UNIX-Linux
December 25th, 2006 — yyLinux Distributions
- Distributions I have used
- Kubuntu (based on Ubuntu, with KDE as the default desktop environment)
- RedHat (legacy versions)
- Slackware (the most UNIX-like of the Linux distributions)
- Ubuntu (based on Debian, with GNOME as the default desktop environment) - SG Download Mirror
- Xubuntu (a lighter version of Ubuntu with the Xfce Desktop Environment)
- Intend to try in future
- openSUSE (based on SUSE) - SG Download Mirror
- RedHat Enterprise Linux
- SimplyMEPIS Linux (previously based on based on Debian, now using Ubuntu as the base)
- Vector Linux (based on Slackware)
UNIX Versions
- Distributions I have used
- Intend to try in future
Summit debuts for Linux end users
The Linux Foundation (LF) announced its first summit for Linux end users. The Linux Foundation End User Collaboration Summit runs from October 13-14 in New York City, and will "provide end users a direct connection and voice to the kernel community," says the LF. [Link]
"UbuntuLite" reviewed
The "DeviceGuru" has posted an installation walk-through and preliminary review of UbuntuLite. Designed for systems as old as 266MHz Pentium IIs, with 192MB or more of RAM, UbuntuLite now uses the new LXDE (lightweight X11 desktop environment), a downsized GNOME alternative aimed at netbooks and nettops. [Link]
Linux in the SME
Foreword: This article summarizes the experiences of one small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) using a heterogeneous mix of Linux and Windows XP systems. Written by the founder of an international PC distributor, it compares and contrasts various Linux-based distributions, and assesses their suitability for business use. [Link]
Linux: not yet photo-friendly
Linux kernel maintainer Andrew Morton is fond of saying, "If you want the kernel team to do something, make us look bad." Perhaps somewhat in that spirit, a blog called "Linux Photography" has carefully outlined where Linux falls short today as a world-class environment for serious, production-oriented professional photographers. [Link]
Linux to gain anti-virus software
An anti-virus software vendor has promised to protect Linux-based laptops and MIDs (mobile Internet devices) from "security challenges." McAfee says its encryption products will protect data on lost and stolen laptops, while its "mobile content" security products will help protect MIDs used to surf the dangerous "open Internet." [Link]
Linux gains backup utility
Memopal announced a free trial download of a Linux version of its online backup utility. The public beta of Memopal supports Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian Etch, says the company, which says it may release an open source version in the future. [Link]
Testing Lenny
The new "Lenny" release of Debian expected in September includes a pre-configured KDE environment. In this hands-on review, DesktopLinux Founder Rick Lehrbaum sets up the "beta 2" preview release of "Lenny KDE," and explains in detail how to configure it for use as an Internet workstation. [Link]
HP offers Linux on low-end mini-notes
HP has started shipping a $500 mini-notebook pre-installed with SUSE Linux. Boasting perhaps the largest keyboard in its class, the HP 2133 Mini-Note has an 8.9-inch WXGA display, 4GB of solid-state storage, 512MB of RAM, and a 1GHz Via C7 processor, with ExpressCard and SD-card expansion. [Link]
Dell shipping five Hardy Heron systems
[Updated 3:50] — Dell is shipping two new laptops with widescreen LCD displays and Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) operating systems with DVD playback. Additionally, the largest U.S. PC maker has started offering Hardy Heron on three models previously available with the earlier Gutsy Gibbon Ubuntu release. [Link]
Unified communications groupware comes to Linux
A startup called Unison Technologies has released a commercial "unified communications" groupware suite based on Ubuntu Server, and announced a beta release of a Ubuntu desktop client. The Unison suite combines e-mail, instant messaging, a PBX, contacts, and calendaring, says the company. [Link]
IBM pushes "Microsoft-free" desktops
IBM announced a partnership with Canonical, Novell, and Red Hat to sell "Microsoft-free desktops," says an eWeek story by Chris Preimesberger. The Linux software giants will work with hardware manufacturers to market custom-designed PCs preloaded with Lotus word processing and collaboration software, says the story. [Link]
Lightweight GNOME alternative emerges
A fast, fast-booting, implementation of GNOME aimed at netbooks and older hardware has emerged, and shows "a lot of promise." LXDE has already stacked up a heap of distribution partners. [Link]
Freespire lives! Goes back to Debian
Lenny release, expected this fall. Xandros says it plans to "consolidate" its various offerings on Debian, following its acquisition of Linspire. [Link]
gOS 3.0 goes Gadget crazy
gOS today announced release 3 of its Google-oriented consumer Linux distro, adding support for Google Gadgets. gOS 3 Gadgets offers access to more than 100,000 iGoogle and Google Gadgets, says the company, and also preloads WINE 1.0 and the LXDE (Lightweight X Desktop Environment) desktop. [Link]
WiFi software arrives on Linux desktops
