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- How To Easily Share Your Wireless Connection In Ubuntu 9.10 December 20, 2009Ubuntu users are adept at fishing for tutorials and how-tos. Between the official Ubuntu help page , the Ubuntu Forums and our very own MakeUseOf Ubuntu Bible, almost any problem can be solved. Almost.
- Installing Linux voids warranty! December 19, 2009An anonymous reader said a Best Buy manager refused to replace his broken laptop and threw him out of the store twice when he tried to argue. The reader had even gone so far as to purchase an $80 extended warranty.
- Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO December 18, 2009In an unexpected move, Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is stepping down as head of the company.
- Ubuntu 10.04 will bring panel overhaul, social network menu December 17, 2009Canonical has revealed plans to bring social networking integration GNOME panel improvements in the next major version of Ubuntu. Notification area icons will be replaced by a new application indicator system. The panel will also feature a new Me Menu for setting messaging status.
- Watch out Microsoft: GNOME is poised to have a killer 2010 December 14, 2009The GNOME Foundation features a powerhouse roster of vendor sponsors who are committing more money than ever to support desktop Linux.
- 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.
Slashdot: Linux
- Shuttleworth To Step Down As Canonical CEO In 2010LinuxScribe writes "In a blog announcement today, Canonical Founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth revealed he will be stepping down from his CEO role to be replaced by current COO Jane Silber. Both execs do not see major strategic changes on the horizon. Silber's official blog and Linux.com each have more details on how the change will be implemented. […]timothy
- Why Top Linux Distros Are For Different UsersLucas123 writes "Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu Linux desktops may look alike, but they've got some important distinctions, like the fact that Fedora and Ubuntu use GNOME 2.28 (the latest version) for their default desktop, while openSUSE uses KDE 4.3.1. And, Fedora's designers have assumed that its users are wiser than the general run of users. […]CmdrTaco
- What Is the State of Linux Security DVR Software?StonyCreekBare writes "I am wondering what slashdotters have to offer on the idea of Linux based security systems, especially DVR software. I am aware of Zoneminder, but wonder what else is out there? Are there applications that will not only monitor video cameras, but motion sensors and contact closure alarms? What is state of the art in this area, and […]timothy
- SFLC Sues 14 Companies For BusyBox GPL Violationseldavojohn writes "The Software Freedom Law Center has filed a lawsuit accusing fourteen companies, including Best Buy, Samsung and Westinghouse, of violating the GPL in nearly 20 separate products. This is similar to earlier BusyBox GPL suits. The commercial uses of BusyBox must be much more prolific than anyone could have imagined. Having dealt with h […]Soulskill
- ARM-Powered Laptops To Increase Linux Market Share Soulskill
- GNOME Developer Suggests Split From GNU Projectblozza2070 writes "In a recent posting from Philip Van Hoof, he suggests that GNOME split off from the GNU Project and has proposed a vote. He was informed he will need 10% of members to agree for a vote to be put forth. At the same time, David Schlesinger (on the GNOME Advisory Board) has agreed on a vote. Stormy Peters said she doesn't agree with […]Soulskill
- 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
LinuxQuestions.org
- Cannot connect to internet (Wireless nor Wired) after Hard Reset December 20, 2009Hey everybody, After some wonderful times in using my laptop running ubuntu 9.04 as a router for my xbox, I had to do a hard reset after a freeze. Unfortunately, now I cannot connect to the...boaty
- Query about DynDNS? December 20, 2009I have registered for DynDNS. They provided me with Hostname and IP. I have Fedora 11 Machine.I want to host my website. How can I configure this box with dynDNS?your_shadow03
- Realtek 8139 Slackware 13 VMware December 20, 2009Hey .. First post on here, or at least, in years. Hope you guys can help me out :] Today, I spent nearly 6 hours trying to install multiple distro's on my system, including Slack 9.1, RH9, and...eddiejones
- rootkit hunter false positive for Xzibit Rootkit on CentOS 4.8? December 20, 2009Does rootkit hunter false positive for Xzibit Rootkit on CentOS 4.8? rkhunter picks it up but chkrootkit does not. TIAabefroman
- Setting up psql odbc on Fc11 x86_64 December 20, 2009I have installed postgresql-odbc.x86_64 using yum. I expected libodbcpsql driver and setup files to be available in /usr/lib64, but they are not there. Where should I look for the driver, and what...Doug Hutcheson
- Need help with Dial-up Web Setup? December 20, 2009I have a broadband connection from BSNL, India. I want to host website. All I have Fedora 11 Installed. Say, If I have creaed a webpage index.php. I want my friend located at US see my page. How...your_shadow03
- Welcome from Wellington, New Zealand December 20, 2009Hi People, I decided to place the family photo's on a shared drive, so that they can be accessed from any desktop. So I spent a couple of hours reading up on nfs and documenting how I intended to...Nivag
- Making USB hardware Key (Aladin) work in Wine December 20, 2009Hi all, I intend to switch from Windows to Linux permanently. I am using Ubuntu 9.10 presently. However, the biggest stumbling block is that I am not able to use my proprietary Windows XP based...saminania
- Does anyone know what I'm talking about? December 20, 2009Well this seemed like the most relevant category for my question, but I guess we will see. Alright have you ever been somewhere where there is a television or monitor telling you the...hoobajue
- Move a Windows XP system from IDE (PATA) to SATA December 20, 2009I haven't seen anything like this posted anywhere, thought I'd put it here in case anyone else is interested. These are the steps I took to move a Windows XP system from 2 IDE (PATA) HDs to 1 SATA...pnellesen
Slashdot: Interviews
- Sam Ramji Answers Your QuestionsA couple weeks back you asked some questions of new CodePlex Foundation President Sam Ramji. He has responded and expressed interest in participating in the discussion at some point. If you have follow up questions feel free to drop them in the discussion so he can address them as he has time.Read more of this story at Slashdot.ScuttleMonkey
- 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
HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials –
- Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2010.0 (LAMP) December 18, 2009Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2010.0 (LAMP) LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Mandriva 2010.0 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
- Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 9.10 December 17, 2009Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 9.10 This guide explans how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an Ubuntu 9.10 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, […]
- Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Fedora 11 December 17, 2009Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Fedora 11 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.
