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News Linux News for May 13, 2009:
How Mobile Are Your Hosted VMs?
(2009-05-13 00:03:49)
Linux Magazine: "I've had several people over the past few months ask me "I know I own my hosted virtual machines but how can I move them from one provider to another?" The short answer is that you can but it isn't easy."
VLC Media Player 1.0.0 RC1 emerges
(2009-05-13 01:33:49)
The H Open: "The first release candidate for VLC media player (formerly called VideoLAN Client) 1.0.0 has emerged for Linux and Windows systems."
European Union Wants a Cut of the Internet
(2009-05-13 03:03:49)
Linux Journal: "Nobody really controls the Internet - untold numbers of servers located in hundreds of jurisdictions simply can't be policed by any one individual, organization, or government. What is controlled, however, is the assignment of IP addresses and domain names -- a function that is carried out by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers through the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority."
Android growing at 900 percent clip, says study
(2009-05-13 04:33:49)
LinuxDevices: "Strategy Analytics has published a study predicting 900 percent growth for Android in 2009, says eWEEK. In other Linux smartphone news, Palm is prepping an electromagnetic induction charger for its upcoming Pre phone, and Garmin's Nuvifone will slip to a second-half release, say industry reports."
Announcing BrDesktop for the Brazilian home desktop user
(2009-05-13 06:03:49)
Debian: "It is a selection of official Debian GNU/Linux packages. A Pure Blend, pre-configured and targeted for Brazilian Debian GNU/Linux home desktop users."
The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2009.1 Free (x86_64) [ISPConfig 2]
(2009-05-13 07:33:49)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how to set up a Mandriva 2009.1 Free (x86_64) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. In the end you should have a system that works reliably, and if you like you can install the free webhosting control panel ISPConfig 2 (i.e., ISPConfig runs on it out of the box). This tutorial is written for the 64-bit version of Mandriva 2009.1."
The X Window innovation: welcome to the new Xorg
(2009-05-13 09:03:49)
Free Software Magazine: "In this article I will explain has X Window has changed, and what to expect in the near future.
Several significant things happened, and they all depended on one another. But first, some background."
Linux.com goes live looking for Linux gurus
(2009-05-13 10:33:49)
Netstat -vat: "Linux.com has been relaunched under the direction of the Linux Foundation. The Linux.com site was acquired by the Linux Foundation earlier this year from SourceForge for an an undisclosed sum"
Linux does have a future on netbooks
(2009-05-13 12:03:49)
Cyber Cynic: "I'm puzzled. Desktop Linux, for the first time ever, has at least 1% of the desktop market. Linux probably has considerably more than that. So, why is Lenovo's Worldwide Competitive Analyst Matt Kohut claiming that Linux has no future on netbooks?"
Leaving The Nest: From Windows To Linux
(2009-05-13 12:33:49)
Hacktalk: "I'm the sort that always raged against Micro$oft, and thought that using Firefox, Thunderbird, and OpenOffice was enough to prove my rebellious ways--in essence, I was interested in open-source because it was a fad."
The Countdown to Fedora 11 Begins!
(2009-05-13 13:03:49)
MadRhetoric: "Fedora 11 is less than two weeks away. The excitement is in the air and we all can't wait to see the product of more than a few long months of hard work. It's prime time to start talking about what users can expect to see, highlight new features and describe some of the enhancements that we can all look forward too."
Netbook runs on AA batteries
(2009-05-13 13:33:49)
LinuxDevices: "NorhTec announced a netbook that operates on eight AA batteries, has an internal power supply, and runs Linux on a 1GHz x86-based SoC (system on chip). The "Gecko EduBook" has an 8.9-inch display, has an easily reconfigurable modular design, and will cost under $200, says NorhTec."
"Ubuntu One" name infringes on Ubuntu trademark policy and creates confusion
(2009-05-13 14:03:49)
Launchpad: "The usage of the word Ubuntu in the context of "Ubuntu One" is inconsistent with the Trademark Policy outlined at http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy"
Brits to test life without Windows
(2009-05-13 14:33:49)
IT Wire: "Two British IT workers are planning to spend a month without Windows, using GNU/Linux instead in a project designed to see whether "the Linux operating system is capable of delivering the function and style of delivery that an established Windows user can adapt to easily.""
Health Check: Ubuntu and Debian's special relationship
(2009-05-13 15:03:49)
The H Open: "The release of Jaunty Jackalope coincided with the fifth anniversary of a meeting that Mark Shuttleworth called of a dozen or so Debian Developers in his London flat in April 2004 to map out his project to create a distribution that was capable of taking Linux to the masses. During the five years since that meeting Ubuntu has sprung from nothing to become the most popular Linux on the street."
Wall Street Opens Doors to Open Source Technologies
(2009-05-13 15:33:49)
Wall Street Technology: "The recession combined with access to a worldwide community of developers is driving capital markets firms to adopt open source technologies in increasing numbers."
