Infrastructure Linux News for Oct 09, 2007:

Why SUSE Why?
(2007-10-09 00:00:47)
Techzone: "SUSE 10.3 was released and I had to try it. All geared up, I started downloading the torrent of the KDE version..."

And the Winner Is...
(2007-10-09 00:30:43)
The DistRogue: "I've found the perfect distro for me, and it was right under my nose the whole time. I'm writing this from Mandriva 2008..."

Is There a Correlation Between Socialism and Free Software?
(2007-10-09 01:00:29)
All About Linux: "The word Socialism is a broad term. There are different streams of socialism..."

Review: My Ubuntu PC from Dell
(2007-10-09 01:30:23)
The Open Source Advocate: "Ever since Dell announced that they would be selling computers with Ubuntu pre-installed, I have wanted to buy one..."

Advantages of Open Source: Revisited
(2007-10-09 03:00:03)
The Open Source Advocate: "I feel that is important for me to further analyze the benefits of open source software..."

Ubuntu Pride--On the Basketball Court
(2007-10-09 03:45:49)
CNET News: "The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and the Linux community now have more in common than you might have thought..."

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.0
(2007-10-09 04:30:58)
HowtoForge: "Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments..."

Amarok, Cowon and the iAudio Player
(2007-10-09 06:00:21)
Blue-GNU: "The Amarok team is giving away an iAudio player. Kudos to them, but also to Cowon, a company that has boldly proclaimed support for GNU/Linux for some time now..."

Installing Ubuntu Or Fedora From A Windows Or Linux System With Unetbootin
(2007-10-09 06:45:59)
HowtoForge: "UNetbootin is a tool that allows you to install various Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuSE, Debian, ArchLinux) from a Windows or a Linux desktop over the internet (i.e., you don't need to burn the Ubuntu, Fedora... CDs)..."

Open Source Relational Databases
(2007-10-09 07:30:29)
ONLamp: "How many open source relational databases can you name...?"

The Perfect Desktop--OpenSUSE 10.3 (GNOME)
(2007-10-09 08:00:52)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 10.3 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e., that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops..."

Firefox Extensions for Tab Addicts
(2007-10-09 09:30:59)
Linux.com: "For Firefox users who are constantly referring to multiple pages, tabbed browsing is not a feature, but a way of life. There are enough of us that the Firefox addon page lists more than 110 extensions related to tabs..."

OpenOffice.org 2.3: New Features, Extensions and the Much Anticipated New Charting Tool
(2007-10-09 10:00:48)
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New Scalix E-mail Server Still Targets Microsoft Exchange
(2007-10-09 10:30:14)
Linux-Watch: "Linux calendaring and messaging company Scalix announced Oct. 4 the release of a new version of its flagship e-mail and calendaring program, Scalix 11.2..."

Linux-Based Airline Seat-Back Entertainment System is a Winner
(2007-10-09 11:00:32)
Linux.com: "The Linux-based eX2 in-flight entertainment system (IFE) from Panasonic Avionics was the big winner at this year's Avion Awards, sponsored by an IFE trade group..."

The Great Showdown: MS Office vs. OpenOffice
(2007-10-09 11:30:49)
LinuxInsider: "Microsoft has the best products money can buy--at least, that's what they would have you believe..."

Mandriva Linux 2008 Now Available
(2007-10-09 13:00:40)
Mandriva: "We're proud to announce that Mandriva Linux 2008 is now available for download on the official site, and on the network of public mirror servers..."

Steve Ballmer: "I Would Love to See All Open Source Innovation Happen on Top of Windows"
(2007-10-09 14:15:56)
The Open Road: "Steve Ballmer apparently likes open source. Well, so long as it drives Windows revenue. And doesn't replace any. Ever..."

KDE's Windows Weapon: Koffice 2.0
(2007-10-09 16:00:21)
ComputerWorld: "While the industry is distracted by the ongoing tussle between Microsoft and OpenOffice.org over document formats, the KDE project is quietly preparing the next generation of its own office suite..."

Finding Freedom with Open Source
(2007-10-09 17:15:19)
The Daily Tar Heel: "Cristobal Palmer got very agitated when those 'cannot read file' boxes popped up on his computer--until he found out they could make him thousands of dollars..."

openSUSE 10.3: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
(2007-10-09 18:00:56)
iTWire: "These days when you download a Linux distribution and burn it to CD, you would expect that it would not take too much of an effort to have a look at it..." [Link repaired.- ed.]

Canonical Chases Deal to Ship Ubuntu Server OS
(2007-10-09 19:00:42)
LinuxWorld: "Canonical Ltd., the company that supports Ubuntu Linux, is trying to work out a deal with hardware vendors such as Dell Inc. to make Ubuntu available preinstalled on servers..."

OLPC is the PC You Can't Ever Criticize
(2007-10-09 22:30:24)
ZDNet: "As Nicholas Negroponte said a year and a half ago in a presentation on the OLPC: 'people really don't want to criticize this because it is a humanitarian effort, it is a non-profit effort and to criticize it is a little bit stupid actually...'"

Rebuttal to Rob Weir on a So-called 'OpenDocument Format Civil War'
(2007-10-09 23:15:09)
Boycott Novell: "There is so much to be said to not only complement but also correct Rob's assessment, but here we shall only refer to the parts which are associated with Novell..."

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