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  • Add Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Countdown Banner To Your Website or Blog

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    mhnassif
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:52 pm
    It’s still quite early for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin final release, however, I have made a Ubuntu 12.04 countdown banner featured with Pangolin logo as part of Ubuntu 12.04 codename. The Pangolin logo shows the gray Pangolin scale color refers to an unfinished work progress and around 30 percent of Orange Pangolin scale color for the current progress in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. I got an idea to make the banner take you to the release notes page after every development release of Ubuntu 12.04 for just few days and then the banner will lead to Ubuntu home page as it…

  • Katherine Noyes: I'm a Linux fan, and I enjoy helping to bring Linux to the forefront

    Linux notes from DarkDuck
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm
    If you have enjoyed two interviews I made with women in Linux world before, I am sure you will love this one too. I'll not talk too much in the beginning. Let me introduce my today's guest: Katherine Noyes. DarkDuck: Hello, Katherine. I am sure most of readers of my blog know who you are. But anyway, could you please introduce yourself. Katherine Noyes: Yes, of course. I'm Katherine Noyes, and I'm a writer specializing in Linux and open source software. I write for PCWorld and LinuxInsider as well as Springwise, though the latter doesn't relate specifically to software. DD: How long are you…

  • Linux Time Command Examples

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    Himanshu Arora
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:02 am
    There are times when you might want to profile your program on parameters like: Time taken by program in user mode Time taken by program in kernel mode Average memory usage by the program etc On Linux we have a utility ‘time’ that is designed specifically for this purpose. The utility ‘time’ takes a program [...] Read More: Linux Time Command ExamplesSupport us when you shop at Amazon: Top 25 Gadgets Every Geek Should HavePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101 Hacks, Sed and Awk 101 Hacks, Nagios Core 3 eBook.

  • Wine 1.4 Nears Release: Code Freeze, 1.4-rc1

    Phoronix
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:26 pm
    Phoronix has been reporting for a while a now that it looks like Wine 1.4 would be released by April of 2012. This looks like it will all pan out with Wine 1.4 now entering a code freeze and 1.4-rc1 was released this Friday rather than a Wine 1.3 development point release...

  • GIMP 2.7.4 Released As a Precursor To Stable 2.8

    All about Linux
    14 Dec 2011 | 8:04 pm
    A new version of GIMP - the free graphics suite par excellence - has been released. GIMP ver 2.7.4 , which is termed as an unstable release leading to a stable version 2.8 sometime in January next year, brings a lot of new features. Read more » For more news, tips, and reviews on all things Linux, Open source and Free software, visit Linux Help blog.
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  • Samsung Planning To Merge Bada OS With Tizen

    16 Jan 2012 | 5:15 am
    Samsung will be merging their homegrown Bada OS for smart phones with Tizen. No time frame has been set for the merger however, it is expected that Samsung will be releasing at least two new smart phones this year(2012) itself running on the Tizen platform. Read more » For more news, tips, and reviews on all things Linux, Open source and Free software, visit Linux Help blog.

  • PC-BSD 9.0 - Isotope Edition - Released

    15 Jan 2012 | 5:48 am
    PC-BSD 9.0 (Isotope edition) has been released. PC-BSD is a FreeBSD variant operating system that is targeted specifically at desktop users / end users. One of the uniqueness of PC-BSD is its PBIs or Push Button Installers that allow you to install and uninstall applications just like you are used to in Windows. Read more » For more news, tips, and reviews on all things Linux, Open source and Free software, visit Linux Help blog.

  • FreeBSD 9.0 Released

    14 Jan 2012 | 9:27 am
    FreeBSD engineering team has released FreeBSD ver 9.0. This is the first release from the stable/9 branch, which improves on stable/8 and adds many new features. Read more » For more news, tips, and reviews on all things Linux, Open source and Free software, visit Linux Help blog.

  • GIMP 2.7.4 Released As a Precursor To Stable 2.8

    14 Dec 2011 | 8:04 pm
    A new version of GIMP - the free graphics suite par excellence - has been released. GIMP ver 2.7.4 , which is termed as an unstable release leading to a stable version 2.8 sometime in January next year, brings a lot of new features. Read more » For more news, tips, and reviews on all things Linux, Open source and Free software, visit Linux Help blog.

  • HP Contributes webOS to the Open Source Community

    13 Dec 2011 | 6:08 am
    HP has contributed webOS to the open source community. webOS is a mobile OS  originally created by Palm. It uses HTML, CSS, and JavaScript heavily in the application layer of the stack. This is an obvious advantage for developers as applications can be easily built using standard web technologies. And webOS is based on Linux. Read more » For more news, tips, and reviews on all things Linux, Open source and Free software, visit Linux Help blog.
 
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  • Chrome and Chromium: small golden rules to get the perfect browser !

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:46 am
    bet that when you turn on your PC, one of the first programs that you start is your Browser .Indeed, many say that the browser that we have installed in our computer show a part of us! There is, therefore, who prefer Opera: a browser elegant and very particular, for those who prefer the aesthetics at the practicality, there are those who, following the mass chose the Firefox browser, which has won a great battle against IE in a recent past. And finally there are those who prefer the speed, stability and efficiency, and they choose Google Chrome or Chromium !

  • Interlaced Support For Intel's Linux Graphics Driver

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:49 am
    Daniel Vetter of Intel has published a new patch-set to enable interlaced support within their DRM kernel driver...

  • 5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 1/27/12

    Ron Miller
    28 Jan 2012 | 2:52 am
    This week we look at how to hire a security genius, the advantages of using HTML5 and how Agile adds more discipline to the development process.

  • Adventures in Self-Publishing, Chap. 8: Designing the Interior of your Book

    Andy Updegrove
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:27 am
    Last week we talked about how to design covers for books - eBooks, soft cover books and hard cover books. But how about the interior of your magnum opus? 

  • The ACTA Fight Returns: What Is at Stake and What You Can Do

    Michael Geist
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:29 am
    The reverberations from the SOPA fight continue to be felt in the U.S. (excellent analysis from Benkler and Downes) and elsewhere (mounting Canadian concern that Bill C-11 could be amended to adopt SOPA-like rules), but it is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that has captured increasing attention this week.
 
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  • KDE 4.8 adds adaptive power management, new windowing tricks

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:48 pm
    Version 4.8 of the KDE desktop environment and software bundle was released, featuring improved, adaptive power management and new windowing layouts. KDE 4.8 is also faster and more stable, and offers new features like Qt Quick-based Plasma widgets and the KDE Telepathy IM framework, says the community.

  • Ubuntu 12.10 will bypass menus via predictive search

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:17 pm
    Canonical unveiled a search-oriented Head-Up Display (HUD) interface that will debut in Ubuntu 12.04. Aiming to reduce dependence on menus and eventually replace them with the help of gesture and voice interactions, HUD could find its way into future versions of Ubuntu designed for smartphones and TVs.

  • Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux patch Linux kernel exploit

    25 Jan 2012 | 12:04 pm
    Canonical, Red Hat, and Arch Linux have released patches that fix a vulnerability in Linux kernels 2.6.39 and above that enable attackers to gain system root access. The distro patches followed a kernel patch to fix the vulnerability, but proof-of-concept exploit code examples have already been posted.

  • 'Cinnamon' GNOME 3 fork now 'fully stable' with version 1.2

    24 Jan 2012 | 5:04 pm
    The Linux Mint team announced a "fully stable" version of its "Cinnamon" fork of GNOME 3.x. Available for several major Linux distributions, Cinnamon 1.2 is more customizable than GNOME 3.x, restores much of the GNOME 2.x interface, and adds features such as desktop effects and layout options.

  • Linux gains share on enterprise servers -- and desktops, too

    19 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pm
    Linux jumped to 1.4 percent desktop market share from 0.97 percent in July, according to Net Applications. Meanwhile, a Linux Foundation survey on enterprise Linux says 79.8 percent of organizations are planning to increase their Linux deployments, citing affordability, technical features, and security as Linux advantages.
 
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  • C Pointer to Pointer, Pointer to Functions, Array of Pointers Explained with Examples

    Himanshu Arora
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:02 am
    In C programming language, the concept of pointers is the most powerful concept that makes C stand apart from other programming languages. In the part-I of this series we discussed the fundamental concepts around C pointers. In this article, we will try to develop understanding of some of the relatively complex concepts. The following are [...] Read More: C Pointer to Pointer, Pointer to Functions, Array of Pointers Explained with ExamplesSupport us when you shop at Amazon: Top 25 Gadgets Every Geek Should HavePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101 Hacks, Sed and Awk 101 Hacks, Nagios…

  • Linux Time Command Examples

    Himanshu Arora
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:02 am
    There are times when you might want to profile your program on parameters like: Time taken by program in user mode Time taken by program in kernel mode Average memory usage by the program etc On Linux we have a utility ‘time’ that is designed specifically for this purpose. The utility ‘time’ takes a program [...] Read More: Linux Time Command ExamplesSupport us when you shop at Amazon: Top 25 Gadgets Every Geek Should HavePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101 Hacks, Sed and Awk 101 Hacks, Nagios Core 3 eBook.

  • How to Setup Rsyslog Remote Logging on Linux (Central Log Server)

    Lakshmanan Ganapathy
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:02 am
    Every Linux distribution have some kind of logging mechanism that records all the system activities. A while back we provided a list of 20 log files that are stored under /var/log that you might be helpful during troubleshooting. These logs are very critical for sysadmin for troubleshooting purpose. The following are the three common methods to log [...] Read More: How to Setup Rsyslog Remote Logging on Linux (Central Log Server)Support us when you shop at Amazon: Top 25 Gadgets Every Geek Should HavePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101 Hacks, Sed and Awk 101 Hacks, Nagios Core 3…

  • 6 Nagios Command Line Options Explained with Examples

    Ramesh Natarajan
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:02 am
    This article explains various command line options that are available for the nagios command. 1. Start Nagios Daemon Using nagios -d Typically you would execute “service nagios start” to start the Nagios daemon, which really calls the /etc/rc.d/init.d/nagios script. You’ll see the following line inside the /etc/rc.d/init.d/nagios script for the Nagios startup: $NagiosBin -d $NagiosCfgFile [...] Read More: 6 Nagios Command Line Options Explained with ExamplesSupport us when you shop at Amazon: Top 25 Gadgets Every Geek Should HavePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101…

  • TCP Attacks: TCP Sequence Number Prediction and TCP Reset Attacks

    Himanshu Arora
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:02 am
    Though TCP protocol is a connection oriented and reliable protocol but still there a various loopholes that can be exploited. These loop holes are mostly explained in terms of attacks. In the previous article on the TCP/IP Attacks series, we explained about ARP Cache Poisoning. This article explains the following two attacks:  TCP sequence prediction [...] Read More: TCP Attacks: TCP Sequence Number Prediction and TCP Reset AttacksSupport us when you shop at Amazon: Top 25 Gadgets Every Geek Should HavePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101 Hacks, Sed and Awk 101 Hacks, Nagios Core 3…
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  • Quick Team Update

    jono
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:15 pm
    I just wanted to provide a quick update on how the team is doing on our set of commitments in the 12.04 cycle. Feel free to ask questions in the comments. In terms of general team progress, this is how our burndown chart looks today: I asked each of the guys on the team to follow up with their respective community members to start moving the needle on those work items. As such, if you committed to something in 12.04 for our team’s burndown, expect Jorge, Daniel, or David to come knocking on your door soon. With Nick and Michael joining the team recently, their work is not reflected in…

  • Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Now Open

    jono
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:17 pm
    The Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) is the most important event in the Ubuntu calendar. It is where we get together to discuss, design, and plan the next version of Ubuntu; in this case the Ubuntu 12.10 release. The next UDS takes place at The Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, California, USA from the 7th – 11th May 2012. You can find out more about why UDS is interesting from the perspective of a member of the community, an upstream contributor, and a vendor. We also welcome everyone to participate remotely if you can’t attend the event in person. More more details on how to…

  • The HUD: Call For Testers

    jono
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:32 pm
    Today we announced the HUD that is landing in Unity. This is an awesome new feature. See Mark’s blog post, the coverage on PC Pro, and the interview with John Lea on OMG! Ubuntu!. Here is a video of the feature in action: Can’t see it? See it here. I wanted to point you folks at Nicholas’s blog post about how to test the HUD. You will need to be running Ubuntu 12.04 (which is still in development) to test. We would like to encourage everyone to test so we can get this rock-solid for 12.04!

