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Mad Penguin Reviews Fedora Core 2
Fedora Core 2 (FC2) is the latest offering from the Red Hat community driven Fedora Project. It has a plethora of new features including the new 2.6.5 Kernel, Gnome 2.6, KDE 3.2, an implementation of SE Linux and the X.org X11 windowing system. Fedora Core 2 is a professional distribution that focuses on functionality and ease of use, without patronising the user and keeping the clutter to a minimum....Read More at Mad Penguin
posted 23:29 [/linux/distros/redhat]
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Test
test Now is the time for all good men....
posted 17:35 [/not_linux/personal]
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Smoke, Mirrors and Silence: The Browser Wars Reignite
From informIT.com by Nigel McFalane: Think the web browser wars are over? Think again. World War I was dubbed â"The Great War" and "The War To End All Wars". Alas, that was an optimistic prediction; WWII followed in short order. The browser wars are coming back, and this time the whole World Wide Web is at risk, not just a few browsers and their vendors.....Read More
posted 16:22 [/linux/internet]
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I saw "Apaptation" night before last
"Adaptation" may not be one of the top 10 movies I have ever seen. It is a good movie though; and may be Nicolas Cage's best movie yet. It also stars Meryl Streep and Best Supporting Actor Winner Chris Cooper. The movie was written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. Cage plays screenwriter Chralie Kaufman and his twin bother Donald Kaufman. Soon after completing his work on "Being John Malkovich" Charlie (Cage) is hired to write the screenplay for a movie based on a best selling book written by Streep about an obsessive orchid hunter (Cooper). As Charlie is having trouble writing the screenplay, he ends up writing himself and his twin brother into the movie. Talk about life imatating art. Kaufman writes a movie about himself writing himself into a movie. Not as confusing as "Memento", but as orginal. This is a fun movie. Also reminds me of "American Splendour" in some ways. If you like original comedy, and drama mixed then you will probably enjoy this movie.
posted 05:07 [/not_linux/entertainment/movies]
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On being unemployed
I have been unemployed now for 8 monthes. There are things that are nice about being unemployed; being home with my daughters, working on my computer, going to bed late, and....well that might be about all that's nice about it actually. For the most part it is not fun at all. I have been through a variety of emotions (most of them succesfully supressed, as I so often do) since being layed off. The most recent emotion (anger) I started experienceing about 48 hours ago; and I was entirely unsuccessful in supressing it. I am still mad now, if I think about it. I am tired of being unemployed. I am tired of hearing about my unemployment too. I am tired of thinking about it. I am suprised actually that it has taken me this long to become angry. Knowing my personality though, this was inevitable. I usually hold things in till I explode; then I get over it. I think this has just happened to me. It's probably a good thing. Now I can get over it, and get on with my unemployment and hopefully end this chapter of my life in relative short order.
posted 04:51 [/not_linux/personal]
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More Blog News
Next I hope to customize this blog in a way that allows me to rotate randomly the pictures in the left hand column. By the way, those are photos that I took with my Canon S45 digital camera. When time permits I will be changing them, and working on a way to randomize them somewhat (or less imaginatively put them in some kind of gallery).
posted 03:07 [/not_linux/personal]
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Blog news
I have finally gotten around to adding comment/discussion functionality to this site. If anyone is actually reading this, please try it out. I also added several days ago the little search thingy at the top left hand corner of this blog. It is quite neat really; it will even use regexp in the search. You can now search the entire blog for any word you like. WOOT! (perl is very neat)
posted 03:03 [/not_linux/personal]
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FC2 Screenshot take 2 (getting there)
Here is another screenshot of my fedora core 2 desktop. This one is more customized than the first nearly stock desktop screenshot that I posted nearly 10 days ago. I am still patiently waiting on the non-open source drivers from NVidia for my GeForce 4 Ti4600, so I can run a dual head configuration again. This is what my finished fc1 screenshot looked like: fc1 desktop (big file).
posted 02:59 [/not_linux/personal]
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Apple: Fedora Core 2 Also runs on PPC
While getting a bit giddy installing Fedora Core 2 on a Sunday afternoon I found this little gem.... Fedora 2 can run on your Macintosh:....Read More at OSDir.com
posted 00:29 [/linux/distros/redhat]
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy screenwriter's interview
28 May 2004 - HHGG Interview with Myself: So we're six weeks into filming HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY and the powers that be (PTB) thought it would be a good idea to kick it off with an interview with me, the screenwriter, since that is, after all, where this incarnation of the film started. So I decided to interview myself because a) I think I’ll be harder on myself and know what sort of questions an interviewer might ask and b) no one has asked to interview me....Read More
posted 00:26 [/not_linux/entertainment/movies]
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Linux: Is Swap Necessary?
