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Wine 1.3.3 Released

The Wine development release 1.3.3 is now available. The source is available now, Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Syncing your BlackBerry on Ubuntu

  • ubuntugeek.com (Posted by gg234 on Sep 20, 2010 8:36 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Ubuntu
Barry is an Open Source application that will provide synchronization, backup, restore and program management for BlackBerry ™ devices. Barry is primarily developed on Linux, but is intended as a cross platform library and application set, targeting Linux, BSD, 32/64bit, and big/little endian systems.

Oracle spins own Linux for mega hardware

Oracle has given up on copying Red Hat and is delivering its own Linux to squeeze the last ounce of performance from new cloud-in-a-box and OLTP server giants. Four years after Larry Ellison announced Oracle's Red Hat-compatible Unbreakable Linux distro, intended to sink Red Hat, he has dropped any pretence to compatibility and announced Oracle's Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel instead.

How to Install Dropbox in Ubuntu Lucid, Maverick

Dropbox is a one among the best online file syncing tool available out there. And unlike Ubuntu One, my other favorite file syncing tool, Dropbox is cross platform as well. So here is how you install Dropbox in Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" and Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat".

Ellison announces 'one big, honkin' cloud'

He showcased the Exalogic Elastic Cloud, a system containing 30 servers, each loaded with two six-core processors for a total of 360 processor cores. They are interconnected with each other and storage via Infiniband connections. The systems support both Solaris and Linux guest OSes and include all the middleware customers need to run applications.

LXer Weekly Roundup for 19-Sept-2010


LXer Feature: 20-Sept-2010

The big stories to hit our newswire this week raised some questions it seems. We have Joe Brockmeier asking why e-mail is still stuck in the 1990's, who is in the running to buy Novell, could it be VMWare or possibly even Red Hat? Steve Rosenberg is intrigued by the latest Linux Mint, a review of TinyCore 3.0, Linux applications with peculiar names, the bully in the Linux schoolyard and to wrap things up we have some Microsoft FUD on how Android is not really free. Enjoy!

Installing and Setting up JavaFX for NetBeans and Eclipse IDE

  • packtpub.com; By Vladimir Vivien (Posted by remsai10 on Sep 20, 2010 3:32 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Sun
Today, in the age of Web 2.0, AJAX, and the iPhone, users have come to expect their applications to provide a dynamic and engaging user interface that delivers rich graphical content, audio, and video, all wrapped in GUI controls with animated cinematic-like interactions. They want their applications to be connected to the web of information and social networks available on the Internet.

Shell In A Box Gives Your Browser Terminal Status

Shell In A Box is project that includes a web server, Javascript files and CSS templates to setup web-based terminal access to your system. You might remember that Shell In A Box was part of last week’s TurnKey Linux project. It is a fascinating project of its own and it deserves some focused attention.

Elementary Modification of the KDESC 4.4+ Default Login (KDM & KSplash)

  • mygnulinux.com (Posted by g0d4 on Sep 19, 2010 6:12 PM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: KDE
An attempt on a more unified login experience on KDE. I was thinking that a change of the background of the KDM Login screen & the Splash screen that follows would do the trick. In the process I learned a few more things that I decided to share.

Ubuntu 10.10 To Add A “Sent Using Ubuntu” Signature By Default To Evolution

  • WebUpd8; By Andrew Dickinson (Posted by hotice on Sep 19, 2010 5:17 PM CST)
  • Groups: Ubuntu; Story Type: News Story
Reading the Ubuntu Planet today, I came across a new "feature" which is going to be in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat: Evolution, the default Ubuntu email client will automatically add a "Sent from Ubuntu" (or "Sent using Ubuntu - the exact string has not been decided yet) signature to the emails you send.

Linux From Scratch 6.7 is released!

Linux From Scratch 6.7 is released, A free book that teaches how to build a base Linux OS from scratch, from an existing Linux installation or from a live CD. This release includes numerous changes to LFS 6.6 and security fixes. It also includes editorial work on the explanatory material throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text." Other major changes include update to GRUB 1.98, make 3.82, Perl 5.12.1, udev 161 and various small patches to fix compilation errors.

Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On OpenSUSE 11.3

  • HowtoForge; By Falko Timme (Posted by falko on Sep 19, 2010 3:23 PM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: SUSE
This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on OpenSUSE 11.3. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.

KDocker: Dock Any Application in the System Tray in KDE, GNOME & Xfce

  • TuxArena; By Craciun Dan (Posted by Chris7mas on Sep 19, 2010 2:34 PM CST)
  • Story Type: Reviews
I bet at one point or another you felt you missed the system tray integration feature in some application, be it xterm, an audio player, a file manager or any other program. Well, KDocker is just the thing which comes to help: a simple, yet practical docking application built for KDE4 (older KDE3 version can be found here), but not only. Let me tell you how to use this program in a productive and useful manner.

GmailWatcher: A Gmail Notifier Especially Designed For Ubuntu

  • WebUpd8; By Andrew Dickinson (Posted by hotice on Sep 19, 2010 1:37 PM CST)
  • Groups: Ubuntu; Story Type: News Story
GmailWatcher is an Gmail notifier especially designed for Ubuntu: it uses the Messaging Menu, NotifyOSD notifications and preferences sync through UbuntuOne.

How to Fake a Tilt-Shift Miniature Photograph in GIMP

Tilt-Shift Photography is a great technique to experiment with and if you don’t want to spend your money on a new lens than it is possible to replicate the effect, and in this tutorial I’ll show you how to achieve this effect!

Edubuntu 10.10 Installer is Also Getting a Full Overhaul

While Ubuntu 10.10 installer revamp has caught everyone's attention, Edubuntu on the other hand, is also having a complete installer overhaul. And it looks pretty neat too.

Top 10 Torrent Clients for Linux -a feature comparison

  • A Linux Blog; By Marius (Posted by nongeek on Sep 19, 2010 10:53 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
A feature comparison of 10 of the most used torrent clients for Linux. There are a lot of torrent clients out there for Windows and Mac operating systems but so does Linux. Some of these clients are very rich future, some don’t. Some are heavy on the system, some aren’t. The author compiled a list of most used Linux based torrent clients, both graphical and command line based.

5 Tips for Aspiring Web App Developers

So, you’re not content with just using the social web; you want to be part of building it, too. As a budding or beginning web app developer, you’ve got a difficult but rewarding path ahead of you. You have to master (or at least attempt to master) the intricacies of OOP and scripting languages, learn to build web apps the hard way (practice, practice, practice), and network your way into a few job opportunities. You must also decide whether you’d like to work as a solo/consultant/freelancer, a startup employee or founder, or a rank-and-file developer at an established company.

Trade Practices Implications of Infringing Copies of Open Source Software

Earlier in the year Linux Australia approved a grant for the production of a research note on the Trade Practices Implications of Infringing Copies of Open Source Software. The note has been completed and reviewed by the Linux Australia committee and is now ready for open release.

Developers Fork Mandriva Linux, Creating Mageia

Most of the Mandriva employees working on the Linux distribution were laid off due to the liquidation of Edge-IT (a subsidiary of Mandriva SA) and trust in the company has diminished, the development community (including the core developers) has decided to fork the project.

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