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Linux on Mainframes - an IBM update

IBM presented an update on Linux on its mainframe line of computers. It was refreshing to learn about the success Linux has been having outside of the realm of industry standard X86-based systems. Here’s a quick summary of the session.

One CD disk, multiple Linux distributions: Netboot CD

Every Linux user, after a while, starts creating a toolbox that he/she takes with him/her everywhere. However, that depends on the task at hand. You might need to install a distribution, you might just need a livecd, doing security-related work or just backup. And so the toolbox gets bigger and bigger, thus becoming less and less convenient. The subject of today's article is NetbootCD. NetbootCD is not a supplement for a live Linux environment, but rather it is designed to help you to install multiple Linux distributions using a single multiboot disk as oppose to requirement of 7 Linux installation disks.

Kot-in-Action Interview! (Makers of steel storm)

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on Oct 4, 2011 2:24 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Interview
After a little wait (Alex went on holiday!) Alexander "motorsep" joined me for question time this week at Gaming On Linux. He is responsible for the Steel Storm series of games!

The New Wallpapers of Ubuntu 11.10

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 4, 2011 1:28 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
Canonical introduced this weekend the new wallpapers that will be part of the final release of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system.

Xubuntu Review: It Packs a Punch! (With Screenshots)

  • xjonquilx | Mepis, Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux, Oh My!; By Jonquil McDaniel (Posted by Jonquil on Oct 4, 2011 12:30 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Ubuntu, Xfce
Xubuntu 11.04 is a fast, stable operating system for older systems or systems that could use the performance boost. It is beautifully well put together and easy to use.

Open Source: Niche Markets, Linux and Microsoft

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Oct 3, 2011 11:33 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
If you are a Linux protagonist who has been around as long, or longer, that I have, you have seen responses like these over and over as to why Linux distributions will never go mainstream on the PC desktop:

Amazon rumored to be negotiating for WebOS

  • Linux for Devices (Posted by bob on Oct 3, 2011 10:36 PM EDT)
  • Groups: HP, Linux; Story Type: News Story
Amazon is rumored to be negotiating with HP to buy its Palm division, including its WebOS assets -- either to create an update to the Kindle Fire tablet, or just to gain patents. Meanwhile, an IHD iSuppli analysis suggests Amazon is selling each Quanta-manufactured Fire for $10 less than it costs to build....

How to become a hacker

  • ZDNet Zero Day Blog; By Ken Hess (Posted by khess on Oct 3, 2011 9:39 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Becoming a hacker is a worthwhile pursuit. Do you have what it takes to become a hacker? It takes dedication, intelligence and an analytic mind. You must have a desire to solve problems, a knack for verbal and written communication and a persistence to try new approaches when solutions don’t come easily.

How to lock down Linux

Linux is, by design, a very secure operating system, but so what? You can have the best security system in the world on your house, but if you leave your front-door open anyone can still walk in. Even people who know better, like Linux kernel developers, blow it sometimes. That’s what happened to the Linux Foundation’s constellation of sites. Multiple important Linux sites were down for weeks and as of October 3rd, kernel.org is still down. This doesn’t have to happen to you. Here are a few simple suggestions from me, and some more advanced ones from Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of Linux’s lead developers.

Tech Tip – Touchscreen Calibration In Linux

  • Innovations Technology Solutions; By Jeremy Mack Wright (Posted by jwright on Oct 3, 2011 7:57 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
I recently did some work with an ELO Touchsystems 1515L 15? LCD Desktop Touchmonitor. I was pleased with the touchmonitor’s hardware and performance, but in order to make it work properly in Linux I had to find a suitable calibration program. Out of the box on several distributions this touchscreen exhibits Y-axis inversion, where touching the top of the screen moves the cursor to the bottom and vice versa. xinput-calibrator is a freedesktop.org project that worked well for calibration, fixing the Y-axis inversion issue, and as a bonus it works for any standard Xorg touchscreen driver.

A Review and Endorsement of Sabayon 6 LXDE

  • My Linux Rig; By Steven Ovadia (Posted by steveov on Oct 3, 2011 7:00 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Gentoo
A review of Sabayon 6 LXDE, a solid and underrated distribution. Sabayon is based on Gentoo, but lacks Gentoo's steep learning curve. It's an intriguing alternative for users looking to try a seemingly-stable rolling release.

Android Smartphone USB Tethering (Linux Mint 11)

  • HowtoForge; By Christian Schmalfeld (Posted by falko on Oct 3, 2011 5:55 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Ubuntu
This article is about how to tether your Android smartphone with Linux Mint 11 and similar operating systems via USB, meaning how to use your smartphone's network to access the Internet on your computer by linking them with a USB cable.

Gnome 3.2 More Evolution than Revolution

Gnome 3.2 has been released. This time around, the developers have focused on a large number of small improvements rather than big, headline features. That said, there are a couple of interesting new additions in the areas of web integration and personal data management.

Six ways to use Linux Live CDs in your business

  • TechRepublic; By DarkDuck (Posted by darkduck on Oct 3, 2011 1:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Running a Live Linux CD or USB is a convenient way to perform a number of tasks when an installed OS is not necessary.

Flashdrive Linux Saves the Day

  • RussellHollander.com; By Russell Hollander (Posted by russhollander on Oct 3, 2011 12:24 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: ; Groups: Linux
I never go anywhere without a bootable Linux flashdrive. The fact that Linux is so portable is one of my favorite things about it.

Let's Play: SuperTuxKart

Welcome to my first native Linux game comparison! Let's take a look to this free Mario Kart clone game: SuperTuxKart!

Announcing X2

Rock Computing have released their new text editor for UNIX like systems, with a next generation interface that alludes to simplicity and power rather than hundreds of features X2 is neither just a text editor or a fully fledged IDE but something in the middle.

Increased Performance In Linux With zRam (Virtual Swap Compressed in RAM)

  • WebUpd8; By Andrew Dickinson (Posted by hotice on Oct 3, 2011 9:41 AM EDT)
While trying to optimize the elementary OS performance, Sergey Davidoff stumbled upon a project called compcache that creates a RAM based block device which acts as a swap disk, but is compressed and stored in memory instead of swap disk (which is slow), allowing very fast I/O and increasing the amount of memory available before the system starts swapping to disk.

HTC Android handsets spew private data to ANY app

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Oct 3, 2011 8:44 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Mystery data logger opens backdoor for slurping A data logger pushed out by HTC to Android handsets has opened up a vulnerability allowing any app with internet permissions to access private customer information.…

Btrfs File-System For Old Computers?

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 3, 2011 7:36 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Recently I published benchmarks of Btrfs from a Serial ATA 3.0 SSD (the excellent OCZ Vertex 3 SSD) and those results were interesting, but most people aren't running 6Gb/s solid-state drives, so how does this next-generation file-system perform on the opposite end of the spectrum? In this article are EXT4 and Btrfs benchmarks from an old Core Duo notebook with a 5400RPM mobile hard drive.

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