This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_5916_01C7A79F.E70F80A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Red Hat Magazine | June 2007 =20 Did you miss the 3rd annual Red Hat Summit? Not to worry, this month's = Red Hat Magazine synopsis has all the updates, blogs, and announcement = coverage you need to stay informed. Also in May, Red Hat Magazine = featured articles on open voting, video updates on the One Laptop per = Child project, and the continuation of popular columns. More Inkscape = anyone? We're always looking for compelling stories and dynamic voices to help = tell them. Think you could write part II of an existing article? Love or = hate a certain author's perspective? Disagree with an editor's blog? = Leave a comment and reach the author (and everyone on the worldwide = web). Or if you want to reach the editorial team, email us. -->Email us. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1478&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Until next month, happy reading and may the source be with you. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1479&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA ************************************************** FEATURES Whirlwind Wheelchair empowers the disabled with open source. by Sandra Wills Getting from point A to point B is a need that we all have, but what if = you're in a third-world country and require a wheelchair? -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1480&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Painless dual-booting with Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5 and a = MacBookPro. by Noah Gift I know there are many OS X users curious about running Linux on their = Mac hardware, but are overwhelmed with the configuration options. There = are also many Linux users who want to work on one machine and would like = to dual-boot OS X and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1481&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA What's new in SELinux for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5? by Dan Walsh For many people, security is a subject that they only think about after = something bad happens. Like buying a home alarm system after your home = has been burgled. Why? One reason is denial--after all, bad things = always happen to someone else. Additional reasons may be the perception = that security, especially in software, is too hard. People either don't = use it, or use it incorrectly. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1482&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Risk Report: Two years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. by Mark Cox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 was released on February 15, 2005. This = report takes a look at the state of security for the first two years = from release. We look at key metrics, specific vulnerabilities, and the = most common ways users were affected by security issues. We will show = some best practices that could have been used to minimize the impact of = the issues, and also take a look at how the included security = innovations helped. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1483&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA When you gotta go, you gotta go. by Mike McGrath Normally when Linux types talk about patents, we tend to talk about = software patents. This story, however, is about more traditional = patents. It's a dark tale involving a man, a portable waste disposal = device, and murder. It just so happens, I was there. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1484&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Squid in five minutes. by Noah Gift Why Squid? Why only five minutes? There are many great tools that Squid = has to offer, but when I need to redirect http traffic to a caching = server for performance increases or security, Squid's my pick. Squid has = built in proxy and caching tools that are simple, yet effective. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1485&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA ************************************************** SUMMIT 2007 The calm before the storm. by an editor Everyone's assembled in San Diego, CA for the third-annual Red Hat = Summit = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid868&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA), which begins today. Though the guests arrived = just last night, our staff and speakers have been preparing for the = event for months. Now that it's begun, it doesn't get any less exciting. = Partners to meet. Users to greet. Speakers to speak. Great food and = drink. Late nights. Good times. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1486&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Day zero, blog one. by Jeff Mackanic Arrived in sunny San Diego earlier today and wow it is certainly = beautiful. The hotel is right on the bay and there are sailboats docked = behind it. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1487&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Day zero, blog two. by Kris Bowen Summit staff log--Summit date 5/9, 1:00 a.m. This is my take on a Star Trek captain's log. I know, not very funny. = But give me a break--it's one in the morning, and I've been up for a = long time. (The ironic part is I'm not even a Trekkie = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1489&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA).) -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1488&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Day one, link wrap. by an editor Lots of news coming out of the first day of the Summit. We've been = keeping track, and here's the day one round-up. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1490&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Good for the body and mind. by Tim Hyer Day one at the Summit started bright and early for me. The sun rises = early in San Diego, and brings the kind of weather that makes you want = to get out of bed and start the day. So I headed to the gym. Strolling = into the workout facility just after 6 a.m., I figured I'd have first = dibs on my choice of machines. Much to my surprise, the place was = already humming with activity... -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1491&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Introducing RHX: An open source marketplace. by Julie Bryce Red Hat released Red Hat(R) Exchange at the 2007 Red Hat Summit = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid868&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA). RHX takes another step toward providing users = the value of open source across their entire business. With RHX, you can = shop a marketplace of open source applications???all are guaranteed to = run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, delivered through Red Hat?? Network, = and supported by Red Hat. