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Published the first day of every month. <br> Issue 186: June, 2011 en gazette@linuxgazette.net gazette@linuxgazette.net Copyright (c) 1996-2011 the Editors of Linux Gazette monthly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Linux Gazette RSS http://linuxgazette.net/gx/2004/newlogo-blank-100-gold2.jpg http://www.linuxgazette.net/ 42 99 Mailbag http://linuxgazette.net/186/lg_mail.html LG Staff Tue, 31 May 2011 23:50:16 -0500 By <strong>LG Staff</strong> <br> <br><strong>Our Mailbag</strong><br> Many thanks for your bash permission article<br> Crowdsource + open source to preserve US war documents<br> Problem with installing a local module<br> 2-cent Tip: Octal permissions in "ls"<br> Odd system load situation, LG February 2011 (#183)<br> Duplicate LG mailing list reports<br> Talkback:183/lg_foolish.html<br> 2D CAD DraftSight Now Available for Linux<br> Talkback:184/grebler1.html<br> LG - what's next?<br> SVN authentication<br> Padding a string in Perl<br> Talkback:184/lg_bytes.html<br> Stubborn or Fried Memory card?<br> The Cognitive Style of Unix<br> OMFG... G00G13'Z B33N H4XX0R3D!!!<br> Possible 2-cent tip: Opening files from the command line<br> News Bytes http://linuxgazette.net/186/lg_bytes.html Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff Tue, 31 May 2011 23:50:16 -0500 By <strong>Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff</strong> <br> <br>Contents:<br> <strong>News in General</strong><br> 71% of iPhone and Android Apps Violate Open Source Licenses<br> IronKey finds UK Organisations Fear Organised Cyber-crime<br> <strong>Conferences and Events</strong><br> <strong>Distro News</strong><br> Ubuntu 11.04 Goes Gold<br> Slackware 13.37 released<br> Yocto 1.0 and Carrier Grade Linux 5.0 Released<br> <strong>Software and Product News</strong><br> VMware Delivers Cloud Foundry as an Open PaaS<br> New Version of Intel Atom CPU aimed at NetBooks and Tablets<br> SPLUNK 4.2 Features real-time alerting<br> Caps Lock http://linuxgazette.net/186/anonymous.html Anonymous Tue, 31 May 2011 23:50:16 -0500 By <strong>Anonymous</strong> <br> <p> Coming back again to Ubuggy in the text console, be sure you are relaxed and in tolerance mode. </p> PostgreSQL - import of large texts and dynamic content http://linuxgazette.net/186/borisov.html Anton Borisov Tue, 31 May 2011 23:50:16 -0500 By <strong>Anton Borisov</strong> <br> <p>PostgreSQL is an enterprise-level database. It is an open-source software, competes by some features with products from Oracle, so it is no surpise that more and more projects delegate such important duties like data-mining and data handling to PostgreSQL. And what's more important, the architectural design for this database is extremely powerful and conforms to KISS principal very close, so it is really very fun to deal with PGSQL internal programming, as well as maintaining it. </p> Running Encyclopaedia Britannica on Linux http://linuxgazette.net/186/brown.html Silas Brown Tue, 31 May 2011 23:50:16 -0500 By <strong>Silas Brown</strong> <br> <p>Encyclopaedia Britannica is a commercial encyclopedia and is therefore non-free, but old versions of the CDs and DVDs can often be purchased cheaply in second-hand markets. Of particular interest are the 2004 editions, as its publishers have made available an unofficial <A HREF="http://support.britannica.com/linux/linux.htm">Linux support script for 2004 editions of Britannica</A> (the Windows installer does not yet work on WINE). If you follow their instructions, you can expect to see the basic encyclopedia articles and images, but you might have a more difficult time with the Webster dictionary entries and some of the multimedia.</p> Away Mission - May/June 2011 http://linuxgazette.net/186/dyckoff.html Howard Dyckoff Tue, 31 May 2011 23:50:16 -0500 By <strong>Howard Dyckoff</strong> <br> <p> This is very full month, a Red Hat/MeeGo/Synergy month. </p> FreeBSD - An Intro for Linux Devotees http://linuxgazette.net/186/grebler1.html Henry Grebler Tue, 31 May 2011 23:50:16 -0500 By <strong>Henry Grebler</strong> <br> <p> Let's get the disclaimers out of the way quickly. </p> HelpDex http://linuxgazette.net/186/collinge.html Shane Collinge Tue, 31 May 2011 23:50:16 -0500 By <strong>Shane Collinge</strong> <br> <p> <em>These images are scaled down to minimize horizontal scrolling.</em> </p> XKCD http://linuxgazette.net/186/xkcd.html Randall Munroe Tue, 31 May 2011 23:50:16 -0500 By <strong>Randall Munroe</strong> <br> <p> <div class="cartoon1"> <a href="misc/xkcd/extended_mind.png"> <img alt="[cartoon]" title="Wikipedia trivia: if you take any article, click on the first link in the article text not in parentheses or italics, and then repeat, you will eventually end up at &quot;Philosophy&quot;. 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