  • From Old To New Python GTK

    jono
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:48 am
    I am a pretty terrible programmer. Anyone who has read my code can see that. Unfortunately, I tend to have lots of ideas about how we can use technology in different ways, hence why I write some code. Examples of this have included Lernid, Acire, RaccoonShow, and Jokosher. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your view), I have had Python and GTK to serve my needs here. Python, with it’s awesome batteries-included range of facilities and GTK as a simple yet flexible toolkit has allowed me to create implementations of the ideas that I have dreamed of. I started using these tools…

  • Nicholas Skaggs QA Blog

    jono
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:59 pm
    A little while back I mentioned that Nicholas Skaggs would be joining the Community Team at Canonical. Nick is now on board but is not an Ubuntu Member yet, so his blog is not appearing on Planet Ubuntu. On his blog he will be talking about improving our QA infrastructure and documentation, building out manual test coverage, and growing a community of QA testers. You can read his blog here. I am going to ask Nick to apply for Ubuntu Membership in a few months when he has provided a significant and sustained contribution, and then his blog will appear on Planet Ubuntu.
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  • SOPA and PIPA are on the wrong side of history

    Digg
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:35 pm
    Author Neil Gaiman said in an interview this week that the media industry is trying to "put genies back in bottles" with laws like SOPA and PIPA, and the Internet has fundamentally changed the landscape, just as Gutenberg's invention of the printing press did.

  • Verizon Wireless Invested Around $730 million in California

    Digg
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm
    California benefitted from a great investment by Verizon Wireless. More than $729 million was spent on all the materials and equipment just in California.

  • Does Apple Help iPhone Thieves?

    Digg
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:30 pm
    The theft of smartphones is rising and thieves have been turning in stolen iPhones for replacements. If the warranty is still good, the support centers just swap out the iPhone with no questions asked. This is making it easy for thieves to “launder” the stolen iPhone.

  • KeepRecipes creates an iTunes for cookbooks

    Digg
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:41 am
    KeepRecipes is launching an “iTunes for recipes” on Friday, in hopes of building an online marketplace for buying and selling culinary ideas. It's starting small but KeepRecipes hopes to show cookbook publishers they can money online and show consumers that some recipes are worth paying for.

  • Jim Henson's 'Robot': 1963 Short Film For The Bell System Released (VIDEO)

    Digg
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:25 pm
    Before he helped pave Sesame Street or invented the Muppets, Jim Henson was a young, experimental filmmaker. One of his earliest works, a 1963 short called "Robot," has been unearthed and put on YouTube by AT&T.
 
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  • KDE Commit-Digest for 8th January 2012

    mrybczyn
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:16 am
    In this week's KDE Commit-Digest: Aurorae goes QML, ClientGroup becomes scriptable in KDE base Calligra sees work on footnotes, all interactive painting tools are threading-friendly; Kexi introduces Simple User Feedback Agent Rekonq adds about:tabs, an easy method to manage rekonq tabs read more

  • Release 4.8: Features, Stability, Performance

    sebas
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:09 am
    The latest set of KDE releases has been announced. It includes major updates to Plasma Workspaces, Applications, and the Development Platform. Version 4.8 provides many new features, as well as improved stability and performance. Check out the highlights below and read the full announcement. Dolphin gets a new display engine (click for larger) read more

  • KDE Commit-Digest for 1st January 2012

    mrybczyn
    15 Jan 2012 | 12:09 pm
    In this week's KDE Commit-Digest: Work on inter-file search in Lokalize New weather services: geonames and favorite weather station Google Code-in work on Marble; plugins integrated MLT clip analysis and freesound.org integration in Kdenlive read more

  • KDE Commit-Digest for 25th December 2011

    mrybczyn
    15 Jan 2012 | 12:09 pm
    In this week's KDE Commit-Digest: Multiple changes in scripting in KWin: properties, interactive console to run scripts, import of a KCM Start of generic clip job framework implementation for Kdenlive In Calligra, updates of MSOffice 2000/2003 and 2007 format support, multiple fixes read more

  • Interview with Brian Alleyne, Sociologist Studying KDE

    oriol
    10 Jan 2012 | 12:41 pm
    A few months ago, the British journal Sociology published an article titled "Challenging Code: A Sociological Reading of the KDE Free Software Project". Eager to find out what a 'sociological reading' of KDE entails, Dot editor Oriol Mirosa rushed to contact the article's author, sociologist Brian Alleyne, who graciously and patiently agreed to be the subject of an interview. Read on to learn more about Brian, sociology, and the significance of KDE for the social sciences: read more
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  • ZTE Android tablets popping up everywhere

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:06 pm
    ZTE is readying a number of seven-inch Android tablets, starting with a dual-core, Android 3.2-based ZTE Optik tablet heading for Sprint Feb. 5 and a similar, but 4G LTE-equipped V66 tablet headed for Verizon, reports say. Meanwhile, a seven-inch ZTE V9A Light Tab 2 just went on pre-order in the U.K, and we're still waiting for two tablets ZTE showed at the Consumer Electronics Show: a seven-inch T72 tablet and quad-core T98....

  • Android smartphones down, tablets up, say reports

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:05 pm
    Some 37 million Apple iPhones shipped worldwide in the fourth quarter, besting Samsung's 33 million shipments and reducing Android's share to 47 percent, says ABI Research, echoed by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech and Good Technology. Meanwhile, Android tablets surged to 39 percent share worldwide in Q4 2011, but still trail Apple's 58 percent iPad share, says Strategy Analytics....

  • America's first 'WhiteFi' network goes live

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:03 pm
    America's first public & WhiteFi& network, leveraging spectrum previously occupied by analog TV channels, has been launched in North Carolina. Running at 1.5 to 3.1 MB/sec., the service will initially be used mostly for municipal functions such as surveillance cameras and transmitting water quality data, according to reports....

  • KDE 4.8 adds adaptive power management, new windowing tricks

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:58 pm
    The KDE community announced version 4.8 of its desktop environment and software bundle for Linux, featuring improved, adaptive power management and new windowing functions. KDE 4.8 is faster and more stable, and offers new features like Qt Quick-based Plasma widgets and the KDE Telepathy real-time communication and collaboration framework, says the community....

  • Cortex-A8 evaluation module gets higher-quality camera

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:57 pm
    E-con Systems has announced a five megapixel camera add-on designed to work with the Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP3530 or DM3730 evaluation modules (EVMs). The e-CAM52_35x snaps onto the EVM boards and connects to the high-speed CMOS sensor interface on TI's DM37xx or Sitara AM37xx processors, providing five megapixel video capture as well as stills, the company says....
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  • "We ain't backin' down," says defiant Google

    Brad Reed
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:40 pm
    Google is pushing back on some of the criticism many in the press have tossed its way over the past few days.  Google policy manager Betsy Masiello has taken to Google's public policy blog to clear some of the air about what the company's new unified privacy policy means for its users.  Let's take a look: Read more

  • Google's new privacy policy attracting attention from Congress

    Brad Reed
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:21 pm
    This isn't entirely surprising, but Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) is calling for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google's sweeping new privacy policy that will extend to most of its major services: Read more

  • NYSE Takes Stock of Open Source CMS

    Alan Shimel
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:51 am
    Few global organizations can match the size, scale and importance of NYSE Euronext. (NYX). The leading global operator of financial markets, NYSE Euronext's markets represent fully one third of the entire world's equities trading-and the company is a major player in derivatives and technology services. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index and Fortune 500. Read more

  • Is Security An Afterthought For NoSQL?

    Alan Shimel
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:10 am
    There has been a not so silent debate going on in the security world about the security profile of the NoSQL database products. Read more

  • Meet the Gentlemen Behind Gentlemint

    Rikki Endsley
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:40 am
    You might be surprised by how many high tech happenings we see in Lawrence, Kansas. For example, does the Django web framework ring a bell? A new quirky site, Gentlemint — a masculine response to Pinterest — recently went live. Read more
 
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  • Using Plop Boot Manager for USB Boot

    Michael Reed
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am
    Portability is a huge advantage that Linux enjoys over most other desktop operating systems as most major distros work very well when installed to a flash drive. However, there are still machines in service that just won't play ball when it comes to USB booting. Fortunately, I found a nice little utility that can work around this problem. more>>

  • Moose

    Henry Van Styn
    23 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am
    Perl has been around for more than 20 years. During that time, it has received its share of both praise and criticism, and lots of misconceptions surround it. Much of this stems from long-outdated notions of what Perl used to be, but have nothing to do with what Perl actually is today. more>>

  • Basic Chemistry on the GNOME Desktop

    Joey Bernard
    20 Jan 2012 | 11:02 am
    I've realized I've missed out on a huge area of computational science—chemistry. Many packages exist for doing chemistry on your desktop. This article looks at a general tool called avogadro. It can do computations of energy and gradient values. Additionally, it can do analysis of molecular systems, interface to GAMESS and import and export from and to several file formats. more>>

  • Black Wednesday

    Katherine Druckman
    18 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pm
    No, it's sadly not a day for shopping. Today, some of the most visited websites are dark to raise awareness of two bills now making their way through the U.S. Congress. more>>

  • Can we help AT&T solve its mobile data problem?

    Doc Searls
    17 Jan 2012 | 1:45 pm
    I'm in midtown Manhattan, connected to the Net over my hotel's slow but costly wi-fi connection. Normally when I'm traveling — at least here in the U.S. — I avoid lame hotel connections by using AT&T's cellular data system, usually through my iPhone's "personal hotspot." more>>
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  • Black Wednesday

    Katherine Druckman
    18 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pm
    No, it's sadly not a day for shopping. Today, some of the most visited websites are dark to raise awareness of two bills now making their way through the U.S. Congress. more>>

  • Can we help AT&T solve its mobile data problem?

    Doc Searls
    17 Jan 2012 | 1:45 pm
    I'm in midtown Manhattan, connected to the Net over my hotel's slow but costly wi-fi connection. Normally when I'm traveling — at least here in the U.S. — I avoid lame hotel connections by using AT&T's cellular data system, usually through my iPhone's "personal hotspot." more>>

  • The Commodore 64 is 30 This Year

    David Lane
    4 Jan 2012 | 10:51 am
    I used to have a paperweight sitting on my desk that read something like “Robert H. Lane, appointed President of Commodore Computers....” It was the sort of thing that they gave to executives. A brass plaque of their appointment as it appeared in the Wall Street Journal or the Globe and Mail. more>>

  • The Near-Death of Blog Search

    Doc Searls
    11 Nov 2011 | 10:13 am
    The first blog search engine was PubSub in 2002. It was inventive and strange in some ways (and took some getting used to); but it was fast and did a good job of searching through syndicated postings, mostly from blogs — at least until blog spam became an epidemic that nearly killed the whole category a couple years later. more>>

  • Google Plus

    Shawn Powers
    28 Oct 2011 | 11:40 am
    The early years of the 21st century forever will be known as the age of social media. I don't know if that's something we should be proud of, but nonetheless, here we are. During the past decade, we've seen things like Friendster, Pownce, Twitter, Wave, Facebook, Tumblr, Buzz, Gowalla, Brightkite, Foursquare, Loopt, Plurk, Identi.ca, LinkedIn, Yammer and now Google Plus. more>>
 
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  • ZTE Android tablets popping up everywhere

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:06 pm
    ZTE is readying a number of seven-inch Android tablets, starting with a dual-core, Android 3.2-based ZTE Optik tablet heading for Sprint Feb. 5 and a similar, but 4G LTE-equipped V66 tablet headed for Verizon, reports say. Meanwhile, a seven-inch ZTE V9A Light Tab 2 just went on pre-order in the U.K, and we're still waiting for two tablets ZTE showed at the Consumer Electronics Show: a seven-inch T72 tablet and quad-core T98....

