News Linux News for Nov 09, 2004:

Perens: The Problem of Software Patents in Standards
(2004-11-09 01:00:59)
"Patents, originally created to stimulate innovation, may now be having the opposite effect, at least in the software industry..."

internetnews.com: IBM Sits Atop Supercomputer List
(2004-11-09 01:30:17)
"As expected, IBM took over the top slot on the Top500 supercomputing list with a BlueGene/L system that shatters previous Linpack benchmarks at 70.7 trillion floating points per second (teraflops)..."

OSNews: Regarding Stallman's Vision
(2004-11-09 02:00:44)
"Now, I can say I’m truly against any Intellectual Property concept (though I think a wise use of IP can contribute to destroy IP itself) but I really don’t understand why Stallman keeps on talking about freedom about software only..."

IT-Analysis: Positive Moves For Open Source
(2004-11-09 02:30:34)
"Why is this significant? Well not because it happened, but because the company chose to press release it..."

NewsForge: Koders.com: Find (Open) Source Code Fast
(2004-11-09 04:00:29)
"There's a new search engine in town. Koders.com is the name, and open source is the game. This new site aims to make open source developers more productive..."

Release Digest: Distributions, November 8, 2004
(2004-11-09 04:45:00)
Today's distributions: Mandrakelinux 10.1 PPC Edition and Trustix Secure Linux 2.2.

Release Digest: GNOME, November 8, 2004
(2004-11-09 04:45:20)
Today's GNOME apps: pbrowser 0.3, PureAdmin 0.1.12, GNOME War Pad 0.3.4, GStreamer-editor 0.8.0, and cbrPager 0.9.6.

Release Digest: KDE, November 8, 2004
(2004-11-09 04:45:40)
Today's KDE apps: kdissert 0.2.8, digiKam 0.7.0, develop 0.7-0.5, TreeLine 0.10.2, DigikamImagePlugins 0.7.0, and Luma 1.5.

developerWorks: Perl 6 Grammars and Regular Expressions
(2004-11-09 05:30:22)
"Perl has always been an evolving language, and Perl 6 has definitely evolved from Perl 5 in almost every way imaginable (but you can still tell they come from the same camel)..."

GeekSpeek: Building a LAMP Server w/ LDAP Authentication
(2004-11-09 07:00:45)
"This tutorial is designed to guide you through the initial steps of setting up an Apache, MySQL, and PHP server on Linux which will utilize an external LDAP server for authenticating users..."

NewsForge: Create a Data Dashboard with PHP and a Browser
(2004-11-09 08:00:48)
"How many times have you needed a quick and dirty method of displaying data, in a 'dashboard' format, that everybody could easily view...?"

CNET News: Mozilla Readies Firefox 1.0 release
(2004-11-09 09:00:35)
"Firefox, a browser based on the Mozilla Foundation's open-source development work, is scheduled to be available for free download at 1 a.m. PDT Tuesday..." Which, according to my watch, would be now.

DesktopLinux: Using DSL with Linux
(2004-11-09 10:00:30)
"Mark Rais offers DesktopLinux.com readers a tutorial on setting up broadband connectivity using DSL on Linux-based systems..."

Linux Magazine: Embedded Linux
(2004-11-09 11:30:56)
"Much of the attention that Linux has received has been focused on its growing use in servers. However, Linux scales down as well as it scales up..."

Linux Journal: Emacs Mode for GDB
(2004-11-09 12:15:28)
"The GNU symbolic debugger, GDB, is a powerful development tool, but one drawback is it works only from the command line..."

eWeek: Microsoft: Linux's Biggest Patron
(2004-11-09 13:00:51)
"Through its settlements with Sun and Novell, which total more than $2.4 billion, Microsoft has bought an extra dose of punishment from competitors focused on popularizing Linux..."

Reuters: Firefox Browser, a Microsoft Rival, Fully Released
(2004-11-09 13:45:57)
"The free Firefox Web browser, which has chipped away at the market dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, has been readied for a full release..." It's officially out, as announced earlier.

Mandrakesoft: 49% Revenue Growth in Second Half of Fiscal Year
(2004-11-09 14:30:54)
"Mandrakesoft's revenue for fiscal year 2003-2004 has reached 5.18 millions Euros, representing a 33% increase over the previous year..."

The [Duke] Chronicle: Mozilla: The Next Internet Explorer?
(2004-11-09 15:15:44)
"Unlike the majority of students, she was not seeing any pop-up advertisements because she was using Mozilla Firefox, a free alternative browser to Microsoft Internet Explorer..."

ZDNet UK: UK Patent Office Under Fire Over Software Report
(2004-11-09 16:00:59)
"The UK Patent Office has published an article explaining the software patents directive, but it has already been fiercely criticised by many anti-patent campaigners..."

eWeek: Review: Ten Extensions Enhance Firefox
(2004-11-09 16:45:46)
"Now that the official 1.0 release is out, we thought we'd take a look at some of the more interesting extensions..."

Linux Times: Alan Nugent: Insight from Novell's CTO
(2004-11-09 17:30:04)
"Innovation is on the way at Novell, with a next-generation desktop in the plans. Internally, the Linux migration is on schedule, and the staff are wholly in favor of moving away from Windows..."

The Inquirer: Microsoft's Indemnification as Bad as Linux
(2004-11-09 18:15:14)
"Volish users might be kidding themselves that they have better legal protection than open sourcers if their software 'triggers' something important..."

LinuxWorld Australia: NetWare Users Have Mixed Feelings on OES
(2004-11-09 19:00:03)
"Novell insists it is not abandoning its NetWare install base with the upcoming release of its Open Enterprise Server (OES), but its message was greeted with both enthusiasm and skepticism..."

NewsFactor: SGI Focusing Its Strategy in Difficult Environment
(2004-11-09 19:45:41)
"Silicon Graphics has not been in the headlines for some time, but the company turned some heads two weeks ago with the announcement that its Altix servers had become the basis for one of the world's fastest supercomputers..."

SearchEngineWatch: Firefox, Google and Web Search
(2004-11-09 20:30:21)
"Mozilla Firefox has Google, Yahoo and other search tools baked in, but they are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to search capabilities available with this innovative new web browser..."

The Age: Open Source Back on the SA Agenda
(2004-11-09 21:15:19)
"The South Australian Democrat, who last year introduced a bill into state parliament to amend state software procurement policies, has again raised the issue of the government taking up the open source option..." [Free registraion may be required. -ed.]

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Linux Aims to Divide and Conquer the Desktop
(2004-11-09 22:00:28)
"The 'Art of War,' the oldest military treatise in the world, tells aspiring generals to divide and conquer. For a certain open source operating system, this may be the approach needed to win the inevitable desktop battle..."

Silicon.com: Police Use Linux to Comply with Freedom of Information
(2004-11-09 22:45:30)
"A Scottish police force is extending its commitment to open-source software by developing a Linux-based system for ensuring it complies with the impending Freedom of Information Act legislation..."

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