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Daily links for 07/23/2010

Bob Sutor — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:30:19 +0000

Government Computers to Get Linux-Based Operating System | Business | The Moscow Times

“The government is hoping to launch the first version of a “national operating system” for its computers as early as next year, a senior Communications and Press Ministry official said Thursday.

The operating system, for use on the computer systems of government agencies and state-run companies, will be 90 percent based on the open-source Linux operating system, Deputy Communications and Press Minister Ilya Massukh said.”

tags: linux government russia moscow
Build a $200 Linux PC – How To by ExtremeTech

“So we asked ourselves: What’s the lowest point at which these two goals could intersect? If we needed a simple computer right away, and wanted to spend as little as possible, what could we build? We knew we wanted to aim low, almost ridiculously low—so we decided on what seemed like almost an unthinkable total: $200, which would include everything needed for the base computer itself (but not counting the monitor, keyboard, and mouse, or tax and shipping charges).”

tags: computer linux build

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Daily links for 07/22/2010

Bob Sutor — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:30:13 +0000

Ubuntu Linux brings IBM DB2 to the cloud – Computerworld Blogs

“Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has always had many user and developer fans. Enterprise business fans? Not so much. Canonical hopes to change that with today’s, July 21, launch of a virtual appliance of IBM’s DB2 Express-C software running on the Ubuntu cloud computing platform, in private and public cloud configurations. The company also announced that IBM has validated the full version of DB2 software on Ubuntu 10.04. “

tags: ibm linux canonical db2 ubuntu cloud
Canonical, IBM plunk DB2 databases on Ubuntu • The Register

“Commercial Linux distributor Canonical has won the buzzword bingo for the week by putting Ubuntu, cloud, and appliance in the same sentence in announcing a partnership with IBM. It’s meant to bring the latter company’s DB2 databases to the latest Ubuntu 10.04 Server Edition Linux.”

tags: ibm linux canonical db2 ubuntu cloud

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Daily links for 07/21/2010

Bob Sutor — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:30:13 +0000

Canonical bundles Linux, IBM database for the cloud | Cloud Computing – InfoWorld

“Canonical is offering enterprises a chance to try cloud computing via a virtual appliance that bundles Ubuntu Linux with the IBM DB2 Express-C database running on the Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) public cloud platform.”

tags: linux canonical ibm db2

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Daily links for 07/15/2010

Bob Sutor — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:30:15 +0000

Standards

ODF 1.2 Begins Final 60-day Public Review

“A major milestone was reached for the OASIS ODF TC last week. The latest Committee Draft of ODF 1.2 (CD 05) was sent out for a 60-day public review.”

tags: odf oasis standards

Industry Criticism

Windows Phone 7: Don’t bother with this disaster | Mobilize – InfoWorld

“Microsoft needs to kill Windows Phone 7 and avoid further embarrassing itself by shipping this throwback. It’s not a question of whether Windows Phone 7 will fail — it will — but how long it will take Microsoft to admit the failure. For the company’s sake, the earlier it fesses up, the better.”

tags: windows phone
Five Reasons You Don’t Need Microsoft Office 2010 – PCWorld Business Center

“So, the bottom line is this: forget Microsoft Office 2010. It’s not worth the money, the few updated features, the prolonged learning curves, the decreased efficiency, or the headaches.”

tags: microsoft office
451 CAOS Theory » Judgment day for open source at Oracle

“There are signals of continued problems and dysfunction — namely lack of support, organization and communication — in the OpenSolaris community. This follows on a deterioration of the OS leadership and support since Oracle bought Sun Microsystems, including the elimination of OpenSolaris CDs, one of the things that made the open source version of Solaris more like Linux. “

tags: oracle opensolaris sun
OpenSolaris board in OpenRevolt against Oracle | Deep Tech – CNET News

“One of Sun Microsystems’ ambitious dreams, a vibrant open-source community for the Solaris operating system to rival the Linux collective, is in serious danger of evaporating in the Oracle era. “

tags: opensolaris oracle sun

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Installing (and reinstalling) Linux on your desktop

Bob Sutor — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:26:23 +0000

Yesterday I set up a laptop with a Linux distribution, including everything I needed for work. Today, I’m doing it again.