A vendor of Linux-based WiFi arrays is finally releasing a version of its WiFi Monitor utility for Linux desktops. The open source, widget-like Xirrus WiFi Monitor for Linux enables users to monitor, secure, and troubleshoot WiFi networks, says Xirrus. [Link]
Lenovo launches a netbook
Lenovo has announced its entry into the "netbook" market. The Linux-based IdeaPad S9 and Windows-XP-based S10 feature 8.9- and 10-inch displays, respectively, plus 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processors, 1.3 megapixel webcams, 802.11b/g wireless networking, and up to 160GB of storage, says the company. [Link]
vi guide rev'd
O'Reilly has brought out its (count 'em!) seventh edition of "Learning the vi and Vim Editors." First published in 1986, this classic teaches basic and advanced features of the world's most popular text editor, a tool every system administrator and desktop Linux user ought to know. [Link]
Netbooks grow two ways
Netbook sales will reach 8.02 million units in 2008, and 18.3 million units in 2009, a research report says. Netbooks will also grow physically, gaining 10-inch screens and keyboards approaching full-size, according to the report. [Link]
Is KDE back? 4.1 launches
Launched yesterday, and available now in Debian "experimental," KDE 4.1 is what 4.0 should have been, one reviewer finds. With some 70,000 software changes since 4.0 launched at Google HQ last Jan., is KDE 4.1 about to usher in the future of the Linux desktop? [Link]
Moblin switching from Ubuntu to Fedora
Intel has switched from Ubuntu to Fedora Linux for release 2.0 of its MID-targeted Moblin open source stack, according to a variety of sources, including The Register. Intel also indicated Moblin 2.0 would be unveiled on August 19th, say multiple sources. [Link]
Password Stealing Worm Catches NASA Napping: Houston, we have a virus.
<b>Internet News:</b> "You'd think the United States' space agency, which conducts highly sensitive research and has had its servers hacked before would be extremely thorough about computer security, but that does not appear to be the case. A worm that steals online gamers' user names and passwords has been running rampant on laptops on the International Space Station (ISS)." [Link]
How Windows Vista is Turning People to Linux
<b>IT Wire:</b> "One reason for this is, with equal certainty, the mess that is Windows Vista. Here's how it's actively driving new interest in Linux." [Link]
Brazil: An Emerging Market Faces Challenges
<b>CNet:</b> "… some estimates show as many as 18 or 19 out of every 20 machines sold with Linux ultimately are converted to some form of Windows." [Link]
New Low-Cost Ubuntu Linux-Equipped Dell PCs and Laptops Arriving
<b>Practical Technology:</b> "While we’re still waiting for Dell to roll-out its Inspiron 910 mini-notebook, Dell had just announced, on August 27th, that it is now selling two more desktops and two more laptops that will come pre-installed with Ubuntu 8.04." [Link]
A Real Space Oddity Arrives at PC Pro
<b>PC Pro:</b> "You may remember that, some time ago, I blogged about an interesting little computer curio called the Space Cube. Quite simply, it’s one of the smallest PCs in the world, with each side measuring around 2 inches square." [Link]
The Problem With Open-source Revenue Models
<b>The Open Road:</b> "Open-source vendors start making money from their customer base precisely at the point that the customer base is least likely to renew." [Link]
ASUS Eee PC 901 Linux Review
<b>Phoronix:</b> "In this article we are providing our first look at the Eee PC 901 along with a few bits of information and sharing some of our plans for the Eee Linux testing in the near future." [Link]
Cisco Buys PostPath, Targets Microsoft Exchange
<b>Linux.com:</b> "PostPath is best known as a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Exchange. Unlike other would-be Exchange competitors Scalix and Lotus Domino/Notes, which use a Outlook-compatible Mail Application Programming Interface (MAPI) on the client PC, PostPath actually reverse-engineered Microsoft's MAPI and Active Directory (AD) protocols. This means that, from the network and Windows PC's viewpoint, PostPath actually appears to be an Exchange server." [Link]
Linux Security Idiots
<b>Computerworld:</b~ "There are some Linux system administrators out there who should be glad, very glad, they don't work for me because I'd be firing them today." [Link]
Three Ways That Open Source Could Benefit from Business 101
<b>OStatic:</b> ""…Open source does not need consolidation. Open source needs product managers." Product managers, of course, drive improvements in commercial and proprietary software products, and listen carefully to what businesses need." [Link]
Really Big Things
<b>Linux Magazine:</b> "How does one manage really big clusters? Perhaps nature can give us a clue." [Link]
Unix and Linux Online Language Translation Script
<b>The Linux and Unix Menagerie:</b>"This week's start-off Linux/Unix bash shell script is a follow up to our previous online dictionary shell script and Thesaurus shell script. I was thinking of doing the online Encyclopedia today, but, for some reason, I got sidetracked on The BabelFish Language Translation Site." [Link]
Acetoneiso2 - A Full Feature Rich Image/ISO Tool For openSUSE
