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About the Kernel 3.0 "Power Regression" Myth

  • ~/Blog; By Fewt (Posted by fewt on Sep 30, 2011 2:18 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Community
Oh boy, here we go again. Phoronix has yet another article proclaiming that the Linux Kernel has a "power regression" again. Those Kernel developer losers aren't doing ANYTHING about it either! Oh the HUMANITY!

What is a hacker?

  • ZDNet Zero Day Blog; By Ken Hess (Posted by khess on Sep 30, 2011 1:21 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The definition for the term hacker is as elusive as those who earn the moniker. Find out from the accepted source what a hacker really is.

PiTiVi Video Editor 0.15 Released with New Features

  • Ubuntu Vibes; By Nitesh (Posted by Dart on Sep 30, 2011 12:24 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
PiTiVi Video Editor has just reached version 0.15 bringing in new features and fixes. This is last PiTiVi release based on tradition engine. PiTiVi 2.0 will be based on GES (GStreamer Editing Services) and will bring better performance and stability to this popular video editor.

GNOME 3.2 Released - See What's New

  • WebUpd8; By Andrew Dickinson (Posted by hotice on Sep 29, 2011 11:27 PM EDT)
  • Groups: GNOME; Story Type: News Story
GNOME 3.2 was officially released yesterday with all those cool features which I'm sure you've all been waiting for. Let's take a look at what's new:

Book Review for -Android 3.0 Application Development Cookbook

  • rickwagner.blogspot.com; By Rick Wagner (Posted by sean007 on Sep 29, 2011 10:29 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
In the early chapters, the book is very explicit about how to set up your Eclipse project and which files to edit. The author takes no chances that the reader is unfamiliar with the environment, and spells everything out in perfect detail. Normally, I prefer printed books to electronic, but this is one case where an e-book would've been handy-- for code copying purposes. I spent my learning time dutifully typing in the author's suggestions, though, and was rewarded with properly running examples each time.

Ubuntu One Is Now Available on Windows

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Sep 29, 2011 9:32 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
A client for the popular Ubuntu One online storage service from Canonical is now available for download for the Windows platform.

Net neutrality supporters file lawsuit against net neutrality rules

When the Federal Communications Commission last week issued its final network neutrality rules and said they would go into effect at the end of November, lawsuits against the policy could finally begin. Verizon and Metro PCS, both wireless carriers, had already made clear their intention to sue and were widely expected to be the first to do so. Instead, they were beaten to court by the activist group Free Press—one of the strongest supporters of network neutrality.

Lucid Imagination brings open source search to big data

  • FierceContentManagement; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Sep 29, 2011 8:13 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
With the release of LucidWorks 2.0, Lucid Imagination is making it easier for enterprise customers to install and manage open source search tools Apache Lucene and Solr and to manage data from a variety of sources including Hadoop and Amazone EC2.

Review: Minus Desktop Application for Linux

  • Techlaze (Posted by techlaze on Sep 29, 2011 7:16 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
Minus is a free service that lets you share files easily with your friends and family. Its goal is to make file sharing as simple as possible by allowing users to upload and share their files from anywhere, be it mobile, desktop, or web. Applications for this service are available across all platforms including Linux. Furthermore, Minus also works on popular browsers like Firefox and Chrome. Here’s a quick review of the Linux version of the application.

Open Source Desktop Publishing 2011

  • blog.worldlabel.com; By Nathan Willis (Posted by rossendryv on Sep 29, 2011 6:19 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups
The free software world moves rapidly, but every individual project also moves at its own pace and rhythm. Consequently, it is easy to get behind on the news. Here is a look at the state of the art in the open source desktop publishing (DTP) arena for fall 2011.

Another Windows Version. Another Hardware Upgrade.

  • ZDNet Virtualization Blog; By Ken Hess (Posted by khess on Sep 29, 2011 5:37 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Microsoft; Story Type: News Story
Windows 8 currently boasts the same hardware requirements as Windows 7. Don’t believe it. Microsoft has never been accurate with its hardware specifications yet.

The Perfect Server - CentOS 5.7 x86_64 ISPConfig 3

  • HowtoForge; By Falko Timme (Posted by falko on Sep 29, 2011 4:40 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
This tutorial shows how to prepare a CentOS 5.7 x86_64 server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.

Ubuntu One Client Available For Microsoft Windows

Ubuntu One personal cloud system for synchronize, share, store and stream you files over the web. Now Ubuntu One Client is available to install on Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Set up Spice-Gtk 0.7.44-3867 with usb redirection support on Ubuntu 11.10 ( beta 2)

  • Xen Virtualization on Linux and Solaris; By Boris Derzhavets (Posted by dba477 on Sep 29, 2011 2:45 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Ubuntu
Following bellow is attempt to reproduce Hans de Goede blog entry at http://planet.spice-space.org/ ([1]) on Ubuntu 11.10 just to fix bug with Windows 7 KVM after set up Spice&KVM Server via PPA “Qemu-kvm-0.15.0+noroms(spice enabled), Spice Server&Client 0.9.1, Spice-Gtk-0.7-2(via Debian)” ([2]).

What To Expect From GNOME 3.4

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Sep 29, 2011 1:48 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNOME
Now that GNOME 3.2 has been released, the GNOME 3.4 desktop environment will see the light of day in about six months from now, and it will bring many new features and improvements.

Software patents – a protection racket?

  • Linux User & Developer magazine; By Richard Hillesley (Posted by russb78 on Sep 29, 2011 1:27 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
Software patents are a racket for the protection of incumbent cartels and monopolies against innovation and competition, says Richard Hillesley

Amazon spins color Kindle tablet, plus three more E Ink devices

Amazon was widely expected to announce a Kindle-branded tablet today, and it did -- also revealing three additional Kindles, two breaking the magical $100 price barrier. The $199 Kindle Fire has a seven-inch color IPS (in-plane switching display), & cloud-accelerated& Silk browser, dual-core processor, and 8GB of flash storage, while the $150 Kindle Touch 3G, $99 Kindle Touch, and $79 Kindle all include six-inch E Ink screens and either 2GB or 4GB of flash....

Pardus 2011.2 review

  • LinuxBSDos.com; By finid (Posted by finid on Sep 29, 2011 10:11 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
Pardus is a Linux distribution developed by the Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), an arm of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜB?TAK). Unlike most distributions, it is not based on another; an original, in the same sense that Debian is an original Linux distribution.

This article presents a review of Pardus 2011.2, the latest stable version, which was released on September 19 2011. It is the third release this year and judging from the distribution’s release history, Cervus elaphus, as it is also known, should be the last for the year.

Microsoft implicated in a news fixing scandal

How many ways has Microsoft now tried to cheat the IT marketplace?

GNU/Linux users given false hope over Windows 8 issue

Over the past few days, GNU/Linux users have been complaining about the Windows 8 secure boot specification, an issue that was raised in these columns a few days.

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