Linux Today

Linux User and Developer: "Canonical developer, Dave Walker, shares more insight into the development of Ubunutu 10.10. This month, the Ubuntu platform sprint rally goes under the spotlight"

Tech Source: "Now, here is another list of some of the most excellent and unique conky configurations that you could freely use. Enjoy!"

Tom Callaway: "Once upon a time (1984), Sun created an RPC implementation for Unix, with the intent of implementing RFC 707 (High-level framework for network-based resource sharing). Now, in those days, a good way to ensure that people used code that you wrote was to upload it to usenet, and in 1985, Sun did that."

IT World: "A recent Gartner report showed what many of us already knew: Moving to Windows 7 from XP is expensive."

Database Journal: "The SELECT statement is without question the most complex amongst MySQL's data manipulation statements. This article covers the syntax of the SELECT statement, exploring its many optional clauses. "

Tech Drive-in: "Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' keeps changing. The latest updates include a brand new default wallpaper which I think looks horrible."

Linux.com: "OpenID is a critical piece of "Open Web" infrastructure. The ability to authenticate users without relying on a single gatekeeper entity puts every site on an equal playing field."

ServerWatch: "You know that Linux is a hot data center server. You know that it saves you money in licensing and maintenance costs. But, what are your options for Linux as a server operating system?"

Tech Comics: "Every once in a great deal, we need to turn off our devices and talk to one another. Sort of."

PostfixMail: "The default set up with Postfixadmin looks like it should work but it will not work correctly until you modify a few things. This tutorial will help you get it working correctly."

PC World: "When Canonical broke the news recently that Ubuntu 10.10 will include uTouch 1.0, a multitouch and gesture stack, it caused a flurry of excitement about the Linux release's potential for use in tablets."

MakeTechEasier: "Conky, the amazingly versatile and useful Linux desktop application, has a bit of a reputation. It's clearly a great app, but getting it configured can be a serious pain."

LinuxLinks: "Now, let's explore the 6 help desk applications at hand. For each title we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with an in-depth analysis of its features, screenshots, together with links to relevant resources and reviews."

Groklaw: "I would like everyone to watch tridge's talk [.ogv] [mp3] on patents and how engineers can interact efficiently with patent lawyers, to get your knowledge across to them. More formats are linked from End Software Patents, if you prefer audio only."

Washington Post: "Google's Gmail isn't just a mailbox -- it now doubles as a phone. Users of Google's Web e-mail service can now call any phone in the U.S. or Canada for free (and make international calls for almost free) from within their browser."

IT Expert Voice: "Ubuntu Linux is best known as the most popular desktop Linux distribution, but it's developing a reputation as the easiest Linux for enterprises to deploy on the cloud."

Salt Lake Tribune: "A Salt Lake City mortgage company employee allegedly got drunk, opened fired on his firm's computer server with a .45-caliber automatic, and then told police someone had stolen his gun and caused the damage."

LWN.net: "Your editor is somewhat reluctant to contribute to the flood; at this point, the amount of real information which is available is minimal while the amount of speculation is high. This will be an important case, though; the world will be watching to see how it turns out. So here are a few thoughts to add to the pile."

Linux Magazine: "Get your wetsuit on, we're going data diving. Throughput benchmarks using IOzone on a common SATA disk, an Intel X25-E SSD, and Bcache, using the SSD to cache a single drive."

Linux Journal: "One of the most common programs on Linux systems for packaging files is the venerable tar. tar is short for tape archive, and originally, it would archive your files to a tape device."