Archive for February, 2009

Google, Nvidia Bringing Android to Tegra Chips

Nvidia has said it is working with Google to build support for Linux applications on smartphones with its upcoming Tegra mobile chips. The support for the Android platform is an attempt to drive up Tegra’s adoption among smartphone makers. Nvidia is displaying an Android-based phone with a Tegra chip at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Released

The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed “Lenny”) after 22 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of twelve processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments. It also features compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.2 of the LSB.

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Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and gOS Benchmarks

gOS and Linux Mint are two of the many Linux distributions based upon Ubuntu, but they provide their own spin of things. gOS, for instance, ships with WINE and Google Gears by default and focuses upon providing an easy and rich experienced catered around Web 2.0 services. Linux Mint ships with its own set of customizations and its focus is on providing an easy-to-use Linux desktop by having a distinct user interface, its own set of system, and shipping with various proprietary drivers, plug-ins, media codecs, and other packages. We had a question though from a reader asking whether the performance of these Ubuntu derivatives is vastly different from Ubuntu itself. With that inquiry, we have run a couple benchmarks comparing the performance of Ubuntu 8.10, gOS 3.1, and Linux Mint 6.

More details available at Phoronix.com/…

How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On CentOS 5.2

This tutorial describes how you can install Apache2 with mod_fcgid and PHP5 on CentOS 5.2. mod_fcgid is a compatible alternative to the older mod_fastcgi. It lets you execute PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners instead of the Apache user.

More details available at HowtoForge.com/…