Think of Wireless LAN as a system

Wireless troubleshooting-tip: What makes up a wireless LAN? 3 three main parts:

1. The infrastructure
2. The clients
3. The environment

The Infrastructure

This includes not only the access point(s) and the WLAN controller(s), but any of the routing & switching gear used for uplinks. Also included in the infrastructure would be any of the network infrastructure / services leveraged by the wireless LAN (examples include RADIUS, Network Time Protocol, Syslog, etc.)

The Clients

The IEEE 802.11 specification refers to these as "stations". Clients/stations could be computers such as laptops, table PCs, or netbooks. Other examples of wireless stations include dual-mode phones, handheld scanners, etc. When thinking about the clients, realize this includes not only the hardware, but the software (such as a client driver or management supplicant).

The Environment

This most commonly refers to the Radio Frequency environment. The RF environment can be evaluated with a spectrum analyzer, which can show you the signal level of your APs, the noise floor, and any interference in the area. Interference can come from other Wi-Fi devices, or non Wi-Fi devices (such as microwave ovens, cordless phones, and Bluetooth). I also think of the Physical environment, which is the type of construction materials used, the amount of vegitation in the area, the terrain/line-of-sight, etc.

Conclusion

Troubleshooting situations. In many of these cases, the infrastructure has been evaluated as a potential source for issues (for example, are the authentication/encryption settings correct), but the clients and the environment have been neglected.

In troubleshooting scenarios, it is imperative to take a thorough look at all three components. Not only should you take a look at the configuration file of the infrastructure, but ensure that wireless clients have the most up-to-date drivers. Look to see that clients power-save and roaming agressiveness settings are appropriate for the application. Double-check to ensure there is no interference from Wi-Fi or non Wi-Fi sources, etc. In short, evaluate your WLAN as a system.

SBA: Open Government Doesn’t Apply to Minority Entrepreneurship

Diamond Ventures, a venture capital firm, is suing the Small Business Administration (SBA) for racial discrimination. The $50 million lawsuit alleges that the SBA rejected Diamond’s application to join their Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program. SBIC firms are licensed to provide equity investment and loans to small firms, backed by government guarantees.

While there has been a long history in African-American entrepreneurship that the SBA is our friend. I’ll go as far as to say that it has frankly been force-feed to our communities as the first stop when striking out on our own in search of the great American Dream. When our communities are fed incorrect information such as this it’s not surprising that only 39% of African-American entrepreneurs survive past four years, data taken directly from the SBA’s own research.

The Chicago Tribune expanded on these findings discovering during an interview with the Kauffman Foundations that while African-Americans are 50% more likely to start a business than whites they still face a higher level of difficulty trying to maintain funding, often resorting to more expensive ways of financing businesses (mortgage refinances, credit card debt, etc.) despite having smaller personal financial wealth.

Apple's play for platform dominance

Apple's play for platform dominance - A Developer’s View

Maybe I’m getting pulled along by the tidal wave of hype accompanying Apple’s new computing device. Then again, the hype does seem to be backed by some real demand. You don’t have to hear it from me to know that the iPad looks like it is off to a flying start. Pictures this weekend of lines outside of Apple stores all across the United States support the notion that there is high demand for this kind of product. I was quite impressed with the device when I played with it at a West Hollywood Best Buy this past Saturday.

It seems likely that Apple will sell stacks of iPads this year, and if growth follows a similar trajectory to iPhone, its popularity will only accelerate with each new generation. More important for Apple, though, is that the iPad is designed to generate LOTS of revenue…for Apple. Apple’s iPad business model provides multiple revenue “whacks,” starting when people buy the device in the first place, followed by an ongoing revenue stream from the cut Apple takes on every application sold through its App store (which is, consequently, the only way to get an application onto an iPad, which to my mind, is a clear step backwards). Microsoft would have killed to have had a similar model for Windows, followed most assuredly by antitrust officials returning the favor by splintering the company into a 1000 little pieces.

