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- IBM's newest mainframe is all Linux December 9, 2009IBM expanded its server lineup with a new mainframe system designed just for Linux that may be aimed, in particular, at higher-end x86 systems.
- Linux Owns 1/3 of the Netbook Marketshare December 9, 2009Lots of people use Linux. That's known. But usually those people are computer science majors flipping major corporations the bird (before they sell out to said corporations after graduation), not consumers buying systems with Linux preloaded.
- Ten Powerful Linux Commands December 4, 2009Many Linux commands are powerful, and any user would do well to know them. Below are ten such commands, all simple in nature but powerful in their usefulness. The method in which they are executed will depend on the Linux system used.
- 7 Instances of KDE Appearances On The Silver Screen December 3, 2009I don't know about you, but when ever a computer screen appears in a movie or series I instantly focus on the interface, trying to glean what they have installed on the device. Even better, when possible, I pause and try to analyze and read the damn thing. Here, I dugg up 7 instances of KDE appearances on the silver screen.
- Linux Could Even Look Like Windows If It Wanted To December 3, 2009A young Linux enthusiast that goes by the name PhrankDaChicken has created a script that will fully theme your Ubuntu desktop into an XP one.
- MS Internet Explorer finally dethroned in Germany! December 2, 2009For the first time since 1996, the InternetExplorer browser family is no longer dominating the German Internet landscape. 4 slides that show the development of browser marketshare and how the impact of new IE versions got weaker by every version.
- VirtualBox 3.1 adds live migration and branched snapshots December 1, 2009The latest version of VirtualBox delivers some compelling new features, including support for live migration and branched snapshots. Migration capabilities reflect VirtualBox's potential for ascending into the enterprise arena.
- Linux Mint 8 “Helena” released! November 29, 2009The team is proud to announce the stable release of Linux Mint 8 Helena.
- The Incredible Guide to NEW Ubuntu (Karmic Koala) [PDF] November 26, 2009With the release of a new Ubuntu (Linux for human beings) distribution, Karmic Koala, we felt it was time to go back to the roots and beyond. This guide that’s both great for Linux initiates, and Linux intermediates. Over 50 pages of cool copy-paste tutorials and hacks, it belongs in the virtual library of every Linux user!
- Google Partners with Canonical for Chrome OS November 24, 2009Rather than seeing Google's Chrome operating system as competing with Linux desktop distributions, Canonical is working with Google to make the OS.
Slashdot: Linux
- Nouveau NVIDIA Driver To Enter Linux 2.6.33 KernelAn anonymous reader writes "Not only is DRBD to be included in the Linux 2.6.33 kernel, but so is the Nouveau driver. The Nouveau driver is the free software driver that was created by clean-room reverse engineering NVIDIA's binary Linux driver. It has been in development for several years with 2D, 3D, and video support. The DRM component is set to […]kdawson
- Red Hat Open Sources SPICE Desktop Virtualizationlaxl writes "Linux vendor Red Hat has open sourced the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environment (SPICE) virtual desktop protocol it acquired last year with Qumranet, which used SPICE for its own commercial desktop-virtualization product, called SolidIce. SPICE can be used to deploy virtual desktops from a server out to remote computers, suc […]kdawson
- DRBD To Be Included In Linux Kernel 2.6.33An anonymous reader writes "The long-time Linux kernel module for block replication over TCP, DRBD, has been accepted as part of the main Linux kernel. Amid much fanfare and some slight controversy, Linus has pulled the DRBD source into the 2.6.33 tree, expected to release February, 2010. DRBD has existed as open source and been available in major distr […]timothy
- IBM's Newest Mainframe Is All Linuxdcblogs writes "IBM has released a new mainframe server that doesn't include its z/OS operating system. This Enterprise Linux Server line supports Red Hat or Suse. The system is packaged with mainframe management and virtualization tools. The minimum processor configuration uses two specialty mainframe processors designed for Linux. IBM wants to go […]samzenpus
- Malware Found Hidden In Screensaver On Gnome-LookAndGodSed writes "OMG! UBUNTU! Reports the following: 'Malware has been found hidden inside an innocuous 'waterfall' screensaver .deb file made available on popular artwork sharing site Gnome-Look.org. The .deb file installs a script with elevated privileges designed to perform a DDoS attack as well as keep itself updated via downloads. T […]timothy
- D-Link's New Boxee Box Runs Linux, Eyes NetflixDeviceGuru writes "OpenBoxeeBox.com is reporting that D-Link's new DM-380 Boxee Box, demonstrated last night in New York at Boxee's Boxee Beta unveiling, runs Linux but does not yet stream Netflix video-on-demand titles. However, according to an unnamed Boxee insider, 'the goal is to have the device support Netflix.' The DM-380 featu […]CmdrTaco
