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Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By LG Staff
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'aptitude' Easter egg
TAG postings
Face detection in Perl
I'm utterly gobsmacked
Mini-puter/bridge/etc.
linusability...again
On the use of flash
JPEG de-duplication
Photo recovery from a formatted flash memory card
Working with External Sensors
Linusability
Kernel Panic Not Syncing VFS

Talkback

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By LG Staff
Talkback for LG article on QQ

2-Cent Tips

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By LG Staff
2-cent Tips: understand file system hierarchy right from the man pages
2-cent tip: De-Microsofting text files

News Bytes

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff
Contents:
News in General
Rackspace and NASA Open Source Cloud Platform
Marvell Open-sources Easy Plug Computer Installer
MeeGo Platform Chosen by the GENIVI Alliance
OpenDocument 1.2 available for review for 60 days
Conferences and Events
Distro News
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 Integrates Server and Desktop
openSUSE 11.3 is Out
IBM Announces Open Beta Program AIX 7
PC-BSD 8.1 Released
Software and Product News
Mozilla releases first Firefox 4 beta
Apache Announces Tomcat Version 7.0
Suricata: Free intrusion detection & prevention engine
Apache Announces Cayenne Version 3.0

A way to connect an iPod Touch to a MIPSnetbook

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By Anton Borisov

A couple years ago, I had a chance to work with industrial MIPS-based VME boards. It was so unusual to see that the modern failure-proof world actually extends beyond x86-architecture. Those VME boards had a Linux distrubution running, so no special knowledge was required to log in, and perform a task. Being designed for industrial purposes, it would be irrational to buy it for home use - so when I heard about a Chinese hardware company named Lemote [1], which has MIPS-based products in its portfolio, my first thought was - "Those guys have what I need - MIPS netbooks. I want it here, by my side". That's how the story began.

Away Mission: SemTech 2010 - Summary

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By Howard Dyckoff

Almost 1200 people attended this year's Semantic Technology Conference (SemTech 2010) in San Franciso. That was a big jump from last year and probably due in equal parts to the move to San Francisco and also the growing use of SemTech all over the web. Remember, this is a recession year.

Tunnel Tales 2

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By Henry Grebler

In a previous article, Tunnel Tales 1 I described how to use SSH tunnels and a third machine to provide network access from one machine to a second machine which was otherwise not directly accessible. Today's scenario is quite different.

Overview: Common Linux desktops

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By Jeff Hoogland

Something most new Linux users often struggle to understand is the concept of desktop environments. What a desktop environment actually is, I feel, gets further clouded when users start exploring different "spins" of a distro (short for distribution). For example, it is very common for a new user to think that Kubuntu or Xubuntu is something entirely different from the well known Ubuntu. Many do not know that they can easily install any *buntu on any other *buntu with a single command![1]

Installing Windows Server 2003 with Linux + PXE + DHCP + TFTP

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By Will Schneider

This procedure is for installing Windows Server 2003 over the network. However, I believe I've invented a new way of doing a network installation and wanted to share it with anyone who might find it useful. My quest to install Windows with a PXE/TFTP/DHCP system started after I tinkered around with the Unattended package and I found it lacking. Specifically, it's a giant hacky mess of Perl scripts, and it only handles 32 bit Windows installs. It essentially boots a DOS environment, creates a FAT32 partition, copies the Windows setup files, and then reboots and converts the partition to NTFS before finishing the install. It's a neat way of bootstrapping Windows from a Linux environment, but when I found out that MEMDISK can boot an ISO, I had the crazy idea of mapping an ISO image of the Windows setup CD as a RAMdisk and running the installation from there.

Goodbye iPhone, Hello Palm Pre Plus

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By Anderson Silva

First, I want you to know that I am not an Apple hater. I've owned several Apple products over the years (since the Mac OS X era started), and I think they are great products (to be honest). Therefore, this is not an Apple hate-fest! My goal is not to make someone like or dislike one product or brand over another. My goal is simply to try to put in words why I've decided to try something else other the iPhone.

HelpDex

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By Shane Collinge

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XKCD

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By Randall Munroe

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Doomed to Obscurity

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:37 -0500

By Pete Trbovich

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