It would appear that Linus Torvalds has resolved to apply a strict policy of only accepting bug fix changes after the merge window has closed. Torvalds has also stuck his oar into the debate over the Android suspend block API and made the situation even more complicated
Read more »Kernel Log: Linus reolves to apply a strict policy over merging changes
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Red Hat boosts revenue and profit
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American Linux distributor Red Hat has announced its first quarter financial results, which show an increase in total revenue and subscription revenue by 20 per cent over same quarter last year
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Chrome OS In Q4 - Is It Time to Bid External Storage Goodbye?
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When Chrome OS devices hit the stores late this year, users may have to start getting used to a web-centric mindset. Practically everything on their device will be running on the cloud.
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GnuTLS 2.10.0 released
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GnuTLS is a modern C library that implements the standard network security protocol Transport Layer Security (TLS), for use by network applications. GnuTLS is developed for GNU/Linux, but works on many Unix-like systems and comes with a binary installer for Windows. The GnuTLS library is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL 2.1+.
Read more »GNU IceCat 3.6.4 released
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GNUzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser. Its main advantage is an ethical one: it is entirely free software. While the Firefox source code from the Mozilla project is free software, they distribute and recommend non-free software as plug-ins and addons. In addition, GNU IceCat includes some privacy protection features.
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TransferSummit - How open changes everything
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Inspired by the success of open source products such as the Apache web server and the Firefox browser, many multinational companies have made ‘open innovation’ - the sharing of the risks and rewards of the product development process with partners - a top strategic priority
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Extracting and Using a Recorded Sound Effect with VLC and Audacity
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I found a useful sound effect in an online video from NASA which replaces an earlier temporary sound I used in a scene soundtrack for the Lunatics pilot, "No Children in Space." I'm going to extract the sound from the video (with VLC), cut out the sound I need, clean it up, and insert it into an existing sound mix (all with Audacity).
Read more »Top 6 Google Chrome Extensions for a Much Secure Browsing Experience
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Google Chrome is fast becoming the browser of choice for many. With its ever increasing user base, the safety concerns related to this comparatively new browser is also increasing. Here, we enlist the 6 most useful extensions/plugins for a much safer browsing experience with Google Chrome.
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agedu – Simple utility for tracking down wasted disk space
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agedu scans a directory tree and produces reports about how much disk space is used in each directory and subdirectory, and also how that usage of disk space corresponds to files with last-access times a long time ago.
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6 of the Best Free Linux Mega Drive Emulators
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The Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis) was a leading 16-bit video game console system. The console was developed by Sega Corporation in 1988. By current console standards, the Mega Drive's specification seem positively pedestrian. However, at its launch the console's specifications surpassed competitors in many respects.
Read more »BTRFS installations ready for testing in Ubuntu 10.10
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Btrfs is a new copy on write filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. Initially developed by Oracle, Btrfs is licensed under the GPL and open for contribution from anyone.
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VLC 1.1.0 Final is released! Install via PPA in Ubuntu 10.04
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VLC 1.1.0 Final is released, this release comes with a lot of improvements, it is faster than the previous version, has Better streaming capabilities, better audio experience, improved web plugins and comes with support for WebM decoding and encoding.
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K3b 2.0 released with Blu-ray support
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With a few exceptions, K3b keeps feature-parity with 1.0 series, but it also introduces a number of new features. Perhaps the biggest among these is support for Blu-ray drives. Additionally a lot of work have been put into improving the overall user experience. Some work-flows have been merged abstracting it for all kinds of media.
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Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL, SquirrelMail (Fedora 13)
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This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database that Postfix uses.
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Get off your Windows high horse: Try something new
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The vast majority of students use Windows, with a small selection using Mac’s and a very niche number using a Linux variant. But what good is it if you are going into a working environment and they don’t use the software you’ve always been used to?
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