News Linux News for Aug 04, 2009:

Roll your own Linux distribution with SUSE Studio
(2009-08-04 00:02:13)
Cyber Cynic: "But now Novell has made it downright easy and -- pay attention ISVs (independent software vendors) -- they'll also support your particular house-brand Linux when you take it to market."

Reader Polls: Google Is Both Ubuntu Rival, Friend
(2009-08-04 01:32:13)
WorksWithU: "According to one set of poll results, Google has emerged as Ubuntu’s second-biggest rival. But according to the second poll results, buzz about Google Chrome OS could ultimately help Ubuntu."

Customize or Remaster ubuntu 9.04 jaunty from an image file
(2009-08-04 03:02:13)
Linux Tips: "This tutorial will show you how to customize and remaster your ubuntu 9.04 jaunty using a jaunty iso file."

Creating Convincing Images with Blender Internal Renderer-part2
(2009-08-04 04:32:13)
Packt: "There are a number of ways to add texture to your objects in 3D such as UV mapping techniques, projections, 2D painting, etc. All of these depend entirely on what kind of render are you trying to achieve. But for the sake of this article, we’ll try to achieve some nice looking textures without having to worry about the complex tasks involved with it."

Moving Beyond the First Firefox Billion
(2009-08-04 06:02:13)
Linux Journal: "And in any case, I think looking backwards is precisely the wrong thing to do at this point: what we need to ask is how do we get the *next* billion downloads – and why do we want them?"

FSlint - Clean and organize your Linux
(2009-08-04 07:32:13)
Linux Tips: "If you want your computer to be running like the first day you had it. Put FSlint the task of cleaning and organizing your Linux very easy."

Five Best Linux HTPC Motherboards
(2009-08-04 09:02:13)
Linux TechNet: "Build your very own Linux home theater PC with any of these boards"

Scientists get a million Linux kernels to run at once
(2009-08-04 10:32:13)
TG Daily: "Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, have run more than a million Linux kernels as virtual machines."

Open Source, Open Research
(2009-08-04 12:02:13)
Linux.com: "Open source and open data standards play a role in collaboration, laboratory and literary scholarly research, publishing, and managing the overall research programs at institutions of higher learning."

Debian and Ubuntu: uneasy coexistence continues
(2009-08-04 12:32:13)
IT Wire: "Nearly three years later, following the announcement of a time-based freeze by the Debian GNU/Linux Project - and subsequent back-pedalling that this would not apply to the next release, Squeeze - it is evident that nearly as much bad feeling and suspicion still exists."

Comes Antitrust: Microsoft’s Attack Plan on GNU/Linux and Today’s Lessons
(2009-08-04 13:02:13)
Boycott Novell: "TODAY’s Comes vs Microsoft post is a particularly long one, so we attempted to shorten it so as to keep the signal high and leave the details aside for separate inspection by those who are curious and have more time to spare."

Install Drizzle On Debian Lenny
(2009-08-04 13:32:13)
Howtoforge: "Drizzle is a Free Software/Open Source database management system (DBMS) that was forked from version 6.0 of the MySQL DBMS. Like MySQL, Drizzle has a client/server architecture and uses SQL as its primary command language. Drizzle is distributed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License."

Google Chrome For Linux Adds Plug-ins Support [Ubuntu Downloads & How To Enable
(2009-08-04 14:02:13)
Web Upd8: "If a lack of third-party plug-in support (i.e. Flash) kept you from trying out Chrome on your Linux system, then avoid no longer. The "early developer version" now supports many plug-ins, and they seem to work pretty well."

What was your first experience with Linux like?
(2009-08-04 14:32:13)
Bag of Lies: "I was thinking about what my next blog post should be and had a quick flashback to my first experiment with Linux, Kubuntu 6.10 in particular. I remember attempting to shove it onto an ancient Acer Aspire desktop..."

Sony open sources digital effects software
(2009-08-04 15:02:13)
ZDNet Asia: "Film effects specialist Sony Pictures Imageworks has released five digital image-manipulation software tools under open source licenses."

Adding a widescreen monitor in Linux
(2009-08-04 15:32:13)
GHacks: "Recently I purchased a 23″ wide screen monitor for my primary desktop PC. I had a feeling there would be a bit of an issue when I plugged it into my Elive Compiz installation that isn’t as user-friendly as, say, a Ubuntu installation."

