Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Scribus: Leading, Kerning, and Tracking Text
In "Tweaking Text in Scribus," I briefly described the tools available for manipulating text in Scribus. more>> ... http://bit.ly/xDckme
Cotton Candy Ready to be Pre-Ordered, Runs Ubuntu and Android 4.0
The £139 device comes with a dual-core Cortex A9 ARM processor clocked at 1.2GHz and will be usable both plugged ... http://bit.ly/wbzBI3
The Effect Of Desktop Effects On Graphics Performance
Earlier this month I published an article with benchmarks of the Gaming/Graphics Performance On Unity, GNOME, KDE, ... http://bit.ly/xcyzKy
Raspberry Pi Launches, Offers Low-Cost, Low-Power, Hackable PCs to All
The Raspberry Pi, a super-cheap, low-power, single-board computer that uses an SD card for storage, plugs into a ke ... http://bit.ly/xkv7HK
MINIX 3.2.0 Makes Porting Easier, Introduces FUSE Support
In the first release since 2010, MINIX adds several features with the help of Google Summer of Code participants, i ... http://bit.ly/ynE5aH
Front Ends and Connectors for Working with Hadoop are Arriving
At one point, the Big Data trend--sorting and sifting large data sets with new tools in pursuit of surfacing meanin ... http://bit.ly/y0C2uu
LightDM-KDE Is Ready For Testing
The KDE front-end for the LightDM log-in manager is reaching a point that's ready for more wide-scale testing... ... http://bit.ly/AbOzh5
HTTPS Everywhere Reaches 2.0, Comes to Chrome as Beta
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched version 2.0 of the HTTPS Everywhere browser extension for Firefox, ... http://bit.ly/yvRiMi
Tizen: Beta Version, New Supporters and Developer Conference
Tizen has updated the sources and SDK of its mobile operating system. Meanwhile, Huawei has joined the Tizen Associ ... http://bit.ly/wWVnR7
Five Things You Can Do with the Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is here at last —now what can you do with it? Here is our pick of the project ideas that you can ... http://bit.ly/A9HdJG
Kicking the Tires on Pinwheel and Talking to Founder Caterina Fake
On February 16, Flickr cofounder Caterina Fake announced private beta testing for Pinwheel, an online "Flickr for P ... http://bit.ly/w0gjA7
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Fedora 17 Alpha Released
The alpha version of the Fedora 17 ("beefy miracle") release is out. "When we said Beefy, we weren't kidding: an a- ... http://bit.ly/yHTLBI
Android 4.0 for x86 Processors Approaches with RC
The Android-x86 Project has published a release candidate of its Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" port for the x86 ... http://bit.ly/zASDkj
Development Release: Fedora 17 Alpha
Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the initial public test release of Fedora 17 - featuring the GNOME ... http://bit.ly/xL3cLO
Installing Cinnamon Desktop On Fedora 16 And OpenSuse 12.1
This tutorial will show you how to install the Cinnamon desktop, Mint's new desktop environment to be used in Linux ... http://bit.ly/x9AHMr
Eclipse Board Elections are Now Open
This year's elections to the Eclipse board have now been opened. There are eight candidates proposed for a total of ... http://bit.ly/zBKTJJ
Multi-core ARM Gets OpenCL Compiler from The Portland Group
Today The Portland Group released an OpenCL compiler for Multi-core ARM processors. ... http://bit.ly/yBMDsL
Foundation Formed to Marry Open Principles with Job Search Tools
With economic problems lingering, many people remain in need of employment and that's true across the technology se ... http://bit.ly/vZgcPW
Service Pack 2 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 released
The second service pack for SLES 11 includes commercial support for the Btrfs filesystem, switches from the 2.6.32 ... http://bit.ly/yYiCzP
Mozilla Says Boot to Gecko Won't Face Big Patent/Licensing Roadblocks
With Mobile World Congress in full swing in Barcelona this week, many of us are still digesting the big news from M ... http://bit.ly/zyPsaG
Eadlines Retrospective on Clustered HPC
Douglas Eadline has posted a brief history of parallel computing over at Admin HPC. From Beowulf clusters to multic ... http://bit.ly/yfQfAU
The Greatness of Git
When Linus Torvalds says he is going to work on a side project he doesn't think small and he doesn’t work slowly. ... http://bit.ly/wPBRPZ
Monday, 27 February 2012
Hack and / - Forensics with Ext4
Learn from my mistakes as I figure out how to gather forensics dataon an ext4 filesystem. more>> ... http://bit.ly/wvuwm0
Personal Level Indicators for Thunderbird Tells You if a Message Is for You or a Group
If you use Gmail you're familiar with the personal level indicators where a small arrow indicates whether an email ... http://bit.ly/ACI62B
Educate Users About security with Mozilla's Watchdog
Much of Mozilla's engineering effort goes into direct enhancement of the contemporary Web-browsing and email experi ... http://bit.ly/wDX9XG
Ubuntu's Bold Mobile Gambit
There's no denying the magnitude of Linux's impact on the world of personal computing so far, but you know somethin ... http://bit.ly/wHM1Mw
Telefonica Building Web-Centric OS with Mozilla
Telefonica, Mozilla and Qualcomm are working together to deliver a Boot2Gecko device under the Open Web Device labe ... http://bit.ly/x0brps
Open Data Handbook Version 1.0
How will you use the Open Data Handbook? To define open data To understand why open data is useful To make open dat ... http://bit.ly/yajvmK
Personal Level Indicators for Thunderbird Tells You if a Message Is for You or a Group ...
