News Linux News for Mar 10, 2005:

NewsForge: Legitimate use, Open Source, Keep BitTorrent Out of Court
(2005-03-10 01:00:12)
"'It's open source, so who do you go after?' asked Phil Albert, IP attorney and partner with the San Francisco law firm Townsend and Townsend..."

DevX: Eclipse: The Last IDE You'll Ever Need?
(2005-03-10 02:30:33)
"The support that Eclipse has gained from tools vendors such as BEA and Borland indicates how established the integrated development environment (IDE) has become since IBM developed and then spun-off the project more than a year ago..."

LinuxDevices: Multi-OS "Virtual Platform" Runs Linux Side-by-Side with Nucleus
(2005-03-10 04:00:44)
"The combined offering is based on Jaluna's OSware for Linux, a low-level software product that partitions the physical resources of a processor between two operating system instances..."

Advisories, March 9, 2005
(2005-03-10 04:45:24)
Today's security advisories: grip (Fedora Core) and perl (Ubuntu Linux).

Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.30-pre3
(2005-03-10 05:30:43)
Incremental changelog, link within.

developerWorks: Migrating from x86 to PowerPC, Part 3: Kuro Box Linux Up Close
(2005-03-10 07:00:46)
"This installment of 'Migrating from x86 to PowerPC' moves from the abstract to the concrete, looking into implementation details of the Kuro Box..."

Linux Magazine: Say Hello to Skype
(2005-03-10 08:30:10)
"Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) has been a dream of Internet users for years, but until now there have always been... issues..."

Linux.org: A Look at MEPIS 3.3
(2005-03-10 10:00:59)
"I decided to try my luck at installation, so this review also doubles as an install guide for MEPIS..."

NewsForge: Rev Up Your Presentations with Masks and Movement
(2005-03-10 11:30:09)
"We all appreciate well-thought-out slide shows that logically step through a topic, especially when they're not dull and boring..."

Linux Journal: Programming Tools: HTML WYSIWYG Editors
(2005-03-10 13:00:23)
"NVu, an HTML editor now in beta release, has the potential to be the next great WYSIWYG HTML editor..."

Novell Ships Open Enterprise Server, Reveals SUSE Linux 9.3
(2005-03-10 13:45:57)
The Big N is roaring out of the gate today with the announcements of Open Enterprise Server's shipping status and the unveiling of SUSE Linux Professional 9.3 at CeBIT. Articles within.

internetnews.com: Attack of The Red Hat Clones?
(2005-03-10 14:30:40)
"Less than a month after the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 4, the number one Linux distributor finds itself walking a fine line in protecting its trademark from clones of its latest product..."

CNET News: In Europe, Patent Olive Branch--Or Threat?
(2005-03-10 15:15:53)
"The European Commission says it will let the controversial software-patent directive die, if enough opposition to it is mustered in the European Parliament. But some see this as a veiled threat..."

ZDNet UK: Mozilla's Future Under Debate
(2005-03-10 16:00:07)
"Development problems concerning the Mozilla Suite have led to some soul-searching in the Foundation, with some calling for Firefox to be spun off..."

Computer Business Review: Novell's Linux Desktop Migration Enters Phase Two
(2005-03-10 16:45:18)
"Novell has entered phase two of its Open Desktop Initiative to roll out Linux as the desktop operating system for its 6,000 internal employees, with plans to get 100% of them using Linux by the end of May..."

CoolTechZone: OpenOffice.org Beta 2.0: Trouble for Microsoft
(2005-03-10 17:30:22)
"Over the past few weeks, we have spoken about using Linux. One question that many of you will be asking is, 'What about my documents?' This question is the basis of this article..."

Heise: Open Source in the Public Sector
(2005-03-10 19:00:48)
"Just in time for CeBIT, Germany's Ministry of the Interior (BMI) has published an expanded edition of its Migrationsleitfadens (Migration Guidelines)..."

LinuxPlanet: Tall Maple Fills a Tall Order
(2005-03-10 20:30:05)
""The recent growth of Linux in so many areas of IT has spawned an ancillary growth in another arena--and, no, it's not the litigation industry..."

Agnostic Penguin: Yet Another Xandros Desktop Review [Parts 1 & II]
(2005-03-10 22:00:54)
"A friend shopping for his first computer mentioned he could probably get a new system for around $400. I recommended one of those $200 machines from Walmart (built by Microtel), which used to come with Linspire, but now comes with Xandros..."

CNET News: What's Wrong with the Java Community Process?
(2005-03-10 23:30:56)
"Now IBM software is a $15 billion business, happy to use its market clout to influence standards and push open-source software..."

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