News Linux News for Jul 08, 2009:

Ubuntu User, You Have Some Big Issues
(2009-07-08 00:04:17)
Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "What do the following things have in common?
A Mythical Horned Rabbit from Douglas, Wyoming.
A French-Canadian Linux Guy.
An A4 Format..."

Sign your Code
(2009-07-08 01:34:17)
Join The Revolution!: "Another feature, albeit a lot less reported and modest is the addition of the Code Signing trust bit to the StartCom CA root. This means that applications and other code signed by a StartSSL™ code signing certificate are automatically trusted by Firefox."

Distributed Replicated Storage Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Debia
(2009-07-08 03:04:17)
Howtoforge: "This tutorial shows how to combine four single storage servers (running Debian Lenny) to a distributed replicated storage with GlusterFS... Basically, this is RAID10 over network."

Useful Tricks With Screen
(2009-07-08 04:34:17)
Tip of theTrade: "It's handy if you're using a console rather than an xterm, or if you're connected to another machine, as it means you can do multiple things at once without having to move to another console or open another ssh connection."

Using iSCSI On Ubuntu 9.04 (Initiator And Target)
(2009-07-08 06:04:17)
Howtoforge: "This guide explains how you can set up an iSCSI target and an iSCSI initiator (client), both running Ubuntu 9.04."

Code Project: Use weather for wallpapers
(2009-07-08 07:34:17)
TuxRadar: "As we start on our journey of discovery, let's do something easy, such as changing our desktop background depending on what the weather's doing. There are already a number of desktop apps and widgets that provide this service, so this data should be freely available on the internet somewhere."

SUSE 11 takes off faster than 10
(2009-07-08 09:04:17)
Channel Register: "Novell kicked out its SUSE Linux 11 release at the end of March, so it's now time to ask how it's doing. The answer: better than SUSE Linux 10. But still not enough to close the substantial installed base and revenue gap that exists between number one Red Hat Enterprise Linux..."

Netbooks Are Little Notebooks, and Linux on Netbooks Rocks
(2009-07-08 10:34:17)
Linux Today Blog: "But it seems that vendors didn't really have a good vision of what these little machines could do and marketed them as Internet clients, rather than little notebooks that could do almost everything their big siblings could do. Which was, and still is, a big mistake, a mistake shaped by the paranoid, restrictive proprietary software world and a lack of understanding what customers want."

Acer Aspire One with Linpus Linux
(2009-07-08 12:04:17)
Windows IT Pro: "I also looked at a version of the Acer Aspire One that came pre-installed with Linpus Linux Lite, a popular Linux distribution for netbooks. Other than a white case color, both netbooks had the same external hardware configuration."

KDE 4.3 RC1 in Kubuntu 9.04 - Overview & Screenshots
(2009-07-08 12:34:17)
Tuxarena: "I took some time today to install and take for a spin the latest version of KDE4 today, release 4.3 RC1. I installed the packages from the Kubuntu backports repositories, as explained in this tutorial. All the screenshots were took at 1280x1024 and desktop effects enabled."

Community 2.0
(2009-07-08 13:04:17)
No Coding Required: "I think it is time for a different kind of community. When the Free Software Foundation was originally created, it was not meant to be a movement that would be used to drive big business, it was meant to work against big business."

PC Invader Costs Ky. County $415,000
(2009-07-08 13:34:17)
Washington Post: "Cyber criminals based in Ukraine stole $415,000 from the coffers of Bullitt County, Kentucky this week. The crooks were aided by more than two dozen co-conspirators in the United States, as well as a strain of malicious software capable of defeating online security measures put in place by many banks."

Google announces its own Linux-based OS: The Web is the OS
(2009-07-08 13:42:05)
Google Blog: "So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be."

Stop piling on Mono already
(2009-07-08 14:04:17)
Cyber Cynic: "On the other hand, I don't see Mono, the open-source implementation of Microsoft's .NET programming environment and its related languages, as being an open-source "infection;" or particularly "dangerous," much less that "MONO people have poisoned your minds and infiltrated Ubuntu to get power to enforce their will.""

Google announces Chrome OS - a new open source Linux distro
(2009-07-08 14:34:17)
Netstat -vat: "The goal for Chrome OS is to run on x86 as well as ARM, which means we could see this on both netbooks, regular PCs and even mobile devices at some point."

Group test: screencasting apps
(2009-07-08 15:04:17)
Tuxradar: "Using these tools you can screencast your complete desktop or a particular window. Some enable you to narrate audio along with your videos and others don't. Which to choose? Read on for our group test of the best screencasting apps available for Linux..."