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1492&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Liberation Fonts. by an editor One of the exciting announcements out of yesterday's Summit coverage was = a gift given by Red Hat to the community. A new set of fonts, free to = use and free to distribute. The Liberation fonts. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1493&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA -->Download the fonts. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1494&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Day two, link wrap. by an editor Whew. Two days down, one to go. Here's a list of all the cool stuff = being written about the Summit today (and a few items that we missed = yesterday). -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1495&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Alan Dechert of the Open Voting Consortium. by Julie Bryce We got the chance to chat a bit with Alan Dechert during the 2007 Red = Hat Summit. We asked him some questions; he gave us some answers. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1496&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Why our voting system is corrupt and what we can do to fix it. (Hint: Think open.) by Julie Bryce I like new words. Today's new word is "Systers". Here, I'll use it in a = sentence: There are plenty of Systers at the Red Hat Summit this year. = If you haven't caught on by now, systers are female system = administrators. And though I thought them a rarity, the diversity in = both gender and ethnicity at the Summit this year has been the best in = three years. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1497&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Day three, link wrap. by an editor Link wrap--think shrink wrap--is a packaged-up mix of articles, = pictures, and general stuff from this year's Red Hat Summit. Here's the = last daily group (though we may post a follow-up early next week if we = see more info out there). Thanks for reading along, and we hope everyone = at the San Diego event had a lovely time. Hope to see you all next year! -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1498&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA That's a wrap. by an editor Just a few more things that have crossed our radar in the few days = post-Summit...=20 *Watch the Summit highlight videos and see keynotes by Matthew Szulik, = Brian Stevens, Matt Mattox, and David Pakman.=20 = http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid802&elq00D7A71A47C5= 45BFA53F9BC001A07DDA *Read Chris Blizzard's Summit summary.=20 = http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1500&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA *Awards and Moglen mark Red Hat Summit finale by Joe Barr (Linux.com)=20 = http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1501&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA *Red Hat still has sway by Phil Hochmuth (Network World) = http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1502&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA=20 *EMC Delivers World Class Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux=20 = http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1503&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1499&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA The Summit ends. And not with a whimper. by Jonathan Opp Friday, final day of the Summit. My morning starts in Eben Moglen's = session on GPLv3. You'll remember Moglen gave an unforgettable keynote = address last year = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1505&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA). This year his individual sessions give = attendees the chance to ask questions directly. It's no surprise that = Moglen is as articulate and passionate responding to questions as he is = with his prepared comments. His wit is sharp. And when he turns a phrase = just right, he pauses and lets it hang in the air for a moment. The = audience laughs. He deadpans. It's brilliant. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1504&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA ************************************************** MULTIMEDIA The lowdown on GPL 3 (with Eben Moglen). (Podcast) by Julie Bryce With the help of Red Hat deputy counsel Mark Webbink = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1507&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA), we tracked down Eben Moglen = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1508&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA) at the Red Hat Summit earlier this month. We = asked him about GPL 3 = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1509&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA), why he's leaving the Free Software Foundation = (FSF) = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1510&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA), and learned what's next for the pioneering = legal scholar. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1506&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Open source in education? Now that's using your Moodle. (Video) by Julie Bryce The line between learning in the classroom and learning independently = has been forever blurred. Thanks to the resources of the web, kids as = young as nine can learn the way college students do. Learn more about = the open source content management system, Moodle. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1511&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Inside One Laptop per Child, Episode 02. (Video) by Julie Bryce Episode 02 of this series documenting the One Laptop per Child project = focuses on the activities built for the laptop. Activities, not = applications, since the machine is designed for children and = applications is a decidedly adult word. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1512&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Eben Moglen on Microsoft's 'be very afraid tour'. (Video) by an editor Perhaps you've seen the recent headlines = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1514&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA). Or perhaps you saw them last summer...or the = summer before that. "Free and open source software infringes our = patents, = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1515&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA)" they say. "Open source users may have to pay = royalties, = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1516&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA)" they say. Is it true? Is open source really = under that kind of threat? -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1513&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA ************************************************** REVIEWS Nokia Internet Tablet: Sysadmin's friend? by Matthew Schick A bane of the system administrator's (SA) job is on-call work. You = either end up lugging a laptop or making a dash for the nearest machine = when things go wrong. It would be nice to have something that was a bit = more portable but had enough tools to fix most issues. The Nokia = Internet Tablets (N770 = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1518&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA) and N800 = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1519&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA)) offer a mostly complete Linux environment and = are quite portable, but can they really offer SA's more freedom? -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1517&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA The Linux Programmer's Toolbox. by Christopher Smith The Linux Programmers Toolbox provides a thorough introduction on the = essential C and C++ development tools packaged with common modern Linux = distributions. It is predominantly geared towards programmers who are = new to the Linux platform, but power users and systems engineers perk = up--there is enough cross-discipline information to absolutely warrant a = closer look. