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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the release of CRUX, a minimalist, i686-optimised Linux distribution for advanced users: "Twelve months after the last release, today we published CRUX 2.5. Release notes: includes glibc 2.8, GCC 4.3.2, Binutils 2.19, Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and X.Org 7.4; glibc does not contain all possible .


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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

openSUSE 11.1, a community Linux distribution sponsored by Novell, has been released: "The openSUSE project is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 11.1. The openSUSE 11.1 release includes more than 230 new features, improvements to YaST, major updates to GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, and more freedom with a .



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Source: Linux Today

InternetNews: "This year, the networking industry faced down its most serious security challenge in the last twenty years."


Source: Linux Today

Phoronix: "Perhaps though one of the most exciting changes in VirtualBox 2.1 is initial support for OpenGL acceleration on the guest operating systems."


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Source: Linux Today

Ryan Orsers' Blog: "Lots of people need an email client because they like to have their emails on their computer. So what they need is an email client that is nice looking, easy to use and works great. I would say that the one that I would suggest is Mozilla Thunderbird."


Source: Linux Today

WFTL! Bytes: "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Tuesday, December 16, 2008, with your host, Marcel Gagne. This is episode 38. Today's stories feature a whole mess of speculation. Does Windows need a package manager a la Linux? Can Apple do small? Will USB 3.0 do Linux first? Wherefore art thou, Palm new-ness? Who stole my Linux netbook? Will you believe the truth if you heard the lie first? It's all speculation."


Source: Linux Today

Linux Today Blog: "The British Royal Navy is actually boasting of rolling out a new "next generation" installation of Windows 2000 and XP on their entire fleet of 18 nuclear submarines, and they're so pleased with it they want to do the same to their battleships This has to be a hoax. Please, make it be a hoax."


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Source: Linux Today

PDAStreet: "You buy an unlocked iPhone 3G in a few markets, but that's not the case for most regions, including - as you all know - the U.S. Well, it took a bit longer than expected, but it appears hackers have finally cracked the latest version of the iPhone."


Source: Linux Today

The VAR Guy: "Even as the US economy collapsed this fall, Asterisk downloads rose 30 percent, according to Digium. But that's not all. The company's partner program is generating exponential growth."


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Source: Linux Today

PC Tonic: "Some people prefer single-click to open files and folders, while others would rather have a monkey's tail as their mouse pointer! Thankfully, Linux does provide these options and you should be able to tweak them to your liking with a few errr clicks."


Source: Linux Today

Computerworld: "In fact, there ought to be a Linux Gadget Hall of Fame. I'll get it started with the first group of inductees: 10 of the most important gadgets of all time, each one based on Linux."


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Source: Linux Today

Enterprise Networking Planet: "The largest trend in Solaris deployment these days is to wait for end-of-life and then replace the server with Linux, where possible. But now that OpenSolaris exists, should this trend continue? Perhaps we should look at OpenSolaris instead of Linux?"


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Source: Linux Today

Open Enterprise: "Jeremy Zawodny, ex-Yahoo, currently at Craigslist, is generally regarded as one of the gurus of the MySQL world. His recent thoughts on the evolution of that project - called, significantly, "The New MySQL Landscape" - are therefore particularly interesting, not least because it uses the "f"-word: fork."


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Source: Linux Today

Phoronix: "If you have wanted to get your hands on an Intel Atom system but aren't interested in the netbooks that are out there, it's now relatively easy to find compatible motherboards out there to build your own Intel Atom system. Some of these motherboards even come with an Atom CPU already installed."


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Source: Linux Today

HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge."


Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "Let's take a look at three projects that are aimed at showing calendar information through a Web interface: WebCalendar, VCalendar, and CaLogic. These projects run on a LAMP server and provide a Web interface to calendar events."


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Source: Linux Today

Fuzzy Logic: "An article has come out claiming (yet again) that 2009 will be the year of Linux, and bases this prediction on the fact that low power ARM processors will be in netbooks which won't have enough power to run Windows, but then says these new netbooks will be geared to "web only" applications which suits Linux perfectly. And, oh yeah, Palm might save Linux, too."


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Source: Linux Today

Fast Company: "As our software becomes more Web-centric and our devices cheaper, Linux is becoming the operating system on everyone's lips for 2009. Sorry, Microsoft [MSFT]. If this week's news is any indication, you've been served"


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Source: Linux Today

openSUSE News: "The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 11.1. The openSUSE 11.1 release includes more than 230 new features, improvements to YaST, major updates to GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, and more freedom with a brand new license, Liberation fonts, and openJDK. This is also the first release built entirely in the openSUSE Build Service."


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Source: Linux Today

Gnuman: "This is an interesting question one could ask about the Mandriva distribution, is it dead? The answer could possibly be maybe."


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PC World: "But even though the bad old days of disappointing Linux installations are mostly over, putting Ubuntu on your PC can still be tricky if you haven't done it before. Many PC users have never had to boot their computers from a CD or had to partition a hard disk."


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Source: Linux Today

TechWorld: "Previously available for Windows and Macs, AIR is Adobe's free technology that enables delivery of web applications that also can run outside the browser; it lets Flash programs run on the desktop. The Linux version of the software can be accessed here."


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Source: Linux Today

WorksWithU: "ZaReason, one of the best-known companies developing Ubuntu desktops and notebooks, plans to introduce Ubuntu server products soon. I welcome the news, but the Ubuntu server market still faces tall challenges."


Source: Linux Today

IT Wire: "Debian developer Josselin Mouette has had his privileges of posting to the announcement mailing list for developers withdrawn, following an offensive post to the list in November."


