| Linux Today News FREEBSD 8.0 BENCHMARKED AGAINST LINUX, OPENSOLARIS
"With the stable release of FreeBSD 8.0 arriving last week we finally were able to put it up on the test bench and give it a thorough look over with the Phoronix Test Suite. We compared the FreeBSD 8.0 performance between it and the earlier FreeBSD 7.2 release along with Fedora 12 and Ubuntu 9.10 on the Linux side and then the OpenSolaris 2010.02 b127 snapshot on the Sun OS side." PHOTO COMPOSITING WITH THE GIMP: PART 1
"In line with that, I�m following it with a new article very much related to the concepts discussed therein but we�ll raise the bar a bit by having a glimpse on compositing, where we�ll use an existing image or photograph and later add in our 2-dimensional element seamlessly with the said picture." LINUX MINT 8 FINAL RELEASED
"Just 2 weeks after Release Candidate 1 was released, Linux Mint 8 final dubbed Helena version is available. This release comes with a lot of improvements & numerous bug fixes." LINUX: FREEDOM OR FREAKDOM?
"What is it about free software that makes you crazy?" GNOME'S GUADEC 2010 HOSTED AT THE HAGUE
GUADEC, the annual GNOME conference, will be held in The Hague, Netherlands from the 24th through the 30th of July 2010. The conference is expected to draw more than 500 attendees to discuss and direct the future of the GNOME Project. DRM CHANGE CONTINUES TO CAUSE DEBATE
"With this message, Kristian created a new DRM repository that dropped all of the linux-core, bsd-core, and shared-core code. Seems simple and straightforward, right? Well, three weeks later with dozens of replies, this change is continuing to cause debate." GOOGLE CHART SHOWS WHICH NETBOOKS RUN CHROME OS BEST
"The chart details which systems have been “officially” tested by developers and reveals what hardware works and what doesn’t." FIRST LOOK AT KUBUNTU NETBOOK EDITION 9.10 TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW AND THE KDE PLASMA
"By the time Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" is released next April netbook users will have three Ubuntu variants customized for their smaller systems." 5 OF THE BEST FREE AND OPEN SOURCE CD/DVD WRITING SOFTWARE FOR LINUX
"If you are using Linux, there are plenty of optical disc-authoring programs to choose from. Here are some of those that I like:" UBUNTU, GOOGLE, AND THE FUTURE OF LINUX. AND RSYNC TOO.
"There's a provocatively titled article by Robert Strohmeyer over at PC World that professes "The Future of Linux is Google". It waxes prophetically about how Google will eventually dominate all that is Linux and Open Source, and that "it's time for the Linux world to rally"." DNSSEC UNDER ATTACK?
"A new vulnerability is now out that attacks DNS servers WITH DNSSSEC installed." DELL OFFERS CUSTOM CHROMIUM OS DOWNLOAD FOR MINI 10V
"Dell has made available a customized download of Google's Chromium OS (the open-source version of Chrome OS), specifically for its popular Mini 10V netbook." KDE PLASMA DESKTOP: A FAILURE THAT JUST WON'T GO AWAY
"I want to like KDE 4.3. I really do. But I don’t. I want to keep an open mind about where “Plasma” is heading. But I can’t. Hear me out, before you log me off." Get Ready for Windows 7!
Pros and Cons? Learn What Our Experts Think
Download Free eBook Now. Click Here. |
Interested in placing your TEXT AD HERE? Click Here
RPATH EXPANDS TO DATACENTER AUTOMATION
"What does building and maintaining Linux-based software appliances have to do with datacenter automation? A whole lot, according to appliance vendor rPath." POWER TO THE PEOPLE
" In today’s world, we have a “digital divide,” wherein some people have the means and tools to exploit technology and others do not. In most developing countries, people still pirate software because they cannot afford to pay for it." INTRODUCING LERNID
"Last week, while at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Dallas I mentioned in one of the roundtables about how wicked-cool it would be to have a desktop client for Ubuntu Open Week, Ubuntu Developer Week and other online tuition events that we run." LAST CALL: ZAREASON'S UBUNTU PC CYBER MONDAY SALE
"One good sale deserves another. That’s one way to think of the Ubuntu PC market, where ZaReason is the latest company to offer special Cyber Monday sales to Ubuntu desktop and notebook shoppers" DEALING WITH RECORDS IN PERL
"One thing Perl does really well is read in information from a file. There are a couple of useful special variables you can use to neaten up your code when doing this or to alter the default behavior when reading in records." KDE COMMUNITY FORUMS ANNOUNCE THE CONTINUATION OF KLASSROOM
"Early on in the lifetime of the KDE Community Forums, the staff launched regularly-held courses for people willing to help KDE called "Klassrooms". For each of these courses, a mentor (usually a KDE contributor, but not limited to them) guided a group of "students" towards a simple, definite goal that would improve KDE..." COMES EXHIBIT 2151 - GATES: "I HAVE DECIDED WE SHOULD NOT PUBLISH THESE EXTENSIONS." - UPDATED
"I have decided that we should not publish these extensions. We should wait until we have a way to do a high level of integration that will be harder for the likes of Notes, Wordperfect to achieve, and which will give Office a real advantage." EXPANDING A ROOT-FS
"With the root filesystem this is not possible, as gparted could only expand filesystems that are not mounted, which is impossible with the root filesystem. The only way to enlarge the root filesystem is to boot from a kind of rescuesystem, Live-CD or the like, and then to expand the root filesystem." REVIEW: GNOME SHELL
