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(Nov 21, 2009, 20:02 UTC) (1142 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Foundation: "Ever wanted to learn Vim, but weren't sure how to start? No problem. We have you covered! This will be the first of a four-part (possibly longer) series covering how to use Vim and where to start using the world's best text editor."
(Nov 21, 2009, 16:02 UTC) (1132 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LinuxInsider: "It worked for software, so why not science? The open source science movement has been gaining momentum, and it's shaping the future of scientific research and discovery."
(Nov 21, 2009, 12:02 UTC) (1478 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LinuxPlanet: "With the purchase of SUSE by Novell many feared that the brand would be subsumed into the corporate borg and contaminated with proprietary add-ons. But openSUSE goes its own way, and the result is a sleek, reliable distribution with all the bells and whistles. Paul Ferrill takes it for a spin and reports."
(Nov 21, 2009, 08:02 UTC) (3475 reads) (4 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Computerworld: "Microsoft Corp. is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS today, but neither were potential rivals who make Linux and instant-on operating systems."
(Nov 21, 2009, 04:02 UTC) (1823 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Phoronix: "Intel's Linux graphics driver stack is often at the forefront of X.Org / Mesa innovations, from Intel being the first driver having in-kernel video memory management to being the first driver with mainline kernel mode-setting support to even being the driver that often first receives support for new OpenGL extensions in Mesa."
(Nov 21, 2009, 00:02 UTC) (3051 reads) (4 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Last week I wrote "Cloud is Just Another Word for "Sucker". My objections to buying into this whole "cloud" services fad are three-fold: trust, reliability, and performance. But why not do-it-yourself? Linux has everything you need.
(Nov 20, 2009, 23:33 UTC) (3584 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Ghacks: "The very early stages of the REAL Google Chrome operating system has been released (and done so fully open sourced). It’s not an operating system you can (and should) be putting on a stand alone machine. Actually what has been released are VirtualBox and VMware images that can be booted in their respective virtual machines."
(Nov 20, 2009, 23:03 UTC) (1752 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Kernel Log: "The kernel development team have enhanced various aspects of Btrfs, one effect of which is to significantly improve the experimental file system's write performance."
(Nov 20, 2009, 22:33 UTC) (1667 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Magazine: "The MythTV hard disk recorder software is available in a new version that is based on Qt4 and supports new hardware and the VDPAU decoder."
(Nov 20, 2009, 22:03 UTC) (1194 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux.com: "So you've got that shiny new openSUSE 11.2 system up and running. Now what? The default repositories have plenty of software, but there's much more for openSUSE in community and semi-official repositories that you might find useful."
(Nov 20, 2009, 21:33 UTC) (1025 reads) (7 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Ridenbaugh Press/Northwest: "It would be fitting to honor that international effort by giving a Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds, perhaps in 2011 on the 20th anniversary of the August 1991 Linux announcement, or in 2012 on the 50th anniversary of Pauling’s award."
(Nov 20, 2009, 21:03 UTC) (794 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Help Net Security: "ENISA's report is the first to take an independent, in-depth look at all the security and privacy issues of moving into the cloud, outlining some of the information security benefits of cloud computing, as well as 35 key security risks."
