[dundee] Taylug Weekly Articles 12 - VOCALS

[gordon dunlop]

Hi All,
The theme of this week is VOCALS, for starters TayLUG has been
particularly vocal (in a literary way) as the record has been broken
again with 575 posts for February. I blame this on the mild February
weather where people think it is Spring and are leaping about. This
week at the Abertay Linux Society we had flash talks with 3 speakers
on varied subjects: Linux From Scratch; Jabber/XMPP; Git. I like these
flash talks as they have a great variation on subjects that can be
called sweeteners, an entree to topics that people can then find out
more about. Okay we have done the starters, entree and desserts what
about the main course? Everyone loves music so I have articles about
audio in Linux that people might find interesting, so onward with the
literal vocals for the virtual locals (yes, my wit is getting worse!).

V – Virtualisation:
VMware are doing the deals, have they got the wheels?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/26/vmware_dell_hp_ibm_fujitsu_siemens/

Will Xen push Vmware into I don't care land?
http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2008/02/11/fedora-9-xen-pv_ops/

The Big Iron is back running thousands of virtualised Linux machines
for only £500,000!
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3731086


O – Open Source:

Macedonia is going for it.
http://times.debian.net/1221

So are some places in Switzerland.
http://times.debian.net/1224

Talking about Switzerland, I think Microsoft are getting a bit of a
hard time in Geneva with their OOXML open standard.
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080229055319727

With the likely Microsoft/Yahoo merger, open-Xchange is saying to
Zimbra users come with us.
http://www.open-xchange.com/header/company/news_press/press_releases/detail_view/article/open_xchange_offers_lifeline_to_zimbra_users/478.html

A zany theory that says Steve Ballmer will soon be selling the Big Issue!
http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/27/when-met-mr-debt/

A bit of twitter with Jonathan Schwartz.
http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9879303-16.html

Talking about twitter.
http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/25/the-pulse-of-open-source/


C – Coding:
PHP dude giving the vocals.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=533&blogid=14

Google summer of code? O.K. My hand is held up, all Abertay meetings
are recorded in my little black Google summer of code book, bet you
are all jealous that you don't have one (Heh Heh).
http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/02/google-summer-of-code-2008-alr.html

So if anyone has any projects in mind.
http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=280

Oh!, just before I forgot, the Linux Oscars of 2007.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-news-59/2007-linuxquestions.org-members-choice-award-winners-622825/


A – Audio & Video:
Music notation programs if you want to be a composer.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/music-notation-programs-recent-releases

Audio conversion tools, my wife has this as her default because she
interprets what I say as something different.
http://www.linux.com/feature/127583

This is about ALSA if you want to listen better to the Salsa.
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6465/1/

Kaffeine (Do you feel the buzz?) using satellite dishes and cards.
http://www.linux.com/feature/127800


L – Linux:
Okay peeps tinfoil hats on and concentrate.
http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/28/ubuntu-brainstorm-the-perfect-combination-of-open-source-and-democracy/

Mark! Hear! Hear!
http://menpro.blogspot.com/2008/02/will-canoniclique-finally-listen-to.html

Clap! Clap! Clap!
http://dot.kde.org/1204168154/

Tring! Tring!, Tring! Tring!, Tring! Tring!: What is this you are now
saying about mobile phones Mark?
http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2175

We have to start them young.
http://blog.zobel.ftbfs.de/debian/assimilated

Do not forget Grandad.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-badunixhabits.html?ca=dgr-lnxw97tenunixtips&S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR

Nor Dad.
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3730806

Governments are now using the Linux family of distributions.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Can-Linux-Stage-a-Coup-DEtat-61858.html


S - Security
Here is a risk report from Red Hat security manager Mark Cox who hails
from Edinburgh way (you've got to promote oor ain fowk).
http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/02/26/risk-report-three-years-of-red-hat-enterprise-linux-4/

People like PAM, no not the blonde, I mean the authentication module.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-polyinstantiation/?ca=dgr-lnxw02aLinuxPAMSecurity&S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR

What you wanted to know about anti-virus software but was scared to ask.
http://www.techthrob.com/tech/linuxav.php

Want to delete files securely? Use Shrek, sorry I mean Shred, it is an
ogre of a command.
http://beginlinux.com/index.php/sec_train_m/sec_tools/82-sec_tools/826-shred_to_securely_delete_files

Specialist security distros?, hmm I will let the ethical hackers debate this.
http://www.packtpub.com/article/why-do-we-need-specialist-security-distros


Everyone have a nice weekend.

Gordon
Taylug Administrator