http://linuxtoday.com en-us Linux Today News Service http://linuxtoday.com/pics/ltnet.png http://linuxtoday.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:33:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-008-35-OS-SW-RL <b>OStatic:</b> "The Ubuntu project says that the initial alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04 (the "Jaunty Jackalope") could be available for testing in less than twenty-four hours. Yes, that's a little less than a month after the current, stable version, "Intrepid Ibex" was finalized and formally released." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-008-35-OS-SW-RL Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:03:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-003-35-OS-HL-NT <b>Raiden's Realm:</b> "If you're happy with the level of functionality you receive from your current router, then you can stop reading now if you like. However, if you want to crank up your gateway's functionality and security by astronomic proportions, then this tutorial is for you." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-003-35-OS-HL-NT Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:33:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-002-35-OS-HL-SW <b>Linux.com:</b> "With diff-ext, GNOME users can compare and merge files from within Nautilus. If, instead, you use KDE 3, try out kdiff-ext from the same site, which works with Konqueror. Each utility handles paths to files and directories and invokes an external diff tool to perform the grunt work. With diff-ext you can easily compare two files with different names, from different directories, or whole directory trees." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-002-35-OS-HL-SW Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:03:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-001-35-OS-HL <b>Enterprise IT Planet:</b> "If you are an average internet user, then you interact with daemons every day. This article will describe what daemons do, how to create them in Python, and what you can use them for." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-001-35-OS-HL Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:33:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-034-35-NW-HW-RL <b>LinuxDevices:</b> "Via announced a fanless panel PC that runs Linux, and resists both liquids and dust. The "VIPRO VP7710" includes Via's Eden or C7 processors, a 10.4-inch touchscreen display, gigabit Ethernet, three serial ports, and two USB 2.0 ports, the company says." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-034-35-NW-HW-RL Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:03:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-033-35-OS-LL <b>Open Enterprise:</b> "Even more outrageously, those doors are nonetheless being opened for representatives of trade organisations who wish to see their own agendas pushed through, but not for ordinary citizens, who seem to have no rights in this arena." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-033-35-OS-LL Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:33:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-032-35-NW-LL-NT <b>CNet Digital Media:</b> "Truth be told, the state of Tennessee didn't need a lot of prodding from the recording industry to pass a law that requires universities and colleges to filter for unauthorized music downloads." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-032-35-NW-LL-NT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:03:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-031-35-OS-HL-NT <b>Linux.com:</b> "Bandwidth limitation is still a problem for a lot of people who connect to the Internet. You can improve your available bandwidth by installing Squid caching proxy server on your network with configuration parameters that will increase your byte hit rate, giving you about 30-60% more bandwidth." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-031-35-OS-HL-NT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:33:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-030-35-OS-HL-SW <b>LinuxPlanet:</b> "Firefox is cram-full of hidden treasures, as we have learned in this series. Today Akkana Peck exposes Firefox's expertise at handling those ridiculously long URLs that plague the Web-- email clients mangle them, copy and paste is a nightmare-- but Firefox has some special tricks that make them easy." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-030-35-OS-HL-SW Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:03:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-029-35-NW-RL <b>Linux Magazine:</b> "If you've ordered the DVD, you're probably already busy throwing sheep and beating up rats in a lovely virtual countryside." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-029-35-NW-RL Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:33:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-028-35-OS-HL <b>Tech Source From Bohol:</b> "If you are new to Linux, chances are you will meet a stupid person perhaps in a forum or chat room that can trick you into using commands that will harm your files or even your entire operating system." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-028-35-OS-HL Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:03:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-027-35-NW-HW-SW <b>Phoronix:</b> "Earlier this year VIA announced they wanted to join the open-source bandwagon by establishing an open-source driver development initiative, releasing documentation and source-code, and to better engage with the Linux community at large. They have made a few small steps over the past few months, but today they have made their largest open-source contribution yet by releasing four programming documentation guides..." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-027-35-NW-HW-SW Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:33:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-034-35-OS-DT-RL <b>OStatic:</b> "In an effort to coax more users to take advantage of the many extensions for its Firefox browser, Mozilla has just launched FashionYourFirefox.com. The site is divided up into categories, which cater to individual interests and "online lifestyles," according to Mozilla's announcement." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-034-35-OS-DT-RL Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-025-35-OS-BZ-CY <b>The Linux Distillery:</b> "Linux rocks; if you have a netbook, a GPS, a portable media player or any of a number of gadgets chances are it's running Linux under the hood. That's because Linux is reliable, it's versatile, it's robust and it has no licensing fees. So why isn't it mainstream in the desktop world?" http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-025-35-OS-BZ-CY Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:33:25 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-024-35-OP <b>Neowin:</b> "But if they were to hit Google, they would be getting much more that just names and credit card numbers and an address - they would essentially be getting everything that makes us... us. Search history, emails, friends lists, past conversations, pictures and even a voice sample" http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-20-024-35-OP