Linux today
- MSI GeForce 9800GT 512MB
- <b>Phoronix:</b> "AMD is now providing same-day support with all new products, CrossFire on Linux, OverDrive, and many other recently introduced features. NVIDIA and AMD are nearly at a feature parity and even in the past two months they both released new video APIs for Linux (PureVideo / VDPAU and X-Video Bitstream Acceleration, respectively) and they are now battling it out on Linux over performance."
- Open Source Business Cluster Launched in New South Wales
- <b>IT Wire:</b> "Headquarters in Sydney, New South Wales, an Open Source Business Cluster was announced. The aim of the cluster is to more effectively market, deliver and provide support for Open Source technology to business and government agencies."
- PHP Zend Framework 1.7 adds Adobe support
- <b>Netstat -vat:</b> "The open source Zend Framework 1.7 is now available expanding the PHP framework to work better with Adobe Flex and AIR applications."
- Progex 8.20 ScreenShots
- <b>Linux Dynasty:</b> "Here is a fairly new Linux distribution and like many new ones out there this distribution is based off of Ubuntu Linux. The installation was just an easy 7 steps just as most other Ubuntu based distributions."
- Zeroshell Delivers Big Network Services in a Small Package
- <b>LinuxPlanet:</b> "What gives you a firewall, load-balancing, QoS, 3G support, RADIUS, wireless access point, HTTP proxy, VPN, VLAN, PPPoE, captive portal, and a host of other useful security, authentication, and network applications, all in a hundred megabytes? Zeroshell, the built-from-scratch Linux network appliance."
- Improve Your Intelligence with Brain Workshop
- <b>Linux Journal:</b> "Everywhere you turn there are "brain training" games that claim to help you "lower your brain age" or "boost your brain power" and other such marketing hyperbole. Much like saying a certain breakfast cereal is "more satisfying" than other cereals, these claims are basically meaningless."
- Tip: Using find Command in Linux
- <b>PinoyTux:</b> "But with CLI, we can do so many things that can be accomplished faster if we know how to utilize the features of a certain command."
- Linux Printing: A Curious Mix of Yuck and Excellence, part 2
- <b>Linux Today Blog:</b> "why do print jobs disappear without a trace, then reappear days later? Printing multiple copies, if you had hit the print button in frustration multiple times. Is this printer really online and working? Does it have enough toner and paper? If there is a problem, why won't it tell me in a reasonable way? Why isn't there an obvious, easy button for "cancel the print job plz, kthx"?"
- Open Letter: Independent Conformance Testing Needed for ODF and OOXML
- <b>ruminations on the digital realm:</b> "She sees the need for independent testing in order to make sure governments and their citizens don't head into a new vendor-lock, this time as a result of poor implementation of open standards."
- The Video Editor That Linux Already Has, but Still Needs
- <b>CETX_var_log:</b> "I speak of course of Blender. Blender is one of my favourite apps ever. I use it, I love it, I am constantly amazed by it.
But the one thing I'm really looking for in Linux, lately, is a really solid video editor. Yes, Blender can edit video...but..just because it can, doesn't mean it should -- at least in its present state."
- Unemployed? Five Reasons to Build Your Resume With FOSS Contributions
- <b>Community, Incorporated:</b> "If that's the case, shouldn't we be expecting a "Golden Age" for open source, with all the idle programmers and IT folks at home with time on their hands? I can think of several reasons why unemployed IT folks should consider digging into an open source project over catching up on their soaps in the interim:"
- Clueless Linux User (audio, may not be work-safe)
- <b>Linux Journal:</b> "Here in the Linux Journal offices, we sometimes get phone calls that give us a laugh. People call us because they either want to "talk to the Linux company" or buy some stock in "Linux"..."
- Attack Of The Ubuntu Forks
- <b>LinuxHaxor:</b> "Ubuntu - being the most widely used Linux distribution - is also not immune to the clone/forks attacks. Today, we will look at some of the well-received Ubuntu based forks out there, which are not supported by Canonical."
- New MythTV Interface Preview
- <b>Gunaxin:</b> "This new interface will offer many new features to MythTV, including animation, better interactivity, and faster and easier development for themers and developers alike."
- Ubuntu for the Holidays
- <b>Practical Tech:</b> "Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, the popular Linux distribution, has launched an U.S.-based on-line shop for Ubuntu-branded merchandise and software. The U.S. Ubuntu Shop carries a wide range of Ubuntu-branded items."
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