Google OS Project Announcement Is Big News Everywere. (But not bigger than Michael Jackson)
(2009-07-08 15:17:17)
When Google sneezes, everyone pays attention. The announcement of Google's Linux-based Chrome OS project is news everywhere. Reactions are the usual mix of whiny, happy, daft, and plain. Here is a sampling of reports from ZDNet, the BBC, NY Times, PC World, Business Insider, and several others.

LinuxPR: LinuxCertified Announces Linux Kernel Internals Training
(2009-07-08 15:52:44)
LinuxCertified press release: "LinuxCertified, Inc. announced a two day, hands-on course that provides attendees with experience in creating Linux kernel source code within various subsystems of the Linux kernel."

Maemo To Switch To Qt
(2009-07-08 16:02:17)
OSNews: "As some had already anticipated when Nokia acquired Trolltech, the next version of the Maemo platform will have its application framework based on Qt instead of Gtk+."

New site for Linux users launches
(2009-07-08 16:32:17)
SmartphoneDaily: "If you are dipping your toe into the Linux waters for the first time, or are an experienced developer on the platform, then the new Linux User & Developer website is for you."

101 Open Source Apps for Enterprises
(2009-07-08 17:02:17)
Datamation: "IDC also reported that the leading open source enterprise applications are growing – by 20 percent or more per year."

IBM subpoenas unXis
(2009-07-08 17:32:17)
Groklaw: "IBM may have run out of patience with all the mystery about SCO's proposed sale of assets to unXis. . So it has subpoenaed unXis:"

Found: Another Profitable Open Source Company
(2009-07-08 18:02:17)
The VAR Guy: "But during a July 7 conference call, The VAR Guy stumbled onto a profitable, channel-driven open source company that’s making the leap from Europe to North America. Here’s the scoop."

Ubuntu’s Jono Bacon: Priority Should Begin at Security, then Quality, then Performance
(2009-07-08 18:32:17)
Scan Community Voices: "It’s a definitive channel for software developers. Ubuntu has a solid desktop, a good server and mobile experience and an exceptionally large community that refines, extends and supports us. Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions available, and as such, is ideal for delivering applications."

Debunking Common Misconceptions Among Linux Newbies
(2009-07-08 18:32:17)
Site Blog: "The only realistic way to learn Linux is to use it. Though this may seem like an obvious point, I have met a number of Linux newbies who did not seem to grasp the concept"

The Kernel Newbie Corner: Loadable Kernel Modules, Coming and Going
(2009-07-08 19:32:17)
Linux.com: "This week, we're going to take an excruciatingly close look at one of the fundamental features of loadable kernel modules--the "init" and "exit" routines--those functions that are invoked upon module loading and unloading, respectively."

5 Reasons Why Microsoft is Afraid of Linux
(2009-07-08 20:02:17)
Tech Source From Bohol: "But have you ever wondered why people at Microsoft and even Bill Gates himself are bothered by Linux more than anything else? I think here are the main reasons why:"

OpenSSH update (Zero-day exploit?)
(2009-07-08 20:32:17)
LWN.net: "I have exchanged some emails with one of the victims of the alleged sshd 0day, but he was not able to provide any evidence that the attack was sshd-related. In particular, I spent some time analysing a packet trace that he provided, but it seems to consist of simple brute-force attacks."

When Windows 7 ships without IE8 will it be good news for free software browsers
(2009-07-08 21:02:17)
Free Software Magazine: "A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced that Windows 7 would not ship with Internet Explorer 8 within the European Union. This is to comply with EU demands following the anti-trust case some time back. On the immediate face of this seem like good news for users of other browsers — but is it?"

Review: Exaile in Ubuntu 9.04 - Complete Audio Player for GNOME
(2009-07-08 21:32:17)
TuxArena: " Exaile is a powerful and complete audio player for the GNOME desktop environment, which can easily compete with more popular players like Banshee or Rhythmbox."

Are Microsoft's Promises For Ever?
(2009-07-08 22:02:17)
Open...: "This sounds good:
I have some good news to announce: Microsoft will be applying the Community Promise to the ECMA 334 and ECMA 335 specs."

Click2try Adds Linux C/C++ Developer Workstation
(2009-07-08 22:32:17)
TMC.net: "The community driven Web site Click2try announced the addition of Linux C/C++ Developer Workstation to its online software catalog."

Iron Browser: A Secure Alternative to Google Chrome
(2009-07-08 23:02:17)
MakeTechEasier: "For those who are tempted to use Google Chrome, but are concerned about your privacy being recorded by Google, you can stop worrying now. Iron browser is an exact clone of Google Chrome, without the privacy annoyance features"

Are proprietary programs specifically reducing function for Linux?
(2009-07-08 23:32:17)
Technology & Life Integration: Fiction or Future: "You could say that the software world is divided. There are 10 types of software philosophies. Those that are closed source and those that are open source. One thing I have noticed is that where there are cross platform programs there is a difference between the closed source and open source implementations."

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