• Australian Senate Hears Open Source Is Too Expensive
    schliz writes "The Australian Government Information Management Office says that a platform change to open source could cost more than it saves. It was pushed to investigate open source software to reduce its AUD$500m budget at a Senate meeting yesterday. From the article: Agencies are obliged to consider value for money on each occasion they apply a software, spokesperson Graham Fry said. If the cost of assessing it [open source] was greater than the cost of the software, you would have to think twice."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://rss
  • Linux Not Quite Ready For New 4K-Sector Drives
    Theovon writes "Weve seen a few stories recently about the new Western Digital Green drives. According to WD, their new 4096-byte sector drives are problematic for Windows XP users but not Linux or most other OSes. Linux users should not be complacent about this, because not all the Linux tools like fdisk have caught up. The result is a reduction in write throughput by a factor of 3.3 across the board (a 230% overhead) when 4096-byte clusters are misaligned to 4096-byte physical sectors by one or more 512-byte logical sectors. The author does some benchmarks to demonstrate this. Also, from the comments on the article, it appears that even parted is not ready, since by default it aligns to cylinder boundaries, which are not physical cylinder boundaries and are multiples of 63."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://rss
  • The KDE 4.3 System Settings - Part 5 - System
    Welcome to part 5, the final article in our little series on the KDE 4.3 System Settings control panel. I first off want to thank the KDE devs for creating such a great desktop environment (DE) and for simplifying the control panel (now known as "System Settings"). The last time I had to do an article series like this, it took me 10 articles and nearly a month to pull it off. But don't let the fact that it has a more compact control panel fool you. It's just as powerful as ever. But you don't have to work quite as hard to administrate your KDE 4.x desktop. But that aside, let's have a look at the last section in the System Settings control panel and what it has to offer.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • NVIDIA Has Gallium3D Support In Fedora 13
    While it's exciting to have kernel mode-setting, RandR, and EXA / X-Video acceleration for NVIDIA hardware in an open-source driver that is reliable since the mainlining of its DRM code and its adoption in Ubuntu 10.04 and other distributions, Fedora has already employed Nouveau support to various extents in their recent releases.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • Installing Kernel Updates Without Reboot With Ksplice Uptrack On Ubuntu 9.10
    Ksplice Uptrack is a subscription service that lets you apply 100% of the important kernel security updates released by your Linux vendor without rebooting. Ksplice Uptrack is freely available for the desktop versions of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic and Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty. This tutorial shows how to install and use it on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • A Perfect Linux or BSD desktop distribution
    The main objective of this blog is to help narrow down the list of Linux- and BSD-based distributions that a new user will feel comfortable using. Distributions that provide the same or better level of user-friendliness than the malware-infested and DRM-riddled operating system that they currently use. With more than 600 distributions listed at Distrowatch (only about 300 of which are active), finding the perfect distribution, or finding the one that fits your particular usage requirements can be daunting.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • The AirJaldi Mesh Router
    The AirJaldi Mesh Router (AJMR) is built around a SBCs (Single Board Computers) which we extract from low-cost popular WiFi devices such as Linksys WRT54G . Most of the SBCs used, utilize a 200mhz MIPS CPU with 4Mb of Flash memory and 16Mb of RAM. However, we also use some lower-scale units and recently also developed more powerful units. The Netgear WGT634U appears to be most suitable for our application but it was recently discontinued. This small SBC draws less power then its bulkier cousins, features a MiniPCI slot for radio card, hosting a great Atheros b/g radio, double the flash and ram of the WRT54G and maybe the greatest feature of all is a USB2.0 port.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • Eeebuntu 4 Beta 1 Overview And Screenshots
    Eeebuntu, the Linux distribution for netbooks which won the Sourceforge Choice Awards: BEST NEW PROJECT in 2009 has released the first beta of the new version 4.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • New 3D Game Engine Targets Linux Gamers
    While there are many open-source games available (just see the recent discussion about the most advanced GPL-ed FPS), most of them are based upon the ioquake3 game engine that in turn is based upon id Software's open-source id Tech 3 engine. There's also games like Nexuiz that use the DarkPlaces engine and then also Warsow that uses QFusion. There have also been projects like XreaL that seek to greatly expand upon the visual capabilities of the ioquake3 engine, but many of these projects go on without ever making it to a release stage. Today there is yet another open-source game engine in development.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • Valentine's Day Call to Action
    The sysadmin community, once the backbone of Linux adoption, keeps asking "but what about me?". Indeed. What about them? What are we doing about these heroes? The heroes that ssh in the middle of the night to a remote server to fix a database; The heroes that remove a chubby log file clogging the web server arteries; The very same heroes that restore a backup after we drag and dropped the /bin directory into the trashcan?
