FUD Warning: Mirosoft Casts "GNU/Linux" as "Piracy"
(Sep 6, 2008, 01:31 UTC) (339 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Boycott Novell: "Cherish the mercy of Microsoft. It prefers not to sue poor people."

Taming Linux Font Sizes
(Sep 6, 2008, 00:01 UTC) (298 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Truesong Tech: "I recently set up Arch Linux (which is awesome, by the way) on my laptop, and noticed a bit of a problem... despite my resolution, 1680x1050, which usually makes fonts look tiny, all of my system fonts were huge."

What They're Using: Christian Einfeldt, Producer, the Digital Tipping Point
(Sep 5, 2008, 23:32 UTC) (199 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Journal: "The boxes to my left are the thin clients. If you look just over my right ear, you will see a silvery small computer between two black monitors. That's the computer on which I captured this photograph (Gutsy Ubuntu running on the ZaReason media box)."

Editor's Note: Chrome Comic Books, Yugos, Our New Global Overlords
(Sep 5, 2008, 23:02 UTC) (282 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Google's Chrome browser is the most revolutionary, transformative technology to ever hit the planet. It will end hunger, tame avarice and greed, and beat swords into plowshares. But plows are destructive, so they will be strictly ornamental and have pretty flowers growing over them.

A Graphical Representation of the Linux File Structure
(Sep 5, 2008, 22:32 UTC) (749 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Geek2Live: "I hope that breakdown of Linux File Structure will help."

openSUSE 11.0: A Versatile Linux Server
(Sep 5, 2008, 22:02 UTC) (296 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "OpenSUSE 11.0 does a great job on the desktop, but it shines equally as bright in the server role. Everything you need to set up most any type of server comes on the OpenSUSE 11.0 installation DVD. The trick is narrowing down the options to the ones you'll really need."

Ubuntu Documentation in Shreds
(Sep 5, 2008, 21:32 UTC) (879 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "An ambitious plan to smarten up the online documentation for Linux distro Ubuntu has ended in failure."

Google's Chrome, Mozilla, Explorer, Rendering Engines: Let the War Begin
(Sep 5, 2008, 20:32 UTC) (966 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Free Software Magazine: "Apparently, the launch was accidentally “leaked” by a Google employee who was a little piggy fingered with the send button on his e-mail client."

Online Sharing with Creative Commons
(Sep 5, 2008, 20:02 UTC) (247 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
BusinessWeek: "The Japanese Net entrepreneur Joichi Ito makes a case for free-content distribution on the Internet. Nine Inch Nails is an early adopter."

"Olympics" Phone Runs Linux
(Sep 5, 2008, 19:32 UTC) (531 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxDevices: "China Unicom is distributing a Samsung Electronics phone that runs a mobile Linux stack from Mizi Research, a company that will soon be acquired by Wind River. Samsung's "Olympics" phone, also called the SCH-i859, is equipped with a Marvell PXA300 processor and a 2.8-inch touchscreen."

A Java Developer’s Pythonic Experience
(Sep 5, 2008, 19:02 UTC) (810 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tech Source From Bohol: "Without hesitation, I said yes and not even thinking of how I'll do it. That time, I was biting my nails and learning deeper about Python. My first problem was the GUI...Tkinter."

Document Management With Epiware
(Sep 5, 2008, 18:32 UTC) (451 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Out of the many available open source document management packages, Epiware GPL is noteworthy because it includes project management features: if your work has to do with producing written matter, you can not only manage the documents themselves, but the development project as well."

Ten Tweaks For a New Acer Aspire One
(Sep 5, 2008, 18:02 UTC) (738 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "Hands on Acer's smart Small, Cheap Computer, the Aspire One (AA1), is ready to go out of the box, but if you've opted for the Linux version and you're new to the open source OS, you may be wondering how to take charge of the little machine. Here are ten things to try."

