| Linux Today News MICHAEL MEEKS TALKS ABOUT LIBREOFFICE AND THE DOCUMENT FOUNDATION
"Probably the first question that will come to mind for most of our readers is "Why?" — why fork OpenOffice.org? And why now?" GOOD-BYE WINDOWS, ENTERPRISE LINUX IS TAKING OFF
"Linux has always been strong in the server room and datacenter, and according to a new survey it is poised for significant uptake in the enterprise, including Windows to Linux migrations." SUDOERS FILE, EXPLAINED
"The file /etc/sudoers, has the rules that users have to follow when using sudo command." SCO V. NOVELL, DAY 9, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 - AS TEXT - UPDATED
"By now, the jury may just be thinking about that $100,000 she got for this testimony. If you are paid that much, would you dare to say something the folks paying you don't like?" EXPERIENCING ARCH LINUX WITH THE ARCHBANG LIVE CD
"A couple of months back Archbang caught my eye, when it was first announced on Distrowatch.com. Archbang is a live CD distribution of Arch Linux that is light on resources." WEEKLY TEN: WI-FI ADDICTION, LARRY AND SERGEY WANT TO HELP, SECURE FTP
"FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted," KDE 4 VS. GNOME 3: AN EARLY COMPARISON
"How will GNOME 3 compare to KDE 4? The picture is still emerging, since GNOME 3's official release is still months away. However, with GNOME Shell available as a preview in the latest GNOME releases, a general outline is starting to be visible. " CREATE A KTOUCH LECTURE FROM A LIST OF WORDS
"Since I didn't find any lecture that I liked for KTouch, at least not one that allowed me to simply practice typing with a large number of random words, I thought it would be useful to create one based in random words taken from one of the lists of words usually located in /usr/share/dict" 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MAVERICK MEERKAT
"10/10/10 was the cue for plenty of 10-related nonsense last week, much of it scheduled -- somewhat predictably -- for 10:10 am." IMPROVE YOUR LINUX DESKTOP EXPERIENCE WITH A DOCK
"One of the best features of Linux is its flexibility, and nowhere is that more obvious than the desktop. Your Linux desktop can have the look and feel of any desktop environment you want." GLUSTER UPDATES OPEN SOURCE STORAGE PLATFORM FOR THE CLOUD
"Scale-out storage startup Gluster today released version 3.1 of its Gluster Storage Platform with dynamic provisioning features that let administrators grow, shrink and migrate storage volumes in virtual environments." Cloud Computing 101: Get Free eBook!
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VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH JAMES BOTTOMLEY, KERNEL SCSI MAINTAINER.
"When people first meet Linux Kernel SCSI subsystem maintainer James Bottomley, one question that often comes up is, “Why the bow tie?”" IBM JOINS ORACLE IN OPENJDK EFFORT
"By finally bringing IBM into the OpenJDK fold -- something that Sun Microsystems was unable to do -- Oracle is helping to cement its position as the leader of the Java community." OPENBSD 4.7 AND 4.8 ON LENOVO G555 UPDATE - BRINGING ALC0 TO LIFE
"While some users of the Lenovo G555 laptop and its Atheros AR8132 Ethernet interface report no trouble with networking in OpenBSD using the alc driver (courtesy of FreeBSD) that made its debut in version 4.7 of the operating system, that wasn't the case for me." MYSQL SERVER BENCHMARKING 101
"Benchmarking can be a very revealing process. It can be used to isolate performance problems, and drill down to specific bottlenecks. More importantly, it can be used to compare different servers in your environment" SHELL SCRIPTING FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS: BEYOND THE BASICS
"In an earlier article, we studied the fundamental aspects of shell scripting and covered topics such as redirection, variables, arithmetic expansions and control constructs. In this part, we will focus on more advanced concepts that are useful for system administrators and software developers..." THE 10 MOST POPULAR DIY WIKI PROJECTS
"In a 2005 interview with the BBC, World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee referred to the rise of wikis, or "editable Web spaces," as meeting his original vision for a readable and writable communications medium." WHERE, OH WHERE, IS THE ECMA-COMPLIANT MONO SOURCE CODE?
