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Show Notes:

Runs Linux:

Runs Linux:

• This Cadillac Is Powered by Linux

Android Pick:

• Poop Salary
• Thanks ToasterJ!
• Android Picks so far thanks to Madjo in the IRC Chat room!

Universal Pick:

• Miro
• Picks so far. Thanks to Madjo!

Random Distro Of The Day

• Hybryde

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• Thanks to sakuramboo!

News:

• Linux 3.4 Kernel Released With Many New Features
• Linux Mint 13 “Maya” released!
• No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8
• ownCloud 4 is OUT!
• Fedora 17 goes gold

Fedora 17 Review:

• The Fedora 17 release criteria: “The install completes, the installed system works”
• LVM out of the box + Solid advanced installation options are nice to see compared to Ubuntu
• No Chromium? Is this the 1930s?
• GNOME 3.4
• Linux Kernel 3.3
• Top features for “desktop” users of Fedora 17
• ABRT back-trace de-duplication service to reduce the number of duplicate bug reports submitted automatically upon experiencing a crash
• A tool for customizing fonts on a per language-basis on desktops using fontconfig
• Haskell Platform 2011.4
• Support for EXT4 file-systems beyond 16 terabytes in size
• A Non-Uniform Memory Alignment Daemon
• Virtualization sandbox support
• Supporting OpenStack’s Quantum virtual networking service
• Fedora now uses the Unified structure of organizing the file system. It means, that several directories like “/bin”, “/lib” and “/sbin” have been moved to “/usr/bin” etc. respectively.

What’s Bryan Doin?

• The “Build Something Fun And Win Some Pi” Contest
• BLABA Game Creator
• The Complete History Of The Linux Action Show (abridged)

Chris’ Stash:

• Security Theater Critics | Unfilter

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Matt’s How-to:

Dedicated Home Partitioning

As you discussed during the howto segment, there is a bit flexibility to setting up your partitions. When setting up partitions for Ubuntu, I recommend the following setup.

1. Choose Try Ubuntu, then run Gparted.

2. If you have two drives attached, you will have two drives available from the pull down menu. Select the one you wish to use for your / and swap.

3. Right click select on the unallocated space, choose new.

4. With the new dialog open, choose the Ext4 file system, Extended partition, and place swap in the label. For the partition size, choose double the amount of your RAM. If you have 2 Gbs of RAM (2048 Mbs), then make the swap 4 Gbs. This will make you suspending your PC much smoother and lessen the likelihood of system crashing on resume. Leave the other options alone, click Add.

5. Still with the system drive selected, next you’ll right click on the unallocated space and choose new.

6. For the partition size, choose the remainder of the space available for that drive. This will be the larger unallocated space available, of the two visible. Select Primary partition, and place / in the label. Leave the other options alone, click Add.

7. Now go back to top right of Gparted and toggle the second drive you’ve decided to use as a /home partition.

8. For the partition size, choose the remainder of the space available for that drive. This will be the larger unallocated space available, of the two visible. Select extended partition, and place /home in the label. Leave the other options alone, click Add.

9. With all of this done, click the green check mark at the top of Gparted. This will apply all of your settings changes.

10. Start the installer. Click on continue until you come to the Erase everything or Something Else options. Choose Something Else.

11. You will now see different partitions laid out before you. Below the drive designations, you will see actual “free space” areas, broken up into three sections. The smallest, is your swap. The other two will be your / and /home options.

12. The smallest free space, should be at the top of the list. Click it, then click on Add.
    The only option you change here is the pulldown menu to select Swap Area. Then click Ok.

13. The next free space in the list, should be the one I designated as the system partition. Click it, then click on Change. The only options you change here is the Use As Ext4, toggle format and the pulldown menu to select to / . Click Ok.

14. The last one in the list, is going to be for /home. Click it, then click on Add. Now select the mount point as /home. Click Ok. NOTE: The home partition should only be selected to format is it’s brand new. For future installs, you will want to click on it in this dialog, make sure format is NOT selected, in the future.

