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Published the first day of every month. <br> Issue 155: October, 2008 en editor@linuxgazette.net editor@linuxgazette.net Copyright (c) 1996-2008 the Editors of Linux Gazette http://linuxgazette.net/gx/2004/newlogo-blank-100-gold2.jpg http://www.linuxgazette.net/ 42 99 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:36 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/lg_mail.html By <strong>LG Staff</strong <br><strong>Our Mailbag</strong><br> Interactive map of Linux kernel source<br> Linux (sendmail/imap) and Mobile Phone access<br> an address book/ diary programme ...<br> Vector Linux how to question<br> Privileged Port Access for Users<br> remote backup commnand<br> bad sector removing<br> License Question<br> Using DNS blacklists to reject mail.<br> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/lg_talkback.html By <strong>LG Staff</strong <br>Talkback:152/srinivasan.html<br> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/lg_tips.html By <strong>LG Staff</strong <br>Two-cent tip: Download whole directory as zip file<br> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/lg_bytes.html By <strong>Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff</strong> <br>Contents:<br> <strong>News in General</strong><br> Xen 3.3 Hypervisor Released<br> VMware vClient Desktops to Follow Users<br> Linux Foundation Legal Summit in October<br> IBM Breaks Performance Records with SSDisk<br> HP Breaks the 24-hour Battery Life Barrier<br> Sun World Tour of Tech Days Conferences<br> <strong>Conferences and Events</strong><br> <strong>Distro News</strong><br> End of Service Life for Solaris 7 and 8 OS <br> HPC ClusterTools now Open Source and support Linux<br> Fedora 10 Beta release<br> <strong>Software and Product News</strong><br> Amazon to sell XO laptops for G1,G1 2008<br> Virtualization Wrapup<br> Citrix Unveils XenServer 5 for Cloud Computing with usage-based pricing<br> Sun Expands Virtualization Portfolio with xVM products<br> Sun Microsystems Unveils xVM VirtualBox 2.0<br> HP Announces New Virtualization Offerings for VMware Environments<br> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/dyckoff.html By <strong>Howard Dyckoff</strong> <p> On the surface, these are two very different conferences with two different kinds of attendees. Looking at two obvious differences, Better Software was again held in Vegas, a tradition it continues to uphold (praise Elvis!), while Google I/O, the first of a promised series of annual events, was held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The original Google Developer Day was held in nearby Santa Clara last year, and then repeated around the globe; since Google's Palo Alto HQ provides an anchor of sorts, Google I/O is likely to remain a Bay Area event. </p> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/krishnakumar.html By <strong>R. Krishnakumar</strong> <p> This article is meant to be a primer to the HugeTLB feature of the Linux kernel, which enables one to use virtual memory pages of large sizes. First, we will go through an introduction of large page support in the kernel, then we will see how to enable large pages and how to use large pages from the application. Finally, we will look into the internals of the large page support in the Linux kernel. </p> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/moen.html By <strong>Rick Moen</strong> <p> Andrew St. Laurent's 2004 volume <title>Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing</title> is O'Reilly's attempt to fill a significant need for good resources on this subject. It joins OSI chief counsel Lawrence Rosen's similar volume from Prentice Hall, <title>Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law</title>, published at nearly the same time, and Rutgers School of Law professor Rod Dixon's hardcover volume from Artech House/Horizon, <title>Open Source Software Law</title>. </p> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/prestia.html By <strong>Joey Prestia</strong> <p> In a Windows networked environment, you can go to any machine, log in to the system, and have access to your home directories and files on the server. This seems like a convenience until you realize that in doing this, the server and the client machines are eating up resources by keeping all network shares hard-mounted at all times. The Linux solution to this is the autofs daemon known as the automounter. </p> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/collinge.html By <strong>Shane Collinge</strong> <p> <em>These images are scaled down to minimize horizontal scrolling.</em> </p> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/ecol.html By <strong>Javier Malonda</strong> <p> <em>These images are scaled down to minimize horizontal scrolling.</em> </p> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/xkcd.html By <strong>Randall Munroe</strong> <p> <div class="cartoon1"> <a href="misc/xkcd/listen_to_yourself.png"> <img alt="[cartoon]" title="Man, I just wanted to know how babby was formed. " src="misc/xkcd/listen_to_yourself.png"><p>Click here to see the full-sized image</a> </div> More XKCD cartoons can be found <a href="http://xkcd.com">here</a>. <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1204316-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500 http://linuxgazette.net/155/lg_launderette.html By <strong>LG Staff</strong <br>Heinlein's FAQ<br> Your marriage essay<br> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:17:38 -0500