From the Bubble to the Burst: A Look Back at 25 Years of Dotcom
eweek.com: In 1985, the domain name ".com" came into existence, helping to define the modern Internet. Within two years of the registration of the first Internet domain name, major tech corporations such as Intel (Intel.com), Xerox (xerox.com), and Apple (apple.com), along with a host of smaller outfits, had all begun to make their mark on the World Wide Web.
'Cloud' vs. 'source' in the battle of bland corporate names
news.cnet.com: The technology industry has many virtues. creativity in naming is not always one of them. Some of the industry's biggest brands are also the blandest. "Microsoft" is just "microcomputer" and "software" squished together. Intel? "INTegrated ELectronics."
The history of Linux: Get your popcorn
blogs.techrepublic.com: So, it’s not your typical date-night movie, and maybe I’m the last person to know this documentary exists, but I was happy to find the film (1hour, 25 minutes), Revolution OS on Google Video.
Federal Circuit Judge Rader Takes Tech Suits in Texas
law.com: Already this month, Rader has dismissed one patent case against Google and Yahoo on summary judgment and trimmed back damages theories in a lawsuit against Red Hat and Novell.
Linux summit to dissect MeeGo
linuxfordevices.com: This year's event features a full-day workgroup on MeeGo, as well as discussions of Linux topics including toolchain, cloud computing, printing, filesystems, ISV porting, and open source compliance.
Top 10 worst products ever
expertreviews.co.uk: Despite all the money companies spend on research and development, they still manage to trundle out some absolute junk. There are thousands of bad products out there, but here's the ten worst that we've encountered in all of our years of reviewing products.
How to compile the Linux kernel
tuxradar.com: Do you want to remove bloat from your Linux installation? Are you looking to enable extra features that aren't provided by your distro? Fancy trying some of the cutting-edge patches doing the rounds? You'll need to recompile your kernel.
2 reasons not to use when claiming Lucid changes are bad
ubuntutrap.blogspot: 1: Ubuntu users aren't used to the change - I'm getting pretty sick and tired of the Ubuntu users out there that revert to saying that all changes that canonical has made to Ubuntu for 10.04 are bad "because Ubuntu users aren't used to them".
Text-to-Speech Software for Linux
junauza.com: If you've been using Mac OS X or Windows Vista before, you may be a bit disappointed to learn that there's no speech synthesizer or text-to-speech (TTS) application that is installed by default on your Linux distribution.
Seven Firefox Plug-ins That Improve Online Privacy
csoonline.com: As strange as it might sound, there are times when I wish for the old days of the Internet circa the early 1990's. The days of Mosaic and Lynx, where there was no Flash, no Javascript and no Java. A simpler time where protecting your privacy and security wasn't as essential as it is today.
Leading Edge? Bleeding Edge? Be careful!
community.zdnet.co.uk/blog: As those who are familiar with me know, I enjoy buying some of the latest gear available, and seeing how it is handled by a variety of Linux distributions. Sometimes, though, it is possible to get a bit too far ahead of the general development/release cycle.
Fedora 13 Alpha Benchmarks
phoronix.com: Following the release of Fedora 13 Alpha this week we delivered Intel graphics benchmarks looking at the performance of an Intel Atom Netbook using the very latest kernel, DRM, and Mesa packages that Fedora is known for carrying.
Novell will be asset stripped
theinquirer.net: SOURCES AT the investment fund Elliot have confirmed that if it is successful in its bid to take over Novell, the outfit will be asset stripped.
The color of stability
- The color of stability
- It’s time to fix the window controls
- Ubuntu as project in Google SoC 2010
- Adding Ubuntu to a list of distros I use
- Purple vs Orange
Desktops and their performance
Phoronix has used its Test Suite to compare the memory and power consumption of different desktop environments. However, the results should be handled with care.
today's leftovers:
- Free Software- To sell or not to sell?
- Swedes serve up flicks with KVM
- Mandriva at the 2010 Solutions Linux exhibition
- European Parliament gives the US a lesson on freedom
- A peek at Unreal Engine on Palm Web OS
- Linux has permanently lost the desktop
- LF Announces Keynotes for Collaboration Summit
- The Linux Link Tech Show 344 3/10/10
- Linux Crazy Podcast 73 - Understanding Portage and Ebuilds
- Open Source NoSQL Databases Ramp Up
- Internet restrictions curtail human rights, says US
- Linux Outlaws 140 - So Say We All
- Differences between /tmp and /var/tmp
- Digg Dumps MySQL for Cassandra
- DtO: Efficiency expert
- Come Out as Part of KDE
some howtos:
- Project: Building An All-Text Linux Workstation - Part 13
- Linux Date Command: Convert Named Stats Dump Date
- Using Grub2, Part 3
- Linux search and replace quickies
- Perl – How to install CPAN module, the easier way
- Switch to Linux
- Bash History: Display Date And Time For Each Command
- Fedora Linux Install Linux Kernel Headers And Developer Files
- Opening Password Protected 7zip Files in Ubuntu
Ubuntu Server: The Linux OS Dark Horse
serverwatch.com: Everyone has heard of Ubuntu Linux and how great it is on the desktop, but have you heard that there's a server version of that same uber-cool operating system? There is, and you should know about it.
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