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Linux in the newsRecommended Reading Longhorn, Blogs, Linux: Predicting '05 (ComputerWorld)ComputerWorld has gotten an early start on predictions for 2005. Number nine: "Linux will be adopted in greater numbers by IT, but desktop Linux will not. Linux is already a mainstream server solution for many IT shops. That success won't travel over to the desktop, however. Too much fragmentation, combined with a lack of critical desktop applications and increasing dependence on the Windows platform, will prevent desktop Linux adoption from increasing significantly."
Linux Lab at the University of South Florida Opens Eyes (Linux Journal)Tom Adelstein looks at the effects of Microsoft domination in US universities. "Check the curriculum at the University of South Florida, and you find a campus offering mainly Microsoft technology courses. As with the vast majority of the nation's universities and schools of higher education, you can learn how to use the Excel spreadsheet program, but you cannot find much about Linux kernel internals. Although many schools claim to have embraced open source, don't you believe it. One of the issues I consider when visiting a university campus is the loss of technology leadership. As a nation, the US had failed to continue the tradition of sparking innovation on the campus."
Resources An apt-get primer (NewsForge)NewsForge has posted a detailed introduction to apt-get. "If you know how Debian's archive system works, and how to choose the sources that apt-get uses, and use a few precautions in your upgrades, then the chances are that dependency problems will never bedevil you."
Cooking with Linux, Part 1 (O'ReillyNet)O'ReillyNet presents excerpts from Linux Cookbook by Carla Schroder. "Whether you want tips on installing a program for easy uninstall, killing user processes, or better logins without passwords, Carla poses the problems and offers solutions. Too bad not all recipes can be this clear, quick, and painless. Join us again in a couple of weeks when Carla shares tips on running different window managers simultaneously with Xnest and hosting multiple domains with Apache."
Linux MIDI: A Brief Survey, Part 3 (Linux Journal)LinuxJournal has published part three in a series about Linux MIDI applications by Dave Philips. This edition covers: "An introduction to several Linux MIDI utilities, including JSynthLib, Midirgui and SynthEd."
Create a Letterhead Using OpenOffice.org Writer (O'ReillyNet)O'ReillyNet has posted a detailed OpenOffice tutorial. "This article describes how to create and use a letterhead with OpenOffice.org. Along the way you'll learn how to use a wizard, templates, styles, and even a field or two. The principles described apply to many other documents as well, so even if you don't need a letterhead, you should find this exercise useful."
Reviews Getting stressed by the season? Try Blob Wars (NewsForge)Joe Barr reviews the game Blob Wars. "The holiday season is hard upon us. The stress of shopping for loved ones, making travel plans, or preparing for holiday guests is building. If you're starting to feel like you might need a gun to take and to hold a parking place, it might be time for a stress-buster. That's where Blob Wars comes in. No, it's not a new diet. It's a free, fun, frenzied chance to gun down the bad guys and rescue fair maidens. It's also an SDL-based game which runs well on Linux. And the 1.0 release might be here before the new year."
Do-it-yourselfer's EDA project wins open-source fans (EEDesign)EEDesign reviews the gEDA project, an open-source suite of electronic CAD tools. "Adherents say the biggest attraction is not so much that the gEDA tools are free but that they provide an open design system, with files that will always be readable, source code that's always available and no licensing hassles. But EDA vendors are quick to point out that open-source tools are unsupported and lack many of the features of commercial packages." Thanks to Ales Hvezda.
Logging Into Linux (Popular Mechanics)Popular Mechanics checks out desktop Linux. "I wanted to find out just what all the fuss was about and if my geek friends were telling the truth--that Linux truly is a consumer alternative to the Windows behemoth. So I installed Linux on an IBM ThinkPad previously running Windows 98 and took it for a test drive. And after a few weeks playing around with Linux, I'm convinced. Linux measures up." (Thanks to Jay R. Ashworth).
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