Infrastructure Linux News for May 01, 2008:

Can We Rescue OLPC from Windows?
(2008-05-01 00:00:13)
Free Software Foundation: "I read Negroponte's statement presenting the OLPC XO as a platform for Windows in the most ironic circumstances possible: during a week of preparing, under a deadline, to migrate personally to an XO..."

Open Source's Hidden Trap: IP Liabilities
(2008-05-01 03:00:52)
InformationWeek: "'You have to be careful' about when, where and how you use open source software in a commercial environment, said Janet Campbell, legal counsel for the Eclipse Foundation..."

The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)
(2008-05-01 04:30:06)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop..."

Automatically Watching Web Sites for Changes
(2008-05-01 06:00:28)
Linux.com: "If you want to be notified when and how a Web site has changed, you can turn to either netstiff or urlwatch to keep and eye on things for you..."

Firefox 3: Color Profile Support (Oh the Pretty, Pretty Colors)
(2008-05-01 07:30:57)
dria.org: "One thing that has always irritated me about looking at pictures on the web is that browsers don't seem to display photographs properly. And by 'photographs' I really mean 'colors...'"

Six Twitter Clients for the Linux Desktop and One for the Road
(2008-05-01 09:00:37)
Linux.com: "Twitter is a popular social networking utility that's gaining popularity as a micro-blogging tool..."

Xfce, The Hidden Gem of Desktop Environments
(2008-05-01 10:30:01)
Flipping the Linux Switch: "In the beginning, we talked a bit about the holy war that wages onward between KDE and GNOME. Some of you aptly pointed out that there is a third desktop environment out there..."

Day 2 of the Novell v. SCO Trial
(2008-05-01 12:45:11)
Groklaw: "Darl took the stand today, called by Novell..."

Dell's OfficeWorks Retail Deal: No Linux Yet, XP to Come
(2008-05-01 13:30:51)
Australian PC World: "Customers can configure their own Dell machines in selected OfficeWorks stores--but Ubuntu Linux is not on offer yet..."

OpenBSD's De Raadt Sings Stallman Blues
(2008-05-01 15:00:04)
Tectonic: "The OpenBSD team traditionally makes available a new song with each new release of its software..."

gNewSense DeltaH CD 2.0 Release
(2008-05-01 15:45:27)
[gNewSense-Users]: "I've just released the LiveCD for gNewSense 2.0, the first full release of DeltaH..."

Open Screen Shows Adobe Opening Up
(2008-05-01 17:15:29)
451 CAOS Theory: "Fresh off joining the Linux Foundation and extending its support for Flash Player and AIR runtime software to Linux, Adobe is heading up a new collaborative project to ease development and design of rich applications on a variety of devices from PCs and TVs to mobile devices and other consumer electronics..."

Interop : Open Source Panel Heckled and Walked Out On
(2008-05-01 18:00:59)
internetnews.com: "From the 'when sessions go bad and people shout and walk out' files..."

Law and Order, Unix Edition
(2008-05-01 18:45:03)
Enterprise Unix Roundup: "Two trials have captured the attention of the IT community this week: the California court drama of the Hans Reiser murder trial and the quieter but equally dramatic SCO vs. Novell case, which finally went to trial on Tuesday..."

GPL: Man Gets Feet in Mouth
(2008-05-01 23:15:00)
iTWire: "The fact that the General Public Licence, better known as the GPL, is oft misunderstood, even by those who could be expected to know better, came home to me with a vengeance yesterday..."

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