Linux Today

• Survey of MySQL Storage Engines
  Database Journal: "MySQL has an interesting architecture that sets it apart from some other enterprise database systems. It allows you to plug in different modules to handle storage. What that means to end users is that it is quite flexible, offering an interesting array of different storage engines with different features, strengths, and tradeoffs."
• SCALE 8x: Color management for everyone
  LWN.net: "Color management is sometimes unfairly characterized as a topic of interest only to print shops and video editors, but as Cruz explained at the top of his talk, anyone who shares digital content wants it to look correct, and everyone who uses more than one device knows how tricky that can be."
• LifeLock fined $12 million over lack of life-locking ability
  ars Technica: "As it turns out, there is no way to fully guarantee that identity theft won't happen, no matter what someone puts on the side of a truck."
• Virtual Linux
  Datamation: "The definition of virtual Linux is as fluid as the Linux platform itself. For the desktop user, virtual Linux translates into being able to use Linux without changing their existing operating system. For those working with servers however, virtual Linux can mean something very different altogether."
• Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
  ars Technica: "Did you know that blocking ads truly hurts the websites you visit? We recently learned that many of our readers did not know this, so I'm going to explain why."
• Time For Ubuntu to Fork Evolution
  WMD Zone: "Novell have previously tried to leverage that market but did it all wrong. They didn’t understand that there is just one killer feature ... that needs to be in there which is Exchange support."
• Motorola to put Bing on Android phones in China
  Good Gear Guide: "Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China"
• Selecting an Open Source Operating System
  Network World: "There's a large selection of free and open source (FOSS) operating systems available these days, and choosing the right one for any given circumstance can be quite a challenge. This article outlines the key factors you need to consider in order to pick the best operating system for your needs and experience level."
• The Ubuntu One music store and free software for profit
  LWN.net: "One of the features expected with the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 release is the Ubuntu One Music Store (UOMS). The UOMS is a mechanism by which Ubuntu users can purchase songs in the MP3 format, with some of the revenue going to support Canonical."
• Bogus Technologies: The Leader in Enterprise Systems, Storage & Networking
  Bogus Technologies: "Our Enterprise network needed to be updated in the worst way; that's why we went with Bogus Technologies."
• Why Use GRUB2? Good Question! (part 3)
  Linux Planet: "As we come to the end of Akkana Peck's excellent series on mastering GRUB2, it's not clear what advantages it has over legacy GRUB, or even good old LILO. It seems it's gone backwards. In today's installment we learn how to translate some common and mysterious error messages, and how to manage a multi-boot system with GRUB2."
• Commercial Gaming, Coming Soon to Linux?
  Linux Magazine: "The inability to play the latest off the shelf commercial games has been a thorn in the side of Linux for a long time. With companies such as Valve starting to embrace other platforms, will that be the catalyst Linux needs to become a first class citizen? "
• Mobile that allows bosses to snoop on staff developed
  BBC News: "Researchers have produced a mobile phone that could be a boon for prying bosses wanting to keep tabs on the movements of their staff."
• Open Source NoSQL Databases Ramp Up
  Database Journal: "For most of the Web era, Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) based on SQL have dominated the database landscape. But over the course of the last year, a new approach has begun to take hold known as NoSQL, offering an alternative to the traditional RDBMS."
• For Sale: Linux OS and Other Assorted Assets
  Serverwatch: "The enterprise Linux space has suddenly got very interesting following the news that a bunch of sharp-suited New Yorkers have made an offer to buy SUSE Linux's parent company, Novell."