Linux News for Nov 30, 2004

• SearchEnterpriseLinux: LOL: Will the Real Linux Creator Please Waddle Up? (Nov 30, 2004, 23:30)
  Humor: "...'Why is Tux the mascot of Linux?' My response: 'You are not going to believe this, but it was a agreement between Linus Torvalds and The Society of Peaceful Penguins...'"


• NewsForge: The Open Source Wiki Behind Wikipedia (Nov 30, 2004, 22:45)
  "The Wikimedia Foundation uses as the basis of Wikipedia a GPL-licensed application called MediaWiki, and so can you..."


• Linux Journal: Linux for Suits: Grass Roots vs. Giant Roars (Nov 30, 2004, 22:00)
  "While big-name companies scramble to protect business models, this company is making open-ended devices that give customers the right to control their own telephone and media experiences..."


• Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.10-rc2-mm4 (Nov 30, 2004, 22:00)
  Changelog, link within.


• CNETAsia: BEA Builds Library Portal for S'pore University (Nov 30, 2004, 21:15)
  "The National University of Singapore (NUS) enlisted the IT vendor's help to develop a portal integrating the university's disparate library applications..."


• WebProNews: Why Modern Marketing Loves Open Source (Nov 30, 2004, 20:30)
  "For Modern Marketeers the Open Source Movement provides some great lessons in the power of online communities..."


• OSNews: Interview with Vintela's President (Nov 30, 2004, 20:00)
  "Have you partaken in the conspiracy theories about Microsoft's recent investment in Vintela, a Unix-Windows integration software company...?"


• BetaNews: Outsourced Netscape Merges Firefox, IE (Nov 30, 2004, 19:45)
  "The new Netscape is based on Firefox, but with a twist--it includes support for switching to Microsoft's IE engine..."


• Inc.com: The Secrets of Open-Source Managing (Nov 30, 2004, 19:30)
  "Why would a posse of online gamers--a group not known for respecting niceties like copyrights--set out after the liberators of the program they had so eagerly awaited? The answer can be found in the open-source movement..."


• LinuxElectrons: Linux Made Easy for Businesses with Mandrakelinux and Connect Computing (Nov 30, 2004, 19:00)
  "Connect Computing Inc. is announcing a partnership with Mandrakesoft to offer Linux server software for small businesses..."


• Market Wire: Xandros and Microtel Deliver Linux Desktop Line to Mass-Market Retailer (Nov 30, 2004, 18:30)
  "Xandros... today announced that Wal-Mart's online store is carrying a full range of Linux desktop computers with the pre-installed Xandros Desktop Operating System..."


• ZDNet UK: Europcar Slims IT Costs with Linux Thin Clients (Nov 30, 2004, 18:00)
  "The car hire firm says its has cut hardware and maintenance costs dramatically by migrating 1,500 rental stations to thin clients running Linux..."


• internetnews.com: Nick Godici, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO (Nov 30, 2004, 17:30)
  "The software patent process isn't broke despite many claims to the contrary, explains the patent chief..."


• BusinessWeek: IBM's Solid Stake on the Desktop (Nov 30, 2004, 17:00)
  "Its Workplace package is catching on with clients, and more software makers are signing on. Still, it's no Windows smasher..."


• Groklaw: Judge Denies SCO Motion To Stay DaimlerChrysler Until IBM Decided (Nov 30, 2004, 16:30)
  "The judge in the SCO v. DaimlerChrysler case, the Honorable Rae Lee Chabot, has denied a SCO motion for a stay of their case until after the IBM case is decided..."


• Python.org: Python 2.4 (Nov 30, 2004, 16:30)
  "We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4, final on November 30, 2004. This is a final, stable release, and we can recommend that Python users upgrade to this version..."


• ComputerWeekly: Linux Slashes Costs for Bank Giant (Nov 30, 2004, 16:00)
  "Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein uses Linux on Intel servers to cut running costs by 45%..."


• Computer Business Review: Sybase, IBM Team to Bring ASE to Power-Linux (Nov 30, 2004, 15:30)
  "Sybase might have got a relatively early start on Linux, but it no easy thing to compete with the open source MySQL and PostgreSQL databases among Linux shops..."


• The Boston Globe: LinuxWorld to Visit Hub for 1st Time (Nov 30, 2004, 15:00)
  "LinuxWorld Conference & Expo will come to Boston for the first time in February, underscoring the area's standing as a hub for the open-source software being adopted by thousands of businesses..."


