News Linux News for May 05, 2004:

The Register: BOFH: Beware Mad Ron bearing Linux
(2004-05-05 01:00:28)
An administrator deals with a rogue Linux installation in this episiode of BOFH.

NewsForge: What Should LUGs Do?
(2004-05-05 03:00:20)
"Personally, I believe advocacy is one of the best reasons to have an active LUG. But improving members' skills has become just as important..."

DistroWatch: Distributions, May 4, 2004
(2004-05-05 05:00:00)
Today's distributions: CRUX 2.0 TEST1, Knoppix 3.4 (Experimental), and Mandrakelinux 10.0 for AMD64.

Release Digest: GNOME, May 4, 2004
(2004-05-05 05:00:20)
Today's GNOME apps: Firestarter 0.9.3 and Epiphany 1.2.5.

Release Digest: KDE, May 4, 2004
(2004-05-05 05:00:40)
Today's KDE apps: Kexi 0.1 beta 3, KOffice (KSpread) 1.3.1, KOffice (KWord) 1.3.1, Kooka 0.44, KNetLoad 2.1.1, kmp3burn 0.2.2, Ksetiwatch 3.0.0, konvert 0.8, and BasKet 0.4.0c & 0.5.0alpha1.

DevX: Master JMS Messaging with OpenJMS
(2004-05-05 07:00:35)
"Learn how to take advantage of Java's Messaging Service API (JMS) with the free OpenJMS implementation..."

ISP-Planet: Telco Data Goes Open Source
(2004-05-05 08:30:58)
"It's not a movement; it's an individual. One person is building a website containing the basic information ISPs need in day-to-day operations that the Bells make tough to find..."

Mad Penguin: College Linux 2.5 Reviewed
(2004-05-05 10:00:42)
"College Linux is a distribution based on Slackware targeting users first being introduced to Linux (including, but not limited to, college students)..."

OSNews: Review: LinuxCertified LC2210 Laptop
(2004-05-05 11:30:02)
"Here is what we think about the product and the integration between the hardware and software..."

NewsForge: Free Software's New Audio Heir Apparent
(2004-05-05 13:00:35)
"I ran across several audio programs worth looking into, including mpd, muine, and musikcube, but the most promising program I found is Rhythmbox..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.6-rc3-mm2
(2004-05-05 13:56:56)
Changelog, link within.

eWeek: SCO Confirms 'Minor' Layoffs
(2004-05-05 14:00:44)
"Stowell said the Lindon, Utah, company made the layoffs so it 'could be profitable within our core Unix business in the next quarter...'"

Go-Mono.com: Mono Beta 1 Release
(2004-05-05 15:00:24)
"Novell is proud to introduce the first Beta release of Mono, an open source implementation the .NET framework for use on Linux, Unix and Windows System..."

Techworld: Linux is Not Open Source, Says Microsoft
(2004-05-05 16:00:44)
"Microsoft's Australian MD Steve Vamos has revealed the latest line in its battle against Linux: Linux, it seems, is not open source..."

National Retail Federation: SCO Group Lawsuit Appears Unfounded, Says NRF
(2004-05-05 16:45:02)
"Based on the information we have seen, the National Retail Federation believes the claims by The SCO Group are without merit..."

LinuxInsider: Red Hat's Szulik Sees Desktop Linux Take Off
(2004-05-05 17:30:27)
"Yes. I've been a vision guy on this for a long time. But it's almost like the Odyssey, the siren song: I've been hearing, 'When are you going to have a desktop product? When are you going to have a desktop product?' for six years..."

Groklaw: Project Monterey--What SCO Knew and When It Knew It--Or Coulda, Shoulda
(2004-05-05 18:15:15)
"SCO, in answering IBM's 2nd Amended Counterclaims, makes a statement that it had no idea that IBM was investing in Linux during the work on Project Monterey. Is that true...?"

NewsForge: Linux in Action: A Public Library's Success Story
(2004-05-05 19:00:39)
"Over the past year, the Howard County (Md.) Public Library has migrated more than 200 public PCs from Windows 98 and Windows NT to Linux..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: SuSE CTO: Novell Gives Linux 'Muscle'
(2004-05-05 20:30:41)
Juergen Geck, SuSE Linux AG CTO, sings the praises of Novell's entry into the Linux game and the importance of SuSE's release of YaST to open source.

The Age: SA Pollie Weighs in About Sasser Worm
(2004-05-05 22:00:55)
"'The Sasser worm doesn't affect Apple, Sun, BSD, Unix, or Linux systems. Once again we see governments and businesses around Australia are being slammed by a computer program that exploits weaknesses in one brand of proprietary software...'"

NewsForge: Red Hat: Onward Through the Fog!
(2004-05-05 23:30:58)
"...Mister Szulik, would you please describe for our readers how your desktop approach is different from the walk of a drunken sailor...?"

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