Linux Links: "To provide an insight into the quality of free to download proprietary software that is available, we have compiled a list of 21 of the best closed-source applications. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone who does not loathe closed-source software."

HowtoForge: "MySQLTuner is a Perl script that analyzes your MySQL performance and, based on the statistics it gathers, gives recommendations which variables you should adjust in order to increase performance. That way, you can tune your my.cnf file to tease out the last bit of performance from your MySQL server and make it work more efficiently."

Phoronix: "What is the performance cost for fully encrypting a hard drive on one of these Intel Atom computers? In this article we are looking at the performance impact of fully encrypting the solid-state storage versus an unencrypted LVM within Ubuntu Linux."

Information Week: "If MS-OOXML can be approved, I'd like to see what will be rejected in the future. Sorta feels like you're watching an NBA game where the officials have already placed their bets!"

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "HIGH SCHOOL/JR.HIGH:

10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
20 END"

Linux.com: "LatencyTOP is a command-line tool and kernel patch that lets you see what is causing latency in the applications on your system."

Ubuntu Geek: "A graphical tool to make file backup simpler. Provides a user-friendly interface which allows you to back up your files easily to an archive, to a CD/DVD or to a remote location using SSH."

OStatic: "If so, OStatic is proud to announce that we're offering the first chapter of John K. VanDyk's newly updated book Pro Drupal Development, published by Apress, and out now."

Linux Loop: "Fedora has a long track record of producing amazing themes and it is obvious to me that this release will live up to that expectation."

Linux Journal: "I've wanted to write this article for quite a while. Over the years I've noted that Java-based music and sound applications have increased in number and quality, yet no comprehensive list or summaries have covered these advances. And so at long last I present this survey of music and sound applications that require Java."

Computing Tech: "On large systems with many users, you need to control the amount of disk space a user has access to. Disk quotas are designed specifically for this purpose."

Sourceforge: "Our good friend Joe Brockmeier, community manager for openSUSE, has just started blogging for ZDnet. In one of his inaugural posts, he ruminates over where a community manager belongs in corporate structure: engineering or marketing?"

PC Mech: "Sick of burning CDs of Linux distributions every time you want to try out a new one? Don’t worry, you can reuse your USB stick as many times as you like and burn bootable ISOs to it. Is there an easy way to do this? Yes."

ars Technica: "In conjunction with the release, Google has also launched Chromium, an open-source software project that enables third-party developers to study, modify, extend, and redistribute the underlying source code of the Chrome browser."

Linux.com: "Eight years ago, computer stores stocked a choice of GNU/Linux distributions -- established ones like Caldera, Red Hat, and SUSE, and newcomers like Corel, Progeny, and Stormix. Now, only Ubuntu and openSUSE offer box sets, and both face challenges that other distributions found unsolvable..."