Interactive Map of GNU/Linux OS and FOSS
(Sep 5, 2008, 17:32 UTC) (794 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Makelinux: This interactive map demonstrates the anatomy of the Linux operating system and popular Free/Open Source software applications.

Vista vs Linux -- Has the Penguin Got the Power?
(Sep 5, 2008, 17:02 UTC) (1527 reads) (8 talkbacks) (feedback)
New Zealand Herald: "Linux versus Windows is the stuff of near endless controversy. Linux lovers trash Windows for being slow, unreliable, insecure and overpriced, whilst Windows bigots accuse Linux of being hard to use and clunky."

Microsoft Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates Commercial
(Sep 5, 2008, 16:32 UTC) (2676 reads) (13 talkbacks) (feedback)
YouTube: Yes folks, this is it, the new hip, cutting-edge, trendy face of Microsoft. -- ed.

KDE Community Working Group Takes Care of the Community
(Sep 5, 2008, 16:02 UTC) (607 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "If the rocky reception of KDE 4 has done anything, it has forced the KDE project to realize it needs to listen to users more closely. One of the first results of this realization is the new Community Working Group (CWG)."

HP's 'End Run' Around Windows
(Sep 5, 2008, 15:02 UTC) (2428 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Businessweek: "A Skunk Works of engineers at the company is even angling to replace Windows with an HP-assembled operating system, sources say."

Open Source Release Takes Linux Rootkits Mainstream
(Sep 5, 2008, 14:32 UTC) (1122 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "The art of burying invisible malware deep inside a Linux machine is about to go mainstream, thanks to a new open-source rootkit released Thursday by Immunity Security, a firm that supplies tools for penetration testers."

Amazon to Run G1G1 Starting in November
(Sep 5, 2008, 14:02 UTC) (622 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
OLPC News: "Now IDG News Service broke the news earlier today that Amazon will be running this year's Give 1 Get 1 program from late November until possibly the end of December."

If You Knew Cash Like GnuCash Knows Cash
(Sep 5, 2008, 13:32 UTC) (1209 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Magazine: "With GNUCash and a bit of discipline, you can quickly begin to manage your money and accounts for a variety of financial needs."

Kick Linux To The Curb?
(Sep 5, 2008, 13:02 UTC) (1678 reads) (8 talkbacks) (feedback)
Intranet Journal: "Recently I found myself presented with the possibility of switching to Apple's OS X. Keeping in mind that I already have a Mac in our home in the form of my wife's computer, the idea of me using it did get me thinking. What would it take for me to completely abandon Linux and return to the world of closed source operating systems?"

Open Source Software: Your Company's Legal Risks
(Sep 5, 2008, 12:32 UTC) (823 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Insider: "The granting of injunctive relief is significant, because it can force a company to stop using or distributing its software products and, therefore, significantly impact overall business functions."

My First Linux Laptop is the Asus EeePC Netbook
(Sep 5, 2008, 12:02 UTC) (1367 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet: "I could probably put a keyboard into one of the USB slots, assuming I could find a Linux driver, but that sort of voids the advantage of its small size."

Google Chrome Won't Kill IE
(Sep 5, 2008, 10:32 UTC) (1681 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Internet News: "Some might argue that Chrome is an IE-killer, an arrow in Google's quiver headed straight for Microsoft's browser. I'm not one of them."

The Power of Perception
(Sep 5, 2008, 09:02 UTC) (683 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
ServerWatch: "It certainly looks like people are still taking heed of the old adage that "No one ever got fired for buying IBM": One third of all server spending went to Big Blue in the last quarter, according to IDC's latest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker figures, giving it the largest share of the Unix market."

Using Apache, Php and MySQL on Mac OS X Leopard
(Sep 5, 2008, 07:32 UTC) (608 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
DigitalBS: "Here is a quick tutorial on using Apache, PHP and MySQL on Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard. The good news is Apple has already taken care of installing Apache (version 2.2.8) and PHP (version 5.2.6) for you, you’ll just need to make a few tweaks in order to actually use it, MySQL (version 5.0.67) however will need to be installed, lets start with Apache."

