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Source: Linux Today Datamation: "There is a common belief that if someone switches to a desktop Linux distribution such as Ubuntu, then security concerns generally take care of themselves. Unfortunately, reality has a different take on this"
Source: Linux Today Linux Journal: "Our intrepid writer installs and tests Ubuntu Linux within both VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop on Mac OS X. Can you really run both Linux and Mac OS X simultaneously and achieve nirvana?"
Source: Linux Today Netstat -vat: "Debian is on the verge of its next major release codenamed "Lenny" - but before it gets released, Debian developers will have to vote on it. Debian developers have until 23:59:59 UTC on Saturday, December 21st, 2008 to vote on six key issues collectively titled the Lenny Release General Resolution."
Source: Linux Today The Register: "Just a year and a half after Adobe released its Flex Software Development Kit (SDK) under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) to encourage developer buy in, it's the company - not the community - that continues to shoulder the burden of building and fixing Flex."
Source: Linux Today Wi-Fi Planet: "Over a year ago, however, Ethereal's lead developer (Gerald Combs) re-released the software as WireShark. WireShark provides the same (if not better) functionality as Ethereal. Ethereal doesn't appear to be supported anymore, so use WireShark instead."
Source: Linux Today Linux Today Blog: "It seems that anymore all we hear about Linux and FOSS is it's free of cost, and that desktop Linux is just as good as Windows because it's all pointy-clicky and you don't have to touch the nasty command line which is frightening and must be avoided, and "just like Mac and Windows" you don't have to learn a thing because it's all magic."
Source: Linux Today openSUSE News: "In our continuing series of Sneak Peeks at openSUSE 11.1, we’re introducing the newest version of the GNOME desktop into openSUSE. openSUSE 11.1 will contain the latest version of the GNOME desktop, GNOME 2.24. Not only does this new version bring with it great new features, but as always the GNOME developers in the openSUSE Project have added our own unique polish to make a truly unique, polished desktop experience."
Source: Linux Today HowtoForge: "vmbuilder is a tool (introduced on Ubuntu 8.10) that allows you to build virtual machines (with Ubuntu as the OS) for multiple virtualization techniques."
Source: Linux Today FootNotes: "For this interview FootNotes checked in with Sjoerd Simons who works on the Empathy client, an which combines instant messaging, video conferencing and voice over IP into one application."
Source: Linux Today /blog/messages: "When I started delving into the world of Linux development, I was not only befuddled by the strange code layout and conventions, I also found the culture and ethos of Linux very confusing. There were three books that were invaluable in pulling my understanding out of this quagmire, which I'll mention briefly:"
Source: Linux Today suretec: "The 21st tip in the "OpenLDAP Quick Tips" series shows you how to carry out LDAP operations using shell scripts."
Source: Linux Today MSPmentor: "I'm hearing a familiar trend in the managed services market: MSPs seem to be embracing more and more open source tools."
Source: Linux Today ZDNET Blogs: "News that Myst Online is going open source has excited some people. But is this a valid test of the open source concept?"
Source: Linux Today Nuxified: "Words such as "community", "sharing" and "cooperation" are tossed around so much that it really shouldn't be so surprising that some have went so far as to compare the FOSS (Free Open Source Software) phenomenon with some sort of a communist or socialist ideology. There is so much emphasis on the collective yet so little talk about the individual."
Source: Linux Today WorksWithU: "I'm never one to rankle feathers. But in this case I honestly asked "I'm not trying to buck authority at all, so please don't take it as such, but WHY Windows?""
Source: Linux Today Phoronix: "Scott Ritchie, an Ubuntu MOTU, has proposed that WINE be moved into Ubuntu's Main repository thereby making it shipping with Ubuntu by default in some form."
Source: Linux Today ars Technica: "Regular web users can now access anonymously-published websites that are masked by Tor's hidden services thanks to a new tool called tor2web. The tool, created by former Reddit developer Aaron Swartz and WikiScanner creator Virgil Griffith, enables people to view these hidden websites without diving into Tor "
Source: Linux Today O'Reilly Radar: "I never thought that I would use a Windows machine regularly again. Then I got an Asus Eee PC 1000h (10.2 in screen, 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, upgraded to 2GB RAM; I judge it to be on the larger end of a netbook). For three weeks it was my sole computer. It runs XP and that is just fine for what I expect from a netbook."
Source: Linux Today Cyber Cynic: "There's a long standing argument over the differences between "open-source" software and "free" software. But, a more common error outside of software ideology circles is that you can use open-source software anyway you please. Nope. Wrong. It's never been that way."
Source: Linux Today gHacks: "Enlightenment is one of those window managers that has a very small footprint yet offers enough eye candy to impress. But the appeal of Enlightenment goes beyond eye candy. Enlightenment is easy to use, flexible, and stable. Another bonus of Enlightenment - you can configure the desktop to have a psuedo-limiting effect on the users."
Source: Linux Today Techtree India: "One of the first Linux package to feature Intel Core i7 processor, Ubuntu Linux OS is installed as default and can be tweaked to make the best out of integrated memory controller (IMC)."
Source: Linux Today Phoronix: "Back in September we looked at the Intel Atom performance on a few Linux distributions using the ASUS Eee PC 901, but now with new stable releases of some of the most popular distributions out in the wild, we've decided to re-conduct these tests. We are using a slightly different Atom-based system this time and we are comparing the performance on Ubuntu 8.10, Fedora 10, Mandriva 2008, and OpenSuSE 11.1."
Source: Linux Today Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "Mac OS X 10.5.6 is out today. Are you excited? According to all the Apple-oriented buzz, it's a much-anticipated release. It has lots of fixes and some cool enhancements but do you want to know what would sell me an Apple product?
(And it isn't a hip new release of their current proprietary OS.)
iLinux."
Source: Linux Today HowtoForge: "This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an Ubuntu 8.10 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V."
Source: Linux Today Linux Canuck's Blog: "I was once a newbie to Linux. That was several years ago now, but I remember the feeling of using it for the first time. It was a mixture excitement and fear. I was excited by the challenge and that this was a door opening to me. I was fearful because I was good at using Windows and really knew nothing about what I was getting in to."
Source: Linux Today Tech Source From Bohol: "Weekly Ten (12-15-2008)"
Source: Linux Today IT Wire: "At least two Debian women developers are reconsidering their participation in the GNU/Linux project following the posting of what they deem to be a sexist message to one of the mailing lists meant for developers."
Source: Linux Today LinuxPlanet: "The release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 delivers a lot of improvements: more user-friendliness, full tables support in Impress, a better cropping tool in Draw, vastly improved Notes in Writer, Calc gets more muscle, and more, as Eric Geier reports."
Source: Linux Today CNet: "I guess that Google Chrome really is an open-source project."
Source: Linux Today Phoronix: "Last year when publishing our AMD Year in Review article there were numerous new features to account for, including but not limited to the new OpenGL driver, support for Compiz, and the AMD Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition. This year has been another interesting year for AMD's Linux efforts on both the open and closed fronts."
Source: Linux Today 451 CAOS Theory: "I've been hearing a lot from open source software vendors about internationalization and more specifically, localization of their software by, logically, local community members and contributors that take the code and run with it in Japanese, Russian, Spanish and a variety of other languages in places all over the globe."
Source: Linux Today The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "As promised today's post is going to be more of a toe-in-the-water Opinion/Editorial piece and (after reading, before reading or anywhere in between) if you could answer the new poll on the right hand column, we'd greatly appreciate it."
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