HOWTO: Starcraft 2 under Linux with Wine
Okie dokie – so I’ve mentioned before that I play Starcraft 2 under my Linux install with no issues. Since the game’s official release a few days ago I have been getting a good bit of traffic on those two pages – so I figured I would put together a quick HOWTO for getting Starcraft 2 working on your Linux distro of choice.
Set up Ubuntu Lucid Server PV DomU at Xen 4.0 on top of opensuse 11.3
Install “kotd” (kernel of the day) via ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/openSUSE-11.3/x86_64/ kernel-xen-2.6.34.1-0.0.19.40d88ce.x86_64.rpm ( supporting udev 157). Next step supposed to be is to upgrade Xen 4.0 to support Lucid Grub2 syntax.
Is OpenSolaris About To Be Forked As Illumos?
There are still a few weeks left before the deadline that demands Oracle appoint a community liaison for their OpenSolaris operating system that is capable of communicating their future intentions to the OpenSolaris community (like where the hell is OpenSolaris 2010.1H) or else the OpenSolaris Governing Board will return control of the community back to Oracle. However, some OpenSolaris community developers have already had enough: they’ve begun work on a new project.
Pinguy OS – Ubuntu After A Week Of Customizations [Review]
Pinguy OS is a remastered Ubuntu with a lot of useful default applications – great for those who don’t like to do a lot of tweaking and want an OS that "just works". Pinguy OS doesn’t rebrand Ubuntu, so you’ll have the same Plymouth theme, the Ubuntu logo for the menu and so on. It’s just Ubuntu with a lot of default applications and PPAs enabled by default. You’ll probably think you don’t need Pinguy since there’s already Linux Mint which does a great job at enhancing Ubuntu, but you’ll notice a lot more useful stuff in Pinguy OS. And you won’t miss Linux Mint either because Pinguy OS comes with the Linux Mint main menu and even the Mint repositories enabled by default.
This week at LWN: Adding periods to SCHED_DEADLINE
The Linux scheduler, in both the mainline and realtime versions, provides a couple of scheduling classes for realtime tasks. These classes implement the classic POSIX priority-based semantics, wherein the highest-priority runnable task is guaranteed to have access to the CPU. While this scheduler works as advertised, priority-based scheduling has a number of problems and has not been the focus of realtime research for some time. Cool schedulers in this century are based on deadlines instead. Linux does not yet have a deadline scheduler, though there is one in the works. A recent discussion on implementing the full deadline model has shown, once again, just how complex it can be to get deadline scheduling right in the real world.
5 of the Best Free Linux Educational Music Software
Music education is a field of study connected with the learning and teaching of music. Music is an essential part of the fabric of our society, and the intrinsic value of music is widely recognized. Human culture uses music to carry forward its ideas and ideals.
Mozilla Employee Hacks into Black Hat Video Stream
The Black Hat security conference attracts the creme de la creme of the security industry. This year the organizers even offered a paid live stream for those unable to make the trip to Vegas. Called Black Hat Uplink, the service carried a $395 price tag. But as security expert Michael Coates found out, the price could be waived entirely, …
Mobile Linux software pioneer goes all out for Android
Japanese mobile Linux software firm Access announced a major push toward Android, joining the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), and releasing a free "Graffiti" handwriting recognition app for Android, among other developments. Meanwhile, Access’ IP Infusion subsidiary has added MPLS-Transport Profile support to its ZebOS Network Platform software, says the company.
Use your Android Phone as a Wireless Hotspot (Rooted Phones Only)
We have recently covered how to use your Android phone to access the internet on your computer. This process is known as tethering. By connecting your phone, via a USB cable, to your computer you are able to use the phone’s data connection to browse the web on your computer. In places where there aren’t any wireless hotspots, tethering is incredibly useful.
Setting Up OpenVPN on a DD-WRT Router, Part 2
This is the second installment of a two-part series on setting up the OpenVPN server on DD-WRT router firmware. This is a great way to set up secure connections to your network for road-warriors or to remotely connect offices. This a cost-effective solution can support a dozen or two VPN users. In Part 1, we uploaded the DD-WRT firmware to the router, changed the router’s IP and subnet for compatibly reasons, and created the SSL certificates for the OpenVPN server and clients.