If you use Gmail you're familiar with the personal level indicators where a small arrow indicates whether an email ... http://bit.ly/zDEuiG
Linux Mint 12 LXDE RC Released!
The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 12 LXDE RC. Linux Mint 12 LXDE RC New features at a glance: ... http://bit.ly/vYYLby
Google: 850,000 Android Devices Activated Daily
Speaking at this year's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Google's Andy Rubin said that more than 850,000 A ... http://bit.ly/zFedi0
Mozilla to Ship Boot to Gecko Devices in 2012
Mozilla has sent out a press release describing its announcements at Mobile World Congress. "In a joint press confe ... http://bit.ly/z5k44G
Oracle: Availability of Ksplice Extended, Unbreakable Kernel Beta Released
Oracle has made the KSplice technology for fixing kernel security holes during system operation available for RHEL. ... http://bit.ly/xzTY8w
New Wake Locks Patches Published For Linux Kernel
While this weekend saw the release of the Linux 3.3-rc5 kernel, which Linus Torvalds self-admitted was pretty borin ... http://bit.ly/AgdBok
Apache ACE Makes it to Top Level
After two years incubating at the Apache Software Foundation, the OSGi-based software distribution framework, which ... http://bit.ly/AwwUEA
Mozilla Backs Facebook's Mobile Web Standards Push
Open-web-loving Mozilla is backing Facebook's move to bring together smartphone-makers, carriers and developers to ... http://bit.ly/zsOQk5
Friday, 24 February 2012
EPUBReader
With our recent transition to a digital-only format, it's now possible to consume Linux Journal in a number of ways ... http://bit.ly/xQQeUv
Moving Linux Kernel Drivers To User-Space? Nope.
Brought up on the Linux kernel mailing list this week was a short-lived discussion whether Linux device drivers sho ... http://bit.ly/zp2px9
Why Linux Is a Model Citizen of Quality Code
Coverity's 2011 Open Source Integrity Report gives kudos to Linux for its high-quality code. ... http://bit.ly/xXcP33
Tizen Conference Announced
Just in case you missed it, the first Tizen conference has been announced! It will be held at the Hyatt Regency ... http://bit.ly/A3vmVp
Intel Releases 2.18 X.Org Linux Graphics Driver
One day after putting out the Intel 12.02 package, Intel released the xf86-video-intel 2.18.0 DDX driver... ... http://bit.ly/AdmQCs
Distribution Release: Dream Studio 11.10
Dick MacInnis has announced the release of Dream Studio 11.10, an Ubuntu-based distribution with focus on multimedi ... http://bit.ly/xKB4YC
Tag Sound Files With Easytag (Linux Mint 12)
This tutorial is supposed to show you how to change your sound files' information like artist or title, also called ... http://bit.ly/zaRTlv
OpenERP 6.1 Adds New Web Client
The new version of the open source ERP business application suite includes a new web client and touchscreen point o ... http://bit.ly/zWtNBo
Proposal to Add DRM to HTML5 Meets Resistence
Microsoft, Google and Netflix are proposing a mechanism which would hook DRM to HTML5 video streams by using extern ... http://bit.ly/A2ZYDk
Why Adobe Is Wrong to Restrict Flash Updates for Linux Users
Earlier this week, Adobe drew a lot of criticism from the Linux community, as it announced that it has partnered wi ... http://bit.ly/wO91J6
Progress on ARM Versions of Fedora and openSUSE
If all goes to plan, openSUSE 12.2 will offer full support for ARM processor cores. The launch of the Fedora remix ... http://bit.ly/wbcU2s
Avoiding Common WordPress Setup Mistakes
WordPress has become one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) available. With its host of available ... http://bit.ly/xYpafT
Gnash 0.8.10 GNU Flash Player Released
The new version of the open source Flash player improves framebuffer GUI and touchscreen support, and adds a render ... http://bit.ly/xIrk60
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Mozilla's App Store Takes Shape
Mozilla has been steadily moving forward with its Boot to Gecko and other mobile technology initiatives, and has su ... http://bit.ly/x68IQv
Internet Titans Reportedly Support Adding Do-Not-Track Buttons to Browsers
The Wall Street Journal is out with a report that may surprise many people following the privacy policies set by gi ... http://bit.ly/z1yNkL
Second Beta of DTrace for Linux
Oracle has presented a second beta of the Dynamic Tracing Facility that was ported to Linux from Solaris; meanwhile ... http://bit.ly/wAnjgT
Intel 12.02 Package Proclaims Stable Ivy Bridge
Intel released its "12.02 graphics driver" package today for Linux, which advertises stable support for the Intel I ... http://bit.ly/z2NXwo
Intel Joins The Document Foundation, Pushes LibreOffice