"Gnome Shell is a redesign to the way the gnome desktop looks and works. I find it very interesting, because it stops trying to base itself on windows' functionality and design...and instead it consists of an original design and functionality." EXACTLY WHY WE ARE NO LONGER UNIX-ISH
"All over I hear people use the phrase 'UNIX/Linux' when referring to UNIX-style systems. It is somewhat hilarious to me, as Linux and the surrounding community have, for the most part, left the UNIX philosophy behind." MOZILLA'S THANKSGIVING PRESENT? FIREFOX 3.6 BETA 4
"While many organizations are winding down for the U.S Thanksgiving holiday, Mozilla is ramping with a new milestone development release of its open source Firefox web browser." DRUPAL: GET STARTED THE EASY WAY
"You probably already have a few ideas about what it takes to set up a website, but put those to one side for now, because we're going to look at a different way of doing things. With Drupal, all you really need is a name and an idea of the type of content you want." 10 REASONS WHY ZFS ROCKS
"Here are the top 10 features that ZFS fans find insanely great:" LINUX RESCUES A FAILING HARD DRIVE
"Among the other utilities on the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows is the Rescue Console. This too failed to boot. It got to the point of examining the hard drive and hung." REVIEW: MOTOROLA DROID FROM VZWIRELESS
"We have to commend VzWireless: its "iDon't DROID does" ad campaign sparked plenty of buzz about the Motorola DROID—arguably the first business-targeted Android phone. Over 250,000 DROIDs were sold in just the first week; total sales are expected to top one million by year-end." BANG FOR THE BUCK
"With the new year right around the corner, it’s worth thinking about where you can get the biggest bang for your buck–quite literally." CREATE AND MANAGE DATASES IN LINUX WITH GLOM
"Glom can help you design and create databases as well as a user-interfaces with little to know coding or command line skills. Glom has an easy to use GUI that focuses on helping you get your job done instead of being an hindrance." EU ACTA ANALYSIS LEAKS: CONFIRMS PLANS FOR GLOBAL DMCA, ENCOURAGE 3 STRIKES MODEL
"The European Commission analysis of ACTA's Internet chapter has leaked, indicating that the U.S. is seeking to push laws that extend beyond the WIPO Internet treaties and beyond current European Union law" REAL-TIME LINUX DISTRO BOOSTS MULTIPROCESSOR SUPPORT
"Concurrent has revised its Red Hat-based real-time Linux distribution, adding support for Intel Nehalem and AMD Opteron processors with up to 48 cores, among other enhancements" HOW TO TAKE PERFECT SCREENSHOTS WITH KSNAPSHOT
"KSnapshot for KDE stands out as one of the best screen shot tools available and is unquestionably the best one for KDE." DEVELOPER PONDERS RELEASE OF LINUX MALWARE
"The lack of malware on Linux may be about to change after a developer admitted he has developed a 'package of malware for Unix/Linux'" GRAPHIC STYLES IN OPENOFFICE.ORG DRAW AND IMPRESS
"One of OpenOffice.org's greatest strengths is its emphasis on styles. Some users balk at styles, claiming they are restrictive, but no other feature repays a little organization with so much ease of use and saving of time." THE CLOUD ATE MY HOMEWORK (GOOGLE DOCS CENSORS YOUR DOCUMENTS)
"Over at the Google Docs Help Forum, some perplexed cloud computing users spent the month of November unsuccessfully trying to figure out why they've been zinged for inappropriate content." DRUPAL 6.14, INTRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION
"With all the great Open Source CMSes out there, it's getting hard to make a choice as to which one to use for your site. After looking into many such CMSes, I decided to make Drupal the primary CMS for developing websites for my clients." DON'T NEED GROUPWARE? ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE WITH OSMO
"Osmo is a little personal organizer for Linux. It provides a calendar, task manager, address book, and a note-taking application. It is light-weight and fast and does not require an Internet connection to operate." FEDORA LINUX 12 REVIEW
"Some desktop Linux distributions are perennial favorites and Fedora is definitely one of them. Fedora�s slogan is �freedom, friends, features, first� and, while some may consider it rather cheesy, it�s a nice sentiment." TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING BACK THE LINUX DESKTOP
"Even after considering the success seen with Linux on netbooks, there is really no question that it feels like something ominous is holding back desktop Linux from the masses." ROOT EXPLOIT FOR FREEBSD
"An exploit for FreeBSD is in circulation that allows users with restricted access to escalate their privileges to root level." DELL RELEASES UNOFFICIAL CHROME OS LINUX DESKTOP
"Of all the big computer companies only Dell really supports desktop Linux and, in particular Dell offers a nice selection of PCs running Ubuntu Linux. What Dell hasn't done though is come out and announce that they were working on Google's beta Chrome OS." LINUX DOCUMENTATION FROM A USER'S VIEWPOINT
"It's a good thing reading is my preferred mode of learning, because as it happens I've not personally met a real live human who is a Linux expert, one who could give me over-the-shoulder instructions as I muddle through." SIMPLE LINUX DISK BURNING WITH BRASERO
"Q: What is a “brasero”? A: A Spanish oven that is placed under a table in order to heat those sitting at the table." WHAT WILL FEDORA 13 LINUX BE NAMED?
"Among the bits of minutiae that I personally find entertaining about the Linux distribution release cycle is how different distros come up with their respective release names." | 
No comments:
Post a Comment