kerneltrap.org: has a very interesting discussion about linux swap space. Read More
posted 19:36 [/linux]
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The Little Engine That Could
How Linux is Inadvertently Poised to Remake the Telephone and Internet Markets by Robert X. Cringely: One of the cheapest Linux computers you can buy brand new (not at a garage sale) is the Linksys WRT54G, an 802.11g wireless access point and router that includes a four-port 10/100 Ethernet switch and can be bought for as little as $69.99 according to Froogle. That's a heck of a deal for a little box that performs all those functions, but a look inside is even more amazing....Read More
posted 20:33 [/linux/devices]
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Linux and National Security
As the open source industry grows and becomes more widely accepted, the use of Linux as a secure operating system is becoming a prominent choice among corporations, educational institutions and government sectors. With national security concerns at an all time high, the question remains: Is Linux secure enough to successfully operate the government and military's most critical IT applications?...Read More at linuxsecurity.com
posted 20:23 [/linux/security]
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Free software guru speaks on patents
The Register: Speaking in London last week, Richard Stallman, founder of GNU, argued passionately against the legalisation of what he calls "software idea patents". The core of Stallman's argument is that if companies are allowed to patent software ideas, big business will ride roughshod over the smaller players, and the free software movement will be effectively strangled....Read More
posted 21:50 [/linux/foss]
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RIAA
Single mom overwhelmed by recording industry suit
From SiliconValley.com: Tammy Lafky has a computer at home but said she doesn't use it. "I don't know how," the 41-year-old woman said, somewhat sheepishly. But her 15-year-old daughter, Cassandra, does. And what Cassandra may have done, like millions of other teenagers and adults around the world, landed Lafky in legal hot water this week that could cost her thousands of dollars.....Read More
posted 21:44 [/linux/internet]
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Cool app
My Budget: The aim of the program is to make it as easy as possible for people to do their own personal budgets and keep track of their finances. Using this program you can: Create a budget and organize budget items into categories. Nominate budget items to be paid from either a cash account or via a "Direct Debit" account which allows you to save for big ticket items and ensure timely payment of scheduled bills. Automatically calculates how much money you must put aside each fortnight to meet all your "Direct Debit" obligations Automatically tells you how much money you must have in Direct Debit account to meet your obligatory payments on any particular date. Record and save expenses against each of your budget categories. and more
posted 21:41 [/linux/foss]
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Chrooting Apache
From Linux.com: The chroot daemon allows you to run a program and have it see a given directory as the root (/) directory. This effectively locks the process into its very own filesystem ("chroot jail") isolated from the real / filesystem. In this article we will look at how to install the Apache Web server in such an environment.....Read More
posted 21:26 [/linux/security]
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Review: FooBillard 3.0a
From Linuxgames.com: FooBillard is a free OpenGL-billard game for Linux with realistic physics, AI-player and many gametypes like pool carambol or snooker....Read More
posted 11:38 [/linux/foss/games]
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Sharp Zaurus SL-6000L Linux PDA Review (I want one of these)
From pdabuyersguide.com: The Sharp Zaurus line, starting with the SL-5500 a few years back, has gained a small but dedicated following in the US and is extremely popular in Japan, with the clamshell SL-C750, SL-C760 and SL-C860 taking a large share of the Japanese PDA market...Read More
posted 11:33 [/linux/devices]
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RIAA
The Recording Industry Association of America has discovered that digital radio broadcasts can be copied and redistributed over the Internet. And so the RIAA, the music business's trade and lobbying group, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to step in and impose an "audio broadcast flag" on certain forms of digital radio....Read More
posted 06:51 [/linux/internet]
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UT2004 Linux Tweaking Guide
linuX-gamers.net: Epic Games, Digital Extremes and Atari have worked long and hard to introduce Unreal Tournament 2004 and Ryan C. Gordon aka icculus have ported the bleeding edge FPS to Linux. This guide provides you some informations to improve your UT2004 performance....Read More
posted 03:31 [/linux/foss/games]
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RIAA Bags 493 More Swappers
Wired reports: The Recording Industry Association of America has now sued nearly 3,000 individuals since last September in an attempt to discourage people from copying songs through peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa and LimeWire. The trade group, which represents the five largest recording companies, has settled more than 400 of those cases for around $3,000 each....Read More
posted 03:29 [/linux/internet]
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Kill Bill
Forbes Magazine's Daniel Lyons: Linux represents the biggest threat that Microsoft has ever faced. No wonder IBM is spending billions to promote it...Read More
posted 03:24 [/linux/foss/articles]
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Torvalds Changes How Code Can Be Contributed to Linux
From eWeek: "Linus Torvalds and Linux 2.6 kernel maintainer Andrew Morton have announced a new way of tracking contributions to Linux: the Developer's Certificate of Origin...."Read More
posted 03:03 [/linux/foss/articles]
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Using rsync for Quick Backup
Another one from FedoraNews.org: a small easy to use script to back up my most important files several times during the day, using rsync....Read More
posted 02:58 [/linux/docs]
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Dynamic DNS (DyNS) Update Behind Router
Here's alittle howto of sorts from FedoraNews.org: "Like most broadband services, my home broadband ISP network IP is dynamic, meaning, my IP doesn't always stay the same. If I want to have a means to access my home computer easily, say from work, I will need to subscribe to one of the many free Dynamic DNS services available on the internet. One of my personal favourite is DyNS (www.dyns.cx). They offer simple no-fuss sign-ups and very intuitive, clean and easy to use web-interface. And they have made most of their services free. Really neat!"...Read More
posted 02:55 [/linux/docs]
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Latest MySQL Fails to Quiet Licensing Critics
From InternetNews: Open Source database vendor MySQL AB released its latest incremental release last week (version 4.0.20), but according to some in the community, it still doesn't address what some say serious licensing concerns. The licensing issue prevents it from being included in some Linux distributions and working together, from a licensing perspective, with PHP....Read More
posted 02:50 [/linux/foss]
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Secure programmer: Minimizing privileges
Taking the fangs out of bugs from IBM DveloperWorks: " Secure programs must minimize privileges so that any bugs are less likely to be become security vulnerabilities. This article discusses how to minimize privileges by minimizing the privileged modules, the privileges granted, and the time the privileges are active. The article discusses not only some of the traditional UNIX-like mechanisms for privileges, but some of the newer mechanisms like the FreeBSD jail(), the Linux Security Modules (LSM) framework, and Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)."...Read More
posted 02:45 [/linux/security]
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CLI for noobies: network tools, can you dig it?
