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Published the first day of every month. <br> Issue 157: December, 2008 en gazette@linuxgazette.net gazette@linuxgazette.net Copyright (c) 1996-2008 the Editors of Linux Gazette monthly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://linuxgazette.net/gx/2004/newlogo-blank-100-gold2.jpg http://www.linuxgazette.net/ 42 99 http://linuxgazette.net/157/lg_mail.html LG Staff Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>LG Staff</strong> <br> <br><strong>Gazette Matters</strong><br> list bug???<br> <strong>Our Mailbag</strong><br> Tessboxes<br> Mandrake v9.1 on a Dell CPi D300XT<br> once-thought-safe-wpa-wi-fi-encryption-cracked<br> How to get a random file name from a directory<br> adding key combination in inittab file<br> seeking suggestion about lftp<br> LWN article: Wikipedia transition from GFDL to CC BY-SA<br> Apertium en-gl (English-Galician) and eu-es (Basque-Spanish) released<br> Patent lreversal on "business practice" patents<br> [OT] OpenLibrary 'scan-on-demand'<br> http://linuxgazette.net/157/lg_talkback.html LG Staff Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>LG Staff</strong> <br> <br>Talkback:124/smith.html<br> Talkback:156/dellomodarme.html<br> Talkback:156/lg_talkback.html<br> http://linuxgazette.net/157/lg_tips.html LG Staff Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>LG Staff</strong> <br> <br>2-cent tip - KDE 4.1 on 10 year old PC<br> 2-Cent Tip: LG search plugin<br> 2-cent Tip: command line calendar with cal<br> 2-cent Tip: To solve memory allocation problem in Cacti<br> 2-cent Tip: File versioning/backup<br> http://linuxgazette.net/157/lg_bytes.html Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff</strong> <br> <br>Contents:<br> <strong>News in General</strong><br> Red Hat Delivers Linux HPC Platform<br> Sun Updates Java 6, Supports Java Widgets on Desktop<br> Java Kernel - Lighter Than a JRE<br> IBM Breaks Performance Records with SSDisk<br> VIA Collaborates with OpenChrome on Open Source Video Driver<br> IBM and SUN Kick Off ODF Tools Initiative<br> AMD New Quad-Core "Shanghai" Opteron Processor Goes GA<br> AMD and Red Hat on Virtual Machine "Live Migration"<br> Linux Foundation Hosts First End User Summit<br> Ikoula Teams Up with R1Soft to Provide Backups<br> Linux Foundation Helps Linux Distros Obtain IPv6 Certification<br> Sun Introduces ZFS-based Storage Appliances<br> <strong>Conferences and Events</strong><br> <strong>Distro News</strong><br> TinyMe 2008.1 Beta 1<br> FreeBSD 6.4 RC Out<br> Fifth Beta Build of SimplyMEPIS 8.0<br> <strong>Software and Product News</strong><br> StarOffice 9 Now Shipping<br> Super Talent Launches SSDs for Asus Eee PCs<br> TrueCrypt Provides FOSSw Security to USB Drives<br> Wine 1.1.8 Development Release<br> Ingres Launches Ingres 9.2 Open Source Database<br> Free beta of Hot Copy for Linux<br> JBoss News and Information<br> Red Hat announced GA of JBoss.org Portal project v2.7.<br> Red Hat SOA Offers Next-Gen ESB on JBoss<br> JBoss Operations Network 2.1 Brings Enhanced Management for JBoss <br> http://linuxgazette.net/157/amurray.html Andrew Murray Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>Andrew Murray</strong> <br> <p> The Linux kernel has for a long time (at least since v2.1.23) contained a clever and well-optimised mechanism for calling initialisation code in drivers. It's clever because its functionality is largely abstracted from the driver developer, and it's well-optimised because after initialisation, memory containing the initialisation code is released. This article explores how this mechanism works. </p> http://linuxgazette.net/157/anonymous.html Anonymous Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>Anonymous</strong> <br> <p> Today's news is that, after years of cosying up to SUSE/openSUSE, I have decided to move unambiguously to Ubuntu. KDE did it to me. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzraMSNvhQI">KDE on plasmoids</a> gives me the jinx, and GNOME on openSUSE is an innocent abroad. On to Ubuntu 8.10. </p> http://linuxgazette.net/157/dokopnik.html Deividson Luiz Okopnik Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>Deividson Luiz Okopnik</strong> <br> <p>"Is there so much to administer on CUPS that it requires a 225-page book?" That was the very first question that crossed my mind when I decided to review this book. After reading it, and in reading this review, you may notice, as I did, that there's more than enough material.</p> http://linuxgazette.net/157/dyckoff.html Howard Dyckoff Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>Howard Dyckoff</strong> <br> <p> On the mark for its organization and on target for the current hot topics in the Embedded Linux Community, October's M-Vision was a gem in the small conference category. The "M" stands for MontaVista, a company committed to developing Linux kernels and tools for embedded and mobile devices. This conference, MontaVista Vision, was much more focused and satisfying than the competing mobile and embedded tracks at last August's LinuxWorld conference. </p> http://linuxgazette.net/157/lieber.html Adam Lieber Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>Adam Lieber</strong> <br> <p> Jetty was written as a lightweight Java web and application server and in many ways it has been ahead of its time. Jetty with Cometd handles two-way communications via a method known as long-polling which allows servers to efficiently handle requests in an environment where constant or long-lived communication is needed between the server and the client. </p> http://linuxgazette.net/157/prestia.html Joey Prestia Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>Joey Prestia</strong> <br> <p> Samba is a program that runs on Linux and allows seamless interaction between the Linux and Windows operating systems. By using Samba, your users can be using Windows and actually access their data on a Linux server. This benefits the administrator - in the form of ease of administration, along with the inherent security of Linux - while also benefitting the user through familiarity. This month's article covers basic setup of a Samba server for use as a user home directory server, and configuration for a simple group collaboration share. </p> http://linuxgazette.net/157/collinge.html Shane Collinge Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>Shane Collinge</strong> <br> <p> <em>These images are scaled down to minimize horizontal scrolling.</em> </p> http://linuxgazette.net/157/xkcd.html Randall Munroe Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>Randall Munroe</strong> <br> <p> <div class="cartoon1"> <a href="misc/xkcd/legal_hacks.png"> <img alt="[cartoon]" title="It's totally a reasonable modern analogue. Jefferson would have been all about crypto." src="misc/xkcd/legal_hacks.png"><p>Click here to see the full-sized image</a> </div> More XKCD cartoons can be found <a href="http://xkcd.com">here</a>. <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1204316-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> http://linuxgazette.net/157/lg_launderette.html LG Staff Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:07 -0500 By <strong>LG Staff</strong> <br> <br>[OT] Adobe Releases C/C++ To Flash Compiler<br> Wanted: Bug Finder Program<br> The peril of autoresponders in foreign languages<br> If programming languages were Christmas carols.<br> Latest in biometrics...<br> Read<br> Gazette<br>