News Linux News for Oct 13, 2004:

ZDNet: Will Linux Finish Off the Mac?
(2004-10-13 00:15:52)
"A headline like that is bound to draw the ire of the Macintosh faithful..."

Groklaw: Patents--An Alternative View
(2004-10-13 01:00:58)
"Almost everyone agrees that the current patent system isn't working well, but the question is, what do we do about it...?"

Linux Journal: cat/dev/DiBona/brain: LAMP to WAMP to XAMP to SOFT
(2004-10-13 02:30:30)
"New users are making their way to Linux and open source, one acronym at a time..."

osViews: Integration: A Real Opportunity for Linux Progress
(2004-10-13 04:00:19)
"It seems a very long time ago when Linux was still a hobbyist OS that it was especially interesting to tinker with..."

DistroWatch: Distributions, October 12, 2004
(2004-10-13 05:00:00)
Today's distributions: LinEspa 0.20, StartCom 3.0.3 MultiMedia Edition, Hancom Linux 4.0, and LinuxTLE 5.5.91 (Test2).

Release Digest: GNOME, October 12, 2004
(2004-10-13 05:00:20)
Today's GNOME app: gcalctool v4.4.20.

Release Digest: KDE, October 12, 2004
(2004-10-13 05:00:40)
Today's KDE apps: KSafeID 0.1, linpacker 0.5.4.1, Konstruct 20041012, and klaunchpad 0.3.4.

KernelTrap: Discussions on Real Time
(2004-10-13 07:00:44)
As the real time debate continues on the Linux kernel mailing list, KernelTrap focuses on two aspects of the debate: preemption and the kernel prototype.

vnunet: Old PCs Get a New Lease of Life in Developing World
(2004-10-13 08:30:42)
"Almost 99 per cent of children in Africa leave school without having touched or seen a computer in the classroom..."

LinuxInsider: Open Source Weblog, Content Management Systems
(2004-10-13 10:00:59)
"But you may ask, why focus on the cheap? Isn't a professionally developed site better? Maybe, but most open source Weblog and content management systems are developed by professionals..."

Linux Journal: Benchmarks for Native Ipsec in the 2.6 Kernel
(2004-10-13 11:30:40)
"The new native IPsec implementation for 2.6.x kernels greatly improves the security of Linux systems..."

NewsForge: A Font Primer for Linux
(2004-10-13 13:00:21)
"Like most people, I've generally taken fonts for granted over the years. You hit a key, a letter appears on screen--no magic involved..."

Computerworld Australia: Sun's Schwartz Tells Red Hat 'Bring It On!'
(2004-10-13 13:45:06)
"Schwartz believes the biggest problem Red Hat is having in the marketplace is that customers are realizing that a thousand dollars a CPU 'doesn't feel like free anymore...'"

NewsForge: OpenOffice.org is Four Years Old Today...
(2004-10-13 14:30:34)
"In 2000, OpenOffice.org didn't exist--only StarOffice, a product that Sun Microsystems had bought in 1999 from the German-based StarDivision, and didn't seem to know what to do with it..."

KDE.org: KDE 3.3.1 Release Announcement
(2004-10-13 15:15:53)
"The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.3.1, a maintenance release..."

CNET News: Unearthing the Origins of Firefox
(2004-10-13 16:00:28)
"Only 14 years old when the Netscape browser was first released in 1994, Ben Goodger is leading a key effort to preserve that browser's legacy..." Part of CNET's Special Report: "Bowed But Not Broken."

LinuxWorld Australia: Thin Clients Get Wyse with Linux
(2004-10-13 17:30:54)
"Wyse claims greater than expected interest in the recent release of its new Linux-powered thin clients proves the market may finally be ready for the form factor..."

AP/Forbes: Paris City Hall Balks at Linux Switch
(2004-10-13 18:15:15)
"Local government offices in the French capital will not abandon Microsoft software overnight but instead gradually phase in more open-source programs, Paris City Hall said..."

Wheeler: Linux Kernel 2.6: It's Worth More!
(2004-10-13 19:00:15)
"This paper refines Ingo Molnar's estimate of the development effort it would take to redevelop Linux kernel version 2.6..."

ZDNet Australia: Settlement with Kodak No Betrayal: Sun Chief
(2004-10-13 20:30:42)
"Jonathan Schwartz made Sun's case during a wide-ranging interview... in which he also discussed new pricing models, Sun's perspective of rivals such as Red Hat and Hewlett-Packard and the impact of patents on innovation..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Rapidly Growing City Bets Its Future on Linux Messaging Platform
(2004-10-13 22:00:07)
"However, that rapid growth doesn't worry Tidd, director of technology for the city of Canton, Ga., because he has been moving the city's IT system to Linux..."

ongoing: Patent Theory
(2004-10-13 23:30:39)
"So I tried some [argument from first principles], and, to my surprise, ended up concluding that there may be real affinity between patents and Open-Source software..."

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