleasurable digital reading experience you can enjoy online and offline."

Switching My Dad to Linux - Part One
(2009-05-12 17:33:49)
PC World: "But this changed a few days ago when my father got a new laptop that had Vista pre-installed. He asked me to set things up for him and, to cut a long story short, he got Ubuntu 9.04. This is simply because Ubuntu is a better choice in this situation"

Xandros Presto Linux review
(2009-05-12 18:03:49)
Techworld: "Windows - even a new install of XP - can still be slow to boot, which is a shame if all you want to do is fire up a web browser. Presto answers that call, turning the system into a dual-boot machine that can fire up basic apps in seconds. It works. Is especially suited to use on laptops."

Revealed: the best Linux distro for your netbook
(2009-05-12 18:33:49)
TechRadar: "Three of the Linux distros we tested (namely, Xandros, EeeXubuntu and Pupeee) are optimised for the Eee PC, but each of these should also run on other netbooks. The fourth distro on test meanwhile, GOS, is the default one installed on Everet netbooks."

ExtremeTech: Sabayon Linux 4.1 Review
(2009-05-12 19:03:49)
ExtremeTech: "Last week we looked at VirtualBSD, this week we're moving back to Linux and to a more convential kind of distribution. Sabayon Linux is based on Gentoo. Gentoo as you might already know is somewhat famous for being the "roll your own" kind of distribution."

The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2009.1 With GNOME
(2009-05-12 19:33:49)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mandriva One 2009.1 desktop (with the GNOME desktop environment) 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."

Weekly Ten (5-11-2009): Social Networks Invite the Wrong People, Last Dance with the Shuttle
(2009-05-12 20:03:49)
Tech Source From Bohol: "Last month marked the 19th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, an orbiting observatory that has become a household name and a lichpin of astronomical science."

Qt Publishes Roadmap, Opens Up Git Repository
(2009-05-12 20:33:49)
Phoronix: "First off, the Qt tool-kit is now being developed in a public Git repository, which can be found at Gitorious. Qt is now being openly developed to hopefully spur additional community contributions whether it be code, translations, or other work."

What's the Point of oFono?
(2009-05-12 21:03:49)
Open Enterprise: "... you might think that the last the world needs is yet another mobile platform, but Intel and Nokia beg to differ:
"Intel and Nokia are pleased to jointly announce the oFono project, an open source project for developing an open source telephony solution.""

Use the Bash trap Statement to Clean Up Temporary Files
(2009-05-12 21:33:49)
Linux Journal: "The trap statement in bash causes your script to execute one or more commands when a signal is received. One of the useful things you can use this for is to clean up temporary files when your script exits."

Aruba Gets Wired for Remote Access with a Little Help from Linux
(2009-05-12 22:03:49)
InternetNews: "WLAN player shifts to the LAN with major new rollout of remote access gear with Linux at its core."

Linux and FOSS: Living A Conscious Life
(2009-05-12 22:33:49)
Linux Today Blog: "What is winning? It's not "world domination". Winning is changing the rules of the game so that a dirty convicted monopolist does not control the industry, and Linux/FOSS can thrive without constantly having to fight just for the right to exist."

Dell spins lower-cost netbook
(2009-05-12 23:03:49)
LinuxDevices: "Dell has announced a lower-cost version of its popular Mini 10 netbook, which runs Ubuntu Linux. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10v sells for $300, offering a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270, 10-inch display, 120GB or 160GB hard drive, and a 1.3 megapixel webcam, the company says."

Funny Signature Quotes
(2009-05-12 23:33:49)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today I stumbled over a great collection of electronic mail signature quotes at Snafu (which adheres to the old military meaning of the acronym"

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