Interview with Linus Torvalds
Preston St. Pierre interviews Linus Torvalds for LinuxTimes. Linus talks about a lot of interesting things.
Linux Archive
Windows v. Linux Security: The Real Facts
A few readers submitted a link to the reg, where there's an interesting piece on Windows and Linux security. The article debunks some common myths about both OSes and associated software. Check out the bullet points, or if you have some time, complete report.
Nintendo Game Cube Linux
The Game Cube Linux project recently released a short tutorial to show how to patch and recompile a vanilla kernel to let it run on your Game Cube. This story at PPC Nerds mentions that fact and a few other tidbits about Linux on gaming consoles. With the gamecube and the future xBox running on PowerPC hardware, all that time spent tinkering with Linux on old Macs may do you some good.
New Slideshows Available
Chris, over at osdir.com, has put together a few new slideshows, this time of Mandrake Move, Mandrake's Live CD, and Kurumin Linux 3.3, a new Brazilian distribution.
FBI supplier readies secure Linux
Trusted Computer Solutions is branching out from its Solaris roots with a secure version of Linux, due out in spring 2005.
An Introduction to Embedded Linux Development, Part 1
Part 1 in a series on embedded development explains the purpose of the project and outlines hardware options.
Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Released
Linux on new Apple G5
Several weeks ago a roundup of Linux on G5 was done. Another small step has come yesterday: Linux supporting the new G5 thermal system (liquid cooling included).
Real-time responses for Linux possible, but unwanted
MontaVista, a Californian start-up has proposed a hard real-time response system for Linux, but the proposal has already been rubbished by Linus Torvalds.
Introduction to Rubyx Linux
Rubyx is an advanced, source based distro that stands out from the crowd thanks to some unusual and innovative features. It is also exceptionally lean and mean, and it goes like a rocket! I am a big fan of Rubyx and in this article I will attempt to show you why.
Q&A: Linus Torvalds, inventor of Linux
Linus Torvalds started a revolution of sorts in the computer industry when he created the Linux operating system and decided to share it with fellow programmers on the Internet. He discussed via e-mail his move to Portland, the state of Linux and Microsoft.
Real-Time Enhancements to the Linux 2.6 Kernel
Montavista Software has submitted patches to the linux kernel mailing list which aims to convert the Linux kernel in a real-time operative system.
Vector Linux 5.0 RC2 Released
The developers of Vector Linux have announced that work has started on a next release, version 5.0.
Linux: Debating The Merits Of Kernel Preemption
In response to a recent bug report on the lkml, Jeff Garzik, the maintainer of the Serial ATA subsystem and network device drivers, had some harsh words for kernel preemption. In the bug report it was mention that kernel preemption was enabled to which Jeff replied, "I strongly recommend disabling kernel preemption. It is a hack that hides bugs". The comment lead into an interesting discussion.
Crypto-loops on Linux
Modern operating systems give you the possibility to encrypt filesystems. Or virtual filesystem as the loopback ones. This article discuss two ways of getting an encrypted loopback on linux.
Turbolinux Announces Release of Turbolinux 10 Server
Turbolinux today announced the anticipated release of Turbolinux 10 Server (10S). Turbolinux 10S significantly expands on the high performance capabilities of its first-generation predecessor, Turbolinux 8 Server, released in October of 2002.
A quick guide for repairing your kernel from a live CD
GNU/Linux, and all other operating systems, are based around a kernel which controls hardware access and maximizes CPU and RAM efficiency by controlling when and how much programs get to use. The difference between Linux and most other operating systems (closed source ones at least BSD and other open source OS's you can do this with) is that you can compile the kernel to meet your needs.
A Look at Linare Professional
Linare Corp sent us in the Pro version of their Linare Linux flavor. We are taking a quick look at the product, at it's advantages and occasional... missteps.
Linux Page Table Management
Linux handles the machine independent/dependent layer in a unique way, making page table management a bit tricky. Mel Gorman gives you the skinny on the process in this sample chapter.
SimplyMepis 2004.01 Review
Mepis is making the transition to a full-fledged easy-to-use desktop and general-purpose Linux distribution. The following is both an overview and review of this excellent new Linux distribution.