Infrastructure Linux News for Jan 08, 2008:

gOS: A Wake Up Call for Freedomware Marketing
(2008-01-08 00:15:12)
Libervis: "Think gOS. It might not be such a bad advice after all. It's been hyped up, but it sold out. And there may be lessons in its deployment and success for all of us Free Software and GNU/Linux advocates...!"

Free Software, Free Speech
(2008-01-08 01:00:23)
The Beez' Speaks...: "When your opponent tells you to shut up, he's in fact waving the white flag. When the name-calling starts it means he is out for a final, berserk attack. It's not about the issue anymore, it's about you, the messenger..."

AliXe 0.11b--Linux Bilingue Québecois
(2008-01-08 03:15:30)
Linux DevCenter: "Over the past year or two I've been drifting away from Fedora, Ubuntu, and Mandriva towards distros derived from Slackware for desktop use..."

When Enlightenment Met Ubuntu
(2008-01-08 04:00:52)
Linux.com: "Many Linux distributions try to be visually appealing. Some use Beryl-Compiz for cool 3-D effects on resource-laden boxes, while others turn to desktops like Enligtenment for a little bit of gloss at the expense of functionality..."

A New Year, a New Zimbra
(2008-01-08 04:45:17)
Montana Linux: "I have been using Zimbra for as my work and personal email server for... oh... something close to two years now. Over that time there have been a number of upgrades and they have always gone smoothly..."

OpenLDAP + Samba Domain Controller On Ubuntu 7.10
(2008-01-08 05:30:28)
HowtoForge: "This document is a step by step guide for configuring Ubuntu 7.10 as a Samba Domain Controller with an LDAP backend (OpenLDAP)..."

Wine Colour and Theme Support
(2008-01-08 07:00:20)
Wine Review: "Have you ever gotten annoyed by Wine/Cedega/CXOffice not matching to your otherwise pretty desktop...?"

Nifty OpenOffice.org Extensions
(2008-01-08 08:30:12)
Linux.com: "Apparently, the only thing that stopped developers from creating useful OpenOffice.org extensions was the lack of a place to publish them..."

Linux Time Machine Alternative Reviewed
(2008-01-08 09:15:13)
Mad Penguin: "If there is a defining feature in Apple's Leopard, it's Time Machine. As cool as it may be, the fact is that we, as Linux users, are obviously not going to see much benefit from this is pitiful..."

AMD Phenom 9500 Linux Performance
(2008-01-08 10:00:01)
Phoronix: "Have you recently upgraded to AMD's Spider platform with their quad-core Phenom processor and are running Linux? If so, and are experiencing kernel panics, stability problems, and even a psychedelic Ubuntu logo, you're not alone..."

Improved Ogg Theora Coming Soon to an Internet Near You
(2008-01-08 10:45:10)
Linux.com: "Free software for video is currently in sad shape. The only two widely distributed free video editing programs, Kino and Cinelerra, are nowhere near as capable as competing commercial software..."

Mozilla Promotes Lilly from COO to CEO
(2008-01-08 13:45:34)
Underexposed: "Mozilla Corp., the for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, has promoted Chief Operating Officer John Lilly to chief executive, the organization behind the Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird e-mail software said Monday..."

Mozilla Yanks Firefox Marketing Campaign
(2008-01-08 15:15:48)
Computerworld UK: "Just hours after Mozilla debuted its first viral marketing campaign, it shut down the website and apologised to users for what it admitted were offensive statistics used to promote Firefox..."

From LiPS to LiMo--The Mobile Linux Divide?
(2008-01-08 16:00:59)
internetnews.com: "While backers of mobile Linux are all trying to increase Linux adoption, the question for vendors has been which mobile Linux effort they should back among the crowd of mobile Linux organizations..."

Give One Get One Campaign Claims Success, Considers Expansion
(2008-01-08 17:30:07)
Roundup: The One Laptop Per Child Project is reporting their first numbers from the 2007 North America "Give One Get One" campaign; good enough numbers that the non-profit is considering doing the program again, this time in Europe. Stories within.

Some Less-Than-Thrilled OLPC Reviews
(2008-01-08 20:30:02)
Roundup: The Economist reviews the OLPC XO laptop and finds it wanting. Meanwhile, Bill Gates chimes in his two cents on the OLPC program. His verdict? Microsoft is all about cheap PCs. Articles within.

Interview with OLPC's Founding CTO Mary Lou Jepsen
(2008-01-08 22:45:28)
Groklaw: "Mary Lou Jepsen will go down in history as the founding Chief Technology Officer of One Laptop Per Child. She has recently announced that she is starting her own for-profit company, Pixel Qi, to commercialize some of the technologies she invented at OLPC while extending them..."

The Hidden Costs of Linux Ownership
(2008-01-08 23:30:27)
Datamation: "Linux might be free to download and install, and it might offer you freedoms that aren't available from commercial software, but don't let that fool you into thinking that everything about Linux is free..."

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