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Debian

Submission + - New branch on Debian? (go2linux.org)

Submitted by ggarron
ggarron writes: "It is well known on the Debian Community that the Stable version, is aimed for production environments mainly focused on stability and security, but not in having the latest packet versions. Therefore desktop users usually use Testing version for desktop environments, but this leads to some problems, as it is not intended for normal use, but for development and testing of the new stable version..."

"The solution, a new branch that being based on Testing..."
Debian

Submission + - Can Debian offer a Constantly Usable Testing distr (raphaelhertzog.com)

Submitted by ggarron
ggarron writes: Debian’s “testing” distribution is where Debian developers prepare the next stable distribution. While this is still its main purpose, many users have adopted this version of Debian because it offers them a good trade-off between stability and freshness. But there are downsides to using this distribution and the “Constantly Usable Testing” (CUT) project aims to resolve those. This article will present the project and the challenges involved to make it happen.
Debian

Submission + - Two new Linux Distributions I have tested (go2linux.org)

Submitted by ggarron
ggarron writes: Some days ago I have started testing Linux Mint Debian Edition and Archbang.

ArchBang is an Arch Linux based distribution, I think it is inspired in CrunchBang which until now is based on Ubuntu, and switching to Debian.

Linux Mint Debian Edition, it is a complete different beast. Based on Debian Testing, LMDE in no ways tries to be a lightweight distribution, it is a fully functional Linux Desktop distribution, ready to defeat Ubuntu, Fedora or PCLinuxOS.

Includes a video comparing how they look like
Ubuntu

Submission + - Quo Vadis Linux? (go2linux.org)

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: According to the author, internal problems in the Linux community are slowing down, if not stopping the Linux market share in the Desktop area.
He compares the community with a corporation, that needs a board to establish the strategy.
As he states, it seems that all the community has the same goal, but not the same strategy, therefore, the success is still far away.
Security

Submission + - Worm in wild is targetting industrial controllers (nytimes.com)

Submitted by
Kevin Stevens
Kevin Stevens writes: "In a story from the NY Times that sounds like something out of a Dan Brown novel, there appears to be a worm in the wild developed by an intelligence agency that targets specific industrial controllers used in Iran's nuclear weapons program. If that isn't sensational enough, looking at the strings inside the worm's code reveal that the project's internal name is a reference to a biblical story about the Jewish people pre-emptively attacking the Persians who were plotting against them."
Social Networks

Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted 305

Posted by Soulskill from the lost-amid-breakfast-descriptions dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Social media is ill-suited to promoting real social change, argues Malcolm Gladwell in this article from The New Yorker magazine. He deftly debunks conventional wisdom surrounding the impact of Twitter, Facebook and other social media in driving systemic social change, comparing them to the organizational strategies of the 1960s civil rights movement. For example, the Montgomery bus boycott, he argues, was successful because it was driven by the disciplined and hierarchically organized NAACP. In contrast, a loose, social-media style network wouldn't have sustained the year long campaign. He concludes that social media promote social 'weak ties' which are not strong enough to motivate people to take big risks, such as imprisonment or attack, for social change."
Businesses

Amazon Building Its Own Android App Market? 165

Posted by Soulskill from the rekindling-their-handheld-hopes dept.
Thinkcloud writes "Speculation abounds that Amazon is planning their own storefront for selling Android apps, one in which they, not the developers, will set the price and decide which apps to feature (and which apps to exclude from the store all together). It's a shrewd move and smart strategy for Amazon, though its impact on app sellers is less certain."
Linux

Submission + - 30 Linux commands list (go2linux.org)

Submitted by ggarron
ggarron writes: Some very useful Linux command compendium, covering a lot of aspects. Like:
Security, image manage, file editing and more.
Some of them not so known.
Data Storage