More commnad line for newbie goodness: " This week we're going to take a look at three command line tools which can sometimes help resolve Internet connectivity issues. But first, you lazy louts, you have to get up out of that comfortable but mind-numbing GUI hammock you've been napping in and exercise your typing fingers. If you need additional motivation to break your GUI addiction, consider the fact that Microsoft recently patented the act of double-clicking your rodent. Enough said."....Read More
posted 02:42 [/linux/docs]
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Blog Software Breakdown
Trying o decide which of the many weblog CMS packages would be best? This site displays attributes of different user-installed blog software packages side-by-side for comparison. Read More
posted 02:39 [/linux/internet]
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Pink dinosaur grabs centre stage on remote New Zealand volcano
AUCKLAND : Scientists using a camera to monitor a remote New Zealand volcano over the Internet have struck an odd problem - a pink dinosaur....Read More
posted 02:33 [/not_linux/science/humor]
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Grokline's UNIX Ownership History Project
This is an open, community-based, collaborative research project, a living history, designed to carefully trace the ownership history of UNIX and UNIX-like code with the goal of reducing, or eliminating, the amount of software subject to superficially plausible but ultimately invalid copyright, patent and trade secret claims against Linux or other free and open source software. If there is any code out there that represents a conceivable risk of that kind, we'd like to identify it and mitigate the litigation risk now. If there isn't any valid claim that can be made, we'd like to be able to prove it. Read More
posted 02:31 [/linux/legal]
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Spent the day adding prgrams to FC2
I spent my day dwelling on which repository to use for FC2. Did I say I love choices? I settled on linvia and fedora.us. I will still get stuff I can't get through them at freshrpms (of course being extreamly careful not to cause package overlap). I got just about everything I wanted installed. That is one thing I like about debian better than FC; the sheer size of the repository. Almost anything you could possibly want to enhance a debian system is in one place. This was a problem with FC1 as well. Things will get better; but will I have abandoned FC by then? I need sleep (not really).
posted 07:04 [/not_linux/personal]
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IBM slams 'grandiose' SCO, asks for whole farce to be called off
TechWorld By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service: Latest court filings may be make or break for controversial Linux copyright case....Read More
posted 06:13 [/linux/legal]
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Random Destructive Acts via Focused Solar Radiation
This would be fun: "When I was a kid, I always wanted Edmund Scientific's Giant Fresnel Lens. "Melts asphalt in seconds!" the ad said. When I went to graduate school I met several other people with the same enthusiasm for aimless destruction through bizarre means, and just enough combined cash to make it happen. Thus the reign of terror began...." Read more
posted 06:13 [/not_linux/science/humor]
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Not really a bug report, part 2
Another drawback to having 6642 fonts in ~/.fonts is that it will also cause OpenOffice to crash. Took me just a few mimutes to figure that one out. Needless to say, I don't have any extra fonts installed now.
posted 18:36 [/not_linux/personal]
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Not really a bug report
Just a personal observation made during my first day and a half with Fedora Core 2: IF you put 6642 (don't ask) different true type font files in your ~./.fonts folder it is going to take a long time for Nautilus to load them even on a an only moderately old Athlon 1.4 with 1 GB of ram. That has been the only slow thing I have noticed about Fedora Core 2 though. This OS is wicked fast! Gnome 2.6 is beautiful too.
posted 03:24 [/not_linux/personal]
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The SCO Subpoena of FSF
Bradley M. Kuhn,Tuesday 18 May 2004, FSF: Late last year, we were subpoenaed by SCO as part of the ongoing dispute between SCO and IBM. Today, we made that subpoena available on our website. This is a broad subpoena that effectively asks for every single document about the GPL and enforcement of the GPL since 1999. They also demand every document and email that we have exchanged with Linus Torvalds, IBM, and other players in the community. In many cases, they are asking for information that is confidential communication between us and our lawyers, or between us and our contributors....Read More
posted 23:06 [/linux/legal]
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Check the staus of your distros mirrors
This is pretty neat and useful. If you are tired of slow apt-get, yum, or up2date performance, then check out this page to see where the fast mirros are: Mirror Watch
posted 21:35 [/linux/distros]
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For the brave of heart (or just lazy)
Upgrading from FC1 to FC2 using yum - a few suggestions:
There are certain things only anaconda can do. There is no other way
around it. If you're using LVM stop reading and know that you must use
anaconda to do this upgrade.
In general, if you're not cramped for space/time/something you should use
anaconda to upgrade. You'll find you come out with a much more reliable upgrade
process and much less pain. However, if you'd like to try to upgrade the whole
system via yum you should follow these instructions...Read More
posted 21:24 [/linux/docs]
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Fedora Core 2 Tips and Tricks (v0.3)
Useful Fedora page by Greg Gulik: Fedora Core 2 Tips and Tricks (v0.3)
posted 19:55 [/linux/docs]
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Fedora Multimedia Installation HOWTO
By Eric S, Raymond: "How to get various proprietary and restricted multimedia Damned Things (Flash, MP3, Java, MPEG, AVI, RealMedia, Windows Media, Adobe Acrobat) working under Fedora Core using your normal package-management tools. Includes Mozilla-plugin instructions."...Read More
posted 17:54 [/linux/docs]
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FC2 Screenshot
Here is a screenshot of my fedora core 2 desktop. This is completely uncustomized. Normally I run a dual head configuration; but I am waiting on the nvidia driver. I will post more when I get around to making it look more like my fc1 desktop (big file).
posted 14:14 [/not_linux/personal]
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New book details how Linux works
NoStarch Press has released "How Linux Works -- What Every Superuser Should Know." The book targets competent Linux users who want to learn more about filesystems, the Linux boot process, system management, networking, shell scripts, and more.
