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Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Fedora 9
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:30:49 -0000
"This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota with this setup."
Hosted Zimbra Email Catches On With Managed Service Providers
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:30:49 -0000
MSPmentor: "When it comes to hosted email, why zig when you can zag? That explains the strategy at EtomicMail, a managed service provider that’s hosting Zimbra — an open source email platform — rather than Microsoft Exchange."
An Open Source Seeing Eye Dog for Web Surfers
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:26:40 -0000
LinuxInsider: "WebAnywhere is an open source, Web-based application that acts as a screen reader of sorts for blind people. Its developer, a student at the University of Washington, designed it so that blind people can access public computers for important information."
Perl and Bash Versions Of Binary To Decimal Conversion Script
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:30:49 -0000
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "As promised, in yesterday's post on converting binary values to decimal in C, today we're going to follow up with straight-up ports to Perl and shell. Actually, they'll be slightly different. If you check yesterday's post, for some reason I left in a variable called "difference" which was a part of the code I mentioned that I had originally written to pad 0's on the left hand side of a binary number less than 8 digits."
E4X: JavaScript on Steroids
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:30:49 -0000
IBM Developerworks: "E4X is designed to simplify the task of writing JavaScript code for XML. It is an efficient, powerful tool that you can use to interact with XML nodes and attributes. The primary objective of E4X is to give JavaScript developers a straightforward and efficient way to manipulate an XML document without relying on the Document Object Model (DOM)."
Linux 2.6.26 Kernel Benchmarks
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:30:49 -0000
Phoronix: "Over the weekend the Linux 2.6.26 kernel was released. This quarterly update to the Linux kernel introduced Kernel-based Virtual Machine improvements, new One Laptop Per Child support, a new video web camera driver, updates to the Direct Rendering Manager, and other improvements. In this article we have done some quick benchmarks of this new kernel from within the Phoronix Test Suite."

 

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A Linux OS to Challenge MS? - Former MP3.com CEO has a new challenge: wresting control of OS market from Microsoft. His new firm, Lindows.com, has something no OS has done well yet. For a fee, users download LindowsOS, which runs Microsoft or Linux programs on PCs. [Wired News]

Lindows - Linux for the Desktop - LindowsOS is a Linux Operating System aimed at the Desktop
Meta Description: [ LindowsOS is a Linux Operating System aimed at the Desktop ]

Lindows CEO Attacks Intel's Centrino Linux Lockout - Intel is having major internal struggle over desktop Linux, and pro-Microsoft marketing droids are winning, according to Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson. Lists several types of evidence. [The Register]

Lindows CEO Funds Xbox Hacking Contest - Michael Robertson, Lindows CEO, reveals himself as formerly anonymous donor of $200,000 prize money in contest to translate Linux OS to Microsoft's Xbox video game console. [CNET News.com]
Meta Description: [ Lindows CEO funds Xbox hacking contest | Michael Robertson acknowledges that he was the anonymous donor of $200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft's game console. | January 2, 2003, 1:47 PM PT | David Becker ]

Lindows Heads for Store Shelves - San Diego start-up dedicated to making Linux easy to use for average PC users releases first retail version of its software Lindows 3.0, and has enlisted retail partners to sell it. [CNET News.com]
Meta Description: [ Lindows heads for store shelves | Lindows, a start-up dedicated to making Linux easy to use for average PC owners, releases the first retail version of its software. | December 17, 2002, 12:02 PM PT | David Becker ]

Lindows Unleashes Upgraded OS - LindowsOS 3.0 aims to offer affordable alternative to Windows, with full compatibility with Microsoft programs and Windows file formats. [PCWorld]
Meta Description: [ LindowsOS 3.0 aims to offer an affordable alternative to Windows, plus full compatibility with Microsoft apps. ]

Lindows.com Nabs New Customer in Japan - The desktop Linux advocate boasts a new partnership in Japan with Japanese ISP EDGE to sell LindowsOS in Japan for home, work, education uses; and assures customers Lindows has nothing to fear from SCO. [InternetNews]
Meta Description: [ The desktop Linux advocate boasts a new partnership aimed at putting Linux on the desktop in Japan, and also assures customers that it has nothing to fear from SCO. ]

Lindows: Linux Meets Windows - The founder of MP3.com, Michael Robertson, has a solution for the lack of desktop applications for the Linux OS: Make Windows software run on Linux, by using parts of Wine, software letting Windows programs run on Unix. [Wired News]

LindowsBox - Sells cheap, desktop, Internet enabled computers preinstalled with the Linspire OS.
Meta Description: [ Lindows Box ]

LindowsOS.info - Useful information regarding developments around LindowsOS but you can also participate in a discussion forum and meet other users of the OS.
Meta Description: [ Bring the choice on your computer ]

Linspire Network - A forum based website dedicated to helping people get the most out of Linspire.
Meta Description: [ GigabytesNetwork connects you to the world of the Linspire OS. Linspire is the world's easiest desktop Linux. ]

Linspire, Inc. - Makes, sells, promotes easy-to-use Linspire distribution, links to Linspire certified desktop and notebook PCs. Descriptions, news, support, demo, screenshots, forum, jobs, contacts; partners, builders, resellers.

