http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/ O'Reilly Linux DevCenter Blog en Copyright 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:33:16 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.21 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fedora 9 is now available - http://get.fedoraproject.org/ As someone thats been working with it for months already I'm quite pleased with this release... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/05/fedora_9_sulphur_released.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/05/fedora_9_sulphur_released.html News 2008-05-13T09:33:16-08:00 Mike McGrath My main computer these days is a laptop from System76. I was very happy to support a vendor willing to ship and support a laptop without the Microsoft or Apple tax, and very pleased to have hardware supported by a... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/05/when_do_you_trade_in_your_gibb.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/05/when_do_you_trade_in_your_gibb.html Opinion 2008-05-12T16:30:56-08:00 chromatic 10 days ago the Linux Loop blog had a post titled "Linux Eee PC Far Faster Than Windows Version". I'm sure many Linux users nodded and had assumed as much. The author compared the times of three tasks: boot up,... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/05/linux_vs_windows_metrics_nothi.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/05/linux_vs_windows_metrics_nothi.html Opinion 2008-05-01T11:32:37-08:00 Caitlyn Martin There are some "interesting" issues being raised due to an incompatibility between e2fsprogs and GRUB legacy that results in non-booting systems. Newer versions of e2fsprogs default to creating new Ext3 filesystems with 256-byte sized inodes, instead of the old default... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/05/grub_legacy_grub_2_and_ext34_s.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/05/grub_legacy_grub_2_and_ext34_s.html Technical 2008-05-01T11:03:18-08:00 Carla Schroder This week's discovery: a bug with IE7's CSS handling (I'm sure you're all very surprised), and the workaround. The bug: I have rollover submenus, set up with CSS. In Firefox and Safari they behave as expected: the submenu pops up... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/04/ie7_css_and_rollover_menus.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/04/ie7_css_and_rollover_menus.html Technical 2008-04-24T07:56:31-08:00 Juliet Kemp Last month distro-review ran an article titled 10 ways that Linux is outgrowing the stereotype and becoming the best OS. While I agreed with all 10 points in the article something just didn't sit right with me. I bookmarked the... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/04/is_linux_really_outgrowing_its.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/04/is_linux_really_outgrowing_its.html Opinion 2008-04-22T14:04:26-08:00 Caitlyn Martin Radio silence here of late as I have been moving old website to new website; a process which is time-consuming and gives rise to a very long to-do list, but which isn't remotely interesting to anyone else. Although I have... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/04/makefiles.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/04/makefiles.html Technical 2008-04-10T08:01:45-08:00 Juliet Kemp Just over a year ago, Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the Linux Driver Project, which combined education and mentoring with the promise to write Linux drivers for any hardware manufacturer willing to work with the project. Greg has just released the Linux... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/04/a_linux_driver_project_status.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/04/a_linux_driver_project_status.html News 2008-04-08T13:23:26-08:00 chromatic Instant Messaging for Introverts This is an excellent article about the intrusiveness of modern "always on" communications tools, especially instant messaging. The author framed it as an introvert vs. extrovert problem, which I'm not sure is a correct assessment- to... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/04/instant_messaging_for_introver.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/04/instant_messaging_for_introver.html Opinion 2008-04-07T10:49:11-08:00 Carla Schroder Matt Asay makes one crucial observation in Microsoft's dilemma: The importance of the downstream: To work within the open-source community... Microsoft must stop polluting the downstream with patent encumbrances. (Emphasis in original.) This is my problem with Microsoft's patent pledge,... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/dont_work_downstream_from_redm.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/dont_work_downstream_from_redm.html Opinion 2008-03-27T06:00:01-08:00 chromatic Over the past 14 months I've reviewed two previous releases of Vector Linux: Vector Linux 5.8 Standard and Vector Linux 5.8 SOHO. Anyone who has run those versions of Vector Linux would find the new version quite familiar. In reality... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/taking_a_good_long_look_at_vec.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/taking_a_good_long_look_at_vec.html Reviews 2008-03-25T23:39:47-08:00 Caitlyn Martin I have a server (LDAP and NFS) which occasionally seems to take a while to react. Load average is consistently high (10-12 for 4 CPUs, which AIUI means 2.5-3 per CPU); response may also be being affected by disk I/O.... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/server_load_and_keyboards.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/server_load_and_keyboards.html Technical 2008-03-13T05:47:25-08:00 Juliet Kemp O'Reilly has a brand-new feature, book forums at http://forums.oreilly.com/category/13/Book-Forums/. Gab with your favorite authors and other readers. I'll be posting tips and cool hacks that didn't make it into the Linux Networking Cookbook. Come on down and join the fun!... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/schmoozing_oreilly_authors.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/schmoozing_oreilly_authors.html News 2008-03-12T12:35:42-08:00 Carla Schroder If you're interested in SSL & Apache (a how-to). Also on the web front: the other week I was talking about CSS & child elements, and someone suggested using the :empty selector. This isn't in the CSS 2.1 spec, but... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/apache_css.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/apache_css.html Technical 2008-03-06T04:20:18-08:00 Juliet Kemp The energetic, never-sleeping Ken Starks, of Tux 500 fame, has launched a new project that involves the town of Felton, California. As Ken's blog says: On July 4th, 2008; a significant percentage of Felton, California, will go Microsoft-free for one... http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/lindependence_2008_kicking_the.html http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/03/lindependence_2008_kicking_the.html News 2008-03-04T13:09:01-08:00 Carla Schroder