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Linux and Open Source News for 23rd April 2010

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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Johnny Lee has announced the release of Macpup Opera 2.0, a small Puppy-based Linux distribution featuring the latest Enlightenment 17 window manager and the Opera web browser: "Macpup Opera 2.0 is based on Puppy Linux 4.3.1 (Linux kernel 2.6.30.5). It has all the applications from 4.3.1 plus Opera .



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Source: Linux Today

Linux Journal: "After a recent O/S version upgrade (to openSUSE 11.2) I noticed that bash started being a bit more intelligent when I did something stupid: it started giving me a useful error message "


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Source: Linux Today

Enterprise Networking Planet: "How will we know when IPv4 address space is all used up? And what will happen when that day comes?"


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Source: Linux Today

Tech Broiler: "We talk about Canonical's upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release for Desktop and Server, and the company's near term goals for 2010 and 2011."


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Source: Linux Today

Eleven is Louder: "What's even more rare is having a Linux client. I did just happen to get one though. The first I've ever had."


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Source: Linux Today

The H Open: "Version 2.6.34 of the Linux kernel will be the first to support the Ceph and LogFS file systems. A number of changes to the Btrfs and XFS code promise improved performance."


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Source: Linux Today

LinuxCommand.org: "In this final installment of our series, we will look at perhaps the most significant area of change in bash version 4.x: arrays."


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Source: Linux Today

National Geographic: "Break out those 3-D glasses and get ready to see the sun in a whole new light."


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Source: Linux Today

Cyber Cynic: "While I don't know if Adobe is considering it, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, would welcome Adobe."


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Source: Linux Today

The H Open: "

The German appeal court has overturned a decision by the German Federal Patent Tribunal to declare Microsoft's patent for the File Allocation Table (FAT) file system invalid"


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Source: Linux Today

Linux Planet: "Linux's NetworkManager has evolved into a solid tool that manages wired and wireless Ethernet, mobile broadband, Bluetooth, roaming, IPv6, and offers both a GUI and command-line interface. Joe Brockmeier gives us a tour of the new features in NetworkManager."


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Source: Linux Today

Gnacktrack: "GnackTrack is a Live (and installable) Linux distibution designed for Penetration Testing and is based on Ubuntu. Although this sounds like BackTrack, it's most certainly not; it's very similar but based on the much loved GNOME!"


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Source: Linux Today

Handle With Linux: "This is the Alex E-reader. Featuring 2 screens, 1 for reading and one for browsing. Seems like these people do understand you just can't read books on a LCD (no, not even if it's sold by apple ;-"


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Source: Linux Today

FreeBSD-Announce: "Being the first of the four reports planned for 2010 with 46
entries, it shows a good progress of the FreeBSD Project and proves
that our committers are keeping up with the latest trends in the OS
development."


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Source: Linux Today

ars Technica: "Intel has revealed that it is developing a variant of the Linux-based MeeGo operating system that will run on conventional desktop and laptop computers. This move could substantially broaden MeeGo's scope, transforming it from a mobile platform into a general purpose Linux distro."


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Source: Linux Today

Datamation: "A new version of the open source Metasploit Framework penetration testing tool is set to debut next month with the release of Metasploit Express -- ushering in new enhancements for ease-of-use and management that come courtesy of its new commercial underpinnings."


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Source: Linux Today

the Linux Experience: "I had tested several Mandriva releases, so what could be that interesting about PCLinuxOS? Now, let me tell you boy, was I wrong!"


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Source: Linux Today

The Geek Stuff: "Bash shell function can be executed just like a regular Unix command. Shell functions are executed in the current shell context without creating any new process to interpret them."


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Source: Linux Today

IBM Developerworks: "Summary: So you've got to cut costs, but you're not a manager. You're a software developer, or a power user, or just someone who needs to keep the bottom line healthy enough to support your salary. These are ideal situations for introducing open source software solutions into your environment."


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Source: Linux Today

LWN.net: "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu
10.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop and Server Editions and Ubuntu 10.04
LTS Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon's EC2, as well as
Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux and Whatever: "Are you thinking about writing an Article on a topic related to Linux? Since I spend way too much time reading tech news and even contribute some of my own allow me to save you some time by listing some of the most over posted Linux related story titles on the internet "


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Source: Linux Today

MakeTechEasier: "I like to keep maximum information available at all times, with the ability to access my preferred communication tools. Today, I'm going to show you the methods I use to create my own personal Ultimate Desktop."


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Source: Linux Today

An Antic Disposition: "At the risk of pouring oil on the fire, let me say that I think this is an exciting development for ODF."


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Source: Linux Today

LinuxDevices: "Via Technologies is now sampling versions of its 64-bit Nano processors that are aimed specifically at the embedded market. The Nano E series CPUs, ranging in speed from 800MHz to 1.8GHz, come with virtualization capabilities and extended longevity support"


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Source: Linux Today

LinuxInsider: "Google was the main target of a group of privacy commissioners from 10 nations who held a press event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to air their grievances."



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Source: Linux Magazine: Top Stories

System Administrator Dilemma #942: Send a Data Center Service Tech out to pop open the case to tell you what's in your system or use two simple commands.



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Source: Security DevCenter

Subscribe to Make Magazine today.


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Source: Security DevCenter

Less Spin, More Value — Today, "marketing is less about generating one-to-many discussions and more about creating an ongoing dialogue with customers," writes Sarah Sorensen in O'Reilly Insights on Forbes.com. In the column, the author of The Sustainable Network explains how businesses can successfully market to folks today. Learn more.


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Source: Security DevCenter

Foundations of Mac, iPhone, and iPod touch programming


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Source: Security DevCenter

Scott F. Andrews has been helping guild leaders and officers since 2007 through his weekly column for WoW.com, Officers' Quarters. In The Guild Leader's Handbook, Andrews offers a complete guide to conceptualizing, establishing, and maintaining a successful guild.


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Source: Security DevCenter

Apple's Cocoa frameworks let you write powerful and attractive applications for Mac OS X or the iPhone. With this book plus your existing knowledge of object-oriented programming you can take advantage of Cocoa and create compelling, feature rich, compliant Mac applications for this industry-leading environment.


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Source: Security DevCenter

Learn to hack jQuery CouchApps -- p2p web applications that can be deployed anywhere there's a CouchDB. Apache CouchDB can host HTML5 apps natively, serving them over HTTP. Learn how to write JavaScript CouchApps which run on both the client and the server. We’ll assume you are familiar with jQuery and your command-line shell of choice, and that you have an installed copy of CouchDB (at least version 0.11). We’ll be hacking on Taskr, first I’ll show you how to run it, then we’ll collaborate on code. Here’s Taskr: github.com/jchris/taskr/ If you want to hack server side Mustache templates, you should install the latest version of Sofa: github.com/jchris/sofa



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Source: developerWorks : XML : Technical library

This article is for authors; it shows you how to develop and submit
technical graphics (such as figures and screen captures) for the article or
tutorial you are writing for developerWorks. Following these tips and
guidelines will enhance your content and speed up its publication on
developerWorks.


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Source: developerWorks : XML : Technical library

If you can't find a validating XML editor you like, or prefer not to
take the time now to learn how to use one, you can edit the XML for your
developerWorks articles and tutorials using your preferred text editor. Ian
Shields has created some great tools to help you validate, transform, and
preview your article or tutorial. This article shows you how easy it is to use
those tools on Microsoft Windows or Linux.



Updated: Sat Apr 24 23:55:01 2010


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