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News Linux News for Jun 11, 2009:
Linux 2.6.30 Gets Faster Boot - but is Fedora Faster?
(2009-06-11 00:03:21)
InternetNews: "The second Linux kernel of 2009 is now out, sporting a long list of improvements -- and at least one regression."
15 Cool Google Chrome Wallpapers
(2009-06-11 01:33:21)
Tech Source From Bohol: "I decided to collect some cool and interesting Chrome wallpapers which users and fans have created."
How to Sponsor an Open Source Sprint
(2009-06-11 03:03:21)
IT World: "In short: In an open source sprint, you can add new functionality to your most important application for less money than your marketing department spent last month on a single fancy client dinner."
Hadoop Gets the SQOOP from Cloudera
(2009-06-11 04:33:21)
InternetNews: "The Apache Hadoop project offers the promise of being able to manage and process large volumes of data quickly. It's a project that is used by big Web titans like Yahoo, Google and Facebook, and it's about to get a critical new tool to help it ingest even more data."
"Permissions on the password database may be too restrictive"
(2009-06-11 06:03:21)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "I was working with a colleague, booting up a recently panicked (I'm assuming, since I wasn't involved when "the incident" happened) SUSE Linux 10 system, when we saw the following error:
Login Failed: Permissions on the password database may be too restrictive."
High Netbook Return Rate? Windows Is the Problem
(2009-06-11 07:33:21)
O'Reilly Blogs: "Did it ever occur to people that Windows might actually be the cause of the disappointment customers face and the high returns? An insightful analysis in the tech-no-media blog on June 1st says precisely that and asks the question: "Is Windows killing the Netbook?""
Dell bundling open source applications for SMBs
(2009-06-11 09:03:21)
Network World: "Dell is planning to offer small and medium businesses globally preconfigured bundles of hardware and open source software to run their businesses, according to an executive at the company"
The Adobe AIR File API
(2009-06-11 10:33:21)
Linux Magazine: "Typical browser applications cannot access the local filesystem. However, Adobe AIR applications can, giving those applications a distinct advantage. Learn how the AIR File API works and build an application that can read and write from a local disk. "
Torvalds proclaims 'new world order' with Linux 2.6.30
(2009-06-11 12:03:21)
The Industry Standard: "Linux kernel 2.6.30 has been released with hundreds of changes from the previous version, including a new architecture for suspend and resume which Linus Torvalds says switches the kernel to a "new world order""
Fair is Fair - Ubuntu Netbook Remix
(2009-06-11 12:33:21)
Random Musings: "Ok, so I realized that if I'm going to be fair about this, in addition to trying Moblin on the nettop, I really should try the Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR)."
Ubuntu aims for ten-second boot time with 10.04
(2009-06-11 13:33:21)
ars Technica: "In a presentation at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona, developer Scott James Remnant noted that boot time decreased from 65 seconds in version 8.10 to only 25 seconds in 9.04."
Q&A: What’s in a Linux Name?
(2009-06-11 14:03:21)
New York Times: "Why does Linux seem to have multiple choices in operating systems, such as Ubuntu or Slackware, and where do the names come from?"
Blog Your Way to OSCON
(2009-06-11 14:33:21)
Linux.com: "One of the cooler aspects of the new Linux.com site is the ability for any registered user to come in and start their own blog at a coveted spot on the Internet. I have been enjoying many of the entries submitted thus far, and have even talked to a few writers about using their content as full-fledged articles on the site."
Open Invitation to Mono Proponents to Set the Record Straight
(2009-06-11 14:46:21)
A recent thread on the Mono controversy in Ubuntu turned into a long debate, with Mono fans feeling that Mono is misrepresented. So here is a chance to set the record straight: write it up for Linux Today and I will publish it.
Fun Wallpapers: The Linux Desktop Edition
(2009-06-11 15:03:21)
The Howto Geek: "Yeah, it's a little ironic that we'd put together a collection of Linux wallpapers since we cover mostly Microsoft topics--but we're also fans of open-source goodness and use Linux all the time."
Content producers dig Linux too!
(2009-06-11 15:33:21)
Tech-No-Media: "Content creation used to be the stronghold of Apple and it's OSX operating system, but recently there have been signs that content producers are more and more attracted to Linux."
