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News Linux News for Aug 05, 2009:
Will Geolocation Find a Home on Linux Desktops?
(2009-08-05 00:02:42)
Datamation: "This year, a new dimension is appearing on the Linux desktop. It's geolocation: the capability to detect and record where you and other people are, and to use the information to enhance the desktop."
KDE 4.3.0 Released: Caizen
(2009-08-05 01:32:42)
KDE.News: "KDE 4.3.0 is out, and it is a great release. It is unlikely that any one specific thing will strike the user as the most noticeable improvement; rather, the overall user experience of KDE has improved greatly in KDE 4.3.0."
Review: Novell software easiest yet at building Linux appliances
(2009-08-05 03:02:42)
DesktopLinux: "While SUSE Studio does not offer the breadth of features of rPath's rBuilder, Novell's product is much easier at appliance creation, says the review."
Good Things on the Horizon - But Use Caution!
(2009-08-05 04:32:42)
Jamie's Random Musings: "We're getting far enough along in the development cycles of several of the major Linux distributions that you can just about see the releases coming over the horizon. I've been trying out several of them, and they look very good already."
Linux Needs to be "House" Trained. Not.
(2009-08-05 06:02:42)
Ken Hess's Linux Blog: ""Where's my ?" "Why can't I just have ?" or the ever-popular "This doesn't work like ?" Honestly, it's enough to make me want to tell them to "just buy a Mac and stop calling me.""
New Linux Software Portal
(2009-08-05 07:32:42)
Flamedesktop: "FlameDesktop is a place where everybody could browse in a really inovative and user-friendly way for good Linux software."
Howto install VLC media player 1.0.0 in Ubuntu
(2009-08-05 09:02:42)
Ubuntu Geek: "VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols."
5 y.o KDE user tips & tricks
(2009-08-05 10:32:42)
Bitten by the Penguin: "So, the story is that my nephew, who’s 5 y.o right now, has been using Linux and Windows since always and can explain you what’s the difference between them and how to select one or the other in GRUB’s menu"
Should KDE Be Default on openSUSE?
(2009-08-05 12:02:42)
OSNews: "SUSE Linux used to be a very KDE-centric distribution. Then Novell came around, bought SUSE and Ximian, and slowely but surely they turned the now-openSUSE distribution into effectively a GNOME-centric distribution with KDE as its sidekick. The openSUSE community, however, doesn't appear to be particularly happy with KDE being a sidekick."
Secure remote firewall administration via SSH
(2009-08-05 12:32:42)
Linux and Open Source: "These systems tend to provide ways to access the Web interface remotely via the Internet; however, this should not be considered secure at all"
Google Chrome to get synchronisation
(2009-08-05 13:02:42)
The H Open: "Chromium developer Tim Steele has revealed that Google is working on a new cloud synchronisation function for its Chrome web browser."
How to Set Special Window Settings with KWin
(2009-08-05 13:32:42)
MakeTechEasier: "With the release of KDE 4, the developers added 3D desktop effects, but they also carried over many customization features from KDE 3. Here are some of the window-specific settings that you can use in KWin."
The Book vs. The Kindle
(2009-08-05 14:02:42)
Electronic Freedom Foundation: "San Francisco bookstore Green Apple Books has put together a series of humorous videos that point up the advantages of paper books over Amazon's Kindle e-book reader."
Open Source Tools Help Earthquake Researchers Stay a Step Ahead
(2009-08-05 14:32:42)
OStatic: "OpenSees is an open source software framework for developing apps that help understand what happens to structures during and after earthquakes to help engineers design stronger buildings. It's sponsored by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center..."
Mozilla shuts Firefox e-store after security breach
(2009-08-05 14:47:42)
Computerworld: "Mozilla shuttered its online store late Tuesday after finding out that the firm it hired to run the backend operations of the company's e-tailing business had suffered a security breach."
Canonical removes middleman from Ubuntu management
(2009-08-05 15:02:42)
The Register: "Canonical has not said if the code behind the Landscape server will be made open source but, thus far, it has resisted doing so and it seems likely this will continue."
5 Excellent Downloadable eBooks To Teach Yourself Linux
(2009-08-05 15:32:42)
MakeTechEasier: "How about some free downloadable ebooks to teach yourself Linux, that you can download today? Would that help?"