<b>SUSE & openSUSE:</b> "AcetoneISO2 will let You mount typical proprietary images formats of the Windows world such as ISO BIN NRG MDF IMG and is more than a simple ISO mount software." [Link]
VisionTek Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
<b>Phoronix:</b> "With our initial CrossFire for Linux article we had delivered benchmarks from the Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4870, now though we are delivering the first Radeon HD 4870 X2 benchmarks under Ubuntu Linux." [Link]
Perl Script To Reverse HTML With BDO on Linux and Unix
<b>The Linux and Unix Menagerie:</b> " I realize that my view is biased heavily by living on American soil, but I can't remember, for the life of me, the last time I came across a Hebrew web page. And by Hebrew, I mean the whole reading from right to left thing. I probably wouldn't even understand it if I recognized it when I saw it 
It did remind me however, that HTML 4.0 introduced a tag to deal with just that sort of translation." [Link]
Linux Portal Reimbursed User for MS Windows License from Lenovo
<b>AbcLinuxu.cz:</b>~ "Lenovo ČR required a non-disclosure agreement to be signed that would cover the entire negotiations with the company and its results for the compensation to be effected." [Link]
10 Things You Should Know About Networking Two Buildings
<b>TechRepublic:</b>~ "#1: Wireless may not be the best solution…." [Link]
<strike>Dumb and Dumber</strike> Proprietary Innovation Strikes Again
<b>Linux Today Blog:</b> "Nominum Solves Kaminsky Attack, and Novell's iPrint Open to Attack, Say Researchers. What do these stories have in common? I was thinking perhaps institutionalized delusional thinking and incompetence, but maybe I'm being too harsh." [Link]
Opentape: Not Quite Open Source
<b>OStatic:</b> "Muxtape, as you may know, is a music sharing and mixing site that's apparently been shut down by the RIAA. Now there's Opentape, which bills itself as "a free, open-source package that lets you make and host your own mixtapes on the web." But is it?" [Link]
Penguins Linux Ad (YouTube video)
<b>YouTube:</b> "Imagine a place….where everything is possible…" [Link]
LyX 1.6 is ready for release
This month saw the release of LyX 1.6 release candidate 1 . Occupying a position somewhere between a word processor and a mark-up editor, LyX is designed to meet the needs of professional and academic writers by allowing them to focus on their content rather than formatting and layout. It achieves this by eschewing some of the WYSIWYG conventions of a word processor. We've covered LyX in the past , so this time we'll focus on the enhancements that the 1.6 release brings with it. [Link]
Four Twitter clients for Linux
Twitter is a social networking platform that keeps you in conversation by allowing you and your friends to follow each others' updates. The service lets users post and read 140-character updates, called tweets . With Twitter, you can do social networking on the fly, from your mobile phone or at your desktop, from a Web browser or a Twitter client. Twitter clients make the service more usuable by automatically checking for updates from your friends and allowing you to easily post your own updates. I tested four Twitter clients for Linux on a desktop running Ubuntu Hardy Heron. [Link]
Voiceroute execs talk about going (mostly) open source (video)
Voiceroute , a software PBX vendor, originally started as a proprietary software company but went (at least partly) open source earlier this year. In this video, CEO Ming Guang Yong says the company should have moved toward open source "a lot sooner," and explains why. He and CTO Navin Kumar also talk about some of the specific differences between their open source and proprietary versions, including how and where they draw the line between the two, and share their thoughts about dealing with open source developers and building a successful open source development community. [Link]
Inside the SFLC's "Practical Guide to GPL Compliance"
One of the goals of the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is to become a center for education in free and open source software (FOSS) legal issues. As part of this effort, the SFLC has already published " A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects ." Its latest effort in public education, released last week, is " A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance ," a 15-page guide for FOSS projects on how to avoid violations of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and Lesser General Public License (LGPL). The guide is a practical summary of its … [Link]
Cisco buys PostPath, targets Microsoft Exchange
No one saw this coming. Cisco , the networking giant, announced today it was buying PostPath , maker of the Linux-based Exchange server replacement PostPath Server. [Link]
Easy file uploads with Droopy
Suppose someone wants to send you a large file. They could try to send it via email, but many email servers impose limits on file size. They could try sending it over during an instant messenger or Internet Relay Chat session, but that's slow, as the file actually gets transferred twice: once to the chat server, then to your machine. File transfer services like RapidShare and MegaUpload are fine, but not for confidential information. Of course, you could set up an FTP server on your box, but you don't want to leave that door open all the time. Luckily, there's … [Link]