- Installing VirtualBox 3.1 On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop December 16, 2009Installing VirtualBox 3.1 On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop This tutorial shows how you can install Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.1 on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux and Windows under a host operating system.
- How To Install VMware Server 1.0.x On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop December 15, 2009How To Install VMware Server 1.0.x On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 1.0.x (1.0.10 at the time of this writing) on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop system. This is for those who prefer VMware Server 1.0.x over VMware Server 2.
- Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Mandriva 2009.1 December 15, 2009Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Mandriva 2009.1 This document describes how to install a PureFTPd 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 u […]
- How To Install vcPanel - VPS Control Panel December 14, 2009
- Paravirtualization With Xen On CentOS 5.4 (x86_64) December 13, 2009Paravirtualization With Xen On CentOS 5.4 (x86_64) This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 3.0.3) on a CentOS 5.4 (x86_64) system. Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called "virtual machines" or domUs, under a host operating system (dom0). Using Xen […]
- 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 […]
LXer Linux News
- A Concise Introduction to Free and Open SoftwareIf you’re like me, you became fully aware of free and open source software only gradually, rather than suddenly and all at once. Either way, you may sometimes wonder what you still don't know about where FOSS came from, how it happened, and why it matters. That's the way I felt, too, so I decided to fill in the blanks for myself.Andy Updegrove
- Managing Microsoft compiled html help files in LinuxIf you’ve worked in Windows long enough, you have come across the .chm file format. This format is nothing more than a compressed html directory with an included index for easy viewing. Problem is, you can’t view these files in Linux without the help of another tool. And sometimes you want to be able view these files in another format. Well, fortunately the […]Jack Wallen
- Arora browser 0.10.2 releasedNew version of Arora webkit based browser is released . Mainly qt 4.6 related fixes and some new features.Benjamin Meyer
- ATI Catalyst Linux Display Driver 9.12AMD has released a new driver for ATI Radeon-chipsets, version 9.12. This driver is suitable for 32bit, or 64bit Linux versions.Array
- The H Week - Update Checking, Oracle/MySQL and GPL violationsThis week – The H launches a new Update Check service to identify and replace old software (with known vulnerabilities) with the latest version. Oracle reassures the MySQL community, Novell simplifies its infrastructure and Microsoft comes to an agreement with the European Commission over the browser antitrust case. Google offer a new URL shortening service, […]Array
- This week at LWN: SELinux and PostgreSQL: a worthwhile union?When your editor was in Tokyo recently, he had the privilege to talk with KaiGai Kohei at some length about the SE-PgSQL patch set. This work, developed by KaiGai for the last two years or so, integrates SELinux with the PostgreSQL database manager, enabling fine-grained control over access to data stored within a database. The SE-PgSQL patch has struggled t […]Jonathan Corbet
- Firebird 2.5 RC1 releasedThe primary goal for Firebird 2.5 was to establish the basics for a new threading architecture that is almost entirely common to the Superserver, Classic and Embedded models, taking in lower level synchronization and thread safety generally. Although SQL enhancements are not a primary objective of this release, for the first time, user management becomes acc […]Array
- Answering SCO Bit by Bit - Caldera's GPL Fingerprints All Over the PlaceRemember when SCO said it never released any of its own code under the GPL? Methinks it spoke with forked tongue. I have now had an opportunity to look at files in another Caldera Linux distribution, Caldera OpenLinux 2.3-16, and I see Caldera's GPL fingerprints all over the place, much as I discovered using emacs to open up source files in OpenLinux eS […]Array
- Free Software, Open Data give more opportunities to young KosovarsKosova is a country with many serious problem and one of the highest percentages of young people. Some of them are using and advocating Free Software and Open geographic data as a tool to give young Kosovars more opportunities and a brighter future.Marco Fioretti
- Hands on: Moonlight 2 brings Silverlight 2, bits of 3, to LinuxNovell has released Moonlight 2.0, a major update to its open source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application framework. The new version introduces support for managed code and the DLR.Ryan Paul
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