My reason for repeating the process had nothing to do with Linux. I decided to do something to the configuration that I suspected would be risky and possibly dangerous. Indeed, things got pretty messed up.

At that point I had a few choices:

Try to debug and fix the situation.
Try to find someone to help me fix it.
Say the heck with it and reinstall from scratch, or the CD, as the case may be.

The first option was possible, but I would have a lingering feeling that something was still wrong and would come back to bite me when I least expected it.

As to the second, my local IT support staff is me, so this is really the same as the first option.

I went with the third choice, reinstalling. This is not that big a deal, though it is time consuming. For the most part, the installation and configuration is done while I’m doing other things, like writing this entry. Here’s the general outline of what I do.

Get the latest version of the Linux distribution you want to install and put it on some sort of media. Sometimes I’ll put it on a USB key, other times onto a CD or DVD, depending on how large it is. The USB key method is a little more involved and usually involves tinkering with the laptop BIOS to get the boot order correct. After the installation, I then have to go back into the BIOS and reset it so it boots from the CD drive and hard disk. Putting the distro on a CD or DVD is usually simpler though it does consume a piece of plastic. You do need to be careful that you are burning the installable image to the disk and not burning the file that contains the installable image (an .iso) to the disk.
Insert the USB key, CD, or DVD in your machine and reboot. If the USB key is not read, you’ve got the boot order wrong.
Answer the questions. Be honest. When you are asked for your password consider using a stronger one with letters in different cases and funny characters rather than the name of your first pet. We all know that one.
Let the installation continue, remove the media and reboot.
If the system did not automatically connect to your network, look around and help it find the network.
At this point you may think you have a sparkling new system and you do, sort of, but you need to check for and install updates. This is usually somewhere under “System Updates” under some menu, possible “Administration.”
Downloading and installing the updates may take several times longer than installing the system in the first place. Just let it do its thing while you do something else.
Now you do have a sparkly new operating system on your machine. The next thing you should do is configure your browser. This means firing it up and installing your favorite addons or extensions. I use XMarks to synchronize my bookmarks across machines, so I can have my usual browsing environment up and running in about 10 minutes.
If you wish, install proprietary drivers for things like graphics.
Turn off BlueTooth unless you know you’re going to need it.
Now make things pretty. I go to InterfaceLIFT and get a nice background that suits my mood. Note that they also have sizes for mobile devices and iPads. You can use the same background across all your machines and devices, if you wish.
Install your preferred software. My short list here is FileZilla, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash, Adobe AIR, TweetDeck, and Komodo Edit. Thunderbird is another good possibility.
If you’ve this done before and there is software you know you want to uninstall, do that now.
Configure your editor. I use both gedit and Komodo Edit, so I go into preferences for each and set up the environment the way I like it. For gedit, make sure you check out the plugins.
If you have a DropBox account, install the software image suitable for your distro.
Now install your VPN if you need one for work. If you are doing this from a home office, you need to get a copy of the VPN installer on your machine. You can put it on a CD, a USB key, ftp it over using FileZilla, or grab it from your DropBox directory.
Check that the VPN is working by firing up the browser and looking at some web pages inside your firewall.
Install the software your company wants you to use.
Reboot, and get to work.

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Daily links for 07/10/2010

Bob Sutor — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:30:19 +0000

Firefox 4 beta 1 is a smart-looking, snappy performer – Computerworld

“The just-released first beta of Firefox 4 takes some smart design ideas from Chrome, mixes in a few of its own and throws in a few new features and snappier performance. Add these benefits to Firefox’s existing world-class library of add-ons, and Firefox just might leapfrog other browsers and become the best of the bunch — if the beta keeps progressing along its current positive path. “

tags: firefox beta
U.K. government could drop Microsoft for Linux | NetworkWorld.com Community

“Among the dozens of staff-submitted ideas for the British government to save money are two that suggest dumping Microsoft and moving to Linux, OpenOffice and other open-source applications.