• The Inquirer: Linus Torvalds Slammed Over Software Patent Stance (Nov 30, 2004, 14:30)
  "A UK lawyer has lambasted Linus Torvalds and others who have attacked the European Union proposed directive on software patents..."


• iTNews: Red Hat Preps Enterprise Linux 4 (Nov 30, 2004, 13:45)
  "The planned release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 in the first quarter of 2005 plays catch-up to the August introduction of Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9..."


• Linux Journal: Wireless on the Road (Nov 30, 2004, 13:00)
  "A few tips and tricks for finding Wi-Fi access on you next road trip..."


• Tuxme: Review: GeeXboX - Linux Media Center (Nov 30, 2004, 12:15)
  "GeeXboX is 'no more than an awesome standalone media player.' That's a little bit of an understatement..."


• Australian IT: DVA Shops for Open Source Office (Nov 30, 2004, 11:30)
  "...[T]he Department of Veterans' Affairs is to investigate open source alternatives to the Microsoft Office productivity suite used within the department..."


• NewsForge: dmidecode: What's It Good For? (Nov 30, 2004, 10:00)
  "You know you're living in a cutthroat world when your BIOS lies to your operating system at boot time..."


• vnunet: Security Suite Guards Linux Clients (Nov 30, 2004, 08:30)
  "Security specialist Pointsec Mobile Technologies last week announced it will extend its suite of client-side security tools to cover Linux-based laptops and desktops..."


• ONLamp: Using Ubuntu (Nov 30, 2004, 07:00)
  "This morning, a strange package made its way into my mailbox from Zurich. I opened it up to discover the distribution discs for Ubuntu Linux..."


• Linux.com: CLI Magic: Ispell (Nov 30, 2004, 05:30)
  "Unless you are one of those who writes everything you write from inside one of those behemoth office-style word (or is it world?) processors, a fast, convenient, powerful, and stand-alone spell checker is a very hand thing to have around..."


• Release Digest: KDE, November 29, 2004 (Nov 30, 2004, 04:45)
  Today's KDE apps: Cpsed 0.4, KPhone 4.0.5, Hydrogen 0.9.1, KiRateRadio 0.1, KLMCL 0.1d, TaskJuggler IDE 0.5, eric3 3.5.1, Set CD-ROM Speed 1.1.0, and KRename 3.0.3rc1.


• Release Digest: GNOME, November 29, 2004 (Nov 30, 2004, 04:45)
  Today's GNOME apps: ATVGuide 0.1, gcx 0.7.4, Bloglines applet 1.0.0, Cornfed SIP User Agent 0.4.11, Gnumeric 1.4.0, GChemPaint 0.4.9, paco 1.7.2, gtubeclock 0.9.1, and LinuxUpdate 0.4.


• Release Digest: Distributions, November 29, 2004 (Nov 30, 2004, 04:45)
  Today's distributions: UHU-Linux Live 2.2 and Devil-Linux 1.2.1.


• Computer Business Review: Web Services Reliability Goes Open Source (Nov 30, 2004, 04:00)
  "Fujitsu Ltd, Hitachi Ltd, and NEC Corp have made their implementation of the Web Services Reliability standard messaging specification available under an open source license..."


• eWeek: Fedora Core 3 Caps Linux Distribution (Nov 30, 2004, 03:15)
  "Fedora Core 3... is stacked with changes that include the way it partitions disks by default and the appearance of the window managers that ship with it..."


• OSNews: Jonathan Schwartz: Solaris is the Future of Unix (Nov 30, 2004, 02:30)
  "We had the pleasure of having a quick chat with Sun's COO, Jonathan Schwartz, yesterday. We talked about a variety of things, including Java, Solaris, Red Hat and good ol' Unix..."


• NewsForge: Ten Axioms of Computing? Call Them Windows Flaws (Nov 30, 2004, 01:45)
  "What he and far too many other people don't realize is that most of their problems could be solved by removing Windows from their machines and installing a free software operating system like GNU/Linux..."


• Community: Is Gmail Linux Friendly? (Nov 30, 2004, 01:00)
  A brief look at a distinct lack of support from a company known for its Linux adoption.


• IT Observer: The State of Open Source in the Enterprise (Nov 30, 2004, 00:30)
  "Invariably, most participants will boil these down to two hard facts: on the consumer desktop, Open Source has made very little headway but in the corporate market it is gaining strong footholds..."


• ZDNet Australia: Is the Microsoft Hate Campaign Working? (Nov 30, 2004, 00:00)
  "And the loudest voices in the tech community generally belong to those who do not like Microsoft..."