— Android May Paddle Samsung Canoe Into Turbulent Web TV Waters

   (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 14:44)

Samsung may begin building televisions with the Android operating system built in, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Yoon Boo Keun, head of Samsung's TV business line, reportedly said the company is reviewing whether to use Android, an OS more commonly found in various smartphones, in a new line of TV sets.

— Why Do We Love Linux?

   (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 08:00)

When you're a fan of Linux, any blog post entitled "27 Good Reasons to Love Linux" is going to be impossible to resist. No wonder, then, that a recent post with just that title has created endless fodder for conversation in the Linux blogosphere of late. Among the reasons listed in said post were the usual arguments in favor of Linux's attractive price and superior security, of course.

— Tablet Skirmish Heats Up With Toshiba Entry

   (Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00)

Toshiba has announced its own entrant into the tablet market with the Folio 100, which will run on the Android 2.2 operating system. Sporting a screen just over 10 inches, the device will be larger than other early competitors to Apple's iPad tablet computer, such as the Dell Streak. The Folio will debut in late October in Europe as a standalone device with WiFi capability.

— Samsung's Galaxy Whirls Into the Tablet Universe

   (Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:55)

Samsung has unveiled its much-discussed Galaxy Tab Android-powered tablet at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany. The device runs Android 2.2, has a seven-inch display, and focuses on connectivity and entertainment. It also enables video conferencing and can be used as a mobile phone.

— Sony's Shocking 'Other OS' Win and Suspect Distro Popularity Trends

   (Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:00)

Despite the best hopes of many of us in the community, the man suing Sony over the removal of the "other OS" feature from its PS3 has apparently lost his case. The bad news is that the man won't get the money he had requested to compensate for an upgrade to his newly crippled PS3; the good news is that he reportedly wasn't forced to pay Sony's legal bill to boot.

— 2.6.36-rc3-git1: snapshot

   (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 20:01)

— next-20100907: linux-next

   (Monday, 06 September 2010 21:59)

— 2.4.37.10: stable

   (Monday, 06 September 2010 01:37)

— 2.6.36-rc3: mainline

   (Sunday, 29 August 2010 11:36)

— 2.6.35.4: stable

   (Thursday, 26 August 2010 19:47)

— Finding Files with Locate

   (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 19:32)

Many Linux users use the ‘find’ utility when searching for files using the command line on their system. There are times though where I’m just looking for something and I don’t want to have to wait for the command to scan the entire directory tree in order to track it down. That’s where locate comes in with quick and simple results.

— Making Linux and Windows Play Nice Together: Likewise to Present at Ohio LinuxFest

   (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 18:35)

Making Linux and Windows play nice together isn't easy, but it's essential to the continued growth of Linux in the enterprise, according to Likewise engineer Michael Szymczak. He will discuss that topic at this year's Ohio LinuxFest 2010 September 10-12, 2010 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Michael Szymczak will talk at Noon on September 11 in the FOSS in Other Worlds track.

— Blender 3D 2.9: Working with Textures

   (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 17:38)

In this article we will take the realism of our scenes to a higher level using textures. With textures, the "magic" really happens! There are basically two types of textures, which are procedural and non-procedural textures. For us, the bitmap textures will be used most often, to allow us to create scenes with more realism.

— Intel's Sandybridge Graphics On Linux

   (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:41)

Back in February we reported on the first signs of open-source support for Intel's Sandybridge, a.k.a. their sixth-generation Intel graphics processor integrated on their upcoming CPUs that succeed the Clarkdale/Arrandale CPUs. The Sandybridge hardware still has not launched nor will it until late this year or early next year, but the open-source support has been underway for months and from time to time we see new Linux code patches related to Sandybridge.

— 4 Linux and BSD Firewall/Router Projects

   (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:17)

Both Linux and FreeBSD are built on strong networking stacks, and both make first-rate firewalls and routers. Many commercial products are based on these. Eric Geier rounds up four firewall/router projects for our perusal.