Author Brian Ward's previous books include "The Linux Problem Solver" and "The Book of VMware." He also authored the Linux Kernel HOWTO. further information
posted 13:28 [/linux/docs/books]
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Remote backup using ssh, tar and cron
MadPenguin.org has an article/tutorial on remote backups: Are you looking for a solution to backup your data to a remote location? While a solid backup solution such as Arkeia or TSM from IBM are nice from an enterprise point of view, simpler solutions are available from a home user's perspective. I will walk you through on you how you can backup your data to a remote server, using the default tools available on all linux systems. In a nutshell, we will use ssh capabilities to allow a cron job to transfer a tarball from you local machine to a remote machine....Read MOre
posted 13:26 [/linux/docs]
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I hate waiting
I am impatient. I got my nice shiny new install of fedora core 2 up and running; and now I have to wait. Waiting for the repositories to be populated with the latest binaries for FC2.s hard to do. Sometimes I wish fedora came pre-loaded with all the questionable stuff they choose to leave out; but it is easily obtainabale *for those who can wait 12 to 72 hours. I know I could compile from souce, but I only want to do that for stuff I can't find with apt or yum for FC2. It makes it easier to manage packages way. I hate waiting, especially for the NVidia drivers. I got a lot to do though. So I guess I should make use of the time in waiting.
posted 04:48 [/not_linux/personal]
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A REAL Java Desktop?
The JD4X was developed with the intention of providing a Java environment that allows Java programmers to build and extend a windowing system purely in Java. However, the project itself is not pure Java and uses a mixture of Java and C. D4X is targeted at the hobbyist programmers who desire to put their skills to the test by customizing a desktop of their own. To do this, the JD4X project sets out to provide a native structural foundation that gives them a greater degree of control over their desktop, JVMs and Java classes that runs on the Linux X Window system, thereby giving the Java programmer full control of their desktop environment. The project also targets Java users who may desire a Java enabled and component based desktop without excluding other native applications already found on their Linux distribution. It does this by also providing a ....Read More
posted 03:01 [/linux/foss]
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Utah sees first spyware case
The Register reports: Overstock.com is set to become the first company to take action under Utah's new anti-spyware law. The company has filed a complaint against online retailer SmartBargains in the third district court in Salt Lake City. Utah's spyware law, the world's first, only made the statute book on 3 May. Utah is the only state with current spyware legislation, although California and Iowa are considering their own versions of the law....Read More
posted 02:39 [/linux/internet]
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Flaws drill holes in open-source databases
ZDNet.com reports: Flaws in two popular source code database applications could allow attackers to access and corrupt open-source software projects, a security researcher said Wednesday. One vulnerability affects the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), an application used by many developers to store program code. The other flaw affects a newer, less widely used system known as Subversion, said Stefan Esser, the researcher who discovered the security holes....Read More
posted 01:50 [/linux/foss/articles/news]
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Putting Linux on the desktop
ITWeek.co.uk's Peter Williams: Linux and the open source movement is rarely out of the spotlight these days. And the debate about its credibility as a viable alternative to Microsoft garners much attention....Read More
posted 23:20 [/linux/foss/articles]
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Google defines good manners for adware
C|Net reports: In an attempt to cut down on misbehaving adware and spyware, Google has released a set of suggested principles for software makers to follow when writing programs that embed themselves on Internet users' PCs....Read More
posted 23:13 [/linux/internet]
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The Spatial Way
Colin Charles writes: Much has been said, and been discussed about "spatial views". Ever since the GNOME hackers decided that Nautilus, the file manager in GNOME, would sport a spatial way of working by default, the word "spatial" has been in just about every other mailing list or review of the desktop environment. Note that I don't claim to be a usability expert, but I'd like to point out the vast resources on spatial usage, as well as show how GNOME 2.6 actually makes you more productive. ...bytebot.com
posted 23:11 [/linux/foss/gnome]
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"The Definitive Guide to Using Mandrakelinux" is Available
linuxelectronics reports: France -- The 4th Edition of the Definitive Guide is now available! This new release has been thoroughly updated and expanded to cover the recently released Mandrakelinux 10.0. "The Definitive Guide to Using Mandrakelinux" contains everything needed to install, understand, and use the popular Mandrakelinux distribution...Read More
posted 23:08 [/linux/distros]
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Birth of the Empire
Episode III is 365 days away now. WOOT! Get your fix!
posted 23:05 [/not_linux/entertainment/movies]
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NASA Releases New Findings About Dark Energy
A powerful and independent method was used to probe dark energy using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The results on cosmic acceleration provide clues about the nature of dark energy and the fate of the universe....Read More
posted 22:28 [/not_linux/science/space]
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It's too early to tell yet, but
I installed Fedora Core 2 this morning. Only one thing is bothering me, and it actually has nothing to do with the FC2 release. Here is what is bothering me: I have to wait on NVidia's proprietary drivers in order to get dual head monitors working. It's my understanding that the open sourced "nv" driver is not capable of dual head operation (using xinerama), but the closed source "nvidia" can do dual heads (using twinview). I have set this up in the past ("nvidia" driver using twinview"), but this is my first attempt at using the open sourced "nv" drivers woith xinerama. I can either re-compile my kernel, working around the 4k/8k stack issue or I can just wait a couple of weeks for nvidia to release a new driver and live with just one monitor. What was I saying about loving choice?
posted 21:02 [/not_linux/personal]
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Blogging is foreign to me
I am not good at blogging. I don't have anything to say; or at least I don't think I do? I sorta feel foolish doing this too; I mean, who is actually interested in what I have to say? I guess that's why I fill my blog with stuff other people have said and written--stuff I am interested in. I am gonna "try" to give blogging and honest shot though and start providing more of my own commentary, opinions, and views on here more often though. Don't know if it will be worth reading or not, but it should be a little fun, and maybe a little embarrassing too.