Software liability law could divide open source
(2009-06-11 16:03:21)
ZDNet Asia: "The world of open source development could be divided if the European Commission (EC) succeeds in passing a law extending consumer protection rules to software, according to experts."
How to run .NET programs in Linux
(2009-06-11 16:33:21)
JRBTech: "If you are a software developer you may or may not know that you can run your .NET 1.0 and .NET 2.0 applications natively in Linux. Even Windows.Forms (GUI Programs) programs can be run natively, making .NET a great and easy tool for cross platform development."
Open Voices Interview with Bob Sutor, IBM
(2009-06-11 17:03:21)
Linux.com: "In this episode of Open Voices, Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin talks with newly appointed VP of Linux and Open Source at IBM Bob Sutor."
SAP: Open Source's Friend or Foe?
(2009-06-11 17:33:21)
Linux Journal: "Given that huge clout, SAP's attitude to open source is important; and yet it is hard to tell whether it is really free software's friend or its foe."
New Linux tool helps manage guest virtual machines
(2009-06-11 18:03:21)
Computerworld Australia: "With the increasing prevalence of virtualization comes the greater need for management of "guest" operating systems that run as virtual machines on the hypervisor, and the tool called libguestfs is set to provide that on Linux."
Linux is first OS to support USB 3.0
(2009-06-11 18:33:21)
Neowin: "Sarah Sharp, a self-styled "geekess" and Linux developer at Intel's Open Source Technology Center who has recently been working on the Linux USB subsystem, announced on her blog that support of USB 3.0 will soon be integrated into the Linux kernel"
PythonGTK Programming part 3: Screensaver, Objects, and User Input
(2009-06-11 19:03:21)
LinuxPlanet: "In the previous two installments of this series we learned how to create a simple, colorful screensaver in PythonGTK. Today Akkana Peck leads us into some key fundamental concepts of programming: objects, code re-use, and making our screensaver respond to user input."
New Native Linux Multitouch Support
(2009-06-11 19:33:21)
ICL: "This demo made by Mohamed-Ikbel Boulabiar, Stephane Chatty and Sebastien Hamdani from the Interactive Computing Lab at ENAC shows how one can use the multi-touch capabilities that Henryk Rydberg added to the Linux input system. "
Microsoft and Novell Still Bosom Buddies: Can Linux and Windows really get along?
(2009-06-11 20:03:21)
InternetNews: "In November of 2006, Microsoft rocked the Linux world by signing a landmark patent and interoperability agreement with Novell. According to the two partners, it's an agreement that today, two and half years later is still paying off, even during the current recession."
Linux Netbook Bundled With Norton 360
(2009-06-11 20:33:21)
Reader Mark Scott submitted this interesting variation on Linux OEM netbooks: this one is bundled with Symantec's Norton 360.
Utilizing debtags to Discover Similar Software
(2009-06-11 21:03:21)
Linux Journal: "Solution: someone tells you to check out debtags, a feature of Debian-derived distributions that allows users to discover similar software packages based on the tags associated with a myriad of DEB packages."
Yum, It’s Starting to Get Tasty
(2009-06-11 21:33:21)
Linux Magazine: "The release of Fedora 11 promises numerous new improvements. One such improvement is an updated and more efficient package manager. How does it compare to the previous release, version 10?"
Ubuntu: Abuse. Intimidation. And support.
(2009-06-11 22:03:21)
Always Right: "MILAN - Breaking news ! WorksWithU's Guy Thouret has just seen a flame for the first time."
Ubuntu 9.04 vs. Fedora 11 Performance
(2009-06-11 22:33:21)
Phoronix: "Fedora 11 was released earlier this week so we have set out to see how its desktop performance compares to that of Ubuntu 9.04, which was released back in April. "
Top Open Source Apps For OS X
(2009-06-11 23:03:21)
Intranet Journal: "These days when people think about open source software, there's a belief that it's best suited for Linux, and to a lesser degree, Windows. What people making this assumption forget is that Apple's OS X is based on BSD (which is open source itself), and it has a number of fantastic open source apps that will run great with it out of the box."
Review: Ubuntu 9.04 on my ASUS Eee PC 901
(2009-06-11 23:33:21)
Another day in development...: "And while Canonical was pushing their Ubuntu Netbook Remix, I recently decided to install the desktop release and have my netbook run the standard 9.04 release of the Ubuntu distribution. Below are the results to my experience."
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