Daily giveaways the entire month of November
What does a new charge kit, a brain machine and an ice tube clock, which all have in common? The question is, Alex, what are things you can win from Linux Journal of this month. That's right, we have to give away some pretty cool prizes every day rounded up and celebrate 200 questions in a big way of this November.
Visit www.linuxjournal.com/giveaway for your chance to win. (Although we will not be angry at you, if you want to subscribe to Linux Journal), no purchase is necessary. We are not shy about giving away things around here, so while on many days, only a single price awarded, in a few days we will surprise you with a handful of winners will. But you never know it was because, enter to win. So go, enter to win now. And celebrate with us.200 Questions? pretty cool if you me questions.
______________________Carlie Fairchild is editor of Linux Journal.Sie your champagne in the celebration of 200 questions waiting to someone, this month send.
When is a Gnome no GNOME? In Ubuntu 11.04!
Summit Ubuntu developer on Monday announced that Ubuntu 11.04 with unit comes as his default shell. It is still focus on GNOME applications and unity are strongly dependent on the GNOME libraries but the standard interface. For those who are not familiar with unit is it the default shell for the NetBook Edition of Ubuntu.Does canonical have the right to leave the GNOME shell for your flagship product? Of course you do, it's their distribution. Heck, they kept Brown for years even if teased incessantly. It is whether you love or hate the decision to abandon the GNOME shell for the unit, Canonical's right to do as you see fit. Of course it is easy, the default shell to change much as it is easy to change the default applications to install you. To be honest, I like most the default application choices in Ubuntu, or the operating system is so solid, I enter just tweak little and I'm happy.For search, I prefer chrome on the default Firefox. I prefer Pidgin about empathy. Music I like Banshee. I install twhirl for Twitter. None of these tweaks problems with Ubuntu and most pretty to integrate, also cause if you not preferences. So what does mean towards unity for most users? not much.Granted will use it a little differently, but most users should see much of a difference in functionality. There is some question whether Ubuntu call still a "GNOME-based distro" can there really unit use as your default user experience. That seems more an argument of the semantics though and role will not be much to the end user.So what are your thoughts on the switch to the appliance? Is it a good move? Move bad? Arrogant, power-the showcase Communist-loving puppy kicks move? Or not really interested? Personally fall I in the latter camp. If I don't like unit, I'll just install another option. This is Linux after all and we can do what we want!Spotlight on Linux: Arch Linux 2010.05
One of the top 10 most popular distributions on Distrowatch.com's page hit ranking is Arch Linux. It attracts many users because of its ability users give a sense of ownership without excessive time and effort. He began his life in 2002 and has in popularity since increased. In addition to the major operating system, the project offers a moderate community, friendly and active user forum and much easy-to - follow documentation size.
Arch is designed as a rolling release system, what, means it is updated regularly on the package manager instead to newly installed every six months as some other distributions. However, developer share a new core and net image every six to nine months for new users or those, a clean start. It is a live CD, but don't expect a fancy desktop. It starts a command line interface for user a system from which you can work. But don't worry, the install procedure is not really very different from Slackware's.It is a wizard, potential users to visit the searching through most could procedure führt.Allerdings arch wiki and a few notes before you start.
The primary advantage of Arch Linux is that you can build your system to your own tastes and needs. Make it as light or full featured as you want. You can create packages from source if you wish. Another advantage is the high performance.A disadvantage is that you must be familiar with your hardware and müssen.Wieder setup a few configuration files by hand using a text editor, refer to the official Arch Linux installation guide or the unofficial beginners' Guide for complete details. Documentation is on the installation CD and / usr/share/aif/docs/official_installation_guide_en contain.
It is your choice but everyone of famous desktops are available for installation as most every piece of software, you might need.After install Pacman install additional software and keep your arch system updated.It can is similar to APT on the command line and install, uninstall, update, search repositories and installation data query.
Arch is not for the timid, but once it is installed users tend to positive reviews are erhalten.Also in the usually very happy, and Arch, if you want full control of the system you want to run get then arch is a very good choice. install a more traditional for those, which prefer to a full desktop in a few clicks may the chakra project and ArchBang two proposals.
Screenshot of arch user Mcordv.