I will definetly post my review of fedora core 2.
posted 05:54 [/not_linux/personal]
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A Fedora Core 2 night
1:24 am: bittorrent download complete; checking md5sums as I type this. I will burn the isos next. I will probably install tonight too. Who needs sleep? Sorta dread it a little though. I have been using linux since '95 or '96, upgrading dutifully every 6 monthes or so. It's become almost routine, but its still alot of work (and fun) getting everything customized to my taste. Who am I kidding? I love this stuff. This may be the last chance I give fedora/redhat though. Not that I have been dissapointed in the past--quite the oppisite. But, I have recently changed my other 3 linux machines over to debian this year. Debian is wonderful. but so is fedora. The same but different. I love choice!!!
posted 05:31 [/not_linux/personal]
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China shelves plan for astronauts on moon
CNN.com reports: China plans to build its own manned space station by around 2020 but has shelved plans to put a man on the moon for financial reasons, state media quoted the chief designer of the nation's space program as saying....Read More
posted 20:20 [/not_linux/science/space]
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Linus and Linux: The big lie versus the small truth
NewsForge: "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," or so Wendell Phillips reminds us. Similarly, the cost of purchasing a lie may be measured in dollars, but vigilance is part of the price to protect truth. Today we find that those who wish to attack software freedom now wish to do so by attacking truth...Read More
posted 18:46 [/linux/foss/articles]
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The system, man
Jono Bacon writes: Come with me, close your eyes, and imagine a world filled with excitable programmers and software users who love free software. One such user, we will call her Bertha, loves to write software, and has always dreamed of writing the one true weather reporting panel applet. Bertha sits back, stretches her fingers, shaking with excitement, ready to jump into the world of free software, and, and...registers a Sourceforge account.... Read More
posted 18:38 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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A Tip of The Brim With New Fedora Core
internetnews.com: In one of the most highly anticipated Linux Distribution releases in years, Red Hat's Fedora Project launched its Fedora Core 2 (FC2), the company said...Read More
posted 18:35 [/linux/distros/redhat]
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MySQL Adds High-end Enterprise Features to Database
LinuxInsider.com: IDC Canada, meanwhile, conducted a survey during the first quarter about the adoption of open source databases. Its findings show that 18 percent of IT respondents across multiple industries said they've deployed an open source database, and 10 percent may deploy one over the next year....Read More
posted 18:33 [/linux/foss/articles]
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Cultured Perl: Three essential Perl books
IBM: In this installment, Ted reviews three Perl coding books, bringing you summaries of the key information contained in the books and how the new versions have been updated....Read More
posted 18:31 [/linux/docs/books]
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Build yourself a Linux-based Internet gateway
NewsForge: My Windows Internet gateway was running slower than a snail going uphill, even on a pretty speedy machine (a 1.3GHz Athlon), but when it started crashing regularly, I knew I had to do something. I downloaded and burnt Mandrake 10.0 Community, opened up a very old computer (with a CPU clock in the low three figures), and took care of the problem once and for all....Read More
posted 18:23 [/linux/docs]
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Commentary: If only Cisco code had been open source
NewsForge Eric S. Raymond wirtes: The 15 May 2004 theft and publishing of the source code for Cisco's IOS router firmware could mean a wave of exploits against the critical router infrastructure of the Internet will be on its way. If that happens, it will be because Cisco ignored one of the iron rules of network security -- and experts the world over will be muttering "if only IOS had been open source."...Read More
posted 18:17 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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Novell's Linux Desktop Zeros In on Integration
eWeek reports: Novell Inc., which last year bought SuSE Linux and Ximian, is working on a single desktop product to ship before the end of this year. That product will combine the best features from both the Ximian desktop and the SuSE Linux desktop, both of which shipped last year, in a single Novell desktop that will have Novell support, training, channel, partners and global reach....Read More
posted 18:13 [/linux/distros/suse]
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Suse: Pronounced Soosee, es-uze, suss, soo-sah...?
osRadio: Soosee, es-uze, suss, soo sah, Soos-a are among the many bastardizations of the name that always rear their ugly head when pronounced in public. So, to put the issue to rest, osRadio.com contacted the company to get absolute clarification in a way that only broadcast audio can...Listen
posted 18:12 [/linux/distros/suse]
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An Interview with Herr Holger Dyroff of SUSE Linux, Novell
Orangecrate.com: OrangeCrate is pleased to present an interview with Herr Holger Dyroff, VP Product Management and Marketing, SUSE LINUX for Novell. Herr Dyroff was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions about SUSE LINUX, the recent release of SUSE LINUX 9.1 and the future directions for SUSE. What follows is an email interview, as conducted across the pond...Read More
posted 18:09 [/linux/distros/suse]
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Blogging Technology Going Open Source
eWeek.com: The technology at the heart of one of the most popular Web-logging tools is about to go open source. On Monday, the founder of UserLand Software Inc. said an open-source release of the Frontier platform, which serves as ...Read More
posted 18:07 [/linux/foss/articles/news]
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Red Hat adds legal firepower
News.com: Linux seller Red Hat, tangled in a legal wrestling match with the SCO Group, has hired a new top lawyer from IBM...Read More
posted 18:04 [/linux/legal]
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Transmeta to add antivirus feature to chips
cnet: Chipmaker Transmeta is working to make its microprocessors capable of protecting computers from virus and worm attacks, the company said Monday....Read More
posted 18:01 [/linux/internet]
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Googol may sue Google
The Inquirer:Now that Google's IPO is running, the company is on the verge of being sued by the family of a man who invented the word 'Googol' to describe a very big number....Read More
posted 17:45 [/linux/internet]
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Venus Returns for Its Shining Hour
From nytimes.com: On June 8, people in the right places on Earth will be able to see Venus move across the face of the Sun in a kind of minieclipse that is visible twice every century or so. The last such occurrence, called a transit of Venus, was in 1882...Read More
posted 14:32 [/not_linux/science/space]
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Migration in-depth, part 1: Why Health First is dumping MS Office
searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com reports: In part 1 of this in-depth migration story, Wall and Bray explain why Health First is backing away from Microsoft Office and choosing OpenOffice. Next, they describe the OpenOffice implementation process. Then, in part three, Wall tells us how Health First is bringing in and will be using Novell's new Linux services...Read More
posted 06:18 [/linux/foss/openoffice]
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Group-Office 2.2 Pro Review
OSNews.com: The world has changed due to the humble (and sometimes not so humble) creations in the past. It can be argued that NCSA Mosaic changed the world. Some would argue that it was actually Netscape, but whatever the actual case may be, the web browser has in some way changed the way we look at electronic information....Read More
posted 06:14 [/linux/foss/articles/reviews]
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Rocket Carrying Ham Radio Payload Reaches Space!
