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Parallel Optimized Host Message Exchange Layered File System

schestowitz — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:20:58 EDT

Planned features include a server extension to allow mirroring data across multiple devices, strong authentication, and possible data encryption when transferring data over the network.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux kernel feature development

Linux Desktop Ready for Corporate Users

schestowitz — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:19:29 EDT

On the corporate side, however, Linux has already proven itself as a viable desktop option both in private and public sector implementations.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux desktop gnu free software smb

Linux device monitors networks

schestowitz — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:19:03 EDT

Italy-based KDev has found another use for its tiny, cellular radio-equipped Linux box. In its newest "Easy Guardian" iteration, the Acme FoxBox works as a network monitor that uses ICMP pings, SNMP scans, and text messaging to alert users to network events.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux italy server monitor

How I dumped Windows for Linux - Day 2

schestowitz — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:08:03 EDT

Having got the majority of my hardware to work successfully in Ubuntu Linux in my previous post, it was time to find out how the OS faired with some everyday productivity tasks. Would I miss using Windows? I'd argue that this is the main thing holding most people back from sampling Linux.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: windows linux switch

Give Me 3 Synths, Part 2

schestowitz — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:07:58 EDT

Minicomputer is an excellent synth with some great possibilities. While its author emphasizes its effectiveness in hardcore sound styles I found it to be an excellent straightforward subtractive synth with some uncommon filtering capabilities.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: audio synth gnu linux foss

Kenya: How Software War Will Hurt Consumers

schestowitz — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:06:07 EDT

Rather than buy Microsoft software or pay royalty fees to the company, most cyber-cafes around the country are choosing to instal free, open source software.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: kenya africa software copyrights

KVM Benchmarks

schestowitz — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:03:12 EDT

With these few single threaded tests, the results were very close between Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 8.04 running within a virtualized environment powered by KVM.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: ubuntu gnu linux

Tanczos wants a new window on the world

schestowitz — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:54 EDT

"When I spoke about open source software in Parliament, there were blank faces all round," he said.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux gnu green party foss

Twenty Four Hours with Mint 5.0 Beta

schestowitz — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:59:45 EDT

This is a Beta? Wow.... These days the Distro I am always watching and waiting for a new release of, more than any other, is Mint. I have expressed that preference here quite a bit since I discovered Mint back in its 3.x release days. Mint 5.0 Beta is out now, and I am not really sure why it is considered Beta.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: mint linux ubuntu bmc

Video: Fedora Project leader on Fedora 9

schestowitz — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:59:30 EDT

Find out about the new features in Fedora 9 straignt from the source--Paul Frields, the new Fedora project leader. He talks with us about the massive changes in KDE4, the new (and improved) LiveUSB features, and the many, many people that helped get Sulpher off to a running start.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: video fedora interview

Microsoft's Quiet War Against GNU/Linux on Motherboards

schestowitz — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:06:39 EDT

To sum up, here we have another case study exemplifying total disregard, market abuse, distortion of stories and a strategic fight against Linux, which escapes the media's attention.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux motherboard mobo phoenix

Building a glossier front end for MythTV

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:04:28 EDT

Josh Stewart loves MythTV -- so much so that he is building his own front-end app for it as a drop-in replacement for MythTV's default. The replacement is called Gloss, and although it isn't ready for prime time yet (no pun intended), its OpenGL effects and GStreamer bindings show plenty of promise.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: mythtv gloss linux opengl

Dreamy Dreamlinux

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:04:10 EDT

Now that I've tried out this distro, when a non Linux user asks me what distribution I recommend they try, I think I'll start suggesting Dreamlinux. It is extremely simple, it covers a broad ranges of requirements, and it is a beautiful desktop system.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux dreamlinux brazil debian morphix

Little thin client runs Linux

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:04:05 EDT

The Italian firm CompuMaster has introduced a compact thin client that runs Linux. The "Praim Ino" can be mounted on the back of a monitor, draws just six Watts, and comes with a variety of client software, the company says.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux thin client

