Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Linux Today - Linux Today News Service Building A Benchmarking Test Farm With Phoromatic November 5, 2009 at 12:04 am Phoronix: "Today though we are announcing the public beta launch of Phoromatic. Phoromatic is a remote test management system that allows controlling any number of PTS-powered systems through a single web-based interface, which also allows all of the test results to be viewed from a central source." Symantec Backs Up Linux November 4, 2009 at 10:04 pm Enterprise Storage Forum: "Symantec is adding Linux support to its Backup Exec System Recovery solution for small businesses." Large Hadron Collider team flicks switch on Xeon grid November 4, 2009 at 8:34 pm The Register: "CERN today unveiled the upgraded grid that will support the Large Hadron Collider when the titanic particle-punisher finally kicks back into life." Meet the Platform Team Managers: Matt Zimmerman November 4, 2009 at 7:04 pm Ubuntu User: "In this final interview in my Where Karmic's Karma Comes From series, we meet Matt Zimmerman, Ubuntu CTO and chair of the Ubuntu Technical Board. Matt brings each team together with his tireless efforts to ensure quality, professionalism, and polish to each release." The Psychology Of A Distrohopper November 4, 2009 at 6:33 pm Jim Lynch: "There’s a unique breed of Linux user out there these days and they’re called “distrohoppers.” What the heck is a distrohopper?" Getting a Scanner to work in Linux November 4, 2009 at 6:03 pm Linux Today Blog: "I have a different definition of "support" than HP-- theirs seems to be "A determined and stubborn Linux guru can make the darned thing work if they try really hard."" Helping Out SSDs November 4, 2009 at 5:33 pm Linux Magazine: "The last article talked about the anatomy of SSDs and the origins of some of the their characteristics. In this article, we break down tuning storage and file systems for SSDs with an eye toward improving performance and helping overcome some of the platform’s limitations." How to Crimp Your Own Ethernet Cables November 4, 2009 at 5:03 pm LinuxPlanet: "It isn't very difficult to crimp your own CAT5 cabling. You can repair and re-use old cable, cut cable to exact lengths, and save money. Aaron Weiss shows how, with lots of good pictures." Linux's share of netbooks surging, not sagging, says analyst November 4, 2009 at 4:33 pm Computer World: "Research firm's numbers contradict lower figures touted by Microsoft on Linux netbooks" Finding Geotagged Photos in digiKam November 4, 2009 at 4:03 pm Scribbles and Snaps: "Need to find all the photos you took in France? You can use the Map Searches sidebar to do just that, provided your photos have been geotagged." Going Microsoft-Free, Saying Buh-Bye to McBride November 4, 2009 at 3:33 pm Linux Blog Safari: "There seems to be no limit to the number of ways to say goodbye to Darl McBride, SCO's recently dumped CEO." Open and Accessible November 4, 2009 at 3:03 pm Linux Pro Magazine: "One of the many things I love about working in the world of open source is that this field is much more about passion than profit. Think of how many extra hours you or your friends and colleagues put in on nights and weekends (and occasional holidays). You don't do that for just a "Job"." Desktop Linux needs salesmen! November 4, 2009 at 2:33 pm Tech-No-Media: "The successful author took his book, turned it around and said: 'Here it says that I am a best selling author, not a best writing author!'" Next-generation Linux file systems: NiLFS(2) and exofs November 4, 2009 at 2:03 pm IBM Developerworks: "Linux continues to innovate in the area of file systems. It supports the largest variety of file systems of any operating system. It also provides cutting-edge file system technology. Two new file systems that are making their way into Linux include the NiLFS(2) log-structured file system and the exofs object-based storage system." AMD opening shop in the Middle East? November 4, 2009 at 1:33 pm InternetNews: "It looks like AMD and Globalfoundries are going to set up shop in Dubai after taking a hefty chunk of change from an investment firm based in the emirate. AMD CEO Dirk Meyer told Emirates Business that the firm is looking to a open chip design center in Dubai, and maybe a fabrication plant in Abu Dhabi." Faster booting with Upstart November 4, 2009 at 1:03 pm The H Open: "A good portion of the boot time on current Linux systems is spent on system initialisation and starting dozens of daemons sequentially. The Ubuntu 9.10 development team have started to parallelise and accelerate the boot process through the large scale use of Upstart." 