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Source: Linux Today The Register: "It will be seen as a time when the noise over Linux as a platform for mobile devices reached a crescendo. Second: it marked Debian's fifteenth anniversary.
Bringing both together, Debian developers have delivered a version of their Linux distro for Openmoko's FreeRunner handset."
Source: Linux Today Linux Today Blog: "WSJ: Microsoft using Seinfeld as Vista pitchman in $300 million ad campaign"
Source: Linux Today Tech Source From Bohol: "If you want to further enhance the look of your KDE 4 desktop, I have here a list of some of the most beautiful Plasma themes available:"
Source: Linux Today Mad Penguin: "Trinity Rescue Kit. I have found that most people are unfamiliar with this distribution , as they ought to be. And to be honest, I think it is a distribution that all of us should have easy access to, since the tools provided with it are nothing to ignore."
Source: Linux Today Interop Systems: "Schwarzenegger has ordered Chiang to slash salaries of California state workers in order to conserve cash until the bitterly divided State Assembly gets around to approving a new budget. But Chiang is saying he can’t do it because the state’s payroll program is written in Cobol and would – according to Chiang – take months to modify."
Source: Linux Today Linux Photography: "I promise I will not turn that into a habit, but after quite a few months and more than 100 entries in this blog, I feel like it is time for a little rant indepth analysis summary of where we stand. I mean of where Linux stands as far as photography is concerned."
Source: Linux Today LinuxPlanet: "Paul Ferrill reports that the newest release of openSUSE offers a polished, complete Linux distribution for both KDE and Gnome users, and it also supports a number of other window managers and visual environments, such as the lightweight LXDE. And it comes with a number of enhancements and features not included in most Linux distributions."
Source: Linux Today Linux.com: "While traditional cron jobs are executed at set times, inotify cron, or incron, is a cron clone that watches the filesystem for specified changes and executes the relevant commands. You can set incron to monitor a particular file or directory for changes and schedule jobs for when those changes occur."
Source: Linux Today SUSE & openSUSE: "SMILE helps to create video slideshows from images, that can be played on almost all medias. The numerous features and the simplicity of use make it possible to create dynamic and rich slideshows in just a few clicks, without having to worry about technical issues or complicated settings."
Source: Linux Today Linux Humor: "I got bored last night and made some linux motivational posters."
Source: Linux Today Mandriva Wiki: "Mandriva is proud to announce the release of Mandriva Linux 2009 Beta 2 'okapi'. This beta includes a completely new installer for the Free (and, in the final release, Powerpack) edition, and is testing the Fedora system-config-printer printer configuration tool as an alternative to printerdrake."
Source: Linux Today OStatic: "British radio manufacturer Pure announced the upcoming launch of its newest product, Evoke Flow, an Internet radio that runs on the MeOS Linux platform."
Source: Linux Today Search Enterprise Linux: "Robert Wiseman, Sabre's chief technology officer, said the Southlake, Texas-based company began using Red Hat and other open source software about 2004. Red Hat now runs mission-critical online systems that collectively process as many as 32,000 transactions per second from three data centers in Tulsa, Okla., and one in Texas, he said."
Source: Linux Today Yet Another Linux Blog: "Different Linux distros and desktop camps should recognize their differences as providing choice instead of being something that makes them different."
Source: Linux Today Desktop Linux: "Memopal offers "automatic and continuous" backup to a remote server via a secure internet connection, says the company."
Source: Linux Today Desktop Linux: "McAfee says its encryption products will protect data on lost and stolen laptops, while its "mobile content" security products will help protect MIDs used to surf the dangerous "open Internet."
Source: Linux Today Linux Devices: "Clarion announced a Linux-based personal navigation device (PND) based on an 800MHz Z500 Intel Atom processor, with 512MB of RAM and a 4.8-inch 800x480 touchscreen. The ClarionMind has a GPS receiver, but no map database of its own, instead connecting to Internet-based map sites."
Source: Linux Today DevX: "What recourse does a business have if a hosting company fails to back up their data and loses it? Hosting companies essentially hold businesses hostage to their own data."
Source: Linux Today OStatic: "The partners envision devices that sit between smartphones and laptops, and they sound very much like the Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) tablets, such as the ones Nokia makes. In light of the fierce competition shaping up for mobile open source platforms, this may be good news."
Source: Linux Today Practical Technology: "While many Linux users hated the idea of the Microsoft/Novell partnership from the start, Ian Bruce, director of Novell public relations, says that “Customers drove” the latest expansion of the Novell/Microsoft deal."
Source: Linux Today Open Source Initiative: "Remember when Jason Matasow asked How can Microsoft not be evil? The question remains unanswered "
Source: Linux Today Law.com: "The SSL VPN Java and ActiveX Web plug-ins used by most vendors caught Zusman's attention. He surmised that these very powerful Web browser plug-ins might not be that secure or well-protected while in the Web browser."
Source: Linux Today Linux.com: "Nominations are now open for the Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. The winner could be someone you know, or someone whose work you admire, but don't mull over your recommendation too long -- entries must be submitted by September 30."
Source: Linux Today Enterprise Storage Forum: "Sun Microsystems says its open source storage initiative is catching on, with registered members growing and more than 40 projects under way.
Source: Linux Today Tech Broiler: " despite a small number of very vocal FOSS Community Whiners (FCWs) who have taken Novell to task for it in the past and accuse the company of compromising Open Source principles in the process, many folks -- read as “reasonable people who are oriented towards business solutions, fostering productive uses of technology and not mired in religious dogma" -- believe the alliance has made a positive impact on increasing Linux adoption in the enterprise."
Source: Linux Today Groklaw: "SCO Group Germany must check software updates of the nut/mother company message to read out"
Source: Linux Today Netstat -vat: "As Microsoft is set to pump up to $100 million more in Novell for Linux, it's important to note that Microsoft is not paying off Linux - it's actually making money from it."
Source: Linux Today Software Freedom Law Center: "The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono legal services to protect and advance Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FOSS), today published a guide to effective compliance with the GNU General Public License (GPL) and related licenses."
Source: Linux Today Bob Cares: "Phusion Passenger (mod_rails or mod_rack ) makes execution of Ruby web applications more easier on Apache webserver. It requires no maintenance from our part and minimal port management. It was designed keeping in mind performance, stability and security."
Source: Linux Today OStatic: "Nearly every open-source Web developer used Apache -- except for programmers using the Ruby on Rails framework, for whom Apache was a poor fit."
Source: Linux Today IBM Developerworks: "The GAE is a platform for creating Web applications. The biggest prerequisite for it is knowledge of Python, as this is the programming language used on it (currently, Python V2.5.2). For this series, it would be helpful to have some typical Web development skills (e.g., knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS)."
Source: Linux Today The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today's Linux/Unix bash shell script is is a blatant exploitation of a post we did, not too long ago, where we put together a Thesaurus shell script. This time we're creating a shell script to emulate a full-function dictionary. The actual online source we draw from (Dictionary.com) deserves the credit for knowing what virtually every word in the English language means"
Source: Linux Today Linux Today Blog: "More hardware manufacturers than ever support Linux in some way- they supply binary drivers, or support and sponsor FOSS drivers. Even better, some actually admit it publicly. Though some still act like you want to peek up their skirts when you ask about Linux."
Source: Linux Today IBM Developerworks: "Bottlenecks with hosts, services, and networks can be costly. To ensure Service Level Agreement (SLA) guarantees, Ajax applications must be monitored remotely over the networks. In this article, learn how to quickly install and start Nagios, an open source host, service, and network monitoring program, and discover how it can help."
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