PostPath: Enterprise-strength open source alternative for Exchange
For enterprise system administrators looking for interoperability with Microsoft Exchange, but not the high costs associated with it, PostPath email and collaboration server could be a smart business investment. Boasting interoperability with Exchange environments for a third of the cost, thanks to its use of the Postfix mail server and many other open source components , PostPath provides drop-in capability and compatibility with Exchange environments without the need for making changes to Outlook on the client side. Being compatible with Exchange means that it can be managed using Microsoft's Active Directory infrastructure. The latest version, PostPath v3.1.2, adds support for … [Link]
A business built on open source, virtualization, and clouds
ReadyTechs provides network support services for companies that don't want the expense of hiring and caring for their own employees. Now CEO Gerry Libertelli says the company is using Linux virtualization to open a new income stream based on cloud computing. [Link]
Nepomuk and KDE to introduce the semantic desktop
If you follow technology trends, you have probably heard of the semantic desktop — a data layer for annotating and sharing the information in your computer. But what you may not be aware of is that the semantic desktop is not a distant goal, but scheduled to arrive at the end of 2008. And, when it does, the idea will probably be implemented through the work done by the Nepomuk project, and, most likely, by KDE first. [Link]
Frag 'em in your own backyard with Sauerbraten
If you like first-person shooters, you'll love Sauerbraten . This open source game might not have the visual finesse of other FPSes, but what it lacks in the graphics department, Sauerbraten more than makes up for with its various single and multiplayer modes, including an experimental role-playing game mode, and a unique WYSIWYG in-game map editor. Sauerbraten blends the best of FPSes like Quake and Max Payne to give you a unique gaming experience. [Link]
CVL lets you tinker with HDR images on your GPU
If your desktop hardware includes a graphics processing unit ( GPU ), you can do some cool image processing with the CVL suite of tools , which includes in image viewer, an image tone mapper, and a command-line tool for non-interactive image processing. [Link]
A video tour of openSUSE 11 (with KDE 4 desktop)
SUSE has been around almost since the dawn of consumer-level desktop Linux, and openSUSE 11 upholds the SUSE reputation for having not just a wide range of available applications, but also excellent documentation and a fine user-to-user support community . For this video we chose the KDE 4.x desktop option. KDE 3.5x and GNOME are also available as defaults in openSUSE. [Link]
South American FOSS show is a big deal
Last week's 8th Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre (Free Software Regional Sessions) at the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was an opportunity for around 1,300 FOSS enthusiasts to share experiences, learn more, and have fun together. [Link]
Protecting your MySQL database from SQL injection attacks with GreenSQL
SQL injection attacks can allow hackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on your database through your Web site. To avoid these attacks, every piece of data supplied by a user on a Web form, through HTTP Post or CGI parameters, or other means, must be validated to not contain information that is not expected. GreenSQL is a firewall for SQL — it sits between your Web site and MySQL database and decides which SQL statements should and should not be executed. At least that's the idea — in execution, I found some open doors. [Link]
Better bookmark tagging with HandyTag, Tagmarks, and TagSifter
The bookmark tagging feature introduced in Firefox 3 is not particularly difficult in use: when bookmarking a Web page, enter the tags you like into the Tags field of the bookmarking dialog window and you are pretty much done. Tagging provides a more flexible way of keeping track of bookmarks than traditional folders. The folder-based system provides an "either/or"-solution to filing bookmarks. For example, you could place a bookmark for an article about installing OpenOffice.org on Puppy Linux in either a Linux or OpenOffice.org folder, but not in both. With tags, you don't have this problem: you can assign as … [Link]
Sun's OMS Video codec project is a means to an end
Sun Microsystems is setting out to create an open source, royalty-free video codec. Given the considerable head start of well-known, royalty-free video codecs like Dirac and Theora , you might ask why the world needs another. The answer, according to Sun, is the process the company will use to develop it — starting with a full-on, careful examination of the patent situation. [Link]
Open the door to team productivity with kablink
Organizations have many ways to connect, collaborate, and keep in touch with co-workers, team members, and colleagues — which can lead to multiple logins and user accounts, services spread across the Web, or services that are simply not accessible to all team members on various types of devices. Kablink (formerly ICECore) recognizes that centralization and accessibility are major components to successful project collaboration, and its latest offering is worth a project leader's second look. [Link]
