News Linux News for Mar 09, 2005:

WindowsITPro: Storage Represents Linux's Next Challenge
(2005-03-09 00:15:11)
"Linux is continuing its seemingly inexorable march from the network periphery to providing file, print, and workgroup services on into the heart of the IT infrastructure at many companies..."

NewsForge: Ham and Wine Go Well Together
(2005-03-09 01:00:12)
"Wine--the open source implementation of the Windows API on X and Unix--is a tool that you may never need..."

ONLamp: European Open Source--3 Years On
(2005-03-09 03:30:24)
"When Euro OSCON hits Amsterdam in October it will be nearly 3 years since I wrote this post calling for a European OSCON..."

Advisories: March 8, 2005
(2005-03-09 04:45:20)
Today's security advisories: kernel and squid (Conectiva Linux); abuse and kdenetwork (Debian GNU/Linux); less, php, and subversion (Fedora Legacy); ImageMagick, Hashcash, mlterm, and KDE dcopidlng (Gentoo Linux); and libexif, lesstif1-1, and squid (Ubuntu Linux).

A.P. Lawrence: Hardening your Kernel with OpenWall
(2005-03-09 05:30:49)
"The Openwall Project provides security related kernel patches for Linux and BSD kernels. I read about this in Hardening Linux by James Turnbull..."

Free Software Magazine: Mail Servers: Resolving the Identity Crisis
(2005-03-09 07:00:02)
"How to get Dspam, Postfix, and Procmail to play well together..."

Linux Magazine: A Super Computing Show
(2005-03-09 08:30:05)
"This year’s conference, the theme of which was 'Bridging Communities,' demonstrated just how far cluster computing and Linux have come in a very short time..."

DesktopOS: Packaging Tutorial for Xandros 3.0
(2005-03-09 10:00:43)
"In this document I will walk you through the process of creating a Debian package for Xandros 3.0..."

NewsForge: Linux Desktops on Windows Using VNC
(2005-03-09 11:30:48)
"Most Linux distributions include some form of VNC. If you need to download, there are several versions to choose from, including RealVNC, TightVNC, and KDE's Desktop Sharing, the VNC desktop server and client built into KDE..."

Tectonic: Choosing the Right Linux Trainer
(2005-03-09 12:15:41)
"So you've decided you want to earn a Linux certification and get trained. The next question you should be asking is 'which training institution should I choose...?'"

Linux Magazine: It's (Not) Magic
(2005-03-09 13:00:05)
"What exactly is a magic number? And what can you do with it? Let’s dig in and find out..."

Builder AU: Linux Creator Torvalds Switches to an Apple Mac
(2005-03-09 13:45:21)
"Linux creator Linus Torvalds is now using an Apple Macintosh as his main desktop, mainly for work reasons, although partly simply because he's a self-described 'technology whore...'"

Reuters: EU Commission: Won't Resubmit Software Patent Bill
(2005-03-09 14:30:45)
"The European Commission will not propose a new law on the patenting of computer-related inventions if the European Parliament rejects the current controversial proposal..."

KernelTrap: Defining Stable Trees, 2.6.11.2 Released
(2005-03-09 15:15:26)
"Greg KH and Chris Wright continue to finalize how the -stable Linux kernel tree will work in an email Greg described as, 'everything you ever wanted to know about Linux 2.6 -stable releases...'"

Computerworld: Spanish Health Care Agency Taps IBM, Linux for IT Systems
(2005-03-09 16:00:47)
"IBM has built a $33.8 million Linux-based computer network for a Spanish health care agency that will be used to improve health care for residents in rural parts of the country..."

ZDNet UK: Longhorn and the Linux Long-Game
(2005-03-09 16:45:01)
"The next installment of Windows will act as the cornerstone in Microsoft’s ongoing battle with IBM and Linux..."

eWeek: Firefox Is Heading Towards Trouble
(2005-03-09 16:45:46)
"I think Firefox is the best browser on the planet, but it's not going to stay that way long unless the team behind it gets their act together sooner rather than later..."

PR: Terra Soft Ships Linux on iPods, FireWire Drives
(2005-03-09 17:30:13)
"Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce support for bootable iPods and FireWire drives, both immediately available from Terra Soft with Yellow Dog Linux pre-installed..."

Linux Magazine: The Apache Portable Runtime
(2005-03-09 18:15:31)
"On those platforms, Apache 1.3 often relied on #ifdef blocks to acheive portability, effectively forking the source into mainline code and platform-specific code, making the code harder to read, debug, and maintain..."

Techworld: Whatever Happened to SCO?
(2005-03-09 19:00:28)
"How was the big beast brought low--and what's likely to happen next...?"

PR: Celebrating the Release of GNOME 2.10
(2005-03-09 19:15:36)
"Released on schedule, to the day, it is the culmination of six months effort by GNOME contributors around the world..." Announcement within.

NewsForge: FSF Offers Jobs Page for Employers, Employees
(2005-03-09 20:30:29)
"While it has carried job listings on its site in some form since 2001, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) launched a newly revived 'Jobs in Free Software' page last month..."

Nashville City Paper: Sitening Navigates Sea of 'Open Source' Software
(2005-03-09 21:15:14)
"Welcome to the world of 'open source' software, where rivers of information flow easily in cyber swirls of good will and camaraderie..."

NewsForge: Review: Astaro Security Linux 5.1
(2005-03-09 22:00:01)
"Several specialized distributions have sprung up to simplify this task. These range from small, diskette-based distros like the Linux Router Project and FREESCO to larger systems requiring a hard disk installation..."

Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show
(2005-03-09 22:45:38)
"Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show: Doc Searls, senior editor of Linux Journal..."

ZDNet: How to Fight the FUD
(2005-03-09 23:30:00)
"There are no enemies of Linux conducting a systematic campaign of disinformation aimed at undermining the enterprise credibility of the open source operating system..."

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