The nonprofit Linux Foundation has unveiled the Linux Weather Forecast, a Web site aimed at giving people a better sense of the status of specific Linux kernel projects. The Foundation created the forecast site by teaming up with Jonathan Corbet, a Linux kernel developer and writer, who's also executive editor of the LWN.net Linux and free software news site.
The forecast provides summaries on work in areas including core Linux kernel development, virtualization and containers, file systems, security, networking and support for hardware.
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Introducing PU_IAS Linux 5 |
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PU_IAS Linux is a custom RedHat distribution and mirror project, sponsored and supported by members of the computing staff of Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study.
 Release Highlights
Kernel 2.6.18 (Xen and PAE kernels)
Virtualization Manager with GUI interface layer on top of Xen
Compiler GCC 4.1
Gnome 2.16
KDE 3.5.4
X.org 7.1.1
Compiz and Beryl window managers with variety of desktop effects using AIGLX
Apache 2.2
PHP 5.1
MySQL 5
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Virtualization Techniques |
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Hardware-Virtualization (e.g. QEMU,VMware)
Para-Virtualization (e.g. Xen, Denali, User Mode Linux)
OS-Virtualization (e.g. OpenVZ,Linux-Vserver, Sun Solaris, Containers)
Virtualization became a hot topic in 2006 (although it has been around for something like 40 years on the mainframe side of the world). And, it looks like it might be the hot topic for 2007. Go to any IT conference today and it’s highly likely there will be at least some sessions, if not a bevy of keynote speeches, on the topic of virtualization. (http://www.oreillynet.com)
Here is the paper for the talk at 12th Linuxtag (Wiesbaden/Germany) by Werner Fisher and Christoph Mitasch.
Virtualization techniques are getting more and more popular. They allow to run multiple virtual servers on a single physical machine. But in case of a hardware outage, tens of virtual servers are down. This paper gives some insight how to prevent this situation. “Problems of virtualization” discusses why it is necessary to think about clustering in virtualized environments. Then, “Types of virtualization” explains characteristics of different virtualization techniques and shows some examples of virtualization. “HA cluster configurations in virtual environments” looks into different kinds of possible cluster configurations, their respective advantages and drawbacks, and possible pitfalls. Finally “Examples” shows some concrete examples of HA (high availability) clusters in virtual environments.
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New to Linux? Would like to learn more about flavors of Linux distributions?
One of the best resources I found very useful is Distorwatch website. My favorite part of the website is DW Weekly (opinion column about the current happenings in the world of Linux distributions. It also includes a summary of distribution releases over the past week, expected upcoming releases, comments area.
Ladislav Bodnar is the person behind DW website.
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Beryl 0.1.4 and Fedora Core 6 |
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 Demonstration of AIXGL 3D effects with Beryl window manager under Fedora Core 6.
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 3D music video. Not sure, but it looks like
this is a graphic demo from the ati 9xxx series
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Installing and securing phpMyAdmin |
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 This how-to will show how to install and secure phpMyAdmin
This how-to will work best with Red Hat based distributions
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 Here is the screen shot of Fedora Core
6. As you can see I am running Windows Vista inside WMware
workstation with AIXGL effects!
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Welcome to Princeton Linux Users Group website |
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Princeton University has a strong and diverse population of Linux users with varied Linux knowledge and experience.  PLUG, the Princeton Linux Users group, provides a forum to build a community of support and interaction to improve the Linux experience on campus and to welcome new users to this outstanding platform. This web site will serve as the focus of PLUG allowing users to share news, tips, and experiences as well as ask questions and learn more about Linux. As the group grows we look forward to meetings where we can discuss pertinent topics, present ideas and knowledge, and host outside speakers.
 A major component of the positive Linux experience at Princeton University is the Elders/PU_IAS Linux distribution. Developed and maintained by Josko Plazonic (Math and PACM) and Thomas Uphill (IAS) the Elders distribution is currently based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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