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Linux Today http://linuxtoday.com en-us Linux Today News Service Linux Today http://linuxtoday.com/pics/ltnet.png http://linuxtoday.com How the Linux Kernel Manages Virtual Memory Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:03:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-011-35-OS-KN LinuxPlanet: "Virtual memory is one of the most important, and accordingly confusing, pieces of an operating system. Understanding the basics of virtual memory is required to understand operating system performance. Beyond the basics, a deeper understanding allows a system administrator to interpret system profiling tools better, leading to quicker troubleshooting and better decisions." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-011-35-OS-KN Make Your BIOS Love Security Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:03:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-011-35-OP Codeblog: "There's this great CPU feature called "nx" - it protects your computer from intrusion by blocking execution of memory regions that weren't expected to be executable (i.e. stack/heap data). You really want this enabled." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-011-35-OP The Telepathic Desktop: Apps Are Out, People Are In Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:03:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-005-35-OP-CY-GN The New Topyli Standard: "This article is a humble opinion piece of a GNOME user who wishes to stop using communication software and just be in touch with people. I want to write mail to, chat with, talk to, and have video conferences with real people without worrying about applications and technology." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-005-35-OP-CY-GN Passive Checks and NSCA (Nagios Service Check Acceptor) Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:33:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-004-35-OS-NT Packt: "Nagios also offers a tool for sending passive check results for hosts and services over a network. It is called NSCA (Nagios Service Check Acceptor). It can be used to send results from one Nagios instance to another. It can also be used by third-party applications running on different machines to send passive check results to a central Nagios server." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-004-35-OS-NT Setting Up Master-Master Replication On Four Nodes With MySQL 5 On Debian Etch Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:03:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-003-35-OS-DB-SV Howtoforge: "This tutorial explains how you can set up MySQL master-master replication on four MySQL nodes (running on Debian Etch). The difference to a two node master-master replication (which is explained here) is that if you have more than two nodes, the replication goes in a circle, i.e., with four nodes, the replication goes from node1 to node2, from node2 to node3, from node3 to node4, and from node4 to node1." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-003-35-OS-DB-SV Plain English Explanation Of An Awk Statement For Linux Or Unix Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:33:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-002-35-OS-HL-SW The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "I'll be the first to admit, though, that the examples were somewhat of a test for me when I first slapped them together and probably deserved to be explained more than they were. To that end, we'll look at one of the examples from yesterday and pick it apart, so that the pieces all make sense to, hopefully, any and every one. I aim to please :)" http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-002-35-OS-HL-SW Can't Print in Evince, GEdit, Claws-Mail Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:03:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-001-35-OS-DT-HL My Thoughts: "I got the Printer selection box but when I clicked on print an error message popped up, "Can't prompt for Authorization". I checked my printer settings and everything looked fine, so I tried again, another error message popped up: "Too many failed attempts". http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-22-001-35-OS-DT-HL Kubuntu Moves Forward: You Can't Please Everyone, All the Time Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:33:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-032-35-OS-KE OStatic: "It's nearly a year since KDE released the KDE4 desktop. The initial roll-out was rocky for KDE, and while subsequent releases have brought ever increasing stability and enhancements, some KDE users feel it's not quite ready for daily use." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-032-35-OS-KE Editor's Note: Linux Should Copy Amiga Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:03:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-035-35-PS Mark Shuttleworth made headlines not too long ago when he called for the Linux desktop to surpass Mac OS X in both beauty and functionality. While a lot of folks thought that was breathtaking and audacious, I think he's aiming way too low. I think Linux should aspire to equal or better the Amiga OS. http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-035-35-PS PC Magazine, a Flagship for Ziff Davis, Will Cease Printing a Paper Version Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:33:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-031-35-PS New York Times: "Ziff Davis Media announced Wednesday that it was ending print publication of its 27-year-old flagship, PC Magazine, and would take the title online only." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-031-35-PS The Sound of Empire Falling Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:03:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-030-35-OP-BZ-MS Armed and Dangerous: "I predicted years ago that what would eventually do Microsoft in was white-box PC makers defecting because they needed to claw back profit margin as the Windows license became the largest single item in their bills of material. And here’s the confirmation I've been awaiting:" http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-030-35-OP-BZ-MS IE8 Coming in 2009, But Will it be Late to the Firefox Party? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:51:53 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-037-35-OS-MS The Open Road: "With a release candidate not scheduled until the first quarter of 2009, the final release won't hit until the second (or possibly even the third) quarter. Microsoft released a beta of IE8 back in March 2008. Roughly a year later, we should see the full release in action. By that time, will anyone care?" http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-037-35-OS-MS Complete Backup and Restore Using "tar" Command Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:33:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-029-35-OS-HL Linuxhaxor: "I'll explain methods I use to maintain my setup and configuration files without the loss of any data or personal settings. Once you have recovered from the crash, the restoration can be as simple as typing a single command using the Live CD and a terminal." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-029-35-OS-HL Red Hat Fedora Linux: 9.5 Million Users and Growing Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:17:26 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-036-35-NW-DP-RH InternetNews: "Red Hat's Fedora community Linux distribution has now tallied its user base, and it's a number that on the surface would make it the largest installed base of any Linux distribution, with at least 9.5 million users and possibly as many as 10.5 million. Fedora competitor Ubuntu Linux currently claims to have 8 million users." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-036-35-NW-DP-RH GCC Hacks in the Linux Kernel: Discover GCC Extensions for the C Language Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:03:12 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-028-35-OS-HL IBM Developerworks: "The Linux kernel uses several special capabilities of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) suite. These capabilities range from giving you shortcuts and simplifications to providing the compiler with hints for optimization. Discover some of these special GCC features and learn how to use them in the Linux kernel." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-11-21-028-35-OS-HL