News Linux News for Aug 07, 2009:

Links: a graphics and text mode web browser
(2009-08-07 00:03:42)
Linux Tips: "Links runs on Linux, BSD, UNIX in general, OS/2, Cygwin under Windows, AtheOS, BeOS, FreeMint."

5 Tips for Raising Your Girl Geek
(2009-08-07 01:33:42)
GeekDad: "But being a geek kid isn’t easy; and being a geek girl might even be harder. Here are some things to keep in mind if you are raising a geek girl that might help her–and you–get through the school years."

OpenOffice.org Demonstrates First New UI Prototypes
(2009-08-07 03:03:42)
OSNews: "The OpenOffice.org team has been experimenting with a new user interface for the suite of programs, and they've presented the first rough prototype of this new interface, more specifically for Impress. The general gist? It's Microsoft Office 2007's ribbon interface."

Thoughts about Dual-licensing Open Source software
(2009-08-07 04:33:42)
Monty Says: "The basic idea for our dual-licensing was this: if you bought a license then we waived the GPL restriction that you have to redistribute your code as GPL."

Making PDF documents in Ubuntu 9.04 with CUPS-PDF
(2009-08-07 06:03:42)
Experimenting with GNU/Linux: "Yesterday , I wanted to send some web pages to a friend . I decided that I will make a PDF document and send the pdf. I looked around on internet for information about a pdf printer."

Torvalds and Shuttleworth to speak at LinuxCon 2009
(2009-08-07 07:33:42)
Tech Source From Bohol: "The inaugural LinuxCon organized by the Linux Foundation is set to become the biggest Linux gathering of 2009. Scheduled for next month, September 21-23, in Portland, Oregon, the event will draw some of the best and the brightest that the Linux community has to offer."

Screen : 10 Window Settings
(2009-08-07 09:33:42)
Linux Tips: "10.1 Naming Windows (Titles) You can customize each window's name in the window display by setting it with one of the title commands."

How much memory is enough?
(2009-08-07 11:33:42)
Click: "How much RAM do you need? There are a lot of factors:"

A Single Command Install of Thunderbird 3 beta 3 on Ubuntu
(2009-08-07 12:33:42)
Kabatology: "Mozilla’s released a few weeks ago version 3 beta 3 of it Email Client, Thunderbird. This beta release still full of bugs and should not be used on a production box or as used as your principal email client. See the list of bugs in Thunderbird 3 beta 3 before going ahead to install. Anyway, this installation guide does not replace Thunderbird 2.0.0, if you have it installed, instead you’ll be able to test Thunderbird 3 beta 3 alongside Thunderbird 2."

A Guide to Configure Urban Terror on Linux
(2009-08-07 13:33:25)
Tuxarena: "Urban Terror (or UrT for short, not to be confused with Unreal Tournament) is a great standalone first-person shooter available for Linux too, using the ioQuake3 engine. In this article I'll show several ways to make it a little faster by tweaking several variables in favour of performance over good looking graphics."

Mono advocate offers Mono-free Ubuntu remix
(2009-08-07 14:03:25)
IT Wire: "Debian and Ubuntu Mono packager Jo Shields has come up with a Mono-free remix of the last released version of Ubuntu, version 9.04, which he has chosen to call Chicken Little Remix."

Net Applications Changes Methodology: Windows & Linux Market Share Rises
(2009-08-07 14:33:25)
Tech-no-media: "I have always claimed that the widely used Operating System market share statistics from Net applications were not really accurate when it came to MacOS and Linux market share."

Top 10 Google Chrome Themes
(2009-08-07 15:03:25)
Tech Source From Bohol: "Just like Firefox, Google Chrome web browser is now theme-able. That is if you have Google Chrome 3.0 Developer Preview or the most recent Chromium build installed."

Watch out, developers: Here come the lawyers
(2009-08-07 15:33:25)
InfoWorld: "Developers who 'knowingly' ship buggy software may be held liable for damages. That might be good for users -- but a sloppy set of guidelines could hurt open source"

Is Adobe the next (pre-2002) Microsoft?
(2009-08-07 16:03:25)
Insecurity Complex: "In 2002, that would have been Windows. Today, it's likely to be Adobe Reader or Flash Player, whose share of vulnerabilities and exploits are on the rise while Microsoft's is falling."

Booting Puppy 4.1.2 from a USB stick — it could stand in well for Chrome OS
(2009-08-07 16:33:25)
Click: "I went whole hog and used a 128 MB stick. Yep, that's it. I have a huge 20 MB left for storage."