ARRLWeb: An amateur rocket carrying a ham radio avionics package reached the edge of space May 17. Launched from Nevada's Black Rock Desert, the 21-foot Civilian Space Xploration Team (CSXT) GoFast rocket quickly attained the 100 km altitude to make Amateur Radio and amateur rocketry history. Two earlier CSXT attempts to reach space--the last almost two years ago--were unsuccessful....Read More
posted 06:12 [/not_linux/science/space]
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Roll your own Linux distribution
tectonic: "There was a time when the idea of building your own custom Linux OS was unthinkable for all but the most dedicated, foolhardy or skilled. Today, however, that has changed and it is not completely inconceivable for almost anyone to build their own version of Linux. Thanks primarily to the excellent work of the Knoppix and Morphix projects an a host of othe that are making the concept of Linux on a CD a reality"...Read More
posted 06:10 [/linux/docs]
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Mozilla 1.7 RC 2
If you prefer mozilla to firefox the latest offering from mozilla can be had here
posted 06:05 [/linux/foss/mozilla]
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Fedora Core 2 Brims With New Features
LinuxPlanet.com: What's new in the latest beta (1.92, Test 3) of Fedora Core 2? Plenty, and I'm not talking about new versions of this or that package (they're there), a slicker installer (it is), or a prettier desktop (it isn't). Nosireebob, the changes in Fedora Core represent what might amount to the biggest set of changes in the Linux distribution world since...Read More
posted 05:58 [/linux/distros/redhat]
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Cisco Investigates Source Code Leak
PCWorld.com reports: Cisco Systems is investigating the possible theft of proprietary source code that drives its networking hardware, a company representative has confirmed....Read More
posted 05:51 [/linux/internet]
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Spam fighters infiltrate spam clubs
The Register reports: Spam fighters are gaining vital clues in the battle to keep in-boxes clean of junk mail by infiltrating spammer clubs.... Read More
posted 05:35 [/linux/internet]
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Neat-O
Just found out Slashdot has a science site. Slashdot Science.
posted 23:16 [/not_linux/science]
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Desktop Publishing with OpenOffice.org
Linux Journal: Desktop publishing is easy, and it also can be fun. With OpenOffice.org you have a rich selection of tools to create high-quality documents for personal or business use..... Read More
posted 17:51 [/linux/docs]
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Lawyers advise companies to wait for SCO outcome, warn of open source risk
NewsForge.com reports: They have no doubt that in the end, Linux will live on and the intellectual property issues around it will be resolved when the SCO Group lawsuits have finally settled. But corporate IP attorneys are reluctant to tell anyone not to worry about the Utah company's infringement claims and the highlighted risks of using open source.... Read More
posted 16:59 [/linux/legal]
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A users Review of SuSE Professional 9.1
guiLinux.com reviews SuSe's latest offering. Read it here
posted 16:49 [/linux/distros/suse]
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Why I chose Firefox over Epiphany for my GNOME desktop
NewsForge.com: After all the recent announcements concerning cooperation and integration between the Mozilla Foundation and the GNOME Foundation, I decided to compare GNOME's Ephiphany Web browser to Mozilla's Firefox. I installed Epiphany 1.0.6 and Firefox 0.8 on a Debian "Sarge" GNU/Linux system. After about a week, I came away feeling that Firefox is unquestionably the better browser.... Read More
posted 13:40 [/linux/foss/gnome]
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Linux.com's command line for newbies series
Linux.com has a great series of articles geared towards introducing the linux newbie to the joys of the command line interface (CLI): Command Line for Newbies
posted 13:26 [/linux/docs]
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What's up with that?!? continued
I think I have finally determined the source of my webserver/network outages. I replaced the ethernet cable from the router to the card. All seems well for the time being.
posted 06:57 [/not_linux/personal]
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Wide Open Magazine
We've got an exciting announcement for Wide Open Magazine subscribers. Wide Open Magazine will now be free to all individuals who qualify... Read More
posted 06:50 [/linux/distros/redhat]
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Fedora Core 2 looks like it's on schedule
The Inquirer.net reports: It looks like Fedora Core 2, a project sponsored by Red Hat, is getting ready to roll... Read More
posted 06:48 [/linux/distros/redhat]
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One Glass Of Water, Please?