  • Android smartphones down, tablets up, say reports

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:05 pm
    Some 37 million Apple iPhones shipped worldwide in the fourth quarter, besting Samsung's 33 million shipments and reducing Android's share to 47 percent, says ABI Research, echoed by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech and Good Technology. Meanwhile, Android tablets surged to 39 percent share worldwide in Q4 2011, but still trail Apple's 58 percent iPad share, says Strategy Analytics....

  • America's first 'WhiteFi' network goes live

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:03 pm
    America's first public & WhiteFi& network, leveraging spectrum previously occupied by analog TV channels, has been launched in North Carolina. Running at 1.5 to 3.1 MB/sec., the service will initially be used mostly for municipal functions such as surveillance cameras and transmitting water quality data, according to reports....

  • KDE 4.8 adds adaptive power management, new windowing tricks

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:58 pm
    The KDE community announced version 4.8 of its desktop environment and software bundle for Linux, featuring improved, adaptive power management and new windowing functions. KDE 4.8 is faster and more stable, and offers new features like Qt Quick-based Plasma widgets and the KDE Telepathy real-time communication and collaboration framework, says the community....

  • Cortex-A8 evaluation module gets higher-quality camera

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:57 pm
    E-con Systems has announced a five megapixel camera add-on designed to work with the Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP3530 or DM3730 evaluation modules (EVMs). The e-CAM52_35x snaps onto the EVM boards and connects to the high-speed CMOS sensor interface on TI's DM37xx or Sitara AM37xx processors, providing five megapixel video capture as well as stills, the company says....
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  • Vignette Lets Android Photogs Get Their Art On

    Patrick Nelson
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    Vignette differentiates itself from other Android-based camera apps by adding cross-process, tilt-shift, double exposure and other sophisticated effects like infrared, as opposed to the general toy camera and retro effects commonly found. The paid version of Vignette adds full resolution to the mix. I had been using the free version for some months and loved the app, but was disappointed with the resolution delivered, when I discovered that you had to buy the full version to utilize the full resolution of your phone. The full version has exceeded my expectations.

  • FOSS' Factious Gender Divide

    Katherine Noyes
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    There's no denying that the FOSS community has many virtues, but gender equality doesn't seem to be one of them. Gender-related issues and tensions have plagued the FOSS world for as long as many of us can remember, and the problem has already been picked apart on these pages time, time and time again. Well guess what? It's still a problem. That can hardly be denied. Linux bloggers varied widely, however, in their opinions as to what should be done.

  • Fotowall Has a Sharp Eye for Sweet Collages

    Jack M. Germain
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    Eye candy can be a great user experience sweetener, but tastes vary widely as to how much is just enough, and it's one differentiator among Linux desktops. Fotowall is a handy app that can spice up your desktop as well as create personalized print and wallpaper displays. Fotowall is a really clever collage-making tool of sorts. Its simple point-and-click interface is actually fun to use. But it comes with no on-board help file. The home page support is practically nonexistent.

  • CyanogenMod May Start Selling Forbidden Android Fruit

    Richard Adhikari
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    CyanogenMod, which offers aftermarket firmware for Android mobile devices, is apparently planning to sell apps that have been banned from the official Android Market. Koushik Dutta, who writes apps for CyanogenMod, has put up a screenshot of what seems to be the landing page for the app market. The market's offerings will include root apps, as well as tether apps and Visual Voicemail apps, according to Dutta. The market for root apps "is there, it's talked about in techie circles, but it's not really in the general market," said ABI's Michael Morgan.

  • Windows 8 Secure Boot - or How Microsoft Is Riling Up the Linux Masses

    Katherine Noyes
    23 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    What a difference a week makes. It was just the other day that Linux bloggers were celebrating the news from researcher Net Applications that desktop Linux had surged in popularity in recent months. Now, the mood in the blogosphere has plummeted once again as a result of the latest developments on the Windows 8 front. Secure Boot, that is -- a topic astute readers may remember from last fall but that lately seems to have taken a turn for the worse.
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    LinuxSecurity.com - Feature Stories

  • Password guessing with Medusa 2.0

    9 Jan 2012 | 7:34 am
    LinuxSecurity.com: Medusa was created by the fine folks at foofus.net, in fact the much awaited Medusa 2.0 update was released in February of 2010. For a complete change log please visit http://www.foofus.net/jmk/medusa/changelog

  • Password guessing as an attack vector

    13 Dec 2011 | 5:27 am
    LinuxSecurity.com: Using password guessing as an attack vector. Over the years we've been taught a strong password must be long and complex to be considered secure. Some of us have taken that notion to heart and always ensure our passwords are strong. But some don't give a second thought to the complexity or length of our password.

  • Squid and Digest Authentication

    1 Dec 2011 | 9:02 am
    LinuxSecurity.com: Digest AuthenticationDigest Authentication hashes the password before transmitting over the wire. Essentially it sends a message digest generated from multiple items including username, realm and nonce value. If you want to know more see (RFC 2617).

  • Squid and Basic Authentication

    1 Dec 2011 | 9:00 am
    LinuxSecurity.com: This is perhaps the easiest authentication helper to configure in Squid, but also the most insecure. The biggest problem with Basic is it transmits username and password in clear text, hence very susceptible to network sniffing or man in the middle type attacks. The only reason I'm writing about it is it's a valid authentication mechanism in some limited circumstances. Secondly I want to show you how authentication has evolved over the years.

  • Demystifying the Chinese Hacking Industry: Earning 6 Million a Night

    6 Nov 2011 | 12:15 pm
    LinuxSecurity.com: An Interview with a Member of the Chown Group (COG) about the billion dollar hacking business in China
 
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    Phoronix

  • Wine 1.4 Nears Release: Code Freeze, 1.4-rc1

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:26 pm
    Phoronix has been reporting for a while a now that it looks like Wine 1.4 would be released by April of 2012. This looks like it will all pan out with Wine 1.4 now entering a code freeze and 1.4-rc1 was released this Friday rather than a Wine 1.3 development point release...

  • Fedora 17 Moves Forward With Unified File-System

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:54 pm
    Fedora 17 is moving forward with plans whereby the entire base operating system will live within /usr by condensing several common directories that have been long-standing to Linux distributions...

  • How Ubuntu 12.04 Is Trying To Drop Power Usage

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:40 am
    After illustrating Linux power regressions and other problems for months, with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS developers at Canonical are finally taking a serious look at Linux power management and how it can be bettered...

  • Announcing The Lima Open-Source GPU Driver

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:26 am
    There's still one week until the work will be officially announced, but the open-source "Lima" open-source graphics driver project has surfaced...

  • Unity Desktop, Nux Get Upstream OpenGL ES 2.0

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:27 am
    Linaro developers are nearly done with their milestone of upstream support for OpenGL ES 2.0 with Compiz, Nux, and Unity. This will allow for the Unity 3D desktop to work on more mobile devices and other cases where only GLES support is available...
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    LinuxSecurity.com - Latest News

  • Hacking stunt: Stealing smartphone crypto keys using plain old radio

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:01 am
    LinuxSecurity.com: Encryption keys on smartphones can be stolen via a technique using radio waves, says one of the world's foremost crypto experts, Paul Kocher, whose firm Cryptography Research will demonstrate the hacking stunt with several types of smartphones at the upcoming RSA Conference in San Francisco next month.

  • Judges set timetable for McKinnon case resolution

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    LinuxSecurity.com: Senior judges have set a timetable to speed up resolution in the long-running Gary McKinnon extradition case, effectively setting a deadline for the Home Office to respond to evidence that McKinnon is too infirm to withstand the stress of a US trial and likely imprisonment over alleged Pentagon hacking offences.

  • Apache Shiro 1.2.0 enhances its password hashing

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:59 am
    LinuxSecurity.com: Just over fourteen months since its first release as an Apache top-level project, the Apache Shiro developers have released version 1.2.0, the first major update to the Shiro application security framework.

  • Hackers ramping up their firepower, says study

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:57 am
    LinuxSecurity.com: Hackers have increased their firepower by 30% when they go after websites, according to Imperva's second Web Application Attack Report (WAAR).

  • Security Software Aims To Trick Hackers

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:56 am
    LinuxSecurity.com: Hacker attacks are increasing and Web sites need new defenses to protect their data. That's where Mykonos comes in, a security company that protects Web sites from attacks by wasting a hacker's time instead of using an easily breakable wall.
 
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  • The Linux Command Line

    William E. Shotts Jr.
    7 Jan 2012 | 4:06 pm
    The Linux Command Line takes you from your very first terminal keystrokes to writing full programs in Bash, the most popular Linux shell. Along the way you'll learn the timeless skills handed down by generations of gray-bearded, mouse-shunning gurus: file navigation, environment configuration, command chaining, pattern matching with regular expressions, and more.

  • Programming Android

    Laird Dornin, Zigurd Mednieks, Blake Meike
    29 Jul 2011 | 3:05 pm
    What does it take to build well-engineered Android applications? Explore Android's core building blocks and APIs in depth with this authoritative guide, and learn how to create compelling apps that work on a full range of Android devices. You'll work with proven approaches to app design and implementation—including application frameworks that you can use as a starting point for your own projects.

  • Asterisk: The Definitive Guide

    Russell Bryant, Leif Madsen, Jim Van Meggelen
    28 Apr 2011 | 11:38 am
    Design a complete VoIP or analog PBX with Asterisk, even if you have no previous Asterisk experience and only basic telecommunications knowledge. This bestselling guide makes it easy, with a detailed roadmap to installing, configuring, and integrating this open source software into your existing phone system. Learn how to write a basic dialplan step by step, and quickly get up to speed on the latest Asterisk features in version 1.8.

  • McCullough and Berglund on Mastering Git

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    8 Feb 2011 | 10:07 am
    Learn the Git version control system through visual examples and step-by-step explanations. In this in-depth video course, experts Matthew McCullough and Tim Berglund help you explore the full spectrum of Git, from the foundations of how objects are hashed to the practical commands you need to be productive every day. You'll learn how Git not only incorporates the best features of existing source control systems, but also includes unique distributed capabilities that make version control commands available without connectivity.

  • Great Bash

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    4 Feb 2011 | 1:07 am
    Great Bash will teach you the fundamentals of bash shell programming, beginning with simple shell scripts and progressing to complex, automated system administration and file management tasks. You'll also get a firm handle on control structures and the decision-making abilities of the bash environment. By the time you're done, you'll have written more than twenty complex shell scripts, and interacted with the rest of your file system. Throughout the course, you'll learn how to think like a shell programmer. Without compilation or in many cases, strict security constraints, shell programmers…
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    Toolinux

  • La licence CC-Zero : une licence en faveur du domaine public.