Ulteo Application System is innovative, easy, and a little buggy
Ulteo Application System is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Kubuntu and designed to work with the Ulteo Online Desktop service to provide you with an automatic offsite backup and file synchronization between live CD instances. It attempts to require as little user configuration and maintenance as possible, and provides several unique features that set it apart from being "just another distribution." [Link]
K9Copy helps make DVD backups easy
Piracy notwithstanding, there are some good, valid reasons for making a backup of a DVD. K9Copy , a utility for copying DVDs, receives high marks in many forums, so I took it for a spin — and found out its reputation is deserved. [Link]
Bradley Kuhn discusses software innovation, freedom, and the law (video)
Bradley Kuhn is not a lawyer, but he works at the Software Freedom Law Center and heads the Software Freedom Conservancy . He is fun to watch and listen to because he walks the tightrope between creative, carefree developers and cautious, legally-minded lawyers. Linux.com talked with Kuhn a few months ago, but he says lots more in this 30-minute video than in that interview — including plenty of thoughts on how businesses based on free software can (and often do) turn a profit, plus some comments on how and why open source is helping the next generation of programmers develop … [Link]
Intro
Hi, brief intro…. I'm a computing student in England currently working for a large company in the R & D bio-informatics department. I primarily use Ubuntu Hardy and Suse 11 and program in PHP, C++, C#, Java and Pearl. Hopefully I'll be helping to answer more questions on here than I ask 
Radis [Link]
Why Thunderbird Can't Display vCard in Linux?
I am running Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 in Fedora 9. The vCard attached in email can only be displayed as attachment. But the same version of Thunderbird in Windows can display vCard as a pleasant graphical card view at the end of email messages. Anyone know why? How to make Thunderbird in Linux do the same thing? Thanks a lot! [Link]
configure vmware
I am installing vmware on my F9 box While configuring I am accepting default values, but I am stucked at this point. ITs asking Code: What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? Thxn [Link]
Identify the distro with a(few) file(s)
Hi all, I received an hard-drive with an OS installed in it. I need to identify the OS installed in the hard-drive without running it. (forbidden by the process). I can mount it in readonly mode on another running sytem, but I can't boot directly on the hard-drive i received. Which file(s) could help me to identify the OS installed on the hard-drive ? Thanks [Link]
Grub Error 22, RAID1 on OpenSuse 10.3 Live CD
Hi all, I am trying to install 10.3 onto Software Raid1. HDs are identical 80GB SATA. Partitioning is 100MB /boot 1GB /swap 10GB / 63GB /home All are set up as Linux Raid, then Raid is created with ext3 FS … When I boot after the install, I get a Grub 22 error. How can I set up Grub so that it can boot properly? Note: I am installing from a LiveCD, since I have no DVD drive available. Has anyone ever accomplished this? I seem to remember that this was no problem with 10.2 CDs somehow … TIA Matthias [Link]
LXer: Developing for the embedded Linux Nokia N810
Published at LXer: The Nokia N810 alarm interface allows developers to efficiently and easily set alarms programmatically. Peter Seebach illustrates how a small command-line program can hook into this API and make good use of it. Read More… [Link]
Help With Squirrelmail Configuration
I have Squirrelmail / Apache2 installed on my Debian server. Everything appears to be working perfectly. I am able to hit the login page from a web browser and login to webmail no problem. The issue is that in order to bring up webmail in my browser, I need to go to the following URL: http://192.168.0.100/squirrelmail/s~ Now when I copied /etc/squirrelmail/apache.conf and appended that data to /etc/apache2/apache.conf . I found a section that says: Code: # users will prefer a simple URL like http://webmail.example.com DocumentRoot /usr/share/squirrelmail ServerName webmail.mydomain.net Now I added the correct IP for my server shown above and … [Link]
Firefox 3.0.1 Crashes
Firefox randomly crashes with the following message: Code: /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/crashreporte~ error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/run-mozilla.~ line 131: 14522 Segmentation fault "$prog" ${1+"$@"} I also got the following in the dmesg: Code: Aug 28 09:51:44 localhost kernel: firefox-bin[14523] general protection eip:af7e3344 esp:b60fec48 error:70 [Link]
How to remove a variable
I goofed. I thought the command to add a directory to my PATH was "set PATH= current_path : new_dir ". This resulted in adding a variable "_". Unset didn't remove it. Unset only changed it. I have successfully changed the path as desired, but how can I remove that goofy looking "_" variable? Thanks, Gregory [Link]
Hot to obtain the Wireless protocol of the devices that i am detecting?