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • Five Best Netbook Operating Systems
    Netbooks—the low-power and lightweight mini-notebooks that have surged in popularity—practically beg for some tweaking and customization to increase the functionality of their diminutive screens and relatively wimpy processors. Find yourself the perfect netbook operating system from this fine selection. Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite operating system for giving your diminutive mobile-computing companion a boost. You shared your favorite netbook OS, and now we're back to highlight the five most popular options.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • Akademy 2010 Call for Sponsorship
    The organizing team of Akademy 2010 is looking for sponsors to help make the annual world summit of the KDE community a success. Akademy 2010 will take place in Tampere, Finland from July 3rd to July 10th and is organized by KDE e.V. and COSS, the Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions. By joining the lineup of sponsors for the annual KDE conference, organizations benefit from meeting key contributors of the KDE community and getting first-hand information on the latest technological developments for the Free Software desktop.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • LXer Weekly Roundup for 14-Feb-2010
    LXer Feature: 14-Feb-2010In honor of Valentine's Day we have Ken Starks take on nerd mating rituals, Carla Schroder actually gets emotional about Ubuntu, Juliet Kemp espouses the goodness of Xfce and Computer Bob continues his Debian adventure along with Google Buzz, Scientists releasing code and more in the LXer Weekly Roundup.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • Embed the Konsole (Terminal) to the Desktop in KDE > 4.3
    Konsole is the X terminal emulator of KDE. I find having the terminal out of my way, but always open and easy to reach out to, very convenient. It also looks cool. With KDE SC 4.3 and above you can easily achieve this with a few clicks without the need of any additional software.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • ECS Elitegroup H55H-M
    In conjunction with the launch of the Core i3/i5 Clarkdale processors last month, Intel introduced the H55 and H57 Chipsets. The Intel H55 Express Chipset is designed for use with these new processors and Core i7 800 series CPUs. The H55 is compatible with the HD graphics found embedded onto the new Clarkdale CPUs as well as the PCI Express 2.0 slots and dual channel DDR3 memory controller provided by the CPU itself, while the chipset itself provides support for the digital displays, HD audio, six PCI Express x1 slots, Serial ATA, Gigabit LAN, and Intel ME Firmware / BIOS support. As our first Linux review of an Intel H55 motherboard we are checking out the ECS Elitegroup H55H-M.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • Yahoo struggles to gain search respect (the saga continues)
    Yahoo hosted a search event at its headquarters Wednesday that seemed designed mainly to remind the Silicon Valley press that it is still working on Internet search. Meanwhile, the European Commission plans to approve the deal between Microsoft and Yahoo to install Microsoft as the exclusive provider of search technology on Yahoo's network of sites, according to Reuters. Also, Carl Icahn has substantially cut his stake in Yahoo, according to regulatory filings made public Friday.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • OpenOffice BACK In Ubuntu Netbook Edition After User Outcry
    The community outcry over the removal of OpenOffice from Ubuntu Netbook Edition has seen developers reaching for a rethink over the controversial decision. The first reversal earlier this week that saw AbiWord and GNUMeric step in as replacements. Now the decision has been fully reversed: OpenOffice WILL be installed by default in Ubuntu Netbook Edition.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • Android first to host Adobe's AIR for smartpones
    Adobe Systems is bringing its Flash-based AIR runtime to mobile devices, with Google's Android the first potential host. Adobe will show a preview running on Motorola's Droid and Milestone phones at the Mobile World Congress today in Barcelona, Spain, with general availability promised later this year. AIR combines Flash with components such as a local SQL database, running outside the web browser and is used by the BBC iPlayer Desktop and many Twitter clients such as Tweetdeck. So far, it's not been available on smartphones.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • Something Happened: Where's Microsoft?
    In the last few weeks the tech world has had a flood of exciting stories: Buzz, Google's gigabit fibre network, Apple's iPad, Nexus One. But conspicuous by its absence in all this is Microsoft, which seems to have dropped out of the news completely. Perhaps this is the way its empire ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • When and how can Free Software really save public money?
    when a Public Administration uses it to reform the way it works, to solve the problem it actually has instead of those authors of proprietary software _think_ it has
    Published : 2010-02-15 Source : Http://lxer
  • Google updates Chrome for Mac and Linux betas
    Google has announced the availability of version 5.0.307.7 of Chrome for Mac and Linux, the latest betas of its Chrome WebKit-based browser for each platform. According to the developers, Chrome on both platforms features stability improvements to plug-ins, such the Adobe Flash Player, and is now even more reliable.
