News Linux News for Feb 04, 2005:

Planet Geek!: IBM Thinkpad T40 Debian Install--A Breeze!
(2005-02-04 00:15:47)
"Really, my aging T23 was starting to knuckle under with everything I was running on it, it really was time to step up to the plate and take the plunge..."

KernelTrap: Patching the -mm Patchset
(2005-02-04 01:00:45)
"Frank Denis announced his new -jedi kernel patchset that applies against the latest -mm patchset..."

ZDNet UK: EU Software Patents: The Lesson of Victory
(2005-02-04 01:45:15)
"The battle against bad law has been won at the last minute. Celebrate, but the war isn't over yet..."

Silicon.com: Leader: The Fight for the Public Sector
(2005-02-04 02:30:33)
"This week saw two offensives in the ongoing battle between Microsoft and open source in the public sector..."

NewsForge: Becoming a Debian Developer
(2005-02-04 04:00:44)
"So you want to be a Debian developer? You're not the only one. Preparing software packages for the distribution, writing documentation, and testing a release are all endless, thankless tasks..."

Linux Journal: Cygwin: Changing the Face of Windows
(2005-02-04 05:30:44)
"Glueing together Cygwin's odds and ends to make life on your Linux-by-way-of-Windows desktop more comfortable..."

Linux Magazine: P2P with Java
(2005-02-04 07:00:54)
"In this installment, I'd like to touch on an oft-forgotten but increasingly important component of the Linux desktop: Java applications..."

NewsForge: Detecting Hardware from Outside the Box
(2005-02-04 08:30:34)
"You're looking at new systems, or installing Linux on a box that used to run a different OS, and you're wondering if all the components--video, modem, Ethernet, sound--will work on Linux..."

GeekyBodhi: Ubuntu "Hoary Hedgehog" Live: Beta be Good
(2005-02-04 10:00:02)
"The community's new candidate for the poster child distribution, Ubuntu, recently unveiled the Live CD of its second version code-named 'Hoary Hedgehog...'"

NewsForge: Open Source Helps Flickr Share Photos
(2005-02-04 10:45:08)
"Flickr, the online photo-sharing Web site, is a good case study on the benefits of open source..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: HP Visionary: Next Steps to Extending Linux in your Enterprise
(2005-02-04 11:30:20)
"Looking for the next step in moving more enterprise applications to Linux? Then, step lively and implement Linux-friendly and/or open source application servers..."

SearchSecurity: Open Source: Time to Pay Up
(2005-02-04 12:15:36)
"Gone may be the days of 'free' open-source products--many of which have become foundational elements in widely used security products..."

TechWorld: EU Ministers Stick Two Fingers Up at MEP Patent Protest
(2005-02-04 14:30:33)
"Europe's ministers are planning to push ahead with controversial patent legislation despite a vote on Wednesday by MEPs to restart the process. The decision will set the two decision-making bodies of the EU at loggerheads..."

InfoWorld: Gates: Open Source, Interoperability Not Synonymous
(2005-02-04 15:15:26)
"'Additionally, the open source development approach encourages the creation of many permutations of the same type of software application, which could add implementation and testing overhead to interoperability efforts,' Gates said..."

KernelTrap: EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL vs EXPORT_SYMBOL
(2005-02-04 16:00:04)
"A recent post to the lkml began, 'I'm writing a module under a proprietary license...'"

eWeek: Plans to Parcel Linux Standards Base Meet with Approval
(2005-02-04 17:30:50)
"The Free Standards Group has decided to break up the single, core Linux Standards Base specification into different modules that can be combined to create a server or desktop LSB standard, but what do the companies behind Linux and the analysts make of this move...?"

ZDNet UK: Patent Office Wants Debate on Software Directive
(2005-02-04 18:15:28)
"Software firms and developers have the chance to influence UK Patent Office policy and change its understanding of 'technical contributions...'"

IT Manager's Journal: The Economics of Commercial Open Source
(2005-02-04 19:00:34)
"While this may be seen as a natural evolution of the marketplace, I believe that it violates the true spirit of open source, a spirit based in freedom, artistic expression, and technological innovations..."

vnunet: PalmSource Looks to Linux Future
(2005-02-04 20:30:26)
"PalmSource today promised to move to Linux after completing its acquisition of mobile phone software firm China MobileSoft..."

CNET News: Sun Floats Open-Source Database Idea
(2005-02-04 21:15:52)
"Sun Microsystems has raised the possibility that it might offer customers its own database, a move that could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates..."

OSDir: Corporate Desktop Linux--The Hard Truth [Part I]
(2005-02-04 22:00:25)
"W. McDonald Buck, retired CTO of World Bank, believes we need to take a more honest and frank look at the Cost Analyses it will take to put Linux on the corporate desktop..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.11-rc3-mm1
(2005-02-04 23:29:37)
Changelog, link within.

Editor's Note: Something Legal This Way Comes
(2005-02-04 23:30:50)
A grim new reality seems to have set in for the Linux community. Is it here to stay?

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