Blog entries

OpenSUSE Weekly News #98 out!

Sascha Manns — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:52:24 +0100

Issue #98 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out!

In this week’s issue:

* Board Election 2009 Startup
* openSUSE 11.2 Launchparties
* openSUSE Spotlight: What does the openSUSE Board do?
* Uwe Gansert: Interactive AutoYaST Rules
* openSUSE Forums: K3B and mp3 support

For a list of available translations see this page:

http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/98/Translations.

Google Wave- first impressions...

Ross Larson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:37:09 +0100

I've been a Google Wave user for about a week or so (thanks for the invite, AJ!), and I'd like to share my first impressions of the innovative new tool.

French Hosting Provider to Deliver Collaboration as Software-as-a-Service

NUREMBERG, Germany, and COURRead More...

Zenoss Launches Enterprise 2.5, Includes Support for Amazon EC2 Monitoring

Sharon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:58:40 +0100

New Version Introduces New Enterprise Grade Features

Austin TX, - November 18, 2009 - Zenoss Inc., a leading commercial open source provider of Unlegacy IT enterprise management products, today announced the general availability of version 2.5 of itRead More...

A tiny cloud in Android

Rocky — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:48:15 +0100

This article proposes creating an Android-based service that emulates a network server that enhances the value of the local machine in unique and unexpected ways. Put a tiny cloud in your Android handset and experience the usefulness of a local Web server.

AIX tips for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Admins

Rocky — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:10:27 +0100

Are you broadening your skills as a Linux systems administrator into various flavors of UNIX? Get a rundown of the differences and similarities between Red Hat Enterprise Linux and AIX so that you can perform day-to-day activities with ease.

Semantic patching

Rudolf Olah — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:50:11 +0100

Just found a brief tutorial on a "semantic" patching tool for C. It's called Coccinelle and it can recognize the semantics of the language (as in, "if X { ...stuff... }") and replace it with other things.

The example they give is partially replacing a function name. Typically, if you did a find/replace, then you could replace the incorrect thing (like part of a word in the comments). Coccinelle knows what an expression and what an identifier in C are so it can recognize and alter those Read More...

Phoronix releases version 2.2 of Phoronix Test Suite!

Ross Larson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:58:33 +0100

Phoronix recently announced on their website that version 2.2 "Bardu" of the Phoronix Test Suite has been released. The official release contains quite a few fixes from the initial release, as the changelog shows. The PTS Live DVD Read More...

Use Sun SPOTs as your build canary

Rocky — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:07:16 +0100

SPOTs are small wireless devices that run Java programs. Find out how to turn a new, open source wireless device — Sun's Small Programmable Object Technology (SPOT) — into a highly visible indicator of the health of a continuous integration build.

Examine PHP V5.3.0 features under the microscope

Rocky — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:03:34 +0100

PHP is an attractive technology, that facilitates a pick-and-mix model of Web-site development. As the popular PHP language continues to evolve, many new features enhance its object-oriented aspects. In this article, PHP V5.3 examples illustrate late static binding, namespace support, class method overloading, and variable parsing and heredoc support.

HP mini note 2133

Joel Shapiro — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:25:45 +0100

I have a HP mini note 2133, with 1024 x 600 resolution screen.

There were some issues with the wireless network (broadcom) card not working on the system, on ubuntu 9.10 I could not get the wireless card to work at the same time as the broadcom card.

When I installed the system the screen worked fine but as soon as I installed the driver for the network card the screen stopped working.

The problem was not that hard to fix though.

1. Stop gnome display mangager
sudRead More...

Museum of old technology.... hardware, peripherals, config....

Estelle Angelinas — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:12:50 +0100

One problem that comes up when changing OS, is whether things like webcams, printers etc. are compatable. If you're lucky, you can find drivers in Linux or if you feel adventurous - try some tricks to get it to work. This involves such things as terminals, and commands, searching in files, etc. Not to mention some knowledge of computer programming. The thing is, that it may not work. Even the same thing from the same manufacturer, has different chip sets. In that case, sometimes iRead More...

Quantz- an innovative new puzzle game for Linux- in Beta

Ross Larson — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:32:56 +0100

I'm a big fan of puzzle games, and recently I became aware of a new title that's currently in beta testing on the Linux platform. It's a puzzle game called Quantz, and it's made by a Quebec, Canada-based company called Gamerizon. It's a multiplatform game, available for Mac, Windows, as well as a Linux beta. The game is also available on Steam. The Linux version was announced on Reddit recently, and they have provided .deb, .rpm, and tar.gz files for Linux gamers to install and test. A viRead More...

openSUSE Weekly News #97 is out!

Sascha Manns — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:05:42 +0100

Issue #97 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out!

In this week’s issue:

* openSUSE 11.2 Released!
* Launch Party Locations
* KDE.NEWS/Will Stephenson: Introducing KDE 4 KNetworkManager
* Joe Brockmeier: Microblogging with Choqok in openSUSE 11.2
* h-online/Thorsten Leemhuis: Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 2) – Graphics

For a list of available translations see this page:

http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/97/TrRead More...

My first blog in linux.com

wcsdk — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:02:18 +0100

Today I register a account in linux.com with excitement. I wish I can exchange with anyone who love software who love the open source project and co-development.

Patching in Eclipse Galileo

Rocky — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:52:19 +0100

Eclipse Galileo includes new features for applying patches. This article provides an overview of the method for creating and applying patches, and includes an overview of the patch format used by Eclipse. Here are examples of creating simple patches.

Linux introspection and SystemTap dynamic kernel analysis

Rocky — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:32:24 +0100

Modern operating system kernels provide the means for introspection, the ability to peer dynamically within the kernel to understand its behaviors. With this knowledge, you can tune or modify the kernel to avoid failure conditions. Discover an open source infrastructure called SystemTap that provides this dynamic introspection for the Linux kernel.

New to Java programming?

Rocky — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:56:12 +0100

This provides an overview of Java technology basics and explains how the technology fits into the context of contemporary software development. Links to relevant introductory Java content, other educational resources, as well as IBM downloads and products give you a rich starting point for further investigation.

Linux app migration from Windows, Solaris, & OS2

Rocky — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:52:48 +0100

Here's some help to port your applications from Windows, Solaris, and OS/2 to run natively on Linux on x86-based systems. The information here also covers porting from Windows to Java and porting and migrating x86-based Linux apps to Linux on multiple other hardware platforms.

Changing the Default Boot with Ubuntu 9.10 GRUB 2

J.A. Watson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:16:55 +0100

I have been struggling recently with Ubuntu 9.10, using GRUB 2, trying to do something which was more or less trivial with previous releases. What I would like to do is set up a multi-boot system for a friend with Ubuntu and Windows, and have it boot Windows by default. Simple, right? Not so far, at least for me.

I know what needs to be done, the "default" value needs to be changed from "0" to whatever the appropriate entry number is in /boot/grub/grub.cfg. But IRead More...