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Ubuntu tops on desktop, but not servers 
(unknown author) via DesktopLinux.com on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Jason Brooks, who directs eWEEK's labs, has posted a story mostly about the improvements in the latest release of Ubuntu, version 8.10, also known as "Intrepid Ibex." Brooks really likes the distribution on the desktop -- no surprise, since he's used Ubuntu himself for many years.
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40 Open Source Tools for Protecting Your Privacy
(unknown author) via Linux Today on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
eSecurityPlanet: "You don't need to fork over big bucks – or even any bucks – to keep your online activities and identity secret. The open source community has dozens of privacy-related projects in development, and some of them have already proven themselves to be among the best privacy protection tools available."
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10 Ways to Reduce Removable Media Headaches in Linux
(unknown author) via Linux Today on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
TechRepublic: "For many new Linux users, removable media can be a deal-breaker. Anyone coming over from Windows knows you simply insert the CD, use it, and eject it. With Linux, it isn't always that simple. In fact, with Linux, removable media has always held a completely different philosophy."
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OpenLDAP Quick Tips: Switch to the Dynamic Config Backend (cn=config)
(unknown author) via Linux Today on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Suretec: "The following should be getting you very excited:
provides the ability to change the configuration dynamically
at runtime."
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Why Netbooks Aren't There Yet
(unknown author) via Linux Today on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Datamation: "At the same time, today's netbooks aren't perfect. Many suffer cramped keyboards and track pads; neither is fun to use during marathon typing sessions. Some netbooks are more comfortable than others, but nearly all sport keys that are less than full size. There's also the lack of screen real estate..."
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Download,Extract Audio From YouTube Videos using UTube Ripper in Ubuntu
admin via Ubuntu Geek on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Utube Ripper is an application written in Gambas that works exclusively on Linux. It’s useful to download and convert Youtube videos in a simple and
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dhcpcd 4.0.7 (Default branch)
(unknown author) via freshmeat.net announcements (G on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
dhcpcd is an RFC2131 compliant DHCP client. It is
fully featured and yet lightweight: the binary is
46k as reported by size(1) on Linux i386. It has
support for duplicate address detection, IPv4LL,
carrier detection, and a merged resolv.conf and
ntp.conf for which other DHCP clients require
third party tools.
License: BSD License (revised)
Changes:
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dstat 0.6.9 (Default branch)
(unknown author) via freshmeat.net announcements (G on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
dstat is a versatile replacement for vmstat,
iostat, netstat, nfsstat, and ifstat. It includes various counters (in separate plugins) and allows you to select and view all of your system resources instantly; you can, for example, compare disk usage in combination with interrupts from
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Windows Drops Below 90% Market Share
Slashdot via TurulMeme.com Népszerű megos on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
ozmanjusri writes "Online market share of the dominant Windows operating system has taken its biggest monthly fall in years to drop below 90%, according to Net Applications Inc. Computerworld reports that Microsoft's flagship product has been steadily losing ground to Mac OS X and Linux, and is at its lowest ebb in the market since 1995. 'Mac OS X... [ended] the month at 8.9%. November was the thi
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Managing IT: Changing Our Minds (About Everything)
(unknown author) via Linux Today on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Datamation: "We need to change our minds about everything."
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Enterprise Adoption of Open Source Steams Ahead
(unknown author) via Linux Today on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
OStatic: "This week brings some interesting new reports on open source adoption in enterprises, providing more evidence that the economic downturn is boosting many open source product categories."
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Gammu 1.21.93 (Testing branch)
(unknown author) via freshmeat.net announcements (G on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Gammu (formerly known as MyGnokii2) is a cellular manager for various mobile phones/modems. It supports a wide variety of Nokia, Symbian, and AT devices (Siemens, Alcatel, Falcom, WaveCom, IPAQ, Samsung, SE, and others) over cables, infrared, or BlueTooth. It contains libraries with
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Installing ubuntu-system-panel (USP) On Ubuntu 8.10
(unknown author) via HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Installing ubuntu-system-panel (USP) On Ubuntu 8.10
ubuntu-system-panel
is a simple launcher for the GNOME desktop, providing easy access to
Pla
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My Problem with Debian
cj2003@debian-news.net via GeekTimeLinux on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
I use Debian based distros. My favourites are Ubuntu, Sidux and MEPIS. In fact, I am solidly in the Debian camp. Despite this I have a problem with Debian and Debian users. It goes like this.
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Welcome to NLnet Foundation
(unknown author) via Loads of Linux Links: Latest A on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
A Dutch-based foundation that financially supports organizations and people that contribute to an open information society. It funds software, events, educational activities, primarily in the Netherlands and Europe.
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Xvid 1.2.0 (Default branch)
(unknown author) via freshmeat.net announcements (G on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Xvid (formerly XviD) is an open source MPEG-4
video codec, implementing MPEG-4 Simple Profile,
Advanced Simple Profile, and Advanced Video Coding
standards. It is written in C with assembler
optimizations for quality and speed (including
MMX, SSE, and 3Dnow! code for i386 and AltiVec for
PowerPC), and is especially optimized towards
offline, multi-pass compression for storage and
archival purposes
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Coadunation OS 1.0.B3 (Default branch)
(unknown author) via freshmeat.net announcements (G on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Coadunation is a Cloud OS. It has been designed to
merge local, Internet, and intranet content into a
single seamless environment, all accessible
through a simple-to-use Web desktop. It comes
standard with a news feed enabled desktop, a
distributable core, a DNS server, a mail server
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gOS Linux Works On New Quick-Boot OS
Michael Larabel via GeekTimeLinux on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Last year a new Linux distribution came about and immediately began appearing on some budget PCs within retail establishments. Good OS, the company behind the gOS Linux distribution, that launched the conceptual Google OS last year has had a quite successful 2008.
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Creating your perfect Linux system
Posted by tw45admin via Linux Knowledge Base and Tutor on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
If you are looking for step by step instructions to creating your perfect Linux system then stop reading now. How can I know what your perfect system is? All I can give are step by step instructions for what I think is a perfect system. Which I am not going to do. What I can do is give some guidelines to enable you to determine what your perfect system is. First of all what do I mean by perfect sy
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Leaked: Microsoft Pays Companies to Recommend Windows
(unknown author) via Linux Today on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Boycott Novell: "SOME weeks ago we wrote about how Microsoft fakes recommendations and deceives the public. Now we have solid proof."
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