08.10.08
Links 10/08/2008: Akademy 2008 Starts, KDE4 in RedFlag
GNU/Linux
- ACM OSR Linux Issue Available For Free Download
- PCLinuxOS Magazine, August 2008
- Amazon.com’s rent-a-grid
- 10 Linux T-shirt that will make you smile
There 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 Hard
As 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 ST5112
- Try ubuntu
- 23 Awesome Themes for Ubuntu Linux
I 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 steps
I 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 Merging
Mikulas 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 BETA
Overall 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 System
LinuxWorld
KDE
- Akademy 2008 – Day 1
The 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 Akademy
- Issue 119: 13th July 2008: by Danny Allen
- Olympic 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!
Kernel
- Linux Kernel news: Wlan and Webcams for everyone
At 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 MINIX
Have 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.
Games
F/OSS
- Free Software Cuts PC Energy Use
- Coverity’s open source code audit efforts are funded by the US government (video)
- Dude! The $100m VistA Open Source Opportunity
Leftovers
- Chaos as £13bn NHS computer system falters
- MIT Students Gagged by Federal Court Judge
- China’s Online Persuaders
China’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 Day
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