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Internet censorship: Let it rot in walled gardens
Censorship is practised for all kinds of political, social and commercial reasons, and all societies have limits on acceptable behaviour, but the point of the web is that there are no walled gardens and no limits to what we can access. If information wants to get out there, it will.
2012 Randa Report
Dot Categories: Sprints“From the hacking rooms, we hear the whistle of the train as it travels up and down the Matter Valley. Most of us arrived on that train, and soon will be leaving. Another amazing mass KDE sprint is coming to an end, and again a lot has been accomplished.”
Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And MySQL On Ubuntu 12.04
Vsftpd is one of the most secure and fastest FTP servers for Linux. Usually vsftpd is configured to work with system users. This document describes how to install a vsftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine.
Ubuntu Multi-Monitor Tweaks (Full Screen Flash Fixes, Span Wallpaper Across Monitors, More)
If you are using a multi-monitor setup in Ubuntu, here are a few tips which should help you fix some annoyances, like: get full screen flash videos to be displayed on any monitor, get flash videos to remain full screen while working in the other desktop, a tweak to move windows to a different display using keyboard shortcuts or how to extend the wallpaper across monitors or use a different wallpaper for each monitor.
Open source software helps artists create music
TruthLogik, a New York based hip hop artist, says that in a million years he could not have imagined he would be recording an album using entirely free software. When he first stumbled on open source music-making tools, he thought about the computer classes he took in school. He had never been exposed to the idea that free software could be so well-made and uniquely useful. Making music using open source tools and software has been gaining some traction, so we sat down with TruthLogik and asked how he created a hip hop album solely using open source software.
5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 10-12-12
This week we look at why Apple should try to buy Nokia, if computer science majors need more practical training versus learning underlying theory and advice on how to ship great apps.
Using the HTML5 Fullscreen API for Phishing Attacks
Quick! Click this link to Bank Of America. There’s nothing fishy about it at all! I promise! Go ahead — hover your mouse over the link to see where it goes. You’ll find that it’s a completely normal link to https://www.bankofamerica.com. There is only one way to find out if I’m telling the truth — just click the link already!
Linaro Introduces "Boottime" For Linux Kernel
Up to this point if you have wanted to monitor the start-up/boot performance of a Linux system, namely how long it takes the Linux kernel to boot, you have had to use an independent utility like Bootchart. Now with work done by the Linaro project, there is an in-kernel measurement capabilities via a new "Boottime" patch...
Linus "Linux" Torvalds was interviewed by Slashdot readers with interesting results
Slashdot, the 15-year old popular technology discussion site, recently had their readers come up with a list of their top questions to ask Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator. The results were interesting.
Dual-boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on a PC with UEFI hardware
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a replacement for BIOS, and it is very likely that any computer or motherboard you buy today will have UEFI instead of BIOS firmware.
Review: Free, open source VirtualBox lags behind VMware and Parallels
Poor 3D support and lack of OS integration features hurt VirtualBox the most. Our Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion shootout took a deep dive into the two most successful commercial virtualization products for the Mac, but many of you had questions about VirtualBox, the free and open source desktop virtualization software currently offered by Oracle. Both Parallels and VMware offer plenty of features for home and business users, but is VirtualBox an acceptable alternative for the cash-strapped?
Ubuntu One Is Now Available for Mac OS X
Canonical has announced earlier today that they released a Beta client of their Ubuntu One service for Apple’s Mac OS X operating system.
Debian undecided on method for secure boot
The Debian GNU/Linux project has yet to decide on the method whereby it will ensure that the Linux distribution it produces can boot on computers that are certified for Windows 8.
US federal appeals court reverses Galaxy Nexus sales ban
In late June, following a lawsuit filed by Apple earlier this year, a California court granted an injunction against Samsung that banned the sale of the Galaxy Nexus in the United States. The two companies have been undergoing a massive worldwide judicial battle over patents for several months. “We hold that the district court abused its discretion in determining that Apple established a sufficient causal nexus,” the court wrote on Thursday.
Linux Foundation presents Secure Boot solution
The Linux Foundation and its Technical Advisory Board (TAB) have presented a plan to provide an easy way to start Linux systems where UEFI Secure Boot is active. The plan involves the very simple "loader" pre-bootloader that will be signed with a key from Microsoft. Typical Secure Boot PCs will come with the corresponding public verification key that allows them to start Windows 8 in Secure Boot mode – they should, therefore, also be able to start the mini-bootloader for Linux when Secure Boot is active, unless the Loader is included on the DBX blacklist that is maintained by the UEFI firmware.
Do it “on the Internet,” get a patent, sue an industry—it still works
The slide that defense lawyers showed to the jury read: “This isn’t new.” In a patent case, it could have been a smoking gun—after all, it was written by the inventors themselves. They were describing their business, Nexchange, to a San Francisco conference back in 2000; it was three years before they received their first patent and turned their focus to litigation. But hours later, inventor Daniel “Del” Ross Jr. was on the stand, and he seemed none too concerned that the crux of his idea was old—if not ancient. He had a patent, twice reviewed by the US Patent Office, and a simple story to tell: “The big difference is, we invented this for the Internet,” he told the jury.
Ubuntu within Windows - WUBI Install versus Virtual Box
What is the best way to try out Ubuntu after first sampling the live CD? Should you go for a WUBI installation or install a virtual machine?
Make your own political campaign ad
Mozilla and PBS Newshour launch innovative new election video tool — starring YOU Today, Mozilla and PBS Newshour are proud to launch AdLibs, a unique new media mash-up tool centered on the 2012 U.S. election — featuring you in the … Continue reading
Is Oracle squeezing the MySQL lemon too hard?
Despite what many feared, Oracle has not abandoned development of MySQL. Indeed, as announced at Oracle OpenWorld this week, Oracle just released MySQL Release Candidate 5.6 with a host of new features. Unfortunately, only paying customers are ever going to see the best of those features.
LinuxCertified Introduces Ultra-Portable yet Powerful Linux Ultrabook
New LC22Ultra Supports Intel i3-3217 1.8GHz CPU and upto 8GB memory, and starts at $799
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