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Issue : 26
Team : T.Shrinivasan ( tshrinivasan@gmail.com ) , K.Balavignesh ( kbalavignesh@gmail.com )
Date : 17082009
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Contents
1. Linux The New 'Hot' Job Skill
2. How To Setup OpenVZ under RHEL / CentOS Linux
3. OpenOffice.org Demonstrates First New UI Prototypes
4. How to Videoconference Linux and Windows with Ekiga
5. Microsoft Acknowledges Linux Threat to Windows Client
6. ffmpeg Cheat Sheet 19 Best Practices
7. KDE release 4.3 adds 2,000 features
8. 10 supercool Linux hacks you did not know about
9. 60 Beautiful Ubuntu Desktop Wallpapers
10. What is the most popular language used in Open Source projects?
1. Linux The New 'Hot' Job Skill
Nationwide unemployment may be heading toward double
digits in the U.S., but among the skills that are in highest
demand are those of a Linux sysadmin. That's partly due to the
effects of the recession more companies are willing to
experiment with lowercost open source alternatives to
proprietary software. Still, the good news is qualified: Many of
those jobs can be done anywhere on the planet.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/LinuxTheNewHotJob
Skill67789.html?wlc=1250071227
2. How To Setup OpenVZ under RHEL / CentOS Linux
I need to run more than instance of Linux operating system and different Linux distributions under
CentOS. How do I use OpenVZ virtualization to optimize the usage of my Dell servers, and create
test Linux VPS running Debian, Ubuntu, and CentOS Linux? How do I deploy OpenVZ under
CentOS / RHEL Linux?
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/openvzrhelcentoslinuxtutorial/
3. OpenOffice.org Demonstrates First New UI Prototypes
The OpenOffice.org team has been experimenting with a new user interface for the suite of
programs, and they've presented the first rough prototype of this new interface, more specifically for
Impress. The general gist? It's Microsoft Office 2007's ribbon interface.
The ribbon interface raised quite a number of eyebrows around the world, with many
wondering whether it would be wise to ditch the old established garbled mess user interface of
menus and toolbars in favour of something completely new. It was all additionally surprising as
Microsoft generally isn't the company to change a winning team.
You can test a prototype, but it requires Java.
http://www.osnews.com/story/21957/OpenOffice_org_Demonstrates_First_New_UI_Prototypes
4. How to Video Conference Linux and Windows with Ekiga
Ekiga, formerly known as GnomeMeeting, is a videophone program
similar to Skype. It’s free, open source, and has so far worked better
for me than Skype ever did. Today, we’ll cover how to use Ekiga to
conference Linux and Windows clients together.
http://maketecheasier.com/videoconferencelinuxandwindowswith
ekiga/2009/08/05
5. Microsoft Acknowledges Linux Threat to Windows Client
Microsoft for the first time has named Linux distributors Red Hat and Canonical as competitors to
its Windows client business in its annual filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The move is an acknowledgement of the first viable competition from Linux to Microsoft's
Windows client business, due mainly to the use of Linux on netbooks, which are rising in
prominence as alternatives to fullsized notebooks.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/169619/microsoft_acknowledges_linux_threat_to_w
indows_client.html
6. ffmpeg Cheat Sheet 19 Best Practices
ffmpeg is a multiplatform, opensource library for video and audio files. It is usualy available in
your distribution repositories, so search for it and install it.
This article will present 19 ffmpeg very useful commands.
http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/08/ffmpegcheatsheet19bestpractices.html
7. KDE release 4.3 adds 2,000 features
The KDE Community released the 4.3 version of its popular Linux/UNIX desktop environment,
representing more than 63,000 code changes by 700 contributors, 10,000 bugfixes, and 2,000 new
features. KDE 4.3 adds numerous improvements to the Plasma Desktop Shell and Application
Development Framework, among many other enhancements.
Codenamed "Caizen," release 4.3 offers a wide variety of enhancements to KDE, which competes
with Gnome as well as smaller players in the competition for Linux desktop environments. The
release is expected to show up in major Linux distributions in a few months.
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4333848905.html?kc=rss
8. 10 supercool Linux hacks you did not know about
This article is a compilation of several interesting, unique commandline tricks that should help you
squeeze more juice out of your system, improve your situational awareness of what goes on behind
the curtains of the desktop, plus some rather unorthodox solutions that will melt the proverbial
socks off your kernel.
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linuxcoolhacks.html
9. 60 Beautiful Ubuntu Desktop Wallpapers
This following entry is dedicated to all you Ubuntu users. We figured you could wear it proud and
for starters, a nice Ubuntu wallpaper on the desktop.
Finding sets of nice looking Ubuntu wallpapers was one challenging task and here’s what we
managed to collect – 60 Beautiful Ubuntu Desktop Wallpapers. Full list after jump.
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/60mostexecellentubuntuwallpapers/
10. What is the most popular language used in Open Source projects?
Did it ever really go away? New report shows developers are using more JavaScript and PHP, but C
still dominates in one measure.
According to a new study from Black Duck, a softwarelicense code analysis vendor, C represents
more than 40 percent of all code written for open source software.
Black Duck made its determination by counting the actual lines of code. While C is the leader by
that measure, PHP and JavaScript are on the rise when you look at the broader picture of how open
source projects use programming languages.
http://www.internetnews.com/dev
news/article.php/3834441/JavaScript+PHP+on+the+Rise+for+Open+Source+Devs.htm
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