Intro to IO Profiling of Applications
(Mar 10, 2010, 18:02 UTC) (729 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Magazine: "One of the sorely missing aspects of storage is analyzing and understanding the IO patterns of applications. This article will examine some techniques for performing IO profiling of an application to illustrate what information you can gain."

Unified network administration using eBox
(Mar 10, 2010, 17:32 UTC) (796 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux User and Developer: "eBox (or eBox Platform, to give it its full name) can play multiple roles. It can act as a network gateway, an infrastructure manager, a unified threat manager, an office server, a unified communication server or a combination of any of these."

Is Microsoft Afraid to Say the “L”-word?
(Mar 10, 2010, 16:32 UTC) (2323 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Open Enterprise: "It seems that, having lost its position as monarch of the world of computing, Microsoft has decided to become the industry jester."

Conquer Video on Linux with MPlayer
(Mar 10, 2010, 14:02 UTC) (1105 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "MPlayer is not your run-of-the mill video player. It's a multi-platform codec-chewing monster truck of a video player for the connoisseur of video players. It has options galore and has the flexibility to play almost anything under the sun."

NewEgg Confirms Fake Core i7s, Apologizes
(Mar 10, 2010, 13:02 UTC) (1033 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
PC Magazine: "Online retailer NewEgg said late Monday that it has confirmed that a shipment of Core i7s were indeed fake, and that it had broken off its supply relationship with IPEX, the supplier."

Open Source Saves the Day (and Lots of Dosh)
(Mar 10, 2010, 00:02 UTC) (1525 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Open Enterprise: "It seems every day we hear about hideous cost overruns on public sector projects in the UK. What makes it even more frustrating is that open source, a real no-brainer for many applications, is rarely given the chance to prove itself here."

Open Source Channel Alliance: Five Trends Worth Watching
(Mar 9, 2010, 12:36 UTC) (983 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The VAR Guy: "When the Open Source Business Conference starts March 17 in San Francisco, The VAR Guy will be watching and listening closely for signs of corporate open source momentum."

Top 20 Nginx WebServer Best Security Practices
(Mar 9, 2010, 12:06 UTC) (1174 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
nixCraft: "Nginx powers several high traffic web sites, such as WordPress, Hulu, Github, and SourceForge. This page collects hints how to improve the security of nginx web servers running on Linux or UNIX like operating systems."

Ubuntu for Mainframes?: Not Quite
(Mar 8, 2010, 21:42 UTC) (1365 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The VAR Guy: "Canonical wants Ubuntu Linux to run on a range of devices — from mobile Internet devices all the way up to high-end servers and cloud systems."

Nagios: Central Monitoring
(Mar 7, 2010, 16:03 UTC) (2424 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Begin Linux: "This is part two of a three part series on distributed monitoring. You can use passive service and host checks to allow non-central Nagios servers to collect data from a network of machines and then transfer that information to a central Nagios server."

Network Based Ubuntu Installations
(Mar 7, 2010, 04:03 UTC) (2359 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Packt: "This article by Christer Edwards, outlines how to install Ubuntu using the network installer. This utility allows you to install directly over the network, instead of using a CD or DVD image. It does require a small CD boot image, but beyond that it is entirely network dependent."

BBC claims angry iPlayer plugin mob 'conflated' open source term
(Mar 5, 2010, 23:32 UTC) (3274 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "The BBC has tried to draw a line under its decision to bar open source implementations of RTMP (real-time messaging protocol) streaming in the iPlayer, after The Register revealed the Corporation's quiet switcheroo last week."

Microsoft has stake in Novell fight
(Mar 5, 2010, 16:02 UTC) (2858 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet: "Microsoft has been doing well against Linux through bluff. What the Elliott move does is threaten to make Microsoft show its hand."

Firm Behind Novell Bid Has Shady Past, Could be Tied to Microsoft
(Mar 5, 2010, 01:32 UTC) (3314 reads) (10 talkbacks) (feedback)
Boycott Novell: "Summary: A detailed analysis of the pseudo-firm (Elliott) that wants to buy Novell and how the bid came about"

Ubuntu's Linux Retail Strategy Gears Up for 2010
(Mar 4, 2010, 23:03 UTC) (1834 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Planet: "Linux at retail has been a hit-and-miss proposition for more than a decade. Consumers have been able to purchase some boxed versions of Linux distros from off store shelves over the years, though for the most part, that's not how most have historically acquired Linux."

Canonical CEO Elucidates on Lucid Lynx Linux Server
(Mar 4, 2010, 20:03 UTC) (1555 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Serverwatch: "Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor behind the Ubuntu Linux project, has a new CEO this week. Jane Silber, the former chief operating officer of the company, has now officially taken the reins from Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth -- and is already talking up what's ahead for the popular Linux distribution."

Elliott Associates and Novell: All About a Game of Cat and Mouse
(Mar 4, 2010, 18:03 UTC) (2058 reads) (9 talkbacks) (feedback)
Standards Blog: "First up, no one at Novell is going to want to be acquired by Elliott. Why? Because Elliott will almost certainly want to break Novell up and sell the pieces."

Elliot Associates' worrisome Novell plans
(Mar 4, 2010, 16:03 UTC) (2277 reads) (9 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cyber Cynic: "Elliot Associates is best known as a 'vulture fund.' They don't make investments to turn companies around. They make investments to crush the cash out of them and then leave the picked over bones for someone else to pick up."

SECURITY: How to: Set Up TrueCrypt Disk Encryption, Part 2
(Mar 4, 2010, 00:03 UTC) (1898 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
eSecurityPlanet: "In this second and final part, we’ll discuss more complex methods and see how to configure TrueCrypt to automatically mount."

