Infrastructure Linux News for Jan 07, 2008:

The Tricky Task of Supporting Photo Cds on Linux
(2008-01-07 11:30:35)
Linux.com: "Recently I set out to resurrect some old PCD images on a Linux system--a challenge that serves as an object lesson in the importance of open standards in any kind of digital archive..."

2008: Not the Year of the Linux Desktop
(2008-01-07 13:00:44)
iTWire: "The new year is less than a week old but the talk has already begun. Yes, we are hearing that hackneyed old saw again--this will be the year of the Linux desktop..."

OLPC Tells Nigerian Court: We Don't Use LANCOR's Keyboard
(2008-01-07 14:00:06)
Groklaw: "OLPC asks that the case be tossed, describing it as 'wholly incompetent, vexatious and a gross abuse of the process of court...'"

Why Intel, OLPC Parted Ways
(2008-01-07 15:00:31)
Roundup: An Fortune interview with Nicholas Negroponte and an New York Times article give more insight into the reasons behind the recent breakup between Intel and the One Laptop per Child project.

Wikia Search Launches With Google in Its Sights
(2008-01-07 16:00:12)
internetnews.com: "With the community-driven, open-source search engine, Wales is hoping to transform Internet search, which he describes as currently dominated by a few large companies operating under a cloak of secrecy with virtually no accountability for how results are served up or pages are ranked..."

The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry
(2008-01-07 16:30:58)
Datamation: "Who in the hell is Asustek, and why does Microsoft hate them more than any other company in the industry? Why does Apple, Dell and Palm Computing hate them...?"

Hunting Linux at CES
(2008-01-07 17:00:18)
Linux Journal: "So what's new with Linux at CES this year? That's our question. If you have the answers, let's have 'em. Because we'll be there on a Linux Hunt, just like we are every year..."

After Linux, Microsoft Now Shows Some Windows Vista Love to Apache
(2008-01-07 18:30:38)
Softpedia: "Keeping in with this trajectory, the Redmond company has now made available yet another resources, this time focused on the integration of Apache with SSL on Windows..."

RPM Package Manager (RPM) Version 5.0.0 Released
(2008-01-07 19:45:40)
RPM5.org: "After seven months of comprehensive development, the popular Unix software packaging tool RPM Package Manager (RPM) was released as stable version 5.0.0..."

Pyrolinux 1.0 Gives Off Little Heat
(2008-01-07 20:30:15)
LinuxPlanet: "It's not every day you see the launch of a brand new Linux distribution, so when I heard that Pyrolinux 1.0 was released over Christmas, I thought I'd take a look..."

Who Will be the Next Open Source Public Enemy #1?
(2008-01-07 21:15:54)
O'Reilly Radar: As SCO slides closer to nonexistence--its website hasn't been updated since we noted this back in November--it's worth remembering that the company, under CEO Darl McBride, was once not merely relevant but feared..."

Evaluating Prospects for Linux Growth in 2008
(2008-01-07 22:45:56)
Ars Technica: "The Year of the Linux Desktop began as a dream, transformed into a myth, and is now little more than a humorous meme. Let's take a cynical stroll down memory lane and commune with the presumptuous penguin predictions of the past..."

After SCO Dies
(2008-01-07 23:30:58)
Linux-Watch: "Me? I'd bet on Novell doing SCO in at the District Court with a lead pipe. Ah, summary judgment..."

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