August 2012
Exploring Strange New Worlds...
Submitted by bigbearomaha on Thursday 30th of August 2012 11:49:18 AM Filed under
I've seen it discussed before, but it sometimes doesn't really hit me until I see where someone who is talking around it, completely misses it.
Of course, I'm talking about the Star Trek influence. How close are we to realizing Star Trek Technology?
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What Killed the Linux Desktop
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of August 2012 03:42:56 AM Filed under

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The Sysadmin's Toolbox: sar
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of August 2012 03:40:17 AM Filed under

linuxjournal.com: There's an old saying: "When the cat's away the mice will play." The same is true for servers. It's as if servers wait until you aren't logged in (and usually in the middle of REM sleep) before they have problems. Logs can go a long way to help you isolate those problems.
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LibreOffice 3.6.1 Available for Download
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of August 2012 03:38:03 AM Filed under
ostatic.com: The Document Foundation today announced the release of LibreOffice 3.6.1, a maintenance release for the recommended version. It is recommended that users upgrade to this latest release as it solves "a number of issues and regressions, plus further improving the stability of the program."
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Linux 4.0 Coming in 2015?
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of August 2012 03:16:23 AM Filed under
internetnews.com: Linus Torvalds took stage tonight at the LinuxCon conference in a panel discussion about the state of Linux. Lucky for me they took questions from the audience via Twitter - though apparently i was the only one that asked questions over Twitter...
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'FIRST ever' Linux, Mac OS X-only password sniffing Trojan spotted
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of August 2012 12:48:52 AM Filed under
theregister.co.uk: Security researchers have discovered a potential dangerous Linux and Mac OS X cross-platform trojan.
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The State of Linux in 2012
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of August 2012 12:47:10 AM Filed under
serverwatch.com: Every year for the past four years, Jim Zemlin, the Executive Director of the Linux Foundation gets in front of thousands of Linux developers and users at the LinuxCon conference to detail the success and the State of Linux.
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The truth about Goobuntu: Google's in-house desktop Ubuntu Linux
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of August 2012 12:44:30 AM Filed under
zdnet.com: Most Linux people know that Google uses Linux on its desktops as well as its servers. Some know that Ubuntu Linux is Google's desktop of choice and that it's called Goobuntu. But almost no one outside of Google knew exactly what was in it or what roles Ubuntu Linux plays on Google's campus, until now.
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Seven Reasons for Choosing LibreOffice over Microsoft Office
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 29th of August 2012 01:29:59 AM Filed under
worldlabel.com: OK, LibreOffice is free for the download, and you can install it on as many different machines as you choose. But a free price and a free license aren’t much good if the software doesn’t have the features you want.
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GNOME Answers Criticisms
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 29th of August 2012 01:25:04 AM Filed under
datamation.com: Since GNOME 3 was released in April 2011, the criticism has often been harsh (and, yes, I contributed to it myself). Seventeen months later, it shows few signs of ending. Yet aside from the occasional comment from individuals, the GNOME Project itself has refrained from answering. That is, until now.
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| Red Hat Hires a Blind Software Engineer to Improve Accessibility on Linux Desktop
Accessibility on a Linux desktop is not one of the strongest points to highlight. However, GNOME, one of the best desktop environments, has managed to do better comparatively (I think).
In a blog post by Christian Fredrik Schaller (Director for Desktop/Graphics, Red Hat), he mentions that they are making serious efforts to improve accessibility.
Starting with Red Hat hiring Lukas Tyrychtr, who is a blind software engineer to lead the effort in improving Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora Workstation in terms of accessibility.
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