    Toolinux
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:55 pm
    Utilisée telle une déclaration d'intention sur les ouvrages Un monde sans copyright… et sans monopole (ed. Framabook) et Piratons la démocratie (ed. ILV)), la licence Creative Commons Zero (CC-0) est un contrat qui traduit la volonté des auteurs d"une œuvre (scientifiques, enseignants, artistes, créateurs) souhaitant renoncer à leurs droits au profit du domaine public (ou, lorsque la loi ne leur permet pas, de les céder très largement). - Communauté

  • Une formation autour de Drupal Commerce

    Toolinux
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:44 pm
    Commerce Guys propose pour cette rentrée 2012 une formation sur Drupal Commerce, animée par Ryan Szrama, le développeur principal de Drupal Commerce. - Evénements et séminaires

  • Voici Postgres Plus Cloud Database

    Toolinux
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:34 pm
    EnterpriseDB annonce la disponibilité de Postgres Plus Cloud Database sur Amazon Web Services. - Logiciels

  • Citrix évolue dans le vert

    Toolinux
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:23 pm
    Citrix Systems a présenté ses résultats financiers pour le quatrième trimestre 2012 et pour l'ensemble de l'exercice fiscal 2011. - Economie

  • L'offre IaaS du Cloud Public d'IBM baisse ses prix

    Toolinux
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:20 pm
    Une nouvelle version d'IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) est disponible sur le Cloud public de Big Blue, l'IBM SmartCloud Entreprise. - Services
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    Yet Another Linux Blog

  • Where Will You Hide the Bodhi?

    devnet
    10 Jan 2012 | 7:56 am
    I had a brief flirtation with Bodhi Linux this past week.  I nuked my CrunchBang Linux install to give it a go.  It seemed pretty solid, but after spending some quality time with the distro, I found the version of Network Manager loved to randomly disconnect me from wireless networks…as in, right in the middle of me transferring files, streaming music, and doing tha IRC thing.  Very irritating. I did a full update to the most recent released version (released in the past few weeks) and found e17 randomly crashing which wasn’t the best addition to a randomly disconnecting…

  • Feedly, Chromium , and Google Reader

    devnet
    3 Jan 2012 | 9:53 pm
    How many of you use Google Chrome or Chromium and have more than 10 active feeds in Google Reader?  I’m sure that most of you raised your hand…well, maybe not physically but a mental raising of the hand I suppose.  How about 20+ feeds?  30+?  Is your (virtual) hand still up?  Mine is. I’m plugged in…maybe too plugged in.  The “mark all items read” button received much use in my RSS reader.  I found myself skipping more than I actually read.  Google reader is awesome, don’t get me wrong, but it is a bit simplistic and plain…which is fine,…

  • Thank You, Dear Reader

    devnet
    26 Dec 2011 | 2:28 pm
    Photo by woodleywonderworks Thank you, dear reader. Thanks for making Yet Another Linux Blog one of the top Linux Blogs on the planet!  It was an average day over 8 years ago that I began to host my own blog at linuxblog.sytes.net (thanks No-Ip.com!) on a PII that I inherited from one of my friends.  Slackware Linux hosted the project then and I wanted to use my new blog to explore the Linux world posting tips, tricks, and how-to’s on my way.  Millions upon millions of pageviews and 6 hosting changes later, we arrive here…at the end of 2011. So am I throwing in the towel since…

  • Old Computer? No Problem! Linux Saves The Day.

    devnet
    4 Dec 2011 | 2:31 am
    Want to know what utilizes 54.3 MB of RAM idle at 1% CPU utilization on a Gateway M250 laptop?  CrunchBang Linux, that’s what! It’s always a breath of fresh air when you are able to resurrect older hardware that most people would throw right into the trash with a dash of Linux. Granted, this M250 laptop isn’t in its default config…I’ve updated it from 512MB of RAM to 2GB of RAM…which puts it at the maximum it can recognize.  It is running a Pentium M 740 Processor that runs at 1.73 Ghz and was part of the Centrino line from Intel.  It’s not…

  • How-To Choose the Right Distribution of Linux

    devnet
    17 Nov 2011 | 8:29 pm
    Courtesy of evelynishere Which distribution is the RIGHT distribution?  Is there such a thing?  When you start your journey with Linux you might here something like this: - Ubuntu is the best distribution for the desktop - Linux Mint is the best distribution for a home user and the desktop - Debian is the best way to go because of its stability and solid base - Mandriva isn’t as good as Mageia - Mageia isn’t as good as Mandriva - Red Hat is for servers only - Distribution X is better than distribution Y! Here’s the thing…statements like these are all BLATANTLY…
 
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    jonobacon@home

  • Quick Team Update

    jono
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:15 pm
    I just wanted to provide a quick update on how the team is doing on our set of commitments in the 12.04 cycle. Feel free to ask questions in the comments. In terms of general team progress, this is how our burndown chart looks today: I asked each of the guys on the team to follow up with their respective community members to start moving the needle on those work items. As such, if you committed to something in 12.04 for our team’s burndown, expect Jorge, Daniel, or David to come knocking on your door soon. With Nick and Michael joining the team recently, their work is not reflected in…

  • Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Now Open

    jono
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:17 pm
    The Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) is the most important event in the Ubuntu calendar. It is where we get together to discuss, design, and plan the next version of Ubuntu; in this case the Ubuntu 12.10 release. The next UDS takes place at The Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, California, USA from the 7th – 11th May 2012. You can find out more about why UDS is interesting from the perspective of a member of the community, an upstream contributor, and a vendor. We also welcome everyone to participate remotely if you can’t attend the event in person. More more details on how to…

  • The HUD: Call For Testers

    jono
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:32 pm
    Today we announced the HUD that is landing in Unity. This is an awesome new feature. See Mark’s blog post, the coverage on PC Pro, and the interview with John Lea on OMG! Ubuntu!. Here is a video of the feature in action: Can’t see it? See it here. I wanted to point you folks at Nicholas’s blog post about how to test the HUD. You will need to be running Ubuntu 12.04 (which is still in development) to test. We would like to encourage everyone to test so we can get this rock-solid for 12.04!

  • From Old To New Python GTK

    jono
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:48 am
    I am a pretty terrible programmer. Anyone who has read my code can see that. Unfortunately, I tend to have lots of ideas about how we can use technology in different ways, hence why I write some code. Examples of this have included Lernid, Acire, RaccoonShow, and Jokosher. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your view), I have had Python and GTK to serve my needs here. Python, with it’s awesome batteries-included range of facilities and GTK as a simple yet flexible toolkit has allowed me to create implementations of the ideas that I have dreamed of. I started using these tools…

  • Nicholas Skaggs QA Blog

    jono
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:59 pm
    A little while back I mentioned that Nicholas Skaggs would be joining the Community Team at Canonical. Nick is now on board but is not an Ubuntu Member yet, so his blog is not appearing on Planet Ubuntu. On his blog he will be talking about improving our QA infrastructure and documentation, building out manual test coverage, and growing a community of QA testers. You can read his blog here. I am going to ask Nick to apply for Ubuntu Membership in a few months when he has provided a significant and sustained contribution, and then his blog will appear on Planet Ubuntu.
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    Be the signal

  • QotD: Jon Corbet on linux.conf.au and Linux Australia

    Jeff Waugh
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:52 pm
    In summary, LCA remains unique in its combination of strongly technical talks, freedom-oriented and hands-on orientation, wide variety of topics covered, and infectious Australian humor. There is a reason some of us seem to end up there every year despite the painful air-travel experiences required. Linux Australia has put together a structure that allows the conference to be handed off to a new team in a new city every year, bringing a fresh view while upholding the standards set in the previous years. – LWN’s Jon Corbet on linux.conf.au, An LCA 2012 Summary

  • Depression, and the fight of my life

    Jeff Waugh
    14 Sep 2011 | 7:45 pm
    I’ve never really been sure how to say “I have depression”. It’s not like I have it. It comes and it goes, and usually it has me, not the other way around. I’d say, “I’m depressed”, but right now I’m not. Do I say, “I’m prone to depression”? The word “prone” seems appropriate on a number of levels, but no. Today, I’m fighting depression. And winning. Every experience of depression is different, but for what it’s worth, you might find this story worth reading. I hope it helps you fight depression…

  • However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light

    Jeff Waugh
    25 Aug 2011 | 3:55 am
    Playboy: If life is so purposeless, do you feel that it’s worth living? Kubrick: Yes, for those of us who manage somehow to cope with our mortality. The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. Children, of course, begin life with an untarnished sense of wonder, a capacity to experience total joy at something as simple as the greenness of a leaf; but as they grow older, the awareness of death and decay begins to impinge on their consciousness and subtly erode their joie de vivre, their idealism — and their assumption of immortality. As a child matures, he…

  • Parting ways

    Jeff Waugh
    8 Jun 2011 | 9:19 pm
    After nine years together, Pia and I are separating. This is a mutual and amicable decision, and we wanted everyone to know that we’re both okay. Pia has also written about it. Although it’s a rough time in many ways, and both of us will greatly appreciate the support and company of our friends as a result, there are some silver linings. One is that Pia and I are still great friends, and unless we royally screw up this process, we have every opportunity to continue being the very best of friends. That’s certainly what we’re aiming for, anyway. Another is that…

  • Trying to will a world into existence

    Jeff Waugh
    8 Apr 2011 | 9:26 am
    From James Cameron’s introduction to an early scriptment of Strange Days: At the beginning of any writing project is the agonizing period in which nebulous ideas dance before the mind’s eye like memories of a dream, and vaporous vague shapes take on human form and begin to answer to their names. Trying to will a world into existence. I circle around it, nibbling at the edges, writing notes about the social infrastructure and expounding to no one in particular about the themes of the thing. Then slowly a change happens. Without warning, it becomes easier to write a scene than to…
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    taint.org: Justin Mason's Weblog

  • Links for 2012-01-22

    dailylinks
    22 Jan 2012 | 5:58 pm
    Why should we stop online piracy? – opinion – 19 January 2012 – New Scientist : ‘There’s no evidence that the US is currently suffering from an excessive amount of online piracy, and there is ample reason to believe that a non-zero level of copyright infringement is socially beneficial. Online piracy is like fouling in basketball. You want to penalise it to prevent it from getting out of control, but any effort to actually eliminate it would be a cure much worse than the disease.’ Good description of ‘dead weight loss’ and the consumer pressure…

  • Links for 2012-01-17

    dailylinks
    17 Jan 2012 | 5:58 pm
    The Captain of the Costa Concordia is Totally Screwed [OP/ED] : ‘For the most senior officer on board, the one who had been entrusted with the care and safety of this magnificent ship, his job was far from over. In fact the Captain had just added a new job title to his resume, that of ON SCENE COMMANDER. But apparently he didn’t realize it because he took off in a lifeboat, leaving this giant steaming pile to be picked up by the Italian police and Coast Guard who are continuing to search for survivors, and prevent looters from gaining access. The Captain didn’t just take off in a…

  • Links for 2012-01-16

    dailylinks
    16 Jan 2012 | 5:58 pm
    Freeman on the land – RationalWiki : fantastically encyclopedic description of the “freeman on the land” pseudolegal gibberish, now being employed in an attempt to evade unpleasant taxes or fees — this stuff is on the rise in post-economic-collapse Ireland, unsurprisingly (tags: debt legal freemen freeman law taxes ireland recession)

  • Links for 2012-01-09

    dailylinks
    9 Jan 2012 | 5:58 pm
    Project HGG: FAQ : Hackerspace Global Grid — ‘We want to understand, build and make available satellite based communication for the hackerspace community and all of mankind.’ Space is the place! (tags: space ccc satellite communication internet hackerspace)

  • Links for 2012-01-07

    dailylinks
    7 Jan 2012 | 5:58 pm
    Skeuomorph : word of the day, via a comment on http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/01/snow-crash-simulated/ : ‘A skeuomorph /?skju??m?rf/ skew-?-morf, or skeuomorphism (Greek: skeuos—vessel or tool, morphe—shape),[1] is a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues to a structure that was necessary in the original.[2] Skeuomorphs may be deliberately employed to make the new look comfortably old and familiar,[3] such as copper cladding on zinc pennies or computer printed postage with circular town name and cancellation lines’ (tags: words language history objects ornament…
 
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    LWN.net

  • Opponents protest signing of ACTA without adequate debate (ars technica)

    ris
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:21 pm
    ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) was called "more dangerous than SOPA" by US Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), as ars technica reports. "Kader Arif, a French member of the European Parliament from the Socialist Party, had been assigned to be a rapporteur on ACTA, meaning that he was asked to study the issue and deliver a report on the subject. But he resigned in protest on Thursday. ”I want to denounce in the strongest possible manner the entire process that led to the signature of this agreement," he said, according to one translation. "No inclusion of civil society organisations, a lack of…

  • Security advisories for Friday

    ris
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:45 pm
    Debian has updated libxml2 (code execution/denial of service) and wireshark (multiple vulnerabilities). Fedora has updated F15: php (denial of service and information disclosure), F15: php-eaccelerator (denial of service and information disclosure), and F15: maniadrive (denial of service and information disclosure). Gentoo has updated ktsuss (privilege escalation). openSUSE will be updating the certificates for all openSUSE hosts located Nuremberg. Click below for details.

