Linux Gazette

Mailbag

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By LG StaffStill Searching
Reg:Postfix mail redirection
Getting started with Linux & OLPC
Our Mailbag
Averatec n40bers and sy0b3es
inquiry on tcpdump
[OT] Nagware from Google Translate
SMTP Auth Problem
Regular Expressions
What other existing RMAIL Emacs commands or techniques or mechanisms are useful for sorting out spam messages?...
kernel inquiry
Tool to populate a filesystem?
Multi-host install of FC6
Auto detect and mount SD Card
SCP Sensing Remote file presense
asking about MIB structure of SNMP agent running on various type of Solaris, HP-UX and Windows
is it possible to make CUPS daemons cooperate between themselves?
thanks for CUPS tips
Followup: US sanctions-compliant Linux
Searching for multiple strings/patterns with 'grep'

Mailbag 2

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By LG StaffEditor's Note
Cuneiform OCR source available for linux
Playing With Sid : Apertium: Open source machine translation
Apertium-transfer-tool info request
[Apertium-stuff] Apertium-transfer-tool info request

Talkback

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By LG StaffTalkback:116/okopnik.html
Talkback:107/pai.html
Talkback:152/lg_tips.html
Talkback:152/oregan.html
Talkback:116/herrmann.html
Talkback:116/okopnik.html - success!

2-Cent Tips

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By LG Staff2-cent Tip: Caching in the Shell

News Bytes

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff
Contents:
News in General
Xandros Buys Rival Linspire
Red Hat Voted "Greenest" Operating System
Kernel 2.6.26 Released with New Virtualization Support, KDB
Conferences and Events
Distro News
openSUSE 11.0 goes GA
Gentoo 2008.0 Released
Elyssa Mint, Xfce Community Edition RC1 BETA 025 Released
Software and Product News
MindTouch Deki Wiki releases OSSw Enterprise Collaboration Platform
WINE 1.1.1 Released with Photoshop Improvements
Genuitec announces the general availability of Pulse 2.2
Skyway Builder CE now GA
New Canoo UltraLightClient for Faster Web Application Development

Making a Slideshow-type MPEG1 Video with GNU/Linux

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By bhaaluu

This tutorial is for users who are interested in making an MPEG1 video using GNU/Linux and Free Open Source Software. The process described is partly automated with bash shell scripts, but otherwise still relies on handcrafting the video frame by frame. You are expected to know how to compile and install files from source code, use The Gimp, and use Audacity. The tutorial will describe when these tools are to be used. A total of six frames are used to make the video. One is a simple blank screen, filled with black. Two frames require using The Gimp's Text Tool. Three images are used as slides. The Gimp is used to scale those images to fit a specific image size. Audacity is used to edit sound for the video.

Recent Developments in the Phoenix Project

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By Kishore A

When you conduct experiments in modern Physics, the equipment involved is often complicated, and difficult to control manually. Also, precise measurement of time, and fast and continuous measurement of physical quantities are often required. Consequently, such experiments are automated and computer-interfaced. This means that the scientist carries out the experiment by controlling the equipment using a computer.

DNS source port randomisation

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By Rick Moen

[RM note: This article is excerpted from the middle of a mailing list discussion, two weeks after the now-infamous DNS security bug emerged, and hours after security consulting firm Matasano Security's blog "Matasano Chargen" accidentally revealed full details of how to exploit the hole.]

Populating a Filesystem with Random Data

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By René Pfeiffer

Occasionally, I test filesystems. Especially since Ext4 was taken into the Linux kernel, I've set up a couple of partitions and used them for storing data. Sometimes, you don't want to copy existing data on new filesystems when testing. Why not use random data? Now, where is the tool for doing that? I asked The Answer Gang, and so got another excuse for coding a tool.

Joey's Notes: Basic Networking and IP Forwarding

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By Joey Prestia

Linux is a networking powerhouse. It can act as a DHCP server, a network router, a simple client, a gateway, a bridging firewall -- well, you get the idea. To accomplish these tasks - indeed, to make it to work at all - there are several key files that must be configured properly. That is the subject of this month's article.

Desktop Bluetooth Remote

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By Dr. Volker Ziemann

Recently, I bought a new cellular phone (NOKIA E51), which is equipped with Bluetooth. I also had an unused Bluetooth dongle at home, which I'd never had any use for - it had come as a gimmick when I bought my stationary computer. The availability of these gadgets, however, triggered my curiosity and I started wondering whether they could be coerced into doing something useful. This turned out to be easy. In my day job, I frequently give presentations with laptop and beamer, and therefore started to work out how to use the phone as a remote control for my computer.

Ecol

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By Javier Malonda

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XKCD

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By Randall Munroe

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More XKCD cartoons can be found here.

The Linux Launderette

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:11:33 -0500

By LG StaffThe last two Nine Inch Nails albums
Spam from "Moran Tawdry"