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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

The second beta release of ClearOS 5.2, a specialist distribution for routers, gateways and small servers, includes support for encrypted file systems on software RAID devices and an upgrade path from ClarkConnect 5.0: "The ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Beta 2 release is here. The big news with this release .

Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Kendall Weaver has announced the release of an updated respin of Peppermint OS One, an Ubuntu-based distribution with Openbox and integrated web-based applications: "We're proud to offer the second official Peppermint OS respin, featuring a fully updated system as of June 17 and a few other things including .

Source: DistroWatch.com: News

MoLinux 6.0 "Zoraida" is a new version of the Ubuntu-based distribution developed by the regional government of Castilla La Mancha in Spain and designed for use in public offices and schools around the region. The release comes with the following enhancements: new login, splash and start screens; new .

Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Ronald Ropp has announced the release of wattOS R2, an Ubuntu-based distribution and live CD featuring the LXDE desktop, GNOME Office and some Mono-based applications: "wattOS R2 is finally done and released. It is based on Ubuntu 10.04. Changed the music player to Rhythmbox from Exaile; added .

Source: Linux Today

Ubuntugeek: "Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator."

Source: Linux Today

CodeGuru: "In this article we'll shed some insight into this widespread practice, introducing seven open source solutions embraced by millions of .NET developers around the globe."

Source: Linux Today

IT Wire: "It claims to make things "Just Work". I keep far away from such apps which "helpfully" try to take over and handle things for you in the worst tradition of Windows."

Source: Linux Today

LWN.net: "A quick glance at the ARM directory in a recent kernel tree shows nearly 70 different sub-architectures, each corresponding to a different CPU or system-on-chip (SoC). That complexity has made it harder to develop new products for new or existing ARM devices."

Source: Linux Today

Ubuntugeek: "agedu scans a directory tree and produces reports about how much disk space is used in each directory and subdirectory, and also how that usage of disk space corresponds to files with last-access times a long time ago."

Source: Linux Today

WDVL: "If you're like me, then chances are you often run across websites that don't work quite as you would like. Wouldn't it be great if you could rewrite the Web to suit your tastes, for instance, change YouTube's color scheme or invert Google's color scheme to reduce eye fatigue?"

Source: Linux Today

everyday linux how2s: "You maybe wondering what the latest version of Apple's mobile OS has to do with Linux. As set out on this page, you can now connect your iPhone to your Linux box and sync music, back it up, add ringtones to it, and tether it."

Source: Linux Today

Linux User and Developer: "Need more storage? You could buy a new hard disk, SSD or USB drive. But why not migrate to the cloud and make use of Amazon Web Services (AWS)?"

Source: Linux Today

IBM Developerworks: "Summary: Learn the correct location for files under the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) on a Linux system and learn how to find important files and commands"

Source: Linux Today

Phoronix: "Today we are seeing if and how using Mutter, the window manager for the GNOME 3.0 desktop that uses Clutter-based compositing, will affect the performance of several different open-source games."

Source: Linux Today

eSecurityPlanet: "Mozilla is updating its Firefox Web browser with new technology that is targeted at making the open source browser more stable. The Firefox 3.6.4 release also includes fixes for four critical security vulnerabilities."

Source: Linux Today

Tech Drive-In: "Here, we enlist the 6 most useful extensions/plugins for a much safer browsing experience with Google Chrome."

Source: Linux Today

ServerWatch: "Advanced Micro Devices today announced its latest Opteron processor, the 4100 family, aimed at the mid-market concerned with power efficiency and performance per watt. It fills out the Opteron server line just below the eight- and 16-core "Magny-Cours" line for high-end users."

Source: Linux Today

Network World: "The term "open core" essentially means that the heart of a software project is built on, and remains, open source but added features may not be (particularly a commercial version intended for enterprise use).VC-funded software startups love this model."

Source: Linux Today

Hubfolio: "Dropbox was one of the earlier companies to offer a commercial online, offsite backup and synchronisation service for home users. Now Canonical have released their own competing service call Ubuntu One. Both products have great support for Ububtu, so which should you choose?"

Source: Linux Today

Wine-Reviews: "CrossOver for FreeBSD is a commercial variant of Wine released by CodeWeavers with (currently) limited support for many of today's most popular office application and games"

Source: Linux Today

Linux Planet: "Canon's digital cameras, like all digital cameras, are really little computers. Certain features are enabled or disabled to justify different price points. It's all done in software, so the wizards of CHDK have created firmware to add new features (such as RAW support), and to do it safely without bricking your camera. Akkana Peck tells how in part one of this series"

Source: Linux Today

Linux Links: "The Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis) was a leading 16-bit video game console system. The console was developed by Sega Corporation in 1988. Sega was unable to obtain trademark rights in North America, and it was released in that market under the name of Sega Genesis."

