Linux today news
openSUSE 11.2-- Incremental Updates, Plenty of Polish - "With the purchase of SUSE by Novell many feared that the brand would be subsumed into the corporate borg and contaminated with proprietary add-ons. But openSUSE goes its own way, and the result is a sleek, reliable distribution with all the bells and whistles. Paul Ferrill takes it for a spin and reports."
Microsoft, other rivals slam Google Chrome OS - "Microsoft Corp. is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS today, but neither were potential rivals who make Linux and instant-on operating systems."
Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12 - "Intel's Linux graphics driver stack is often at the forefront of X.Org / Mesa innovations, from Intel being the first driver having in-kernel video memory management to being the first driver with mainline kernel mode-setting support to even being the driver that often first receives support for new OpenGL extensions in Mesa."
Editor's Note: Do It Yourself "Cloud" - Last week I wrote "Cloud is Just Another Word for "Sucker". My objections to buying into this whole "cloud" services fad are three-fold: trust, reliability, and performance. But why not do-it-yourself? Linux has everything you need.
Google Chrome OS: First looks, first impressions - #8217;s not an operating system you can (and should) be putting on a stand alone machine. Actually what has been released are VirtualBox and VMware images that can be booted in their respective virtual machines."
Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 3) - Storage - elopment team have enhanced various aspects of Btrfs, one effect of which is to significantly improve the experimental file system's write performance."
TV Mythos Renewed: MythTV 0.22 with Many Improvements - "The MythTV hard disk recorder software is available in a new version that is based on Qt4 and supports new hardware and the VDPAU decoder."
Enhancing openSUSE 11.2: Adding Repositories and Packages - "So you've got that shiny new openSUSE 11.2 system up and running. Now what? The default repositories have plenty of software, but there's much more for openSUSE in community and semi-official repositories that you might find useful."
A Northwest Nobel option? (Linus for the Nobel Peace prize) - "It would be fitting to honor that international effort by giving a Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds, perhaps in 2011 on the 20th anniversary of the August 1991 Linux announcement, or in 2012 on the 50th anniversary of Pauling's award."
Cloud Computing Security Benefits, Risks and Recommendations - "ENISA's report is the first to take an independent, in-depth look at all the security and privacy issues of moving into the cloud, outlining some of the information security benefits of cloud computing, as well as 35 key security risks."
Keeping score in test-driven development with Python, PyLint, unittest, doctest, - "Programming is more fun when you keep score. The extreme programming (XP) development model popularized the idea of test-driven development (TDD) with professional programmers in mind. But TDD turns out to be even more useful for lone amateur programmers, because it provides much needed motivation in the form of more visible rewards for your work."
Win a CodeWeavers Linux Gaming Rig - "Any customer purchasing CrossOver Games or CrossOver Professional until November 25th will be automatically registered to win this loaded CodeWeavers Gaming PC."
PHP 5.3.1 released for 5 security flaws, 113 bugs - st update to PHP 5.3 is now available providing 5 security fixes in addition a long list of bug fixes to the popular open source dynamic language."
Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12 - "Intel's Linux graphics driver stack is often at the forefront of X.Org / Mesa innovations, from Intel being the first driver having in-kernel video memory management to being the first driver with mainline kernel mode-setting support to even being the driver that often first receives support for new OpenGL extensions in Mesa."
Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Firefox Extensions Discovered - "One of the reasons behind Firefox's popularity is the availability of a vast library of extensions. Users use them to modify the browser to their liking and make their browsing experience easier and more pleasant. The problem is, unbeknown to them, these extensions are exposing them to risk."
BBC Science/Nature News
Restart for 'Big Bang' experiment - The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.
UK climate unit's e-mails hacked - The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.
Mammoth dung clue to extinction - A study of mammoth dung is helping unravel the mystery of what caused the great mammals to die out.
New skin 'may help burns victims' - French researchers say they have found a way of using human embryonic stem cells to create new skin which could help serious burns victims.
First test for record solar plane - The prototype of a solar-powered plane destined for a record round-the-world journey makes its first trip across a runway.
Spacewalk for shuttle astronauts - Two astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis have embarked on the first spacewalk of their mission.
Skate may be fished to extinction - A species of skate could become the first marine fish driven to extinction by commercial fishing, say scientists.
Tribes resistance could help CJD - Darwinian natural selection could help halt human CJD, experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder.
Two of Hubble's instruments to go on display at US museum - Two of the longest-serving instruments from the Hubble telescope have taken up residence in a museum in the US.
Star Trek 'phaser' becomes reality - but only worms need be afraid - Scientists show off an effect not unlike that of "phasers" in Star Trek - but it only works on tiny worms called nematodes.
Earth Watch - Korean model for Obama as Copenhagen looms
Harrabin's notes - Arguments over hacked climate change e-mails
In pictures - Smashing! Cern's particle cruncher finally restarts
In pictures - Helena Christensen documents climate change
Outlook: cloudy - Future of global carbon market is uncertain
Spaceman - Countdown to maiden flight of Falcon 9 rocket
Climate: A question of justice - jump to mainstream environmentalism.
From space race to human race - Why humanity needs a 'space race' for this planet
Giraffes use 'supercharged' heart - Giraffes use a small, powerful, supercharged heart to pump blood up the neck to the head, new research reveals.
Seahorse 'hitchhikes' Atlantic - An American seahorse is found in European waters.
Alcohol 'protects men's hearts' - Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of coronary heart disease in men sharply, a study suggests, but experts remain critical.
Shuttle docks with space station - Space shuttle Atlantis has successfully docked with the International Space Station, Nasa officials say.
Mercury mission clears key hurdle - Science delegations to the European Space Agency approve a much more expensive mission to the planet Mercury.
How to explore Mars in a game - Nasa launches a website that allows users to play games while at the same time sorting through its image archive of Mars.
LHC nears restart after repairs - The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could restart as early as this weekend after more than a year of repairs.
Energy-saving bulbs 'get dimmer' - Energy-efficient light bulbs lose on average more than a fifth of their brightness over their lifetime, a study finds.
ive - Amazing footage of a baby ibex's perilous escape from a fox is captured on film by a BBC natural history cameraman.
Corps blamed for Katrina floods - A US judge rules that negligence by army engineers led to massive flooding in part of New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
DNA clue to save rare Darwin bird - Specimens collected by Charles Darwin could help scientists reintroduce a rare mockingbird to the Galapagos Islands.
EU seeks Russian energy boost - EU hoping Russia will stabilise energy supplies
