10 ways you might be breaking the law with your computer: UPDATED 10 Things: "Legislation that affects the use of Internet-connected computers is springing up everywhere at the local, state and federal levels. You might be violating one of them without even knowing." (Mar 12, 2010)
Linux Today Features
Linux Today Sticky Page On this page we'll maintain links to important articles and documents that pertain to Free Software, Linux, and the tech industry. Please submit your suggestions to editors@linuxtoday.com. Thank you! (Jun 15, 2009)
Small Features
The 10 Most Downloaded Open Source Apps Of All Time! Geek Trio: "Everyone loves open source software. After all… its free! Many times I’ve heard the question, “what is the most popular open source application of all time?” I decided to find out." Mar 10, 2010
Open Source Gets Political (Mar 21, 2010, 12:03 UTC) (1120 reads)
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(feedback) Linux User and Developer: "In response to a petition, the Prime Minister has dropped Mandelson’s plans for a controversial ‘three strikes’ rule forcing ISPs to permanently disconnect those repeatedly accused of illegal file sharing by copyright holders."
Android market going down the drain? (Mar 21, 2010, 04:03 UTC) (2465 reads)
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(feedback) Ian's Thoughts: "You can search the Android Market for the following keywords and see quite a bit of content that I feel shouldn't be available to customers, and definitely not to children: nude, sex, porn, 18+, adults only, boobs, the android market seems to be turning into a porn hub."
All Done With Ubuntu (Mar 21, 2010, 00:03 UTC) (5106 reads)
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(feedback) IT News Today: "Unfortunately, Ubuntu and I must part ways, as well as any community involvement I once had with it. What strained this relationship? Read on for a first hand account."
OpenOffice.org Project of the Month: the Irish community (Mar 20, 2010, 16:16 UTC) (912 reads)
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(feedback) Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards: "Recently at OpenOffice.org we have decided to give more highlight to our many native-language communities, who are in charge not just of localization, but also QA, users support, documentation translation and marketing."
Ten Years of OpenOffice.org (Mar 20, 2010, 16:12 UTC) (1412 reads)
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(feedback) WorksWithU: "But much more importantly, 2010 marks OpenOffice.org’s tenth year of existence. To celebrate, here’s a look–literally, because there are a lot of screenshots–at how OOo has evolved throughout the decade."
Mailing Lists Are Parties. Or They Should Be. (Mar 20, 2010, 12:02 UTC) (1013 reads)
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(feedback) Luis Villa's Internet Home: "I can’t go to bed because Mairin is right on the internet and so I want to (1) say she’s awesome and (2) add two cents on mailing lists and using the power of a web interface to make them better. Bear with me; maybe this is completely off-base (probably I should just stick to law), but it has been bouncing around in my head for years and maybe me writing it down will help the lightbulb go off for someone who can actually implement it :)"
Project: Building An All-Text Linux Workstation (Mar 20, 2010, 08:02 UTC) (2518 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxCommand.org: "Over the next few weeks, I will show you how to take an old, slow computer and make it into a text-only Linux workstation with surprising capabilities, including document production, email, instant messaging, audio playback, USENET news, calendaring, and, yes, even web browsing."
Editor's Note: All This Great Technology Just to Reinvent Television (Mar 20, 2010, 00:02 UTC) (3134 reads)
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(feedback) The cloud, the smartphone, the tablet, the Web itself as a big giant operating system-- what's the fatal flaw in all of these? It's all about feeding content to passive "consumers". Plug me in, baby, I'm not lifting a finger ever again.
Kubuntu is not Ubuntu (Mar 19, 2010, 23:34 UTC) (4295 reads)
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(feedback) Apachelogger's Log: "This post is supposed to make it clear why Kubuntu is what it is. Writing this down is necessary because people constantly get the wrong picture."
Claws Mail: Mail with Attitude (Mar 19, 2010, 23:04 UTC) (1618 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Magazine: "When other mailers aren’t doing the trick, it’s time to break out Claws: An extremely configurable and extensible GUI mailer that gives you all the control you’d ever want over your mail without sacrificing ease of use."
SimplyMEPIS 8.5 RC3 Is Here, the Final Release Candidate (Mar 19, 2010, 22:34 UTC) (1265 reads)
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(feedback) Softpedia: "MEPIS has now made available the third release candidate of its upcoming Linux-based operating system, SimplyMEPIS 8.5 RC 3. The new release comes with several updates, both upgraded packages and fresh features, and is available for 32-bit, as well as 64-bit platforms."
Intel Atom: NVIDIA ION vs. Radeon HD 4330 Graphics (Mar 19, 2010, 21:04 UTC) (2061 reads)
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(feedback) Phoronix: "Before devoting this hardware to the farm, we ran a few benchmarks comparing the performance of NVIDIA's ION GeForce 9400M graphics processor to the ATI Radeon HD 4330 graphics processor found on the MSI 6667BB-004US and several other Atom-powered devices."
Droid's Android 2.1 Update Halted (Mar 19, 2010, 20:04 UTC) (2376 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Mobile Today: "Motorola's planned rollout of the Android 2.1 operating system for its popular Droid smartphone has been delayed indefinitely -- with some reports blaming it on the discovery of a serious bug."
Laptops sit idle... (Mar 19, 2010, 19:34 UTC) (2100 reads)
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(feedback) Blog of Helios: "Over the past few weeks, we've received a number of quality laptops to give out to our kids. Unfortunately many of these laptops did not come with power adapters and pretty much qualify for doorstops."
