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(Sep 3, 2010, 00:06 UTC) (980 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux.com: "Chase Crum is a U.S. Army veteran, a Shriner, an IT infrastructure manager, and a member of The Linux Foundation. This certainly does not capture all that defines Chase, but it begins to illustrate where he derives his ideas about Linux, community and giving back."
(Sep 2, 2010, 23:02 UTC) (1145 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Tech Source: "You may find our Python alarm clock too geeky or complicated, so I thought I should share with you an easier way to use your Linux desktop (particularly Ubuntu and other GNOME-based distributions) as alarm clock."
(Sep 2, 2010, 22:17 UTC) (1306 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Serverwatch: "Microsoft used to be known as the Great Satan when it came to enterprise operating systems. Now it seems Oracle has taken over software hell."
(Sep 2, 2010, 21:32 UTC) (1223 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Devices: "
Samsung Electronics announced its much-anticipated Android consumer tablet, due to ship in Europe in mid-September. The Samsung Galaxy Tab runs Android 2.2 on a 1GHz Cortex-A8 processor, and offers a seven-inch, 1024 x 600 capacitive touchscreen, a three-megapixel camera..."
(Sep 2, 2010, 20:47 UTC) (2032 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Standalone Sysadmin: "The other day, I caught a message that KSplice was available for Fedora. I thought I’d be a wiseguy and I replied “Yeah, great. Call me in 20 years when it’s available for for RHEL”. Well, as several people pointed out, it turns out the joke is on me."
(Sep 2, 2010, 20:04 UTC) (1795 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Planet: "Ubuntu's use of sudo to simplify Linux administration is ingenious, but barely scratches the surface of what sudo can do. Follow along as Yvo Van Doorn of Likewise Software unlocks the powers of sudo."
(Sep 2, 2010, 19:34 UTC) (997 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Easy Linux CDs: "ArtistX is an Ubuntu GNU/Linux-based live DVD that includes a pretty big lineup of free multimedia applications. The most recent version, ArtistX 0.9 is based on Ubuntu 9.10 and features the 2.6.31 Linux kernel, GNOME 2.28, KDE 4.3.5, Compiz Fusion, Ubiquity Installer, and more."
(Sep 2, 2010, 19:04 UTC) (1735 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) IBM Developerworks: "Summary: Security always requires a multi-layered scheme. SSH is a good example of this. Methods range from simple sshd configuration through the use of PAM to specify who can use SSH, to application of port-knocking techniques, or to hide the fact that SSH access even exists."
(Sep 2, 2010, 18:34 UTC) (1717 reads) (2 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Das U-Blog: "My last review of KDE 4.X was a bitter disappointment, as KDE 4.4 refused to work. Period. Follow the jump to see if this version of KDE works out any better."
(Sep 2, 2010, 18:04 UTC) (1317 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Journal: "When I first started with graphics - I plotted pixels onto the screen by calculating a memory address and then poking the corresponding value. Times have changed since then."
(Sep 2, 2010, 17:34 UTC) (1347 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Phoronix: "Two years ago we compiled a list of the top contributors to the X Server over the years and that was followed by compiling a similar list of the developers behind Mesa. Tiago Vignatti has now compiled some statistics surrounding the top contributors to X.Org Server 1.9..."
(Sep 2, 2010, 17:04 UTC) (2156 reads) (2 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) EnterpriseMobileToday: "As the launch of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 devices nears, the company has been telling those who will listen that one of its prime competitors' mobile operating system -- Google's Android -- is more costly than its own offering, even though the open source OS is free."
(Sep 2, 2010, 16:34 UTC) (860 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Groklaw: "SCO filed a motion asking for more time to file its appeal brief with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. They needed 10 more days, and Novell agreed to it, so the clerk signed off on it the same day the motion was filed, and the new date for SCO to file its brief will be September 9."
(Sep 2, 2010, 16:04 UTC) (1938 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Tech Drive-in: "Valve is all too familiar with gaming folks out there. They are the guys behind the awesome STEAM online gaming platform. They were in a bit of controversy recently when they denied all reports of a Linux version of their famous online gaming platform. But once again, Valve is in the news."
(Sep 2, 2010, 15:34 UTC) (3594 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Datamation: "When I go on to tell them that the KDE desktop is in many ways more innovative than Windows 7, the looks of pity changes to caution. I am not only a fanatic, they conclude, but delusional and potentially dangerous."
(Sep 2, 2010, 15:04 UTC) (1648 reads) (2 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Wall Street Journal: "Raymond E. Stauffer was shopping at a New Jersey mall when he noticed something peculiar about the bow ties on display at Brooks Brothers: They were labeled with old patent numbers."
(Sep 2, 2010, 14:34 UTC) (1077 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Planet: "Back in Part 1 we learned how flexible and script-able Android is, and installed the SL4A scripting layer. Today Paul Ferrill teaches more about how to write custom Android scripts."
(Sep 2, 2010, 14:04 UTC) (1917 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) The Gnome Journal: "Chris Lord shares his experiences and six laws of writing simple games for GNOME, using Clutter."
(Sep 2, 2010, 13:34 UTC) (985 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Howtoforge: "Liferay Portal is an enterprise web platform for building business solutions that deliver immediate results and long-term value. Get the benefits of packaged applications and an enterprise application framework in a single solution."
(Sep 2, 2010, 13:04 UTC) (1664 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) The H Open: "The "best open source software for business" list contains almost exclusively well-known contributors. Is there no more new open source?"
(Sep 2, 2010, 12:34 UTC) (1205 reads) (8 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Máirín Duffy: "A bit of discussion about update policy in Fedora has been brewing lately and I’ve been reading and thinking (and stewing and moaning and wringing my hands) about the discussion a lot. I noticed a few archetypes in the positions taken throughout the discussions:"
(Sep 2, 2010, 12:04 UTC) (1259 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Ubuntu Geek: "In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation."
(Sep 2, 2010, 10:04 UTC) (2318 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) TuxRadar: "Trepidation. That about sums up the feeling of upgrading to a new version of KDE. You want to like it, but are afraid that whatever has been fixed will be counterbalanced by something rather sucky."
(Sep 2, 2010, 08:04 UTC) (2427 reads) (4 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Dana Blankenhorn: "Desktop Linux is the same sort of deal. Linux believers always assume that next year will be the year of desktop Linux. Windows followers often chide those who seek Linux with that belief, both here and elsewhere."
(Sep 2, 2010, 04:04 UTC) (2372 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Cnet: "IBM's newest chip for mainframes boasts one of the highest speed ratings to date and will go into Big Blue's fastest mainframe computers."
