items tagged with David M Williams
Linux beware: Microsoft acquires Novell, become UNIX copyright owner
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-31 08:51:30
In a shock announcement, Microsoft has today taken majority ownership of software house Novell. This immediately gives the Redmond giant control of Novell's intellectual property assets including the legal copyright over UNIX. Already Red Hat and Canonical (Ubuntu) have expressed their expectation Microsoft will aggressively seek to eradicate all distributions save for Microsoft Linux Vista, formerly SUSE. (APRIL FOOL JOKE!!)
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-31 08:51:30
In a shock announcement, Microsoft has today taken majority ownership of software house Novell. This immediately gives the Redmond giant control of Novell's intellectual property assets including the legal copyright over UNIX. Already Red Hat and Canonical (Ubuntu) have expressed their expectation Microsoft will aggressively seek to eradicate all distributions save for Microsoft Linux Vista, formerly SUSE. (APRIL FOOL JOKE!!)
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Letter from a CIO: why Conficker won't hurt our company
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-31 04:38:44
You know a virus is making it in the news when your network’s users start asking you about it (instead of the latest round of "good news virus" hoaxes.) It's prudent for those in technical leadership roles to send out encouraging messages why nobody need panic. Here’s a template e-mail you can copy-and-paste, with versions for Windows, Linux and Mac infrastructures!
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-31 04:38:44
You know a virus is making it in the news when your network’s users start asking you about it (instead of the latest round of "good news virus" hoaxes.) It's prudent for those in technical leadership roles to send out encouraging messages why nobody need panic. Here’s a template e-mail you can copy-and-paste, with versions for Windows, Linux and Mac infrastructures!
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What's new in Linux kernel 2.6.29?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-29 22:04:40
Last week a brand new Linux kernel came out, 2.6.29 released from the hands of Linus Torvalds himself. Besides a cutesy new mascot this edition comes with a host of new features that highlight future directions. There are two new file systems, improved graphics and WiFi support, faster boot times and more.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-29 22:04:40
Last week a brand new Linux kernel came out, 2.6.29 released from the hands of Linus Torvalds himself. Besides a cutesy new mascot this edition comes with a host of new features that highlight future directions. There are two new file systems, improved graphics and WiFi support, faster boot times and more.
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Aussies! Grab a sub $200 Linux desktop - today only!
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-25 08:32:16
Impulse-buy retailer Zazz.com.au has sold computers in the past, but today's deal is a special one to my heart. For less than $200 including freight you get a Dell Optiplex desktop computer with Ubuntu Linux loaded and guaranteed fully working. However, you only have today to go for it.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-25 08:32:16
Impulse-buy retailer Zazz.com.au has sold computers in the past, but today's deal is a special one to my heart. For less than $200 including freight you get a Dell Optiplex desktop computer with Ubuntu Linux loaded and guaranteed fully working. However, you only have today to go for it.
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Are Linux apps and games worth paying for?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-25 07:48:49
The Linux operating system is free; you can download it without paying any licensing fees. You can use it in the home, you can run a business on it, even a data centre. You can embed it within tiny custom hardware. Despite this, Linux hasn't become a household name. Paradoxically, it may be the perceived dearth of commercial applications which is a cause.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-25 07:48:49
The Linux operating system is free; you can download it without paying any licensing fees. You can use it in the home, you can run a business on it, even a data centre. You can embed it within tiny custom hardware. Despite this, Linux hasn't become a household name. Paradoxically, it may be the perceived dearth of commercial applications which is a cause.
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Move over Tux; it's time for Tuz the Tassie Devil to be Linux mascot for a while
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-22 07:56:29
Ever socially aware, Linux has a new mascot for a short while. Tuz will instead embrace the boot screen of many a distro in kernel 2.6.29. His presence aims to bring awareness to the plight faced by Tasmanian Devils.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-22 07:56:29
Ever socially aware, Linux has a new mascot for a short while. Tuz will instead embrace the boot screen of many a distro in kernel 2.6.29. His presence aims to bring awareness to the plight faced by Tasmanian Devils.
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Online identity expert loses control of NSFW R-rated online pics
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-22 07:05:52
It's a classic faux pas; someone puts their personal raunchy photos online and then finds they've spread beyond the limited audience for which they were intended. This wouldn't ordinarily be news - except this time it happened to someone who makes a living from telling others how to manage their online identity.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-22 07:05:52
It's a classic faux pas; someone puts their personal raunchy photos online and then finds they've spread beyond the limited audience for which they were intended. This wouldn't ordinarily be news - except this time it happened to someone who makes a living from telling others how to manage their online identity.
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Just what is the big problem with Linux?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-19 09:20:57
A bunch of Microsoft Windows users were asked just why don't they use Linux. What's wrong with Linux? What needs to change to entice them? And I'll tell you! The results are a list of gripes and grievances and make an insightful collection of matters that really need to be fixed or better explained.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-19 09:20:57
A bunch of Microsoft Windows users were asked just why don't they use Linux. What's wrong with Linux? What needs to change to entice them? And I'll tell you! The results are a list of gripes and grievances and make an insightful collection of matters that really need to be fixed or better explained.
