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OREGON DAYS

News and views from the this year’s OSCON

OSCON continues to grow in popularity and influence. Our Perlmeister stopped in for the talks, the tutorials, and the latest news from the battle lines of the digital millennium.

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BRIGHTON BASH

Heike pays a visit to the 2006 UKUUG Linux conference

Blue skies, lots of sun, a great conference venue, and about 200 Linux enthusiasts – that’s the perfect recipe for another successful UKUUG summer meeting at the University of Sussex, Brighton.

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DEVICE MANAGER

Dynamic device management in Udev

After three years of hanging around on the sidelines, Udev has finally ousted the legacy Dev-FS system. We take a look under the hood at the Udev device management system inside your Linux system.

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JUMP START

Extending hotplug on Debian, SLES 9, and RHAS 4

Debian hotplug is designed for little more than loading drivers and configuring devices. The collection of scripts discussed in this article helps Linux to respond when a network cable is plugged in or when a cellphone is in the vicinity. Read on for more on how to define custom hotplug events.

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HOTPLUG HACKS

Extending the Linux hotplug system

Hotplugging is invisible and automatic – if you want it to be. But a close look at the Linux hotplug system reveals interesting opportunities for customization.

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CUSTOM PLUG

Building in hotplug with Ivman

Better knowledge of the Linux hotplug system opens the door to to innovation and automation. We’ll show you a custom backup solution for laptop computers.

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BOOK REVIEWS

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SPAM STOPPER

A Perl script protects forums against spam

Spammers don’t just send email. They exploit discussion forums and blogs, posting pseudo-messages full of links to dupe search engines. A Perl script cleans up the mess.

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ENTER THE DRAKE

Test driving Ubuntu’s Dapper Drake

Is Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake worthy of an update? That depends on what you are looking for. We took a tour of the latest Ubuntu.

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CITY LIGHTS

Metacity add-ons Brightside and Devil’s Pie

If the no-frills Metacity window manager doesn’t give you the functio nality you need, try the Metacity add-ons Brightside and Devil’s Pie.

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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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