To be sure, they are just two among the 60,000 ideas proffered by those who work in the public sector, but just 31 of those were listed on the website for the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ”

tags: uk government open-source

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Daily links for 07/09/2010

Bob Sutor — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:30:32 +0000

An introduction to Linux kernel programming

“This is Crash Course’s first offering of a multi-week, online technical course; in this case, a series of 24 (or more) lessons to gently introduce one to the joys and intricacies of basic Linux kernel programming. The first few lessons are publicly readable by anyone (and are, in fact, available under a Creative Commons license) , while the remaining course lessons are available exclusively to subscribers for a course registration fee of only $39 (CAD) for the entire course.”

tags: linux education
http://thewe.net/tex

“TEX THE WORLD converts TeX formulas anywhere, on any website, into rendered images. All you have to do is put them between [; and ;] (for example: [;e^{\pi i} + 1 = 0;]) “

tags: tex math firefox

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Daily links for 07/08/2010

Bob Sutor — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:30:22 +0000

ISO/IEC JTC1 Revises Directives, Addresses OOXML Abuses

“On July 1st, 2010 a new set of rules (directives) took effect in ISO/IEC JTC1 including new processing and voting rules for JTC1 Fast Track submissions. If these rules had been in effect back in 2007, OOXML would have died after its initial ballot.”

tags: jtc1 ooxml iso iec fail
Inexpensive DIY iPad Trixs Part Two :: App Advice

“In response to my previous article: “Inexpensive DIY iPad Trix“, reader Michael suggested using Legos to create a freebie (assuming you have some Legos around) iPad stand. Based on these terrific pictures, this looks like the perfect way to save a few dollars and create a durable stand”

tags: ipad legos
2010 Readers’ Choice Awards Survey | Linux Journal

“Linux Journal’s Readers’ Choice Awards offer the opportunity for readers to vote for their Linux and Open Source favorites. We compiled nominations and came up with the following list. If your favorite is not listed in any category, we encourage you to write in your vote”

tags: linux open-source award

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Daily links for 07/03/2010

Bob Sutor — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:30:15 +0000

Waiting for the fluid book format: KMWorld

“The big weakness in EPub is that it is so darn finicky. If you thought XHTML was fussy—make sure you close every door behind you, and don’t you dare butter your bread from the outside in!—you haven’t met its OCD cousin. Of course, I’m writing this having spent just about a full day trying to wrangle an uncomplicated book through its many hoops, including (and this to me is just too much) making sure that one of the various files is the first in the zip you ultimately produce. These are files with distinctive names and extensions that a compiler couldn’t miss. Aarggh!”

tags: book epub
Another High-Tech Barrier Falls in South Korea – Digits – WSJ

“Hancom, the developer of a word-processing program known to Koreans as Hangul and foreigners as HanWord, said this week it will open up the product’s source code so other people can modify it for smartphones, tablet computers and other new gadgets.”

tags: word-processor korea
Weekend Project: Spring Clean your Photo Collection | Linux.com

“The broad outline we’ll follow is the same at the one used for music: find and eliminate duplicates, centralize storage, standardize the file names, then apply or fix the metadata. Image files have some key differences, though, particularly at the metadata stage, that deserve special attention. On top of that, because our photos are used as “read/write” information, unlike most people’s music libraries, we’ll have to pay special attention to the complexities that image editors can introduce.”

tags: linux photos

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Daily links for 06/28/2010

Bob Sutor — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:30:20 +0000

Reseller News > Red Hat CEO: VMware our biggest competitor

“In two or three years, Whitehurst predicts, virtualisation and cloud tools will still be a minority of Red Hat’s revenue, compared to subscription fees of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, though it will be a “substantial” minority of the revenue by then.

