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Samsung unveils Android tablet with 3G telephony

Thu, 2010-09-02 23:32
Linux Devices: " Samsung Electronics announced its much-anticipated Android consumer tablet, due to ship in Europe in mid-September. The Samsung Galaxy Tab runs Android 2.2 on a 1GHz Cortex-A8 processor, and offers a seven-inch, 1024 x 600 capacitive touchscreen, a three-megapixel camera..."


Linux machines with no rebooting�? Is this what we want?

Thu, 2010-09-02 22:47
Standalone Sysadmin: "The other day, I caught a message that KSplice was available for Fedora. I thought I'd be a wiseguy and I replied �Yeah, great. Call me in 20 years when it's available for for RHEL�. Well, as several people pointed out, it turns out the joke is on me."


Best Practices with sudo on Linux

Thu, 2010-09-02 22:04
Linux Planet: "Ubuntu's use of sudo to simplify Linux administration is ingenious, but barely scratches the surface of what sudo can do. Follow along as Yvo Van Doorn of Likewise Software unlocks the powers of sudo."


ArtistX 0.9 Screenshots

Thu, 2010-09-02 21:34
Easy Linux CDs: "ArtistX is an Ubuntu GNU/Linux-based live DVD that includes a pretty big lineup of free multimedia applications. The most recent version, ArtistX 0.9 is based on Ubuntu 9.10 and features the 2.6.31 Linux kernel, GNOME 2.28, KDE 4.3.5, Compiz Fusion, Ubiquity Installer, and more."


Three locks for your SSH door

Thu, 2010-09-02 21:04
IBM Developerworks: "Summary: Security always requires a multi-layered scheme. SSH is a good example of this. Methods range from simple sshd configuration through the use of PAM to specify who can use SSH, to application of port-knocking techniques, or to hide the fact that SSH access even exists."


KDE 4.5: KDE 3.5's Stability + KDE 4.0's Promised Features

Thu, 2010-09-02 20:34
Das U-Blog: "My last review of KDE 4.X was a bitter disappointment, as KDE 4.4 refused to work. Period. Follow the jump to see if this version of KDE works out any better."


Qt and Layouts

Thu, 2010-09-02 20:04
Linux Journal: "When I first started with graphics - I plotted pixels onto the screen by calculating a memory address and then poking the corresponding value. Times have changed since then."


Who Contributed The Most During X Server 1.9?

Thu, 2010-09-02 19:34
Phoronix: "Two years ago we compiled a list of the top contributors to the X Server over the years and that was followed by compiling a similar list of the developers behind Mesa. Tiago Vignatti has now compiled some statistics surrounding the top contributors to X.Org Server 1.9..."


Microsoft Argues That Android Isn't 'Free'

Thu, 2010-09-02 19:04
EnterpriseMobileToday: "As the launch of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 devices nears, the company has been telling those who will listen that one of its prime competitors' mobile operating system -- Google's Android -- is more costly than its own offering, even though the open source OS is free."


SCO gets more time to file appeal brief regarding its loss to Novell

Thu, 2010-09-02 18:34
Groklaw: "SCO filed a motion asking for more time to file its appeal brief with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. They needed 10 more days, and Novell agreed to it, so the clerk signed off on it the same day the motion was filed, and the new date for SCO to file its brief will be September 9."


Valve is Looking For Someone Who Can "Port Windows Games to Linux"

Thu, 2010-09-02 18:04
Tech Drive-in: "Valve is all too familiar with gaming folks out there. They are the guys behind the awesome STEAM online gaming platform. They were in a bit of controversy recently when they denied all reports of a Linux version of their famous online gaming platform. But once again, Valve is in the news."


7 Things You Can Do in KDE, But Not in Windows

Thu, 2010-09-02 17:34
Datamation: "When I go on to tell them that the KDE desktop is in many ways more innovative than Windows 7, the looks of pity changes to caution. I am not only a fanatic, they conclude, but delusional and potentially dangerous."


New Breed of Patent Claim Bedevils Product Makers

Thu, 2010-09-02 17:04
Wall Street Journal: "Raymond E. Stauffer was shopping at a New Jersey mall when he noticed something peculiar about the bow ties on display at Brooks Brothers: They were labeled with old patent numbers."


Automating your Android Phone with SL4A

Thu, 2010-09-02 16:34
Linux Planet: "Back in Part 1 we learned how flexible and script-able Android is, and installed the SL4A scripting layer. Today Paul Ferrill teaches more about how to write custom Android scripts."


Writing simple, real-time games for GNOME

Thu, 2010-09-02 16:04
The Gnome Journal: "Chris Lord shares his experiences and six laws of writing simple games for GNOME, using Clutter."


Installing Liferay 6.0.5 Community Edition Bundled With Tomcat On Ubuntu 10.04

Thu, 2010-09-02 15:34
Howtoforge: "Liferay Portal is an enterprise web platform for building business solutions that deliver immediate results and long-term value. Get the benefits of packaged applications and an enterprise application framework in a single solution."


Comment: The hype is over

Thu, 2010-09-02 15:04
The H Open: "The "best open source software for business" list contains almost exclusively well-known contributors. Is there no more new open source?"


A story about updates and people

Thu, 2010-09-02 14:34
M�ir�n Duffy: "A bit of discussion about update policy in Fedora has been brewing lately and I've been reading and thinking (and stewing and moaning and wringing my hands) about the discussion a lot. I noticed a few archetypes in the positions taken throughout the discussions:"


Step By Step Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) LAMP Server Setup

Thu, 2010-09-02 14:04
Ubuntu Geek: "In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation."


Reviewed: KDE 4.5

Thu, 2010-09-02 12:04
TuxRadar: "Trepidation. That about sums up the feeling of upgrading to a new version of KDE. You want to like it, but are afraid that whatever has been fixed will be counterbalanced by something rather sucky."