I am working at a project and i need to know what type of protocol is being used by the networks that my application is scanning. I scan for networks, with iwlist [interface] scan but i get only SSID, MAC, NOISE AND SIGNAL LEVEL and other useless info for me,from the other devices. I need to know how i can get the protocols they are set to. 802.11 b, 802.11 g, 802.11n Please help me, it is urgent. [Link]
HP monitor resolution issues
Hello, I have an HP L1710 monitor. The manual gives this information: Horizontal Frequency: 24-83 Vertical Refresh Rate: 50-77 Optimum Graphic Resolution: 1280×1024 - 60Hz Maximum Graphic Resolution: 1280×1024 - 75Hz I can't seem to get beyond 1024×768 - and everything is a little fuzzy and not sharp and crisp. The monitor tells me that H = 55kHz and V = 69Hz. I have tried to set "1280×1024" in the Modes section, adjust the Horizontal Sync and Vertical Refresh, add Modelines, all to no avail. Every time it isn't exactly 24-83;50-77;1024×768 - I get "Input Signal Out of Range - … [Link]
LXer: Worms in space: NASA confirms International Space Station infected
Published at LXer: NASA has confirmed that a laptop aboard the International Space Station has been infected with the W32.Gammima.AG worm, and admits this isn't the first time it has happened… Well, what do you know, it seems that the latest International Space Station mission has an uninvited guest in the shape of a worm that managed to stowaway for the ride. Read More… [Link]
Linus Linux Lite and installing programs like wine, pspp, etc….
I need help. I would love to escape from MS, but I am having a difficult time using Linux. My program experience is limited to statistical programing such as SAS, SPSS, Stata, etc…. I am usually good at figuring things out if I have the right resource, but because I am using a new Shell (Linpus Linux Lite) on a new UMPC, I am not finding anything out there. I am a professor, and I would like to move to a lower cost free source applications and move my students in that direction as well. But, I need statistical software … [Link]
Nice to meet this kind of forum
Hi all. My name is bomzq. I am a newbie to linux. Last month i've decided to use LINUX insteadr using my Hijacked Windows version that i've used for 3 years. Now i'm using a slackware on my laptop together with windows (i'm just afraid i cant use my slackware properly). Simply i just want to say how glad i am to find this kind of forum. Hope you all guys can help me with some trouble that i will face soon. Trims [Link]
Sending signal to process & reading PID's
How can I send a signal to any process that is currently running on the system. I know we can use kill,Signal,sigaction to send a signal to another process by using desired process PID. But how can I get currently running process PID on the system? How can I accesss the kernel Data Structure that store the process ID and status information. I know by combining pgrep, system and redirection operator we can have the PID's in file and then search for the desired process but is there any other way? Where I can do without invoking shell console. One … [Link]
LXer: Inside the SFLC's"Practical Guide to GPL Compliance"
Published at LXer: One of the goals of the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is to become a center for education in free and open source software (FOSS) legal issues. As part of this effort, the SFLC has already published "A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects." Its latest effort in public education, released last week, is "A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance," a 15-page guide for FOSS projects on how to avoid violations of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and Lesser General Public License (LGPL). The guide is a practical summary of its subject, … [Link]
what hardware is in the server
I have a redhat server that have many device pluged into the motherboard , can advise how can I know what devices are in my server ? can I have a full list of device name ( just like device manager in windows ) ? thx [Link]
Adding commands to the *nix console.
