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Eulogy for Groklaw

When I got up this morning, the news was all over Facebook and the free software news sites: Groklaw, the site that was influential in the SCO legal cases, will stop publication on May 16. It's news that I hear with decidedly mixed feelings.

The Major Open-Source ATI Improvements Over Two Years

The open-source ATI/AMD Radeon Linux driver stack has made a lot of improvements in recent times with their Gallium3D drivers becoming mature across all generations and support for new features (such as DRI2 page-flipping) landing in the mainline code and beginning to make its way to users. The time required to bring up support for new generations has also been reduced greatly and with the Radeon HD 8000 series there should be a turning point for their open-source strategy. In this article, we are providing an updated look at the course of the open-source driver's performance for the past two years.

Elementary OS - Distro Review

  • Thoughts on Technology; By Jeff Hoogland (Posted by Jeff91 on Apr 11, 2011 8:56 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
The Elementary OS website has slowly been fleshing out over the last couple of weeks, but it is still fairly sparse at this point. For those who are not aware Elementary OS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 10.10 that uses the latest Gnome desktop 2.x desktop.

New Features in digiKam 2.0: Face Recognition

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Apr 11, 2011 7:59 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Face recognition has been one of the most requested digiKam features, and the latest version of the photo management application provides this functionality.

How To Create Amazing Text and Font Effects in Gimp 2.6

  • packtpub.com; By Juan Manuel Ferreyra (Posted by ramsaik10 on Apr 11, 2011 7:01 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: GNOME, GNU
GIMP comes with a wide variety of filters and effects. Now, we are going to use some of them with just text layers, to give you a clear idea of how to create great looking text starting from a solid-color font. In this article we will cover.

Do I Have Bad Karma for Debian?

Do I have bad karma to run Debian? I have 6 posts about Debian so far, and only one of them relates to full success, where I was able to run a full-power Debian on my laptop. Maybe I myself and Debian are just creatures of different worlds and we cannot live together?

Launch Virtual Apps Directly From Your Linux Desktop

  • everydaylht.com (Posted by dmbkiwi on Apr 11, 2011 5:07 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
Following from an article about desktop virtualisation, everydaylht.com has published a new article on how to launch virtualised Windows apps directly from the Linux desktop using vmware and unity. This basically means you can use Windows apps on a Linux desktop as if the “belong” there. Very cool.

LXer Weekly Roundup for 10-Apr-2011

LXer Feature: 11-Apr-2011

In the Roundup this week we have Ubuntu announcing that 11.10 will not ship with the Gnome classic DE, is it worth rooting a Nook Color, Novell shows of Mono for Android, praise for the D-Link Boxee and last but not least PJ says there will be no more Groklaw after May 16th. Enjoy!

CentOS 5.6 is released! Upgrade now from CentOS 5.5 to 5.6

Good news for CentOS users! CentOS 5.6 is here. This is the sixth update released for CentOS 5, making the latest release version 5.6. The latest release supports both i386 and x86_64 architectures, it contains a number of bug fixes, new functionality, and updates.

Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.4

  • HowtoForge; By Falko Timme (Posted by falko on Apr 10, 2011 8:06 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: SUSE
Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on an OpenSUSE 11.4 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support.

DebConf11 call for contributions

We invite submissions of proposals for papers, presentations, discussion sessions and tutorials for Debconf11. Submissions don't have to be limited to traditional talks, you could propose a performance, art installation, debate, or anything else. Official submissions will be accepted until May 8th 2011, 23.59 UTC.

GIMP webpage plug-in

GIMP now has a webpage plug-in in the development tree. Using this plug-in, you can capture a render of any webpage. This is useful for pixel-perfect designers, and others who want to publish images of webpages.

Old Good(?) Style

  • Linux Blog from DarkDuck (Posted by darkduck on Apr 10, 2011 5:19 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
Today, when CentOS 5.6 is released, isn't it good time to remember what was in CentOS 5.5? As long as Red Hat (commercial product) is open source software, anyone can use their source code for own purposes. That's the way how CentOS was born. Selection of available versions for CentOS is not massive. If you want to have Live system, you have a choice of only one variety. Practically, this is GNOME-embedded system. No choice between KDE, LXDE or any other windows manager. At least, for CentOS 5.5, which I used.

PCLinuxOS 2010 Gnome Zen Mini Review

Elegance and simplicity unite to bring you another compelling reason to switch to PCLinuxOS. Gnome Zen Mini features the Gnome desktop stripped to the core, with only a minimal selection of default applications Zen Mini is lightweight and very powerful.

5 of the Best Free Linux Disk Encryption Tools

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on Apr 10, 2011 2:33 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews, Roundups
The importance of security should never be underestimated. The consequences of losing data can be disastrous for any organisation. For example, the loss of a single unencrypted laptop may have huge repercussions. This could include breaching data protection legislation with the risk of a significant fine, a loss in the confidence of an organisation, as well as the risk that sensitive data may fall into the hands of a competitor or third party with malicious intent.

Social Networking and Geeks

  • detroitgeek.com; By Jeff Howard (Posted by DetroitGeek on Apr 10, 2011 1:36 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The latest craze in hiring an IT person is by a prospective employer looking at an applicants Facebook or LinkedIn page. Lovely idea to get the feel of how a person is socially but for the most part is a failure when you're in search of a specialist for your network. The same is true for an Audio Technician, or any other "geek" type job.

AMD Jumping on the Android Bandwagon

  • Tom's Hardware; By Kevin Parrish (Posted by jhansonxi on Apr 10, 2011 12:38 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
It was only a matter of time before AMD followed Nvidia's lead and finally jumped onto the Android bandwagon, as the company is now recruiting engineers to create chipset drivers for Android.

Groklaw Articles Ending on May 16th

Saturday, April 09 2011 @ 04:14 PM EDT

I have decided that Groklaw will stop publishing new articles on our anniversary, May 16. I know a lot of you will be unhappy to hear it, so let me briefly explain, because my decision is made and it's firm. In a simple sentence, the reason is this: the crisis SCO initiated over Linux is over, and Linux won. SCO as we knew it is no more.

There will be other battles, and there already are, because the same people that propped SCO up are still going to try to destroy Linux, but the battlefield has shifted, and I don't feel Groklaw is needed in the new battlefield the way it was in the SCO v. Linux wars.

In praise of the D-Link Boxee Box

Despite seeming a bit more like a late-stage beta than a fully-released product, this stylish Linux-powered device has gradually taken over command and control of our non-DVD TV watching experience...

How to Install GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 11.04

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Apr 9, 2011 6:18 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: GNOME
The following tutorial will teach you guys how to install the highly anticipated GNOME 3 desktop environment on the Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system.

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