Linux: Redirecting Core Dumps
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| Neil pointed to Ubuntu's Apport, "Ubuntu has implemented lots of their
| functionality with some patches that they never pushed upstream (and IMHO,
| have some security issues). This is my attempt to do what their doing sanely,
| so the other distro's (primarily fedora) can take advantage of this
| technology." Will Woods reiterated, "we're using it for doing a system-wide
| crash dump handler. Currently Ubuntu's using it with their Apport tool for
| this purpose; I'm adapting that for Fedora."
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http://kerneltrap.org/node/14010
Ubuntu "Gutsy Gibbon" Alpha Adds New Features
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| Among the highlights:
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| * By popular demand, the various theme, background and other
| appearance related tools have now been merged into a single dialog,
| allowing faster access to more settings...
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http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/ubuntu-gutsy-gi.html
Related:
Ubuntu's new Linux sports debugging tool
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| "We've built infrastructure which allows us to detect whenever an
| application crashes...gather detailed information like a stack trace
| and ask the user if he's willing to give it back to us," Shuttleworth said.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6175365.html
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