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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:06 -0500

By LG Staff
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SFLC vs. Westinghouse (Busybox GPL violation)
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2-Cent Tips

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:06 -0500

By LG Staff
[2-cent Tip]: Counting your mail
[2-cent Tip]: Renumbering files
[2-cent Tip] typing command in bash shell with comfort

News Bytes

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:06 -0500

By Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff
Contents:
News in General
Oracle Sues Google Over Android JVM Clone
Conferences and Events
Distro News
Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS released
Software and Product News
MongoDB 1.6 Released

Video editing from the command line

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:06 -0500

By Silas Brown

This is an article about basic video production in MPlayer. MPlayer has its own "edit decision list" facility, but that is limited to deleting scenes from an already-made movie; it cannot be used to take scenes from more than one source file and to sequence them in a different order, as is often needed in production. However, by running several MPlayer commands in succession you can do this on the command line, and you don't need particularly high-spec equipment or dexterous mouse skills or even eyesight to do it (some eyesight is a plus but you don't need much).

Away Mission: VMworld, IDF, OOW

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:06 -0500

By Howard Dyckoff

You can still catch the end of VMworld 2010 US, which is also just weeks ahead of VMworld Europe in October. The conference theme is "Virtual Roads, Actual Clouds" and will feature more than 170 unique breakout sessions which focus on reducing IT complexity and enabling IT as a Service through virtualization and cloud computing. If that piques your techie interest, consider catching live and on-demand keynote presentations available via webcast at http://www.vmware.com/go/vmworld-general-sessions.

Henry's Techno-Musings: Hotmail Change Prompts Switch to Linux

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:06 -0500

By Henry Grebler

Caller ID enabled me to answer the phone, "Hello, Home."

Almost-but-not-quite Linux...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:06 -0500

By Ben Okopnik

It's a well-known fact: if you've just bought a sky-blue Nissan Sentra with a spoiler, black-and-gold pinstripes, and whitewall tires, you're suddenly going to start seeing that exact car all over the place. It's as if everybody in the world read your mind, and shamelessly STOLE your brilliant idea of what's in style! Although before you start ranting about Those Idiots and using the top row of characters on your keyboard to describe them in detail, get this: It's Not Them. It's You.

Common problems when trying to install Windows on KVM with virt-manager

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:06 -0500

By Anderson Silva

Let me start with a very basic question: why, oh why, would anybody want to run Windows on their Linux workstation? A web developer could argue that they need a way to test their applications on multiple versions of Internet Explorer. A system administrator could argue that they need a sandbox to test an email client like Outlook, or play around with integrating a Windows workstation into their network. In my case, I want a Windows virtual machine on my laptop because I want to be able to watch movies on Netflix.

HelpDex

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:06 -0500

By Shane Collinge

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Ecol

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:07 -0500

By Javier Malonda

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Doomed to Obscurity

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:07 -0500

By Pete Trbovich

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The Linux Launderette

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:07 -0500

By LG Staff
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