15. Make sure at the bottom of the dialog box, you’ve chosen to place the bootloader in the system selected hard drive. While we can also rely on the /boot option in partitioning, it’s rarely used for home systems.

16. Now choose Install Now. You’re all done!

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This week on The Linux Action Show!

It’s top 4 ACTION ways to backup data under Linux, then we’ve got some leaked details about Nokia’s up-coming premier MeeGo device, does it blow us away? Stay tuned to find out!

PLUS – We take Slashdot to SCHOOL!

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This week’s show notes:

The new PocketBooks, Run Linux.

Android Pick:
Evernote

• Syncs with rich web client (and Win/Mac/iPhone/iPad/Android apps)
• Will be powering Chris’ & Jeremy’s brain for the next week +
• Results will be discussed on Jupiter@Nite Monday August 31st

This Week’s News:

Google voice and video chat, now support Linux!

• First step to Android video chat?
• Google claims it took quite a bit of changes to work with Pulse Audio

Nokia’s QWERTY-slidin’ N9 shows up running MeeGo!

• The prototype, built in Finland, is said to have an entirely metallic construction
• A couple more pictures here.
• Even more p0r… err.. Pics here.

Critical Security Flaw Silently Patched

• The attack allows a (unpriviliged) user process that has access to the X server (so, any GUI application) to unconditionally escalate to root.
• It doesn’t take advantage of any bug in the X server!
• Been an issue since Kernel 2.6 was released October 8th 2003

Root Privileges Through Linux Kernel Bug (Same story, different angle. Slashdot claims they are not related, despite the fact that they are.)

• More of a conceptual issue.
• The problem is in the memory management area of Linux allows local attackers to execute code at root level.
• SUSE maintainer Andrea Arcangeli provided a fix for the problem in September 2004

https://www.webupd8.org/2010/08/official-statement-steam-not-coming-to.html

Android gets Python Scripting

C# comes to Android via MonoDroid

Linux Backup:

1. fwbackups
   1. Great UI
   2. Supports multiple OSes
   3. Remote backup support
   4. Image backup support (not  positive on this)
2. Mondo Rescue
   1. Backs up your GNU/Linux server or workstation to tape, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R[W], DVD+R[W], NFS or hard disk partition.
   2. Allows you to restore your computer from bare metal.
   3. It supports adjustments in disk geometry, including migration from non-RAID to RAID.
3. Back in Time
   1. Inspired from “flyback project” and “TimeVault”.
   2. Keep in mind that Back In Time is just a GUI. The real magic is done by rsync (take snapshots and restore), diff (check if somethind changed) and cp (make hardlinks).
   3. A new snapshot is created only if something changed since the last snapshot (if any).

Chris’ favorite for a network: BackupPC

Data Rescue:
ddrescue – Copies data (best effort) from bad sectors to good sectors
dd_rhelp – A nice tool to make using ddrescue easier.

Not sure what you should be backing up? Read this article.

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]]> https://original.jupiterbroadcasting.net/1770/boxee-is-awesome-the-linux-action-show-s11e05/ Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:35:00 +0000 https://original.jupiterbroadcasting.net/?p=1770 NVDIA drops support for their open source driver, DOES THIS CHANGE EVERYTHING? Nokia wants input on their next phone, do we have what it takes to make the next iPhone killer? We discuss!

THEN - We give you our action review of Boxee, the coolest media center software you don't use!

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This week on, The Linux Action Show!

NVDIA drops support for their open source driver, DOES THIS CHANGE EVERYTHING? Nokia wants input on their next phone, do we have what it takes to make the next iPhone killer? We discuss!

THEN – We give you our action review of Boxee, the coolest media center software you don’t use!

Plus so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

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This Week’s Links:

NVIDIA Drops Their Open-Source Driver

MeeGo code coming in March, will run on Atom boards and N900

Locale for Android

Nexus One (Extended Use) Feedback

Novell rejects ‘inadequate’ $2B takeover bid from hedge fund

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