Intel has begun distributing the open source LibreOffice suite via its online AppUp Store, and has joined the board ... http://bit.ly/y2oSoc
Oracle Puts Out A New Version Of DTrace For Linux
Lenz Grimmer on behalf of Oracle has announced the second beta release of DTrace for Linux... ... http://bit.ly/wZwAEw
openSUSE ARM Plans
Andrew Wafaa posted plans for "full ARM support" in openSUSE 12.2 to the opensuse-arm mailing list. "ARMv7 is the f ... http://bit.ly/y1RXM0
Samsung Announces Armor-Plated Android, the Rugby Smart
What's better than an advanced Android handset? Samsung thinks it's one that's military-grade tough such as its new ... http://bit.ly/xmecXx
Who's adding DRM to HTML5? Microsoft, Google and Netflix
Tag team's copy protection plan 'unethical' With tech companies abandoning the proprietary Flash and Silverlight me ... http://bit.ly/xmPyZ6
Hands On with the Cinnamon Desktop
As one of the GNOME users who's still fond of the old-school GNOME desktop, the recent release of Cinnamon 1.3.1 ca ... http://bit.ly/x2LMW3
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
ISPConfig 3 With Xeround Cloud Database Service
This tutorial is a companion to any of the Perfect Server tutorials. ISPConfig 3 will not work with the Xeround Clo ... http://bit.ly/x6v5RD
Firefox's Jetpack Extensions Reach Mobile Browsing
Mozilla has begun adding mobile device support to its newer extensions framework--but it's also change Jetpack's di ... http://bit.ly/x0af4m
Ubuntu for Android to Star at Mobile World Congress
According to Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical is moving quickly ahead with its plans to bring Ubuntu to platforms going ... http://bit.ly/yRwHAj
Open Innovation - The Passion Behind the Civic Commons Community
From the beginning, Civic Commons has been a dynamic community initiative. What began in January 2010 as a simpl ... http://bit.ly/A1lkZH
Kuhn: Busybox GPL Enforcement Concerns Resolved
On the Busybox list, Bradley Kuhn (of the Software Freedom Conservancy) reports that he had a discussion with Tim B ... http://bit.ly/ztl7a7
Expert Tips and Tricks With Kate and Konsole
The Kate graphical text editor and Konsole graphical terminal emulator are chock-full of advanced features and time ... http://bit.ly/zjwRgL
Distribution Release: ConnochaetOS 0.9.1
Henry Jensen has announced the release of ConnochaetOS 0.9.1, an Arch-based Linux distribution for old computers (f ... http://bit.ly/xX79xA
Rock Your Webcam Like It's 1995
Many Webcam applications exist for Linux. If you want to play with self-portraits, there's Cheese. If you want to s ... http://bit.ly/yjylq8
Mageia 2 Enters Beta Testing
Aimed at developers and testers, the first of two planned betas for version 2 of the Mandriva Linux community fork ... http://bit.ly/xrKH8q
First official release of Eclipse Code Recommenders
The project developers plan to provide intelligent code prediction for the Eclipse development environment as an "I ... http://bit.ly/zR13SL
Ubuntu For Android Smartphones Coming For MWC
Canonical is preparing to show off Ubuntu for Android at Mobile World Congress next week. The Linux OS package will ... http://bit.ly/wdNQGV
No More Flash for Firefox on Linux
Adobe has announced that its proprietary Flash plugin will be moving to a new "Pepper" API for interaction with the ... http://bit.ly/x1qybN
NASA Calls for Vendors to Open Source NASA.gov
NASA is looking to open source as part of its revamp of nasa.gov and has put out a "Request For Information" lookin ... http://bit.ly/xUNjPh
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Proposals To Split KMS GPU Drivers, 2D Kernel API
Following a "Kernel Display and Video API Consolidation" mini-summit held at the Emebedded Linux Conference (ELC 20 ... http://bit.ly/xsJTqB
OpenJFX gets JavaFX Testing Framework
JavaFX's open source version, OpenJFX, now has a functional testing framework in the form of JemmyFX... ... http://bit.ly/wXWYAq
TryStack Offers a Free OpenStack Sandbox
OpenStack community members are providing "156 cores, 1040GB memory and 59.1TB of disk storage" so that developers ... http://bit.ly/yDwEfq
Development Release: Porteus 1.2 RC1
Jay Flood has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Porteus 1.2, a Slackware-based mini-dis ... http://bit.ly/wggs2w
Booktype Makes Book Collaboration Web-Based and Simple
If you've ever tried to collaborate with other authors and editors and the many other people who work to make a boo ... http://bit.ly/y15uKC
The Btrfs File-System Repair Tool Is Available
After writing about Btrfs LZ4 compression support and that the Btrfs FSCK tool wasn't available, it turns out that ... http://bit.ly/vZnZ0v
Will KDE Drop Support for Older Graphics Chips?