Linspire.co.uk - News and discussion relating to Lindows. LindowsOS is a user-friendly Linux distribution targeted towards desktop users.
Meta Description: [ News and discussion relating to Linspire. Lindows Linspire is a Linux distribution targeted towards desktop users. ]

LinspireGuide - The A-to-Z Guide to Linspire! LinspireGuide is a wiki about the Linspire operating system
Meta Description: [ LinspireGuide is a wiki site where all content can be edited by you and other Linspire users. You can reach pages on specific Linspire topics through easy to remember URLs, the index or the search function. ]

Linux Finds Fans at Wal-Mart - Firm expands experiment selling low-cost PCs running Linux OS. Web site now has lines of Microtel PCs with installed Lindows, Mandrake. May be milestone for Linux public acceptance. Sales are above expectations. [CNET News.com]
Meta Description: [ Linux finds fans at Wal-Mart | The lost-cost retailer introduces for sale through its Web site computers with the Mandrake version of Linux pre-installed. It's the peoples' penguin computer. | July 15, 2002, 11:45 AM PT | David Becker ]

Low-cost Lindows PCs Hit Wal-Mart - Price-conscious retailer is rolling back prices on Linux PCs. On its Web site, it has widened its range of Microtel desktop PCs, with and without LindowsOS installed, with GUI and ability to run Windows programs. [ZDNet]
Meta Description: [ Low-cost Lindows PCs hit Wal-Mart | Wal-Mart cuts prices on new Microtel PCs sold via its Web site, starting at $299 for a desktop with the Lindows operating system pre-installed. It's getting a jump on brand-name discounts. | ]

Lraiser - A network to get people to try Linspire.

Maker of Lindows Laughs at Face of Danger (and Microsoft) - Robertson started a firm competing against Microsoft Windows in the PC OS market, named his cheap OS and firm Lindows (one letter different), and to ensure Microsoft hates him, has a $200,000 reward for anyone hacking Xbox. [USA Today]
Meta Description: [ You don't tug on Superman's cape. ]

New Lindows Release Stands Alone - Version 3.0 is 1st Lindows OS sold as isolated product. Before new release, consumers could only buy it bundled on PCs. IDC analyst questions effectiveness of Lindows Wal-Mart distribution strategy. [NewsFactor Network]
Meta Description: [ IDC analyst Al Gillen questioned the effectiveness of Lindows ]

Questar - Dell and Linspire - An Italian company selling Dell computers preloaded with the Linspire Linux Operating System

Review: Lindows 2.0 Dissected - Change of heart: From our in-depth testing, it turns out that Lindows 2.0 isn't a disappointment after all. In fact, we kind of liked it. It is a very slick, highly usable OS. [ZDNet ExtremeTech]
Meta Description: [ A change of heart: From our in-depth testing, it turns out that Lindows 2.0 isn't such a disappointment after all. In fact (ahem), we kind of liked it. ]

Seagate - Linspire General FAQs - Linspire General FAQs provided by Seagate. All the details about Seagate hard drives preinstalled with the Linspire OS
Meta Description: [ Linspire General FAQs ]

Seagate Pops Lindows onto Hard Drives at No Charge - Will lend open source hand to Whitebox PC makers by distributing LindowsOS on one drive model at no cost. Any US computer maker can buy 40GB Barracuda 7200.7 pre-loaded with LindowsHD or without at same cost, should save about $100 per box. [The Register]

Start-up Creating Linux-Windows Combo - Lindows.com, a 20-person San Diego company led by former MP3.com Chief Executive Michael Robertson, plans to sell preview version of Linux to run popular Windows programs. Version 1.0 is due early 2002. [CNET News.com]
Meta Description: [ Start-up creating Linux-Windows combo | Hoping to succeed in a difficult task, a software start-up led by former MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson plans to sell a version of Linux designed to run popular Windows programs. | October 23, 2001, 1:35 PM PT | Stephen Shan... ]

Sub300.com - A company selling PCs preinstalled with the Linspire OS starting at under $300.

The Lindows Conundrum - Lindows is a cheap OS that runs Linux and Windows code, with a name that mixes both, and which looks like Windows. Why isn't anyone taking it seriously? [ZDNet PC Magazine]
Meta Description: [ Why isn't anyone taking Lindows--a cheap OS that runs both Linux and Windows code but looks like Windows--seriously? ]