Video Appliance For a Large Library On a Network? 516

Posted by timothy from the wants-it-all-in-one-place dept.
devjj writes "For the past year or so I have been trying (and failing) to figure out a reasonable solution for bringing my large media library to my living room. All of my media lives on an Ubuntu server that sits on my network. It's been very reliable and it's fast enough for streaming purposes. My content is exposed via SMB. It's the living room side where I keep running into problems. I am currently using Windows 7 and XBMC, but the case is too big and noisy, I don't particularly care for Windows, and the whole thing just seems overkill. What I want is a device that can present a decent UI that the non-Slashdot crowd would be able to use, but that is still powerful enough to stream full-fidelity 1080p. I dream of a small box that can transcode video over a network, but that's probably a pipe dream. The new Apple TV would be great if it could connect to network shares. What say you, Slashdot? Is what I'm looking for possible, or should I just give in to the iTunes/Amazon/whatever juggernauts?"
Portables

Asus Budget Ultraportable Notebook Sold Sans OS 263

Posted by timothy from the utterly-completely-impossible dept.
EconolineCrush writes "Tired of paying the Windows tax on notebooks? Asus's Eee PC 1201T budget ultraportable comes without a traditional operating system and sells for only $380. The 12-inch system has promising specifications, sporting an Athlon Neo processor, Radeon HD 3200 graphics, Bluetooth, and 802.11n Wi-Fi. It weighs just 3.2lbs with a 6-cell battery and can even handle light gaming duties. However, battery life in Ubuntu is considerably shorter than it is under Windows. Are there any better options for would-be laptop Linux users?"
Linux

Submission + - Hardware drivers, the only Linux problem? 1

Submitted by ggarron
ggarron writes: There are very few things that you can accuse Linux of sucking at, but one thing that most geeks can agree on, is that Linux sucks at hardware support. So is hardware support the main hurdle that Linux has to overcome to become mainstream?
Read here the rest
Earth

How Bad Is the Gulf Coast Oil Spill? 913

Posted by Soulskill from the exxon-who dept.
Dasher42 writes "Claims are circulating on the Internet that the Coast Guard fears the Deepwater Horizon well has sprung two extra leaks, raising fears that all control over the release of oil at the site will be lost. The oil field, one of the largest ever discovered, could release 50,000 barrels a day into the ocean, with implications for marine life around the globe that are difficult to comprehend. So, considering that losing our oceanic life, with subsequent unraveling of our land-based ecosystems, is a far more possible apocalyptic scenario than a killer asteroid — what do we do about it?" Other readers have sent some interesting pictures of the spill. One set shows the Deepwater Horizon rig as it collapsed into the ocean. Others, from NASA, indicate that the spill's surface area now rivals that of Florida. The US government has indicated that it intends to require BP to foot the bill for the cleanup. And the Governator has just withdrawn support for drilling off the California coast.
Software

Rest In Peas — the Death of Speech Recognition 342

Posted by Soulskill from the yale-in-ox-boom-i-crows-off dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Speech recognition accuracy flatlined years ago. It works great for small vocabularies on your cell phone, but basically, computers still can't understand language. Prospects for AI are dimmed, and we seem to need AI for computers to make progress in this area. Time to rewrite the story of the future. From the article: 'The language universe is large, Google's trillion words a mere scrawl on its surface. One estimate puts the number of possible sentences at 10^570. Through constant talking and writing, more of the possibilities of language enter into our possession. But plenty of unanticipated combinations remain, which force speech recognizers into risky guesses. Even where data are lush, picking what's most likely can be a mistake because meaning often pools in a key word or two. Recognition systems, by going with the "best" bet, are prone to interpret the meaning-rich terms as more common but similar-sounding words, draining sense from the sentence.'"
Image

St. Louis Museum Offers Thrills, Chills, and Lawsuits 140

Posted by samzenpus from the everything-fun-is-dangerous dept.
theodp writes "Despite the whiff of danger, or perhaps because of it, the WSJ reports that the City Museum is one of St. Louis's most popular attractions. Housed in a 10-story brick building, the City Museum shows none of the restraint or quiet typical of most museums. It boasts a five-story jungle gym with two real-life jets kids can climb on, an enclosed Monster Slide that drops riders the length of three staircases, and a rooftop Ferris wheel. Sure, there are the occasional severed fingers and skull fractures, but museum founder Bob Cassilly contends that it is as safe as it can be without being a bore. 'They [lawyers] are taking the fun out of life,' says Cassilly, adding that 'when you have millions of people do something, something's going to happen no matter what you do.'"

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