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Hello, readers. This is the weekly Linux newsletter, your guide to cover
open source development, use, administration, and advocacy as seen on
ONLamp.com and LinuxDevCenter.com. Here are the new articles:
Noel Davis' latest Security Alerts problems points out several potential
remote vulnerabilities in the DB2 database, SHOUTcast, nasm, libtiff,
wxGTK2, phpGroupWare, vim, and namazu2. As usual, we recommend that you
check with your vendor for advisories and updates:
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/01/14/security_alerts.html
As usual, the response to a Dru Lavigne column was very positive. Last
month's "FreeBSD for Linux Users" elicited a lot of feedback. This month,
Dru follows up with "More FreeBSD for Linux Users." Learn how to install
bash, modify user accounts, create user accounts, manipulate kernel
modules, and make sense of device names and process information:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/01/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html
The web development world talks often about separating presentation from
content, yet a popular option in the XML world is converting data into XML
to run XSL Transformations over it to produce other types of output. Why
not skip a step? Andrew Glover's "Python-Powered Templates with Cheetah"
demonstrates a useful and powerful templating system that can help you
skip a sea of tag soup:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2005/01/13/cheetah.html
The book-related article of the week comes from Carla Schroder's Linux
Cookbook. If you manage Windows clients on a Samba network, you know what
a good solution it is. However, printing can be a little painful; it's
tricky to share Windows printer drivers from Samba. It's possible though.
Here's how:
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/01/13/lnxckbk_samba.html
In this week's weblogs, Robert Kaye comments on IBM's sharing of patents
with open source developers:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6186
Steve Mallet promotes January's To Evil!:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6211
Andy Oram discusses robotics learning experiences:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6213
David Sklar askes where the PC mini is:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6219
Your editor explains to his mother that he's not a Communist:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6217
Andy Oram ponders how Free Software achieves quality and meets user
requirements:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6223
Richard Koman dissects open source journalism:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6235
brian d foy says, "Your security doesn't always matter":
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6238
Kevin Shockey sees a bright future for Mono:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6236
Jono Bacon gives a brief history of simplicity in relation to Linux:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6240
This week's Open Source Project of the Week is MPlayer, a powerful
alternative movie player:
http://osdir.com/Downloads+index-req-viewdownloaddetails-lid-51-ttitle-mplayer.phtml
That's it. Tune in next week for Ruby ... on Rails!
Until then,
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ONLamp.com and Linux Devcenter Top Five Articles Last Week
1. True Stories of Knoppix Rescues
A battle-hardened sysadmin shares his near-death tales ... of Knoppix
rescue. Kyle Rankin, author of Knoppix Hacks, is a true Knoppix veteran
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weapons of choice. Not for the faint of heart.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/02/knpxhks_1.html
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2. Keeping Your Life in Subversion
Revision control is great for collaborative projects and distributed
projects. How well does it work for individuals? According to Joey Hess,
fantastically. He's kept his home directory under revision control for
years--here's how he does it with Subversion.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/06/svn_homedir.html
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3. Use Your Digital Camera with Linux
With the holidays over, it's time to pause, reflect, and clean up a bit.
Why not download the photos from your digital camera? Don't worry, it's
easy under Linux. Robert Bernier demonstrates the killer combination of
gphoto2, ImageMagick, and digiKam.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/01/06/digicam.html
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4. More FreeBSD for Linux Users
BSD and Linux are both Unix workalikes. How different can they be? In
certain cases, very! Though the systems share a family tree, their
differences sometimes stand out. Dru Lavigne explains FreeBSD's directory
layout, devices, kernel modules, and terminology to Linux users.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/01/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html
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5. Speeding up Linux Using hdparm
Instantly double the I/O performance of your disks or, in some cases, show
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