Linus has released the 2.6.33-rc1 prepatch, closing the merge window for this development cycle. This kernel has a few features which will shake things up, with dynamic tracing being near the top as far as I am concerned. But, perhaps, the most interesting addition is one that almost nobody expected: a reverse-engineered driver for NVIDIA graphics chipsets called “Nouveau.”
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With iterpipes, python is ready to replace bash for scripting. Really.
This has been a pet peeve of mine for years: programming shell scripts suck. They are ugly and error prone. The only reason why we still do it? There is no real replacement. Or at least that was the case, until today.
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Create your own online radio with shoutcast streaming server
SHOUTcast is server software for streaming media developed by Nullsoft. It allows digital audio content, primarily in MP3 or HE-AAC format, see how to use shoutcast server to create your own online radio
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A Unix Utility You Should Know About: lsof
In this post I will take you through the useful lsof tool. If netcat was called the Swiss Army Knife of Network Connections, then I’d call lsof the Swiss Army Knife of Unix debugging.
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Kernel Log: Linux 2.6.33 enters test phase
With the end of the next kernel version's main development phase, the most important new features of Linux 2.6.33 have been determined: DRBD, Nouveau, support of the Trim ATA command and a bandwidth controller for block devices. The developers have also improved the Radeon drivers and the support of Intel Wi-Fi chips.
Read more »Linux Documentation Bug - A Programers Perspective
What is it that really holding Linux & FOSS software back from absolute domination? In a sentence "go read the source code". The thing that's meant to be its strength is its greatest flaw. But its fixable, fix this one, stand well back, watch the World Change!
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Best of Linux Cheat Sheets
Below list of Linux cheat sheets can be used by everybody who administer Linux operating system including beginners/newbies and bearded gurus.
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Udev: Introduction to Device Management In Modern Linux System
Hotplugging (which is the word used to describe the process of inserting devices into a running system) is achieved in a Linux distribution by a combination of three components: Udev, HAL, and Dbus.
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Debian/Ubuntu GNU/Linux device driver check
This very useful tool to check Debian GNU/Linux device driver check page.Ubuntu is based on Debian GNU/Linux so let us try this and see the results
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The unknown network monitor
I have a list of about 20 or 30 applications — mostly console-based — that I want to take a crack at in the next few weeks, once the end-of-year break starts. One of them I took a stab at today though, mostly because it’s tiny, but also because the output is rather promising. The problem is, I’m not really sure what to call it. Take a look for yourself.
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Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL, SquirrelMail (Fedora 12)
This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses.
Read more »KDE Software Compilation 4.4 Beta 2 Released
KDE Ships Second Test Version of New 4.4 Desktop, Applications and Development Platform. The second beta version of KDE SC 4.4 provides a preview and base for helping to stabilize the next version of the KDE Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Development Platform. The final version of KDE SC 4.4 is expected to be released on February 9 2010.
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SELinux and PostgreSQL: a worthwhile union?
When your editor was in Tokyo recently, he had the privilege to talk with KaiGai Kohei at some length about the SE-PgSQL patch set. This work, developed by KaiGai for the last two years or so, integrates SELinux with the PostgreSQL database manager, enabling fine-grained control over access to data stored within a database.
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Propaganda :Why Lua Why Firebird
Firebird and Lua may seem like a strange combination, though they share many characteristics that make them suitable for a variety of usage scenarios and environments: small footprint, embedded and standalone usage, simple yet powerful programming language, liberal license, and so on.
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Inside the Linux 2.6 Completely Fair Scheduler
The Linux scheduler is an interesting study in competing pressures....Although Linux was originally developed as a desktop operating system experiment, you'll now find it on servers, tiny embedded devices, mainframes, and supercomputers. Not surprisingly, the scheduling loads for these domains differ.
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