Infrastructure Linux News for Aug 08, 2007:

Open Source Upheaval
(2007-08-08 00:00:23)
InfoWorld: "'I don't use the word 'evil,'' says Mike Evans--though he acknowledges that some of his customers do see proprietary commercial software vendors that way..."

Lenovo or No, Linux Not There Yet
(2007-08-08 00:45:58)
Red Herring: "But though the move is a boost for the OS, analysts say it'll be years before desktop Linux can seriously threaten proprietary systems like Windows..."

Assessing the Size of the Free Software Movement
(2007-08-08 01:30:36)
Blue GNU: "Save for the occasional references to the Free Software Foundation and FSF Europe, one might get the impression that the Free Software movement is floundering along, all but forgotten in the annals of history..."

SolutionBase: Taking SquirrelMail to New Levels
(2007-08-08 03:45:34)
Tech Republic: "SquirrelMail is a great option if you want to create Web-based e-mail for your company's Web-based mail server..."

Multisite CVS Drupal Installation on Ubuntu
(2007-08-08 04:30:38)
HowtoForge: "This howto shows you how to do a multi-site Drupal install on Ubuntu..."

Review: Linux Mint 3.0
(2007-08-08 05:15:06)
Raiden's Realm: "Out of the box, Linux Mint is supposed to be the 'click and go' linux distribution. Just boot the live cd, install it, and then you're ready to go without any huss or fuss. That's not exactly true..."

Absolute Linux is an Absolute Winner
(2007-08-08 06:00:37)
Linux.com: "Absolute, a lightweight Linux operating system based on the respected Slackware Linux distribution, just released version 12.0..."

Sabayon Linux 3.4 Review
(2007-08-08 06:45:04)
Open Review: "Sabayon is the new name for earlier RR4 distribution. It is based on Gentoo and modified according to the needs of users..."

IEs 4 Linux Internet Explorer 5.0 5.5 6.0 on Linux
(2007-08-08 07:30:00)
WINE Review: "So why would anyone want IE on Linux when we already have superior browsers...?"

Dancing with Wolves, A Wolvix Hunter 1.1.0 Review
(2007-08-08 08:15:34)
On-Disk: "Predictable things begin to happen with Linux distributions as newer technologies become available..."

My Yellow Dog Ate My Red Hat
(2007-08-08 09:00:16)
RiK0's Tech Temple: "Since Apple dropped PPC, the Linux PPC world is quite in turmoil..."

Freespire Review
(2007-08-08 09:45:07)
Open Review: "It seems like commenting on half cooked solution, when everyone knows that it is not finished yet. But I would like to make an exception in case of Freespire..."

Migrating from Windows to Linux
(2007-08-08 10:30:07)
LinuxLinks: "However, unless a desktop user is provided with real alternatives to the existing software he or she currently uses, migration to a different operating system is going to be very difficult..."

Monitor Your Systems With FreeIPMI
(2007-08-08 11:15:34)
Blue GNU: "The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management..."

Linspire Releases Freespire 2.0 Linux Operating System
(2007-08-08 13:30:13)
Linspire: "Building on the best of open source software using Ubuntu as its baseline, Freespire 2.0 adds legally licensed proprietary drivers, codecs, and applications in its core distribution, to provide a better user experience..."

Mandriva Linux 2008 Beta 1 (aka Cassini) [Released]
(2007-08-08 14:30:56)
Mandriva: "The first beta release of Mandriva Linux 2008 is now available..."

OpenSUSE 10.3 Beta 1 Released
(2007-08-08 16:00:22)
DesktopLinux: "The OpenSUSE project celebrated its second birthday on Aug. 7 by making the first beta of OpenSUSE 10.3 available at the LinuxWorld trade show here..."

What's Better? Summary Judgment Rulings or a Jury Trial?
(2007-08-08 16:30:33)
Groklaw: "I was noticing on the schedule for SCO v. Novell that tomorrow is the day to file the Final Pretrial Order..."

Mozilla's Plan for Improving Firefox User Retention Rates
(2007-08-08 18:00:38)
Ars Technica: "According to Mozilla, only fifty percent of the people who download Firefox actually try the browser and only about half of the people who try it continue to use it..."

Sprint to Offer WiMAX-Enabled Linux Tablet
(2007-08-08 18:30:13)
LinuxDevices: "Sprint will offer a Mobile WiMAX-enabled version of Nokia's N800 Internet Tablet to North American customers next year..."

Intel's Approach to Laptops for Poor Children
(2007-08-08 19:30:17)
New York Times: "Intel insists that its project to make low-cost laptops for school children in poorer nations began nearly three years ago, before it heard of Nicholas Negroponte's initiative, One Laptop Per Child...."

Major OSes To Be Barcelona-Ready
(2007-08-08 20:30:27)
internetnews.com: "AMD announced that major x86 operating system vendors are preparing modifications to their OSes in advance of the release of its quad-core Opteron processor, Barcelona, due to ship to OEMs this month and to customers in September..."

Are We Finally Seeing the Year of the Linux Desktop?
(2007-08-08 22:00:17)
iTWire: "This past month has seen a flurry activity from a number of players in the Linux desktop space. Red Hat, Suse, Ubuntu, Dell, Lenovo and even Intel white box system builders are getting into the act..."

Open-Source Discrimination
(2007-08-08 22:30:22)
CNET News: "There is an ugly feeling growing against Microsoft in its attempts to have a few of its shared-source licenses certified as OSI (Open Source Initiative)-approved. The general sentiment is that OSI approval is for everyone except Microsoft..."

Microsoft vs. The Linux World
(2007-08-08 23:30:21)
Mad Penguin: "Make no mistake about it, if you are using a Linux distribution, you are not a friend to the software giant in Redmond..."

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