  • The case for the /usr merge

    corbet
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:56 pm
    Lennart Poettering has announced the posting of a summary of the motivations for merging several root-level directories into /usr. "A unified filesystem layout (as it results from the /usr merge) is more compatible with UNIX than Linux’ traditional split of /bin vs. /usr/bin. Unixes differ in where individual tools are installed, their locations in many cases are not defined at all and differ in the various Linux distributions. The /usr merge removes this difference in its entirety, and provides full compatibility with the locations of tools of any Unix via the symlink from /bin to…

  • Thursday's security updates

    jake
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:01 pm
    Fedora has updated rubygem-actionpack (F15; F16: cross-site scripting). Oracle has updated kernel (OL6: privilege escalation) and kernel-uek (OL5; OL6: privilege escalation and improved CVE-2010-2962 fix). Scientific Linux has updated kernel (SL6: privilege escalation), glibc (SL6: multiple vulnerabilities), openssl (SL6: multiple vulnerabilities), t1lib (SL6: multiple vulnerabilities), and qemu-kvm (SL6: privilege escalation). SUSE has updated java-1_4_2-ibm (SLE 10 SP4: multiple vulnerabilities). Ubuntu has updated evince (code execution), linux-lts-backport-oneiric (privilege escalation),…

  • Three new stable kernel updates

    corbet
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:38 pm
    The 2.6.32.55, 3.0.18, and 3.2.2 stable updates have been released; each contains the usual long list of important fixes
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  • The Linux Command Line

    William E. Shotts Jr.
    7 Jan 2012 | 4:06 pm
    The Linux Command Line takes you from your very first terminal keystrokes to writing full programs in Bash, the most popular Linux shell. Along the way you'll learn the timeless skills handed down by generations of gray-bearded, mouse-shunning gurus: file navigation, environment configuration, command chaining, pattern matching with regular expressions, and more.

  • Programming Android

    Laird Dornin, Zigurd Mednieks, Blake Meike
    29 Jul 2011 | 3:05 pm
    What does it take to build well-engineered Android applications? Explore Android's core building blocks and APIs in depth with this authoritative guide, and learn how to create compelling apps that work on a full range of Android devices. You'll work with proven approaches to app design and implementation—including application frameworks that you can use as a starting point for your own projects.

  • Asterisk: The Definitive Guide

    Russell Bryant, Leif Madsen, Jim Van Meggelen
    28 Apr 2011 | 11:38 am
    Design a complete VoIP or analog PBX with Asterisk, even if you have no previous Asterisk experience and only basic telecommunications knowledge. This bestselling guide makes it easy, with a detailed roadmap to installing, configuring, and integrating this open source software into your existing phone system. Learn how to write a basic dialplan step by step, and quickly get up to speed on the latest Asterisk features in version 1.8.

  • McCullough and Berglund on Mastering Git

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    8 Feb 2011 | 10:07 am
    Learn the Git version control system through visual examples and step-by-step explanations. In this in-depth video course, experts Matthew McCullough and Tim Berglund help you explore the full spectrum of Git, from the foundations of how objects are hashed to the practical commands you need to be productive every day. You'll learn how Git not only incorporates the best features of existing source control systems, but also includes unique distributed capabilities that make version control commands available without connectivity.

  • Great Bash

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    4 Feb 2011 | 1:07 am
    Great Bash will teach you the fundamentals of bash shell programming, beginning with simple shell scripts and progressing to complex, automated system administration and file management tasks. You'll also get a firm handle on control structures and the decision-making abilities of the bash environment. By the time you're done, you'll have written more than twenty complex shell scripts, and interacted with the rest of your file system. Throughout the course, you'll learn how to think like a shell programmer. Without compilation or in many cases, strict security constraints, shell programmers…
 
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    Softpedia News - Linux

  • Chrome OS Linux 1.8.1017 Comes with Google Chrome 18.0.1017.2

    Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni)
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:21 am
    The latest version of Chrome OS Linux has been released. Not to be confused with the similarly named operating system built by Google, Chrome OS Linux is an openSUSE remix which focuses on the Chrome browser and uses a number of other Google software that is available for Linux. The latest update, Chrome OS Linux 1.8.10... (read more)

  • GNOME 3.3.4 Development Release Is Here

    Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:10 pm
    The GNOME Project announced a few minuntes ago, January 26th, the immediate availability for testing of the fourth development release of the upcoming GNOME 3.4 desktop environment, which brings various fixes and improvements. With a delay of one week, the GNOME 3.3.4 desktop environment is ready for testing and it brings updates to main compo... (read more)

  • How to Install KDE SC 4.8 on Ubuntu 11.10

    Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:21 am
    The following tutorial will teach Ubuntu and Kubuntu users how to install the newly released KDE SC 4.8 on the Ubuntu/Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system. After another six months of hard work, the famous KDE Software Compilation (SC) suite reached version 4.8 on January 25th, 2012. Loaded with many interesting and... (read more)

  • KDE Software Compilation 4.8 Officially Released

    Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:04 pm
    KDE e.V. and the developers behind the KDE project has proudly announced a few minutes ago, January 25th, the final and stable release of the highly anticipated KDE Software Compilation 4.8 environment.  After six month of hard work, the KDE Software Compilation 4.8 is finally here, bringing beautiful new features, various softw... (read more)

  • Spain’s Extremadura Moves 40,000 PCs to Linux

    Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:31 am
    Teodomiro Cayetano López, Extremadura's CIO (Chief Information Officer), confirmed on January 23rd that the administration of Spain’s autonomous region will move all their desktop PCs to Debian Linux. "The project is really advanced and we hope to start the deployment the next spring, finishing it in December." said Teodomir... (read more)
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    Prakash Advani's Blog

  • Cloud Demystified

    Prakash
    6 Jan 2012 | 8:00 pm
    Cloud is the buzz of today and many people are getting very confused on what is the cloud. To put is in simple way, Cloud is any service delivered on the Internet. Cloud based hosted services have been around for 10 years however now people are calling it Cloud. Lets take an example, if a university offers it courses only in the class room, and now wants to offer online classes, then it is the Cloud. Similarly if you are running a business and you want to start selling online then you are moving into the Cloud. Once you have decided to move your business online, you can select some of the…

  • Open Source solution to Microsoft Azure

    Prakash
    5 Jan 2012 | 7:52 pm
    Build on VMWare CloudFoundry, IronFoundry offers .NET support in the Cloud. Cloud Foundry is VMWare’s PaaS solution which is open sourced. Tier 3 (the company behind IronFoundry) has take the code and added support for .NET.     Related posts: 50 Open Source Applications for Sci-Tech Education This article has a nice list of 50 open source... HP should open source webOS Looks like HP is going to kill webOS. HP webOS... Get an Open PC What is special about the Open-PC? Hardware and Software is... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

  • Why OpenStack is important

    Prakash
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:25 pm
    OpenStack is the future of Cloud computing. Founded by NASA and Rackspace it aims to provide a fully scalable open source cloud infrastructure. This can be deployed to build a public cloud or your own private cloud. Here are the reasons why I believe OpenStack will be successful. Its completely  Open Source, hence it is continuing to develop at a rapid space. Being open in nature, the project will never die down. It is designed to scale up very well. Its highly flexible you have a choice of Hypervisers  including ESX, Hyper-V, KVM, LXC, QEMU, UML, Xen, and XenServer. Over 2000 Developers…

  • After free online courseware now MIT is offering free online leaning

    Prakash
    3 Jan 2012 | 9:05 pm
    After the success of Open Courseware, MIT is planning to launch free online learning courses. MIT Open Courseware is now 10 years old, wow! The online course will be called MITx. It will not earn you an MIT degree however it will still give you a certificate of completion. The course will be free, the certificate will attract a small fee which is yet to be determined. It will be built on Open Source and the technology developed for this will also be Open Source. Time to learn something new ? Related posts: Get an Open PC What is special about the Open-PC? Hardware and Software is...

  • 10 cloud startups to watch in 2012

    Prakash
    2 Jan 2012 | 10:51 pm
    From Gigaom’s article: The past few years have been nothing if not a boon for entrepreneurs looking to cash in on venture capitalists’ lust for all things cloud.  All the activity has been great, and we’ve seen some exciting new companies emerge and prosper — companies such as Heroku, RightScale and New Relic — but it also means there’s precious little room on the playing field for newcomers. Startups that want to get noticed, get funded, and ultimately have a winning exit must either find their own unique niche or stake out ground on a different field altogether. Here are 10…
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  • Why Apple Just Realised the Company's First True Post-PC Quarter

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:02 pm
    This is what we call an epic blunder of epic proportions. The article that used to be here, was submitted to us in full, with Tom Krazit as the submitter. As it turns out, though, this article is already published at PaidContent.org, so it's pretty clear someone kindly submitted it to us, but included the whole of that article. For some reason, I let it slip through without checking if it was actually an original - which I normally always do. Nobody contacted us so far, but I'm still incredibly sorry about this. Be sure to click this link and send traffic to PaidContent.org.

  • European Commission Signs ACTA

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:50 pm
    I promise we'll have more on ACTA next week, but for now, I'm too busy to properly cover the subject. In any case, the European Commission signed it today, but that means little - each individual member state's parliament still has to ratify it, and if one votes against it, it's over. The European Parliament has to accept it too - not a done deal either. My opinion on the matter is clear.

  • KDE SC 4.8 Released

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:42 pm
    KDE has announced its latest set of releases, providing major updates to KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and the KDE Platform. Version 4.8 provides many new features, and improved stability, performance and dynamic power management.

  • Apple Restricts Certain APIs to Mac App Store Applications

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am
    "It's no longer possible to write a single app that takes advantage of the full range of Mac OS X features. Some APIs only work inside the Mac App Store. Others only work outside it. Presumably, this gap will widen as more new features are App Store-exclusive, while sandboxing places greater restrictions on what App Store apps are allowed to do." Anybody surprised by this, here's the clue stick. Please proceed to hit yourself with it.

  • Android's Share of Tablet Market Jumps

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:09 am
    "Android accounted for 39% of the market in the final three months of last year, up from 29% a year earlier, Strategy Analytics said. Apple's share fell to 58% from 68%. Microsoft's share stood at 1.5%." Really now.
 
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  • The Best Twitter Client for Linux

    srlinuxx
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:18 pm
    lifehacker.com: Despite the large number of Twitter clients available for Linux, none of them are perfect. Our favorite would have to be the powerful, customizable Choqok. read more

  • 10 of the Best Unity Lenses & Scopes for Ubuntu

    srlinuxx
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:46 pm
    omgubuntu.co.uk: The search-orientated display windows – called ‘Lenses’ – make finding specific files, apps or information easy to do thanks to their tuned ‘search backends’ – called Scopes’. Below are 10 of the best. read more

  • Urban Terror second review - Fun over realism

    srlinuxx
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:27 pm
    dedoimedo.com: Fun over realism is the official game motto, which reminds me, it's been three years since I last wrote about this first person shooter title. As one of the most complete and popular free tactical shooters out there, it sure deserves praise and attention. read more

  • 8 Best Linux Alternatives to Windows Software

    srlinuxx
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:09 pm
    friedbeef.com: Naturally enough, there’s a whole universe of free software, apps and programs out there, all jostling for your attention. But just because it’s free doesn’t make it fabulous. So, to help you sort the wheat from chaff. read more

  • id Software's Main Linux Game Developer Resigns :(

    srlinuxx
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:06 pm
    phoronix.com: Timothee Bessett, the id Software developer that was responsible for porting many of id Software's popular games like Doom 3 and Quake 4 to Linux, has resigned from the popular game company. read more
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  • October-December, 2011 Status Report

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    The October-December, 2011 Status Report is now available with 32 entries.

  • FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE Available

    12 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check the Release Notes and Release Errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 9.0. More information about FreeBSD releases can be found on the Release Information page.

  • New committer: Jason Helfman (ports)

    16 Dec 2011 | 2:00 am

  • FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 Available

    9 Dec 2011 | 2:00 am
    The third (and probably last) RC build for the FreeBSD-9.0 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the architectures amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64, and sparc64 are available on most of our FreeBSD mirror sites. One of the many new features in 9.0 we would like to be tested is the new installer, so we encourage our users to do fresh installation on test systems. Alternatively, users upgrading existing systems may now do so using the freebsd-update(8) utility.

  • New committer: Pedro Giffuni (src)

    8 Dec 2011 | 2:00 am
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  • SSH Mastery: A Very Welcome Addition to Any Unix User's Bookshelf

    22 Jan 2012 | 12:18 pm
    The first paragraph of this book's afterword reads: “ "You now know more about SSH, OpenSSH and Putty than the vast majority of IT professionals! Congratulations". ” That claim will be true for any reader of SSH Mastery who has read the book up to that point and has incorporated at least some of the elements of the configurations it describes into their own environments. Read more...

  • Using OpenBSD VMs to teach Unix

    13 Jan 2012 | 11:33 am
    In episode 208 of his bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman talks about how he uses OpenBSD virtual machines to aid in his teaching of a Unix course at the University of Maine, along with details of why he chose it and how it helps round-out his pupils' understanding of different Unixes. The podcast files (15min, 7MB) are available here: Ogg: http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk208.ogg , MP3: http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk208.mp3

  • wiconfig - simplifies the configuration of wireless interfaces

    13 Jan 2012 | 11:09 am
    Daniel M wrote in about the wiconfig script that he wrote to handle moving a laptop between networks: So, I got tired of doing my little time saving workarounds every time I connected to a wireless network and decided to look for a solution. Several people have posted little wireless scripts here, to misc@ and minor modifications to help simplify and automate the configuration of wireless, but the scripts never seemed to go far enough. Read more...

  • OpenBSD reaches 5.0!

    12 Nov 2011 | 11:19 am
    As several submitters wrote in to remind us, Following the regular 6-monthly schedule, OpenBSD 5.0 was released on 1 November and is available on CDs and online.
 
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  • Bits from the Release Team

    cj2003
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:56 pm
    In this update: – New Blood – The Freeze – Relase Goals – Documentation – Changes in Testing – Semi-automated removal from testing – Help wanted/Bug Squashing Parties This is the first “Bits from the Release Team” of 2012. In the year ahead, we plan to freeze (and perhaps even release) Debian 7.0 “Wheezy”, and we need your help to achieve this. Read on to find out what we’ve been up to recently and what to expect in the near future. New Blood - —————- We have convinced Cyril Brulebois (KiBi)…

  • hardware sponsorship for Debian Developers

    cj2003
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:53 pm
    A few days ago Yves-Alexis Perez asked me how many hardware sponsorship request I usually get from Debian Developers, that is how many people ask me to use Debian money to buy material that can improve their work on Debian — and indirectly Debian itself. Read more here

  • Paris: Debian bug Squashing Party (Wheezy)

    cj2003
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:44 pm
    Hello, As announced last December, a bug squashing party is organized at IRILL’s office, in Paris. The event will happen from February Friday, 17th. to Sunday 19th. The principle of a BSP is to gather Debian contributors to tackle a maximum of bugs in the Debian distribution. This event is also the opportunity for new potential contributors to meet Debian Developers or Maintainers. Numerous regular contributors will attend to this BSP and will help newcomers to fix their first bugs. For organization reasons, an inscription on the Debian wiki is mandatory. More information: *…

  • Extremadura CIO plans Linux rollout on 40,000 desktops

    cj2003
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:33 pm
    The CIO of Spanish autonomous region Extremadura says it is planning to move the administration’s 40,000 desktop systems to a Debian distribution. According to a report on the European Commission’s “Joinup”, CIO Teodomiro Cayetano López says that the project is “really advanced” and deployment will begin in the spring and be completed around the end of the year. Read more here

  • Bits from the piuparts maintainers

    cj2003
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:32 pm
    Hi, I thought it’s been a long time since the last bits from the piuparts maintainers on debian-devel-announce, but actually it’s seems this is a first time! And this pretty good sums up the main news: I’m happy to announce that piuparts is again maintained by a team and thus have closed the RFH #584125. Running piuparts.debian.org is still maintainance hungry, but the last months have seen lots of patches and other contributions, including bug filings based on the tests results, which is awesome! Please keep it coming! If you have no idea what piuparts is: it’s a tool…
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  • xnoise media player 0.1.31 (GTK Sound Application)

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:01 am
    xnoise media player 0.1.31 (GTK Sound Application)xnoise is a media player for gtk+ xnoise is a media player with a slick GUI, great speed and lots of features. But Unlike Rhythmbox, Banshee or iTunes, xnoise uses a tracklist centric design. The tracklist is a list of video or music tracks that are played one by one without being removed. This gives you the possibility to enqueue any track in any order, regardless if they are on the same album or not. Tracks can be added and reordered at any time via drag and drop. The media browser contains all available media in a hierarchical tree…

  • PAC Manager 3.3.10 (GTK Networking Tool)

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:33 am
    PAC Manager 3.3.10 (GTK Networking Tool)PAC is a Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc... It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc. You like \'SSHMenu\'? If so, you must check this tool. Just let me know how do you feel about it! - Unique Linux application to impletement almost every SecureCRT\'s functionality. - Remote and local macros. - Remotely send commands with EXPECT regexp. - Cluster connections!! Connections on same cluster share keystrokes!! - Proxy support. - Serial/tty connection via…

  • Decibel2 Audio Player v2.123~mickyz (GTK Sound Application)

    25 Jan 2012 | 8:06 pm
    Decibel2 Audio Player v2.123~mickyz (GTK Sound Application)Decibel is a lightweight GTK+ audio player written in Python, using GStreamer. Features: album covers downloading, equalizer and replaygain, notifications and status icon in the system tray, tag editing, remote control. Supported formats: FLAC, MP3, MP4, OggVorbis, AudioCD and Wave.[read more]job recommendations:[more jobs]

  • GNOME Photo Frame 1.5 (GTK Graphic Viewer)

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:51 pm
    GNOME Photo Frame 1.5 (GTK Graphic Viewer)GNOME Photo Frame is a photo frame gadget for the GNOME Desktop. It Shows pictures on the desktop from multiple sources: * Local folders * F-Spot database * Shotwell database * Facebook API * Flickr API * Picasa Web Album API * Tumblr API * RSS changelog:* Improved loading speed for large image files. * Added support for Facebook album selection. * Added support for map on photo with python-champlain. [read more]job recommendations:[more jobs]

  • View 0.0.3 (Nautilus Script)

    24 Jan 2012 | 1:47 pm
    View 0.0.3 (Nautilus Script)This nautilus scripts displays the selected file(s) with either zentiy (for text files), gtkdialog (for picture files) or mplayer for movie files. Requires: Imagemagick,gtkdialogchangelog:0.0.3 minor updates now follows links and better identification of image files uses gnome-open to open non image/text files in the default application [read more]job recommendations:[more jobs]
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  • Pokki Brings Awesome Web Apps, Games To The Desktop

    Mezanul
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:46 pm
    We’ve seen Mozilla Prism and Google Chrome’s application shortcuts, built to display and make websites (web apps) behave as native applications. But both had one disadvantage, you don’t feel any difference over using just the browser. Basically, both just displayed the same look which you would see when opening the website in the browser. You never get the feeling of using an actual native application. This is why SweetLabs came up with Pokki. Currently in beta, it aims to make you feel as if you’re actually using a desktop app when the next time you open your Gmail…

  • Google Chrome Latest Version Download Links [Stable Channel, Always Updated]

    Mezanul
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:03 pm
    Google Chrome Stable Channel updated to 16.0.912.77 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. Important Note: Bookmark this page (Press CTRL + D) to always Get the latest update about Google Chrome Stable Channel for all platforms. According to the Google Chrome Releases blog, Chrome 16 has many improvements. These includes enhancements to Sync and the ability to create multiple profiles on a single instance of Chrome. With the enhancement of multiple profiles, Chrome users can now easily add new users, each user will have their own sync profiles. To add a new user, click on the Spanner…

  • Speccy Helps You Know Your Computer System Inside-Out [Windows]

    Mezanul
    5 Jan 2012 | 2:13 am
    You’ve just purchased a shiny new computer (or a notebook/netbook) for yourself. Now, you’re wondering if the system you’ve purchased is as specified by the sales person, or you just want to know what’s at the heart of this new system that’s booting up Windows in a few seconds flat? Speccy, a freeware application developed by Piriform, (the same developers, who developed the awesome app CCleaner) let’s you know about your system inside-out by displaying all system information related to all of your components. This article will take an in-depth look and…

  • Best Free VPN Services To Securely Browse Internet

    Mezanul
    30 Dec 2011 | 6:14 pm
    VPN (Virtual Private Network) uses a public network (usually the Internet) to create a secure reliable communication between remote sites or users. Primarily a VPN is used by large geographically diverse business organizations so that their employee or a remote site can securely connect with them using a VPN Tunnel. Other than the use of VPN services in organizations for secure connection, VPN services are now widely used to bypass Internet censorship. Using a VPN you can get access to location-restricted websites like Hulu, Pandora, Netflix, etc. Sometimes, VPN services are also…

  • Waiting for Official Firefox 64-Bit? Try Waterfox, A Faster Variant of Firefox

    Mezanul
    27 Dec 2011 | 8:42 pm
    With each new release of Firefox by Mozilla, we see better performance, stability and security. But, despite all these improvements, Firefox is still resolutely a 32-bit browser. Yes, Mozilla is still working on Firefox 64-bit, but for some reason, they haven’t officially released any 64-bit builds for Firefox. If you can’t wait, you can grab a nightly build of the 64-bit available for Windows and Linux from Mozilla servers. Many people will hesitate to use a nightly build for regular use. For those who wants stability and don’t want to try a risky nightly build, Waterfox…
 
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  • No more Danger Will Robinson

    25 Jan 2012 | 8:56 pm
    This is really dating myself now but growing up as a child one of the most influential shows I watched was Lost In Space. That show captured my imagination and was the main reason I became interested in space and science/fiction. I never forgot that show and even revisited that series as an adult...

  • Have you taken your drugs today?

    17 Jan 2012 | 9:19 am
    If you have or ever had a need to take medicine on a regular basis then you would...

  • The Pi is in the oven.

    11 Jan 2012 | 12:50 am
    You may remember in a previous post how I wanted some Raspberry Pi. Well the latest news is that the Pi is now in the oven and being baked as we speak. In other words

  • Understanding the Safari Cookies.binarycookies file format.

    7 Jan 2012 | 5:33 am
    I recently had a need to parse the Safari browser Cookies.binarycookies file in which Safari stores it's cookies. This file is (as the name suggests) a binary file where the cookies are stored. This is different from Firefox or Chrome browsers where the cookies are stored in an sqlight database o...

  • Should Android and Linux marry?

