The LinuxLink TechShow

June 27

News

Dell to offer Ubuntu on more systems (Troels) - http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6756576859.html
Will HP Follow Dell With Ubuntu Linux PCs? (Troels) - http://software.seekingalpha.com/article/39413
GPLv3 is coming into effect on Friday! [Sarcasm] RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! [/Sarcasm] (Troels) - http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/06/26/gpl-v3-the-qa-part-1-the-license/
Launch of GNU GPLv3 - http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-member/2007-06/msg00000.html
Slackware Linux 12.0 RC2 Released (Troels) - http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18144/Slackware-Linux-12.0-RC2-Released-Reviews/

Stuff

Slackware 12.0 Preview (Ben)
Linux Journal Review - Review on this month articles. (Jza)

   * Python
   * Pixel
   * Django
   * Shrek
   * Gimp and Inkscape
   * Convert movies to b/w

Comments on Spanish Linux Magazines. (Jza)
Migrating to Windows XP (Microsoft Office Communicator Rant) // and how to hack back into linux. (Jza)

Tutorials/HOWTOs/Information

Video editing with FFmpeg. (Jza)

    ffmpeg -i master_video.avi -ss 00:52:21.0 -t 00:03:25.21 new_clip.avi

Python stuff, manipulating XML under DOM (Jza)

    OONS= ‘http://openoffice.org/2001/toolbar’
    doc= minidom.parse(PATH)

    item= doc.getElementsByTagNameNS(OONS, ‘toolbaritem’)[0]
    item.setAttributeNS(OONS, ‘toolbar:visible’, ‘true’)

    fp= open(PATH, ‘wb’)
    doc.writexml(fp)
    fp.close()

HOWTO Crap out a backup on 30 min (Jza)
FreeBSD virtual hosting/security/process isolation with jails. (Troels)

June 20

News

Zatoo - Linux TV - http://zattoo.com/
Linspire bends over and signs a patent deal with Microsoft (riddlebox) - http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9642338710.html
Kevin Carmony a hypocrite? (riddlebox) - http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5160975921.html
Let your voice be heard. - http://forum.freespire.org/showthread.php?t=8028
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth says that he won't sign a patent deal with Microsoft (Troels) - http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18098/Shuttleworth-No-Negotiations-with-Microsoft-in-Progress/
Microsoft is interested in a deal with Red Hat, go fuck yourself Mr. Ballmer! (Troels) - http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operating-systems/nix/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsId=3530
Mandriva says "We will not go to Canossa", and won't do a patent deal with Microsoft. (Jza) - http://corp.mandriva.com/webteam/2007/06/19/we-will-not-go-to-canossa/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_to_Canossa#Historical_impact)
Linux phone stack gains unified messaging (Jza) - http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4166268553.html

Stuff

Apple dropping G3 support in Leopard, T is aiming at picking up a G3 PowerMac "Blue and White" for very little cash, slaying Mac OS X and loading OpenBSD on it.
Public service announcement: T has posted on his blog.
OpenBSD on the Xbox (Troels)

Tutorials/HOWTOs/Information

Translating OOo, using PO vs SDF and language hell - http://www.poedit.org and http://l10n.openoffice.org/
JZA hard at work - http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Arbol_po
JZA's first contribution for Mozilla Sunbird/Lightning - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382395
How to avoid using common proprietary software. (Troels)

 Hardware 
   BIOS (Motherboard for LinuxBIOS) 
   Graphics card 

 Software 
    Acrobat Reader 
    Flash

Multimedia codecs

    Fluendo codecs are proprietary. 
    w32codecs are proprietary.
    On top of that, illegal to use on anything but Windows and
    requires a Windows license to be able to use it.