Source: Linux Today

Ian's Thoughts: "When I find an outstanding distro, such as Fedora, I prefer to buy the media from an on-line vendor as a way of showing my support. Most of the time the money goes directly to the vendor, however, I happened upon the Sponsored Media Program today and found a vendor who participates in this program."

Source: Linux Today

LWN.net: "While the overall feel of the system is quite similar, there has also been some real progress; MeeGo feels more like a finished product than Moblin did."

Source: Linux Today

Ubuntu User: "When you're a kid, all you want to do is grow up. When you get old enough to realize that being older isn't all it's cracked up to be, people invariably point out that you should start acting your age"

Source: Linux Today

Blog of Helios: "My personal and heart-felt thanks goes out to Lynn Bender of GeekAustin fame. His organization of the Linux Against Poverty event this year was nothing short of phenomenal."

Source: Linux Today

Begin Linux: "What follows is a review of one of the best books that I have read in a long time. A book that will challenge your thinking and provide answers to security issues you may not have realized exist."

Source: Linux Today

ars Technica: "The developers behind openSUSE are drafting a new "community statement" as part of a broader effort to define a technical strategy for their project."

Source: Linux Today

the Tech Report: "Windows Media Player may have a foothold with the masses, but PC enthusiasts seem to prefer the VLC media player."

Source: Linux Today

Fedora: "The Fedora design team is looking for submissions for the 'release theme' for Fedora 14"

Source: Linux Today

Linux Magazine: "Having file systems in the kernel has its pros and cons. Being able to write file systems in user-space also has some pros and cons, but FUSE (File System in Userspace) allows you to create some pretty amazing results."

Source: Linux Today

Datamation: "The past year has been a good one for Linux vendor Red Hat, and as it looks forward to its fiscal 2011, the outlook remains strong."

Source: Linux Today

Steaming Open Cup: "When Chrome OS devices hit the stores late this year, users may have to start getting used to a web-centric mindset. Practically everything on their device will be running on the cloud."

Source: Linux Today

MSPMentor: "Red Hat CEO Jim Whiteshurst says his company has found a back door into the small business market. Perhaps surprisingly, it doesn't really involve desktop Linux."

Source: Linux Today

TuxRadar: "Nano supports syntax highlighting. Nano supports text justification. And yet, Nano is so much easier than Emacs or Vim. Discover the hidden power of this versatile command line text editor"

Source: Linux Today

Tech Source: "They sometimes misspelled or mistyped the word ubuntu and use keywords like unbuntu, ubunto, ubundu, and others.

The graph below from Google Trends shows the volume of searches for unbuntu when compared to sabayon."

Source: Slashdot: Linux

An anonymous reader writes "SkypeKit gives Linux developers access to core functionality, allowing Linux developers to add video, calling and instant messaging features to desktop applications. The SDK also comes with the freshly royalty-free SILK codec for high-end audio. Skype is hoping that the inclusion of SILK will popularize the codec, extending its reach. Currently, the SkypeKit beta is only available for Linux on an invite-only basis, with Windows and Mac versions planned in coming weeks. The SDK does not cover Android or Mac, an odd choice considering the announcement of SkypeKit championed itself for extending the functionality of Skype to multiple platforms and devices. Including smartphones in the SDK seems like an obvious move." Ars Technica has a rundown, too.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Source: Slashdot: Linux

An anonymous reader writes "After the demise of Loki Software, Linux Game Publishing sprouted up in its place, and for the past nine years has ported a number of games to Linux. But LGP may now be sharing the same fate as Loki. Linux Game Publishing hasn't updated their blog or news pages in months, they've stopped responding to e-mails, and their only active ports are games they began work on in 2002/2003."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Source: Linux DevCenter

After weeks of concern about the "catastrophic state of it's finances" and an indefiniete delay in the release of version 2010.1, the French website LeMagIT is reporting that Mandriva has been saved by new investors.

Source: Linux DevCenter

If you're seeking a job-based certification from the Linux Professional Institute (LPI), this updated guide will help you prepare thoroughly for the technically challenging Level 1 LPI exams, which test basic knowledge of Linux installation, configuration, and command-line skills. In LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, you'll find a summary of the core skills you need, as well as sample exercises, test questions, and hints to help you focus.

