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Published the first day of every month. <br> Issue 154: September, 2008 en gazette@linuxgazette.net gazette@linuxgazette.net Copyright (c) 1996-2008 the Editors of Linux Gazette monthly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://linuxgazette.net/gx/2004/newlogo-blank-100-gold2.jpg http://www.linuxgazette.net/ 42 99 http://linuxgazette.net/154/lg_mail.html LG Staff Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>LG Staff</strong> <br> <br><strong>Our Mailbag</strong><br> Vectors vs. dynamic arrays<br> Followup: [Apertium-stuff] Google patent<br> One moment in TAG mail administration<br> Virtualization<br> Followup: Apertium in 'The Guardian'<br> Eml to tiff converter<br> doubt in accessing serial port<br> learning linux<br> Delivery Status Notification (Failure)<br> Followup: [Apertium-stuff] Par iaith newydd: apertium-cy-en / New language pair: apertium-cy-en<br> http://linuxgazette.net/154/lg_mail2.html LG Staff Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>LG Staff</strong> <br> <br><strong>Editor's Note</strong><br> DNS Exploit: Fix for older Fedora machines??<br> DNS exploit: watch out for NAT boxes<br> [conspire] Kaminsky presentation slides<br> [conspire] DNS vulnerability details<br> DNS source port randomisation<br> http://linuxgazette.net/154/lg_talkback.html LG Staff Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>LG Staff</strong> <br> <br>Talkback:126/howell.html<br> Talkback:152/okopnik.html<br> Talkback:110/oregan1.html <br> Talkback:152/lg_tips.html<br> http://linuxgazette.net/154/lg_tips.html LG Staff Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>LG Staff</strong> <br> <br>Two-cent tip: Starting XWindow at certain virtual terminal<br> http://linuxgazette.net/154/lg_bytes.html Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff</strong> <br> <br>Contents:<br> <strong>News in General</strong><br> Court upholds FOSS licences and community copyrights<br> Intel details Core i7 Architectures, Multi-core "Larrabee"<br> AMD: Ready to Compete<br> Progress on DNS Vulnerabilities, IANA test tool shows gaps<br> Mozilla's Firefox Wins the "Who's the Next Open Source Idol" Crown at LinuxWorld<br> <strong>Conferences and Events</strong><br> <strong>Distro News</strong><br> Debian "Lenny" Dev Tree Frozen<br> Freespire will go back to Debian<br> Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.2 released for i386 and x86_64<br> gOS 3 Gadgets announced<br> <strong>Software and Product News</strong><br> Sun Launches openSSO Express<br> Sun Unveils AMP Stack for Solaris and Linux<br> New Javascript Interpreter to be Launched with Firefox 3.1<br> http://linuxgazette.net/154/sujith.html Sujith H Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>Sujith H</strong> <br> <p> This all started with a <a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/05/06/2032216.shtml">Slashdot</a> article which described the amazing features of CHDK (Canon Hacking Development Kit). The article re-ignited my ambition to buy a camera and explore its full potential. I decided to go for the Canon A720IS, which supports CHDK. In this article I would like to share the work that I did to compile CHDK in GNU/Linux, install it, and explore its scripting capabilities. </p> http://linuxgazette.net/154/tanaka-okopnik.html Kat Tanaka Okopnik Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>Kat Tanaka Okopnik</strong> <br> <p> I don't usually get this effusive about any book, but the authors of <i>Blown to Bits</i> have written a must-read handbook on the most important political questions we face regarding the present and future of technology. Whether you're already familiar with these issues because you're the go-to guy for all your less-techie friends, or you're the bewildered by technology sort, Abelson, Ledeen, and Lewis have laid out the background and the analysis with in-book citations as well as pointers to sources and references available on the World Wide Web. </p> http://linuxgazette.net/154/tjirkalli.html Nic Tjirkalli Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>Nic Tjirkalli</strong> <br> <p> To get Linux wireless to connect using LEAP authentication (<em>yes, yes, yes, I know the choir will tell us that LEAP is not so secure and we should not be using it, but if that's the way the AP is configured, we do not have much option</em>), I did the following. It worked for me and I hope it works for you. </p> http://linuxgazette.net/154/townsend.html Owen Townsend Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>Owen Townsend</strong> <br> <p> 'uvhd' is a binary file investigation utility. It displays the contents of any file in vertical hexadecimal format, and prompts for commands to browse, search, select, update, scan/replace, print, translate, etc. uvhd is an interactive utility with a command line interface and 18 help screens. </p> http://linuxgazette.net/154/collinge.html Shane Collinge Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>Shane Collinge</strong> <br> <p> <em>These images are scaled down to minimize horizontal scrolling.</em> </p> http://linuxgazette.net/154/ecol.html Javier Malonda Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>Javier Malonda</strong> <br> <p> <em>These images are scaled down to minimize horizontal scrolling.</em> </p> http://linuxgazette.net/154/xkcd.html Randall Munroe Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>Randall Munroe</strong> <br> <p> <div class="cartoon1"> <a href="misc/xkcd/firefox_wicca.png"> <img alt="[cartoon]" title="ThisadpaidforbythecounciltopromoteMicrosoftandChristianity. Remember, The Bible is Closed Source. " src="misc/xkcd/firefox_wicca.png"><p>Click here to see the full-sized image</a> </div> More XKCD cartoons can be found <a href="http://xkcd.com">here</a>. <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1204316-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> http://linuxgazette.net/154/lg_launderette.html LG Staff Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:01 -0500 By <strong>LG Staff</strong> <br> <br>Debian package management Sudoku<br>