- What underwear says about the economy – http://bit.ly/9OYoF #
- Skype Trojan can log VoIP conversations – http://bit.ly/zBxo1 #
- AT&T has chutzpah! – http://bit.ly/14C30Q #
- First stages of Chrome OS integration appear in Google Chrome – http://tinyurl.com/lasow8 #
- More screenshots of Google Chrome OS – http://tinyurl.com/chromeosss #
Archive for August, 2009
Read the following stories on 2009-08-31
Posted 31 Aug 2009 — by Arun
Category General
Category General
Linux kernel 2.6.31 supports USB 3.0
Posted 31 Aug 2009 — by Arun
Category Linux
Category Linux
You might have read my post about USB 3.0 support in Linux. Though USB 3.0 is not yet out, the Linux kernel to be released during Labor day (September 7th) will support USB 3.0, according to The H-online. Changes to USB subsystem includes code to support USB 3.0 controllers with their Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI). There is no actual product available with USB 3.0. ASUS announced P6X58 motherboard with USB 3.0 support, but later canceled production due to lack of third party drivers.
The kernel also contains changes to Firewire code. The changes also include support for “IPv4 over IEEE 1394″ (networks via FireWire) in the more recent of the Linux kernel’s two FireWire stacks.
Technorati Tags: Linux, USB 3.0, Firewire, xHCI, IEE1394, IPv4, P6X58, ASUS
Defence spends $1.7m on ultimate Linux flight simulator
IT News reports that The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has revealed its latest flight simulator runs on Suse Linux-based clusters of Opteron servers and uses an open source graphics platform.
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation’s (DSTO) Air Operations Simulation Centre in Melbourne creates virtual words that allow pilots to experience real-world combat situations without leaving the ground.
According to a Defence spokesman, the simulator boots in about 30 seconds and uses a cluster of 4-core Opteron 2218 servers, with nVidia Quadro FX 5600G graphics cards. The avionics and aerodynamics simulations run on a number of 8-core Opteron systems.
All the nodes run Suse Linux. Unlike traditional Linux clusters, which focus on throughput, these systems are tuned for real-time performance – using features of the kernel such as memory locking, real-time scheduling and low-delay communication.
The visuals software was written in OpenGL using commercial and open-source scene graph engines and making “heavy use of OpenGL Shader Language programs” for creating effects such as clouds, smoke and vegetation.
Technorati Tags: Australia, SuSe Linux, OpenGL, NVidia, Opteron, FX 5600G
Read the following stories on 2009-08-28
Posted 28 Aug 2009 — by Arun
Category General
Category General
Read the following stories on 2009-08-27
Posted 27 Aug 2009 — by Arun
Category General
Category General
- Bill Gates got mad at 8 F*ing BASIC, but he created products that are 16,000 and 32,000 F*ing BASIC – http://tinyurl.com/madgates #
- Airlines suck. Better to drive than fly – http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/08/26/usairways.baggage.fees/index.html #
- Rocking new Linux based phone from Nokia – http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/ #
- Teens Who Skip Breakfast Lose Virginity Earlier – http://bit.ly/fWOpN #
Read the following stories on 2009-08-26
Posted 26 Aug 2009 — by Arun
Category General
Category General
- FSF launches campaign against Window 7 and propreitary software – http://www.fsf.org/news/windows-7-sins #
- Nokia betting on Linux in iPhone battle – http://bit.ly/dz2eZ #
- Racist Microsoft? – http://bit.ly/sVX5B #
- Cellphones Cause Brain Tumors – http://www.radiationresearch.org/pdfs/15reasons.asp #
Firefox crashes in Ubuntu while trying to watch Youtube in fullscreen
Posted 26 Aug 2009 — by Arun
Category Ubuntu
Category Ubuntu
I had this problem only with Nvidia cards. I didn’t have this issue with ATI card in my laptop. Whenever I clicked the fullscreen box in youtube, firefox would crash. After I surfed through Ubuntu forum, I found a solution. This is what I did to fix the issue.
Depending on which version of Firefox you are using, the location of the file might change. If you are using the default Firefox that came with Ubuntu 9.04, the location most probably is /usr/lib/firefox. I have installed Firefox 3.5 and I’m using that, so my Firefox’s location was /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.2. All you have to do is open a terminal (Application -> Accessories -> Terminal) and type
sudo gedit /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.2/firefox.sh
If your Firefox’s location is /usr/lib/firefox, then type
sudo gedit /usr/lib/firefox/firefox.sh
Once the file is opened, add export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 in the 2nd line. Leave the first line as it is. Your file should look something like below:
#!/bin/sh
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1# Firefox launcher containing a Profile migration helper for
# temporary profiles used during alpha and beta phases.
………………….
Save the file and exit the text editor. Restart Firefox (if it’s already open) and try it. It should work.
Technorati Tags: Ubuntu 9.04, Firefox, Youtube
Racist Microsoft?
Posted 26 Aug 2009 — by Arun
Category General
Category General
A photo on Microsoft’s website (Microsoft.com) shows three people (one Asian, one Black and one White) sitting around the conference table, but the company’s Polish website replaced the black guy’s face with that of a white man. The rest of the body was untouched. Microsoft apologized after criticism sparked across the online community. Here is the link to the photos.
Photo courtesy: PsD.
Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Racist, Polish
Read the following stories on 2009-08-25
Posted 25 Aug 2009 — by Arun
Category General
Category General
- Windows 7: Bad For Netbook Battery Life – http://bit.ly/akX7e #
- Linux saves the day … again – http://www.itwire.com/content/view/27176/1141/ #
- Ownership of Unix copyright headed to trial – http://bit.ly/48s9Mj
#fb #
Read the following stories on 2009-08-21
Posted 21 Aug 2009 — by Arun
Category General
Category General
- Tech giants (suckers) unite against Google – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8200624.stm #