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(Dec 5, 2008, 12:03 UTC) (505 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Sharing knowledge is fun: "Finally I managed to install the alpha version of 64-bit Adobe Flash Player 10 in my Ubuntu Hardy. It runs nice on my Firefox 3"
(Dec 5, 2008, 10:33 UTC) (558 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) My Thoughts: "In a previous article I addressed how to compile a kernel for Ubuntu Intrepid using git and in a follow up article I explained how to compile a new release if you already compiled your own custom kernel using git."
(Dec 5, 2008, 09:03 UTC) (1154 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linutop: "If you usually work on several machines (e.g., a desktop machine at home and a notebook on the move), the Dropbox service can help you to keep your files and documents in sync with minimum fuss."
(Dec 5, 2008, 07:33 UTC) (796 reads) (8 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) The ToyBox: "Does Google use more bandwidth than it pays for? Google is by far the largest user of Internet bandwidth, its share of bandwidth usage is rising rapidly, and its bandwidth use is orders of magnitude greater than its payment for its cost..."
(Dec 5, 2008, 06:03 UTC) (501 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) OStatic: "Joi Ito and the Creative Commons need help getting the word out -- and defined...One of the gray areas Creative Commons has been grappling with is how exactly one defines "non-commercial."
(Dec 5, 2008, 04:33 UTC) (727 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Magazine: "The GNU Affero Public License tries to get around an issue that the usual GPL doesn't address: many in the Internet age use free server and web service software that doesn't reside on their computers."
(Dec 5, 2008, 04:04 UTC) (1004 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Config: "As you well see in the following sections of this document this default settings can be easily changed by exporting a bash prompt PS{n} variables. Bash prompt can be modified to suit users needs and can display time, load, number of users using the system, uptime and more."
(Dec 5, 2008, 03:03 UTC) (1196 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Intranet Journal: "If there is one Linux myth that must be put to bed, it's that desktop Linux has terrible hardware support out of the box...Yet, despite this ability to say, take a Wii RockBand guitar, plug it in with Ubuntu Linux and discover that it can work really well with the open source game FretsOnFire, just how usable is all of this if we are unable to discern what works and what does not? Trial and error? This is hardly practical."
(Dec 5, 2008, 01:33 UTC) (2104 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux.com: "If you run Ubuntu, openSUSE, Debian, or Mandriva, among other distributions, then whenever you run OpenOffice.org you don't run the "official" version, but rather Go-OO, an office suite based on the OpenOffice.org source code. Go-OO includes enhancements and functions that haven't been accepted by Sun, and that may never be, because of licensing, business, or other reasons."
(Dec 5, 2008, 00:03 UTC) (617 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Suretec: "You've successfully built your own instance of OpenLDAP but want to make sure you've done it right"
(Dec 4, 2008, 23:33 UTC) (1152 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Kevin's World: "I had a friends disk fail the other day and this is how I attempted to recover it."
(Dec 4, 2008, 23:03 UTC) (859 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Today Blog: "The Internet is full of software and hardware forums, tips, tricks, and howtos from all kinds of people. It is a wonderful thing that there are so many generous users sharing what they have learned...Nobody expects Nobel-winning literary excellence, but there are a few simple techniques for writing better documentation that anyone can learn."
(Dec 4, 2008, 22:33 UTC) (706 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Shantanu's Technophilic Musings: "If you have multiple soundcards in your system and have to switch between them regularly...you would definitely be under-whelmed by the less-than-stellar performance of ubuntu in switching between the sound cards."
(Dec 4, 2008, 22:03 UTC) (366 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux.com: "New Delhi resident Raj Mathur is living proof that a Free and Open Source Software advocate can earn a decent living working with clients who are using or planning to use FOSS."
(Dec 4, 2008, 21:33 UTC) (1179 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) DeviceGuru: "Boxee announced today that it has added Netflix video downloads -- including the ability to browse Netflix's media library from within Boxee -- to its A/V media center platform for Linux, Mac, and (soon) Windows PCs."
(Dec 4, 2008, 21:03 UTC) (928 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LinuxLoop: "The question is: what do you want to happen in this upcoming year? Last year I asked for reader’s Linux dreams, and received a great response, so this year I am doing it again."
(Dec 4, 2008, 20:45 UTC) (1254 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LinuxPlanet: "There are a host of Linux certifications, such as the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Novell's Novell Linux Certified Engineer (NLCE), and the Linux Professional Institute's entry-level LPIC-1. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols looks for the answer to the question, How much help are they for turning your Linux expertise into a Linux job?"
(Dec 4, 2008, 20:33 UTC) (581 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) MyThoughts: "His site was still extremely slow, I mean it took almost a minute to load the index page. Installation of a caching plugin, deactivating all plugins, selecting the default theme did not help at all."
(Dec 4, 2008, 20:03 UTC) (2214 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) MyBroadband: "Last week Fedora Linux released its latest version, Fedora 10. We take a look at how it stacks up against Ubuntu 8.10, released a month before."