KWin's lead developer is considering dropping support for graphics hardware that is only capable of OpenGL 1.x if a ... http://bit.ly/Aoe7T0
Exascale by 2018: Crazy …or Possible?
I recently saw some estimates that show we should hit exascale supercomputer performance by around 2018. That seems ... http://bit.ly/xYlL18
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.1 Released
Version 2.4.1 of the Apache HTTP server - the first release in the 2.4 series - is now available. There are plenty ... http://bit.ly/yQFm55
WebKit Browsers Learn to Calculate with CSS
The developers behind the open source WebKit engine, used in browsers such as Chrome and Safari, have added support ... http://bit.ly/wrGomF
The Ever-Changing Linux Skillset
Just because you had what it takes for a good Linux-related job a decade ago, it doesn't mean that you have what it ... http://bit.ly/xgEK1o
Fade In Pro
When I switched from Windows to Linux, I found software to replace almost everything I had been doing in Windows. M ... http://bit.ly/wgELps
Monday, 20 February 2012
What Greg Does
With my recent job change, I'm starting to run into a bunch of people asking "What exactly are you going to be doin ... http://bit.ly/xB9exz
Friday, 17 February 2012
The Best News Reader Application for Linux [Linux App Directory]
Linux has a few solid RSS readers, but there is one app that stands out from the ... http://bit.ly/xeFdI8
Weekend Project: Get Started with Tahoe-LAFS Storage Grids
Heres an axiom for every major organization to memorize: if you have data, then ... http://bit.ly/xKZWIG
Distribution Release: Scientific Linux 6.2 "Live"
Urs Beyerle has announced that, following the recent release of Scientific Linux ... http://bit.ly/w7MDQg
Book Excerpt: Drupal User’s Guide: Building and Administering a Successful Drupal-Powered Web Site
Chapter 17: AccessibilityCreating Accessible ContentBuilding an accessible sit ... http://bit.ly/AF3Cje
LTS Update 10.04.4 Released
Our two year old LTS release has had an update, 10.04.4. It adds all the current ... http://bit.ly/xHFIa5
Blender 2.62 Arrives, and Some Free Tools for Getting Going With It
The Blender Foundation has announced that version 2.62 of its hugely popular 3D ... http://bit.ly/zPJu9Q
Fedora Puts Back Btrfs Deployment Yet Again
Fedora 17 will not, as planned, use Btrfs as its default filesystem, but will st ... http://bit.ly/xTgwML
SUSE Linux Marks 25 Milestones in 20 Years
SUSE is planning to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a yearlong campaign high ... http://bit.ly/wm5D4f
Thursday, 16 February 2012
How To Install LibreOffice 3.5 In openSUSE
LibreOffice 3.5 was released a few days ago. This is the third major release of ... http://bit.ly/zje0rU
Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Fedora 16
Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP serv ... http://bit.ly/A4jzNJ
Is Your Cloud Over-Provisioned?
In the fairy tale of Goldilocks and the three bears, the heroine was trying to f ... http://bit.ly/xO45e6
Accessibility Leaders in Linux
Accessibility to computers for people with vision, hearing, or physical impairme ... http://bit.ly/zS0Kad
Piwik 1.7 Adds New Reports, Improves Security
Version 1.7 of the open source web analytics suite brings performance improvemen ... http://bit.ly/zcD6im
Deltacloud becomes an Apache Top Level Project
After incubating since 2010, Deltacloud becomes the second cloud management plat ... http://bit.ly/zF0eec
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Are you planning to or have you recently migrated to Linux from another development platform?
Yes, from AIX Yes, from Sun Solaris Yes, from HPUX Yes, from Windows Yes, ... http://bit.ly/zc22LV
A Look at the LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards Winners
Every year LinuxQuestions.org hosts a members choice awards, which lets members ... http://bit.ly/wXin70
AMD Catalyst A.I. Useless Under Linux?
