Infrastructure Linux News for Jul 07, 2008:

Gnome Do : Attractive and Functional Launcher for Gnome
(2008-07-07 06:00:48)
Linux on Desktop: "Gnome Do is an innovative launcher for the GNOME desktop environment similar to Quicksilver available on 'Mac OS X...'"

Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
(2008-07-07 09:00:10)
HowtoForge: "This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users..."

Linux Configure Netconsole To Log Messages Over UDP Network
(2008-07-07 10:30:32)
nixCraft: "Linux can be configured to log dmesg output to another system via network using syslog..."

Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Released
(2008-07-07 12:00:45)
Gentoo: "Code-named 'It's got what plants crave,' this release contains numerous new features including an updated installer, improved hardware support, a complete rework of profiles, and a move to Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD..."

It's Not the Gates, It's the Bars
(2008-07-07 13:30:41)
Australian PC World: "To pay so much attention to Bill Gates's retirement is missing the point; it is neither Gates nor Microsoft that really matter, says the Free Software Foundation's Richard Stallman..."

What's Holding OpenOffice Back?
(2008-07-07 15:30:11)
Newsday/LinuxInsider: "The free stuff is darn good. Yet companies and individuals continue to buy billions of dollars worth of Microsoft products..."

Move Your Business from Windows to Linux
(2008-07-07 16:00:59)
PC World: "If the cost of Windows is getting your small business down, consider shifting to Linux..."

GNOME Hires Stormy Peters as Executive Director
(2008-07-07 16:30:02)
GNOME.org: "Stormy, a well-known industry analyst with extensive experience at Hewlett Packard and OpenLogic, will work on accelerating the adoption of GNOME and strengthening the Foundation by attracting new industry members and community contributors..."

Acer's Linux Netbook Lighter, Less RAM than Windows Counterpart
(2008-07-07 18:00:59)
TechWorld: "The Aspire One 8.9-inch 'Netbook' ships with either Linpus Linux Lite or Windows XP Home, and comes with 512MB or 1.5GB of memory, respectively. Strange, but true..."

Adobe Flash 10 on Linux: Looking Good
(2008-07-07 18:30:00)
Practical Technology: "Adobe Flash Player 10 for Linux may only be a beta, but it's one heck of a beta..."

KDE 4.1 Beta 2: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
(2008-07-07 19:00:26)
Datamation: "KDE 4.1 is supposed to make everything right with the recently troubled desktop. Everyone agrees now that KDE 4.0 was a mistake. However, what the mistake was--and whose--is a matter of opinion..."

Differentiating from Twitter: Open Source and Identi.ca
(2008-07-07 19:30:34)
tecosystems: "...[V]enture capitalists have in recent years adapted to the reality of open source, arriving at the realization that the model possesses certain intrinsic advantages in both distribution and community building..."

HP Mini-Note a Sound Choice
(2008-07-07 20:00:52)
LinuxPlanet: "HP's entry into the sub-Mini-Notebook arena comes in the form of the HP 2133, a sleek-looking, brushed aluminum finished, lightweight but well built beauty..."

Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu and the Linux Desktop
(2008-07-07 20:30:05)
Datamation: "In this wide-ranging interview, Shuttleworth discusses the Ubuntu initiatives for mobile and mini-PCs, and his goal of making the Ubuntu user interface on par with the Mac..."

Linux for Housewives. XP for Geeks.
(2008-07-07 21:00:22)
Storage Bits: "Tiny, sub-$500 'netbooks' like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux..."

Why [It] Is So Hard for Windows Users to Understand That Linux Is Not Windows
(2008-07-07 21:30:26)
Echoes: "The following issues address the problem to the Windows users who had their first computer with Windows pre-installed and were simple beginners not only in the computing world, but in Windows as well..."

Did We Really Need Yet Another Linux Distribution?
(2008-07-07 22:30:54)
The Open Road: "It never ceases to amaze me at how needless some of the open-source community's development efforts are. Did we really need yet another Linux distribution...?"

Forget Best Distros--Now We Can Argue About Best Distro Reviews
(2008-07-07 23:15:29)
Roundup: After a Linux.com article on how to write a good distro review, iTWire rumbles in with its own opinion on review writing.

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