    4 Jan 2012 | 10:05 pm
    There have been thoughts and speculation floating around the web recently of Android and Linux merging again. What gets me is that everybody seems to be speaking and thinking of Android as a separate operating system. It is not! Android is just as much Linux based as the Linux...
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  • Katherine Noyes: I'm a Linux fan, and I enjoy helping to bring Linux to the forefront

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm
    If you have enjoyed two interviews I made with women in Linux world before, I am sure you will love this one too. I'll not talk too much in the beginning. Let me introduce my today's guest: Katherine Noyes. DarkDuck: Hello, Katherine. I am sure most of readers of my blog know who you are. But anyway, could you please introduce yourself. Katherine Noyes: Yes, of course. I'm Katherine Noyes, and I'm a writer specializing in Linux and open source software. I write for PCWorld and LinuxInsider as well as Springwise, though the latter doesn't relate specifically to software. DD: How long are you…

  • Linux for migrants: Zorin OS

    23 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    Some Linux distributions try to find their own way in arrangement of the user desktop. Take, for example, Ubuntu with Unity. Whatever is your opinion about this Desktop Environment, you can’t deny that it brought some fresh ideas as to how to organize the user’s desktop. At the other pole are Linux distros which intentionally adjust their look to something familiar to users of other operating systems, being it Windows or Mac. Zorin OS is one of those. The intent of such distros is to smooth the transition for users wishing to migrate from Windows to Linux. Zorin OS exists in several…

  • DragonFlyBSD: Desktop is not a target

    18 Jan 2012 | 6:19 pm
    This blog is called Linux notes from DarkDuck. As you may think from the name, it is dedicated to anything about Linux. And I write about using Linux-based operating systems on desktop from the point of view of regular user. But from time to time I make exceptions. Today is one of these days. I will not tell you about Linux, but rather about an operating system quite close to GNU/Linux. It is BSD-based operating system DragonFlyBSD. This operating system is a community supported distribution, initially forked from FreeBSD 4.8. The current release of DragonFlyBSD is 2.10.1 and it was…

  • Following the unique way of Trisquel

    15 Jan 2012 | 2:52 pm
    There are different general directions in GNU/Linux distribution development, taking into consideration the dilemma of free vs non-free software. Some developers don’t bother with this dilemma at all and include useful software in their distribution.  Others do not turn off non-free software initially, but allow users to decide themselves. They place non-free and restricted software in separate repositories.  And another stance is taken by developers who stick to free software only. The developers from this last group sometimes even get recognition from the Free Software…

  • Simply SimplyMEPIS 11.0

    11 Jan 2012 | 5:32 pm
    I had heard of this Linux distribution a long time ago. Different readers who commented on my blog mentioned it. But I continued postponing a review of it all for a long time. The last time the Mepis name was dropped was during my interview with Geek-in-Pink who mentioned this distribution as her favourite. The time has come. I made my way to the official site of Mepis to download it. There are several downloading options available. I used the most “community-oriented” one, i.e. torrent. Actually, what I downloaded was named SimplyMEPIS 11.0. This version was released in May…
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  • Learning Python: a good IDE can help

    Scott Nesbitt
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:53 pm
    Recently, I started trying to learn Python. And, no, not because everyone seems to be learning to code this year. Doing this has been on my back burner for a while, and I’ve finally decided to take the reins. I don’t expect to become much of a coder or scripter, but picking up some Python is something that has interested me for a while. As part of the whole process, I decided that I needed to code in an IDE. A text editor is fine, but I need a bit more. That said, most IDEs are overkill for me at the moment. I’m not, as I pointed out, a hard core developer and I don’t…

  • Trying something (kind of) new

    Scott Nesbitt
    5 Dec 2011 | 5:29 am
    Variety. It is, as the saying goes, the spice of life. And where can you get more variety than with a Linux distribution? When I test drive (or do more) with a new Linux distro, I’m usually exposed to some software that might not normally look at. And that’s what happened when I recently switched back to Xubuntu. I started using four small applications that I probably wouldn’t have normally taken a look at otherwise. Here’s a quick peek at them. Leafpad While I generally prefer using an editor like Gedit, there are time when I just need to quickly edit a text or…

  • Going back to xfce

    Scott Nesbitt
    25 Nov 2011 | 3:00 am
    It’s been a while since I last used a Linux distro with xfce. Several years, in fact. Back then, it was a version of Xubuntu running on a Thinkpad T40 laptop that I’d bought via Craigslist. The Thinkpad packed 1.5 GB of memory, a 1.5 GHz processor, and a 40 GB hard drive. Not the biggest or baddest machine around. But as I recall, Xubuntu was quite zippy on it. Recently, I came full circle and started using xfce again. Why? I did something smart in a really stupid way. To make a long story short, I somehow hosed my Ubuntu 11.04 desktop. When I logged in, neither the panel or Unity…

  • Creating a ebook with LibreOffice Writer

    Scott Nesbitt
    2 Nov 2011 | 5:19 am
    If you have an idea for a book, you’re no longer at the mercy of an editor at a big (or even small) publishing house somewhere. Thanks to computers, we can all be publishers — and for more than just one day. Yes, you guessed it. ebooks are the great leveler. Or, at least, they can be. If you have a fairly recent Linux distro and LibreOffice Writer you can publish your own ebooks quickly and easily. OK, you’re probably thinking: using a word processor as an ebook publishing tool? There’s no reason why you can’t. People have written and published ebooks using LibreOffice…

  • Writing in Markdown with ReText

    Scott Nesbitt
    21 Oct 2011 | 4:46 am
    If you’ve been reading this space for any length of time, you know that I’m a heavy user of Markdown. I do a lot of writing with it. In fact, about one-third of my writing is done with a text editor and Markdown. Mainly articles and blog posts. While I use and like Gedit, I’ve been looking for a dedicated Markdown editor for a while now. I found a promising one a few years ago, but it’s abandonware now. Since then, nothing. Well, until I stumbled upon ReText a couple of weeks ago. While it’s not 100% there yet, ReText is a solid and capable editor with some…
 
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  • Mozilla Merilis Versi 0.1 Bahasa dan Kompiler Rust

    sumodirjo
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:30 pm
    Mozilla telah merilis versi publik pertama kompiler dan tool pengembangan untuk bahasa Rust, yang dideskripsikan sebagai bahasa yang aman, concurrent, dan praktis. Menurut pengumuman tersebut, rilis pertama ini ditujukan bagi pengadopsi awal dan penghobi bahasa dan telah dideskripsikan oleh pengembang “Bagus, tetapi masih mungkin menggigit anda”. Rust merupakan bahasa pemrograman dan toolkit open source yang [...]

  • Cloud9 Mendukung Komunitas Node.js, Bekerja Sama Dengan Microsoft

    sumodirjo
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:15 pm
    Cloud9, pengembang IDE Cloud9, mengumumkan bahwa mereka akan bekerja sama dengan Microsoft untuk memungkinkan aplikasi Node.js yang dibuat di IDE Cloud9 IDE untuk di deploy di platform komputasi awan Azure milik Microsoft. Platform open source, event-driven, JavaScript-on-the-server Node.js diport ke Windows tahun lalu dengan dukungan dari Microsoft. Kerja sama ini akan menyediakan platform cloud kepada [...]

  • Perancis Meluncurkan Portal Open Data

    sumodirjo
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Pemerintah perancis meluncurkan versi beta portal open data dibawah domain data.gouv.fr. Menurut pengumuman dari pemerintah perancis yang direferensikan oleh komisi Eropa Joinup, situs web ini dilancurkan pada tanggal 5 Desember 2011, membuat data pemerintahan tersedia ke publik bebas biaya dan tanpa pembatasan. Portal ini sekarang menyediakan akses ke sekitar 350.000 catatan pemerintahan, termasuk anggaran untuk [...]

  • Chrome 16 Menutup Celah Keamanan

    sumodirjo
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:30 am
    Google telah merilis versi 16.0.912.77 Google Chrome yang menutup beberapa celah keamanan di peramban web berbasis WebKit ini. Update ini ditujukan untuk mengatasi empat vulnerabilitas yang kesemuanya dirate sebagai “high severity“. Ini termasuk celah use-after-free di pemilihan DOM dan penanganan DOM, nilai tidak terinialisasi di pustaka grafik 2D Skia dan buffer overflow di tree builder. [...]

  • Update NTFS-3G Memperbaiki Kompresi

    sumodirjo
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:15 am
    Pengembang di Tuxera telah mengumumkan rilis versi 2012.1.15 edisi komunitas driver dan koleksi tool NTFS-3G + Ntfsprogsof, sebuah update stabil yang menyertakan beberapa perbaikan dan penambahan kecil. Kode untuk mengakses data terkompresi sekarang bekerja lebih cepat dan untuk pertama kalinya aplikasi pengkopian ntfscp mendukung kompresi. Ketika merestore file tool ntfsundelete sekarang mencoba mengembalikan nama file [...]
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  • A Guide To Planning A Trip

    linuxandfriends
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:32 pm
    Recently, I had to make a short trip to Bangalore. It was for 2 days and 2 nights total. Keeping a few things in mind while packing for the trip ensured that my trip to Bangalore was relatively stress free. I am listing them for your perusal. Plan your trip in detail Create a list of the itinerary before you embark on the trip. And plan how you will go about doing it. What places you will see, the purpose of your visit etc. And stick to the plan once you get there. This will remove half the trouble. For example, what mode of transport are you going to use – Bus, Train, Plane etc. Have…

  • A Git Primer For New Users

    linuxandfriends
    16 Jan 2012 | 12:30 pm
    This is a git primer for newbies or those people who – want to use Git to version their data, but don’t know how. What is Git Git is a Version Control System. Version Control System (VCS) is a software that allows you to manage changes of documents, programs, images and other information that is stored in form of computer files. Changes are usually identified by an incrementing number or letter code also known as revision number or revision. The simplest usage of versioning is – you can easily go back to the previous working version of your files, should you mess something…

  • Play Free Cut The Rope Game in Your PC

    linuxandfriends
    10 Jan 2012 | 11:26 pm
    “Cut the rope” is a very popular game that runs on iPhone and Android devices. In this game,  candies are dangling on ropes. Your job is to cut the rope in such a way that the candies fall straight into the mouth of the monster sitting at the bottom. While the game play is simple, passing each level requires some strategy and dexterity on your part. Cut the rope game screen It is a fun game which is why it has become so popular. Now you can also play this game (Cut the rope) in your PC right within your web browser. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team has partnered with…

  • How To Treat Skin Cuts or Abrasions

    linuxandfriends
    9 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    Yesterday I was riding my bicycle as usual through a busy road in my city and the unthinkable happened. A careless pedestrian trying to cross the road jumped in front of my bicycle. Unfortunately I couldn’t stop my bicycle in time and to avoid hitting the pedestrian I severed the bicycle, lost balance and fell down. Thankfully I escaped with very little injury. But when I fell down, I scraped my knee on the hard asphalt road. My bruised knee showing skin abrasion So this post is about how you can treat minor skin abrasions. Bicyclists call it road rash. How to treat skin cuts or…

  • How To Install Opera Web Browser In Fedora

    linuxandfriends
    6 Jan 2012 | 9:55 pm
    This guide explains how to install Opera web browser in Fedora Linux. Opera is a standards complaint web browser that is heavy in features but having a relatively low memory foot print. It is one of the few web browsers that has an integrated mail client and news reader built into it. Opera isn’t included in Fedora repositories. However, installing Opera in Fedora is really easy. Here is what you do. Step 1: Visit Opera home page and click on the large download button. Surprisingly, Opera website automatically detects which operating system you are using and provides link to the Opera…
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  • I like a lot of choices, but only if they actually work

    minitour
    10 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am
    If you’ve been following this blog, you should know that as much as I would like to try as many Linux distributions as I possibly can, I only have one aging laptop to play with right now; one that I feel is nearing the end of its useful life. Experimenting with different distributions and desktop environments is mostly fun, but it’s not a luxury I can have. In 2011, I’ve installed and manipulated Debian 6, Mint (its various incarnations), CentOS 6, SL 6, PCLinuxOS, openSUSE, Sabayon 7 and a few other distributions. It was quite strange that I ended the year with Ubuntu on my…