Sales numbers are important, though they aren’t the only reason the iPad represents Apple’s attempt to make real developer mindshare gains for Objective-C and its Cocoa family of APIs (the technologies which underlie native development atop the Mac OS X platform). Clearly, Apple executives have that in mind. Positioning Mac OS X as the foundation of its line of computers, iPod Touch and iPhone devices was a hint of things to come, as it means every new user creates that much more demand for the platform as a whole (which is why it drives me crazy that Microsoft never really achieved true platform unification; most of its devices are based on Windows CE, not base Windows). It provides context for Apple’s attack on former friend Adobe and its Flash technology. Apple can’t really do anything to stop HTML and web technologies from being a viable platform for applications, as failure to support them properly would all but doom any network-aware device they offered to market. However, the limitations of web applications ensure that companies will need to write non-browser applications. Apple has ensured that those applications will be mostly Objective-C using Cocoa, at least for their new line of portable products.

iPad, however, can cement Apple’s APIs as a de facto standard similar to the role Microsoft’s WIN32 APIs serve on desktop computers, in ways that iPhone and Apple’s computer line never could. From a computer standpoint, Apple is unlikely to ever displace Windows, or make much of a dent in the server space (not that Apple has tried very much, Mac OS X Server notwithstanding), though they might manage an uptick. That battle is over, and Microsoft won it. Dominate a new category of computing category, maybe (hint hint). They aren’t, however, going to end up the de facto standard in desktop computers.

Apple has made large strides in the phone space, to be sure. The iPhone redefined the category, changing completely what users expect from data-connected smartphones. The problem with phones, though, is that they are a bit like cars and clothes. They are personally identifiable and expressive of individuality in ways a desktop computer isn’t (though I think it is notable that Apple has had most success, from a computer standpoint, in laptops, something people do carry on their person and use publicly in places like coffee bars and Internet cafes). Apple will have a large share of the smartphone market, but I don’t ever see them controlling the market the way Microsoft did with Windows.

The iPad is different. It is a new-ish category, one that has been tried by others (notably Microsoft). Those predecessors, however, were hamstrung by an inability to simplify the interaction model for a new form factor. That, consequently, is the same thing that torpedoed Windows Mobile, at least once something better appeared on the horizon. Apple is entering the market with a large number of applications, a great distribution network centered around its iTunes Application and content store, and a sense for design of products people use in public spaces. What is unique about the space iPad enters is that it is, at core, a tools market.

Don’t get me wrong, people WILL buy iPads because it sports the big Apple logo on back and is the much-hyped cool new technology toy…at least for now. That mania, however, will fade, just as the iPhone glitz is starting to fade as Androids pop up on networks around the world, attracted by a business model that pays them to carry it (Google, a services and advertising company, can do that, which is why it is such a threat to both Apple and Microsoft’s business model). What will keep Apple pumping out iPads, in my opinion, is if it makes a great tool that is easy to use and has available to it a large supply of helpful applications (the same thing that initially made Windows so compelling). In the tools category, usefulness eclipses sex appeal (though Apple knows that the latter never completely goes away). As Microsoft demonstrated with its control of the platform used on personal computers, one company can achieve overwhelming market share of a tool. With that market share, Apple can grow developer mindshare. Developers (myself included) follow the market.

It would be hard to mistake me for a fan of Apple products. I’ve never liked Apple computers, favoring the developer-friendliness, universal compatibility and UI flexibility of Windows. I can’t stand Apple business practices, whether it involves predatory lawsuits designed to curtail growth in Android’s market share or the hammerlock they have over the approval process for applications that appear on an iPhone or iPad. I strongly dislike Apple development technologies (Objective-C in particular), though fortunately for Apple, that is something most people care nothing about.

But, I’ve never faulted their hardware design skills, and I certainly can’t fault them their strategy. Apple is rolling out an entirely new category of product while its larger (for now) competitor, Microsoft, is struggling to roll out a sensible competitor to the iPhone and Android. But, I’m not a fan of Ed Hardy-brand clothes, hate the De Beers-created cultivation of invidious distinction centered around sparkly rocks, and have never found an insurance company about whom I’ve had good things to say. My dislike of the company, in other words, isn’t likely to change the fact that Apple is one of the smartest companies in computers these days.

Will I buy an iPad? I certainly won’t rule it out. As noted, the device feels very easy to use. I can see a lot of use for it for quick browsing of the Internet, retrieval of email (it supports Exchange, so I can check my corporate email), and maybe even watching Netflix in bed. I previously thought that I couldn’t see myself reading books on it due to its backlit screen (the same reason I hate reading documents on a laptop), though I’m less sure after holding it in my hands. I read LOTS of boring technical PDFs these days, and the iPad would be a great way to go through them (though getting them ONTO the device was made unnecessarily tricky due to Apple’s decision to omit an SD slot or a USB port).

The thing that struck my wife and me was that this would be perfect for her non-technical parents (not my parents, who are bigger geeks than I am). Computers ARE too complicated, and this was almost as easy to use as opening a book and reading from it.

I won’t ever stop rooting for another company to take bigger market share so long as Apple is the kind of company that it is (Google seems the most likely candidate). But, I will appreciate the design of their products.