From DesktopOS.com: To those who already get the direction of my writing and have concluded that this will be about money, I beg to differ with your conclusion; this is not just about money. Instead, it boils down to support in whatever form it can be offered. Everyone cannot give financially for one reason or another of this, I am certain. They can give something however, and that is one of the very many good things about the GNU/Linux community and open source software in general... Read MOre
posted 06:44 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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Debunking Common GNU/Linux Myths
From The Jem Report: With the SCO lawsuit, Microsoft's misleading case studies, confusing messages from analysts, editorials from people who don't know what they're talking about and the ambivalence of on-the-fence CEOs like Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems, there is a lot of uncertainty and confusion about the GNU/Linux operating system. This article will attempt to dispel some myths and clear a few things up for those interested in finding more information on GNU/Linux.... Read More
posted 06:40 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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A Year of Groklaw: SCO On The Ropes?
Today is Groklaw's one-year anniversary. Happy anniversary, everyone.
What a difference a year makes. When we started, all the headlines were saying that SCO was going to destroy Linux or at least make it cry... Read More
posted 06:37 [/linux/legal]
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Crypto-Gram Newsletter
Crypto-Gram is a free monthly e-mail newsletter from security expert Bruce Schneier, with over 100,000 readers. In its seven years of regular publication, Crypto-Gram has become one of the most widely read forums for free-wheeling discussions, pointed critiques, and serious debate about security. As head curmudgeon at the table, Schneier explains, debunks, and draws lessons from security stories that make the news.... Crypto-Gram Newsletter
posted 06:15 [/linux/internet]
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Hardened-PHP
Hardened-PHP adds security hardening features to PHP to protect your servers on the one hand against a number of well known problems in hastily written PHP scripts and on the other hand against potential unknown vulnerabilities within the engine itself...hardened-php.net
posted 06:13 [/linux/security]
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addendum to "What's up with that?!?"
Something that I just thought of: my problem may be bittorrent sucking up all my bandwidth downloading the 2.1GB fedora core 2 iso's. I have stopped the client; maybe my server's performance will improve now. Time will tell.
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What's up with that?!?
Blosxom is a very cool program. It is amazing really what a little perl program is capable of. I have been having some problems though since implementing two of the blosxom plugins last night. I don't know if it's my isp's connection, my server config, my server hardware, or the plugins. I have been trying all day to track the problem down. Still haven't been able too either. So, if the site is unreachable every so often, then you'll know that more than likely I am sitting in front of my workstation, SSHing into my server, becoming even more frustrated.
posted 04:00 [/not_linux/personal]
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Germany decides not to support the EC on software patents
arstecnica reports: While the US is embroiled in a mess of software patent litigation, Europe has largely avoided the problem because of different patent law. It is now beginning to look as though Europe might be able to steer clear of it altogether, as Germany has decided to vote against any changes to current software patent laws. ... Read More
posted 19:55 [/linux/legal]
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From Adam Smith to Open Source
InternetNews.com: In 1776, the British economist Adam Smith theorized in the "The Wealth of Nations" that "invisible hand" market forces are the primary influences in a free market economy... Read More
posted 04:11 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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Mozilla - Back to Basics: Part 1 Firefox
OSDir.com: There are two wildly successful open source projects right now that are sweeping across Windows, Mac & Linux desktops. Firefox and Thunderbird. Both applications have two distinct characteristics. They are stripped down versions of their predecessor - the Mozilla bundle, and both are based on a plugin structure allowing users to include only features they want or need permitting them to remain simple to use... Read More
posted 04:08 [/linux/foss/mozilla]
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Micro-sculptures give metal the Velcro touch
NewScientist.com reports Minuscule shapes sculpted on metal surfaces could have a profound impact in many fields of engineering... Read More
posted 20:47 [/not_linux/science/technology]
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New wave of secret file sharing breaks over Web
The Inquirer.net reports of software developers are designing secret file sharing networks that will make it harder for the music and file industry to prove cases of piracy. Read More
posted 20:16 [/linux/internet]
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What is Mono and why should you care?
"The Mono project is an open source effort sponsored by Novell to create a free implementation of the .Net Development Framework," according to the project's Web site. Why should you care? Because Mono will change the way... Read More
posted 13:32 [/linux/foss/articles]
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Really cool linux site
Lynucs.org: You can find on this site the most complete database of Free Desktop Screenshots, including Linux and most of the Free and Open Source applications. Want to see how cool linux can look? Check it out
posted 13:28 [/linux/sites]
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Very cool looking
MahJongg Solitaire 3D is a cool looking game for linux Read More
posted 13:20 [/linux/foss/games]
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Not Everyone Understands the Patent Situation
Eugenia Loli-Queru of OSNews.com writes: " But it's when I read things like this: "...as for Linux, it wouldn't be a shame if the folks developing GUIs for it had to come up with their own ideas, would it?" that it really makes me wonder if people really know what they are talking about."... Read More
posted 13:18 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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FCC proposes that unused TV spectrum goes to wireless
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed that wireless devices and wireless broadband providers be able to operate in unused bands of broadcast television spectrum. Read More
posted 13:11 [/linux/internet]
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Debian mourns the loss of two project members
Recently, the Debian Project has lost two members of its community. Manuel Estrada Sainz (ranty) and Andrés GarcÃa (ErConde) were killed in a tragic car accident while returning from the Free Software conference held at Valencia, Spain. Read More
posted 13:08 [/linux/foss/articles/news]
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Linux stocks at lofty valuations -- analysts
SEATTLE, May 14 (Reuters) - Linux may be free software, but shares of Linux providers have become very expensive as investors bet that the fast-growing operating system can chip away at the dominance of Microsoft... Read More
posted 01:05 [/linux/foss/articles/news]
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LinuxInsider: The Open Source Government
