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| General: New Linux Super Computer Uses Playstation 3's | |
 When the PlayStation3 was released in November 2006, Gaurav Khanna's wife braved long queues so he could be one of the first people in the US to get his hands on the gaming console.
But the astrophysicist was not itching to burn some rubber in Gran Turismo or shoot hoops in NBA 07. Instead he wanted to build his own supercomputer.
Mr Khanna now owns 16 PS3s, which spend their days simulating the activities of very large black holes in the universe for the physics department at the University of Massachusetts.
Hooked together in a single cluster, the PS3 consoles provide his department with the same amount of computing power as a 400-node supercomputer.
Full article at Digital Life
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Posted by maysvill on Saturday, March 08 @ 12:16:15 CST
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| General: New Nine Inch Nails album released under Creative Commons License | |
ewiget writes "The new Nine Inch Nails album, called Ghosts I-IV, has been released under the Creative Commons License.
From the homepage: "Nine Inch Nails presents Ghosts I - IV, a brand new 36 track instrumental collection available right now. Almost two hours of new music composed and recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I - IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain.
Trent Reznor explains, "I've been considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years, but by its very nature it wouldn't have made sense until this point. This collection of music is the result of working from a very visual perspective - dressing imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams. I'm very pleased with the result and the ability to present it directly to you without interference. I hope you enjoy the first four volumes of Ghosts.""
From the FAQ: " Ghosts I-IV is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license."
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Posted by maysvill on Saturday, March 08 @ 12:07:36 CST
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| General: Free Ubuntu Training | |
Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course became available on Ubuntu Wiki as two pdf files: for students and instructors. Here are few points about this course:
There are 10 lessons in total with the last lesson covering Partitioning and Booting optional. The course is modular - 2 days if all lessons are covered however, topics and lessons can be selected as required.
There will also be a book version of the courseware which you will be able to purchase online. This will be formatted slightly differently to reduce the page numbers and make the content overall ready for print production, but the content and copyright will remain the same.
The course content is released under Creative Commons
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Posted by maysvill on Tuesday, January 08 @ 20:12:30 CST
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| General: Free Online Linux Programming Courses | |
ewiget writes "While surfing the internet, I found a web site that offers multiple levels of Linux Programming courses for free. The name of the web site is ICanProgram.com
There are multiple levels of programming, aimed at the newbie new to programming to more advanced tcl/tk and python programming. All that is required is that you submit a donation to your local cancer research charity. Students are accepted in lots of 30. Classes are online. Current registration is for summer 2007.
Check out the web site for more information. "
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Posted by maysvill on Wednesday, May 23 @ 07:21:33 CDT
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| General: Make the Move! | |
ewiget writes " A new web site is on the web entitled, Make The Move. Make The Move aims to present Linux and open source software as viable alternatives to the system on your computer.
These alternatives are both free (as in price) and free (as in freedom), and put you back in control of your system.
This site is designed to flow from the What is FOSS? section, however you may skip straight to any other.
Check out the web site at http://makethemove.net "
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Posted by maysvill on Friday, January 12 @ 19:53:04 CST
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| General: TUX magazine calls it quits | |
Tux magazine, billed as "The first and only magazine for the new Linux user," has published its last issue, according to a New Year's Day announcement by publisher Phil Hughes. The magazine had achieved a circulation of over 100,000 readers, Hughes said.
"While we have received an amazing amount of positive feedback about the magazine, the financial reality of the situation made it impossible for us to continue publishing Tux," Hughes said. "Current revenues didn't cover current costs, much less allow us to expand the publication as we wished."
 Tux was an electronic publication, available for download in PDF format for $9.95 per year from its website.
"For those that had a paid subscription, you have been sent email with your options," added Hughes.
Tux was originally owned and published by SSC, which had also published Linux Journal magazine since 1994. Hughes, founder of Linux Journal, left SSC late last year to form Tux Media Ltd., which acquired Tux from SSC.
Linux Journal, meanwhile, was acquired from SSC in December of 2006 by Belltown Media Inc., based in Houston, Texas. Belltown Media, in turn, was founded by Carlie Fairchild, who had worked closely with Hughes for over ten years.
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Posted by ewiget on Tuesday, January 02 @ 11:50:12 CST
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| General: Schools Moving to Linux | |
This article is reprinted from DesktopLinux.com
School districts around the world are increasingly examining the benefits of utilizing open-source software -- whether on servers and desktops, or via so-called Web 2.0 services freely available online. The Plano, Texas, school district is a recent example of this trend, according to an article published on eSchoolNews.com.
Note: Article was reprinted from DesktopLinux.com
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Posted by ewiget on Saturday, December 16 @ 11:36:37 CST
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| General: Linux Client Migration Cookbook, Version 2: A Practical Planning and Implementat | |
IBM has published a final draft of its "Redbook" titled Linux Client Migration Cookbook, Version 2: A Practical Planning and Implementation Guide for Migrating to Desktop Linux. The 376-page book, which targets enterprises needing to begin an evaluation of desktop Linux, is available for free download.
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Posted by ewiget on Thursday, September 21 @ 20:39:50 CDT
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| General: Registration Deadline September 22 - Ohio Linuxfest 2006 | |
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Event Date: Friday, September 22, 2006
End Date: Friday, September 22, 2006
This year's LinuxFest will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on Saturday, September 30. This is an event for experienced and inexperienced Linux users, with three conference tracks, an expo floor with commercial exhibitors and community projects, and the opportunity to meet hundreds of other FOSS users and enthusiasts.
The Ohio LinuxFest 2006 is free for all to attend, but you do need to register ahead of time. This year we're also offering an All Conference Pass for $65 that will help offset the cost of running the conference. The All Conference Pass includes lunch on the day of the conference, drink tickets for the party after the conference, vendor swag, access to the conference suite at the Holiday Inn, and a limited-edition Ohio LinuxFest t-shirt.
If you're planning to attend, sign up at http://ohiolinux.org/attend.html, and be sure to do so early. The registration deadline is September 22, but we do recommend that you register early to help us gain an accurate head count to plan by. For those attending the LinuxFest from out of town, we have arranged a group rate through the Holiday Inn Columbus City Center, but the number of rooms are limited and reservations must be made before September 5 to qualify for the group rate. See http://ohiolinux.org/attend_hotel.html for more information on lodging.
If there is anyone from Maysville, Kentucky who would like to carpool to Columbus, Ohio for this event and save some traveling expenses, contact Ed Wiget via PM, or 606-407-1838 (telephone)
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Posted by ewiget on Monday, August 07 @ 06:42:50 CDT
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| General: Ohio LinuxFest 2006 | |
Last year's Ohio LinuxFest was, hands-down, the best one yet. With more than 700 attendees and great speakers from KDE, IBM, Novell, HP, the Linux Terminal Server Project, Ubuntu, the Apache Software Foundation, and many others, it was a great time for all involved -- and we're sure that this year will be even better.
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Posted by ewiget on Wednesday, July 12 @ 11:11:10 CDT
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