News Linux News for Nov 10, 2004:

The Guardian: Hunting with Firefox
(2004-11-10 00:15:53)
"Today marks a milestone in the history of the 'open source' movement, the extraordinary unpaid community of volunteers all over the world who work together to produce software which is placed in the public domain without commercial gain..."

CIO Magazine: Open for Business
(2004-11-10 01:00:26)
"A recent report published by CSC's Leading Edge Forum makes a strong case for open source software, but is sound business sense being lost amid all the cheerleading...?"

OSDir: To Evil!: To Evil! of October 2004
(2004-11-10 01:45:26)
"By their fruits ye shall know them, we are told. Time once again to look at last month's open source devilry, select three nominations for Most Evil Conducted This Month, and ask: how about *them* apples...?"

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.10-rc1-mm4
(2004-11-10 02:27:59)
Changelog, links within

CNET News: Microsoft Getting Nervous About Firefox?
(2004-11-10 02:30:59)
"Has Firefox reignited the browser war? CNET News.com has incontrovertible evidence that Microsoft is once again on war footing..."

NewsForge: Why Timing of Novell Linux Chief Resignation, Microsoft Payoff is Rather Curious
(2004-11-10 03:00:22)
"Industry insiders believe the timing of these two events--which happened within four days of each other--is curious, to say the least..."

IT Manager's Journal: How to Use Open Source to Your Best Corporate Advantage
(2004-11-10 03:30:54)
"As open source products first came onto the scene, commercial software companies viewed them with suspicion..."

NewsForge: Review: White Box Fills Niche Between Fedora and RHEL
(2004-11-10 04:00:27)
"White Box Enterprise Linux (WBEL) is an attempt to fill the void left by Red Hat's decision to become a purely commercial product..."

Release Digest: Distributions, November 9, 2004
(2004-11-10 04:45:00)
Today's distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Beta 2.

Release Digest: GNOME, November 9, 2004
(2004-11-10 04:45:20)
Today's GNOME apps: MPlayer 1.0pre5, Sylpheed 1.0.0beta2, Downloader for X 2.5, gSplashFu 0.4.0, GnoCHM 0.9.3, Quod Libet 0.4, DrPython 3.6.10, DiaCanvas2 0.14.2, Wechselspieler 0.4, and Goobox 0.4.0.

Release Digest: KDE, November 9, 2004
(2004-11-10 04:45:40)
Today's KDE apps: 'Q' DVD-Author Alpha 0.0.8 - R2, KProbe 0.2, kkbswitch 1.4.2, kdissert 0.2.8.1, and CuteCom 0.12.0.

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Security Basics: Beating Hackers, Pirates and Thieves
(2004-11-10 05:30:42)
"Internet pirates are looting bank accounts, stealing medical research and business secrets and taking over computers for malicious uses..."

LinuxDevices: Tiny Linux Box Targets Solar, Vehicle, Control Apps
(2004-11-10 07:00:40)
"Techsol is offering a compact, low-powered, Linux computer based on a CPU module available from 50 to 600MHz..."

NewsForge: Getting the Most From OpenOffice.org Writer Fields
(2004-11-10 08:30:41)
"Fields are extremely useful features of Writer. This article describes how to use fields to solve common business and technical writing problems..."

Samba 3.0.8 Available for Download
(2004-11-10 10:00:14)
"This release also includes a fix for the security defect CAN-2004-0930..."

ZDNet UK: Oxford University's Computer Centre Embraces PostgreSQL
(2004-11-10 10:00:59)
"The main computing centre at Oxford University has announced plans to drop its last commercial database and to move entirely to open-source database software..."

NewsForge: The Men Behind ettercapNG
(2004-11-10 13:00:58)
"In 2001 two Italians released the first beta version of ettercap, a network protocol analyzer. This summer they released ettercapNG, which was completely rewritten from scratch with better, modular code, making it easier to add new features and write and submit patches..."

ZDNet UK: Microsoft Adds IP Indemnity to Linux Fight
(2004-11-10 13:45:42)
"The software giant says it will protect customers from claims regarding use of Microsoft software infringing intellectual property--something it says open source cannot offer..."

Groklaw: 1995 Minutes of Novell's BD of Directors Says Novell Would Retain UNIX Copyrights
(2004-11-10 14:30:35)
"...[T]he 1995 minutes from the corporate kit of a meeting of the Board of Directors, which clearly and unequivocably say that Novell was to retain the UNIX copyrights in the sale to Santa Cruz that year..."

eWeek: Firefox and Beyond: Mozilla President Browses the Future
(2004-11-10 15:15:07)
"As Mozilla launches Firefox for the masses, the group's president, Mitchell Baker, outlines goals for gaining more Web browser converts and focusing on a development platform play..."

ZDNet UK: Mandrakesoft on the Mend
(2004-11-10 16:00:55)
"The French Linux vendor has announced its highest profits ever following a series of government contract wins..." A follow-up to yesterday's financial announcements.

OSNews: Interview with Novell's Ted Haeger
(2004-11-10 16:30:53)
"Today, we feature an interview with Ted Haeger, director of marketing for Novell Linux Desktop..."

IBM Makes Push for Client Software
(2004-11-10 17:00:19)
"IBM stepped up its assault on the desktop software market with the introduction of new bundles of its Workplace software..." CNET News has the story and ZDNet has the analysis.

PR: LinuxIT Questions Novell's Ability to Support its Desktop Linux Solution
(2004-11-10 17:30:43)
"LinuxIT, the largest independent systems integrator and services provider for Linux in the UK, today commented on the release of Desktop 9, Novell's Linux based desktop solution..." Press release within.

PC World: Mozilla Mulls Desktop Search Features for Firefox Browser
(2004-11-10 18:15:20)
"...[T]he Mozilla Foundation is busy planning future enhancements to the open-source product, including the possibility of integrating it with a variety of desktop search tools..."

Mandrake.Tips.4.Free.Fr: In-depth Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official Edition Review
(2004-11-10 19:00:17)
"For this review I went out of my way and installed on all systems I could get my hands on..."

Quick Look: Firefox 1.0 is End Users' Dream Machine
(2004-11-10 19:45:51)
"Yeah, so Firefox 1.0 came out yesterday. Parties were held all over the globe in celebration, pundits walked out of their proprietary caves and blinked in the harsh light of an open source world, and all was happy under the sun..."

Community: SUSE Linux 9.2 Review
(2004-11-10 20:30:18)
A reader submits this unsolicited review of SUSE Linux 9.2, and finds that life with this distro is good.

PR: Mandrakelinux 10.1 for x86-64 is Released
(2004-11-10 22:00:04)
"Mandrakesoft has just released Mandrakelinux 10.1 for x86-64, a version of its Linux Operating System that runs on AMD x86-64 and Intel EMT architectures..." Press release within.

Sydney Morning Herald: Desktop Linux Goes Boldly Where Others Have Gone Before
(2004-11-10 23:30:45)
"Efforts to float a viable alternative to Microsoft Windows have been on the march for nearly a decade, invariably without success..." Free registration may be required.

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