The Linux Heart Archive
This is the earlier Linux Heart: technical discoveries, short news items, personal opinions and the occasional detour. They belong to the story of this blog, even where the product, service or debate has long since moved on.
The original dates and addresses are preserved. Technical posts have English translations; some personal entries remain in their original language. A revisited guide keeps the original account alongside a separately dated follow-up. The archive is available for reading without advertising.
For practical walkthroughs, start with the selected engineering guides. For current product and marketing stories, return to the journal.
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- Version 3 of the General Public License (GPL) is out
After 18 months of debate, Richard Stallman has announced version 3 of the General Public License (GPL). A detailed review and list of changes are…
- India’s Kerala state switches to Linux
The government of the Indian state of Kerala has decided to install Linux on its department's PCs. It chose Red Hat. Under the agreement with…
- Article: Audio problems in Linux
I dug up a fresh LinuxJournal article on configuring audio in Linux and solving the main problems in this less-than-simple business. In this instalment, the…
- Linux on a computer shaped like a USB key!
Calao, based in Sant Martin le Vinoux, is finishing a PC in a USB-key form factor. Linux is the chosen OS for this little marvel,…
- Google Desktop Search comes to Linux!
Google has added a third leg to Desktop Search's existing 2, Mac OS X and Windows. Linux users can now enjoy Google Desktop. They can…
- 2 new Linux filesystems: Btrfs & NILFS
Not long ago, everyone was discussing the newly released ext3 and Reiser4 filesystems. Time moves on, and now another two filesystems are on the horizon:…
- Qtopia Greenphone: a training ground for developers
Trolltech’s Qtopia Greenphone could become a training ground for developers of Linux mobile software. The call for developers is called the “Qtopia Greenphone Grant Program.”…
- Novell will update SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time in July
Novell has announced plans to release an update to its real-time operating system, “SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time,” in July this year. Work on it…
- Vista is more secure than Linux and Mac OS X
On Thursday, Jeff Jones, security director in Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group, published a report on Windows Vista's first six months. According to the report, fewer…
- Microsoft: we patch holes faster than Linux and Apple
Microsoft representative Jeff Stone wrote on his blog that Windows users get patches faster than users of Apple, Novell, Red Hat and Sun products. More…
- Silverlight technology: coming this week…
Users can expect an implementation of Silverlight technology as early as this week. We wrote about it on this blog not long ago. More details…
- An SDK for printer drivers
The Linux Foundation has announced the Linux Standard Base Driver Development Kit, a package for developing Linux printer drivers. More details here.
- Released: Skype Linux 1.4 Beta
The beta version of the long-awaited Skype update has finally arrived. After 9 months of waiting, the first beta is available to download at this…
- Slackware Linux 12.0 RC1 is out
Patrick J. Volkerding, the creator of the much-loved distribution, has announced a release candidate for Slackware version 12. The full changelog is here.
- Linux earns a higher security rating
Last week, Red Hat obtained EAL4 certification for its distribution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, opening the way for Linux to be used by US…
- Anatomy of the Linux kernel
An article called Anatomy of the Linux kernel recently appeared on IBM’s DeveloperWorks site. I couldn’t let that pass me by. It’s actually a pretty…
- 2 vulnerabilities in the 2.6.x kernel branch
According to a report on secuobs, the 2.6.x kernels contain 2 vulnerabilities, one of which allows a DoS (Denial of Service) attack against the machine.…
- Linux is set to shake up the smartphone market
Analysts at Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies expect Linux smartphones to grow rapidly in popularity over the next few years. They also say that current…
- Fedora 7 is out
In this release, Anaconda has been replaced by Revisor, and the base kernel is 2.6.21. The distribution also includes Evolution 2.10.1, OpenOffice 2.2, Firefox 2.0.0.3…
- Want a server on a Sony Playstation 3?
In just 10 minutes, you can install an unnamed distribution from a German developer that lets you use your Sony Playstation 3 as a server.…