GNU/Linux

• CrunchBang Linux 8.04.02 Release Notes
  
  

  I have released a couple of new images for my CrunchBang Linux project. This new release brings CrunchBang Linux up-to-date with packages available from the 8.04.01 point release of Ubuntu. The new images have been completely rebuilt from scratch and feature a whole bunch of changes.

  
  
  
• How Dell is making Ubuntu more attractive
• Debunking the Debunked WINE Myths
  
  

  Myth 1: "Wine is slow because it is an emulator"
  
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  Myth 2: "Wine is bad for Linux"
  
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  Myth 3: "Emulators like VMWare are better"
  
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  Myth 4: "You need Windows anyway"
  
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  Myth 5: "Wine is bad, Winelib is better"
  
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  Myth 6: "Wine will always be playing catch up to Windows and can't possibly succeed at running new applications"

  
  
  
• Gentoo x64 - Performance Shock
  
  

  I reported a stable 20 MB/s upload in my last post. Forget that, it’s a stable 40 MB/s now that I’ve got no compile or torrent rehash running in the background. And download speeds are at a stable 60 MB/s — I believe that’s pretty close to what the hard drive I’m downloading to can do.
  
  This is just incredible. It’s still the same hardware, but the new system could run circles around my old setup.

  
  
  
• Geek Sheet: A Tweaker’s Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
• Software achieves Linux compliance

Audio

• Linux Outlaws 48 - LugRadio Live
• Fedora's Max Spevack chat's about Community Management
• Musical Geek Friday #12: Every OS Sucks
• Open your jukebox: Open-source alternatives for music management
• OrecX Debuts Open Source VoIP Recording Technology

Clouds

• Does anybody still develop Windows applications? Or, the programming world has gone online
• Cloud Computing: When Computers Really Do Rule

F/OSS

• Open Source Software Business Thrives in Tough Times
• Open Source Piracy: Uncle BSA, Open Source wants you!
• 17 ways Greasemonkey can revolutionise Firefox
• Open-source electronic voting