On Tuesday, Red Hat reported gains in both revenue and net income for its fiscal 2011 first quarter. It reported net income of US$24.1 million — up from $18.5 million a year earlier — and revenue of $209 million, of which $179 million was from subscription revenue. ”

tags: vmware, red-hat, linux, virtualization
An overview on Googles Chrome OS – by Mark Standland – Helium

“Chrome OS is an open source (the source code is open for all to see and can even be changed and added to) operating system built on a Linux kernel that in comparison to its Windows and Mac OS counterparts is more lightweight which lowers the demands of the specs of the computer running it and giving it a faster boot time making it very use-able on netbooks.”

tags: chrome, google, linux
WXXI: Open-Source Transparency Project Announces Advisory Board (2010-06-28)

“The CIVX website aggregates state and federal data in an attempt to make public information more user-friendly. “

tags: transparency, government, daya
Has Oracle been a disaster for Sun’s open source? – The H Open Source: News and Features

“It would probably be unfair to characterise Oracle’s running of Sun’s open source projects as a disaster – at least, for the moment; but as the above shows, there are plenty of grounds for concern, both in terms of how the code is being developed, and the happiness or otherwise of developers and users. Whether buying Sun will prove to be a smart move in the long term depends critically on how smartly Larry Ellison and his managers can address these issues. They also need to start to think more seriously about how Oracle can contribute to Sun’s open source products, and not just the other way around.”

tags: oracle, sun, open-source
New APIs for Mozilla’s JetPack: tabs, selection and Ajax – The H Open Source: News and Features

“Only about a month after releasing JetPack 0.4, Mozilla has issued the next version of its new plug-in technology framework. Its new features include, for example, interfaces for accessing browser tabs and current text selections and support for automatically translating character strings.”

tags: firefox, mozilla, plugins

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Daily links for 06/25/2010

Bob Sutor — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:30:18 +0000

Linux as a Catalyst for a Smarter Planet | A Smarter Planet Blog

“Editor’s Note: Following is an essay co-authored by Bob Sutor, vice president of open source and Linux for IBM, and Jean Staten Healy, director of cross-IBM Linux strategy for IBM. It describes the central place Linux plays in building a smarter planet, and builds on a presentation about the role of Linux in Smarter Systems, which the two IBM executives gave at the recent Red Hat Summit.”

tags: linux, smarter-planet
Open Source Tools for a Smarter Planet Spread Out

“One of the better open source-focused posts I’ve seen recently was “Linux as a catalyst for a smarter planet,” which included Jean Staten Healy and Bob Sutor of IBM discussing social challenges going on around the globe, and how Linux is being applied to solve problems. Filled with interesting data about how social change will make a place for Linux in the future, it reminded me of some of the many posts on open source tools for humanitarian and social causes that we’ve done. Here, you can find many of these, and some thoughts on Sutor’s and Healy’s presentation.”

tags: smarter-planet, linux, open-source
iPhone 4: Nearly all it’s cracked up to be | Mobilize – InfoWorld

“If there ever was an overhyped product, it’s… well, actually, it’s the iPad, though the iPhone 4 is close on its heels. But even after all the hoopla — from the speculation and rumors to the “lost” iPhone 4 incident and police action — the arrival of the iPhone 4 is no letdown. The iPhone 4 really is all that was promised and more — except for a potential reception problem.”

tags: iphone, apple, ipad
Which drew the bigger crowd in San Diego? Microsoft Store opening or Apple iPhone 4 launch? | Betanews

“Free defined the Microsoft Store opening. Free T-Shirts. Free skateboards. Free concert. Free celebrity meetups. Free money, as in donations to San Diego charities and the Girl Scouts. Several of the teen girls I spoke to admitted they came just for the freebees. But they also boasted about using Windows, and most of them Windows 7 at that.

