Create ringtones out of WAV and MP3 files on Linux
As long as you have a WAV or MP3 file, the SoX package, and the GStreamer gstreamer-plugins-ugly package installed, you can use these scripts to convert from MP3 or WAV to AMR, and back from AMR…
Knot 3 Testing CD Released
Edgy, all about cutting edge, perhaps bleeding edge, will consist of brand new code and infrastructure. The time has come to introduce some seriously interesting, but definitely edgy, new…
Storm bets on open source Asterisk
Local voice and data service provider, Storm has turned to open source Asterisk to give clients an opportunity to venture into VoIP at low cost. The company has partnered with Asterisk specialists…
First Integrated Red Hat Application Stack Now Available
Red Hat announced two significant milestones related to its acquisition of JBoss. As of today, multi-platform JBoss enterprise middleware subscriptions are available to Red Hat channel partners…
Open source community welcomes Microsoft patent pledge
Long-time Microsoft enemies are taking a positive stance on the vendor's latest pledge not to assert its patent portfolio against a group of 38 web services specifications and their…
Mandriva Linux 2007 RC2 Released
Available in two different live/install CDs versions (KDE or GNOME) and a Dual Architecture Installation DVD.
Main changes:
-New 3D desktop support and new tool to configure it:…
Robert Levin, founder of freenode and PDPC, passes away
Early in the morning of September 16th, Rob Levin passed away in the neuro trauma intensive care unit of a Houston hospital after being struck by a car whilst out riding his bicycle. During his…
How To Combat Viruses Using Your Postfix Configuration
In this guide you will learn how to tweak your Postfix/Amavisd setup to give better virus protection. If you want to achieve business grade virus protection you need to do a few small things so…
Weekly Wrap-up
Since Linuxlookup news isn't updated over the weekends, here is the weekly wrap-up to hold you over till Monday.
Some top stories this week were:
- Trolltech Announces Pricing and…
The Most Demanding Web 2.0 Sites in the World Run MySQL
If there's one thing the top Web 2.0 sites in the world have in common, it's that they need to deliver fast results to millions of simultaneous users. The other thing they have in common is MySQL…