  • Predictions for 2012 (Linux, general tech and personal)

    minitour
    2 Jan 2012 | 1:54 am
    I’m tired of predictions, just like most people. But having said that, some things are worth thinking about. In my case, the things that might happen in 2012 can affect my next phone purchase, the next Linux distribution I’ll be using or if I’ll ever be lured into becoming a tablet user. Trivial things for most people, I know, but very important for a geek like me. 1. Linux will remain Linux: rewarding when it works, stupid as hell when it doesn’t. 2. People will continue to buy Android devices in droves without actually knowing how to unleash the full potential of…

  • 10 signs you’re bored

    minitour
    12 Dec 2011 | 2:00 am
    1. Your OCD hasn’t been bothering you for while, and yet you’re feeling the signs that it’s going to start distracting you again. 2. Dieting has become a hobby, and for you, it feels like starving yourself is a better activity compared to everything else. 3. A Linux fanatic stops being interested in anything related to the OS. 4. You ignore great opportunities passing you by, simply because you feel too lazy to act or react. 5. A gadget freak stops wanting new gadgets. 6. You think watching an episode of House M.D. will make your day. 7. You start tolerating intolerable…

  • The Giant and the Schizophrenic

    minitour
    1 Sep 2011 | 7:35 am
    Microsoft Windows will continue to be the OS giant that some of us don’t want it to be anymore. Let’s face it, most people hate change. If it works, it’s good enough, damn the bugs and crashes. I still maintain a Windows PC, although I don’t use it. As long as I keep everything updated, that system doesn’t really crash or do anything annoying. Of course, as a convert, I am a full-time Linux user. I have no plans of switching back to Windows. Macs are different, though. I would seriously consider buying a Mac if I had the dough. Fortunately (no typo here), I…

  • If Linus is using LinuxMint, then everyone should too

    minitour
    10 Aug 2011 | 5:30 am
    I just read today that someone is claiming that Linus Torvalds is currently using LinuxMint. Of course, news like this, unless taken from the actual person involved, should not be taken as fact. But it does raise a few important questions regarding what Linux should be to everyone. Is the Linux desktop supposed to be reserved for the “tech elite?” Does that mean computer novices shouldn’t use Linux? I honestly don’t know the answer to that. I only stumbled to Linux because I was curious. Then again, I wouldn’t describe myself as someone who wasn’t…
 
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  • Essay 9. “Ancient Cultures”

    admin
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:38 pm
    How do civilizations form and cultures come to life? How were technologies invented and what were our ancestors capable of? How do we know if human development is ever increasing or not? In ancient times, a lot of sophisticated cultures existed here on earth, each of them was advanced in its own way and distinguishable from the others by their specific customs, art and religion. The present scientific notion is that ancient cultures have all evolved on their own. And relationships only existed between those, whose homelands were not separated by large waters, because long range sea travel…

  • Essay 8. “Should Money Be Spent on Space Exploration?”

    admin
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:31 pm
    Yes, I believe we should spent money on space exploration. As it is said, we have been on the Moon. Our space devices have been at nearest distances of the Mars, Venus and other planets and space objects. Are we alone in the universe? Scientists say that there is no intelligent life in the world except of us. On the other hand, how they can be so assured? As we think, the universe is endless. So it is just impossible if we were alone in the whole universe. So, maybe there is an intelligent life somewhere in deep space. They might be unlike us. I suppose that is. Many of them might be friendly…

  • Text 2

    admin
    21 Dec 2011 | 3:53 am
    Close your eyes. You’re not here. Imagine you’re on a shore of a beautiful river. There is a green and tall forest behind you. It is warm and sunny. The river is calm and easy. Its waves are breaking the shore gently. You’re lying on the sandy shore. You see blue skies, wide blue skies. Nobody is around you. You’re closing you eyes. Relax your arms. Relax your legs. Calm down your breath. Your entire body is relaxed. You almost don’t feel your body. You’re at peace with the whole world. No thoughts, no troubles. The peace. You’re apart from your body. You’re flying above the…

  • Text 1

    admin
    21 Dec 2011 | 3:46 am
    I am lying on the sand. It is on an island in the middle of the ocean. The sand is warm and soft. My eyes are closed. I am relaxed. I hear sound from ocean’s waves. I like this sound. Waves touches me gentle. My arms, my legs are relaxed. If any thoughts comes in my head, they’re flying away to the skies. I feel I am at peace. My body is at peace. I imagine a bird in the sky. It is flying near the top of the skies. I feel like I am the bird. I see the world from this bird’s point of view. I see the island, the sun, the warm and soft sand and the gentle waves. Nobody around. Only my body…

  • Rhyme 2

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    21 Dec 2011 | 3:31 am
    One day some smart guy Came to a forest, he was shy In the forest he met a bear It was eating and would not like to share… Related posts Rhyme 1 (0) Text 2 (1) Text 1 (0) Essay 7. “Different Kinds of Fruits That Were Imported to Europe” (0) Essay 6. “Dangerous Activities. Why Are People Attracted to Taking Risks?” (0)
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  • Using DeVeDe to create DVDs on Linux

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:06 am
    Your daughter's birthday was beautiful and you have lots of videos and pictures from the event that have to be organized in a nice-looking way. Your graduation party was a blast and you want to remember it properly. Whatever the occasion, whatever the content, a custom-created DVD will pack your memories nicely and will spike your geek cred because you created it and hey, it looks so cool. But what tool should you use? There are professional, paid-for programs that can help you in creating a DVD, but why use another OS and pay when you have free OSs and free software to do this? You can use…

  • Customize your Cinnamon desktop with Javascript

    23 Jan 2012 | 3:27 pm
    We've seen, in the last years at least, a big rise of the Web in everything we do and everywhere we do it. Now, lots of people need only a browser window for work or for fun, making lots of previously-used pieces of software obsolete. With the launch of the Gnome 3 desktop environment, the Web made it's way inside our installed software in a very smart way: parts of the UI are actually writen in Javascript, a Web language by excellence. Or...maybe not that much. Fabrice Bellard wrote a PC emulator in Javascript, and here's another example: a desktop environment having important parts written…

  • Learning Linux Commands: top

    12 Jan 2012 | 4:03 pm
    System monitoring is an important aspect of any more-or-less advanced Linux user, because there comes a time when you want to know what is taking precious resources or simply how much it does take. And despite what some people think, this is not applicable only to server systems. Desktop applications go haywire too, and you find your system slowed down to a crawl because some "rogue" app decided to eat up all your memory. For enterprise users there are lots of potent free or commercial solutions for monitoring, but for the old-school Linux user and/or someone that prefers to keep it simple,…

  • Linux Desktop new goodies: Razor-Qt and Cinnamon

    9 Jan 2012 | 8:58 pm
    While there's no doubt that the leaders in the Linux desktop contest are GNOME and KDE, that does not mean they are catered for everyone. Different people have different needs and there were and still are voices in the community that criticize some of the choices the designers of the two desktops made. We, as always, prefer not to take sides, but we noticed that, as it often happens in Open Source, alternatives started to appear, addressing the aforementioned issues. Today we'll talk about two of the alternatives, so you know you always have a choice. So, for GTK and/or Qt fans that know how…

  • SysAid - IT helpdesk installation on Linux system

    8 Jan 2012 | 9:49 pm
    This article describes an installation of SysAid software on a Linux system using tomcat and Apache. SysAid is a commercial web-based help desk software and if you were thinking to install either its free or paid version in your organization this guide should help you to achieve it. The default installation of SysAid IT help desk is quite very straight forward. On top of this basic installation this guide will provide you with some extra settings on how to configure Sysaid with apache's https service using AJP proxy.
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  • Linux users cautiously optimistic about Ubuntu’s Head-Up Display desktop

    sjvn01
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:05 am
    When Ubuntu announced that it was going to switch to Unity for its primary Linux desktop, some users were outraged by Ubuntu’s shift to a new interface. Many turned to Linux Mint in place of Ubuntu. So, when Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu would be moving from Unity to Head-Up Display (HUD), I [...]

  • A first look at Ubuntu Linux’s Head-Up Display (Gallery)

    sjvn01
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am
    In Ubuntu Linux’s new Head-Up Display (HUD ), menus come second. Instead your primary interface is the search bar. A first look at Ubuntu Linux’s Head-Up Display (Gallery) More >

  • Linux Mint releases Cinnamon, GNOME 2.x style desktop

    sjvn01
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:51 am
    Clement Lefebvre, lead developer of Linux Mint, has announced the first “fully stable” version of its new GNOME 2.x-like “Cinnamon 1.2? fork of the GNOME 3.x desktop environment is now available for not only Mint, but for Ubuntu 11.10, Fedora 16, OpenSUSE 12.1, Arch Linux, and Gentoo. The Cinnamon interface looks and works a lot [...]
 
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  • Add Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Countdown Banner To Your Website or Blog

    mhnassif
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:52 pm
    It’s still quite early for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin final release, however, I have made a Ubuntu 12.04 countdown banner featured with Pangolin logo as part of Ubuntu 12.04 codename. The Pangolin logo shows the gray Pangolin scale color refers to an unfinished work progress and around 30 percent of Orange Pangolin scale color for the current progress in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. I got an idea to make the banner take you to the release notes page after every development release of Ubuntu 12.04 for just few days and then the banner will lead to Ubuntu home page as it…

  • KDE Plasma And Applications 4.8 are Available To Update For Kubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Using PPA

    mhnassif
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:52 pm
    The latest stable KDE plasma and applications version 4.8 are available to update/install through backport PPA provided by Kubuntu team  for 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot users. KDE 4.8 brings better performance, more stability and many new features to the plasma workspaces and KDE applications. So, let’s check KDE 4.8 highlights and some of the new features added recently to it. Six possible layout for “Windows switcher” commonly used by “Alt+Tab” shortcut, it  becomes useful for systems that don’t use Desktop Effects.  You can configure the layout by…

  • Cinnamon 1.2 Released | What’s New | Installation Instructions

    mhnassif
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:19 pm
    Cinnamon is a new desktop environment, it’s forked from Gnome Shell and based on “Mutter” window manager and Gnome 3 desktop. Cinnamon desktop environment is developed by Linux Mint team. Finally Cinnamon desktop environment has reached a stable stage “Cinnamon 1.2″. So, Let’s check the what’s new in Cinnamon 1.2 and installation instruction in various Linux distributions. Cinnamon 1.2 brings desktop effects and graphical user interface settings manager to easily customize your desktop elements and we will have a closer look to Cinnamon settings…

  • Top 10 Plank Dock Themes

    mhnassif
    21 Jan 2012 | 3:11 pm
    Plank dock is one of the most lightweight application launchers, it does not require a big amount of memory or CPU usage. Plank dock is written using Vala programming language and developed by Docky Core team. Here we are going to have a look at 10 great Plank Dock themes looks stunning on many different desktop styles and user interface customizations. In an earlier post we have seen the installation instructions on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin using PPA. Also how to configure Plank Dock using the configuration file since it does not have a configurations…

  • What’s New In Unity 2D 5.2 | Changelog | Installation Using PPA

    mhnassif
    21 Jan 2012 | 2:11 am
    A few days ago Unity 5.0 released along with Unity 2D 5.2 for machines does not support the minimum hardware requirements for Unity. Both of them are available to update on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin LTS using local repository. Unity 2D 5.2 brings new functionalities to unity launcher, better performance to the home dash menu and various bug fixes. Highlights of Unity 2D 5.2 Changelog Quick List menu using mouse right click on unity launcher icons. Drag and drop running application to the trash will close the application and also remove it from the launcher in case it’s already…
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