News Linux News for Jun 05, 2009:

Donald Knuth: Mathematical Ideas, or Algorithms, Should Not Be Patented
(2009-06-05 00:04:56)
Groklaw: "Basically I remain convinced that the patent policy most fair and most suitable for the world will regard mathematical ideas (such as algorithms) to be not subject to proprietary patent rights."

Amarok 2.1 "Let There Be Light" released
(2009-06-05 01:34:56)
KDE.news: "After 5 months of hard work the Amarok team is proud to announce the next major release, Amarok 2.1, codenamed "Let There Be Light"."

Don't Get Me Wrong, Linux sucks as much as Windows
(2009-06-05 03:04:56)
Linux Today Blog: "Here is the latest hot trend in anti-Linux baloney: supposed Linux fans and advocates who really really love Linux and have been using it for years, but can't recommend it for anyone else because "It's not ready.""

Ubuntu Becomes Intel's Classmate
(2009-06-05 04:34:56)
EFYTimes: "Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Intel Corporation to deliver Ubuntu as an operating system for the Intel-powered classmate PCs"

KDE 4.2.4 Improves Okular and KMail
(2009-06-05 06:04:56)
Softpedia: "Back to KDE 4.2.4, you should know that it brings you the usual bugfixes, especially for applications such as Okular, KMail, KAlarm, KGeography, KShisen and of course the KHTML engine, plus some patches in the core."

Commerce Department to Work with ICANN and VeriSign to Enhance the Security and
(2009-06-05 09:04:56)
NIST: "The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that the two agencies are working with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and VeriSign on an initiative to enhance the security and stability of the Internet."

ZFS under Linux the PV way
(2009-06-05 10:34:56)
FOSS Boss: "In this article I'll be installing OpenSolaris 2009.06 para-virtualized under a centos-5-x64 dom0. This setup has the advatange of running OpenSolaris on storage controllers that may not have native solaris driver support."

Driving the Linux drivers
(2009-06-05 12:04:56)
Cyber Cynic: "One of the great Linux myths is that it doesn't support modern hardware. What nonsense! I've been finding for years that it's the newer Windows desktops that don't support equipment."

Delete Unnecessary Files From Your Desktop With BleachBit On Ubuntu 9.04
(2009-06-05 12:34:56)
HowtoForge: "This guide shows how you can install and use BleachBit on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop to delete unnecessary files. BleachBit deletes unnecessary files (such as cache, cookies, Internet history, localizations, logs, temporary files, and broken shortcuts) to free valuable disk space, maintain privacy, and remove junk. It wipes clean Adobe Reader, APT, Bash, Beagle, Chromium, Epiphany, Firefox, Flash, GIMP, Google Earth, Java, KDE, OpenOffice.org, Opera, RealPlayer, Second Life viewer, Skype, VIM, XChat, Yum, and more."

Working with filesystems using NFSV4 ACL
(2009-06-05 13:04:56)
IBM Developerworks: "THe NFSv4 (Network File System – Version 4) protocol introduces a new ACL (Access Control List) format that extends other existing ACL formats. NFSv4 ACL is easy to work with and introduces more detailed file security attributes, making NFSv4 ACLs more secure. Several operating systems like IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, and Linux have implemented NFSv4 ACL in their filesystems."

It's time for the community to take charge of its brand
(2009-06-05 13:34:56)
Freedom Bits: "There are a couple of "beginner's mistakes" when thinking about Free Software in general and its commercial application, in particular. One is to believe there was a substantial difference in the software referred to by the terms "Free Software" and "Open Source." There isn't."

Windows XP cash machines can steal your PIN
(2009-06-05 14:04:56)
IT Wire: "It is bad enough that the bad guys constantly try and phish your financial data via email and fake websites, now cash machines are getting in on the act."

Drawing and animating directly to the Desktop with Perl
(2009-06-05 14:34:56)
Handle With Linux: "A little sidestep from my learning of the Gtk toolkit for Perl GUI programming. I was thinking it would be nice to try some 2D animation on the desktop. Not the most useful thing maybe, but I like to make my learning process as much fun as possible. That keeps me motivated and happy."

