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Linux 3.1-rc5 Tips Up On GitHub

For those that missed it, the Linux 3.1-rc5 kernel release has been widely reported as it's being hosted on GitHub. Due to the hacking of Kernel.org and bringing down the infrastructure until all systems are reinstalled, Linus Torvalds decided to move it over to GitHub temporarily...

How to setup a FAI Install server on debian squeeze

  • Frederik Konietzny – Linux System Administration (Posted by fkonietzny on Sep 7, 2011 6:57 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Debian
Ok, Debian Squeeze is out for a while and now it`s time to setup a new FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) install server. In this tutorial, I will describe, how to setup FAI with dhcpd3 or dnsmasq for bootp and DHCP.

More on Active strategy

We get a lot of questions about Plasma Active, and I'd like to address a few of the more common once in this entry.

Openness ...

QtQuick / QML ...

Plasma Desktop / Netbook ....



Intel sneaks out 16 new Sandy Bridge CPUs, cuts prices on others

Over the U.S. holiday weekend, Intel quietly released 16 new & Sandy Bridge& processors -- 11 desktop and five mobile models. The CPUs range from a 1.6GHz, single-core Celeron G440 ($37) for low-cost desktops to the 2.7GHz, quad-core Core i7-2960XM ($1,096) for high-end portables....

Understanding git rebase Part II

  • LinuxKernel Blog; By Tej Parkash (Posted by bewith_tej on Sep 7, 2011 3:13 AM EDT)
There are number of interesting use case of git rebase. One of them, is that git rebase cleanly merges the remote branch with local branch. This blog post will try to explain it in more details.

Qt Is Likely To Use The V8 JavaScript Engine

It looks like with Qt 5.0, V8 will become the JavaScript Engine for the Qt tool-kit as well as for Qt Script and Qt Quick.

Book Review: Learning Perl 6th Edition

  • A Million Chimpanzees blog; By James Pyles (Posted by tripwire45 on Sep 7, 2011 1:18 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
It's been around awhile...the Learning Perl book I mean. Now in its sixth edition, this O'Reilly classic is still going strong. But first things first. Who is this book for? You don't find out until the first page of Chapter 1, but it's called "Introduction", so I guess that's OK. Is this book for you? Depends.

Ubuntu 11.10 beta 1 screenshot preview

  • LinuxBSDos.com; By finid (Posted by finid on Sep 7, 2011 12:21 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Ubuntu
The stable version of Ubuntu 11.10, code-named Oneiric Ocelot, will be released sometime in late October, but the first beta has just been released on September 1 2011. This article just presents a few screenshots to showcase some of the new aspects of the desktop. In line with recent releases, Oneiric Ocelot does not look like it will come with any new features in the installation program and installation process. But the Software Center looks much different, and better.

Plasma Active entering beta

...After months of effort, Plasma Active has gone "beta". We're currently a little more than a month away from the first release, and so starting this month we are focusing on polish, integration and fixing defects. So how does it look? Judge for yourself from this quickly-made five-minute video of Plasma Active on an ExoPC device running packages that are just a few days behind our upstream development:...

Basics of Linux system administration: Working at the console

Get a comprehensive intro to working with Linux through the command console. Ideally suited to serious users of Linux -- including Linux system administrators, developers, and power users -- this knowledge path also prepares you for the Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 certification exam.

The Great Linux Migration: who’s made the move, why, and what’s in store for the future growth of Linux?

Many organizations are navel gazing and assessing ways of increasing productivity and decreasing costs in order to stay afloat in the current business climate. As a company’s IT spend is one of the larger costs of running a business, it makes sense to look closely at how you run your IT shop. Linux may just answer both prayers: offering increased productivity at decreased cost. So why is Linux such a successful solution, which companies have made the switch, and how will the Linux jobs landscape change in the future?

andLinux: Seamlessly Run Linux Applications on Windows

andLinux is a Linux distro with a difference. It’s based on a port of the the Linux kernel to Windows coupled with an X server and other software. In short, it allows you to run Linux software seamlessly on the Windows desktop without recompiling it or using a virtual machine.

Seven-inch Amazon Android tablet said to offer Kindle UI, $250 price

Amazon's Android tablet is a seven-inch, Kindle-branded device that will feature a customized operating system and sell for $250, according to a TechCrunch reporter who claims to have spent an hour with the device. In other Android tablet news, Samsung pulled its freshly announced Galaxy Tab 7.7 from the IFA show in Berlin after Apple won a preliminary injunction against the tablet from a German court.

PGP tutorial

  • Linux-news.org (Posted by linuxaria on Sep 6, 2011 4:12 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Herein resides a brief (somewhat) tutorial on creating and signing PGP keys with GPG. I’d originally intended to use this as the outline for a presentation on the subject, but decided to put it on the web so I could point people at it. The introductory section (Basics) is pretty lean, but should provide enough of a background for simple stuff. All of this is documented elsewhere on the web.

Earth to Google: You Might Not Want to Alienate Developers

  • Ness SPL Blog; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Sep 6, 2011 3:14 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Google may want to rethink the App Engine price hike that pissed off developers so much last week and implement a more modest hike.

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Beta 1 Review And Screenshots Tour

In case you are still not aware, Canonical (the team behind Ubuntu) has released the first beta of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric. There are several new additions to the family, notably the revamp of the Ubuntu Software Center and the replacement of the Evolution with Thunderbird. Follow us for the full review and screenshots tour of the Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Beta 1.

Was it my DreamLinux?

  • Linux notes from DarkDuck; By darkduck (Posted by darkduck on Sep 6, 2011 1:26 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Xfce
Latest version of Dreamlinux XFCE was released in March 2009 and has version 3.5. From this you can see that Dreamlinux is not the most dynamically growing system. Since that time, Debian has changed its stable version. But anyway... let's have a look at what Dreamlinux has to offer.

How to Auto Mount Partitions at Linux Startup the Easy Way

Usually making Ubuntu mount a partition at startup would require fiddling with the “fstab” which is confusing. The easiest way to mount your partitions automatically when you turn on your computer is by reading this article. So let’s get started!

X.Org XDC2011 Chicago Preview

There is less than one week to go until the 2011 X.Org Developers' Conference begins in Chicago, United States. The tentative schedule has been published on the X.Org Wiki. Among the topics to be discussed are the Nouveau driver, GPGPU computing, OpenGL 3.0 support, the Low-Level Virtual Machine within Mesa, and much more.

Here's a couple of scripts for saving Youtube Flash Videos to your hard drive

  • LXer Linux News; By Tracy Barlow (Posted by tracyanne on Sep 6, 2011 9:04 AM EDT)
I hope someone finds them useful.

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