Exceptional Linux programs for Kids

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:03:09 EDT

There's nothing worse than hearing how an entire school district is switching operating systems from Mac to Windows (or vice versa) because that's what the "business" world relies on or some other blather. The costs associated with the transition are enormous and the whole 'to do' is unnecessary, because features on applications mimic one

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: kid linux education children

Ark Linux 2008.1 released

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:22:27 EDT

The Ark Linux team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Ark Linux 2008.1, a new version of its easy-to-use, easy-to-learn operating system.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: ark gnu kde linux

MySQL Juggles Business Models, Life with Sun, and Software Patents

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:38:22 EDT

MySQL is likely to face issues that are associated with ways of extracting revenue from its users. Another largely forgotten issue is the increased pressure from the outside to extract revenue for collisions involving ideas, especially ones pertaining to algorithms.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: mysql patent business model gpl

Linux offers one alternative to Microsoft's Windows

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:49:14 EDT

Personally I recommend Ubuntu as a great alternative to Windows, and it is easy even for a beginner to learn. It also has the best support community of any operating system around.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux windows community ubuntu

Linux: Who got it right, who got it very wrong?

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:46:42 EDT

Open-source software, once derided as the unsupportable and unreliable work of hobbyists, has secured itself a place at the table of many a large enterprise, although in ways that were different than many expected even five years ago.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux analyst speculation unix flashback

NPR station WBUR Boston adds support for free audio standard

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:46:02 EDT

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has marked a milestone in their PlayOgg.org campaign with the announcement that National Public Radio (NPR) news station WBUR Boston has begun worldwide webcasting in the free audio format Ogg Vorbis.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: npr wbur ogg vorbis audio boston

Linux rides pillion on Mumbai city buses

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:44:17 EDT

This triangle of devices in the bus uses ARM9 processors and runs embedded Linux using kernel 2.6. Having these Linux-embedded devices, says Satish Goriani, consultant to the technology provider Kaizen, drastically reduces the transaction time, and the inbuilt services in Linux, such as SSH, make it easy to manage them remotely.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: india mumbai device linux bus

Access to open spaces

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:42:39 EDT

All the computers are built from recycled parts and the software is FLOSS (Free and Open Source Software). Every PC in the media lab runs Linux rather than Microsoft Windows.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: media lab film recycling open source

IBM launches Cell blades [with GNU/Linux] for HPC

schestowitz — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:41:37 EDT

The Bladecenter QS22 systems will run Red Hat Enterprise Linux and include IBM's open sauce Eclipse development environment. IBM claims its new QS22 systems can be integrated with x86 based servers in customers' data centers.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: hpc linux gnu cluster cell processor

First Beta Release of Linux Mint 5.0 Is Here - Codename Elyssa

schestowitz — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:27:02 EDT

The first Beta Release of Linux Mint 5.0, codename Elyssa, was launched. The distro is based on Daryna and is compatible with Ubuntu 8.04 and its repositories.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: mint gnu linux elyssa

Beyond Linux From Scratch 6.3 RC1 Launched

schestowitz — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:25:16 EDT

Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS), the complement to the Linux From Scratch book, is now version 6.3 RC1.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: lfs blfs linux gnu rc

Purdue IT Staff Builds [Linux] Supercomputer In A Half Day

schestowitz — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:23:40 EDT

Dwight McKay, Purdue's director of systems engineering, said Steele is running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0. It's running a number of scientific programming libraries, typical scientific applications, and the cfengine, an open source management tool for running a large cluster.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: purdue university hpc linux

Mainframes playing catch up: Open source advantages

schestowitz — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:22:31 EDT

For the last few years, the discussion of mainframes has been like Rick consoling his old lover in Casablanca by saying "We'll always have Paris."