- Google Upgrades Chrome To Beta For OS X, Linuxwkurzius writes with this nugget from Mac Rumors: "As anticipated, Google has finally released an official beta version of its Chrome browser for Mac. The initial beta version, termed Build 4.0.249.30, requires Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard, and is only compatible with Intel-based Macs." And hierofalcon writes with word that Chrome has also been […]timothy
- Linux Reaches 32% Netbook Market Sharechristian.einfeldt writes "Linux netbooks have captured 32% of the global netbook market, says Jeff Orr, an analyst with consumer computer research firm ABI Research. The largest share of netbook sales is in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, according to Orr. ABI's latest figures align with a statement by Dell ex […]kdawson
- FreeNAS Switching From FreeBSD To Debian Linuxdnaumov writes "FreeNAS, a popular, free NAS solution, is moving away from using FreeBSD as its underlying core OS and switching to Debian Linux. Version 0.8 of FreeNAS as well as all further releases are going to be based on Linux, while the FreeBSD-based 0.7 branch of FreeNAS is going into maintenance-only mode, according to main developer Volker Thei […]Soulskill
- Multiple-Display Power Tools For Linux?shift writes "I've used multiple monitors for years (currently 3) and find that Linux is lacking in power tools for such setups. Even Windows 7 has added the feature to move a window from screen to screen with keyboard shortcuts. Are any of the major desktop environments adding such features? I'm still stuck on FVWM and have defined functions […]timothy
LinuxQuestions.org
- KDE to Gnome December 12, 2009I've installed linux about a year ago and set it to KDE. Now, I wish to change but don't know how, without re-instlling! How do I switch from KDE to gnome? I'm using Fedora ...I think 11, or 10.fedix
- I installed ubuntu 9 to a mercury p4vm800m7 machine ,but i have no display driver December 12, 2009I installed ubuntu 9 to a mercury p4vm800m7 machine ,but i have no display driverSarath M Sasi
- OS port in ARM December 12, 2009Hi, I have a LPC2478 board with Symbian OS ported on it. Can anyone give me drivers of UART, timer, lcd, interrupt, SPI, I2C of Symbian OS ? So I can test the peripherals. Thanks.Pinkesh
- PPPoE timeout problems December 12, 2009Ok, so here is a problem: I've got ADSL PPPoE connection to internet. The modem/router connects itself to internet, with username and password that are configured with it's web interface. In something...Miarld
- Error in compiling mpfr-2.3.2 December 12, 2009hi friends... i am in the chap 6 of LFS v6.4....i got stuck with an error in compiling mpfr-2.3.2... i installed gmp..... while compiling mpfr-2.3.2 it shows error... libgmd not found or...soumajit
- LXer: Distro Review: Fedora 12 December 12, 2009Published at LXer: Today Id like to talk about my experiences with Fedora 12 over the last couple of weeks. Ive been running it as my main desktop and really getting a feel for how it ticks....LXer
- gcc installation error December 12, 2009Hi , I am in section 6.14 of Linux From Scratch - Version 6.4 While installing gcc i get following errors root:/sources/gcc-build# ../gcc-4.3.2/configure --prefix=/usr \ > ...eshi14
- How to code a host application to talk to a HID device in Debian Linux December 12, 2009Hi All, I got a trouble about communicating between host application and HID device (with a button) in a embedded Debian Linux OS. The both of them are working fine on ubuntu. When I insert my HID...timxu
- MySQL Error when cerating FK in tables, can't pinpoint the syntax error December 12, 2009Can't single the cause of the error and it is driving me insane, can anyone provide any insight? mysql> CREATE TABLE Shipment ( -> Shipment_ID INT(10) NOT NULL, -> Delivery_ID INT(10)...jason.rohde
- faster bootup? December 12, 2009in the "old" windows days I routinely disabled starting up unnecessary startup files to speed up the boot up. How do I do this in Linux and how do I find out which files are needed and which are not?...joseph2020
Slashdot: Interviews
- Ask Sam Ramji About the CodePlex FoundationThis week the Codeplex Foundation announced its first project, the ASP.NET Ajax Library Project, as part of its first sponsored gallery, the ASP.NET Gallery. The CodePlex Foundation is now two months old, and Foundation President Sam Ramji has agreed to answer questions about the Foundation, its first project, and overall progress to date. Usual Slashdot int […]ScuttleMonkey
- Blizzard Answers Your Questions and MoreLast week we asked for interview questions to help supplement our face-to-face interviews at Blizzcon. Over the course of the two-day con we were able to sit down with StarCraft II's Dustin Browder, Diablo III's Leonard Boyarsky, WoW's J. Allen Brack, and Battle.net expert Rob Pardo to answer a few questions on each of the four major camps in […]ScuttleMonkey
- Ask Blizzard About Starcraft2, Diablo III, WoW, or Battle.netWell, Blizzcon 2009 is about to get underway (look for the big news from the keynote in a few hours) and given how fast it sold out I'm sure there are still many rabid fans interested in what Blizzard might have to say that don't want to shell out the $40 for Pay-Per-View access. So, to that end we have interviews scheduled tomorrow with the teams […]ScuttleMonkey
