Infrastructure Linux News for Jul 13, 2007:

Do You Grok Open Source?
(2007-07-13 00:45:10)
Enterprise Open Source: "Science fiction writer Robert Heinlein, in the 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land, coined the term 'grok...'"

Why Most Businesses Still Use Windows
(2007-07-13 01:30:07)
Think Thick: "So why are medium and small businesses, the backbone of the US economy, not switching over to Linux...?"

AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series & Linux
(2007-07-13 03:45:41)
Phoronix: "Since January of this year we have been telling you that AMD has been silently working on R600 (Radeon HD 2000) support for their proprietary Linux 'fglrx' driver..."

Installing Zabbix (Server And Agent) On Debian Etch
(2007-07-13 06:45:18)
HowtoForge: "Zabbix is a solution for monitoring applications, networks, and servers..."

23 Super-Useful Linux Command Line Tools: IT Pros' Choices
(2007-07-13 07:30:31)
Enterprise Linux Log: "First of all, it's really true that many IT pros use Linux commands even when GUIs are available..."

A Three-Pronged Attack on Performance
(2007-07-13 08:15:30)
Linux.com: "A computer running Linux can outperform the same computer running Windows XP or Vista. Even so, you may be able to make your Linux system even faster..."

Making Your Laptop Linux Friendly
(2007-07-13 09:00:06)
BinaryPower: "I got a virus and I couldn't do much else than backup and reformat. No big deal... but I realized after I formatted it it did not come with a recovery CD (at least one I could find)..."

Freespire, OpenSUSE, Mandriva, and Ubuntu--The Most Suitable Distros for Linux Dummy
(2007-07-13 10:30:29)
Linux Dummies: "The most suitable distros for a total Linux dummy are Freespire, OpenSUSE, Mandriva, and Ubuntu, according to online test called Linux Distribution Chooser..."

Beryl: Eye Candy (and More) for Linux
(2007-07-13 11:15:19)
Daniweb: "Over the past few years, 3-D rendering in window managers has become a new trend in the desktop environment..."

Tux Paint Gets a Face Lift
(2007-07-13 12:00:35)
DesktopLinux: "Five years after the debut of its popular open-source drawing program for children, New Breed Software announced the release of Tux Paint 0.9.17..."

Apple Now Owns CUPS
(2007-07-13 12:45:50)
Linux-Watch: "Now, in a surprising development, Michael R. Sweet, CUPS' creator, revealed on CUPS' Web site that Apple has bought CUPS' source code and other intellectual property..."

Dell Fixes Ubuntu Laptop Pricing
(2007-07-13 14:15:02)
DesktopLinux: "Dell Ubuntu Linux buyers were recently outraged when a price comparison between identical Inspiron 1420 laptops showed that instead of the Ubuntu system being cheaper, it actually ended up costing $225 more than the same laptop with Vista Home Basic Edition..."

SCO: We Never Knowingly Released Code Under the GPL. PJ: Did Too
(2007-07-13 15:45:22)
Groklaw: "SCO seems to have started something, when, after releasing software under the GPL for years, it now claims it never knowingly did so. As you know, Microsoft has now declared its GPL-virginity as well..."

BBC to Hear Open Source Concerns
(2007-07-13 16:30:07)
BBC News: "Calls to make the BBC's on demand TV service work on all computer operating systems are to get a fresh look..."

Willing to Buy a High-End, Free-Software-Only Laptop?
(2007-07-13 17:15:12)
Shuttleworth: "With projects like Gobuntu and gNewSense aiming to provide a platform that is zealous about free software, the obvious question is 'where can I run it...?'

Open Source Semantic Desktop Is Coming
(2007-07-13 18:00:39)
internetnews.com: "The answer to connecting all the information into a local semantic Web of information is closer than you might think..."

It's Official: OLPC and Intel Become Friends, Collaborate
(2007-07-13 18:45:58)
Ars Technica: "The One Laptop Per Child Project and Intel have put their differences aside, at least for now, as Intel agrees to take a seat on the OLPC Board of Directors..."

About Massachusetts...
(2007-07-13 19:30:15)
Groklaw: "You know how I always tell you when I make a mistake? Well, it looks like I made one when I told you that I didn't think Massachusetts would care what you said in any emails about Microsoft's OfficeOpen XML specification..."

The Badger Game
(2007-07-13 22:30:23)
Editor's Note: How Microsoft used a few empty promises and threats to validate Open XML.

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