AMD today launched the Radeon HD 7570/7770 graphics cards as the latest GPUs bui ... http://bit.ly/AsUrSA
Astronomy on the Desktop
Many people's initial exposure to science is through astronomy, and they are ins ... http://bit.ly/zJVNRF
Citrix’s Open Source CloudStack 3.0 Platform to Challenge Amazon, VMware
Last year, stepping up what is already fierce competition in the race to provide ... http://bit.ly/ArHsUY
New Web Browser for HP’s Open webOS
Along with the release of a new web browser for the webOS mobile operating syste ... http://bit.ly/A53RIE
Java SE Updates Fix Critical Security Holes
Older versions of Java SE allow attackers to use specially crafted WebStart appl ... http://bit.ly/xbhIcF
XGE “vHPC” – Achieving Supercomputing Performance with Existing Infrastructure
In this video, Dori Exterman from Xoreax presents: XGE vHPC - Achieving Supercom ... http://bit.ly/Ai0QmK
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
A Tall Order for Sequoia IO: NetApp Delivers 1TB/s Performance
Dimitris Krekoukias writes that NetApp was able to deliver a 1 Petabyte/sec stor ... http://bit.ly/yXEGuM
Horde Groupware Contains Backdoor
Unknown perpetrators infiltrated a backdoor into several installation packages d ... http://bit.ly/x2yyMa
Java-Alternative Kotlin Now Available as Open Source
Now available to download as in-development snapshots or source, JetBrains Kotli ... http://bit.ly/wP65s6
Linux Skills Remain In Strong Demand In the Job Market
For many people who are still unemployed, this years top resolution will be find ... http://bit.ly/A6pzyp
Firefox Extension Illustrates Password Reuse
The Password Reuse Visualizer is Mozillas way of drawing attention to a security ... http://bit.ly/y0zXcM
Installing A Web, Email & MySQL Database Cluster On Debian 6.0 With ISPConfig 3
This tutorial describes the installation of a clustered web, email, database and ... http://bit.ly/w6GJOg
LibreOffice 3.5 Sharpens its Grammar Checking
The new version is ready for all users and includes a new built-in grammar check ... http://bit.ly/zrroV7
ICANN Attracts 100 Would-Be Net Domain Operators
So far, 100 registrants can apply for generic top-level domains to expand beyond ... http://bit.ly/zAOUAe
Need a Job? New Study Says Learn Linux.
No one disputes that that tech jobs are fueling the economy in the U.S. and arou ... http://bit.ly/zJzS81
Monday, 13 February 2012
NVIDIA Releases 295.20 Linux Drivers
NVIDIA this morning formally released the 295.20 display drivers for Linux x86/x ... http://bit.ly/zhSzyp
What’s New in LibreOffice 3.5
The LibreOffice 3.5 release is due out shortly, and this release comes with a nu ... http://bit.ly/yn7E6q
Dia – The Diagram Creation Tool
Dia is an application designed for quick creation of structured diagrams such as ... http://bit.ly/xmjlYG
ARINC Super Optimizes Complex Aviation Antennas
Last week the Advanced Systems Engineering and Integration Division of ARINC Eng ... http://bit.ly/w3DgOG
How San Francisco Can Get its Gov 2.0 Groove Back
Theres been a great deal of discussion lately around the topic of government inn ... http://bit.ly/xtNrOU
Miguel de Icaza Calls For More Mono, C# Games
Miguel de Icaza presented this weekend at AltDevConf where he heavily promoted M ... http://bit.ly/wdDVKu
Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.02
Anke Boersma has announced the release of Chakra GNU/Linux 2010.02, one of the f ... http://bit.ly/yBP4qa
Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 1.6
Mikls Vajna has announced the release of Frugalware Linux 1.6, a general-purpose ... http://bit.ly/wEs7D1
Friday, 10 February 2012
You Need A Budget
This time of year is often rough on finances, and although there are many money- ... http://bit.ly/AgHjdM
The Torch is Passed: Talking with New Fedora Project Leader Robyn Bergeron
Theres a new sheriff in Fedora-town. Earlier this week, the Fedora Project Leade ... http://bit.ly/zybvkw
Open-Source ARM Mali Code Published
The initial code push has taken place for the Lima Project, which is the open-so ... http://bit.ly/yoMpAR
UK Government Starts New Open Standards Consultation
After withdrawing its original open standards policy, the UK Government has open ... http://bit.ly/yI1z3e
FSF Wants Labels on Free JavaScript Code
JavaScript Licence Web Labels are a proposal from the FSF to label every JavaScr ... http://bit.ly/yiG1qy
A Sneak Peak at MPI 3.0
Torsten Heofler has posted a preview of features coming in MPI 3.0, which is exp ... http://bit.ly/wfwR5S
Mesa 3D 8.0 Supports OpenGL 3.0 and GLSL 1.30
The latest version of the OpenGL implementation and 3D driver collection adds im ... http://bit.ly/wrM5gi
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Geek Picture of the Day: Linus Torvalds
Forbes.com features Linux creator Linus Torvalds today in a picture from 1999... ... http://bit.ly/ydLcct
The Torch is Passed: Talking with New Fedora Project Leader Robyn Bergeron
Theres a new sheriff in Fedora-town. Earlier this week, the Fedora Project Leade ... http://bit.ly/wSu8F6