SECURITY: Beginner's Guide to Nmap
(Mar 3, 2010, 22:32 UTC) (2788 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Ever wondered how attackers know what ports are open on a system? Or how to find out what services a computer is running without just asking the site admin? You can do all this and more with a handy little tool called Nmap."

Linux netfilter/iptables split access with multiple ISPs
(Mar 3, 2010, 18:32 UTC) (1419 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Adam Palmer: "The article focuses on using the standard iproute2 tool to allow the box to attempt to balance traffic over multiple uplinks with multiple default routes. While relatively easy to set up, it has a few problems:"

Vermont Adopts Open Source Software Policy
(Mar 3, 2010, 15:32 UTC) (1786 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Government Technology: "Vermont has become the latest government to enact an open source software policy, after Secretary of Administration Neale F. Lunderville recently signed a policy developed under state CIO David Tucker's leadership."

Taxing every citizen for Microsoft Windows problems? Are we insane?
(Mar 3, 2010, 14:32 UTC) (3801 reads) (9 talkbacks) (feedback)
Stop: "You could say it's a public safety issue and do it with general taxation"

How to create LXC system containers to isolate services
(Mar 3, 2010, 07:02 UTC) (1569 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tech Republic: "Vincent Danen shows you how to create Linux Resource Containers to run a full service or set of services, isolated from the host operating system."

Novell Soars on Takeover Offer
(Mar 2, 2010, 23:33 UTC) (2866 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
InternetNews: "Novell shares soared 28 percent in after-hours trading today after institutional stockholder Elliott Associates offered to purchase the entire company for $5.75 a share in cash, or $1 billion."

Linux is doing just fine on servers
(Mar 2, 2010, 23:03 UTC) (2977 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cyber Cynic: "My good buddy Preston Gralla would have it that "Windows doesn't just dominate the desktop, but the server market as well." Eh... I don't think so."

Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement
(Mar 2, 2010, 19:03 UTC) (2283 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Apple press release: "Apple today filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware."

Five Tools for Measuring and Improving Linux System Performance
(Mar 2, 2010, 13:33 UTC) (2649 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Linux has more than enough tools to measure and tweak system performance. In this guide, we'll take a look at five of the best utilities to measure system performance and tweak the Linux kernel."

Server Monitoring With munin And monit On Debian Lenny
(Mar 2, 2010, 11:03 UTC) (1269 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Howtoforge: "In this article I will describe how you can monitor your Debian Lenny server with munin and monit."

Backup MX with Postfix
(Mar 2, 2010, 07:03 UTC) (1354 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Begin Linux: "The primary goal of a backup machine for Postfix is that if the first one fails, mail will be collected by the secondary mail server until the primary mail server is back online."

Does Amazon's Tablet Future Lie With Microsoft?
(Mar 1, 2010, 22:02 UTC) (1581 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tech Broiler: "Amazon is not going to participate in the Open Source community and is the antithesis of Google. It wants something closed but with a rich application environment. It wants its cake and to be able to eat it."

Microsoft Hoist by its Own Anti-Anti-Competitive Petard
(Mar 1, 2010, 21:32 UTC) (3708 reads) (11 talkbacks) (feedback)
Open Enterprise: "...it created what was in effect a huge ticking time-bomb, just waiting to blow up in Microsoft's face. It has now exploded, as a recent posting on Microsoft's legal and policy site makes clear:"

Open Wi-Fi 'outlawed' in Digital Economy Bill
(Mar 1, 2010, 12:32 UTC) (2582 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet UK: "The government will not exempt universities, libraries and small businesses providing open Wi-Fi services from its Digital Economy Bill copyright crackdown, according to official advice released earlier this week."

5 of the Best Free Linux Data Recovery Tools
(Feb 28, 2010, 16:02 UTC) (4808 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxLinks: "To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 5 high quality Linux data recovery tools. These tools may well be a life-saver in the event that you need to retrieve data from corrupted media. We would strongly recommend that you become familiar with how they work just in case you are ever put in the position of needing to recover data."

Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS On Fedora 12
(Feb 28, 2010, 04:02 UTC) (2653 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Howtoforge: "This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on Fedora 12. Instead of NFS, I will use GlusterFS here. The client system will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem."

Time to name and shame the anti-open source extremists
(Feb 27, 2010, 20:02 UTC) (6690 reads) (8 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet : "But there are still extremists out there who want to destroy open source. Some of their names may surprise you."

Novell: Linux Breaks Even as Microsoft Deal Revenues Wane
(Feb 27, 2010, 04:02 UTC) (3464 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: "Novell executives said this week that it's seven-year-old Linux business has finally broken even -- making good on promises made a year ago."

Setting Up Hibernation on Linux SSD Netbooks Without Swap, Part 1
(Feb 26, 2010, 22:33 UTC) (1931 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Inform IT: "This two-part series provides complete information on how to set up hibernate/suspend in a Linux netbook solid-state drive (SSD) environment under the conditions that exist in real-world netbooks."

Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage
(Feb 26, 2010, 21:03 UTC) (1992 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
PC World: "Canonical's Ubuntu has become third Linux operating system approved by the General Services Administration for use by federal purchasers."

Italian entrepreneur fights proprietary file formats in Public Administrations
(Feb 26, 2010, 19:03 UTC) (1846 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Stop: "As I already explained in another article file formats are extremely important: unless, at least in Public Administrations (PAs), only open file formats are used, serious amounts of public money can go to waste, important public digital documents may become unreadable and private citizens or businesses may be forced to useless expenses if they want to interact with PAs."

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