    Published : 2010-02-14 Source : Http://lxer
  • Easily Install Windows Applications In Linux With Wine-doors
    By now, you should have already heard of the popular Wine software that allows you to install Windows applications in Linux. There is also another paid application – CrossOver that utilities Wine and comes with a simplified GUI to help you get the job done easier. Now, here’s another software that is as powerful as Wine and as user-friendly as Crossover, and best of all, it is free.
    Published : 2010-02-14 Source : Http://lxer
  • Taking Command of the Terminal with GNU Screen
    GNU Screen is one of the most useful utilities you can have at your disposal if you spend any time at all working at the command line. Screen allows you to manage multiple shell sessions from one terminal window or console, view multiple shell sessions at the same time, and even log into the same session from more than one location at a time. The screen utility is a "window manager" that allows you to organize and work with multiple shell sessions in a very powerful way. Utilizing screen, you can manage shell sessions in all kinds of useful ways. This tutorial will show you how to display two or more sessions simultaneously in the same window, "detach" from a session and log in later, and even log into the same session from more than one system.
    Published : 2010-02-14 Source : Http://lxer
  • Editor's Note: Professional Audio Production on Linux
    I was happy to read From Windows to Linux: A Sound Decision, by Sam Varghese, which ran earlier this week on IT Wire. Mr. Varghese interviews Geoff Beasley, the owner of Laughing Boy Records, and "a producer, composer, arranger and performer." Because it confirmed what I've felt all along, that Linux is a superior audio production platform. I don't have the skills of people like Geoff Beasley, so I wasn't confident in making that claim. In my own experience, audio production on Mac OS X starts out easier than on Linux or Windows. You don't have to fuss with hardware and system tuning, just hook up your audio gear, load up your software, and away you go. AppleScript is a great scripting language for GUI applications. There are three downsides: cost, inflexibility, and inconsistent application quality. It's the same old bushwah from the beginning of time: Most audio production software runs on both Mac and Windows, and rarely equally well on both, but better on one or the other. Sometimes a lot better. (I'm puzzled why vendors don't mind supporting two completely different platforms, but don't want to bother with OS X's close cousin Linux.)
    Published : 2010-02-14 Source : Http://lxer
  • IBM Stores Petabytes in Samba
    IBM unveils its entry in the growing market for clustered network-attached storage (NAS) systems, the Samba-based SONAS, capable of handling billions of files and petabytes of data.
    Published : 2010-02-14 Source : Http://lxer
  • OpenOffice.org 3.2: 10 Years in the Making
    If you look back on the history of OpenOffice.org, it makes the 3.2 release that came out on Thursday the 11th even more impressive. Nearly 10 years in the making, OpenOffice.org has evolved from a clunky proprietary offering that struggled to import Microsoft Office documents to a productivity powerhouse that is faster, supports a fully open document format (ODF) and handles most proprietary formats with grace.
    Published : 2010-02-14 Source : Http://lxer
  • DRBD and MySQL - Heartbeat Setup
    Heartbeat automates all the moving parts and can work as well with the MySQL master-master active/passive solution as well as it can with the MySQL & DRBD solution. It manages the virtual IP address used by the database, directs DRBD to become primary, or relinquish primary duties, mounts the /dev/drbd0 device, and starts/stops MySQL as needed.
    Published : 2010-02-14 Source : Http://lxer
  • The five most popular corporate open-source programs
    We all know that lots of companies use open-source software. Trying to get a handle on what open-source programs they use can be a little harder. That's why the recent report from OpenLogic, an open-source software support company, on both their growth and what programs businesses are asking for help with is interesting. In general, OpenLogic is continuing to grow while many other businesses are stuck in the bad economic times. According to the company, "OpenLogic's new customer growth was strong as bookings increased 86% over 2008 ... [while] renewal bookings grew by 40% over 2008."
    Published : 2010-02-14 Source : Http://lxer
  • Bash massive rename to solve feh problem
    And here is another solution to one of my problems. Ever since I use awesome and awsetbg to switch wallpapers every 5 minutes, feh sometimes bugs up a popup. Well, that is now solved since there were some problems with filename characters. A massive rename solves it. And with Massive I mean over 1500 wallpapers ;).
    Published : 2010-02-14 Source : Http://lxer
  • Plasma Javascript Jam Session Contest
    We are pleased to announce the Plasma Javascript Jam Session. This friendly competition will reward creators of the most original, interesting and beautiful Plasma widgets (Plasmoids) written in Javascript with some great prizes and community recognition.
    Published : 2010-02-14 Source : Http://lxer
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