Learn how to combine text and images on the fly as a single output image. The example scenario is a website that offers printing services with specific fonts and colors.
Sun traditionally offered both AMD and Intel processors in its x86 server lineup. Now, it's looking like AMD's Opteron won't make the cut under Oracle's ownership.
<b>Linux Questions:</b> "One of the main goals of LQ is to help members get questions about Linux answered. One way we help facilitate this is with the "Zero Reply" functionality, which allows you to easily find threads with no replies."
OS Roundup: Will the open source server OS from what was once Sun Microsystems soon be known as the project formerly known as OpenSolaris? It's beginning to seem like it.
Governments around the world told Microsoft they need more information sooner regarding patches and other security-related incidents, and the company complies.
The company started out with a server virtualization aggregation tool that makes many boxes look like one. Now, it's enhancing its formula and splitting that image into a second virtual machine.
<b>Linux.com:</b> "There's no question about whether to deploy virtualization; the real question is what virtualization solutions to look at and what workloads to virtualize. We'll help cut through the complexity and help set the options straight."
<b>PC World:</b> "Kubuntu 10.4 ("Lucid Lynx") hit the servers late last week so I thought I'd upgrade. Plenty of people appear to have had a great upgrade experience. Mine was a nightmare. But few Linux disasters are unrecoverable. Here's how I got through mine ... albeit with a few outstanding issues."
<b>My Thoughts Blog: </b>"The Ubuntu kernel developers have decided to change things up yet again for the Ubuntu Lucid kernel. The steps in this article will be significantly different from previous Ubuntu releases."
<b>Developer.com:</b> "Thanks to a number of well-designed tools, MySQL simply is a very easy database to "talk to," a convenience which is particularly important because developers often are tasked not only with constructing very complex schemas and queries, but also with monitoring overall server health and performance."
The search giant's efforts to become a viable alternative for enterprises looking to store and manage their data in the cloud will largely be determined by its ability to provide ironclad security.
Tying all of your various channels of communication together makes running your small business ecommerce site -- from anywhere -- easier and more effective.
<b>LinuxDevices:</b> "Kontron is readying an Intel Atom Z530-based box computer designed for rugged railway applications. The MicroSpace MPCX28R Railway Box PC is protected for railway use with EN50155 certification, TX compliance, extended temperature support, 1.5kV isolated power, and M12 connectors for Fast Ethernet, USB, and power..."
<b>Datamation: </b>"Two and a half years after the KDE 4 series of releases began, many users are still using KDE 3. A preference for the familiar seems to motivate some; while others seem influenced by the rumors that began with the botched 4.0 release."
<b>eSecurity Planet: </b>"AT&T has 'turned off the feature' that made it possible for an independent security watchdog group to easily penetrate the telco's data networks to access the e-mail addresses of more than 114,000 Apple iPad 3G owners."