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Source: Linux Today Open Enterprise: "One of the central issues facing free software around the world is what can be done about the threat of software patents."
Source: Linux Today InternetNews: "Questions over patent validity in software are never easy to answer, but it's one that a new effort called Linux Defenders from the Open Invention Network (OIN) is trying help solve."
Source: Linux Today The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today we're going to look at a little something that is a fairly hot-running-water issue on most of the Linux and Unix boards lately (actually, probably always has been, but our research staff quit on us ;) This post will be similar in focus to our previous post on the differences between sar and vmstat with regards to free memory/swap reporting."
Source: Linux Today Netstat -vat: "Mozilla's Chief Security Officer Window Snyder announced today that she is leaving her post at Mozilla by the end of the year."
Source: Linux Today Cyber Cynic: "I have known for more years than I care to think about that HP has been almost ready to release a pre-configured Linux desktop system. But, then, they wouldn't pull the trigger.
Now, they have."
Source: Linux Today Enterprise Networking Planet: "This second OpenSolaris release comes with even more software packages than before, more hardware support, and a few nifty features revolving around ZFS. In this article, we review OpenSolaris 2008.11 and cover some of the new features they've added."
Source: Linux Today Linutop Mag: "Machines like Linutop can make a rather neat mini server which you can use to host virtually any application base on the LAMP stack (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP). The problem is that turning Linutop (or any machine for that matter) into an application server involves setting up the required servers (e.g., Apache and MySQL), manually modifying configuration files, and tweaking application settings."
Source: Linux Today OStatic: "The FSF Europe's Freedom Task Force and GPL-Violations.org have jointly prepared a few guidelines on how to best report (and avoid) license violations."
Source: Linux Today Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "If you haven't bought that special geek in your life something electronic yet for Christmas, here are 10 ideas for you. They're all Linux-based and are sure to bring a smile to any geek's face."
Source: Linux Today LinuxPlanet: "For years, HP has been slowly edging towards releasing a pre-installed Linux for general users. Today, December 10th, the company finally announced that it would be releasing Novell's SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) 10 SP 2 on its low-priced business class HP Compaq dc5850."
Source: Linux Today Phoronix: "The last time we looked in-depth at HDMI support on Linux was last December when talking about HDMI with the ATI Catalyst Linux driver. Since then there has been improvements in a number of drivers for different hardware. In this article we have a brief overview on the status of HDMI support in the Intel, NVIDIA, and ATI Linux drivers."
Source: Linux Today Linux.com: ""The future of software is in cloud computing," says Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO of Funambol, a company that provides mobile services. And if free and open source software (FOSS) is going to survive in that emerging market, he says, then the community needs to adjust by promoting greater use of the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL), a license specifically crafted for software as a service."
Source: Linux Today John Todd: "Just an update on this issue: We were able to get in touch with the IC3/FBI agent in charge on Monday. Indeed, we were correct in our guess - this is an old bug that was fixed some time ago "
Source: Linux Today Royal Pingdom: "This is a weekly recurring post about noteworthy incidents on the Internet. This includes for example general network issues, ISP problems and downtime for well-known websites."
Source: Linux Today Search Enterprise Linux: "This week, we address the issue of how Linux distributions compare in performance under different enterprise conditions. Whether you manage a small or large IT department, have the latest software versions or less-new ones, check out this question and the answers below to find out which Linux distribution might serve you best."
Source: Linux Today OpenSUSE Linux Rants: "I found this spectacular article on reasons to consider Linux in a down economy. Actually, they work in any economy. Take a look:"
Source: Linux Today LinuxInsider: "With the rise of new, ultra-small netbook computers, Linux has a chance to make its case to consumers. Windows Vista usually won't fit on netbooks, XP already has one foot in the grave, and many netbook buyers may give Linux serious consideration when choosing what OS they want pre-installed."
Source: Linux Today The Linux Distillery: "Australian Linux and open source implementation and training consultancy, Cybersource, have put forth their 9-step open-source and netbook solution to solve the Australian Government's one-laptop-per-child promise which has so far had policy makers scratching their red-faced heads. Yet, Cybersource's plan simply won't make traction and here's why not."
Source: Linux Today 451 CAOS Theory: "In other words, if you're offering or giving a Linux-based computer this holiday season -- whether you're a big box retailer, online distributor, or Linux fanatic who wants to spread FOSS to family or friends -- make sure you tell them it's Linux."
Source: Linux Today LXer: "I have to note however, I have run Gentoo for the past four years, and most of the times it's hard to 'learn' something else. However, I still liked to try and find out for myself if Debian was an easy distribution to use. So, how did I fare?"
Source: Linux Today NixCraft: "Here are few more Linux customization resources for you."
Source: Linux Today Cyber Cynic: "Can we cut the crap? No one wants Vista, and stubborn Windows users have demanded XP. While neither Microsoft nor its partners will admit it, Microsoft has abandoned its attempt to kill off XP."
Source: Linux Today The Linux Distillery: "In this globally troubled time open source software - and Linux, its operating system poster child - has clear economic advantages. You've heard talk of Joe the Plumber; let me introduce his little known cousin Cain the CIO who’s looking to do more with less money."
Source: Linux Today BoycottNovell: "IT is sometimes forgotten that GNU/Linux is more than just a desktop operating system. Linux, being a well-engineered kernel, is used extensively and also funded for its important role in several different areas of computing."
Source: Linux Today Wired: "Election officials in a small county in California discovered by chance last week that the tabulation software they used to tally votes in this year's general election dropped 197 paper ballots from the totals at one precinct. The system's audit log also appears to have deleted any sign that the ballots had ever been recorded."
Source: Linux Today HowtoForge: "You probably know that reading from RAM is a lot of faster than reading files from the hard drive, and reduces your disk I/O. This article shows how you can store files and directories in memory instead of on the hard drive with the help of tmpfs (a file system for creating memory devices)."
Source: Linux Today LWN.net: "The Minimalist GNU for Windows (MinGW) project is a way to get GCC and tools like binutils working to build software for the Windows environment—something that might not sound very interesting to Linux users or developers. But there are a number of advantages to porting and regularly testing free software on Windows, as Red Hat's Richard Jones and Dan Berrange explain in the following interview."
Source: Linux Today Footnotes: "Gnome Multimedia This is the second in a series of of interviews about Linux Multimedia. The previous interview was with Laszlo Pandy about Jokosher. This time we check in with Bastien Nocera of the Totem media player. In addition to Totem Bastien has worked on range of multimedia related projects and is someone who knows the challenges of multimedia from a range of different angles."
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