Linux Luminaries Ready to Talk Plumbing
(2009-08-04 16:02:13)
LinuxDevices: "The conference will feature keynotes and presentations from Linus Torvalds, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra, and Intel's Keith Packard, covering Linux "plumbing" issues such as kernel subsystems and core libraries."

Put restrictions on the functions of Gnome
(2009-08-04 16:32:13)
Linux Tips: "Sometimes it is necessary to put restrictions on users, if you have a computer to the public or used by many people."

Pardus Linux 2009 Review
(2009-08-04 17:02:13)
Desktop Linux Reviews: "Pardus Linux 2009 is a Turkish distribution. Pardus Linux was created and maintained by The National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), an affiliate of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey."

Weekly Ten: Google Wars on Microsoft, Coconut Headphones, the Myth of the Lone Programmer Genius
(2009-08-04 17:32:13)
Tech Source From Bohol: "9. OSCON: Programmer Insecurity and the Genius Myth Two of my favorite presenters, Ben Collins-Sussman and Brian Fitzpatrick, did an OSCON session on "Programmer Insecurity and the Genius Myth.""

Apple tried to silence owner of exploding iPod with gagging order
(2009-08-04 18:02:13)
Times Online: "Apple attempted to silence a father and daughter with a gagging order after the child’s iPod music player exploded and the family sought a refund from the company."

Intel confirms data corruption bug in new SSDs, halts shipments
(2009-08-04 18:32:13)
Computerworld: "Intel has confirmed that its new consumer-class X25-M and X18-M solid state-disk drives (SSDs) suffer from data corruption issues and said it has pulled back shipments to resellers."

Mono coming to the iPhone
(2009-08-04 19:02:13)
The H Open: "The open source .NET implementation has had some hurdles to overcome to be able to work within Apple's technical and legal requirements."

KDE 4.3 is here
(2009-08-04 19:32:13)
Cyber Cynic: "That was fast. Yesterday, I reviewed the new KDE 4.3, and today it's out for everyone to use. You can download the freshest code now."

Phoronix Test Suite 2.0, PTS Desktop Live 2009.3 Released
(2009-08-04 20:02:13)
Phoronix: "Linux-based benchmarking has become easier and more robust with the release of Phoronix Test Suite 2.0 and PTS Desktop Live 2009.3."

Canonical Expands Ubuntu Linux Landscape
(2009-08-04 20:32:13)
InternetNews: "While there is a mad rush toward putting more IT resources in the cloud, not everything belongs in the cloud -- just ask Ubuntu Linux vendor Canonical."

8 of the Best Free Linux Compilers
(2009-08-04 21:02:13)
LinuxLinks: "Now, let's explore the 8 compilers at hand. For each title we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with an in-depth analysis of its features, together with links to relevant resources and reviews."

Tutorial: Install and Use of Cairo dock
(2009-08-04 21:32:13)
Raiden's Realm: "Cairo-dock is my favorite dock, but it works best if you have a 3d card and it's enabled. If you don't - I would recommend Google's Wbar Lets install Cairo-dock!"

Ten Productivity-Boosting OpenOffice.org Extensions
(2009-08-04 22:02:13)
OStatic: "OpenOffice is a terrific suite of office applications in its own right, but it's out of this world when paired with extensions that add extra functionality."

Boot On BTRFS With Debian
(2009-08-04 22:32:13)
Howtoforge: "This tutorial will explain you how to boot from a BTRFS filesystem with kernel 2.6.31-RC4 and BTRFS 0.19. BTRFS is a new filesystem with some really interesting features like online defragmenting and snapshots."

KDE 4.3: Stable, Fast, but Still Not Perfect
(2009-08-04 23:02:13)
IT News Today: "While a great release by itself, there are some remaining issues that remain that keep it from absolute perfection."

Painless Linux Multi-boot Setup
(2009-08-04 23:32:13)
Linux Today Blog: "The common wisdom is to have a shared home directory in a multiboot setup, but this has its own set of potential problems because it mixes data files and configuration files. So when you're trying out different distributions, your desktop settings may not translate gracefully across all of them. So what's the answer?"

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