Talking point: Linux could abandon directories in for mark?
For a pretty scruffy-looking guy, I have to organize a surprisingly healthy approach to my files. However, I'm constantly against push the limitations of a system based directories. I am convinced that Linux tagging needs to make greater use, but I'm also beginning to wonder if desktop Linux could completely give up the hierarchical tree.
Why is it that Web-based technology makes such online bookmarking far stronger use of tagging the Linux desktop?Directories for files based on the way, that people have organized elements in the real world with categories and sub Kategorien.Dank of powerful computers and cheap, plentiful storage offers the tagging now a method of memory based on placing files in one place or another.
The word processing file that makes this article is stored/documents/articles / Linux_journal /, but it could be organized more efficiently if I could easily tag as "Documents", "Articles", "Linux Journal" also "op ed", "daft ideas", "tagging", "Linux" and "web posts". In this way I could find it by searching the alll Web contributions I have made this year, all of the op-ed peices I've ever written.
Some organisational situations illustrate the weakness of the hierarchical approach.For example, if I download some independent electronic dance music, where place it within a hierarchical system filesystem I? it works dance electronica independent or/mp3/independent / electronica / dance/mp3?Which system works best, depends on whether the key factor is that it is Electronica or independent produziert.Dies, where tagging in the own comes as it at once can be placed objects in more than one category.
When dealing with files, it is a distinction between the files, the I usually have the care and those who I just about when I play with care within Linux's Innereien.Die standard setup this distinction recognises most Linux distributions, how the files are either stored:
outside of the / home directory (files, the I don't about most care) hidden within the / home directory (other files the I don't about most care), but the / home directory and (the files that I care about are visible)
It is this last category of files that is ripe for a tagged system moved wird.Verzicht on the directory system outside of the / home folder would mean, design not only a new operating system, but design a new set of applications.
Application discovery could make tagging more useful, because what it looks like when I open or save, I tagging that can use most of the time.For one thing, tagging, application-aware could reduce workload.A word processor might tag a file as a "Text document" and maybe some relevant tags from the system tag cloud to go with it offer me.When I download a file inside Firefox, bet I, pretty easy it would be for developers to mark as "downloaded".look file this way, which it considers that the information if I also that decide it belongs in the "video" and "Follower" "Film" "Science Fiction" categories "saw".
Most people probably have a pretty firm idea of what you think is a file browser, but most of the applications are actually specialized file browser.Why change could not supporting file browser suddenly in music browsing mode as soon as I the music file tag select tag? if it automatically switch to the details view, added an extra in the pane on the left for an album view won a time exceeded counter in the status area with some transport controls, you would have a pretty good music player.E-Mail clients are also specialized Dateibrowser.In classic three layout area representing the left panel shows the files folder in the right upper pane in the bottom right corner a Viewer.Klicken is on the message and it opens a slightly specialized text editor.
Use tagging ubiquitous on the normal desktop would be a way for desktop Linux which competition to get, and I have an idea that it would appeal to above all people, remember that understanding tagging not experts no problems on the Web have not waren.Denken computer experts.
I see two main obstacles to greater adoption of marking on the desktop as the lack of absence of a uniform standard for metadata and the above Anwendungserkennung.Mich I question, which the first mainstream distribution or desktop environment to experiment with removing directories and go 100% end user tagging are is?
The tagging image when this article was used symbol of Salvatore Vuono erstellt.Von free digital photos are downloaded.
______________________Writer Michael Reed free http://www.unmusic.co.uk/ technology, retro computing, geek writes with culture and gender politics based in Großbritannien.Seine byline has appeared in several technology publications.
Linux Journal Insider - December 2010
This is our two hundredth issue! We celebrated the 200th issue by sending Kyle Rankin at Spain, Shawn do leave the podcast alone. OK maybe not we actually send it Kyle after Spain, but since he, Shawn gives us a solo version of Linux Journal insiders. This month is the reader's choice awards, so it is a great month your preferences against fellow Linux Journalians compare to see how you compare. We got our regular line of tech articles, tutorials and geeky reviews up. Whether the 200th issue is your first exposure to Linux Journal, or this month your 10 x 20 barn-sized mosaic tribute to the magazine is completed; It is a question you don't want to miss.
