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FossNews Weekly
Issue : 22Team : T.Shrinivasan ( tshrinivasan@gmail.com ) , K.Balavignesh ( kbalavignesh@gmail.com )Date : 16-05-2009Join Mailing List athttp://groups.google.com/group/fossnews/
Contents
1. Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Has Been Released2. Creating an invoicing system with OpenOffice.org3. KVM vs. VMware: A Case Study4. LVM made easy5. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: New Features in Postgres 8.46. Audacity: The Versatile Audio Tool for Everyone7. Linux Foundation relaunches Linux.com8. Wall Street Opens Doors to Open Source Technologies9. Ruby 1.9.1-p129 released10. Free school administration package released
1. Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Has Been Released
Ubuntu 9.04 has been released with a bunch of new features like1)Gnome 2.26 desktop environment2)X.Org server 1.63) New notification style and preferences.4) Boot performance is "significantly improved".5) Linux kernel 2.6.28-11.37, which is based on 2.6.28.8.6) Ext4 file system support7) Server edition includes support for cloud computingget your copy athttp://ubuntu.com
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If you run a business, finding an efficient system for managinginvoices is critical for sustaining a positive cash flow. Here’s howyou can create an easy invoicing solution using OpenOffice.orgWriter and Calc.http://blog.worldlabel.com/2009/creating-an-invoicing-system-with-openofficeorg.html
The rapid maturation of KVM, or ‘kernel-basedvirtual machine’, over the course of the last couple of years constituted the first open-source challenge toVMware. Integrated into the Linux kernel, KVMprovides feature-rich and highly efficientvirtualization.My colleagues and I tested KVM (running on anUbuntu 8.04 host) and ‘barebones’VMware ESXserverover the last several weeks. Ultimately, wedecided KVM was a better fit for our needs.Read more athttp://www.workswithu.com/2009/04/27/kvm-vs-vmware-a-case-study/
4. LVM made easy
Imagine you had a magic knife that would allow you to slice aloaf of bread and spread some butter on the slices. There'snothing magical about that, is there? Now imagine this knifewill let you join the bread slices together again or make themthinner without affecting the butter. This is exactly what atechnology called Logical Volume Manger (LVM) enablesyou to do. The loaf is your disk, the slices are the disk partitions, the butter is any filesystem and LVM is the magicknife.http://www.tuxradar.com/content/lvm-made-easy
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5. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: New Features in Postgres 8.4
Looking for a mature, open source database that’s not owned byOracle? Whether you’re already a fan or are looking for alternatives,now might be a good time to take a look PostgreSQL. The latestrelease of Postgres has a slew of built-in features that allow you toimprove both performance and systems administration. Learn how youtake advantage of them.http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7306/
Audacity is used for all sorts of audio tasks. There may be more specializedapplications in each category, but Audacity does a great job. If you haveanything to do with audio, this program deserves to be in your toolbox.And Audacity is not only free of cost, it is open-source software. Among otherthings, this means it will always be free of cost. It also means that if the current development teamlose interest in the project, others are able to take it up. Audacity will be there for you in the future.Your investment in learning the program will not go to waste.http://blog.audiojungle.net/resources/audacity-the-versatile-audio-tool-for-everyone/
Earlier this year the Linux Foundationtook over control of Linux.com, which had previously been
maintained bySourceForge.This week the Linux Foundation unveiled the new face of Linux.com.
The new site features blog posts, forums, a list of popular Linux distributions, complete withdownload links, and news and information about software, hardware, and other topics of interest tothe Linux community. The site is the product of input from community members who submitted andvoted on ideas atIdeaForge.
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