What They're Using: Michael Anti and His Eee PC
Linux Journal: "He has been a researcher, a columnist, a reporter, a war correspondent in Baghdad (in 2003) and more--and achieved notoriety in 2005 when Microsoft deleted his blog."
Linux Foundation Expands Fellowship Program to Support Kernel Developers
Zemlin's blog: "The Linux Foundation, in concert with several well-known industry names (hint: they start with letters like I and G), has hired a key contributor to the Linux kernel development community, the system administrator for kernel.org."
End Runs Around Vista
Business Week: "The operating system is turning off users, so HP and others are trying to capitalize on its weakness."
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A Week Working With Linux
ZDNet UK: "What I have found, in a nutshell, is that I have to run Windows in order to use the Sierra Wireless AirCard for HSPA cellular access, and that's just about it."
The XO Files Part II: The New 4PC Market, and its Failings
OLPC News: "...you just simply couldn't get an XO - they were intentionally and adamantly not commercially available, despite the strong demand and buzz on their features."
My First Linux Encounter or How to Switch to Linux
Linux Weekly: "But what made me stick to Linux and never return, what kept me getting used to all the new stuff and a new, different way of doing things, was the pure fact that I knew Linux will be different and I must put effort into learning it."
Custom Checks and Notifications for Nagios
Linux Journal: "So, rather than beating a dead horse, (with sympathy to horse lovers) I decided to continue the Good and Lazy Administrator Theme and discuss extending Nagios with custom service checks and custom notifications."
Linux and Unix Humour - Wisdom For The Ages
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "One test is worth a thousand opinions."
Video: Hacking a Voting Machine
Make: "I am not suggesting you try this, but I am suggesting you question the reliability of these systems."
British Embedded Show Features Linux
LinuxDevices: "There is no extra charge for the BYOES event, and participants can build and take home their own Beagle-based embedded system."
* Common Usability Terms, part IX: the Menu *
This is the ninth article in a series on common usability and graphical user interface related terms [part I | part II | part III | part IV | part V | part VI | part VII | part VIII]. On the internet, and especially in forum discussions like we all have here on OSNews, it is almost certain that in any given discussion, someone will most likely bring up usability and GUI related terms - things like spatial memory, widgets, consistency, Fitts' Law, and more. The aim of this series is to explain these terms, learn something about their origins, and finally rate their importance in the field of usability and (graphical) user interface design. In part IX, we are going to talk about the menu. Read more on this exclusive OSNews article...
With EasyGUI, I Can Stick with Python
Linux Journal: "Well, that's the best pun I could come up with but EasyGUI looks like the missing link that makes Python my first choice where I tended to use Bash."
How To Block Spammers/Hackers With Apache2's mod_spamhaus (Debian Etch)
HowtoForge: "mod_spamhaus is an Apache module that uses DNSBL in order to block spam relay via web forms, preventing URL injection, block http DDoS attacks from bots and generally protecting your web service denying access to a known bad IP address."
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