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'Linux is Not User Friendly' - No Way!

We discussed how mainstream media is adopting linux('Stop using Windows, Use Ubuntu instead'). And a lot of people started complaining how not-user-friendly Linux really is. Before saying such far fetched statements, one thing they all need to consider is this, Linux!=Windows!

Alexandria Proj. Chap 17: May the Force be with You

  • ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog; By Andy Updegrove (Posted by Andy_Updegrove on May 11, 2010 4:14 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Sun
Just as Bart Thatcher promised, Frank saw nothing but forever when he looked to the west – simply wave after wave of mountains and valleys extending effortlessly into the haze of the horizon. But Frank was already oblivious to the stunning view ahead of him, now that he was focusing non-stop on cracking the secrets of the Alexandria Project.  Unfortunately, it wasn’t going well.

Mandriva S.A. For Sale

If there's one Linux company that has seen lots of ups and downs it's the Paris-based Mandriva S.A. They have a great distribution, but as a company, they've always been on shaky grounds. First a rumour, now confirmed: the company has put itself up for sale - which, as the community points out, isn't necessarily a bad thing.

PostgreSQL 9.0 is Serious Competition

  • DaniWeb; By Ken Hess (Posted by khess on May 11, 2010 2:31 PM EDT)
  • Groups: MySQL; Story Type: News Story
Are MySQL's days numbered as the "World's Most Popular Open Source Database?" Could be.

Perfect Purple

  • Linux & All; By Sandy McCallum (Posted by Linuxandall on May 11, 2010 1:34 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Ubuntu
My review of the latest stable release of Ubuntu - Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. The designers over at Ubuntu have decided to go for something a little different from the browns and oranges of recent distros and have opted for a a purple default theme. Personally after trying the latest release I think things are looking and feeling very good.

Fragmentation is Good and Bad for Linux

Lately I have been hearing criticism about embedded Linux and how fragmentation, as represented by the many flourishing Linux projects such as Meego, Android and webOS, is bad and dangerous for Linux; these critics suggest that fragmentation will hinder Linux’ ability to compete with companies like Microsoft and Apple. I disagree, which is not surprising. But the market and marketing strategists also disagree. Citing the familiar ogre of fragmentation shows a limited view of the Linux economy. The Linux platform is both fragmented and unified.

This week at LWN: The cpuidle subsystem

Your editor recently had cause to dig around in the cpuidle subsystem. It never makes sense to let such work go to only a single purpose when it could be applied toward the creation of a kernel-page article. So, what follows is a multi-level discussion of cpuidle, what it's for, and how it works. Doing nothing, it turns out, is more complicated than one might think.

High-Availability Storage With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0 - Automatic File Replication (Mirror) Across Two Storage Servers

  • HowtoForge; By Falko Timme (Posted by falko on May 11, 2010 10:04 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Mandriva
This tutorial shows how to set up a high-availability storage with two storage servers (Mandriva 2010.0) that use GlusterFS. Each storage server will be a mirror of the other storage server, and files will be replicated automatically across both storage servers. The client system (Mandriva 2010.0 as well) will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. Storage bricks can be made of any commodity hardware such as x86_64 servers with SATA-II RAID and Infiniband HBA.

Keep Your System Clean with BleachBit

  • Productivity Sauce; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on May 11, 2010 5:11 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Keeping your system clean can be a time-consuming affair, unless you use specialized tools like BleachBit. With just a few mouse clicks, this nifty little utility can help you to purge all the junk produced by the system and installed applications.

From the ACLU: Know Your Rights

Last week you learned the basics of using Access Control Lists (ACLs) and the command associated with them: getfacl, setfacl and chacl. This week you’ll learn that protecting the rights of your users is as important as protecting your users from themselves. You’ll also learn the effects of changes to user’s rights. Managing users and permissions is a full-time job. That’s why your job as System Administrator (SA) exists. Your job is to keep the system running smoothly for the system’s users. That includes patching, file maintenance, performance measurement, capacity planning and user maintenance.

Red Hat vs. VMware: Is the Data Center War Real?

A data center war between Red Hat and VMware seems to be accelerating. Partners like Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard may need to choose sides. Here's why.

8 Paint Programs for Linux

So you just finished installing the latest version of Ubuntu (or any Linux distribution) on your main machine, and you need to do some simple graphics work. Maybe you need to crop some photos or take out some sensitive information in a screen capture. Maybe you want to create a simple logo for your website or create a freehand drawing. If you open up the Applications menu and click on Graphics you won't find much. In fact, you won't find a tool that would let you do all of the tasks just mentioned.

Ubuntu Names Their Desktop After Us?

I was quite surprised this morning whilst reading my RSS feeds to discover that Ubuntu has named their most recent ‘lite desktop‘ Unity. Surprised because we have our project, Unity Linux. Strange that both our ‘lightweight distribution and desktop’ and Ubuntu’s ‘lite desktop’ should share a name together.

The cloud : at least an environment that favor open-source !

  • Open Source catalyst; By Benoît des Ligneris (Posted by bligneri on May 11, 2010 12:25 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
What if the cloud was an environment that favors Open Source ? Read-more to know why the cloud is helping promote open source project and open source companies.

Taking Ubuntu Unity Interface For A Test Drive [Screenshots and Video]

The new Unity interface for Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition and Ubuntu Light will remind you of Gnome Shell, but Unity seems more usable, with the "dock" panel on the left. We took Ubuntu Unity interface for a test drive, so here are some screenshots and video I just took, as well as explainations on how the Unity dock works.

Three nice opensource games for Linux

Here are three nice open source games for Linux. Go Ollie!, Bos Wars and Scorched 3D.

One-Handed Workarounds -- The Programmers Guide to Typing With a Broken Thumb

This week's column has been written a little more slowly than normal because on Wednesday, I tripped over the dog and broke my left thumb. Under strict instructions to keep it elevated, and concerned not to put too much strain on the remaining good hand, I went looking for resources for one-handed keyboard operation. Here are a few useful links in case you are ever in the same position!

Software freedom matters, and I intend to prove it

Welcome to my new ComputerWorldUK blog, where I'll aim to bring you regular dispatches from the front lines of the free and open source software revolution. Starting out with news seems smart, so I'll use this post to announce my new job. Throughout the five years I spent as the chief open source officer for Sun Microsystems, I had the great pleasure of liberating the source code behind many great products. During my tenure Sun open sourced the Java platform, Solaris Unix, the UltraSPARC processor and much more.

Wine 1.1.44 vs Vista Benchmarks

Dan Kegel has been running some DirectX and OpenGL benchmarks on Ubuntu + Wine and Windows Vista, Here is the results of Dans recent benchmark test. Yagmarkdata now has data from five different benchmarks: 3dmark 2000, 2001, 2006 and heaven2_opengl, d3d9, and running on a semi-whimpy e8400 dual core box with an nvidia gt 220 card, on both Vista and Ubuntu+Wine.

How To Upgrade Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) To 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)

  • HowtoForge; By Falko Timme (Posted by falko on May 10, 2010 6:42 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: KDE, Ubuntu
The new Kubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) has just been released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Kubuntu 9.10 desktop installation to Kubuntu 10.04.

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