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Linux and Open Source News for 19th May 2010

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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Troy Dawson has announced the availability of Scientific Linux 5.5, a recompiled variant of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with extra software packages, hardware drivers and other specialist features: "Scientific Linux 5.5 has been released for both i386 and x86_64 architectures. We have added gnuplot 4.2 as well as .


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Bob Beck has announced the release of OpenBSD 4.7: "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.7. This is our 27th release on CD-ROM (and 28th via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in .



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ERACC Web log: "The short answer: Updates are worthless if one does not apply them."


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Free Software Magazine: "When we think of free operating systems we tend to think overwhelmingly of the big hitters (all GNU/Linux) like Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and Mandriva and then of those niche distros that have been designed for low end systems or for specialist purposes like security and forensics. But Oranges are not the only fruit"


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Howtoforge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 9 (Isadora) 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."


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Handle With Linux: "Reasons for using a reverse shell include: you can bypass firewalls, you can connect to your phone without knowing the ip, the connection is initiated from the phone so you don't need to have a ssh server listening on your phone. Just think of all the fun this makes possible!"


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FOSS Patents: "But no matter how defensive the DPL may be at first sight, it could pave the way for a whole new business model: that of the Fair Troll (which I'll explain in this post)."


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Tech Drive-In: "The guys behind such amazing works like Elephants Dream, Big Buck Bunny and Yo Frankie! is yet again in the news. Blender foundation recently released the trailer of their next open movie, Sintel. And it looks super hot. Watch and enjoy."


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Linux.com: " there are a number of ways you can go in order to get that mail server up and running. Over the years I have found Postfix to be one of the easiest to set up and most reliable to deploy in most organizations."


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Howtoforge: "People probably know about memcached (http://memcached.org/) and its high performance name-value based memory object cache interface. Its main purpose is to provide an easy to use distributed caching engine in a multinode environment."


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Open Enterprise: "Apparently, there's an interesting thread over on a site called Quora about the future of Firefox."


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Tech Rights: "Summary: Why there is increased pressure for GNOME and for other projects to love the patents-encumbered monkey (Mono)"


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Cyber Cynic: "Novell launched SLE (SUSE Linux Enterprise) 11 SP 1 today, May 19th. At first glance, this major update to both SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) and SLES (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server) is quite impressive."


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Datamation: "It shouldn't be so hard to get a
price - my motto is that the harder it takes to find out pricing, the
less motivated customers are going to be to buy it."


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Phoronix: "to test the performance claims of Arch versus others, we have compared the performance of the newest Arch 2010.05 media against Ubuntu Linux."


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ServerWatch: "A new version of a major Linux server OS distro: interesting. A new version of Windows: intriguing. A new version of OS X: could be fun to play with. But a new Linux kernel? Big deal."


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Techcrunch: "Will Firefox have double-digit market share in 3 to 5 years? Straightforward enough. Yes, says (outgoing) Mozilla CEO John Lilly. No, says Firefox co-founder Blake Ross."


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Splitbrain: "One of my pet peeves is Linux installers for proprietary software requiring root permissions."


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Linux.com: "Frields goes into detail on the upcoming Fedora 13 release, his decision to transition out of the Project Leader position and how many contributors to Fedora are being paid by Red Hat, among many other topics. Grab a cup of coffee for this in-depth discussion."


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Linux Journal: "Yet despite these handicaps, OpenOffice.org's diagram tools work well enough that many users should find no need for more sophisticated tools such as Dia."


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Tech Source: "Google Chrome has now eclipsed Mozilla Firefox in the speed category. However, I still use Firefox as my main web browser because it is still better than Chrome in certain areas."


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Linux Planet: "The nice folks at ZaReason, the independent Linux OEM computer vendor, sent me their Teo tough netbook to review. Is the Teo really tough? It is usable like a real computer? Or just a toy with a funny name?"


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Polish Linux: "Stefano Zacchiroli, a new Debian Project Leader, in an interview with Polish Debian Portal speaks about this year's campaign, realase policy of the project, the Debian GNU/kFreeBSD port and other non-linux ports, and the role of local Debian communities"


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Linux Foundations: "That says nothing about my prediction skills, though (which are horrible) and a lot about how the kernel development process is going. It has become a very predictable, nearly boring affair."


