News Linux News for Dec 13, 2004:

The Channel Insider: Linux, Security Certifications Gain Popularity
(2004-12-13 01:00:57)
"Linux and open-source certifications claimed a record four spots on the 2005 top-10 list..."

Linux Magazine: Taking Open Source to the Bank
(2004-12-13 02:30:01)
"Open Source and profit are not oxymorons..."

Press Action: Free as in Freedom
(2004-12-13 04:00:14)
"This is the first part of a two-part essay about the revolution that started the Free Software Movement and resulted in the development of the GNU/Linux operating system..." [Parts One and Two linked within. -ed.]

IDEAlog.us: HOWTO SpamAssassin Site-Wide Training For All Mailboxes on Postfix Mail Server
(2004-12-13 05:30:20)
"This is a follow up post to improve SpamAssassin training from my earlier HowTo on setting up a Debian PostFix mail server..."

KernelTrap: DebugFS
(2004-12-13 07:00:23)
"Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the creation of debugfs, an in-kernel filesystem designed to help kernel developers easily export debug data to userspace..."

Brighthand: Palm OS for Linux--It's a Good Thing
(2004-12-13 08:30:14)
"Unless you've been living in a cave, you've heard by now that PalmSource is going to base a future version of the Palm OS on Linux..."

NewsForge: Being Realistic About Linux Hardware Compatibility
(2004-12-13 10:00:05)
"Try installing Windows on Apple or Alpha hardware, then complaining to Microsoft that it doesn't work. You won't get far. In fact, you probably won't even get a reply..."

Libervis: FOSS in the Church (Part 1 - Introduction)
(2004-12-13 10:45:51)
"For an example: I have heard of one church that has no less that twelve computers... as well as two servers. But of the operating system and application software they use on a daily basis only one of the licenses is legal...."

NewsForge: My Workstation OS: Slackware
(2004-12-13 11:30:48)
"For the last nine months, however, I've been a happy camper with my Slackware desktop..."

Linux Online: Spanish Linux User Association Files Complaint Against Public Administration
(2004-12-13 12:15:14)
"A Linux user association has filed a formal complaint with the office of the Ombudsman (The People's Defender) against the Social Security Administration of Spain..."

Yahoo!/TechWeb: Penn State Tells 80,000 Students To Chuck IE
(2004-12-13 13:00:20)
"A public university with an enrollment of over 80,000 put the kibosh this week on Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and urged its students to switch to alternative browsers such as Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, or Safari..."

CNET News: Firefox Surpasses 10 Million Download Mark
(2004-12-13 13:45:11)
"Firefox, the open-source challenger to market heavyweight Internet Explorer, has surpassed 10 million downloads in a little more than a month since the browser was released in November..."

ZDNet UK: Patent Directive Faces Fishy Future
(2004-12-13 14:30:16)
"The EU Council is accused of 'last-minute manoeuvring' as it considers passing the EU software patent directive within an environment or fishery meeting..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.10-rc3-mm1
(2004-12-13 15:14:04)
Changelog, link within.

ZDNet Australia: Linux Advocate Takes Another Swipe at Windows TCO
(2004-12-13 15:15:20)
"Linux provider Cybersource has updated its two year old study comparing the total cost of ownership (TCO) when using Microsoft’s products against open source solutions--only to find that Linux is still cheaper..."

Computer Business Review: Multiple Versions of Open Source Solaris Planned
(2004-12-13 16:00:24)
"Three versions of open source Solaris 10 are in the works, as Sun Microsystems Inc prepares to convert its entire middleware portfolio to a pay-per-use, open source stack..."

OpenOffice.org: Roundtable: City of Haarlem and OpenOffice.org
(2004-12-13 16:45:59)
"Early in November it was announced that the municipal offices of the Dutch city of Haarlem, the capital of North Holland, had migrated to OpenOffice.org..."

PRNewswire: Firefox's Share of Browser Market Grows 34 Percent in One Month
(2004-12-13 17:30:14)
"The U.S. browser usage share of Firefox, the upstart Mozilla-based browser that has become a champion of the open source movement, has grown by more than a third over the past month, according to the latest independent study from WebSideStory..."

Tectonic: Code Theft or Liberalisation?
(2004-12-13 18:15:48)
"An interesting row is brewing between SugarCRM and vTiger CRM, which could have a large impact for open source developers..."

NewsForge: How to Get a Job as a Linux Administrator
(2004-12-13 19:00:51)
"IT jobs across the board are picking up, but Melland, the CEO of Internet career site Dice, says Linux knowledge is a particularly hot commodity..."

PCTechTalk: The Battle for Wesnoth--An Example of a Successful Open Source Game Project
(2004-12-13 19:45:47)
"The competitive advantage that all OSS have over commercial software--no marketing department to make happy, no deadlines to meet, nothing like that. Simply the writing of a game that I would find fun..."

BusinessWire: IDG World Expo Launches LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in Mexico
(2004-12-13 20:30:38)
"LinuxWorld Mexico is scheduled for February 2006 in Mexico City at Centro Banamex..."

LinuxPlanet: Rolling Out Unattended Debian Installations (Part 2)
(2004-12-13 21:15:10)
"Today we'll configure the client installations--network server settings, what software is going to be installed, and the client boot methods..."

BNAmericas/LinuxInsider: More Than 40 Percent of Argentine Companies Use Open Source
(2004-12-13 22:00:04)
"Argentine companies are showing more interest in adopting open-source software, with 42 percent already using it and 4 percent testing it, local newspaper El Cronista reported, citing a study by local consultancy Trends Consulting..."

Computerworld Australia: NSW Exam Board Tests Open Office
(2004-12-13 22:45:40)
"NSW school curriculum administrator the Office of the Board of Studies has started trialling the OpenOffice.org office suite amid its strategy to move more applications--including examinations--to a Web-based architecture..."

Science & Technology: From Seeing to Understanding
(2004-12-13 23:30:25)
"Extraordinarily complex, three-dimensional (3D) supercomputer simulations play a major role in making sure the nation’s nuclear stockpile remains safe and reliable..."

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