Sweet Home 3D: Open Source, Cross Platform Design Application
(2009-08-05 16:02:42)
OStatic: "The key thing to keep in mind with Sweet Home 3D is that zoom is as useful as any of the building tools. Walls, rooms, half walls, and furniture can be set at any angle (and the angles and dimensions are calculated as the structure is laid out)."
Cheese: The Un-Cheesy Webcam Software for Linux
(2009-08-05 16:32:42)
Tech Source From Bohol: "Having tried Photo Booth on Mac OS X, I once wished to have that cool application on my Linux box. Then came Cheese, the GNOME application that is quite similar to that of Photo Booth."
10 basic Ubuntu applications
(2009-08-05 17:02:42)
PMABox: "This is just a simple list of really useful, maybe basic applications available from the Ubuntu repositories. Again this is just my list and in time it might grow to more then 10."
FreePBX 3.0 Debuts
(2009-08-05 17:32:42)
VoIP Planet: "With its third-generation release, out this week, popular open-source management interface FreePBX has taken a bold step away from its longstanding ties to Asterisk, to embrace the up-and-coming VoIP alternative FreeSwitch."
There’s No "I" in a Great System Administration Team
(2009-08-05 18:02:42)
Linux Magazine: "On the other hand, being on a great team can make work seem like fun. A team that clicks is tackles technical problems with ease and increased efficiency.
So how do you build a great, individual system administrator?"
Tux USB Keys Can Make Your Donated Computers Greener, Cleaner, More Ethical, and More Educational
(2009-08-05 18:32:42)
Chao-Kuei's Notes: "Did you ever participate in a computer donation project meant to help educate the children in remote villages or less developed countries or areas? Did you ever wonder who might take care of a crashed computer or one infected with viruses once the volunteer workers left the village?"
Users are not the lusers you think they are
(2009-08-05 19:02:42)
Technology & Life Integration: "Yet when it comes to computers the general consensus is that the average human bean is a (l)user when performing computing tasks."
Yahoo filing reveals more details of Microsoft deal
(2009-08-05 19:32:42)
Computerworld: "Microsoft will pay Yahoo $50 million for three years and hire 400 Yahoo employees"
ThunderBrowse Transforms Thunderbird into a Web Browser with Tabbed Browsing
(2009-08-05 20:02:42)
Kabatology: "ThunderBrowse is a Mozilla Thunderbird plug-in that integrates Web surfing directly into Mozilla’s e-mail client by adding a simple URL bar to Thunderbird’s email preview panel."
Black Hat Wi-Fi network hit by 154 DoS attacks
(2009-08-05 20:32:42)
Netstat -vat: "The Wi-Fi network at last week's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas was pummeled by multiple types of attacks -- but the network held."
Podcast 1:14: Tron with Ponies, Should we give coverage to companies who don't support Linux?
(2009-08-05 21:02:42)
TuxRadar: "In this episode: SUSE Studio is out; Debian adopts timed releases, should we be giving coverage to companies who don't support Linux and should geeks prefer Free internet services over free internet services?"
Tiny Core Linux v2.2
(2009-08-05 21:32:42)
ItRunsOnLinux: "Tiny Core Linux v2.2 is released. Tiny Core Linux is a very small (10 MB) minimal Linux Desktop, which runs very well on a Netbook. It is based on Linux 2.6 kernel, Busybox, Tiny X, Fltk & Jwm. The core runs entirely in ram & boots very quickly."
The End of the CentOS Netbook Experiment
(2009-08-05 22:02:42)
Ever Increasing Entropy: "I no longer have CentOS running on my netbook. It won't be back. At the moment I am not recommending CentOS for anything, not even servers."
Forget Linux, We Need Fisher-Price Computers
(2009-08-05 22:32:42)
LinuxPlanet: "Point and click as a standard of usability? What is this, pre-school? It seems what these folks really want are Fisher-Price computers."
Walking A Kid Home
(2009-08-05 23:02:42)
Blog of Helios: "For about 4 years, we've been walking kids home...in a technical sense that is. Not only have we given them computers so they can learn, we've taught them how to use them to the fullest advantage."
10 Essential UNIX/Linux Command Cheat Sheets
(2009-08-05 23:32:42)
Tech Source From Bohol: "To spare you from the hassles of searching, I have here a collection of 10 essential UNIX/Linux cheat sheets that can greatly help you on your quest for mastery:"
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