By comparison, Apple Store drew a very different kind of crowd: People anxious to give up money. They were desperate to hand Apple $200-$300 (before tax) to get an iPhone 4. One group got paid in freebees for showing up. The other group lined up — with the promise of hours waiting — for the privilege of giving up money. In response to my earlier tweet on the topic, Altimeter analyst Michael Gartenberg rightly asked: “Which is the better business model?”"

tags: microsoft, apple

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Daily links for 06/24/2010

Bob Sutor — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:30:19 +0000

Linden Lab Announces Management Changes — SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 /PRNewswire/ –

“Linden Lab®, creator of 3D virtual world Second Life®, announced today that company founder Philip Rosedale has been named interim CEO, and CFO Bob Komin has assumed the additional role of COO. Linden Lab also announced that Mark Kingdon is stepping down as CEO.”

tags: second-life
Red Hat Integrates Server and Desktop Virtualization – MarketWatch

“Red Hat, Inc. (RHT 30.91, -0.45, -1.44%) , the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the next step in the integration of its enterprise-grade server and desktop virtualization portfolio with the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2. In addition to providing the first release of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops, the 2.2 update includes new scalability capabilities, migration tools and features to expand the performance and security of the solution.”

tags: red-hat
Firefox update brings protection from Flash crashes

“Mozilla is rolling out an update of its Firefox Web browser that adds support for plugin isolation. Version 3.6.4, which includes the new feature, was officially released on Tuesday and will be deployed soon through the browser’s automated update system.

It is unusual for Mozilla to deploy a major new feature in a minor point update, but the plugin isolation capability is a worthy exception to the rule, since it will significantly improve the browser’s stability. In the new version of Firefox, plugin components like Flash and Silverlight will run in external processes. When these plugins crash, the browser itself will not be terminated.”

tags: firefox, flash
Eclipse project releases major update of open source IDE

“The Eclipse project has announced the Helios release train, a major update of the open source Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) and many of its key components.

Due to the modularity of the software and the diversity of its community, Eclipse is developed like a platform. There are a multitude of independently-developed components that supply specific kinds of functionality. The most widely-used components are collected into a set of standard Eclipse packages that are targeted towards specific kinds of development.”

tags: eclipse, open-source
iPhone 4 – Part 3: First Impression | patrickWeb Archives

“The Fedex delivery man pulled up at 10:30 this morning with an iPhone 4 in his hand — there were 15 more on his truck. The packaging is elegant and simple to open. After syncing the iPhone 3GS and Stainless Shuffle to be sure iTunes was up to date, I connected the iPhone 4. The first screen to appear showed my mobile phone number and asked me to enter my zip code and last four of the social for authentication. After agreeing to the Apple and AT&T terms and conditions the phone was activated and the copying of apps plus thousands of songs and music began. I went out for an errand and when I got back the iPhone 4 was loaded with my data. The next step was to set up the Google accounts for over-the-air syncing of my 1,500 contacts plus all the calendar entries and gmail. Minutes later I was good to go. It doesn’t get much simpler than that.”

tags: iphone

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What happens when I go to a conference

Bob Sutor — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:20:00 +0000

I’m spending a few days this week in Boston attending the Red Hat Summit in Boston, a large and very professionally done conference about their Linux, virtualization, and middleware offerings. Earlier today, IBM’s Jean Staten Healy and I gave a talk called “Linux as a catalyst for a smarter planet.” I also attended a talk about Fedora, which was unusual.

Fedora, of course, is not unusual, it was that I found the time to go to a talk at a conference. While I usually do manage to get to some of the keynotes, the individual sessions are sometimes hard to get to because I spend my days in meetings with folks. It could be the host of the conference, in this case Red Hat, or partners, or customers. Conferences provide a great way to get people together and, well, talk.