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What They're Invalidating in Puerto Rico

In an effort to counter fraud, the government of Puerto Rico - a U.S. commonwealth- is rendering all its birth certificates worthless. A law passed last December, which is only now receiving widespread publicity, requires millions of native Puerto Ricans to replace their birth certificates starting July 1. Many of the documents, which were routinely used on the island for everything from school enrollment to sports-league registration, have been stolen and sold on the black market over the years.

When the Earth Moves

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded ripped through central Chile on Feb. 27, tearing up roads and bridges, reducing homes and hospitals to rubble. Many residents on the country's shoreline survived the quake only to drown shortly after, when a tsunami sucked boats and houses into the sea. Describing a "catastrophe of unthinkable magnitude," Chile's President Michelle Bachelet vowed to explore whether the country's tsunami-warning system had failed and, with water and food running low, deployed troops to combat looting, search for survivors and restore order.(See pictures of Chile's massive earthquake.)

Officially, the quake measured 8.8 on the Richter scale — powerful enough, NASA announced, to shift the earth's axis and shorten the planet's day. But in the face of such awesome power, the death toll remained relatively low: 799 as of March 3. By contrast, more than 200,000 Haitians died as a result of a Jan. 12 quake that was very much weaker than the one in Chile.

The reason is clear: Chile is a country that is rich enough and well governed enough to insist that buildings be constructed to withstand quakes. Haiti is neither. There is a lesson in this. The biggest threat to human life was once natural disasters. Now it is our own shortcomings. To walk through Chile's gleaming and unbroken capital is to learn that although earthquakes, when coupled with dire poverty, can do terrible harm, we have the capacity to mitigate it.

When the earth moved under Chile, many of its engineers and development experts were hard at work in Haiti; now they will return to focus on their own wounded country. When things are broken, Chile reminds us, they can be fixed.

Watch TIME's video "Harsh Lessons for Chile and Haiti from Peru."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1969741,00.html#ixzz0jni9xMGM

10 Ways Parents Can Help To Close The Gap

1. PICK A GREAT SCHOOL. Look for a school where the teachers are engaged withs students and parents are attentive. Get to know your child's teachers and don't hesitate to discuss concerns.
2. BE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS. Every American child has a legal right to a quality education. Federal law guarantees that you may opt out of failing schools. For more information check ed.gov/ncib.
3. TURN THE TELEVISION OFF. Reading with your children promotes their intellectual development. If your wallet isn't recession proof, your local library is still free.
4. BE DISCIPLINED ABOUT HOMEWORK. Emphasize effort and understanding of the material. If you can watch your child in basketball practice for an hour, you can sit with your child over homework for an hour.
5. KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE. There are tons of pretty kids who sing well and are great in sports. But education is the only pursuit that truly guarantees success. Keep focused on school - but make sure you are supporting your child's dreams and not your dreams for your child.
6. GO TO MUSEUMS, ZOOS, AND AQUARIUMS. No time for a trip? Type the word "shark"  your internet browser and tour the world's oceans with your child.
7. INVEST IN YOUR CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT. Find extracurricular classes and programs that interest them and support their learning. And think ahead: Talk to your bank or financial advisers about tax-free college funds.
8. PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH. If you say you value education, then get one. Research show that the further moms go in school, the further their children will go.
9. KNOW LOVE DOESN'T HAVE TO HURT. Sometimes we are too quick to focus on the negative. Children respond better to steady, positive vocabulary and clear direction. Nobody responds well to constantly being berated. 
10. ACCEPT THAT EDUCATION IS A PROCESS. We're all trying to get it right. If your children are disciplined and curious about learning, you made them that way. But, if they're wild and unmotivated, that's on you too. Ask the hard questions educate yourself, and stay committed to your child's success. 

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Gone are the days when Macs were only considered valid ‘office' computers. These days, Macs are the slick icons of the design and music industries — and now they're also spreading to the general consumer market. But even though Macs are an overall reincarnation of simplicity and user-friendliness, most people – whether they are computer initiates or have been working with Windows their entire life – need a little help getting started.

This slick, sixty-odd paged monster is based on Snow Leopard – the latest release of the Mac OS X operating system – and tells you everything you need to know about Mac. With this free guide you will also receive daily updates on new cool websites and programs in your email for free courtesy of MakeUseOf.

Teaching our Children - A strategy for success

Essence spent a year exploring how Black parents can take responsibility for our children's success. 

How one Mother transformed her children into achievers 

By Rose T. "Dr Mom" Watson, Ph.D., 

is the founder of Mothers of Achievers,

 an organization that promotes 

successful parenting strategies.

The most important step for parents in steering their children's education is having a vision. I'm not talking about some whimsical dream, but a specific goal that guides your decisions and actions. My husband and I had a clear vision for our four children: They would become high achievers.

