News Linux News for Apr 04, 2005:

Tectonic: 'Open Source, More than Linux, the Real Winner for Business'
(2005-04-04 01:00:39)
"The report Open Source: Open for Business explores the usage and potential of open source both within the company and amongst its heavyweight client base..."

The Linux Blog: Optimizing Gentoo (Part 3)
(2005-04-04 07:00:48)
"For a long time, I have known about prelinking, but I never actually tried it..."

LinuxMedNews: Linux Medical News Turns 5
(2005-04-04 08:30:58)
"Linux Medical News is 5 years old as of [March 30]. It all began with the first posting... Has the landscape changed much since then? Is the work finished...?"

LinuxWorld Australia: The Ways, Means of Linux on the iPod
(2005-04-04 10:00:26)
"Imagine recording studio-quality audio using your iPod and a regular-old microphone. Or sitting on the commuter train, playing Othello, Pong, Tetris or Asteroids..."

NewsForge: My Workstation OS: Yoper Linux
(2005-04-04 11:30:16)
"But I have finally settled down with one of the best distros around, Yoper, which stands out for features like usability, available packages, hardware detection, and support..."

Linux Journal: A Motherboard Upgrade HOWTO
(2005-04-04 13:00:28)
"Tips and directions for replacing your computer's motherboard--from deciding whether it's worth the hassle to tweaking the BIOS..."

Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.30
(2005-04-04 13:00:59)
Full changelog, link within.

internetnews.com: SCO Hands in Its Homework
(2005-04-04 13:45:20)
"On Friday after the bell, SCO finally got its paperwork in to the Securities and Exchange Commission..."

vnunet: Linux Fails in Small Business Market
(2005-04-04 14:30:41)
"Linux is losing momentum among medium sized enterprises, according to a survey by Canadian research firm Info-Tech Research Group..."

The Motley Fool: The Hole in the Red Hat
(2005-04-04 15:00:56)
"Let there be no doubt that Red Hat the company has become a monster success story..."

The Register: Gov.uk Backs Open Source Drive
(2005-04-04 15:30:27)
"The Government has funded a ground-breaking new venture to accelerate the use of open source software (OSS) throughout local government..."

Associated Press/WRC-TV: $100 Laptops Envisioned For Developing World
(2005-04-04 16:00:12)
"In an effort to bridge the digital divide worldwide, some computer makers are trying to find a way to produce laptop computers that cost about $100..."

Yahoo!/TechWeb: Open-Source Upstarts Catch The Eye Of Venture Capitalists
(2005-04-04 16:30:47)
After making a tech-boom splash in the 1990s with Marimba Inc., [Kim Polese] now has her sights set on an emerging area of the open-source software market, where venture-capital interest is quickly heating up..."

NetworkWorldFusion: Linux Making its Mark in Messaging
(2005-04-04 17:00:50)
"In the past decade, the biggest winner on the e-mail server landscape has not been IBM/Lotus Domino or Microsoft Exchange, but Windows, the operating system that supports the majority of messaging and collaboration platforms in use today..."

LinuxPlanet: Turbolinux 10F: Turbolinux is Alive and Well
(2005-04-04 17:30:20)
"Turbolinux is alive and well and living in the Asia/Pacific, bringing the power of Linux to millions of people who may not know Red Hat and SUSE outside of press releases. Hey, where was I when the rest of the world started to exist...?"

IT Manager's Journal: Data Protection Option Increasing for Linux Users
(2005-04-04 18:00:06)
"Increasingly, companies are relying on Linux to host critical applications, such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and electronic commerce..."

NewsForge: An Analyst Talks About Analysts' Open Source Coverage
(2005-04-04 18:30:19)
"IDC vice president Dan Kusnetzky understands the frustration of friends such as HP's Linux Vice President Martin Fink, who complained at the recent Jboss developer event that open source software is not adequately covered by analysts..."

eWeek: SugarCRM Adds Collaboration
(2005-04-04 19:00:50)
"Open-source customer relationship management software developer SugarCRM Inc. is adding several new components to extend the capabilities of its sales, marketing and customer service applications..."

Reuters/Yahoo!: Plugged in--Next Big Tech Ideas May Be Small Ones
(2005-04-04 19:30:48)
"Five years after the tech boom went bust, there's a dearth of million dollar or billion dollar ideas, or so some fret..."

internetnews.com: OSI Tackles License 'Explosion'
(2005-04-04 20:00:51)
"The Open Source Initiative (OSI) board of directors is holding a meeting with stakeholders Wednesday to crack down on the proliferation of open source licenses, said Eric S. Raymond, the organization's co-founder and president emeritus..."

Reuters: Study Shows Microsoft, Linux Neck-And-Neck
(2005-04-04 20:30:05)
"Most U.S. businesses say there is very little difference between the cost of maintaining a Windows versus a Linux-based corporate computing environment, according to a new Yankee Group study released on Monday..."

Digital Home Canada: Practical Linux: Linux in the Digital Home
(2005-04-04 21:15:07)
"The goal of this series is to share Digital Home Canada's odyssey into Linux and hopefully to bring many of our readers and members along with us..."

Federal Computer Weekly: Adelstein: Linux Use Drives Innovation
(2005-04-04 22:00:57)
"FBI info-sharing project is one of a growing list of open-source successes..."

AustralianIT: Linux Advances on NSW
(2005-04-04 22:45:20)
"The Linux operating system is beginning to loosen the proprietary software industry's hold on the Australian government software market..."

East Valley Tribune: Tempe Company Sells PCs with Linux
(2005-04-04 23:30:31)
"RedSeven Computers, a Tempe-based high-end computer retailer, is claiming to be the first retail computer store in the United States to sell personal computers exclusively equipped with the Linux operating system..."

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