5 Reasons why Ubuntu 9.10 is better than Windows 7 November 4, 2009 at 12:33 pm Cyber Cynic: "OK, I'm a Linux guy you already know I'm going to come down in favor of Ubuntu 9.10.. But, I actually like Windows 7 as well. Which lead me to the question, why do I still prefer Linux?" Sam Ramji: On the CodePlex Foundation and more November 4, 2009 at 12:03 pm LWN.net: "A few weeks back, we looked at the newly announced CodePlex Foundation. At the time, there were a few questions about the foundation and its plans. We asked Sam Ramji, interim president of the foundation—and, previously, Microsoft's senior director of platform strategy—to fill in some of the gaps." Lenovo: Win7 beats Linux in netbooks November 4, 2009 at 11:33 am EETimes: "Improvements in Windows 7 will make it less likely notebook makers will adopt Linux-based operating systems, said a technology executive at Lenovo." Hole in the Linux kernel allows root access November 4, 2009 at 11:03 am The H Open: "A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel can be exploited to access a system at root privilege level." Linux Dairy Council Steps to the Plate... November 4, 2009 at 10:33 am Blog of Helios: "Many of us are stumbling around, trying to find the best way to get Desktop Linux into the awareness of the average computer user. There are millions of us already and I am fairly certain that even the most generous stats pertaining to Linux Desktop use are wrong. There are more of us than I think many of us imagine. But still..." Speaking UNIX: Peering into pipes November 4, 2009 at 10:03 am IBM Developerworks: "The pipe operator connects one UNIX� command to another to create ad hoc programs right on the command line. But a pipe is something of a black box, occluding the data flowing from one utility to the next. Pipe Viewer provides a peek into the pipeline. Here's how to use it in day-to-day tasks." Pink Army Cooperative Uses Open Source Principles to Treat Breast Cancer November 4, 2009 at 9:33 am OStatic: "Content management systems, media apps, and gaming software all have their place in the FOSS ecosystem, but when projects like the Pink Army Cooperative come along, it reminds people of just how powerful the open source doctrine really is." ApacheCon 2009 Free Live Stream November 4, 2009 at 9:03 am Linux Pro Magazine: "The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is holding ApacheCon US 2009 from November 2-6 in Oakland, California. The foundation for a free webserver is also celebrating its 10th birthday. In honor of this 10th birthday, the celebration includes three days of the conference program available as a FREE Live stream." 10,000 hours: Track your practice with gnuplot and wordpress November 4, 2009 at 8:33 am On Ensemble: "Here’s how to set up a system with pretty graphs to track your practice time and display it at your Wordpress site! I’m using mine to track the time I spend each day on four different categories of practice, and also show my progress toward the goal of 10,000 hours of total practice." Novell SUSE Linux Appliance Effort Shows Promise November 4, 2009 at 8:03 am The VAR Guy: "It has been a few months since Novell launched the SUSE Appliance program. So we checked in with Novell to see how the effort was going so far. Matt Richards, director, emerging technologies, and Steve Hale, VP and worldwide data center channel lead" Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Gets Managed November 4, 2009 at 7:33 am InternetNews: "Red Hat has been talking about its new virtualization strategy for much of 2009. Today, the Linux vendor is making good on that talk with the release of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, which includes a standalone hypervisor (RHEF-H) as well as a management platform (RHEV-M)." Patch and Patch Again November 4, 2009 at 7:03 am Sure, It's Secure: "Microsoft is always patching Windows. What some people don't know is that they often don't get it right the second time either."   This email was sent to edydjula@gmail.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.