It was our firm goal for our children to be high achievers that allowed us to make the most of their abilities, and we started the day each was born. We taught discipline and character, favored a kind word over a sharp rebuke, and held high expectations. We chose good schools that met the needs of each individual child. We turned the dining table into study hall each night, with the TV off. We made it a point to know each of their teachers and made sure that during the morning drive to school each child had a book to read.

It was tough for my husband and me to balance our jobs and our commitment to the children's education. At one point I held three teaching positions while he worked out of state. On occasions 

 the kids found me praying over stacks of bills and asking for guidance. When they saw food stamps in the house they asked "Mom, does this mean we're on welfare?" Regardless of our circumstances we remembered that dreams determine destiny. The day I watched my son receive his degree from Harvard I knew that, as parents, we had helped him maximize his potential, and it was our vision that made it so. 

T-Mobile To Rollout The Nation’s Fastest 3G Wireless Network With HSPA To More Than 100 Metropolitan Areas In 2010

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A Debian Package Primer: Part O

The Advanced Package Tool (APT) is a command line tool that allows you to download install software packages and their dependencies to your system. Note the magical words, “and their dependencies.” This aspect of tools like apt-get justifies their use on any system, desktop or server.

APT is an all-in-one tool for managing software on your system. With it, you don’t really need any other tool or program for package management. The Debian distribution and its offspring enjoy the most comprehensive list of available software packages available for Linux.

There are still those rare occasions when you’ll need to download and install software using the classic tarball: unzip, untar, configure, make, make install format.

Sources Update

Using the apt-get command is simple. It always follows the syntax:

$ sudo apt-get command package 

The entry is optional if you’re updating, upgrading or performing non-package specific tasks. Several interactive examples will illustrate its use. In this first example, use apt-get to update the /etc/apt/sources.list file. The/etc/apt/sources.list file is a list of your configured repositories from which apt-get will download packages. This file can list both local (disk or CD/DVD) and remote package sources.

$ sudo apt-get update  Hit http://distro.ibiblio.org lenny Release.gpg Ign http://distro.ibiblio.org lenny/main Translation-en_US Hit http://distro.ibiblio.org lenny Release Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile Release.gpg Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Translation-en_US Ign http://distro.ibiblio.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile Release Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://distro.ibiblio.org lenny/main Packages Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Sources Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Translation-en_US Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources Reading package lists... Done 

Upgrade All Packages

To upgrade all packages for which upgrades exist, use:

$ sudo apt-get upgrade   Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded:   cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-common curl dpkg dpkg-dev drupal6 libapache2-mod-php5 libavcodec51   libavformat52 libavutil49 libcups2 libcupsimage2 libcupsys2 libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls libmozjs1d libpango1.0-0   libpango1.0-common libpostproc51 libpulse0 libsmbclient libwbclient0 linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686   linux-headers-2.6.26-2-common linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 linux-libc-dev php5 php5-common php5-gd php5-mysql sudo   xulrunner-1.9 xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support 35 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 49.9MB of archives. After this operation, 115kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 

Typing a ‘Y’ at the prompt will download and install the listed packages.

Installing Packages

You also use apt-get to install individual packages and their dependencies.

$ sudo apt-get install abiword  apt-get install abiword Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed:   abiword-common abiword-help abiword-plugin-grammar abiword-plugin-mathview latex-xft-fonts   libaiksaurus-1.2-0c2a libaiksaurus-1.2-data libaiksaurusgtk-1.2-0c2a libgdome2-0 libgdome2-cpp-smart0c2a   libgoffice-0-4 libgoffice-0-common libgsf-gnome-1-114 libgtkmathview0c2a liblink-grammar4 libloudmouth1-0   libots0 libwv-1.2-3 link-grammar-dictionaries-en Suggested packages:   abiword-plugin-goffice The following NEW packages will be installed:   abiword abiword-common abiword-help abiword-plugin-grammar abiword-plugin-mathview latex-xft-fonts   libaiksaurus-1.2-0c2a libaiksaurus-1.2-data libaiksaurusgtk-1.2-0c2a libgdome2-0 libgdome2-cpp-smart0c2a   libgoffice-0-4 libgoffice-0-common libgsf-gnome-1-114 libgtkmathview0c2a liblink-grammar4 libloudmouth1-0   libots0 libwv-1.2-3 link-grammar-dictionaries-en 0 upgraded, 20 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 9295kB of archives. After this operation, 29.6MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y 

Removing Packages

The apt-get utility is equally good at uninstalling packages:

$ sudo apt-get remove tcpdump  Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package tcpdump is not installed, so not removed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 

That is the message you’ll receive if you attempt to remove a package that doesn’t exist. The following is an example of a successful uninstall:

$ sudo apt-get remove tcpdump   Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED:   tcpdump 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 631kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 154120 files and directories currently installed.) Removing tcpdump ... Processing triggers for man-db ... 