Roaring Penguin Software announces support for IPv6
(2009-08-07 16:51:57)
Roaring Penguin press release: "Leading anti-spam vendor prepares to fight spam on the next generation of the Internet"

The Value of Linux Job Skills Rises 50%
(2009-08-07 17:03:25)
Linux.com: "Linux system administration skills are now the number 2 hottest IT job skill. In the last year, the value of Linux skills has risen 50 percent, an astounding rise in a tough economy."

The Official Ubuntu Server Book
(2009-08-07 17:33:25)
LinuxPlanet: "The Official Ubuntu Server Book from Prentice Hall comes in several versions, including a Barnes & Noble Special Edition with extra content and a bonus DVD. Paul Ferrill reviews this new book that covers the important basic tasks every admin needs to master."

XML Patent for Microsoft
(2009-08-07 18:03:25)
Heise Online: "The core of US Patent 7,571,169 which Microsoft was granted on August 4th refers to – "A word-processing document stored in a single XML file that may be manipulated by applications that understand XML"."

Ten essential commands for Linux tasks
(2009-08-07 18:33:25)
Enterprise open source Toolkit: "Of the 2,119 commands from the /usr/bin directory in Mandriva, spring 2008, and the 388 commands from /usr/sbin/, a few are indispensable. Here are 10 that might make your Linux admin life — or your introduction to Linux — far simpler."

Is Bing Censoring Questions About Microsoft?
(2009-08-07 19:03:25)
Chicago Style SEO: "The poster had searched for “why is microsoft word so expensive?” in both Google and Bing. The results were strikingly different."

ROAD TRIP!
(2009-08-07 19:33:25)
Blog of Helios: "So...here is the situation. We have 40 + pentium 4's and Xeon desktops with our name on them in Sellersburg Indiana. We have 25 + flat panel LCD monitors with our name on them in Sellerburg Indiana."

Installing Hyper-V Linux Integration Components On CentOS 5
(2009-08-07 20:03:25)
Howtoforge: "Microsoft has introduced together with Windows 2008 a new Hypervisor called Hyper-V. Initially Microsoft only supported Microsoft products and Novell Suse, but recently they added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. With this support it is also possible to install the components on CentOS."

How to Videoconference Linux and Windows with Ekiga
(2009-08-07 20:33:25)
MakeTechEasier: "Ekiga, formerly known as GnomeMeeting, is a videophone program similar to Skype. It’s free, open source, and has so far worked better for me than Skype ever did. Today, we’ll cover how to use Ekiga to conference Linux and Windows clients together."

Use Wireshark to track your network behavior
(2009-08-07 21:03:25)
GHacks: "Any time I need network analysis I turn to Wireshark. Wireshark is, in my opinion, the defacto standard for network protocol analyzers. Not only is it incredibly powerful, useful, and user-friendly it is also FREE!"

I want my old Amarok 1.4 back in Ubuntu - Well, Anything is possible in Linux ;-
(2009-08-07 21:33:25)
Ubuntu Manual: "Though i wholeheartedly admire the effort made by those behind this all new Amarok 2, i still have a lot of issues with Amarok 2.x series."

Artha: A GUI for WordNet
(2009-08-07 22:03:25)
Linux Magazine: "Although WordNet comes with a graphical browser, it can only be described as bare-bones. The browser doesn't offer any kind of desktop integration, and there is no support for color coding, rich text formatting, or hyperlinking. But thanks to Artha, you don't have to put up with these limitations."

Any Questions About the SCO Bankruptcy Hearing? I Have a Transcript
(2009-08-07 22:33:25)
Groklaw: "What possible reason does IBM have to oppose the sale? The only reason is that by the sale SCO would survive. And survive with the potent claims against IBM intact. IBM and Novell want to crush SCO and soon before the Court of Appeals can vindicate it. They know that once that happens, they will have to face juries to answer for what they have done to SCO."

Adding Document templates to Nautilus right click menu
(2009-08-07 23:03:25)
Experimenting with GNU/Linux: "Ubuntu distribution uses nautilus as the default file manager. You can tweak nautilus to increase your productivity. Here is one hack which I discovered recently."

Red Hat's JBoss road less traveled
(2009-08-07 23:33:25)
The Open Road: "But that's not the whole story. JBoss drives $10 in services revenue for every $1 in subscription revenue, which makes JBoss much more interesting to Red Hat's channel partners than RHEL."

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