News Linux News for Sep 04, 2009:

Normalizing Path Names with Bash
(2009-09-04 01:34:11)
Linux Journal: "The bash function presented here normalizes path names. By normalize I mean it removes unneeded /./ and ../dir sequences. For example, ../d1/./d2/../f1 normalized would be ../d1/f1."

Anatomy of the Linux virtual file system switch
(2009-09-04 02:34:11)
IBM Developerworks: "You can create file systems on a variety of devices, from traditional disk, USB flash drives, memory, and other storage devices. You can even embed a file system within the context of another file system. Discover what makes the VFS so powerful, and learn its major interfaces and processes."

EU probes Oracle-Sun deal, cites open-source issue
(2009-09-04 04:04:11)
SMH AU: "Oracle Corp. figured its $7.4 billion buyout for Sun Microsystems Inc. could skate through antitrust scrutiny, folding Sun into a technology powerhouse when Sun badly needs the lifeline. Both companies will have to wait."

My Favorite Brain Games
(2009-09-04 06:04:11)
Ian's Thoughts: "There are many "brain games" available for Linux, but I would like to let you know about two games that I use to feed my puzzling addiction."

The GNU/Linux Desktop and Borrowed Assumptions about Usability
(2009-09-04 08:04:11)
Datamation: "Is the GNU/Linux desktop headed in the right direction? Recently, I have started to wonder."

Mozilla to protect Adobe Flash users
(2009-09-04 10:04:11)
The H Open: "The upcoming Firefox 3.5.3 and Firefox 3.0.14 releases, currently in beta, will check the version of Adobe Flash plug-in installed in the browser and warn the user if that plug-in is out of date."

Microsoft contract forces cancellation of Stallman talk in Argentina (Matware)
(2009-09-04 12:04:11)
LWN.net: "The "Matware" site has a brief article (in Spanish) stating that a planned talk by Richard Stallman at the Argentinian National Technological University, Mar del Plata, has been canceled as the result of contracts signed with Microsoft."

Red Hat opens up the cloud with Deltacloud
(2009-09-04 12:34:11)
Netstat -vat: "Red Hat today officially launched an ambitious new effort called Deltacloud to help abstract away the differences between public and private cloud deployments. Oh and it's all open source too. "

First Lubuntu Test ISOs Available
(2009-09-04 13:04:11)
Softpedia: "Yesterday the LXDE community received an announcement on their blog, in which developer Mario Behling told the world about the availability of the first Lubuntu test images, based on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). The upcoming operating system already proves to be a serious contender to Xubuntu, the ISO weighing in at a meager 342 MB."

Interview with Eric Hameleers: Why You Should Try Slackware
(2009-09-04 13:34:11)
Linux Magazine: "Slackware is one of the first Linux distributions ever and the oldest surviving. With the recent release of version 13.0, the project has announced official support for 64-bit systems. Linux Magazine talks to Eric Hameleers, the man behind the port, about what motivated him to create it and what Slackware has to offer you."

Consumer Groups Outline Privacy Law Wish List
(2009-09-04 14:04:11)
InternetNews: "A coalition of 10 privacy advocacy groups today unveiled a set of proposals it hopes to see included in what could be a far-ranging bill governing online advertising expected to be introduced in the House this fall."

Skype for Asterisk Debuts
(2009-09-04 14:34:11)
InternetNews: "Two big forces in the world of VoIP are coming together in a new solution called Skype for Asterisk (SfA)."

Review: Supreme Super Gamer LiveDVD
(2009-09-04 15:04:11)
Raiden's Realm: "For the first time ever, Super Gamer has released a full sized dual layer dvd version of their much loved Linux gaming distro. So instead of just 4.7 gigs worth of games, you get the full 8.5gb of gaming madness! But despite this new bonus feature, is Supreme Super Gamer worth having? Let's see."