Ubuntu Netbooks: What Dell Can Learn From ZaReason
(Sep 5, 2008, 06:02 UTC) (1778 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Works With U: "But Dell can learn two key lessons from ZaReason, a small PC maker that specializes in Ubuntu systems."

Sorting Perl Lists And Removing Duplicates On Linux Or Unix
(Sep 5, 2008, 04:32 UTC) (677 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, we're going to look a Perl list sorting. In this context, you can actually consider our lists as arrays if you prefer. I'm going to keep calling them lists because, in the end, it will most closely approximate what we will want to manipulate; a fixed list of numbers."

Writing Plug-ins in Python
(Sep 5, 2008, 03:02 UTC) (1089 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "One of the more popular examples of the use of plug-ins to extend an application is the Firefox plug-in community. There are Firefox plug-ins for Flash players, Web development, managing RSS feeds, and more."

Spam Blocking And Web Filtering With The Untangle 5.3 Network Gateway
(Sep 5, 2008, 01:32 UTC) (760 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "Untangle bundles common open-source applications for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network in one single Linux distribution."

Smile and Say 'Cheese'
(Sep 5, 2008, 00:32 UTC) (820 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "Think of Cheese as a computerized version of those booths you step into in malls or fairs, the ones that happily take your dollars and spit out four small photos of you and whoever else you can cram in the small booth. That's pretty much the concept, but it's a lot less expensive to use and you can probably crowd more people around your Webcam."

Windows Guy Tries Open Suse 11
(Sep 5, 2008, 00:02 UTC) (3203 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
10 Minute Tech Guy: "I’ve wanted to see if I could walk on the Linux side for a while now. I wanted to see if I could really switch over and do all the things I need to do easily. So I decided to give it a try."

Do You Want a Notebook With That Order?
(Sep 4, 2008, 23:31 UTC) (1247 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cyber Cynic: "I know some of you really, really wanted Dell's first mini-notebook to have a price-tag of $299 and you're down because the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 starts at $349 with Ubuntu Linux or $399 with Windows XP. Well, just wait, you're soon going to be able to get it for even cheaper with a 3G or Wi-Fi contract."

KDE's Office Suite Running on Nokia's Mobile Internet Device
(Sep 4, 2008, 23:01 UTC) (972 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
KDEdevelopers: "As KOffice is supposed to be a lightweight office suite, I figured it would be nice to see how well it would run on maemo based devices."

Power Monitoring and Logging With Apcupsd and Cacti
(Sep 4, 2008, 22:31 UTC) (664 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris 10, Apcupsd reliably warns me when the power goes out and gives me time to get my box properly shut down before data is lost, or does so automatically if I am not there to supervise."

Wasted on an Idiot
(Sep 4, 2008, 22:01 UTC) (2144 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Blog of Helios: "Seven letters that make up your last name. You have no idea how I've agonized over typing those seven letters in this blog. I so dearly want to. You sanctimonious piece of trash."

SECURITY: Remember Figlets? They're Back With Zend
(Sep 4, 2008, 21:31 UTC) (786 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Internet News: "Who knew they would work well to tell humans from bots on Web sites? You can now use them as part of the PHP framework, too."

ZaReason (and Other Independents) Outshine the Big Boys
(Sep 4, 2008, 21:01 UTC) (867 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Today Blog: "But let's not forget that these Linux-come-lately party-crashers are very late to the party, and have been whining and foot-dragging and making excuses for years why they couldn't sell Linux PCs..."

Red Hat Bets on Startup to Shake Up Virtualization
(Sep 4, 2008, 20:31 UTC) (1048 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Internet News: "The acquisition brings Qumranet's SolidICE virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) under the Red Hat banner, giving the Linux vendor a claim to end-to-end platform virtualization -- thanks to its existing role in the OS."

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