"De Icaza is extremely punctual in announcing these Mono releases. However, there is one release which he hasn't spoken about for more than a year - and which, I think, he would like everyone to forget about." JAVA TRAP, 2010 EDITION
"When you build software in Java and the JVM, you are being locked into only running it on a platform controlled by a single company — Oracle." POGOPLUG MEDIA SERVER ADDS WI-FI
"Cloud Engines announced a new version of its Marvell Plug Computer-based Pogoplug NAS and media-sharing device. The Pogoplug Pro adds one major new feature -- built-in 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi" WINE 1.2.1 RELEASED
"The Wine maintenance release 1.2.1 is now available." HOW TO TYPE THE NEW RUPEE SYMBOL IN UBUNTU 10.10
"As everyone knows, Ubuntu 10.10 comes with the new Ubuntu font which has support for the recently introduced Rupee symbol" DAY 9 OF THE SCO V. NOVELL TRIAL - THE JURY GETS TO LEARN ABOUT EARLIER SCO LOSSES IN COURT
"So we're still talking about the events on March 18, 2010. When we left off, Dr. Christine Botosan was on the stand, enduring cross examination by Novell's lawyer, Sterling Brennan. I do mean enduring, because she was very much on the defensive, and as you will see, it gets worse for her." LINUX GAINING SHARE AT WINDOWS' EXPENSE
"Linux is growing in the enterprise with adoption set to expand over the next five years, according to data from a study sponsored by the Linux Foundation." DISTRIBUTION RELEASE: SUPER OS 10.10
"The Super OS developer has announced the release of Super OS 10.10, an Ubuntu-based distribution with pre-installed multimedia codecs, extra applications, and other user-friendly features:" LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE COMPLETES FIRST LIVE LINUX TEST
"The London Stock Exchange has completed the first “dress rehearsal”, a test with its customers online, of a new Linux-based system due to replace Microsoft-centric architecture." LINUX MINT FAIL
"I finally became fed up with this one little idiosyncrasy that my KDE-based home entertainment center kept exhibiting -- it would not let me specify VLC as the action handler when I inserted a DVD in the drive." 10 REASONS NOT TO USE LINUX (REFLEXION)
"5. The terminal is the antichrist and want to destroy us" 9 THINGS I DID AFTER INSTALLING UBUNTU 10.10 "MAVERICK MEERKAT"
"I think, it's time to stop talking about the great strides Ubuntu 10.10 has made on the usability fronts and lets just concentrate on the things you need to do and you could do with the new Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat"." ALCATEL-LUCENT ADOPTS LINUX, ADDS CARRIER FEATURES FOR NEW ENTERPRISE SWITCH
"Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) is taking aim at the enterprise with a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switching platform that is the cornerstone of its new Application Fluent Networks strategy." RED HAT HAILS IBM'S MOVE TO ORACLE OPENJDK
"So now we've got, Oracle, IBM and Red Hat all on the same basic page when it comes to Java and its open source implementation." HOW TO MANAGE DISK ENCRYPTION PASSPHRASES AND KEY SLOTS
"Disk encryption is one method you may use to enhance the physical security rating of your computer. From my experience, it is rarely used, which is a shame because it is one of the most effective safeguards against unauthorized physical access to data stored on a computer." WHY THE CBC BANNED CREATIVE COMMONS MUSIC FROM ITS SHOWS
"Not a lot of happy Canadians over on the comments page for CBC Radio's program Spark. The producers for the radio show, blog, and podcast on technology issues have disclosed that the program won't be using Creative Commons licensed materials any more." FIRST LOOK AT ACER ASPIRE ONE D255 WITH ANDROID
"...last week's announcement by Acer detailing the product launch of a series of netbooks in dual-boot (Windows/Android) configuration wasn't a major surprise. But it did create enough attention in tech media; after all, this was the first time a major hardware manufacturer started offering a personal computer pre-installed with Android." PREVIEW: DEBIAN 6 "SQUEEZE" LXDE AND XFCE
"LXDE seems to be the new hot thing; to cater to users who need a lightweight distribution either out of necessity (older hardware, need to allocate as much memory as possible to applications without giving up a usable DE) or out of preference" USING YOUTUBE TO PROMOTE LINUX AND FREE SOFTWARE
"It is very clear to me that Linux, GNU, and free software are more popular than ever. It is also very clear that this makes a lot of people in high places very afraid. Patent lawsuits and propaganda seem to be the customary responses to Linux's ever increasing popularity." PAY PER PATCH: A FREE SOFTWARE MARKET MODEL
"Free software can be viewed as sort of a public good — everyone can benefit from it. Instead of paying for complete applications, buyers may wish to only pay for specific program elements they want, which the software lacks. Therein lies an opportunity to make money on free software, instead of around it." LINSCHED FOR 2.6.35 RELEASED
"I would like to announce the availability of the Linux Scheduler Simulator (Linsched) for 2.6.35." | 
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