"2004 may be the year for open source software to catch on in a big way in government agencies. For years, federal, state, and local agencies have been using open source software-- Read More
posted 01:03 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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Talk Is Good, Action is Better
When did Red Hat become the bad guy?... Read More
posted 01:02 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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Red Hat updating both Linux versions
Red Hat, the top-ranked seller of the Linux operating system, has expanded chip support for its corporate version of the open-source operating system and plans a major change to Fedora, its hobbyist product, in coming days... Read More
posted 00:41 [/linux/distros/redhat]
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Leaving Red Hat
Garrett LeSage, bluecurve author leaves RedHat... Read More
posted 00:37 [/linux/distros/redhat]
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Slackware: The Quick and Dirty Quide to Packages
Slackware Linux makes use of Slackware packages for easy installation, and removal of user installed software. Slackware packages have a .tgz extension and can be... Read More
posted 00:34 [/linux/distros/slackware]
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Open Source Scripting Made Easy
One open source Web scripting language has truly hit the big time: PHP... Read More
posted 00:33 [/linux/foss/articles/reviews]
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Software Shift
Open-source developers are looking beyond Linux to databases, e-mail, search -- even desktop PCs... Read More
posted 00:32 [/linux/foss/articles/news]
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Fedora Core 2 Schedule
Fedora Core 2 release date delayed a little Read More
posted 00:30 [/linux/distros/redhat]
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Linux on the Mainframe
Linux Journal reviews a "A must-have reference for those implementing Linux in a mainframe environment." Read More
posted 00:27 [/linux/docs/books]
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Why Linux Users Hate Red Hat
Linux & Open Source Center Editor Steven Vaughan-Nichols knows that many Linux fans hate Red Hat. His message to them: Get over it. Read More
posted 00:22 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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New book promises to explain the mysteries of Linux
NoStarch Press has released "How Linux Works -- What Every Superuser Should Know." The book targets competent Linux users who want to learn more about filesystems, the Linux boot process, system management, networking, shell scripts, and more. Read More
posted 00:20 [/linux/docs/books]
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The Open CD
TheOpenCD is a collection of high quality Free and Open Source Software. The programs run in Windows and cover the most common tasks such as word processing, presentations, e-mail, web browsing, web design, and image manipulation.... Read More
posted 00:14 [/linux/foss]
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Objects Search: an open source search engine
Objects Search solves two major problems of search engines. Search engine result manipulation and information overload. Objects Search provides a transparent alternative to commercial web search engines. Only open source search results can be fully trusted to be without bias. Read More
posted 00:12 [/linux/foss]
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Latest SCO News is Plain Weird
SCO CEO Darl McBride, whom Maureen O'Gara calls "the most hated man in the computer industry," says he's reached for an analogy to describe SCO's experience since suing IBM....,a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/story/44809.htm"> Read More
posted 00:06 [/linux/legal]
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Fedora News Updates #11
This is the eleventh issue of the Fedora News Updates... Read More
posted 17:54 [/linux/distros/redhat]
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EU Software Patents and Microsoft sneakiness
Europe plans direct patentability of computer programs, data structures and process descriptions.... Read More
posted 17:52 [/linux/legal]
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Novell surfs the open-source wave
Linux and open source seem to have energized Novell's user and partner community and may give Novell a chance to undo its most fundamental error... Read More
posted 17:51 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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Penguin-powered push-to-talk comes to the rescue
As Linux PDAs and cell phones make their way into consumer and enterprise gadgets, an embedded version of the operating system has been developed for use as... Read More
posted 17:49 [/linux/devices]
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EU Software Patent Legislation: a real threat for Linux and Open Source
Mandrakesoft would like to alert all users and the software community at large about a recent clandestine attack by proprietary interest through covert adoption of EU Software Patent Legislation... Read More
posted 17:45 [/linux/legal]
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Novell Wins Over Canopy Group - Novell Did Want Canopy to Sue Microsoft
The Order in the Novell v. Canopy Group case is now here... Read More
posted 17:44 [/linux/legal]
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IBM Workplace - A Good Thing for Linux?
IBM Workplace, a new application management model launched this week, is bound to spell changes ahead for Linux developers, administrators, and desktop users. Just what kind of impact should the Linux community expect? Read More
posted 17:36 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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Is Linux at the Gates of the Factory?
Significance of Linux OS is no longer in question for office automation, telecom, and server applications, yet this operating system's role on the shop floor remains to be decided, as some 'pro and con' issues show. Read More
posted 17:35 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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GNOME 2.6.1 released
This point release from the stable branch of the GNOME Desktop and Developer Platform contains a lot of bugfixes and improvements over the previously released 2.6.0 version. Read More
posted 17:31 [/linux/foss/gnome]
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Gnome Installation Guide (for GNOME 2.6.x)
The Gnome Installation Guide was written to help unfamiliar users install a stable GNOME system that includes more than the default applications.
posted 17:29 [/linux/foss/gnome]
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File alteration monitoring techniques under Linux
In a multi-user, multi-process operating system, files are continually being created, modified, and deleted, often by apparently unrelated processes. This means that any software ... Read More
posted 17:26 [/linux/security]
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Duffers Golf
Duffers Golf is a single and multiplayer modification for Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 2004. Duffers Golf
posted 17:25 [/linux/foss/games]
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Seven open source business strategies for competitive advantage
Open source presents a large potential competitive advantage for hardware and software vendors Read More
posted 17:18 [/linux/foss/articles/opinion]
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Optimism or the self fulfilling prophecy
A Home Test for Parallel Universe
posted 17:13 [/not_linux/science/humor]
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This is a test
lottalinuxlinks.com
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