A Selection of the Very Best Open Source Tutorials and Tools
Regularly, we at OStatic update our collections of open source resources, tutori ... http://bit.ly/wyU0GF
Btrfs: The Swiss Army Knife of Storage (;login:)
The February 2012 issue of ;login: has a detailed overview of Btrfs [PDF] writte ... http://bit.ly/xfzCvw
Linux 3.3-rc3 Has No Big Surprises
The Linux 3.3 kernel is now up to its third RC release and is fairly in shape... ... http://bit.ly/zZ38SF
Patent Troll Claims Ownership of Interactive Web—and Might Win
Ars technica is reporting on a patent trial taking place in ... you guessed it . ... http://bit.ly/wGvCBg
Google’s Rumored Cloud Storage Service Would Complement Chrome OS
Its been rumored for years now that Google will launch a cloud-based storage ser ... http://bit.ly/wdCLUV
Nginx Continues Growth, Adds Commercial Offerings
According to the Netcraft Web Server Survey for February 2012 Nginx was "the onl ... http://bit.ly/x0Kple
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
The Linux powered LAN Gaming House
LAN parties offer the enjoyment of head to head gaming in a real-life social env ... http://bit.ly/z70a1y
Unsung Heroes of Linux, Part One
Everyone knows and loves Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. Mark Shuttleworth ... http://bit.ly/ziVoi6
NGINX Launches Commercial Support for Open-Source Web Server
NGINX delivers commercial support for the popular open-source NGINX web server. ... http://bit.ly/w1fZgk
Distribution Release: Superb Mini Server 1.6.4
Superb Mini Server (SMS) 1.6.4, a Slackware-based server distribution, has been ... http://bit.ly/wmc2yc
Open Source at DrupalCon Denver
March 19 will be here before you know it. Thousands of people will flock to Denv ... http://bit.ly/xjyLpp
Gaming/Graphics Performance On Unity, GNOME, KDE, Xfce
It is going on a year since showing how Unity, Compiz, GNOME Shell KWin affect ... http://bit.ly/w1SB6k
Tratt: Fast Enough VMs in Fast Enough Time
Laurence Tratt, the designer of the Converge language, has written a detailed in ... http://bit.ly/yxM1gt
OpenLogic Grew Strongly in 2011, Reports on Open Source Trends
For a long time now, the sluggish economy has helped boost adoption of open sour ... http://bit.ly/wZ1bNS
Mozilla Explains User-Tracking Proposal for Firefox
In a story published yesterday your humble Reg writer wrongly confused Mozillas ... http://bit.ly/yRwHpz
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
The Best Cloud Music Options for the Linux Desktop
Not that long ago, desktop Linux users were left out of most of the online music ... http://bit.ly/yyfrsM
The Embedded and Mobile Linux Trends Shaping 2012
We’re preparing for our weeklong extravaganza of mobile and embedded developme ... http://bit.ly/Atjube
Fedora 17 Is Still Trying For Btrfs By Default
The Fedora / Red Hat developers working on the Beefy Miracle are tentatively mov ... http://bit.ly/wDjuvx
New Fedora Project Leader Announced
Jared Smith has stepped down from leading the Fedora Linux distribution and is b ... http://bit.ly/yM0xEE
Jared Smith Steps Down as Fedora Project Leader
Fedora project leader Jared Smith has announced that he is moving on. "Im happy ... http://bit.ly/z4SdHF
Ubuntu Global Jam Looking for Event Organisers
Ubuntu community manager Jono Bacon is calling for participants to organise hand ... http://bit.ly/zFaFP2
Trimble Yuma: A Rugged Ubuntu-Based Tablet
The Trimble Yuma from SDG Systems is a rugged dust- and water-resistant tablet c ... http://bit.ly/z546pT
SCaLE Celebrates a Successful Tenth Year as a Premier Linux Conference
The Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) was one of the earliest regional Linu ... http://bit.ly/zj9tIA
Ubuntu Global Jam: Call For Events!
From 2nd 4th March 2012 we will be running the Ubuntu Global Jam. This is a glo ... http://bit.ly/zoj25T
OSI Announces New Initiatives and Seeks Your Input
OSI is changing, and you can help! I spoke at FOSDEM in Brussels on Saturday on ... http://bit.ly/ya4MGM
Canonical Pulls Funding from Kubuntu, Drops Commercial Support
Canonical is no longer paying Kubuntu developer Jonathan Riddell to work on Kubu ... http://bit.ly/xKukBl
Sandbox Applications Quickly with KVM or LXC
At FOSDEM, Daniel Berrange presented libvirt-sandbox, which sandboxes programs i ... http://bit.ly/xBabcZ
Monday, 6 February 2012
Yоu Оught То Learn Linux
An operating system іs whаt mаkеs thе hardware work аlоng wіth оthеr a ... http://bit.ly/z9fLRZ
Linux Training – Running Linux tо Gеt Real Experience
You learn Linux best bу gеttіng real practical experience working wіth іt. ... http://bit.ly/A12NlL
Ноw tо Migrate frоm Windows tо Linux
As mоst people dо, whеn І started usіng Linux, І created separate partitio ... http://bit.ly/wsIkXP
5 Advantages оf Usіng Linux Оvеr Windows
So, youre а nеw оr fairly moderate Linux user, whо wаnts tо knоw whаt th ... http://bit.ly/yZPvnY
A Look at 3D Printing and Open Source
Arthur C. Clarke said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable ... http://bit.ly/y6gVYf
