Infrastructure Linux News for Jun 07, 2006:

ZDNet: Another Loss for the Proprietary Model
(2006-06-07 01:00:36)
"But one piece of spin seems incontrovertible. It's another loss for the proprietary business model..."

Not Enough Random Bytes Available: Why the Light has Gone Out on LAMP
(2006-06-07 01:45:18)
"Open source software has fought a long battle to get where it is today, and at least 3/4 of the so-called LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack are under vigorous attack by many, myself included. Why...?"

Free Software Magazine: In the Linux Comfort Zone...
(2006-06-07 02:30:10)
"When I go to visit my mother (as I will be doing shortly) I feel like tearing my hair out. 'Oh,' I hear you say, 'one of THOSE stories.' But no, it's not..."

Phoronix: ASRock AM2NF4G-SATA2 [Review]
(2006-06-07 04:00:17)
"After months of speculations, on the morning of May 23, 2006 AMD had officially announced their AM2 socket..."

SearchOpenSource: Being Prepared for Anything: Using the Scenario Feature in OpenOffice.org Calc
(2006-06-07 06:15:39)
"The common thread here is multiple scenarios. You want to see the effect of different values for the items that affect your bottom line..."

DebianHelp: Bacula Web Interface or GUI Configuration
(2006-06-07 07:00:54)
"Bacula-web is a php based web program that provides you a summarized output of jobs that have already run..."

VoIP Planet: VoIPowering Your Office with Asterisk: Getting Free Long Distance, Part 2
(2006-06-07 07:45:14)
"Last week we learned how to use FreeWorldDialup to connect to other VoIP users. Today we'll set up distributed Asterisk peering with the DUNDi (Distributed Universal Number Discovery) protocol..."

Linux.com: Accelerating OpenSSH connections with ControlMaster
(2006-06-07 09:15:19)
"OpenSSH 4.0 introduced an interesting new feature called ControlMaster that allows it to reuse an existing connection to a remote host when opening new connections to that host..."

informIT: Alternatives to LAMP
(2006-06-07 10:00:52)
"Although the LAMP configuration is the most frequently used, it's not always the best tool for any given job. This article proposes some alternatives..."

InformationWeek: Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide
(2006-06-07 11:30:39)
"Should you give the open-source operating system a whirl? Here are some answers, along with advice on how to get started..."

Linux.com: How to Suspend and Hibernate a Laptop Under Linux
(2006-06-07 12:00:34)
"Most modern laptops use Advanced Configuration & Power Interface (ACPI) for power management, so we'll focus on that..."

Gearlog: Pepper Pad 3: A Charming Linux Tablet?
(2006-06-07 15:15:53)
"Will the third version be the charm for the PepperPad? The original PepperPad, a Linux based home Internet tablet, was one of the worst products I've ever reviewed..."

eWeek: Another Google App, Another Google Yawn
(2006-06-07 16:45:57)
"If you really want a free and good replacement for Microsoft Office, you should be looking to OpenOffice.org, not Google..."

Humorix: Breaking News: GNU/Hurd 1.0 Released!
(2006-06-07 17:30:49)
Humor: "In what some are calling the most shocking development since the invention of fire, Richard M. Stallman today unveiled the first official release of the GNU Project's operating system kernel, GNU/Hurd 1.0.0..."

NewsForge: When Disaster Strikes, OSS-Based Service is There to Help
(2006-06-07 19:00:20)
"With families separated and desperate to find one another, ContactLovedOnes.org launched a free call-in service, based on open source software, that helped them to reconnect..."

Tectonic: Freedom Toasters Go Commercial
(2006-06-07 20:00:48)
"Freedom Toasters are essentially open source software vending machines, which people can use to 'toast' their favourite OSS applications onto CD or DVD..."

Linux-Watch: Getting at NTFS Drives from Linux
(2006-06-07 20:30:26)
"We've all been there. There's a file on a Windows NTFS drive and there seems to be no way on God's Earth to get to it directly from your Linux system..."

NewsForge: Jon "maddog" Hall on FOSS in the Developing World
(2006-06-07 21:00:10)
"Jon 'maddog' Hall is president of Linux International, a worldwide non-profit association of end users who are dedicated to furthering the acceptance and use of free and open source Software..."

Free Software Magazine: Will the Lack of Games Kill Desktop Linux?
(2006-06-07 21:30:57)
"It's a very serious matter. The GNU/Linux desktop is not ready..."

Technocrat: Is DRM Just a Consumer Rights Issue?
(2006-06-07 22:00:12)
"Is DRM just a consumer rights issue effecting your record collection? A UK board is treating it as such. But it's much more important than that..."

Vennell: Linux? Windows? Huh?
(2006-06-07 22:45:31)
"Mainly, new computer users don't use Linux because they've never heard of it and almost no PCs come with it preinstalled..."

Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show
(2006-06-07 23:30:52)
"We talk to Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier, editorial director of Linux.com..."

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