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux mainframe gnu open source

NYSE Euronext banks on Red Hat

schestowitz — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:22:07 EDT

If anyone out there persists in believing that Linux isn't ready for serious prime time, NYSE Euronext's dependence on Red Hat should finally lay that silly notion to rest. As announced, the New York Stock Exchange Euronext dumped its proprietary UNIX heritage (AIX, HP UX, Solaris) for the freedom, flexibility, and performance of Linux.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: nyse red hat linux gnu

Brazilian banks look to Linux for ATMs

schestowitz — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:20:50 EDT

Brazilian banking giant Banco do Brasil this year is preparing to start a massive migration of one of the world's biggest ATM fleets to the GNU/Linux operating system.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: brazil atm gnu linux

SK Telecom Joins LiMo Foundation to Speed up Linux Platform Development

schestowitz — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:25:27 EDT

SK Telecom joined LiMo Foundation, the international consortium to develop standard Linux-based mobile platform.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: limo linux gnu south korea

Report: Red Hat, SAS among top tech companies

schestowitz — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:25:11 EDT

Red Hat and SAS are two of the 30 most influential technology companies in the world, according to a report released Tuesday by the Aberdeen Group.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: red hat ladder rank

Russians Say Nyet To Windows, But Da To Linux

schestowitz — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:23:23 EDT

The move to Linux may be even more far reaching. I was talking with a Russian man who keeps close tabs on the Russian IT industry, and he is of the belief that the entire government apparatus has plans to totally migrate to Linux by 2012.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: russia gnu linux government

Linux gains action RPG

schestowitz — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:22:01 EDT

Linux Game Publishing has announced a Linux port of "Sacred Gold," an action role-playing game first published for Windows three years ago.

Channel: Video Games Tags: rpg linux gnu game port

Linux Mint 5.0 is coming May 12, 2008

schestowitz — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:09:22 EDT

My own view of Linux Mint is that I think it's growing into a more mature distribution in its own right (not just as an Ubuntu derivative), but because of my limited downloads for my internet connection,

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux mint ubuntu gnu

[Feodra] Rawhide moving on to Fedora 10

schestowitz — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:07:54 EDT

In preparation of the Fedora 9 release tomorrow, we've flipped the configuration bit that will allow "rawhide" to be composed from Fedora 10 content tomorrow. This will likely fail in spectacular ways due to all the pent up builds so it should be interesting.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: fedora red hat gnu linux

Movies about KDE 4.1 Alpha

schestowitz — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:07:46 EDT

Jos Poortvliet present some movies, which show some new features in KDE 4.1, especially in Plasma, Kwin, Dolphin, Gweniview and some other applications. This movies show imposingly the proceedings of KDE 4.1

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: kde kde 4 1 kde alpha video Jos Poortvliet

[KDE] Are we breathing in the same rhythm?

schestowitz — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:07:30 EDT

Tom and Aaron discuss timing and release schedules, and development cycles. Aaron talks about trunk/ and freezes therein should follow a natural lifecycle.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: kde gnu linux development

KDE in the hands of many

schestowitz — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:07:00 EDT

The person writing, Robert, bought his daughter a computer for her 14th birthday. He got what they could afford, and due to financial constraints that meant not much. Price often isn't the compelling selling feature for business users in the "first" world (gah, I hate that term), but for many others it is.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: kde gnu linux children

Video Editing on Linux :: It can be a real joy!

schestowitz — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:06:54 EDT

So in short, I totally rate Cinelerra as the best video editing app on Linux. The feature set is powerful, the effects are plentiful and the general usage is a dream. Yes it took me a little while to get to grips with but now I say with great confidence,

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: video media gnu linux cinelerra

Shuttle KPC K-4500 [Linux PC Reviews]

schestowitz — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:59:22 EDT

Perhaps the biggest difference is the way you acquire new software. The operating system has a useful update feature that lets you look for and install new components. We've already updated multiple times over the course of this review. For new applications, you can't simply download an EXE file from the Web and expect it to work.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: shuttle kpc foresight gnu linux