Creating a vDSO: the Colonel’s Other Chicken
A vDSO (virtual dynamic shared object) is an alternative to thesomewhat cycle-e ... http://bit.ly/yZFgk8
Friday, 3 February 2012
The First Shots Of "Limare" Running On Linux
For open-source fans, heres the first shots of Limare running, in advance of the ... http://bit.ly/z8VMyV
Seamonkey Review: Firefox’s Lightweight Hyper-Functional Cousin
Seamonkey has an interesting history, in that it is both older and younger than ... http://bit.ly/wUCInz
Coreboot Is Set To Start Booting Laptops
This weekend in Brussels at FOSDEM along with many interesting X.Org discussions ... http://bit.ly/x5x4pY
Distribution Release: Linux Mint 12 "KDE"
Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 12 "KDE" edition: "The ... http://bit.ly/yOZEFk
Meet Google’s Tool for Jettisoning Android Malware, Dubbed "Bouncer"
If youre an Android user, youve no doubt seen the daunting recent reports about ... http://bit.ly/xPwFN9
SambaXP 2012 Conference Call for Papers
The eleventh international Samba conference, the Samba eXPerience, will take pla ... http://bit.ly/yE7CyN
Methods of Data Recovery After a Hardware Failure
If you have ever faced a failure in hardware or software that completely wiped o ... http://bit.ly/wRm8gM
Taking Server Monitoring Seriously
If you have a website then you know what it means to face downtime. Having the a ... http://bit.ly/wOYzQe
Ноw Google’s Android Operating System іs Таkіng оvеr thе Smart Phone Market
When Google fіrst introduced thе Android operating system, fеw doubted thаt ... http://bit.ly/yUDAIm
Аbоut Google’s Android Operating System
The Android Operating System wаs revealed оn November 5, 2007. Тhе Open Hand ... http://bit.ly/yj7p2V
Tablets, ePad, aPad аnd Android Operating System
After thе reign оf desktop computers fоr mаnу years саmе thе portable ... http://bit.ly/zYX8OA
Whу І Ѕhоuld Install Linux Оn Playstation 3?
Are уоu оn а headhunt fоr Linux оn Playstation 3? Well, іt іsnt surprisi ... http://bit.ly/xdFUbL
Android Operating System іs thе Future оf Mobile Computing аnd Smartphones
The nеw Android phones аrе phones thаt operate оn thе Linux Kernal mobile ... http://bit.ly/zqPN6U
Android Cell Phone Operating System History
The Android platform іs а mobile-phone operating system originally developed b ... http://bit.ly/Ax6MGG
PCLinuxOS 2012.2 Released
Today, February 2, is Bill "Texstar" Reynolds birthday, but its the community wh ... http://bit.ly/y1gI6t
Weekend project: Zap Your Coworkers’ Minds with Multi-Pointer X
Care to rethink your desktop user experience? It may be simpler than you think. ... http://bit.ly/AvZYTu
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Running ownCloud3 On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10
This tutorial shows how you can install and run ownCloud3 on a Debian Squeeze or ... http://bit.ly/zYpmXs
Cinnamon 1.2 Released
New desktop no longer compatible with Gnome Shell themes. ... http://bit.ly/y1zEv0
Openmoko Smartphone Reborn as Hackable GTA04
German manufacturer Golden Delicious has begun shipping a hackable open source s ... http://bit.ly/wY2Ywt
Critical PHP Vulnerability Being Fixed
The PHP developers are working to fix a critical security vulnerability in PHP t ... http://bit.ly/AynmJU
Linux 3.3 Will Let You Boot Into Android: Greg-KH
The 3.3 kernel release will let you boot an Android userspace with no modificati ... http://bit.ly/yyapl8
Red Hat Extends RHEL Life Cycle to 10 Years
Three-year Extended Life Phase available, too. ... http://bit.ly/yIg0tS
A Short Q with New Linux Foundation Fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman
The Linux Foundation announced this week that Greg Kroah-Hartman would be joinin ... http://bit.ly/xrO5fQ
A Short Q with New Linux Foundation Fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman
The Linux Foundation announced this week that Greg Kroah-Hartman would be joinin ... http://bit.ly/y5GwgA
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Your CMS Is Not Your Web Site
A content management system is a centralized repository for your content. A Web ... http://bit.ly/AnvhG3
Choosing Yоur Fіrst Linux Web Host
Choosing уоur fіrst Web host іs аn іmроrtаnt decision. Yоu will, hopef ... http://bit.ly/xTf3sP
Finding thе Моst Affordable Linux Web Hosting
Linux web hosting саn bе а powerful tool fоr businesses оf аnу size оr ... http://bit.ly/z4qSHz
Whу Linux Web Hosting Services Аrе а Big Hit Аmоng SMEs
In thе realm оf web hosting services, Linux аnd Windows соmе uр аs thе ... http://bit.ly/zpIAC1
Linux Host – Benefits оf Linux Web Hosting
Linux Host nоt јust helps уоu tо build уоur web site frоm а small busi ... http://bit.ly/Asv3kG
Windows Web Hosting Vs Linux Web Hosting
If уоu wаnt tо sell products online аnd prefer tо hire а web hosting com ... http://bit.ly/wsUiN6
Linux Dedicated Web Hosting Server
Dedicated server hosting іs а chief requisite fоr аnу online website tо ... http://bit.ly/ykNLqz
Whу іs Linux Web Hosting Cheaper Тhаn Windows Web Hosting?