(Dec 4, 2008, 19:33 UTC) (1036 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Open Enterprise: "Those with good memories may recall a phase that Microsoft went through in which it issued (and generally commissioned) a stack of TCO studies that "proved" Windows was better/cheaper than GNU/Linux. Of course, they did nothing of the sort, since the methodology was generally so flawed you could have proved anything."
(Dec 4, 2008, 19:03 UTC) (933 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) WFTL Bytes!: "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Wednesday, December 3, 2008, with your host, Marcel Gagne. In today's news, not only is Linux apparently broken, so is the open source business model. Mandriva falls on hard times again, viruses cripple US military base, Microsoft pays for recommending them, OpenSUSE throws out the EULA, the costs of piracy, and a new browser war."
(Dec 4, 2008, 18:47 UTC) (1322 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) eWeek: "IBM teams with Ubuntu provider Canonical and virtual desktop software maker Virtual Bridges on a bundle that lets systems administrators deliver open-source Linux and Lotus messaging and collaboration software to desktops and workstations across remote offices."
(Dec 4, 2008, 18:33 UTC) (1940 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LinuxHaxor: "We already knew that Firefox nightly beats Chrome in speed, the gap is getting wider with the latest Firefox builds (3.2a1pre)."
(Dec 4, 2008, 18:19 UTC) (605 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Enterprise Storage Forum: "A new partnership between Intel and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies to develop enterprise-class solid state drives (SSDs) promises to push the technology further into enterprise storage systems."
(Dec 4, 2008, 18:03 UTC) (2334 reads) (4 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) InternetNews: "Net Applications caused a bit of a stir this week with a report that showed Microsoft's operating system share had dipped below 90 percent. This played very well where anti-Microsoft sentiment was strongest, not surprisingly."
(Dec 4, 2008, 17:33 UTC) (897 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LWN.net: "Two Mandriva contractors - Adam Williamson and Oden Eriksson have announced that their contracts are being terminated. These two developers are responsible for a great deal of the work which goes into the Mandriva distribution; as Oden notes: "Someone, or a couple of people will get their hands full (or not) maintaining the 1200+ source rpm packages I currently maintain."
(Dec 4, 2008, 17:03 UTC) (456 reads) (5 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Open Enterprise: "Despite that, I strongly recommend a new book from someone who not only approves of the term "intellectual property", but of its fundamental ideas. I do so, however, because this avowed fan also has serious reservations:"
(Dec 4, 2008, 16:33 UTC) (953 reads) (3 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Tech Broiler: "One of those companies that has been front and center in the middle of this crisis is Sun Microsystems, which incurred massive losses last quarter, just cut 6000 jobs, and has been steadily hemorrhaging money for years, particularly in their enterprise server business."
(Dec 4, 2008, 16:03 UTC) (1118 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Neowin: "I have toyed around with Linux on and off for the last few years, mostly with Ubuntu. My first experience of Linux was Ubuntu. At first it was a bit scary, with me wondering if my CPU would implode should I type the wrong command. The more I used Linux though, the more I learnt about my computer."
(Dec 4, 2008, 15:41 UTC) (1269 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) The How-To Geek: "If you've looked at the running processes on your Ubuntu box and wondered why there's a process named "trackerd" that is overusing the CPU, you are in luck, because that's exactly the topic we'll cover today.
Tracker is a search tool built into Ubuntu, and by default seems to be configured to maximize CPU while indexing."
(Dec 4, 2008, 15:33 UTC) (1060 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) IBM Developerworks: "The Friendly Interactive Shell, or fish, is a joy to use. Its syntax, context-sensitive help, and color-coded command-line interface (CLI) greatly simplify the use of UNIX and ease the burdens of scripting."
(Dec 4, 2008, 15:03 UTC) (1835 reads) (3 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) ynet: "Zvi Devir from Haifa was recently able to do the impossible: He held Dell to the fine print in its end-user license agreement."
(Dec 4, 2008, 14:33 UTC) (1270 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) APC Magazine: "Australian-based tech importer Kogan has revealed the first Google Android-based phone that will ship in Australia -- and only the second that will ship worldwide."
(Dec 4, 2008, 14:03 UTC) (733 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) 17Lamp.net: "TechFaith Wireless and Qigi Future Technology announced a smartphone that runs the Google Android mobile Linux stack. The i6-Goal is only the second Android phone to launch, and reportedly includes a 2.8-inch touchscreen, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and a two-megapixel camera."
(Dec 4, 2008, 13:33 UTC) (751 reads) (2 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) OStatic:"Distribution naming schemes are one of the more humorous aspects of the open source community. Ubuntu uses an adjective followed by an animal name (Intrepid Ibex, Jaunty Jackalope), while Debian names releases after characters in the movie "Toy Story" (Sarge, Etch, Lenny). Fedora's method is a bit more obscure, but no less clever."
(Dec 4, 2008, 13:03 UTC) (3407 reads) (5 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) IT Wire: "A UK company says its switch from Linux to Windows will save it 1 million Pounds (almost $A2.3 million). How does that work?"