- Bethesda Speaks On Gamebryo Engine, Final Fallout 3 DLCPsxMeUP writes "Game Observer conducted an interview with Ashley Cheng, Production Director at Bethesda. He answered questions about the Gamebryo engine, why they prefer it over other engines and the advantages it presented while making Fallout 3. Cheng also talks a bit about what inspired their designers while making Fallout 3 and what is in store for […]Soulskill
- Jazz Technical Lead Erich Gamma Answers Your QuestionsLast week you asked Jazz technical lead Erich Gamma questions about Jazz or anything else in his realm of expertise. Here are his answers, along with many external links and places to continue the conversation if you are interested.Read more of this story at Slashdot.ScuttleMonkey
- Ask Jazz Technical Lead Dr. Erich GammaAs IBM continues to build out Jazz, their community-oriented development site, technical lead Dr. Erich Gamma has offered to answer questions about Jazz or anything else in his realm of expertise. Among his many accomplishments, Erich worked with Kent Beck on the Java unit testing framework, JUnit, and was actively involved until JUnit 4. Dr. Gamma was also […]ScuttleMonkey
- CSIS Cybersecurity Commission Chairman Jim Langevin Answers Your QuestionsLast week we solicited questions for US Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI), one of the chairs of the CSIS Cybersecurity Commission. Here are his answers — along with contact information for him if you want to continue the conversation.Read more of this story at Slashdot.Roblimo
- Ask Cybersecurity Commission Chairman Jim Langevin About US Cybersecurity PlansUS Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI) is one of the chairs of the CSIS Cybersecurity Commission that released a comprehensive 96-page report on Dec. 8 under the title, Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency. The aim of the Commission is to help the incoming administration balance "cyberspace" security needs with civil liberties. We'd like […]Roblimo
- Blizzard Answers Your Questions, From BlizzconLast week we asked you to submit questions for several Blizzard employees on a wide range of issues. Since we undertook the pilgrimage to Blizzcon in person this year, we decided to use the question ideas as a guide rather than an absolute, so that it could be a little more conversational in tone. Below we have included the responses from Chris Sigaty, lead […]ScuttleMonkey
- Ask Blizzard Employees About Things That MatterIn just a few days, some of us will be making the trek to this year's Blizzcon event in Anaheim, CA. In addition to the interesting announcements, sneak peeks, and other distractions, we will be sitting down with several Blizzard employees to answer any questions you might have. So far we have scheduled some time with Chris Sigaty, lead producer on Star […]ScuttleMonkey
HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials –
- Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Mandriva 2009.1 December 11, 2009Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Mandriva 2009.1 This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota with this setup […]
- Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 9.10) December 10, 2009Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 9.10) This document describes how to install a mail server based on Postfix that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so t […]
- Virtual Mail And FTP Hosting With iRedMail And Pure-FTPd On Ubuntu 9.04 December 10, 2009Virtual Mail And FTP Hosting With iRedMail And Pure-FTPd On Ubuntu 9.04 iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes. Since version 0.5, it supports CentOS 5.x, Debian 5.x, Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 9.04 (both i386 and x86_64). iRedMail supports both OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for storing virtu […]
- How To Relay Email On A Postfix Server December 9, 2009How To Relay Email On A Postfix Server For two small businesses I set up a debian lenny installation on their "home" dsl connection. The problem is that they have dynamic ip addresses and most mailservers will not accept incoming mail from a server on a dynamic ip address. The solution is rather simple. Set up postfix in a way that it will relay th […]
- The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2010.0 Free (x86_64) [ISPConfig 2] December 8, 2009The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2010.0 Free (x86_64) [ISPConfig 2] This tutorial shows how to set up a Mandriva 2010.0 Free (x86_64) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. […]
- Block Spam, Preventing URL Injection And Block HTTP Attacks With mod_dnsblacklist December 8, 2009Block Spam, Preventing URL Injection And Block HTTP Attacks With mod_dnsblacklist mod_dnsblacklist is a Lighttpd module that use DNSBL in order to block spam relay via web forms, preventing URL injection, block http DDoS attacks from bots and generally protecting your web service denying access to a known bad IP address.
