Infrastructure Linux News for Aug 07, 2007:

Are Linus Torvalds, IBM, AMD, Others at Odds Over Pushing Hardware Drivers Out of Linux?
(2007-08-07 00:00:29)
ZDNet: "I can't possibly profess to know what the pros and cons are of pushing hardware device drivers into the hypervisors that support virtualization technologies like those from XEN and VMware..." (With follow-up analysis.)

Twisting the Meaning of 'Free'
(2007-08-07 00:45:50)
Blue GNU: "According to CESC Ltd chief information officer Subroto Das, 'There is nothing called free software.' I beg to differ..."

Open Source and Microsoft Free
(2007-08-07 01:30:51)
ITtoolbox: "I have now been Microsoft-Free at work for about 7 weeks. I have also found solutions for almost all of the initial hurdles I encountered in the first week..."

The Comdexification of Linux
(2007-08-07 02:15:36)
ZDNet: "If you're under 30 you may barely know what I'm talking about. But back in the last century Comdex was the computing industry's Woodstock..."

Granny Uses PCLinuxOS
(2007-08-07 03:00:11)
Really Linux: "In this newest 'letter' from Granny, she shares how easy installing and using Linux really can be. She also has many grateful words to share with the team at KDE and PCLinuxOS..."

Howto Upgrade Kernel (2.6.22-9-generic) in Feisty Fawn
(2007-08-07 06:00:21)
Ubuntu Geek: "This tutorial will explain how to upgrade you to kernel version 2.6.22-9-generic..."

Nvidia Linux Driver 100.14.11 and Linux Kernel 2.6.23
(2007-08-07 06:45:21)
LinuxInsight: "Well, they're not working together. Unless you're not willing to tweak it a little bit. So, out of the box, you won't be able to test brand new Linux CFS scheduler, merged in the 2.6.23-rc1 release..."

High Availability Distributed Solution On The AXIGEN Mail Server
(2007-08-07 07:30:29)
HowtoForge: "This document describes an implementation of a large-scale messaging solution relying on the AXIGEN Mail Server software..."

Monitoring Proftpd Server Using phpftpwho
(2007-08-07 08:15:44)
Debian Admin: "ProFTPD is a proven, high-performance, scalable FTP server written from scratch, with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration..."

How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With gtkpod
(2007-08-07 09:45:17)
HowtoForge: "This article shows how you can use an iPod on a Linux desktop with gtkpod (a graphical user interface for Apple's iPod)..."

Collaborating with Mindquarry
(2007-08-07 12:00:54)
Linux.com: "If there's one thing the world doesn't lack for, besides bad movie sequels and dishonest politicians, it's collaboration software..."

August 2007 Web Server Survey
(2007-08-07 13:30:13)
Netcraft: "At the time, Apache's market share advantage seemed insurmountable. But less than two years later, Microsoft has narrowed that 50 percent gap to 16.7 percent..."

Dell Outlines UK Linux Plans
(2007-08-07 15:30:24)
Computing: "Britain gets taken for a ride yet again..."

Novell Boosts Legal Team with Litigation Expert
(2007-08-07 16:00:36)
CNET News: "Eric Acker, head of litigation for the San Diego office of global law firm Morrison & Foerster, has a formidable history, including 45 jury trials as a federal prosecutor..."

Fedora 8 Test 1 Released
(2007-08-07 16:00:59)
LWN: "We interrupt your rawhide for a moment to make a small announcement... Fedora 8 Test one has been loosed upon the world today..."

Deconstructing the Latest Netcraft Survey
(2007-08-07 16:30:10)
The latest Apache numbers from the new Netcraft survey look grim, but ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn debunks that notion and a Linux Today reader opines why in the long run, a decline in Apache might bring the end of Windows faster.

Palm Foleo to Use Wind River Linux
(2007-08-07 17:00:12)
LinuxDevices: "Palm's Linux-based Foleo 'mobile companion'--expected to ship 'this summer,' according to Palm--will utilize Wind River's embedded Linux distribution and tools..."

$199 Linux Laptop Tantalizes Before Official Launch
(2007-08-07 18:00:42)
PC World: "While it will be delightful to use this laptop with wifi at a public library or other hotspot, the truly exciting feature on this laptop is the 56kbps modem. A dialup modem exciting? Sure..."

Fedora 7 Does Creative Commons
(2007-08-07 18:30:50)
The Inquirer: "Red Hat-sponsored open source project Fedora 7 will be the platform for the Creative Commons LiveContent CD, which showcases open source software..."

Linux Mobile Group Gains New Members; First Handsets Coming In 2008
(2007-08-07 19:00:20)
InformationWeek: "The LiMo Foundation, a collaborative project developing a Linux-based platform for mobile phones, announced Monday five new core members and seven associate members have joined the foundation..."

Motorola Ships a U.S. Linux Mobile Phone
(2007-08-07 19:00:59)
LinuxDevices: "It's finally happened. Motorola last month quietly shipped its first Linux-based mobile phone 'bound for North America,' in its words..."

Google Using OpenMoko For gPhone?
(2007-08-07 19:30:49)
Phoronix: "A friendly penguin has told us at Phoronix that Google is looking to team up with OpenMoko for their 'gPhone...'"

Does the Medison $150 Laptop Really Exist?
(2007-08-07 20:00:15)
Product-Reviews: "Medison, who [is] a smallish Swedish PC company [is] claiming that they will be selling a basic Linux based laptop for a mere $150..."

Desktop Linux: That Dog Will Mount
(2007-08-07 22:00:08)
The Register: "The Linux desktop reminds us of a dog humping a table leg. It's both fun and disturbing to watch, but ultimately there's very little payoff from the exercise..."

Novell, Wyse Team for Thin Client Linux
(2007-08-07 23:00:35)
iTWire: "Wyse and Novell are working in partnership to deliver Suse Enterprise Linux on thin clients..."

Why Microsoft Is Going Open Source
(2007-08-07 23:30:23)
Linux Journal: "That's right: Microsoft has released not one but several pieces of code as open source. Moreover, it's submitting some of its home-grown licences to the Open Source Initiative for approval. So what is going on here...?"

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