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Datamation: "Ubuntu regularly claims to be the most popular Linux distribution. But, if so, Fedora is a competitive second. Both have thriving communities and are a major source of free and open source software innovation. "


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The H Open: "Released last week, version 3.4.8 of the free Samba file and print server fixes various holes including two denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities "


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Enterprise Mobile Today: "From nifty presentation tools to finding your car in the parking lot, third-party apps for Google's Android mobile platform will be on display at the search giant's annual Google I/O conference in San Francisco this week."


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IT News Today: "There are a lot of things that I do to simplify things when using Linux, and I decided that I would start writing about them. First, I'm going to describe a method I use personally to make Linux commands easier to remember."


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Network World: "Developers, exercising their legal right specify their own licensing terms, have come up with some pretty wacky stuff. Fact or fiction? Some software is only legal to use after you are dead."


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Cyber Cynic: "Paul W. Frields, the Fedora Project leader, told me though that this release is much new user-friendly and that it's no longer just for experienced Linux users. Based on my early look at this Red Hat community Linux distribution, I agree."


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Daniweb: "OK, I'm not sure what's going on in the minds of the geniuses over at Yahoo but just today they removed the Linux/Open Source link under News/Tech is gone."


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ZDNet: "Important examples are to be found in the world of open source. Linux crossed the chasm on servers. It failed to do so on desktops. Yet Android, a Google-developed Linux distro, seems fated to succeed."


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Desktop Linux Reviews: "The .iso file of Puppy Linux 5.0 weighs in at an incredibly petite 128 MB. It's much, much smaller than all of the usual desktop heavyweight distros. But don't let its small size fool you, Puppy Linux 5.0 is anything but an also-ran in terms of functionality and usability."



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Source: Slashdot: Linux

EconolineCrush writes "Tired of paying the Windows tax on notebooks? Asus's Eee PC 1201T budget ultraportable comes without a traditional operating system and sells for only $380. The 12-inch system has promising specifications, sporting an Athlon Neo processor, Radeon HD 3200 graphics, Bluetooth, and 802.11n Wi-Fi. It weighs just 3.2lbs with a 6-cell battery and can even handle light gaming duties. However, battery life in Ubuntu is considerably shorter than it is under Windows. Are there any better options for would-be laptop Linux users?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.



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A trip to New York City to discuss HPC is a nice diversion from the basement life style.


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Fedora 13 is on the way and while it innovates in its own right, it also borrows some major features from other distros such as Ubuntu and Mandriva. This is looking to be yet another great release from the Fedora community!



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Google Hiring by the Lake Wobegon Strategy -- having just run some interviews myself, I recognise the wisdom in what they say. Another hiring strategy we use is no hiring manager. Whenever you give project managers responsibility for hiring for their own projects they'll take the best candidate in the pool, even if that candidate is sub-standard for the



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Creating iPhone Apps with Cocoa Touch: The Mini Missing Manual walks you through developing your first iPhone App and introduces you to your programming environment and tools: Cocoa Touch, Interface Builder, Xcode, and the Objective-C programming language. This eBook is adapted from parts of iPhone App Development: The Missing Manual.


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The health care technology track at the Open Source convention
touches on core areas for improvement: patient-centered care, the use of
mobile devices, administrative efficiencies, and the collection,
processing, and display of statistics to improve health care


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InsideRIA has two passes to give away to the upcoming NXNEi conference in Toronto, June 15 and 16, 2010! We'll be selecting two of our community members who will each win one free pass. Increase your chance of winning!


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Some news coming out of Google I/O concerning Adobe's adoption and support for HTML5. Adobe has announced the immediate availability of an HTML5 pack extension for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. Availability of this HTML5 Pack extension is the direct result


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In my opinion, not since Gutenberg's invention of the printing press has their been as dramatic change in the distribution of the written word as we are experiencing right now.


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Great news: the Android Market now has thousands of new apps and games with a lot more on the way. How do you pick the right ones for your Android phone? Best Android Apps shines the light on more than 200 amazing apps that will delight, empower, and entertain you. Flip through this book for app suggestions, or head directly to one of several categories, including At Work, Communications, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Games, Android Developer Challenge (ADC) winners, and more!


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Richard Boly, director of the Office of eDiplomacy at the U.S. Department of State, talks about internal collaboration tools at the agency, including Diplopedia and the development of "StateBook."



Updated: Thu May 20 23:55:01 2010


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