News Linux News for Nov 11, 2004:

Consulting Times: Desktop Linux: The Final Hurdles
(2004-11-11 01:00:30)
"Desktop Linux is almost soup. We only have a few items left on the short list. Will we do it? If history is an indicator, the answer is yes..."

vnunet: Linux Takes a Dose of Reality
(2004-11-11 01:45:58)
"So the news that government users can now purchase Microsoft licences at an even lower price--thanks to the latest NHS contract invoking a new volume discount level--will be seen as a blow to their hopes..."

ZDNet: Two on Microsoft's IP Moves, Settlements
(2004-11-11 02:30:14)
Are all these settlements just a prelude to a new intellectual property-based attack on Linux and open source? Two opinion pieces from ZDNet try to answer that question.

CNET News/Forrester: Commentary: Linux on the Desktop
(2004-11-11 04:00:15)
"More than half of the companies we surveyed will not replace any Windows-based systems with Linux, but for those that do, lower costs are the prime motivator..."

Release Digest: Distributions, November 10, 2004
(2004-11-11 04:45:00)
Today's distributions: SAM Mini Live Linux 1.1, Kurumin Linux 3.31, and Progeny Debian 2.0 RC1.

Release Digest: GNOME, November 10, 2004
(2004-11-11 04:45:20)
Today's GNOME apps: wxSFTP 0.1, gcompris 6.3 Free Educational Software, Ghost Diagrams 0.6, gmtodo 0.1, Gnome Crystal 0.6.2, MiniGtk+FileManager 0.7b, Xfmedia 0.4.0.1, Winki the Ripper 0.3.4, Wired 0.1, and AutoScan beta 0.93.

Release Digest: KDE, November 10, 2004
(2004-11-11 04:45:40)
Today's KDE apps: Filelight 1.0-beta4, webshots 0.1, logviewer 0.9, kmhtConvert 0.4, and kbilliards 0.5.

Linux.com: SysAdmin to SysAdmin: SysAdmins in Academia
(2004-11-11 05:30:50)
"Performing the job of a system and network administrator in academia differs quite wildly from doing the job in a corporate environment..."

Ars Technica: Linux on a Flash Drive
(2004-11-11 07:00:35)
"How many times have you sat at a computer and thought, If Linux was installed on this box I could... Wish no longer..."

LinuxElectrons: Pogo Linux Announces First Linux Optimized Eight-Processor AMD Opteron Server
(2004-11-11 08:30:38)
"Pogo Linux announced today at the SC2004 conference, the PerformanceWare 5864, an eight processor AMD Opteron-based server..."

LinuxQuestions.org: Interview with NVIDIA Engineers
(2004-11-11 10:00:28)
"The interview covers the internal use of Linux at NVIDIA, the current demand NVIDIA is seeing for Linux drivers, the biggest perceived obstacle in Linux becoming a mainstream gaming platform and the decision to maintain both an Open Source and closed source Linux driver..."

NewsForge: Tinyminds.org: A Not-Tiny Linux Site
(2004-11-11 11:30:55)
"Tinyminds.org is a Linux site that is not tiny at all. There's so much information here it would be difficult to fit all of it into even a big head..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: CA Executive Steers Ingres on Open Source Waters
(2004-11-11 13:00:29)
"The DBMS had been floundering with fewer then 15,000 customers worldwide, but it gained attention when its source code was released to the open source community this summer..."

internetnews.com: Trolling for Embedded Linux Dollars
(2004-11-11 13:45:18)
"With a new development platform and Motorola as a customer win, Trolltech is upping the ante in the embedded Linux stakes..."

Firefox Reviews Hit the Wires
(2004-11-11 14:30:34)
Between AP and Agence France-Presse, variations of these two reviews have appeared in hundreds of publications worldwide overnight and this morning. Links within.

ZDNet UK: Zope Launches Next-Generation Application Server
(2004-11-11 15:15:19)
"The open-source organisation has released the first version of Zope X3.0.0, which has been completely rewritten to improve the architecture..."

eWeek: Firefox Flaws Flagged, Fixed
(2004-11-11 16:00:20)
"Just one day after the Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 1.0, the group has revealed that prior versions of the open-source browser pose a security threat to users.

Raleigh News-Observer: Red Hat Goes to China
(2004-11-11 16:30:39)
"Red Hat is expanding in China, opening its first office in the world's most populous country to tap growing demand for the computer software that it sells..."

CNET News: TiVo Hacks Flourish
(2004-11-11 17:00:25)
"Five years after TiVo introduced the rewind and fast-forward buttons to broadcast television, hackers are pushing its digital video recorder to new heights--and possibly giving the company some ideas about where to go next..."

internetnews.com: Sun Desktop Rises in Japan Again
(2004-11-11 17:30:52)
""Sun Microsystems has eked out its second major contract in Japan for its Java Desktop System (JDS), the company said Wednesday..."

NewsForge: Why Malware Parasites Are Starting to Draw Linux Blood
(2004-11-11 18:15:06)
"While Microsoft Windows is the platform of choice for viruses and other malware, parasite writers are starting to smell fresh blood elsewhere..."

East Bay Business Times: Wind River Cuts New Course with Linux
(2004-11-11 19:00:19)
"The list of companies that dared to take on Microsoft Corp. and ended up retreating, bloodied and bruised reads like a roll call of Silicon Valley's best-known firms..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Firefox's 'Peter Parker' Complex
(2004-11-11 19:30:22)
"John Lal, president of Winferno Software, makers of an IE security add-on called Secure IE 2004, said browsers like Firefox were not designed with security in mind..." Riiight... just like IE?

IT World Canada: Sun CEO Takes a Swing At, Well, Everything
(2004-11-11 20:00:44)
"Sun Microsystems Inc. chairman and CEO Scott McNealy defended his company’s open source track record in an occasionally raucous meeting with members of the Canadian press last week..."

The Channel Insider: Tarantella Comes Back from the Dead
(2004-11-11 20:30:48)
"Most technology companies in trouble don't have near-death experiences. They just die. Tarantella Inc., however, appears to be the exception that proves the rule..."

The Inquirer: Aussies Checkout Open Source
(2004-11-11 21:15:50)
"More Aussie companies are getting advice about the use of open source software in mission-critical areas of their operations..."

ZDNet UK: Debian Sarge Focuses on Easy Installation
(2004-11-11 22:00:27)
"The next major release of Debian aims at making installation easier for non-technical users..."

LinuxPlanet: PathScale Intros Highly Scalable Linux Clustering
(2004-11-11 22:45:21)
"PathScale has unveiled a trio of new products touted as overcoming scalability and other lingering barriers to Linux clusters..."

The Hindu: Let Us Salute the Linux Localisers
(2004-11-11 23:30:57)
"Linux distributions for the consumer desktop may be imperfect; but Indian developers have already created some compelling applications, especially in local languages..."

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