Package Cleanup

If you find that your disk space decreases without explanation, it might be related to your use ofapt-get. When you install software, the packages download to your local disk’s cache directory. You can use apt-get to perform the necessary housekeeping functions for you. Running the cleanoption can free up a significant amount of space for you. If you want to look at the list of packages in the apt-get queue, they’re in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory.

debian:/etc/apt# df -h Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1             4.7G  3.4G  1.1G  76% / tmpfs                 253M     0  253M   0% /lib/init/rw udev                   10M  588K  9.5M   6% /dev tmpfs                 253M     0  253M   0% /dev/shm /dev/sda2             5.0G  1.6G  3.1G  35% /var  debian:/etc/apt# apt-get clean  debian:/etc/apt# df -h Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1             4.7G  3.4G  1.1G  76% / tmpfs                 253M     0  253M   0% /lib/init/rw udev                   10M  588K  9.5M   6% /dev tmpfs                 253M     0  253M   0% /dev/shm /dev/sda2             5.0G  380M  4.4G   8% /var 

You can see from the clean process that the /var directory is now relatively empty. Performing this housekeeping function on a regular basis is something you should do on a regular basis to free valuable disk space.

A Helping Hand

If you’ve never needed help on a Linux system, consider yourself alone in a world of needy users and system administrators who do. Manual (man) pages are your primary source of extended information and documentation for commands and utilities. Currently, the man page for apt-get is over 400 lines long and has in-depth information on almost every aspect of the utility.

If you’re like most people, you only need a slight “refresher” to nudge you in the right direction and not a book length treatise on the subject. Well documented utilities like apt-get have additional online help available to you that displays an abbreviated man page that just hits the most popular command options and switches.

Try the online help for apt-get by typing:

$ apt-get help  apt 0.7.20.2 for i386 compiled on Apr 20 2009 21:52:39 Usage: apt-get [options] command        apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]        apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]  apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update and install.  Commands:    update - Retrieve new lists of packages    upgrade - Perform an upgrade    install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)    remove - Remove packages    autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages    purge - Remove and purge packages    source - Download source archives    build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages    dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)    dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections    clean - Erase downloaded archive files    autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files    check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies  Options:   -h  This help text.   -q  Loggable output - no progress indicator   -qq No output except for errors   -d  Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives   -s  No-act. Perform ordering simulation   -y  Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt   -f  Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place   -m  Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable   -u  Show a list of upgraded packages as well   -b  Build the source package after fetching it   -V  Show verbose version numbers   -c=? Read this configuration file   -o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual pages for more information and options.                        This APT has Super Cow Powers. 

The online help, as you can see, gives you almost everything you need without paging through 400+ lines of man page.

In The Moo’d

If you’re in the moo’d for something completely different, you’ll notice at the end of the apt-gethelp, the line, “This APT has Super Cow Powers.” Try this:

$ apt-get moo           (__)          (oo)    /------/   / |    ||  *  /---/     ~~   ~~ ...."Have you mooed today?"... 

You’re welcome.

Next week, in Part Two, I’ll introduce you to Aptitude, which is a more user friendly version of apt-get.

Most anticipated smartphones of 2010 (photos) | ZDNet Photo Gallery

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Previously known as the Supersonic, the HTC Evo 4G is the first 4G smartphone to be released in the U.S. It will run on Sprint's WiMax network and is expected to be released in this summer. Aside from the 4G support, the Evo boasts a 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen, Android 2.1, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and an 8-megapixel camera.

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The Linux version of Google's Chrome browser has received a tuneup.

Updates fix a handful of bugs; they also bring in better support for custom fonts and improvements in GTK theme mode. The Linux and Mac versions of Chrome still trail the Windows version in terms of development, though it's interesting that some Chrome features are appearing in Linux before they show up in Mac.

Version 5.0.307.7 of Chrome for Linux addresses several bugs that were problematic in the previous version. One fix, for example, changes an out of memory (OOM) killer mechanism so that it terminates runaway tabs before it closes the browser when memory is low.

Chrome now accounts for 4.63 percent of the market, Net Applications found, whileMicrosoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Internet Explorer holds 62.69 percent, Mozilla Firefox claims 24.61 percent and Safari accounts for 4.46 percent.

Expect too see some movement and continued traction for Chrome.