Tech Comics: "Social Networking vs. Life" (Mar 19, 2010, 19:04 UTC) (1659 reads)
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(feedback) Tech Comics: "Social networking activities like Facebook and Twitter consumer so much attention that it may be hard to find a balance with life itself."
Linux alternatives for the iPad - and the future of netbooks, tablets and smartbooks (Mar 19, 2010, 16:34 UTC) (2123 reads)
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(feedback) LXer: "Apart from Apple, some other companies are bringing some interesting tablets. In contrary to the iTab, those other tablets do run Linux. Some are already available, such as the TouchBook from Always Innovating (AI), and some have supposedly better screens, like the Notion Ink Adam tablet."
Bye Ubuntu (Mar 19, 2010, 15:04 UTC) (7233 reads)
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(feedback) fewt@blog:~$ _: "By now my launchpad, brainstorm, and Ubuntu forum accounts have been removed .. at my request. I have decided to completely unequivocally leave the Ubuntu community."
Snap Spiffy Linux Screenshots with Shutter
(Mar 19, 2010, 14:04 UTC) (1232 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxPlanet: "Paul Ferrill introduces us to the Shutter screen grab for Linux application. Shutter offers a simple interface and a whole lot of functionality. including cursor capture, whole Web page capture, and annotations."
Interview: Eben Moglen - Freedom vs. The Cloud Log (Mar 19, 2010, 13:04 UTC) (1273 reads)
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(feedback) The H Open: "Free software has won: practically all of the biggest and most exciting Web companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter run on it. But it is also in danger of losing, because those same services now represent a huge threat to our freedom..."
Linux Arpeggiators, Part 2 (Mar 19, 2010, 11:04 UTC) (1121 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Journal: "Part 1 of this series introduced arpeggiators in general and profiled the QMidiArp application. This week we conclude our survey with a look at two more arpeggiators for Linux musicians: Hypercyclic and Arpage."
5 of the Best Free Linux Medical Practice Management Software (Mar 19, 2010, 07:04 UTC) (2078 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxLinks: "Now, let's explore the 5 practice management applications at hand. For each title we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with an in-depth analysis of its features, a screenshot of the software in action, together with links to relevant resources and reviews."
How to Make a Steve Jobs Cheese Head (Mar 19, 2010, 01:34 UTC) (1927 reads)
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(feedback) Serious Eats: "Carve Steve's head out of a block of mozzerella, add some black pepper for hair, stick on a pair of glasses, and you've got the perfect centerpiece for your iPad launch party."
Fanboys: A Field Guide (Mar 18, 2010, 23:33 UTC) (2492 reads)
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(feedback) PC World: "We’ve identified eight species of “fanboys”--people who revere one tech platform above all others. Here’s what makes them tick."
Marvell promises $100 tablet for students (Mar 18, 2010, 23:03 UTC) (2127 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxDevices: "Marvell announced its intent to deliver a $100, Android-ready tablet computer built around a 1GHz Armada 600 series processor. Aimed at students, the "Moby" will offer WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, an FM receiver, and Adobe Flash compatibility, the company says."
The Tortoise and the Hare (Mar 18, 2010, 22:03 UTC) (1433 reads)
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(feedback) Legal World and Childhood Dreams: "Summary: The paper explains how computer software is protected and the relationship between open source software and copyright."
Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx: Ubuntu's Most Innovative (Mar 18, 2010, 21:33 UTC) (4241 reads)
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(feedback) Datamation: "Ubuntu’s Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) is still six weeks away from release. However, on the eve of the first beta release, the daily builds and news releases suggest that Lucid will be one of the most innovative versions of Ubuntu for several years."
Google and Linux are coming to your TV (Mar 18, 2010, 21:03 UTC) (2203 reads)
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(feedback) Cyber Cynic: "In what may have been Google's worst kept secret in years, Google, along with its partners, Intel, Logitech and Sony, is on its way to delivering the Web to your television. What will they be using to do this? Why, they'll be using Google's Android Linux, of course."
Greenie Linux: A distribution for ALL users (Mar 18, 2010, 19:33 UTC) (1856 reads)
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(feedback) Ghacks: "Recently (in my Pardus Linux article) Ghacks reader PeterB mentioned one of his favorite distributions Greenie Linux. Of course I had to give this a whirl and see what it was all about."
10 Free Productivity Tools for Linux (Mar 18, 2010, 19:03 UTC) (3425 reads)
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(feedback) Linux.com: "Common wisdom says that Linux lacks applications. Fortunately, the common wisdom is dead wrong on this, especially when it comes to productivity applications."
Dell bars Win 7 refunds from Linux lovers (Mar 18, 2010, 17:33 UTC) (3776 reads)
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(feedback) The Register: "Dell has told a Linux-loving Reg reader that he can't receive a refund on the copy of Windows 7 that shipped with his new Dell netbook because it was bundled with the machine for "free""
Alternative Unix Software Installation Methods (Mar 18, 2010, 16:03 UTC) (1920 reads)
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(feedback) Thoughts on Technology: "All I have to say is: Man was I blown away.
What proceeded to run on my computer was quite possibly the most seamless non-distro specific package installation I have ever experienced."
Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely (Mar 18, 2010, 13:33 UTC) (2680 reads)
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(feedback) Wired: "More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments."
