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Posted in News Roundup at 6:28 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxACM OSR Linux Issue Available For Free DownloadPCLinuxOS Magazine, August 2008Amazon.com’s rent-a-grid10 Linux T-shirt that will make you smileThere are times when I want to let my geekiness out and I want the world to know about it. I decided to share with you my favorite collection of Linux t-shirts that you also might like. Please share you ideas for healthy geeking in the comments.My Linux Anniversary – 1 Year Later . . .So now I’ve gone from being a non-Linux user to a Linux end user/advocate to a professional position where I need to know the inner workings of Linux cold. I’d say it’s been a pretty good year, wouldn’t you? Linux Myth: Installing Software on Linux is HardAs many a Linux user that follows posts on USENET and other online forums can attest there are Linux Haters out there. Typically these Linux Haters are folk that, for some reason or another, decide “I Hate Linux and You Should Too!”. Most of the time they advocate for Microsoft and its’ products, but not always. In any case, these folk tend to promulgate specific myths about Linux. One of these myths is that software is hard to install on Linux.Ubuntu on Fujitsu Siemens ST5112Try ubuntu23 Awesome Themes for Ubuntu LinuxI started using Ubuntu 4 months back, and since then I’ve been looking for ways to customize and tweak it to make Ubuntu more productive and look good. During my search, I came across many cool themes from various sources that I’d like to share with you all.How to: Customize your GNU/Linux desktop in 7 easy stepsI absolutely love Linux, but in terms of design I have saw better than the default theme of most of the available distributions. Here’s a complete how-to for giving your Linux desktop the look you want and customize everything, from themes to fonts.LVM Snapshot MergingMikulas Patocka announced new patches introducing snapshot merging for the Linux kernel’s logical volume manager. He explained, “snapshot merging allows you to merge snapshot content back into the original device. The most useful use for this feature is the possibility to rollback [the] state of the whole computer after [a] failed package upgrade, [or an] administrator’s error”. The patches are for the 2.6.26 kernel, with device mapper 1.02.27 and LVM2.2.02.39.Impressions: gOS 3 Gadgets BETAOverall gOS is great. It does try a little too much to be like a mac, with the dock on the bottom, the one bar on top, and moving the window buttons from the top right to the top left. None of these things are standard in Ubuntu, but they aren’t enough to keep me from thinking that the new gOS is a keeper.The BeagleBoard: $149 Linux SystemLinuxWorldLinux World Conference and Expo 2008Shooting Linux World ExpoKDEAkademy 2008 – Day 1The keynote was given by Frank Karlitschek who talked about the KDE community. In 2001, Frank founded kde-look.org, a well-known collaboration platform for KDE. Before then, artists needed to work with CVS to be able to contribute to KDE, a major obstacle to many.Letter from AkademyIssue 119: 13th July 2008: by Danny AllenOlympic concept KDE 4.1 theme preview- gorgeous!RedFlag Linux is a popular native Linux distribution of China. RedFlag will use a new Olympic concept KDE4.1 theme for their upcoming new version- RedFlag 7.Let’s see the Olympic concept KDE 4.1 theme ’s design,gorgeous!KernelLinux Kernel news: Wlan and Webcams for everyoneAt the Ottawa Linux symposium the current state of Wlan in Linux was highlighted in detail. In the meantime, the development version of the Linux kernel included the gspca webcam drivers.Interview with Andrew Tanenbaum, Creator of MINIXHave your students ever helped you in the development of MINIX?In the beginning, no. I wrote V1 entirely alone. Later on, many students had ideas and wrote code. I also got funding to hire some students to write code.GamesReview: OpenArena 0.8.0Review: Powermanga 0.90F/OSSFree Software Cuts PC Energy UseCoverity’s open source code audit efforts are funded by the US government (video)Dude! The $100m VistA Open Source OpportunityLeftoversChaos as £13bn NHS computer system faltersMIT Students Gagged by Federal Court JudgeChina’s Online PersuadersChina’s webspace is infamous for censorship, but increasingly, public relations firms there are helping their clients “manage” online conversations. China-based firms such as Daqi, Chinese Web Union and CIC “charge $500 – $25,000 monthly to monitor postings and squelch negative information or to create positive buzz,” reports BusinessWeek.Will Nokia Rescue Microsoft’s Zune? Haha No.Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the DayBrian Behlendorf, lead developer of the Apache Foundation 02 (2005)Digital Tipping Point is a Free software-like project where the raw videos are code. You can assist by participating. Share in other sites/networks: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Permalink Send this to a friend
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