Is there any way to create a "shortcut" command of a longer command in console? I want to be able to execute a large command in the same manner that the PHP program is accessible via "php" on the command line. Chances are it'll involve a BASH script, just the question is of how to access it quickly. [Link]
external device
I have a external tape drive that connect to the server , I can see the tape drive via my backup software , but when I try to tar file to /dev/st0 , but it not work , what is the device name ( eg. /dev/st0 , /dev/st1 or something ) that the external tape drive atached ? how can i check it ? thx [Link]
how to remove rpm
I know rpm -e xxx.rpm can remove the xxx rpm , if I want to remove all rpm that its name begins xxx ( eg. xxxa.rpm , xxxb.rpm , xxxc.rpm …. ) can advise what can i do ? thx [Link]
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Assistance from Linux professionals needed - CompTIA Linux+ JTA survey
Calling all Linux subject matter experts — CompTIA has just conducted a job task analysis (JTA) of the CompTIA Linux+ exam as part of the development of a revised exam for 2009. The next stage in exam development is a survey of experienced Linux professionals. The purpose of the survey is to statistically validate and confirm the content for the revised CompTIA Linux+ (2009 Edition) Exam Objectives developed during the recent JTA workshop. Take the survey now by copying the following URL into your Web browser: http://surveys.comptia.org/Surveys/~ Your participation will take less than 20 minutes, and upon completion you may … [Link]
Oregon State University Open Source Labs Rackathon
OSL is looking for individuals to help sponsor the OSL in their new fundraising campaign. However, this is a campaign like no other. When you make a donation to the OSL, they will stick your name on one of their racks as their own way of saying "Thanks!". These racks host some of the top names in open source software. http://osuosl.org/contribute/rackat~ [Link]
Microsoft and Intel, hand in glove, to kill the $100 PC
…but what wound up happening has changed the laptop marketplace. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk~ [Link]
PeaZip 2.2 [file and archive manager]
PeaZip 2.2 was release yesterday. It is available as installable and also as standalone application not needing installation; in both cases in peazipdirectory/res/altconf.txt you can set absolute or relative path of application's configuration files if you keep the application in a path that is not writeable for the current user, or i.e. if you want to store configuration for multiple users in a shared path for administrative purposes. It supports UTF-8, localizations (so far only Italian and English, I hope more will come with the help of the community), bookmarks etc… you can see full changelog on http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ To contribute … [Link]
IBM joins Linux distributors in attacking Microsoft
Just woke up this morning and found this. To me, it's news. What do you think? Can anyone comment on what ramification this would have on Linux in general? http://www.informationweek.com/news~ [Link]
Automatix for ubuntu & debian is not dead!
I read this in linux.com. For those out there who want a more convinient way to install multimedia codecs for your ubuntu & or debian system the new "ultamatix" might be something to check out. Ultamatix may be a worthy successor to Automatix for new Ubuntu and Debian users By Jeremy LaCroix on August 01, 2008 (4:00:00 PM) Share Print Comments Some Ubuntu fans out there may remember Automatix, a tool for Ubuntu that allowed easy access to many popular non-free applications and commonly-used audio and video codecs. It debuted a few years ago, and got negative reviews from … [Link]
OSCON 2008 Trip Report (Part 1 of 4)
There and Back Again A Narrative of OSCON 2008 Preface: First off, a big thanks to Jeremy at linuxquestions.org and the folks at O'Reilly for allowing me to attend this year's OSCON event in Portland, Oregon. As you may or may not know, a drawing was held in early May of this year, and I ended up with the lucky conference pass. So, I thought I'd start my ramblings with that linuxquestions.org forum post, as it should give you a little insight into who am I, and whether you should care to read much further beyond the end of these … [Link]
Linux and Vista Dual Booting is Being Stop!! - News Flash
THEY, who knows, $Microsoft, Foxconn.com, your guess is good as mine, but someone is trying to stop Linux from Dual Booting on the same box as Vista is on. Dual booting on a XP box was not a problem, then why are they trying to prevent Linux from on a Vista box. With Vista on about 80% of boxes sold,this could slow down Linux on the Desktop. "Big Time" Click on the two Websites below and come to your own conclusion. http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=~ http://apcmag.com/vista_sp1_wont_in~ [Link]
Lindependence 2008 Thank You
First of all, a heartfelt and very sincere thank you to all in this forum who took an interest in the Lindependence 2008 event in Felton, CA. The organizers of this event have told me they are definitely seeing a rise in interest from this site, so thank you so much for any involvement you have had! Please check out helios latest blog post, it tells the story of how the linux publications either supported or ignored this effort to spread GNU/Linux/FOSS to masses of people. It's pretty eye opening to see who did what. Blog of helios: Lindependence 2008 … [Link]
The First Free Open Source Gamebook Engine
The Gamebook Engine For the past few weeks, I've been developing a free, open source gamebook engine. You might remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books. Those are gamebooks. The Gamebook Engine interprets games written using the Hyena gamebook format, which is an easy to learn text/lua hybrid. There is a (non-free) gamebook available for playing, called "Lone Wolf: Flight From The Dark". If anyone wants to write their own gamebooks, they can use The Gamebook Engine, and can distribute the engine with their games free of charge. [Link]
Indian Courts started supporting Linux
Towards Speedy, Inexpensive, Transparent and Accountable Justice Recently the Judicial Departments has taken steps towards the opensource softwares and they have started the operations for that they initially distributed around 10000 nos of laptops of hp along with the Redhat enterprise linux 5 along with the internet connection to their officers. Supreme court of india started the E-committe which is taking all the initiation of this. Also started their centralization process by which all around the world the litigant public can access the information about their cases and necessary information. and to stop the deception by the others (like some … [Link]
Welcome New Linux Users
Hi, Just want to update you who are following the saga of Lindependence 2008 in Felton, CA. Helios at http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/~ , has asked for the Linux community to write short welcome notes to the participants. Just let them know how you have benefitted from your GNU/Linux and FOSS experiences. Click over, read his post and leave a comment. Thanks for your help with this whole project. Amenditman [Link]
Slamd64 12.1 Released!
