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Return of the InstallFest...It's Starting Here
07/23/2008 
So far, I have come away with several interesting realizations, the more important of which are these: That people are more ready and willing to dista ... 
CLI Magic: For geek cred, try these one-liners
07/23/2008
In this context, a one-liner is a set of commands normally joined through a pipe (|). When joined by a pipe, the command on the left passes its output ...
Proposing Read-Only ZFS
07/23/2008
A recent thread on the lkml discussed a blog entry stating that minimal ZFS support for GRUB was available under the GPL license,"we could now use tha ...
Linux is easier to install than XP
07/23/2008
When you buy a new PC today, unless you hunt down a Linux system or you buy a Mac, youâre pretty much stuck with Vista. Sad, but true. So, when ...
Ubuntu to get open-source Java heart implant
07/23/2008
Canonical has been in talks with Sun Microsystems and SpringSource to support one of their open source Java application server stacks in the Ubuntu co ...
OSCON: Ubuntu's Shuttleworth Says Linux Must Leapfrog Apple
07/23/2008
During OSCON, Canonical and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth described how open source can drive innovation. And he called on the Linux community not ...
Court Strikes Down Internet Censorship Law
07/23/2008
We just received word today that the Third Circuit struck down a federal Internet censorship law as unconstitutional. The law, called the Child Online ...
OSCON: Computers With Ubuntu Coming to All Major Retailers
07/23/2008
All major computer retail stores will carry computers with Ubuntu pre-installed by the end of 2008 or early 2009, predicted a Canonical manager who me ...
Lazy Linux: 10 Essential Tricks for Admins
07/23/2008
In this article, learn how to be a more productive Linux systems administrator. These10 essential tricks will lead you on your way to being one powerf ...
Confirmed: Canonical Server Software Blitz At LinuxWorld Expo
07/23/2008
Canonical is preparing an Ubuntu Server blitz at LinuxWorld Expo in August. Alfresco, IBM, Openbravo, Zimbra and others are expected to endorse Ubuntu ...
Simple Multiple-Steam Output Redirection With Zsh On Linux and Unix
07/23/2008
A look at zsh's unique use of input and output redirection. ...
Solving global warming the open source way
07/23/2008
An effort to rapidly reverse global warming is leveraging the collaborative methods of Linux and other open source software. Cquestrate aims to develo ...
SCO Group: Its future is all used up
07/23/2008
The SCO Group got bad news in court last week. Not an unusual event for this company, but I wish the need for such events would finally go away for go ...
The Death of Nearly All Software Patents?
07/23/2008
The Patent and Trademark Office has now made clear that its newly developed position on patentable subject matter will invalidate many and perhaps mos ...
Intel rev's tools for multi-core C++
07/23/2008
Intel released a new version of its Linux-compatible, open source library for multi-core C++ development. Version 2.1 of Intel Threading Building Bloc ...
IBM nears a decade of Linux and open source
07/23/2008
After nearly a decade of active involvement in open source, IBM's commitment to Linux is broad and deep, said Inna Kuznetsova, the director of IBM Lin ...
NetworkManager: Secret weapon for the Linux road warrior
07/23/2008
For years I have envied how easy my Windows- and Mac-based peers had it when traveling with their laptops. They connect to hotspots with ease, get onl ...
Researcher Spills Beans on DNS Flaw Specs
07/23/2008
Details about the massive Domain Name System flaw revealed less than two weeks ago were made public on the Internet Monday. Halvar Flake, a reverse en ...
Tutorial: Networking 101: Understanding IP Addresses
07/23/2008
Networks don't work without addresses: Whenever you are sending something, you need to specify where it should go and where it came from. To be an eff ...
Could Many Organizations"Give Many" XO Laptops?
07/23/2008
So there's an ongoing tension between small projects interested in using OLPCs and the guys over at 1CC who are too busy to really deal with a ton of ...
Launchpad Source-Code Within 12 Months
07/23/2008
This evening at OSCON 2008, Mark Shuttleworth had keynoted and talked about driving innovation within free software, the Web, and Linux on mobile devi ...
OSCON 2008 - Evening Extravaganza
07/23/2008
O'Reilly Media this afternoon held their Tuesday Evening Extravaganza to mark the end of their tutorial portion of this leading open-source convention ...
OSCON 2008: Microsoft Attends, But Apple Steals the Show
07/23/2008
How's this for ironic: Microsoft is actually spending some sponsorship dollars here at OSCON (Open Source Conference) 2008, but Apple is stealing the ...
Vector Linux SOHO 5.9 Deluxe -- Not Just For The Office
07/23/2008
I've read past reviews by other reviewers describing Vector Linux as"better Slackware than Slackware" or"what Slackware should be" and I always felt t ...
Weir Analyzes the OOXML Appeals Process: Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
07/23/2008
We are coming down to the last week for JTC1 to decide on whether to hear the four NB appeals concerning various claimed errors in the processing of D ...
When Will ZFS Come To Linux?
07/23/2008
One of the technological advantages that Sun's Solaris (and OpenSolaris) operating systems have over Linux is their ZFS file-system. ZFS has a number ...
Profit in Health Care
07/23/2008
I am on the DrWeil.com newsletter listâ??and it isn't because he looks like me. It actually has some useful information. But, like most newslette ...
Why not learn a little language while you work, Amigo?
07/23/2008
Books, CDs, flashcards, classes -- there are a lot of tools to help you learn a foreign language. If you spend much of your time near a computer, soft ...
Linux mini-PC takes two Watts to tango
07/23/2008
A Silicon Valley startup called CherryPal announced a two-Watt, $250 ultra-mini PC that runs Debian Linux. Based on a 400MHz PowerPC-based system-on-c ...
Canonical hippes spread Ubuntu Launchpad love
07/23/2008
Canonical, Ubuntu's commercial sponsor, next week plans a major update to its massive code hosting and project management platform Launchpad. Version ...
Koolu Agrees to Distribute OpenMoko's Neo FreeRunner as W.E.
07/23/2008
Mississauga, Ontario-based Koolu Inc. has agreed to distribute OpenMoko's Linux-based Neo FreeRunner in the Americas, the U.K., and the European Union ...
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