Following up to a bug report against the 2.6.22 kernel, Andrew Morton and Linus Torvalds offered some tips on how to debug kernel problems. Andrew first pointed to netconsole.txt for instructions on setting up a netconsole, "when the machine has stalled, see if you can get a task trace with ALT-SYSRQ-t.
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Industrial Linux PCs gain GSM/GPRS, WiFi
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SSV has added optional WiFi and GSM/GPRS networking to a small industrial PC targeting M2M (machine-to-machine) applications. The Com/PC is available with a Pentium M or Geode processor, runs Linux or Windows, and targets remote maintenance, tank field monitoring, telemetry, and POS/vending machine applications.
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Linux to gain "multi-touch" capabilities
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Linux may soon gain "multi-touch" support similar to that found in Apple's iPhone. The MPX (multi-pointer X) project is currently developing software aimed at enabling multiple cursors and input devices on standard OSes that use the X Window System, such as Linux and BSD.
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Parsing arguments for your shell script
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Suppose you want to have some options on your bash shell script, some flags that you can use to alter its behavior. You could do the parsing directly, using ${#} to tell you how many arguments have been supplied, and testing ${1:0:1} to test the first character of the first argument to see if it is a minus sign.
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Use smartmontools to find out information about your hard drives
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Modern hard drives can tell you quite a bit about how they’re doing and show you some statistics about themselves. It won’t necessarily give you a realistic guess of when your drive is going to die, but it can help to keep tabs on things nevertheless.
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BlueWhite64 Linux adds features and enhancements
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BlueWhite64 Linux v12.0, featuring a 2.6.21.5 Linux kernel with IA32-emulation, has been released on live CD and DVD ISOs. The distribution is aimed at pure 64-bit AMD64 Athlon, Opteron, Sempron, Turion, and Intel EM64T processors in desktops and servers.
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Asterisk opens one company's eyes to open source
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"American Fiber Systems (AFS), with headquarters in Rochester, NY, provides fiber optic network services directly to enterprises and to carrier resellers.
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The Linus Files, Part Two: Torvalds Says GPLv3 Backers Full Of "Hot Air"
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I am loathe to post this story as it seems like blatant attention-seeking, but it seems like we should keep informed of the saga. Paul McDougall is at it again, even after FSM's Ciaran O'Riordan called him out for his last article. And this doesn't seem to have slowed him down at all.
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BBC to meet open sourcers over iPlayer
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"The Open Source Consortium (OSC) is to meet with the BBC Trust--the broadcaster's independent governing body--to discuss concerns about a cross platform version of the Beeb's iPlayer."
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Microsoft: No IP Talks with Red Hat
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Microsoft and Red Hat are no closer to a deal involving intellectual property cooperation, Microsoft has confirmed.
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Govt body to promote open-source software
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"Chennai-based National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) is planning to bring its programme on free/open source software to Gujarat though a possible collaboration with engineering colleges in the state."
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Back up like an expert with rsync
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It's like "rsync for Dummies". Short and clear, yet with examples and syntax tips.
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Virtualization in the SMB Environment
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Virtualization has long been the domain of large enterprises. Beginning with time-sharing technology on massive mainframes, virtualization required large data centers and larger IT budgets.
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Yesterday's Links (for July 16th 2007) / Ciarán's
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Links from yesterday: a cartoon, about GPLv3, Wikipedia most viewed, about ODF/OOXML converters, Google's "timeline" searches
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Wyneken: A powerful, flexible notetaking program
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Wyneken belongs in the growing list of note-taking applications for GNOME, along with the Sticky Notes panel apps, Evolution, and Tomboy. Specifically designed for students' needs, it is equally well-suited to the random jottings that anyone might make during the course of their work, as well as letters, reports, presentations, and even man pages.
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