Tracking Trends In Linux Software / Hardware
A month ago we began reporting some Linux hardware statistics from those Phoronix Test Suite users that utilize Phoronix Global for uploading their test results publicly so that they can share their benchmark scores with others and make it very easy for their friends or colleagues to compare their performance numbers via the Internet. In an effort to better track such hardware / software statistical information of the installed Linux base (as well as for other operating systems where the Phoronix Test Suite is supported), we are rolling out a new feature to expand upon this information.
Teach your kids Linux from an early age with Qimo linux for kids
Qimo is a desktop operating system designed for kids. Based on the open source Ubuntu Linux desktop, Qimo comes pre-installed with educational games for children aged 3 and up. So If you want to teach your children to use Linux from an early age, Qimo is the perfect for your kids to learn Linux.
Semantics is Restricting Linux Desktop Adaptation
Just stop and think for a minute…think about how outsiders perceive the Linux infrastructure. It is foreign enough with the file system, not to mention the application names….to associate any application or data in Linux as "Restricted" isn’t helping our cause. Of course, some of you could not care less.
Sneak Peek at Canada’s New Copyright Bill
Media reports last week indicated that the government plans to introduce its long-awaited copyright reform bill within the next few days. The bill is sure to spark widespread debate since all Canadians — whether consumers, creators, businesses, or educators — have a significant stake in the outcome.
This week at LWN: Building DVD discs with Bombono
DVD authoring can be a deceptively tricky business. Though it can take some time to convert source video to the proper MPEG format, the technical requirements for the various regions are standardized, so it is at least possible to configure the conversion tools and do it right, once and for all. What cannot be automated is building the disc structure that distinguishes a user-friendly disc with chapters, eye-pleasing menus, and a file hierarchy that makes sense from a down-and-dirty, technically-it-plays-but-it-looks-awful amateur job.
Perfect Cloud-based Photo Setup with digiKam and Piwigo
Using digiKam’s Kipi plugins, you can upload your photos to a variety of popular photo services, including Flickr, Picasaweb, and SmugMug. But what if you want to host your own photo album and still be able to populate it with photos directly from within digiKam?
Creating a NAS Box with an Existing System
Standalone Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers provide file level storage to heterogeneous clients, enabling shared storage. This article presents the basics of NAS units (NFS servers) and how you can create one from an existing system.
FSFE Fellowship interview with David Reyes Samblas Martinez
David Reyes Samblas Martinez is the founder of Spanish Copyleft Hardware store Tuxbrain, and attended the famous Open University of Catalunya. He’s also the subject of this month’s Fellowship interview, in which he answers questions on hardware manufacturing, e-learning and Free Software politics.
wisotool 20100530 has been released
wisotool is a handy winetricks-like script for automatically installing games from .iso or .mds files copied from your own dvds (or, if the game is freely downloadable, it will download it). Just like winetricks, it is intended to make testing Wine easier, but might be useful for people who simply want to install games.
How To Set Up WebDAV With MySQL Authentication On Apache2 (Ubuntu 9.10)
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How To Set Up WebDAV With MySQL Authentication On Apache2 (Ubuntu
9.10)
This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with MySQL authentication
(using mod_auth_mysql) on Apache2 on an Ubuntu 9.10 server. WebDAV
stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and
is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly
edit files on the Apache server so that they do not need to be
downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to
upload and download files.