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Boot.kernel.org: Linux Boots from Web

If it were to go by Project Boot.kernel.org, practially all distros in the foreseeable future would boot off the Internet.

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Raindrop: Mozilla Labs Presents Open Messaging Prototype

The Thunderbird team at Mozilla has initiated a new project, Raindrop, for open messaging and are presenting a first prototype.

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Just Today: Download of VMware Image of Google Chrome OS

Google has prepared its Chromium OS, alias Chromium, for download. Anyone hesitant to intall if from source code will find a functioning VMware image from Linux Magazine Online.

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HookSafe Protects Kernel from Rootkits

A research group in the computer sciences faculty at North Carolina State University has written a prototype to prevent rootkits from manipulating kernel object hooks to do their damage.

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Tailbeep Talks to Festival

Tailbeep is a simple administration tool that sends an audible beep when it finds a specified search string in a log file. Version 0.45 now includes an interface to the Festival speech synthesis framework.

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Zenoss Core 2.5 with 40 New Zen Packs

The Zenoss Core free monitoring suite is available in a new version 2.5.

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TOP CONTENDERS

The famous Unix admin utility known as Top has many imitators. We take a look at some of the top Top tools.

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RPM New Features

A few RPM developers from Red Hat and Novell met at the openSUSE Conference 2009 in September. The results of the meeting are now online.

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25c3 Introduces Open Source Tool for PLC Monitoring

Two French developers have introduced a configuration software for Intellon-based Power Line Communication devices (PLC) at the 25c3 in Berlin. Simultaneously, the developers declared the software, called Faifa, as Open Source.

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Cambridge Mail Server: Exim 4.70 Provides Better Spam Protection

Exim 4.70, a mail server developed at the University of Cambridge, combines new features and bugfixes.

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Finnix 93.0 Fresh from Debian Testing

Finnix, a LiveCD Linux distro for system administrators, is available in version 93.0.

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Samsung Sponsors Enlightenment Development: New Light for E17

Korean electronics giant Samsung is helping the Linux-David Enlightenment with development ressources. It's possible that the lightweight and robust window manager might be the basis for Samsung's upcoming Bada mobile phone platform.

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Issue #109 / Dec 2009

Cover Theme: ACCESS LINUX FROM A SMARTPHONE
DVD: Ultimate Distro Sampler

Highlights:

Portable and Mobile: Whether you tote a camera, a GPS device, a smartphone, or a netbook, you want to be functional outside the home and office. This month we study some Linux tools for portable a... more »

OSMC on Nagios -Now on Archive!

October 28-29, 2009

The OSMC | Open Source Monitoring Conference 2009 on Nagios (formerly Nagios Conference) offers you the opportunity to improve your knowledge of one of the world's most popular, free open source monitoring systems - Nagios.

New Blog Posts

- Extension Watch: Better Bookmarking in OpenOffice.org with VisibleBookmarks
- Shedding commercial attitudes towards documentation
- Confessions of a Public Fast-Talker
- Roll Out Your Own Dropbox Alternative
- Scribble Notes with SimpleText
- Manage Photos with Shotwell

Editor's Picks

Google Chrome in the News

- Just Today: Download of VMware Image of Google Chrome OS : Google has prepared its Chromium OS, alias Chromium, for download. Anyone hesitant to intall if from source code will find a functioning VMware image from Linux Magazine Online.
- With and Not Against: Canonical Collaborates on Chrome OS: The Chrome OS announcement caused speculation from many sides as to what effect the Google platform would have on other Linux distros. At least Canonical could benefit from it.
- Chrome OS: Google's Chromium Arrives (Gallery): The source code for Chrome OS, alias Chromium, the Linux-based operating system developed by Google, is now ready for download.

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