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| Low End Linux Netbook Prices Continue To Drop by Caitlyn Martin
It almost goes without saying that you won't find anything that runs Windows at anywhere near these prices. Oh, and no, that doesn't mean that Linux is somehow inferior as Windows fans would want you to believe. It is, however, free of charge. |
| Linux To Regain 50% Netbook Market Share by Caitlyn Martin
The past couple of weeks saw a flurry or articles debating the future of Linux on netbooks. A report in the Taipei Times on May 9th was picked up by LinuxToday but largely ignored by the tech press and the blogosphere. Stephen Lim, the General Manager of Taiwan based Linpus Technologies, made the surprising prediction that Linux will regain 50% market share from Windows on netbooks by next year. |
| Data chef: SPSS Tripe Consommé by Uche Ogbuji
The data chef discusses translation of data from SPSS format, for those who don't have a licensed copy at hand. |
| Favorite Linux Book of All Time: Linux in a Nutshell by Kathryn Barrett
The Linux Journal's annual Readers' Choice Awards take the pulse of the Linux community, allowing readers to choose their favorites in a number of categories, and write-ins also are accepted. This year, more than 6,000 individuals voted for their favorite Linux solutions—one of the biggest turnouts in in Linux Journal history. And Linux in a Nutshell won the award for Favorite Linux Book of All Time. Our thanks to everyone who voted for this book. We think it's a classic and we're glad that you do, too! |
| A Linux Netbook Done The Right Way: the Sylvania g Netbook Meso by Caitlyn Martin
In just over two months of use so far I have been very impressed with the Sylvania g Netbook Meso. None of the issues, hardware or software, that I encountered with the original g Netbook, are seen in the somewhat newer model. The Meso has proven to be an upgrade in performance, in reliability, and most definitely in the area of software. |
| Linux Performance: Different Distributions, Very Different Results by Caitlyn Martin
I almost invariably get a comment to the effect that all Linux distros are essentially the same: running the same kernel, the same libraries, the same filesystems. Performance should be essentially the same, right? The answer is a resounding no. The performance results of different distributions, even ones running the same kernel version, the same core libraries, and the same filesystem can be very, very different. |
| Improved Linux Screen Space Management With PekWM by Caitlyn Martin
PekWM offers an additional solution: window grouping. It allows a variety of different applications to be grouped together in a single window. Most everyone is familiar with tabbed browsing by now. Window grouping takes this one step further. When window grouping is used in PekWM the title bar in the window manager is segmented with each section effectively acting like a tab. |
| Interview with Infoworld's Paul Venezia on the Terry Child's Case by Timothy M. O'Brien
If you are a network engineer, you might want to pay attention to the continuing case of Terry Childs in San Francisco. In this 15-minute interview, Paul Venezia discusses the inconsistencies in the case, and why every technologist should be paying attention to the outcome of the Childs case. |
| Love and UNIX: An Undying Affection by Allen Noren
Youthful indiscretions, trysts, dalliances? Programmer and writer Thomas Scoville has had them with every OS from VMS, MVS, and CP/M. He even admits to a short-lived infatuation with Windows. But he's always returned to his one true love, UNIX. |
| Netbook Nightmare: My Experience With the Sylvania g Netbook by Caitlyn Martin
I would have rated the hardware in this unit highly if it hadn't failed on me on two consecutive systems. I understand that two units is hardly a scientific sample and that I may just have had really bad luck. Unfortunately the software proved to be a disaster as well. |
| O'Reilly Week in Review for January 26, 2009 by James Turner
This week's podcast has excerpts from interviews with Craig Newmark of Craigslist and Linux Device Driver Guru Greg-Kroah Hartman. There's also a audio tour of the O'Reilly web site, and a new podquiz that can score you a book from... |
| MadTux Closes Its Doors by Caitlyn Martin
After eight years in business California-based MadTux, an online retailer specializing in systems preloaded with Linux, has closed. |
| First (well, sort of) O'Reilly podcast by James Stanger
Below is my first podcast for this page. It's technically not my first podcast for O'Reilly, because a couple of years ago (Summer, 2006), Andy Oram and I sat down and created a podcast about the LPI Linux in a... |
| The Lawsuit Ain't Over Til the Fat Lady Sings by James Turner
Last week, the final judgment was issued in the SCO v. Novell lawsuit. Later in the week SCO filed notice of intent to appeal. We thought it might be a good time to check in with the chronicler of all things SCO, Pamela Jones of Groklaw, and see just where things stand. |
| How Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS, Ever by chromatic
Greg-Kroah Hartman discusses why he believes the Linux kernel supports more devices than any other operating system ever has, why binary-only drivers are impractical, immoral, and illegal, and how the kernel development process contributes to the inevitable world domination of free software. |
| An array of embedded Linux expertise by Andy Oram
Most potential buyers of Building Embedded Linux Systems don't know about the contributors' impressive credentials. Here are some of the people who brought you the second edition. |
| First Impressions of My New Android Phone by Brian Redfern
The Android isn't the same as the iPhone. Its got a different philosophy behind it. |
| The Sine Qua Non of the Free Desktop by chromatic
Pundits of all kinds love to preach that the free desktop needs this feature or that software to succeed. They may be right for certain audiences, but they often miss the single essential feature which gives free desktops an amazing evolutionary edge. |
| oVirt, Open Virtualization Done Right by Mike McGrath
One thing that most people don't realize with virtualization is that its not the actual virtualization layer that is important. It works, they all do. The important part is in the management tools and that's something that's been sorely missing from the Open Source arena for too long. |
| Yum Plugins - security by Mike McGrath
Since dep-hell is something I haven't seen in years yum just sort of keeps on updating my packages, installing new ones, etc. Other apps like PackageKit (a gui updater) have come along, but I've largely ignored them. Now I've discovered how useful yum plugins can be. |
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This directory of Linux commands is from Linux in a Nutshell, 5th Edition. |
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