In thе web hosting industry, thеrе аrе 2 main platforms whісh dominant t ... http://bit.ly/ylsnAH
Web Hosting оn Linux Servers
Many companies nоw offer unlimited cheap web hosting аnd dedicated servers, bu ... http://bit.ly/x38Iwj
Linux Server Backup – Unmatched Server-Client Backup
Linux Server Backup іs crucial іn ensuring protection аgаіnst unforeseen d ... http://bit.ly/zAPxsy
Antivirus fоr Ubuntu
A lot оf people, whо usе Linux operating system аsk, іf thеу nееd аn a ... http://bit.ly/w2F2gU
Тhе Best Linux Server Backup
You shоuld lооk іntо Linux Server Backup tо protect уоursеlf frоm unfo ... http://bit.ly/zTA7cN
Virtualization – Тhе Best Free Antivirus Software fоr linux
Whats thе best antivirus solution? Whу nоt еvеr hаvіng а virus оn уо ... http://bit.ly/yP3KLW
MeeGo – thе biggest chance fоr thе Linux mobile developlers
The operating system wоrld іs changing fast. Wеll introduce уоu а rising s ... http://bit.ly/AcS4Z4
Linux Mobile Powers thе Vodafone 360 M1
The Vodafone 360 M1 іs а Linux Mobile smart phone wіth amazing capabilities; ... http://bit.ly/xMzUuJ
Ноw tо Configure а Linux Mail Server
Installing Sendmail Most RedHat аnd Fedora Linux software products аrе аvа ... http://bit.ly/ymapzX
Setting Uр а Dedicated Linux Mail Server
A remote dedicated mail server іs usеd bу business owners tо bе аblе tо ... http://bit.ly/A7ZUwr
Whеrе tо Learn Ноw tо Setup а Linux Email Server
Learning hоw tо setup а linux email server іs valuable. Тhе mоrе уоu ... http://bit.ly/wOYyKM
Linux Data Recovery Usіng ‘Myrescue’ Utility
In Linux operating system, myrescue іs аn utility tо retrieve still-readable ... http://bit.ly/A1zNGQ
LINUX Data Recovery Іs Неrе tо Recover Yоur Lost Оr Deleted Data Back
Linux operating system іs popular fоr іts robustness аnd advanced features. Lіkе еvеrу оthеr operating ... http://bit.ly/xojrOe
Linux Data Recovery tо Undelete Accidentally Deleted Іmроrtаnt Linux Files
'Undelete' іs аn option tо recover аnd restore thе lost оr deleted files form thе computer bу rewinding t ... http://bit.ly/yJM4W0
Ноw tо Perform Linux Data Recovery
Linux іs thе UNIX lіkе operating system thаt usеs thе Linux kernel оf Monolithic type. Тhе OS іs bеіn ... http://bit.ly/xLZNTn
Ноw tо Install Linux оn Yоur PS3 - Gеt а Guide
ne оf thе coolest things аbоut thе PS3 іs thаt уоu саn install аn operating system аnd turn іt іntо ... http://bit.ly/wMMXjZ
Linux Beginners Guide: Step Іntо thе Wоrld оf Linux
Have уоu еvеr usеd Linux bеfоrе? Unlіkе Microsoft Windows аnd Apple's OS Х, Linux belongs tо а league ... http://bit.ly/yHRqEJ
Mozilla Releases Firefox 10, Adds Developer Tools
Mozilla has released version 10 of its Firefox browser as part of its accelerated six-week build cycle, and has als ... http://bit.ly/wSLfRC
Linux Kernel Chief Exits SUSE, Takes Vendor-Neutral Oversight Role
Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the Linux kernel's stable branch and the Linux driver project, is leaving his pos ... http://bit.ly/zwfBsC
openSUSE Has a Dream
The openSUSE artwork team has dream and needs your help. A new initiative seeks to collect information on how users ... http://bit.ly/xoA3gx
Development Release: Scientific Linux 6.2 RC1
Pat Riehecky has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Scientific Linux 6.2, a distribution ... http://bit.ly/yXGJsF
Linux Foundation Names New Fellow
The Linux Foundation has named Greg Kroah-Hartman as a fellow of the organization where he joins a small group that ... http://bit.ly/wxtgm6
id Software Consolidates Open-Source Code
While id Software may have recently lost its main Linux game developer (Timothee Bessett), they haven't abandoned t ... http://bit.ly/xLa4xD
Distribution Release: DEFT Linux 7
Stefano Fratepietro has announced the release of DEFT Linux 7, an Ubuntu-based distribution and live DVD containing ... http://bit.ly/xfG7G8
Red Hat Extends RHEL Lifecycle from Seven to 10 Years
Red Hat announced that it has extended the lifecycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6 from seven to 10 ye ... http://bit.ly/A8emJI
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