- Postfix Virtual Hosting With LDAP Backend And With Dovecot As IMAP/POP3 Server On Ubuntu Kamic Koala 9.10 December 7, 2009Postfix Virtual Hosting With LDAP Backend And With Dovecot As IMAP/POP3 Server On Ubuntu Kamic Koala 9.10 This how to will allow you step by to configure a Postfix mail server with with virtual hosting. Virtual hosting means that you can add as many mail domains as you want and sub sequentially as many mailboxes for these domains as you want. Here we we use […]
- The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 11.2 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2] December 6, 2009The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 11.2 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2] This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 11.2 server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc […]
- How To Compile rTorrent From SVN In Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala / Debian 5 Lenny With Magnet Link Support December 4, 2009How To Compile rTorrent From SVN In Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala / Debian 5 Lenny With Magnet Link Support rTorrent is a popular command line based bittorrent client. It provides very powerful features yet it is very light on the system - contrary to other bittorrent clients like Vuze. There are a couple of webinterfaces for it but they are not truly need. SSH a […]
- The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11.2 (GNOME) December 3, 2009The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11.2 (GNOME) This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 11.2 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on […]
LXer Linux News
- Distro Review: Fedora 12Today I’d like to talk about my experiences with Fedora 12 over the last couple of weeks. I’ve been running it as my main desktop and really getting a feel for how it ticks. Fedora is the community release from corporate Linux giants Red Hat. I’ve used it on and off since its inception back in the early 2000’s, it’s fair to say there have been big highs and […]Dan Lynch
- Yes, I Guess We Linux Fools Are Pretty WeirdAre fairness and honor strictly FOSS values? Are we smelly FOSS hippies anachronisms in a world of predators and parasites?Carla Schroder
- FSF is Asking for Money AgainBasically the Free Software Foundation is a poor provider of grass roots energy for it’s cause. In fact its obstinate, angry views combined with it’s anti-community culture, serve to suck the life out of the movement. In fact if Free Software philosophies are to become successful, I think it’ll be despite the actions of the FSF. It seems to want to serve as […]Martin Owens
- Smart Phones, eBook Readers, and the Same Old, Same OldThere are two ways to play the standards game - as a team player, or winner take all. It looks like Amazon is trying for the latter. It also looks like they'll lose.Andy Updegrove
- Dell Website Shows Ubuntu More RespectOnly a few weeks after Microsoft's Windows 7 launch, Dell has quietly given Ubuntu Linux a bit more real estate on the Dell U.S. website. It's a small but significant move for Dell and the Ubuntu faithful. Here's why.Joe Panettieri
- How To Relay Email On A Postfix ServerFor two small businesses I set up a debian lenny installation on their "home" dsl connection. The problem is that they have dynamic ip addresses and most mailservers will not accept incoming mail from a server on a dynamic ip address. The solution is rather simple. Set up postfix in a way that it will relay the outgoing email through the actual ISP […]Stephan Jau
- Create a graph of your system’s performanceUse Dstat and Gnuplot to monitor performance, then turn that information into neat-looking graphs that anyone, even your manager, can understand…Sukrit Dhandhania
- Ubun-student is renamed to "Ailurus"-New PPA repositories included-Announced today by Ubun-student team that the name has been changed to "Ailurus",If you diden`t hear about ubum-stendent or Ailurus before, it is an application which aims at telling users Ubuntu enhancement tricks. It puts tricks in tool-tip text and "Tip of the day" window.Array
- Make Linux look awesome!It's now fair to say that the Linux desktop is at the forefront of visual effects, a cornucopia of eye-candy overflowing on to your desktop. And with a few tweaks, it can look even better. With both Windows and OS X continually upping the ante in what the average desktop user expects from their desktop experience, it's vitally important that Linux […]Array
- Nouveau To Go Into Linux 2.6.33 Kernel!This morning though, David Airlie and Ben Skeggs of Red Hat are delivering one grand present to NVIDIA Linux users for Christmas: the Nouveau DRM. Less than 24 hours ago David Airlie was writing on the mailing list how Red Hat would not sign off on the Nouveau work even though they ship it in Fedora due to these ctx_voodoo microcode issues, but they have wor […]Michael Larabel
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