In some cases these are people to whom I speak on a regular on a regular basis, but in others it’s much more of a “hey, you should chat with these guys” and then you do. So between the scheduled meetings, the talks that I give, the impromptu meetings and the hallway discussions, there isn’t much time to attend the sessions.

That’s ok, because the intensity of the days together with my industry colleagues is really invigorating. It’s an opportunity to update each other on our strategies, make business plans, and find out what friends are up to.

I’m about to head down to the exhibit area and although it’s a happy hour, I don’t plan to drink. I have a business dinner later this evening. I may nosh a bit if I can find some suitably low carb and relatively healthy food, though conference food usually plays havoc with my diet (though it’s not the only culprit).

Speaking of exhibits, now that my children are older I make less of an effort collecting giveaways at the booths. Note that I am still a sucker for cool looking pens and squeezable penguins, but if I’m really not going to do business with you or use your software, I’ll let you save your logoed items for people who might. There are exceptions, of course, but I don’t want to waste your time or money.

Daily links for 06/23/2010

Bob Sutor — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:30:21 +0000

Linux as a catalyst for a smarter planet | opensource.com

“In this morning’s Red Hat Summit sessions, Jean Staten Healy and Bob Sutor of IBM presented on the solutions that communities around the world are implementing using Linux as a catalyst for a smarter planet.”

tags: linux, red-hat, smarter-planet
WordPress Grows Up with 3.0 – Messaging and Collaboration from eWeek

“WordPress became popular by making it as simple as possible to publish a personal blog. Along the way, the project has become a hit not only with personal bloggers, but with publishers as well. WordPress 3.0 comes to terms with its new audience by adding features that are better suited to content management systems than personal Weblogs. The question for most users is whether WordPress 3.0 can scale to handle the big dogs while still retaining the simplicity for single-user blogs that has fueled WordPress growth since its inception in 2003.”

tags: wordpress, blog
UPDATE: Red Hat 1Q Profit Jumps 30% On Stronger-Than-Seen Sales – WSJ.com

“The company’s results have held up well in recent quarters, thanks to the bulk of its revenue being either recurring or subscription-based. Red Hat’s core Linux product is free, but the company makes its money on providing maintenance and support to corporations and large organizations who use it to operate computers.

Chief Executive Officer Jim Whitehurst said Tuesday that the company had a strong start the year, highlighting its growth in organic revenue and income. He said that the number of large deals booked was up significantly from the year-earlier period, including several with an initial consulting component that the company sees as an indicator of new project spending and future subscription billings.”

tags: red-hat, linux

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Daily links for 06/22/2010

Bob Sutor — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:30:18 +0000

Traveling abroad with a cell phone? Do these things first

“It’s the first day of summer, and if you’re planning on exploring the world, you should start thinking about your wireless phone options now. You can get help from two sources: the Federal Communications Commission and CTIA – The Wireless Association. The FCC has declared this “Wireless World Travel Week” and has launched a World Travel page which will offer lots of tips and advice over the next few days for the estimated 60 million Americans who make international trips each year.”

tags: travel
Small Business: How Red Hat Will Attack Microsoft Stronghold | MSPmentor Managed Services News & Blog

“Meanwhile, Whitehurst says Red Hat will continue to develop and support its desktop Linux offering but the company has no plans to make a major desktop Linux push. The reason: Whitehurst sees plenty of demand for desktop Linux but he has no idea why customers would actually pay for desktop Linux.

Also, Whitehurst says the age of the PC is over. Red Hat’s goal is to ensure server and cloud connectivity to a range of devices, including the growing wave of mobile devices.”

tags: red-hat, smb
Ars reviews iOS 4: what’s new, notable, and what needs work

“We’ll say up front that we like the update. For iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G users (as well as second- and third-generation iPod touch users), iOS 4 will add useful functionality that will make your device more useable than ever. There are, however, some obvious downsides, and we’ll address those in this review.”

tags: ios, apple, iphone

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