Source: Security DevCenter

Adobe Photoshop is central to almost all photography workflows today. Each new version fo the software is a milestone in the development of this imaging behemoth, and 2010's release of CS5 is no exception. Photographers often feel overwhelmed when starting with Photoshop; the sheer number of tools and options make it difficult for the novice. There is no shortage of instructional books, yet very few direct the user to the most significant aspects of the program in a way that reflects a real workflow for the photographer. Adobe Certified Instructor Steve Laskevitch has leveraged his experience as a teacher and practitioner to create a step-by-step guide that provides a clear and effective workflow for editing photographs in the latest version of Photoshop and its companions Bridge, Camera Raw, and Lightroom. Focusing on the critical elements of the workflow rather than covering every arcane feature, the Handbook is designed to get you working quickly in these applications.

Source: Security DevCenter

Stuart Gripman, coauthor with Susan Prosser of FileMaker Pro 11: The Missing Manual, will present "Get up and Running with Charts" and "Pushing Records Around."

Source: Security DevCenter

Microsoft Project 2010 helps users control the variables on any project, big or small -- such as schedules, budgets, communications, and changes -- rather than be controlled by them. Written by project management expert Bonnie Biafore, this book teaches you how to do everything from setting, tracking, and adjusting schedules and budgets to testing scenarios and recognizing trouble spots before your project breaks down.

Source: Security DevCenter

With this full color, no-nonsense guide, you'll learn the quickest ways to solve a problem or learn a skill with Microsoft Excel 2010. Easy-to-follow steps and concise, straightforward language make learning plain and simple!

Source: Security DevCenter

Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Learn how to easily combine illustrations with photography in this super creative session. Glean the secret to importing vectors into your document so you can experiment with them as backgrounds, artful embellishments, ornamental photo frames, and more — all without losing an ounce of quality. You'll also learn how to use Photoshop's vector Shape tools to create resizable and featherable masks in no time flat! This webcast is for anyone who uses Photoshop CS5, especially graphic designers, or photographers who are looking to spice up their images. Folks with any skill level should be able to follow it as Lesa will provide a brief description of what vectors actually are. About Lesa Snider Lesa Snider is on a mission to teach the world to create--and use!--better graphics. She's a stock photographer and chief evangelist for iStockphoto, and founder of the creative tutorial site GraphicReporter. Lesa is the author of Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual (Pogue Press/O'Reilly) and many video training titles including From Photo to Graphic Art, Practical Photoshop Elements, and Photoshop Elements 8 for Photographers (by KelbyTraining.com), and Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals (Lynda.com). She writes a regular colulmn for Photoshop User magazine called Graphic Secrets, as well as a monthly column for Elements Techniques, and Macworld Magazine. She also contributes frequently to CreativePro.com and Layers magazine. Lesa is a corporate trainer and can be spotted teaching at Photoshop World, Macworld Expo, UCDA Design Conference, Graphics of the Americas, the Santa Fe Workshops, Geek Girl Camp, as well as a variety of large camera stores across the U.S. During free time, you'll find her carving the twisties on her sportbike or hanging with fellow Apple Mac enthusiasts. Lesa is a proud member of the BMWMOA, F800 Riders Club, the Colorado Mac Users Group, and North Coast Mac Users Group.

Source: Security DevCenter

Virginia went blind when she was 6 months old, but in spite of it, she was one of the sweetest creatures you would ever want to meet. She did, however, have an insatiable appetite for high end consumer electronics

Source: Security DevCenter

Ira Glass on Being Wrong (Slate) -- fascinating interview with Ira Glass on the fundamental act of learning: being wrong. I had this experience a couple of years ago where I got to sit in on the editorial meeting at the Onion. Every Monday they have to come up with like 17 or 18 headlines, and to do that,

Source: Security DevCenter

(pdf download) Know the classic rock song that says "I did a bad, bad thing, a real bad thing"? Well, Tunnel Vision is a bad, bad thing, and this article hopefully will help you avoid it when you deploy and

Source: Security DevCenter

Day one of Flashbelt we were able to grab quite a few good interviews. More to come.

Source: Security DevCenter

Flash Platform whiz Grant Skinner has released a video of his latest project. Dubbed "Androideroids", it is a multi-player version of the game Asteroids in which players control their individual ships using Android phones which connect to a desktop client that displays the full game. The game is powered by Adobe AIR, with an AIR client running on a laptop connected to the main screen and AIR clients running on each mobile device to control the individual ships.

Source: Security DevCenter

Mickos responds to such questions as whether private clouds are
needed, whether they are too hard to manage, and whether the Amazon
API is the best foundation for Eucalyptus.

Source: Security DevCenter

Velocity is now underway in Santa Clara, CA. Don't miss the News & Coverage, including speaker slides, live stream, videos, and photos. Watch Keynotes live online.