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1520&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed. by Neil Horman I'm a 32-year-old software engineer working for Red Hat. The last time I = did a book review, I was reading _The Great Gatsby_ when I really wanted = to focus on the upcoming seventh grade spring dance. Fortunately I can = now read (and review) books that I find interesting. _Red Hat Enterprise = Linux 5 Administration Unleashed_ by Tammy Fox fits the bill. It is, as = its name implies, an admin guide and reference guide. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1521&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Book review: Wikinomics. by Jeff Mackanic I feel like I should have enjoyed this book more. After all, it has = gotten lots of press and is very popular... -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1523&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA ************************************************** COLUMNS The open palette: Creating grungy Gimp brushes using Inkscape. by Mairin Duffy Welcome to the second installation of The open palette. Last time, we = focused on creating orbs and 3D text using Inkscape's new blur filter = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid833&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA). This month, we'll be focusing on creating = brushes for the Gimp using Inkscape. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1524&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Thinking Design: A pencil, a ruler, and a cup of coffee. (Part 2) by David Burney In a previous article I explained why the title above has meaning for = me. I'd like to dig a bit deeper, so you may want to read that article = first if you missed it = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1526&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA). If you take the client's perspective in the = above quote to its logical ending, I think you can make the argument = that everyone is a designer. Most of us don't think that way. But, after = 30+ years in the industry, I do. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1525&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Building the XO: Porting a PyGTK game to Sugar. (part 1) by John (J5) Palmieri Welcome to this tutorial series on porting a PyGTK game to the OLPC's = Sugar environment. While we will be concentrating on a game called Block = Party, the lessons taught here can be used as a guide to create or port = any number of applications. Games are just more fun to learn with. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1527&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA Building the XO: Porting a PyGTK game to Sugar. (Part 2) by John (J5) Palmieri In the last lesson we learned about what made Block Party tick. In this = lesson, we will turn the same PyGtk codebase into a Sugar activity with = only minimal modification of the core code. As always, the code for this = lesson can be found here = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1529&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA). For this lesson you will need a computer with the latest version of the = Sugar environment running on it. This can either be from sugar-jhbuild = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1530&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA) or any build after or including build 303 = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1531&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA) running in an emulated environment like qemu, = from the LiveCD or on the laptop itself. -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1528&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA How to write really good documentation: Donald Knuth was wrong. by Brian Forte While it's true we still need 'better documentation of programs' it = isn't true, or it is no longer true, 'that we can best achieve this by = considering programs to be works of literature. = (http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1533&elq00D7A71A47= C545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA)' Huh? -->Read the full article. http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1532&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA ************************************************** TIPS AND TRICKS http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1203&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA *How do I set up hugepages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4? http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1534&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA *How can I configure my Red Hat Network Satellite Server to receive = channel content updates automatically? http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1535&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA *How do I configure the Virtual Console login to display a pre-login = message? http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1536&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA *How do I create a local GFS filesystem on a single node with Red Hat = Enterprise Linux 4 server? http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1537&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA *How do I relocate a clustered service in Red Hat Enterprise Linux = Cluster Suite via the command-line? http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1355&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA *How can I change the default size of an inode when I create an = ext2/ext3 filesystem? http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1538&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA *How do I change the default port that OpenSSH server uses? http://app.info.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s257&lid1539&elq00D7A71A47C= 545BFA53F9BC001A07DDA ************************************************** This email is intended for people who have opted-in to receiving = information from Red Hat. 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