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Source: Linux Today

Dedoimedo: "In this article, I'm going to present a whole variety of Linux games, across a range of genres. I'm going to review several titles in detail, complete with screenshots and grades. Next, I will talk about non-native Linux games, which can still be enjoyed using certain tools and methods."


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Source: Linux Today

Raiden's Realm: "That's where Parted Magic is so nice. It's a simple, no nonsense, partition editor and management application designed to provide you with a bootable option for editing, adding and deleting partitions. I've worked with numerous partition management programs before, including Partition Magic, Copy Commander and others. Those don't hold a candle to Parted Magic."


Source: Linux Today

Free Software Magazine: "Some of us will find some kind of alleged spare time on our hands over the next few weeks so here's a few suggestions for the rest of us who might want to try something new over Christmas."


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LWN.net: "I expect better: You never see me hard with time word making sentence coherent stuff. Ever."


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Suretec: "Here's the 22nd tip in the "OpenLDAP Quick Tips" series:

"You are not sure what type of OpenLDAP replication to use, but you know you need to"."


Source: Linux Today

Ubuntu Geek: "We have already discussed how to install virtualbox and create virtual machines in ubuntu.This tutorial will explain How to set up host interface networking for VirtualBox on Ubuntu."


Source: Linux Today

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "How's this for a long-overdue follow up. If my powers of site searching don't fail me, we haven't touched on the Z Shell (zsh) since our post, from July 2008 about multiple stream output in zsh which links back to another post on zsh's extended globbing functionality."



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Source: Slashdot: Linux

gadgetopia writes "An article has come out claiming (yet again) that 2009 will be the year of Linux, and bases this prediction on the fact that low power ARM processors will be in netbooks which won't have enough power to run Windows, but then says these new netbooks will be geared to "web only" applications which suits Linux perfectly. And, oh yeah, Palm might save Linux, too." The article goes on to skewer the year of Linux thing that seems to show up on pretty much every tech news site throughout dec and jan as lazy editors round out their year with softball trolling stories and "Year End Lists". We should compile a year end list about this :)Read more of this story at Slashdot.



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Source: ONLamp.com

It really is interesting to look at the parallels within software and music. The classical vs. pop debate is very similar to functional vs. object oriented programming. Signing to a major label feels very familiar to taking millions in venture capital. A developer in the zone is very similar to when a song just comes together.



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We have more data than ever before, but is there meaning in the noise? Maybe we need a new epistemology for the Internet.


Source: Security DevCenter

Invitation Requests Now Being Accepted

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 -- Web 2.0 Summit, which took place Nov. 5-7, 2008, focused on how the Web can help solve the world's most pressing problems, creating interest that sold the event out for the fifth consecutive year. The theme "Web Meets World" explored how the Web is changing the world -- touching healthcare, finance, global warming -- while simultaneously engaging those outside the industry to look to the Web for solutions. Scores of speakers challenged the current economic malaise with their revolutionary ideas for Web 2.0 innovation, business growth and problem solving. Due to the positive response, conference organizers have begun accepting invitation requests for Web 2.0 Summit 2009 taking place in San Francisco October 20-22.

The invitation-only Web 2.0 Summit featured a lineup of notable speakers including former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore, Elon Musk of Tesla Motors, Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post, Shai Agassi with a Better Place and Lance Armstrong. Program chair John Battelle, chairman and publisher of Federated Media, and co-moderator Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, presented a program in which more than 70 extraordinary thinkers and leaders in healthcare, genetics, energy, the environment, finance, global business, and politics spoke. An intimate setting capped at 1,000 attendees gave everyone a chance to participate and engage with these thought leaders through incisive plenary sessions, cut-through-the-hype conversations, rapid-fire "high order bits," "show me" presentations and in-depth workshops. All keynote videos and presentations from the conference can be found at http://www.web2summit.com.

Read the full press release.


Source: Security DevCenter

Open Street Map (OSM), the open data mapping project, has grown a lot over the past year. It now has almost 80,000 users and 800 million data points. OSM's data is still freely available, but commercial services around it have sprung up. Cloudmade is a startup that recently moved from the UK to San Francisco to be closer to


Source: Security DevCenter

This year there were three legal cases of interest to me that resolved in 2008, each in a positive direction as far as I am concerned. In each, it turned out that the way I hoped and expected that things


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Source: Security DevCenter

Traditionally when security experts talk about snake oil products, they are usually only brave enough to call out products from dubious companies that make claims that are obviously false almost always around cryptography. Few people call out venture-backed companies with well-known people on the management team.


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Source: Security DevCenter

I would like to join Elliotte Rusty Harold, James Clark, Tim Bray, Michael Kay and David Carlisle in deprecating or being dismayed by XML 1.0 (fifth edition). The fifth edition loosens up rules about characters that can appear in names. This means that anyone who actually creates such documents will find they are not accepted by approx 100% of XML parsers out in the world, as of now. Guaranteed non-interoperability in the name of better inclusiveness.


Source: Security DevCenter

In this article, I want to further the discussion on how micro-blogging channels may be leveraged by terrorist organizations to obtain real time surveillance and intelligence of their efforts.


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Source: developerWorks : XML : Technical library

The IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management (MDM) Server allows you to provide
your own security data format to integrate into MDM security framework. This article
describes how to use Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) assertions in MDM security.


Source: developerWorks : XML : Technical library

Create Windows Presentation Foundation XAML applications with ease utilizing IBM
Database Add-ins for Visual Studio, without having knowledge of XAML or a deep understanding of IBM databases.



Updated: Fri Dec 19 23:55:01 2008


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