News Linux News for Jul 13, 2009:

Complete Shell Audio Player for Linux Based on Ncurses: CMus
(2009-07-13 03:04:04)
Webupd8: "CMus (C* Music Player) is an ncurses-based audio player that runs in a shell, with no need for an X server which is very configurable with Vi-like commands, multiple views and keyboard shortcuts. It supports various audio formats, including Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MP3, WAV, AAC or WMA."

9 of the Best Free Linux System Monitoring Tools
(2009-07-13 07:04:04)
LinuxLinks: "Now, let's explore the 9 system monitoring applications at hand. For each title we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with an in-depth analysis of its features, screenshots, together with links to relevant resources and reviews."

How To Fix Full-Screen Flash Videos in Linux & Firefox (or Swiftfox)
(2009-07-13 11:04:04)
Webupd8: "By default, Firefox (or Swiftfox) crashes when trying to view a full-screen video on say... YouTube. At least for me it used to crash until I found a fix. If that is the case for you also, you may want to read on."

Simplest Way to Install Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu
(2009-07-13 12:04:04)
Installing Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu - The Easy Way: "But instead i tried ubuntuzilla, a python script. And it worked like a charm."

Free Operating Systems That Aren't Linux
(2009-07-13 12:34:04)
Information Week: "We look beyond the traditional open source OS of choice to other free options such BSD, OpenSolaris, HaikuOS, ReactOS, and PureDarwin."

Chrome OS: Nice curveball from left field, Google
(2009-07-13 13:04:04)
IT Wire: "Google, I think, is making the announcement just to disrupt the market for its possible competitor, Microsoft."

A Radical New Router
(2009-07-13 13:34:04)
spectrum.ieee.org: "The Internet is broken. I should know: I designed it."

Gone But Not Forgotten: Five Great Linux Distributions That Did Not Survive
(2009-07-13 14:04:04)
Distrowatch: "Currently the DistroWatch database contains 278 discontinued distributions and 36 more that are listed as dormant. Of these 314 distributions and countless others that never were listed on DistroWatch at all there are many which are probably best forgotten."

HP releases $500 Linux netbook onto Aussie market
(2009-07-13 14:34:04)
APC magazine: "The budget-priced Mini 110 makes its Aussie debut this week with HP’s Ubuntu-based ‘Mi’ edition and a 16GB solid state drive for $499. Want Windows XP? That’ll be another $200..."

Is Oracle getting ready to kill OpenSolaris?
(2009-07-13 15:04:04)
Cyber Cynic: "So, what does a Linux company like Oracle wants to do with its newly purchased Sun's open-source operating system, OpenSolaris? The answer appears to be: "Nothing.""

Another Linux Myth Killed In Broad Daylight
(2009-07-13 15:34:04)
Blog of Helios: "Well, something magical happened between the .26 and .27 kernel releases. Wireless in Linux went from "wireless sucks" to "Wireless just works"."

The Recipe for Linux's Netbook Success
(2009-07-13 16:04:04)
InternetNews: "One of the key market pillars for Google's new Chrome OS is fact that it is targeting the netbook market. It's a market that is growing rapidly with one forecast pegging 2009 growth of nearly 70 percent in 2009."

Google releases open source NX server
(2009-07-13 16:34:04)
TechWorld: "Amid the fanfare of last week's Chrome OS announcement, Google quietly released an open source NX server, dubbed Neatx, for remote desktop display."

Overview of all Nvidia ION based products for Linux HTPC use
(2009-07-13 17:04:04)
LinuxTech: "Current Nvidia Linux drivers fully support (with the VDPAU API) hardware based decoding of mpeg2, VC1 and h.264 as offered by the ION chip, therefore systems based on the ION chip are well suited for a Linux based HTPC, using software such as 'XBMC', 'Mythtv' and video players such as 'Mplayer'."

Firefox 3.5 vs. Internet Explorer 8: Which is Safer?
(2009-07-13 17:34:04)
eSecurityPlanet: "It’s been nearly 2 years since I wrote Mozilla Firefox vs. Internet Explorer: Which is Safer?, and much has changed in that time. Major releases from both popular browsers are out, and it’s time for a rematch."

Free software heroes: from Stallman to Google, a list of inspiring individuals
(2009-07-13 18:04:04)
Free Software Magazine: "The free software world has its own heroes. You probably know a lot of them already; if you don’t, you probably use the results of their work on a daily basis. This article is both a tribute to them, and a summary to those people who are new to the free software world."

Reviewed: AVG Anti-virus 8.5 for Linux
(2009-07-13 18:34:04)
TuxRadar: "As long as NTFS partitions continue to sprawl over heterogeneous networks, anti-virus companies will dole out scanners for Linux. No surprise then that AVG Technologies, makers of the popular AVG Anti-Virus, has a scanner that runs on Linux in its latest 8.5 series bouquet."

Google Chrome OS and the Open Source Desktop
(2009-07-13 19:04:04)
Datamation: "Remember vaporware? That's the name that used to be applied to software that was described in glittering generalities before it was written. It wasn't a compliment."

Microsoft Mono move means exactly nothing
(2009-07-13 19:34:04)
IT Wire: "When Britain was the superpower of the world, there was one tactic which its officials used, with great success, to manage its colonies - divide and rule."

The Patent Troll
(2009-07-13 20:04:04)
Good magazine: "Erich Spangenberg makes a fortune suing major corporations for infringing on patents he owns. Is he exploiting a legal loophole or is he a modern-day Robin Hood? A look at one very unusual and vilified profession."

5 Ways to Use Your Old PC
(2009-07-13 20:34:04)
Datamation: "Don't throw away those old PCs yet. Whether you're cleaning out or upgrading the computers in the office or at home, you should be able to find something to do with them."

Btrfs v0.19 Brings Some Gains, Some Losses
(2009-07-13 21:04:04)
Phoronix: "Since we began benchmarking Btrfs a few months ago we have found it to not deliver any spectacular file-system performance results on Linux."

Leaked 2002 Document: Microsoft Compares Windows XP and Office to GNU/Linux and
(2009-07-13 21:34:04)
BoycottNovell: "Today’s exclusive leak is Exhibit px08604 (2002) [PDF], which shows Microsoft discussing the threat from GNU/Linux on the desktop and addressing this threat using FUD. This whole exhibit may as well be known as “Microsoft’s Linux FUD presentation.”"

System Monitoring With Atop
(2009-07-13 21:43:43)
Tip of the Trade: "atop is a useful tool that displays system load information alongside process information in a similar style to top."

Apache Lucene Helps Online European Library Open Its Virtual Doors
(2009-07-13 22:04:04)
Linux.com: "When a group of European museums joined together to put images of all of their paintings, drawings, sculptures, photos and other artifacts together in a centralized, online collection for the world to view, they turned to open source enterprise search software to make it happen."

Peek Developers Look To Community For Linux Port
(2009-07-13 22:34:04)
LinuxLoop: "Peek has recently challenged readers of their company blog to port Linux onto the Peak. They’ve released some information about the Peek’s hardware and offered a consulting job to get whoever figures it out to tell them."

Seven complaints about Linux and why Windows users make them
(2009-07-13 23:04:04)
Linuxphilia: "The complaints that I hear are consistent. Always. But I'm not here to complain. I'm here to solve problems. So I will offer a solution to each complaint that I've heard a dozen times as I go."

Impression of Gran Canaria Desktop Summit
(2009-07-13 23:34:04)
KDE.news: "Gnomes might be small, but they are noticable and they certainly make for interesting company. Read on for an impresson of Akademy at the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit."

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