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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: SUSE Size: 3.23 GB Status: 74 seeders and 137 leechers Added: 2006-10-13 19:55:33

Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: SUSE Size: 3.29 GB Status: 8 seeders and 18 leechers Added: 2006-10-13 18:57:43

Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: SUSE Size: 3.48 GB Status: 89 seeders and 497 leechers Added: 2006-10-13 18:20:09

Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: SUSE Size: 3.48 GB Status: 15 seeders and 167 leechers Added: 2006-10-13 18:18:08

Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Linux Distributions Size: 3.35 GB Status: 1 seeders and 2 leechers Added: 2006-10-13 07:17:16

Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: MyahOS Size: 695.64 MB Status: no seeders and no leecher Added: 2006-10-13 01:27:20

Source: underground

A new development build of Underground Desktop, a live and installation CD based on Arch Linux, has been released: "Underground Desktop 029 is out. This alpha release provides a desktop CD that can be used as a live CD and to install the system to hard disk. Features: .

Source: pfsense

The first stable build of pfSense, a m0n0wall-inspired, FreeBSD-based firewall system, has been released: "The pfSense team is excited to bring you our first ever real release! That is right, 1.0 is finally blessed and is making its way to the mirrors now. We have tried really hard .

Source: freesbie

Matteo Riondato has announced the availability of a new development build of FreeSBIE 2.0. Called "LVC", this is one of the series of releases that should take us to the final version in the middle of November. From the release announcement: "This is the second of a series .

Source: suse

The openSUSE project has released an updated set of installation CDs and DVDs of SUSE Linux 10.1: "I'm happy to announce the availability of SUSE Linux 10.1 'remastered'. This release combines the 10.1 GM and all online updates that we have released for 10.1 so far, including libzypp, .

Source: Linux Today

The current debate about the GPL 3 license is--still!--getting the media all riled up about Linux' Doom. Your editor tries, once more with feeling, to set the story straight. (Next week: something easier, like solving world peace.)

Source: Linux Today

SWsoft programmers have created a version of the OpenVZ Linux virtualization software that works on Power processors, the company plans to announce Friday

Source: Linux Today

However, with hard drives sneaking up on a terabyte, concerns exist that ext3 won't be able to handle 21st-century storage requirements

Source: Linux Today

Ok, it's a week since -rc1, so -rc2 is out there

Source: Linux Today

So, what exactly went into the Linux kernel? Essentially, three sets of patches that implementing three features needed for any OS-level virtualization solution

Source: Linux Today

This release does have its own identity, though; not only has the standard theme been redesigned for the first time in several years, but this is the first Mandriva release to include a 'legal' DVD movie player

Source: Linux Today

Recently I came across a news article that made me stop and check the source--I was sure I must have stumbled on to the Onion or BBSpot

Source: Linux Today

GOSCON: "Open source may be experiencing something of a slow uptake in government offices lately because the traditional 'request for proposal' (RFP) process "

Source: Linux Today

This article looks at some of the methods, tools and tricks to dissect web 2.0 applications (including Ajax) and discover security holes using Firefox and its plugins

Source: Linux Today

This HOW-TO covers up the whole process of installing Adobe Photoshop CS2 on a Ubuntu box in a few simple steps

Source: Linux Today

Therefore, like a marriage counselor, I offer these guidelines for choosing blade servers and Linux distributions that will be compatible

Source: Linux Today

UK-based Pinnacle Audio used embedded Linux to build an ultra-high-fidelity, hard-drive-based music server capable of storing roughly 9,000 CDs, with lossless compression

Source: Linux Today

No one wants an intruder in the corporate network, and one key way to fight against intruders is to be able to detect them

Source: Linux Today

The GridFTP protocol is an extension to the standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP) with support for security based on the Globus Grid Security Infrastructure

Source: Linux Today

Today's Mandriva Linux advisory: kernel.

Source: Linux Today

This is a detailed description about how to set up a CentOS 4.4 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters

Source: Linux Today

We've all seen plenty of mediocre things rise to success while great ideas have fallen by the wayside

Source: Linux Today

On one side of the equation is the Linux enthusiast who says that Vista's anti-piracy (a.k.a. 'spyware') controversy will be the best thing that ever happened to Linux

Source: Slashdot: Linux

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like the next version of the venerable Linux 'ext' filesystem is just around the corner. Andrew Morton has added an early version of ext4 to his 2.6.19-rc1-mm1 tree, enabling Linux to support storage volumes up to 1020 petabytes in size, and to write files in 'extents,' or contiguous, reserved areas. According to an article at Linux-Watch, ext4 will be ready for production use within six to nine months, if all goes well. On the downside, the new ext4 filesystem will offer only limited backward compatibility with ext3-aware Linux kernels."

Source: Slashdot: Linux

bigsmoke writes "My buddy Halfgaar finally got sick of all the helpful users on forums and mailing lists who keep suggesting backup methods and strategies to others which simply don't, won't and can't work. According to him, this indicates that most of the backups made by *nix users simply won't help you recover, while you'd think that disaster recovery is the whole point of doing backups. So, now he explains to the world once and for all what's involved in backing up *nix systems."

Source: ONLamp.com

OK, this is going to be mostly off-topic for me, but hopefully it’ll get a useful point across.
When I arrived at my house last night after the Python meetup, my wife informed me that our washing machine was no longer working. She said that it wasn’t spinning and was kind of making a grinding sound. Nice. Not exactly the thing you look forward to hearing when you walk into your home at almost 10PM. I listened to it and validated that my wife’s auditory assessment was indeed correct.
She found the owner’s manual for the washing machine and I flipped to the troubleshooting section. The manual provided little help beyond making sure the machine was plugged in and the lid was closed. Since it was late, I went to bed with the intentions of waking up early to see if I could figure out what was wrong with it.
First thing this morning, I found an appliance repair website that had a decent troubleshooting section accompanied with detailed instructions for getting at the part which may be faulty. I started dismantling the washing machine per the instructions on the website. Each step was spot on. In 20 minutes, I had sufficiently dismantled the washing machine and located the faulty part. For anyone interested, the coupler opposite the motor was split in half. This explained the grinding sound and the failure to turn the tub or the agitator.
The point is that good documentation can be invaluable. This experience directly translates to having good books on hand for programming, sysadmin, and troubleshooting tasks. In that vain, I can highly recommend Safari. There have been times when I just needed to look something up quickly, didn’t want to buy the book, and didn’t have time to go to the bookstore and Safari came through nicely.
I know that this is mostly off-topic and fairly obvious. But I think it’s an experience (and an application of the experience) worth sharing.