Source: Security DevCenter

Access may be a complex and intimidating Office application, but you'll tame it quickly with this book. You'll learn how to design complete databases, maintain them, search for valuable nuggets of information, and build attractive forms for quick-and-easy data entry in no time. You'll even delve into the black art of Access programming by learning valuable tricks and techniques to automate common tasks -- even if you've never touched a line of code before.

Source: Security DevCenter

The smart way to learn the latest version of Microsoft Project 2010-one step at a time! Build exactly the skills you need by working at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on practice files available online.

Source: Security DevCenter

Is it time to become a manager? Join that start-up? Resign in disgust? As a software engineer, at some point you realize there's much more to your career than dealing with code. Author Michael Lopp recalls his own make-or-break moments with Apple, Borland, Netscape, and Symantec in Being Geek -- the insightful and entertaining book that may help you make better decisions about your career.

Source: Security DevCenter

Join Chris and Martin, authors of Security Monitoring, as they present "Proven Methods for Incident Detection" in a 2-hour seminar at Cisco Live - on both Tuesday and Thursday. They will also participate in the Speaker's Panel on Monday.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

Web applications have traditionally been stuck in a single-threaded world. This really limited developers in what they could do in their code, since anything too complicated risks freezing up the UI of the application. Web Workers have changed all of that by bringing multi-threading to Web applications. This is particularly useful for mobile Web applications where most of the application logic is client-side. In this article, you will learn how to work with Web Workers and discover which tasks are most appropriate for them. You will see how you can use with other HTML 5 technologies to increase the efficiency of using those technologies.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

The first article in this series showed how to use Hadoop in a
single-node cluster. This article continues with a more advanced setup that
uses multiple nodes for parallel processing. It demonstrates the various node
types required for multinode clusters and explores MapReduce functionality in
a parallel environment. This article also digs into the management
aspects of Hadoop -- both command line and Web based.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

Spring Web Flow 2's JPA/Hibernate persistence architecture is founded on the
concept of flow-managed persistence, which before now has been only briefly documented. In this in-depth article, Xinyu Liu walks you through the conceptual building blocks of flow-managed persistence and the flow-scoped persistence context. He then demonstrates transactional strategies for handling atomic and non-atomic Web flows in complex, real-world development scenarios.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

Create an adaptive cluster where nodes are dynamically provisioned with the
execution environment the jobs require by combining the xCAT cloud-management
tool with the TORQUE workload and resource-management system, and a provisioning
agent.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

Conflicting requirements, such as those related to security, performance, and economy, multiply
the challenge of integration developments typical in programming in the oil-and-gas industry.
One technique that can help ease the burden on slimmed-down
development teams is to centralize database accesses through the
open source SQL Relay product.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

Use inotify when you need efficient, fine-grained, asynchronous
monitoring of Linux file system events. Use it for user-space monitoring for
security, performance, or other purposes.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

EJB V3.0 provides a robust toolset for data persistence in Java. Using
EJBs doesn't have to be hard. See how you can access these features in an
eclipse environment and have stronger integration of your applications with
the data that is available to them. Trial versions of WebSphere application
server and DB2 database were used for the examples, but the techniques
discussed are transferable to the Community editions of WebSphere application
server and DB2 database.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

The Zend Framework contains several classes that make using cloud-based
services easy. Part 1 of this "Cloud computing with PHP" series looks at using
Zend classes with Amazon's S3 cloud storage service. Part 2 covers the Zend
classes that make it easy to work with virtual machines in Amazon's Elastic
Compute Cloud (EC2). This article focuses on the Zend classes for working with
Amazon's Simple Queue Service (SQS).

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

The Apache CXF Web services stack supports WS-Security, including using WS-SecurityPolicy to configure the security handling. CXF is flexible in how you configure the deployment parameters used at run time to implement the security handling, supporting both static and dynamic configuration options for the client side. In this article, Java Web services series author Dennis Sosnoski shows how to use CXF for both a simple UsernameToken WS-Security example and one using signing and encryption.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

Author Thomas Myer shows experienced PHP developers how to add CouchDB to
their technical toolboxes.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

This is the first of a two-part series which will introduce you to cmislib, a
client-side library for working with CMIS content libraries. Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) is a specification that provides a standard way to access content, regardless of the underlying repository implementation or the choice of the front-end programming language. In this article, learn about the cmislib API for Python using examples.

Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) "Widget Packaging and
Configuration" specification is currently in candidate
recommendation status. The widgets, which can be used to provide rich Web application
elements for mobile devices and Web sites, are an emerging technology to be used with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
They are packaged as compressed (.zip)
files and can be deployed in HTML files with a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type of
application or widget. This article dives deeper into the specification, exploring how Web
application developers can use it and what the benefits are.