Infrastructure Linux News for Oct 11, 2006:

DesktopLinux: What's the Best Linux for Beginners?
(2006-10-11 01:30:23)
"I recently received a letter from a computer pro who's nearing 80. He's disgusted by 'how [Microsoft] things have developed, and how most software is put out there full of errors and omissions...'"

SearchOpenSource: Bringing Data into an OpenOffice.org Base Database
(2006-10-11 03:00:28)
"Let's say you built a house and forgot the door..."

SearchOpenSource: PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server, Oracle: Enterprise-Ready and Able to Compete
(2006-10-11 09:00:31)
"Why are you paying so much in licensing costs and annual maintenance when you could use PostgreSQL for free, and get community support and upgrades for free as well...?"

LinuxDevices: Device Profile: Box Populi Podcast in a Box
(2006-10-11 10:30:46)
"Box Populi, formerly 'Webcast in a box,' has used Linux to create a podcast capture appliance aimed at corporations, schools, radio stations, and churches..."

SearchOpenSource: Open Source Databases Place Pressure on Oracle, SQL Server
(2006-10-11 12:00:30)
"In this tip, Neil Matthew and Richard Stones explain where PostgreSQL is best put to use and why businesses more likely to choose a big name product..."

AP/Boston Herald: Libya Reaches Agreement with Nonprofit to Buy Laptops for all its Schoolchildren
(2006-10-11 13:30:05)
"The government of Libya reached an agreement with an American nonprofit group to provide inexpensive [OLPC] laptop computers to all of its 1.2 million schoolchildren

ZDNet Australia: Torvalds Takes Bite of Mac Mini
(2006-10-11 15:30:30)
"Linus Torvalds has picked up one of Apple's new Intel-based Mac minis to play with, but the Linux creator still prefers Apple's old PowerPC architecture..."

iTWire: Qualcomm to Set Eudora Free, on Thunderbird
(2006-10-11 17:00:55)
"...[I]n conjunction with the Mozilla Foundation make all future versions of Eudora open source and free and based on the same technology platform as the open source Mozilla Thunderbird email program..."

KDE: KDE 3.5.5 Release Announcement
(2006-10-11 17:30:21)
"KDE 3.5.5 features translations in 65 languages, improvements in the instant messaging application and in the HTML rendering engine (KHTML)..."

Update: internetnews.com: Google Docs Brings Spreadsheet & WP to the Web
(2006-10-11 18:00:01)
"Google is scheduled to officially launch Google Docs & Spreadsheets later today at the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco..." A new Blog entry examines how the new apps work on Linux and wonders about their overall purpose. Link within.

Mad Penguin: Bluefish: Getting Your Feet Wet with Linux HTML Editor
(2006-10-11 19:00:42)
"Let's face it, these days it takes a special breed of individuals to be able to successfully create and maintain websites for a living..."

Debian Admin: OpenSUSE 10.1 Installation with Screenshots
(2006-10-11 20:30:10)
"The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, this program provides free, easy access to openSUSE, a complete Linux distribution..."

Linux.org: Mandriva 2007: Why is This Distribution Still Around?
(2006-10-11 21:00:44)
"And my experience with French distribution Mandriva 2007 brought me back to those frustrating times I used to have with Microsoft's decade-old offering..."

ZDNet UK: Behind SCO's Open Source Challenge
(2006-10-11 21:45:17)
"The subsequent course of this and related cases has not been kind to SCO. To the frustration of many, including the judge, the company has been unable or unwilling to provide specific evidence of infraction..."

Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show
(2006-10-11 22:30:00)
"We talk to author and home automation expert Neil Cherry..."

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