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Upgrade Ubuntu Linux to Jaunty Jackalope the super-easy way
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-17 00:47:12
Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, is being released next month. What does this mean for your existing Ubuntu setup? Fear not, here is the super simple way to go forwards without reformatting, reinstalling or losing data in any way.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-17 00:47:12
Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, is being released next month. What does this mean for your existing Ubuntu setup? Fear not, here is the super simple way to go forwards without reformatting, reinstalling or losing data in any way.
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Linux gains social networking hub
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 20:10:29
The Linux Foundation has taken over hosting and content for the linux.com domain from SourceForge Inc with the aim of producing a dynamic web 2.0 site that is high on collaboration and utility. Potential ideas touted so far include a Linux AppStore, Digg-like news aggregation and location-based support.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 20:10:29
The Linux Foundation has taken over hosting and content for the linux.com domain from SourceForge Inc with the aim of producing a dynamic web 2.0 site that is high on collaboration and utility. Potential ideas touted so far include a Linux AppStore, Digg-like news aggregation and location-based support.
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Essential Linux tools for the PC technician
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 01:52:00
Recently, I blogged that every good IT technician really needs Linux in their toolkit – even if you're strictly a Windows shop. Here are more good reasons why a bootable Linux CD can really save your bacon including indispensable tools you must have.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 01:52:00
Recently, I blogged that every good IT technician really needs Linux in their toolkit – even if you're strictly a Windows shop. Here are more good reasons why a bootable Linux CD can really save your bacon including indispensable tools you must have.
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Kernel Conference Australia 2009 call for papers
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-03-11 17:31:12
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-03-11 17:31:12
Sun Microsystems and the University of Queensland have joined forces to produce the first ever Kernel Conference Australia in July this year. Speakers include luminaries from Sun, Intel, BSD and Apple.
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Linux s'il vous plaît: French Gendarmerie say oui to Ubuntu
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-11 08:30:09
The Gendarmerie Nationale – France’s national police force – has been slowly introducing open source software to its 105,000+ policemen since 2005. In 2008 the decision was made to use only Ubuntu for all new workstations. A year on shows this has been a great success with happy users, a better network and cost savings of over seven million euro per year.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-11 08:30:09
The Gendarmerie Nationale – France’s national police force – has been slowly introducing open source software to its 105,000+ policemen since 2005. In 2008 the decision was made to use only Ubuntu for all new workstations. A year on shows this has been a great success with happy users, a better network and cost savings of over seven million euro per year.
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Ubuntu 9.10 sees the cloud above the trees
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-09 19:16:34
Next month Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, hits an FTP or torrent site near you. With its feature set pretty much frozen the masterminds at Canonical are looking to the future with Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala, I kid you not – being touted as cloud-centric.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-09 19:16:34
Next month Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, hits an FTP or torrent site near you. With its feature set pretty much frozen the masterminds at Canonical are looking to the future with Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala, I kid you not – being touted as cloud-centric.
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Linux saves the day: why every good toolkit should have Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-08 20:45:38
No matter if you're exclusively a Windows shop, every good IT technician needs Linux in their toolkit. A bootable Linux CD has saved my bacon more than once.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-08 20:45:38
No matter if you're exclusively a Windows shop, every good IT technician needs Linux in their toolkit. A bootable Linux CD has saved my bacon more than once.
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Become a Linux command line black-belt
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:17
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:17
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Become a Linux command line black-belt
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:15
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:15
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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The ups and downs of cloud storage as HP's Upline goes offline
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-03-07 19:52:43
Hewlett-Packard will be shutting down its online backup service at the end of this month, after less than one year in operation.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-03-07 19:52:43
Hewlett-Packard will be shutting down its online backup service at the end of this month, after less than one year in operation.
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Linksys silent over WPA interoperability flaws
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-02 06:37:50
Like a lot of people I assumed Linksys would be a top-notch consumer-level networking equipment brand, being a subsidiary of industry heavyweight Cisco. I found out how wrong I was when it came to WPA – a security protocol for WiFi networks. Worse, the company refused to comment.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-02 06:37:50
Like a lot of people I assumed Linksys would be a top-notch consumer-level networking equipment brand, being a subsidiary of industry heavyweight Cisco. I found out how wrong I was when it came to WPA – a security protocol for WiFi networks. Worse, the company refused to comment.
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Book review: Programming Microsoft LINQ
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-03-01 00:06:58
LINQ promises programmers the ability to query data from any source within Visual Basic or C#. "Programming Microsoft LINQ," from Microsoft Press, is a tremendously detailed and helpful guide to the .NET Framework 3.5's LINQ implementation, within Visual Studio 2008.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-03-01 00:06:58
LINQ promises programmers the ability to query data from any source within Visual Basic or C#. "Programming Microsoft LINQ," from Microsoft Press, is a tremendously detailed and helpful guide to the .NET Framework 3.5's LINQ implementation, within Visual Studio 2008.
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