"Whatever you do, please DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM"
(2009-06-05 15:04:56)
Silicon.com: "Google released Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux Thursday - but only in rough developer preview versions that the company warns are works in progress"

Run Linux Applications on Windows
(2009-06-05 16:04:56)
PCPlus: "Install the Windows port of KDE and get instant native compatibility with all kinds of great open source Linux software."

Drizzle, State of Testing
(2009-06-05 16:34:56)
Brian "Krow" Aker's Idle Thoughts: "One of the most important rules I have learned over the years is that anything that is not automated and not required, will get skipped."

Where is Firefox 3.5? Why isn't it Firefox 4?
(2009-06-05 17:04:56)
Internetnews: "Firefox 3.0 is not quite a year old, but users are already clamoring for Firefox 3.5. So where is it, and what is it all about? "

Resellers to trial Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.3
(2009-06-05 17:34:56)
CRN: "HP has partnered with Red Hat to develop a solution for RISC Migration projects. The solution offers Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on HP BladeSystems."

Python testing frameworks: Finding modules to test
(2009-06-05 18:04:56)
IBM Developerworks: "Here we look at how the leading testing frameworks provide robust auto-discovery of your application tests, and how this replaces the fragile central lists of tests that you used to maintain."

Chrome on Linux: Rough, fast & promising
(2009-06-05 18:34:56)
Cyber Cynic: "Chrome, if you haven't tried it, is the speed-demon of Web browsers. I love it. But, until now, there really wasn't a version that would run natively on Linux. Starting last night, June 4th, Google released developer's versions of Chrome for Macs and Linux. They're rough, really rough, but they're also really fast."

High-end signage PC supplies four HDMI ports
(2009-06-05 19:04:56)
LinuxDevices: "Ibase Technology is shipping an "ultra-compact" signage computer with independent HDMI outputs supporting 1080p resolutions. The SI-28 Signature Book 2 runs either a dual- or quad-core AMD Athlon, and offers an ATI E4690 GPU, gigabit Ethernet, four USB ports, and wireless options, says the company."

Feature: Linux Media Server Using Ubuntu 8.10
(2009-06-05 19:34:56)
Geek.com: "This project attempts to show you how to make your own home media server from readily available PC components & open source software."

Mozilla JetPack: Lowering the Bar to Extend Firefox
(2009-06-05 20:04:56)
Linux Magazine: "One of Firefox’s great advantages is the ability for users to create custom extensions. While add-ons have historically been non-trivial to write, Mozilla Labs is looking to make this considerably easier with JetPack."

Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS On Debian Lenny
(2009-06-05 20:34:56)
Howtoforge: "GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system."

Happy Birthday, Mozilla - and Thanks for Being Here
(2009-06-05 21:04:56)
Open Enterprise: "Seven years ago, Mozilla 1.0 was launched: Mozilla.org, the organization that coordinates Mozilla open-source development and provides services to assist the Mozilla community, today announced the release of Mozilla 1.0, the first major-version public release of the Mozilla software."

Review: Acer Aspire One D150 and Linux
(2009-06-05 21:34:56)
Montana Linux: "I have had about ten laptops over the years. My first one, if you could call it a laptop, was an Atari Portfolio (1992) which I still have and it still works."

New KyaPanel version 2.2~2
(2009-06-05 22:04:56)
KyaPanel: "This is the most tested KyaPanel version ever. We developed our own Q&A (Quality & Assurance) software to test all it's functions. In it's first version we are testing only Mail Module functions without Zimbra or eGroupware integrations, but even then it's a huge step to KyaPanel quality of software."

Why the WinTel axis is crumbling
(2009-06-05 22:34:56)
The Inquirer: "INTEL IS GETTING INTO operating systems big time. The OSes in question run on Mobile Internet Devices and Intel has a big future mapped out for these things. It may not be betting the farm on them, but certainly the double garage, some of the barns and half the furniture could end up on the table."

Penguin Poop Seen From Space
(2009-06-05 23:04:56)
National Geographic: "Researchers have discovered ten new emperor penguin colonies by spotting penguin excrement stains on Antarctic ice from satellite images."

Get a Linux-powered Dell laptop for $299
(2009-06-05 23:34:56)
The Cheapskate: "Zowie! For less than the price of some Netbooks, you can get yourself a full-blown Dell notebook. Here's the deal: Dell is offering the Inspiron 15n for just $299."

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