10+ buzzwords that should be banned at the office
(2009-09-04 15:34:11)
10 Things: "1: Leverage. Deployment of an insufficient amount of something to do that which was previously done with much more. Example: After the layoffs, we can leverage our staff of three to cover the entire Eastern seaboard."

KVM is the feather in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
(2009-09-04 16:04:11)
ars Technica: "Red Hat has released RHEL 5.4, a major point update of its commercial Linux distribution. This version introduces support for KVM, a significant milestone in Red Hat's evolving virtualization strategy."

60 Thousand Russian Teachers Will Learn Linux by the End of 2009
(2009-09-04 16:34:11)
Profy: "...reliance on commercial software in all the fields of life is considered something of a national vulnerability where one non-local company can easily influence the future of the entire nation where everyone - from a school child to a mayor of a city - uses Microsoft products for everyday tasks."

A Quick and Subtle Introduction to Emacs
(2009-09-04 17:04:11)
Tech Source From Bohol: "To those of you who are interested in learning Emacs, perhaps this quick and subtle introduction to some of its most important commands and keyboard shortcuts may help:"

Fresh Roadmap for Firefox
(2009-09-04 17:34:11)
Linux Pro Magazine: "The Mozilla Project has updated its roadmap for the coming versions of Firefox. The next big release, Firefox 4.0 with Geko1.9.4 underneath, is scheduled for the end of 2010."

Linux Layer 8 Security
(2009-09-04 18:04:11)
Linux Gazette: "Linux users and system administrators are often unable to sufficiently focus on general system changes, log data, and tracking what they did and when to detect if their systems have been encroached upon."

Simple, Fast, and Geeky Console-based Audio Players for Linux
(2009-09-04 18:34:11)
Tech Source From Bohol: "To those of you who are new to Linux, you may not know that you can use the shell terminal to do some fun stuff like play games, watch Star Wars, and even browse the web. You can even blast your favorite music with it, which I will be showing you how."

10 Linux file managers worth checking out
(2009-09-04 19:04:11)
10 Things: "Although the command line isn’t just a file manager, you can’t have a listing of Linux file management tools without including it Without these tools, working on headless servers would be a challenge."

Canonical adds Advanced Ubuntu Service and Support Offering
(2009-09-04 19:34:11)
Canonical press release: "Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, announced today an advanced service and support offering that gives large enterprises with complex IT environments a highly-skilled, dedicated Canonical support professional."

Shuttle offers Linux-loaded all-in-one Atom desktop
(2009-09-04 20:04:11)
Register Hardware: "IFA Shuttle has introduced a version of its X500 "ultra-thin" all-in-one desktop PC that now comes pre-loaded with Linux - openSUSE 11.1, to be precise."

GCC vs. LLVM-GCC Benchmarks
(2009-09-04 20:34:11)
Phoronix: "With Apple's Snow Leopard release, some parts of the operating system were built using LLVM-GCC for optimized performance, although this compiler is not yet matured. In this article we have a set of 12 benchmarks comparing GCC to LLVM-GCC."

How to be anonymous online with Incognito
(2009-09-04 21:04:11)
TuxRadar: "If you're looking for the ultimate way to encrypt absolutely all your internet communications and be untraceable on the internet, you're looking for Incognito. Find out how to get started by reading on..."

Kindle Hacking: It's a Lovely Little Linux Box
(2009-09-04 22:04:11)
Boing Boing: "What you see there is a Kindle 2 with the Ubuntu 9.04 port to ARM running in a chrooted environment."

Red Hat Summit and Open Source World: 7 Observation From the Conferences
(2009-09-04 22:34:11)
The VAR Guy: "6. Short Sell Unix, Buy and Hold Linux: Vinod Kutty, associate director at CME Group (operator of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange), called Linux the Wikipedia of software: Since contributions keep accelerating, it seems like Linux is an unstoppable force."

Editor's Note: What I am Not Going to do on My Vacation
(2009-09-04 23:04:11)
If it has anything to with cyberspace, forget it!

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