Good news from Slamd64 ! Slamd64 12.1 has finally been released. I will let Fred Emmott speak for himself. This release announcement is shamelessly lifted from the Slamd64 site. Quote: Originally Posted by Fred Emmott Slamd64 12.1 Released Posted by Fred on 20080702 Slamd64 12.1 is released, containing major new features such as GCC 4.2.3, SCIM, and greatly improved CJK support. Additionally, installation from FTP and HTTP sources is now supported. This release is mostly an incremental improvement over 12.0, including: * Linux 2.6.24.5 (patched for CVE-2008-1375) * GCC 4.2.3 * X11 7.3.0+ * Glibc 2.7 * Apache HTTPD 2.2.8, … [Link]
Freedom to the masses
You have got to read Larry Cafiero's blog about Lindependence 2008 today. Lindependence 2008 Felton Diary In it he quotes my favorite Shakespeare lines, get's fired up about what GNU/Linux really is about, updates us about the progress being made in Felton, CA, and announces that an Italian gentleman has caught the fire of freedom and started his own home-grown revolution. Also, check out the Lindependence 2008 page. www.fixedbylinux.com - Lindependence 2008 It's getting very hot out there. Amenditman [Link]
Lindependence 2008 News
Here is the long awaited media ,newspaper, coverage of the Lindependence 2008 event. The reporter has mostly captured it, but his headline is a little off. http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci~ Also released is a copy of the handbill being given out around town. http://lin08.wordpress.com/ (third paragraph) Thanks for your enthusiasm and support. Amenditman [Link]
LinuxQuestions.org Turns 8
It was eight years ago today that I made the very first post introducing LQ to the world. I'm truly amazed how far the site has come since then. Almost 3,200,000 posts and over 350,000 registered members doesn't even begin to tell the tale, though. Despite our size we remain friendly and the core goals I had in mind when I started the site still remain to this day. In the end, the most important thing remains - and that's you. I'd like to thank each and every LQ member for their participation, dedication and feedback. That feedback has been … [Link]
Linux on Mars!
I found this story and I wanted to share this one with everyone. Enjoy I'll include the original link at the bottom of this news story. Linux On Mars: Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Simon Barrett in Science News, Space News, Technology NewsRead 3,486 times. When NASA needs an operating system for a Mars lander does it go knocking on Bill Gates’ door? The answer is no. The newly arrived on the planet Phoenix Lander is powered by a variation of Linux running on a specially hardened CPU and motherboard produced by IBM. The CPU may not sound … [Link]
Lindependence 2008 Official Press Release
For Immediate Release For more information, contact: Larry Cafiero, HeliOS Solutions West 831-335-7303 / 831-438-1401 TOWN TO BE FREED FROM DIGITAL CHAINS IN LINDEPENDENCE 2008 EVENT IN JULY FELTON - Take a town with a reputation for fierce independence and add the introduction to Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) to current Microsoft and Apple users, and what do you get? Linux plus independence, which equals Lindependence Lindependence 2008, a project initiated by HeliOS Solutions West of Felton, introduces the concept of FOSS to the people of Felton through meetings and installfests gatherings where people can find out more about FOSS … [Link]
Felton, CA vs. Microsoft
On July 4, 2008, this small town will hold a mass install-fest. All computers will be migrated to GNU/Linux and FOSS. They are committed to stay there at least one week and maybe longer. There are a many distros and applications represented, but they still need the community support we are so well known for. Check out the sites at http://lin08.wordpress.com/ http://faq.fixedbylinux.com-a.googl~ Think about your own experiences with Linux, Windows, and community support of your migration and find a way to volunteer to support this effort. You won't regret it. Thanks, Amenditman P.S. thanks for the redirect [Link]
Englab: An open-source engineering/mathematical application
We are pleased to inform you that the release 0.2alpha edition of the open-source program has been published. Our site is located to http://englab.sourceforge.net . You can download it from https://sourceforge.net/project/sho~ EngLab is a cross-compile mathematical platform with a C like syntax, intended to be used both by engineers and users with small programming knowledge. The initiative has been taken from a group of students a year ago. Our goal is to develop an easy-to-use computaion and simulation platform with a C++ like syntax. We have adopted Matlab's structure philoshophy and C++ 's structured language syntax. There are various toolboxes … [Link]