Qt Now Open for Community Contributions
(2009-05-13 16:03:49)
KDE.news: "Today, we at Qt Software have opened our repositories to the public. Any developer can now help guide and shape the future development of Qt by contributions of code, translations, examples and other material to Qt and Qt-related projects. We have also published our roadmap and released Qt Jambi under the LGPL. Read on for details."
A follow-up on Excel 2007 SP2's ODF support
(2009-05-13 16:33:49)
An Antic Disposition: "In other words, all of those Interoperability Directors and Interoperability Architects at Microsoft seem to have (hopefully temporarily) switched into Minimal Conformance Directors and Minimal Conformance Architects, and are gazing at their navels. I hope they did not suffer a reduction in salary commensurate with the reduction in their claimed responsibilities."
EU slaps a record fine on Intel
(2009-05-13 17:03:49)
BBC News: "Computer chipmaker Intel has been fined a record 1.06bn euros ($1.45bn; £948m) by the European Commission for anti-competitive practices."
Public Call for Tender Requested: Swiss Group Challenges Microsoft Contracts
(2009-05-13 17:33:49)
Linux Magazine: "The Swiss Federal Office for Construction and Logistics (Bundesamt für Bauten und Logistik, or BBL) is reported as having purchased Microsoft licenses in the order of 42 million Swiss francs (about $38 million). Because no public bids were tendered, open source organizations are now requesting a review of the decision."
Linux certifications: Hot or not?
(2009-05-13 18:03:49)
Computerworld: "But some in the Linux community say the emergence of certifications is by no means a golden ticket for admins, and perhaps just a waste of time and money."
French 'net piracy' bill passed
(2009-05-13 18:33:49)
BBC News: "A controversial French bill which will disconnect people caught downloading content illegally three times has been given final approval."
PhotoAlbum Competition to Create Showcase Video - Win $100
(2009-05-13 19:03:49)
KDE.news: "Today the KPhotoAlbum team has launched a competition to create the coolest showcase video for the new KDE 4 version of KPhotoAlbum. Besides fame and glory participant also has the chance to win $100 for the coolest video."
SystemRescueCd 1.2.0 Has Linux Kernel 2.6.29.3
(2009-05-13 19:33:49)
Softpedia: "Big news comes with this version of the tiny Gentoo-based operating system for systems administration and data recovery, as it now has a new desktop environment, Xfce4, and it is powered by the just released Linux kernel 2.6.29.3."
The State of Open Source Storage
(2009-05-13 20:03:49)
Enterprise Storage Forum: "Open source storage has come a long way in the last few years. There are good open source offerings on the backup, mirroring, file system, NAS and storage virtualization side. It is possible to cobble together an awful lot of disks and run them at high performance without the need for state-of-the-art hardware"
Could Adobe be open-sourcing Flash?
(2009-05-13 20:33:05)
Cyber Cynic: "Now, however, with Strobe, its just announced Flash framework, Adobe looks like it may be getting more open-source friendly as well."
Linux.com Goes Live - For the Community, and By the Community
(2009-05-13 21:03:49)
Standards Blog: "Before Linux.com went dark late last year, it was one of the most visited open source news aggregation and discussion sites. As you may recall, word got this March that the Linux Foundation had taken Linux.com over, and was committed to making it bigger, better and richer than before."
Is Web Programming All There Is?
(2009-05-13 21:33:49)
I'm always looking for good Linux programming howtos, both beginner and more advanced. However, the majority of what I am finding is Web programming. Is that all anyone does anymore?
Installing NetBSD 5.0: Screenshots
(2009-05-13 22:03:49)
ZDNet AU: "The NetBSD Project recently released NetBSD 5.0, the 13th major release of its Unix operating system. If you are not familiar with the BSD mentality, it's a back-to-basics approach. Those familiar with Unix environments will find themselves right at home."
Controlling Ubuntu's and Fedora's Upstart (the init replacement)
(2009-05-13 22:33:49)
LinuxPlanet: "In the last article in this series Juliet Kemp looked at how init (the system we've all been using for years to start up our services) works, and how upstart, the new replacement for init, works instead. This article looks at upstart and its scripts in more detail."
Open Source rocks! Learning from code by debugging
(2009-05-13 23:03:49)
Handle With Linux: "In my previous article I described installing the EPIC plugin in Eclipse. I think this is a great editor and I definitely appreciate it a lot. I do have some problems with it, it seems to me it's a bit buggy, if you just want to use it for writing code you won't have this problem..."
Hands on: Canonical aims for the cloud with new Ubuntu One
(2009-05-13 23:33:49)
ars Technica: "Canonical is preparing to launch Ubuntu One, a new Web service that will offer cloud synchronization and collaboration features. Ars gives you a detailed hands-on look at the service and some of the underlying technology."
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