News Linux News for Apr 11, 2005:

DesktopLinux: San Francisco Bay Area Celebrates "Penguin Day"
(2005-04-11 01:00:17)
"Next Tuesday, non-profit organizations and Open Source experts and advocates in the San Francisco Bay Area will gather together in honor of 'Penguin Day' 2005..."

developerWorks: Complex Layered Configurations with AppConfig
(2005-04-11 05:30:12)
"AppConfig shines as a way of configuring applications in Perl in the simple cases, but occasionally you need more power in command-line processing and configuration-file parsing..."

LinuxDevCenter: Adventures in Migrating to New Linux Distributions
(2005-04-11 07:00:26)
"A few months ago I decided to migrate my not entirely functioning Red Hat ES 3.0 system to the Debian stable release..."

NewsForge: djbdns: An Alternative to BIND
(2005-04-11 08:30:13)
"Those who have been concerned with the number of security vulnerabilities found in the BIND server through the years, or who prefer an easier DNS solution, may wish to investigate an alternative, djbdns..."

Linux.com: How to Migrate Your Linux Web Site to Another Hosting Company
(2005-04-11 10:00:37)
"If you can find a better hosting deal, you may be able to save money by switching hosting providers. But what's the best way to move your Web site...?"

Phoronix: The State of Linux NVIDIA Overclocking
(2005-04-11 11:30:43)
"As most of you are aware, due to poor ATI proprietary Linux drivers, ATI graphics cards are usually left out of the game when it comes to graphics card performance under Linux..."

Linux Journal: Ten Mysteries of about:config
(2005-04-11 13:00:17)
"Move along, nothing to see here. Some Firefox preferences are just too technical for end users. Oh, you're a Linux Journal reader? Come on in..."

The New York Times/CNET News: IBM Looks for Profit in Free Patents
(2005-04-11 13:45:30)
"So why has IBM shifted course recently, giving away some of the fruits of its research instead of charging others to use it? The answer is self-interest..."

NewsForge: BitKeeper and Linux: The End of the Road?
(2005-04-11 14:30:17)
"NewsForge has spoken with the three primary figures involved in the dispute--Larry McEvoy, Linus Torvalds, and Andrew 'Tridge' Tridgell--to learn what happened and whether or not it could have been avoided..."

LWN: Branden Robinson is the 2005 Debian Project Leader
(2005-04-11 15:00:11)
"Finally, I would like to congratulate Branden Robinson, the Project Leader-elect, for his success..."

KernelTrap: Managing the Kernel Source With 'git'
(2005-04-11 15:30:42)
"Linus Torvalds began working on an interim solution called 'git' in the absence of BitKeeper..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.12-rc2-mm3
(2005-04-11 16:00:00)
Changelog, link within.

Fedora Core Announcements Hit the Wires
(2005-04-11 16:00:05)
"In today's edition of the Herbertville Chronicle, read all about the second test release of Fedora Core 4..." Also, Fedora Core 2 now shifts to Fedora Legacy.

The Seattle Times: Plugged In to Microsoft's Biggest Rival
(2005-04-11 16:30:25)
"Shortly after he joined Microsoft 12 years ago in Washington, D.C., Martin Taylor was tapped to help an executive from Redmond make a sales presentation..."

eChannelLine: Linux Not Ready for Prime Time Enterprise: Microsoft
(2005-04-11 17:00:47)
"It's a line that has been repeated for many moons, only this time Microsoft Canada decided to try and prove it..."

Computerworld New Zealand: Microsoft to DHBs: We're Cheaper in the Long Run
(2005-04-11 17:30:11)
"Microsoft NZ believes the District Health Boards open source pilot could be 'short-sighted...'"

Bloomberg/Chicago Sun-Times: Teen's Firefox Web Browser Lights Fire Under Microsoft
(2005-04-11 18:00:34)
"Blake Ross, the 19-year-old who created the Firefox Web browser in his parents' house in Miami, has done something big software companies have sought to do for years: capture market share from Microsoft..."

BusinessWeek: Getting a Grip on Open Source Software Proliferation
(2005-04-11 18:30:53)
"As open source software penetrates ever deeper in to corporate America, a potential crisis looms. There are all sorts of licenses and therefore all sorts of rules for how different open source packages can be used..."

Bangkok Post/LinuxInsider: Taking the Plunge into Linux
(2005-04-11 19:00:21)
"In this first of a three-part feature, Matt Leppard looks at what influenced his decision to install and run Linux as an alternative to Windows and Macintosh..."

Yahoo!: Novell Expands Linux Solution for Retailers
(2005-04-11 19:45:56)
"Novell today introduced its newest offering for the retail industry, Novell Linux Point of Service 9..."

LinuxPlanet: Behind the New Mandriva
(2005-04-11 20:30:02)
"Some members of the Linux community are unhappy about the changes, but Mandriva has plans to make the changes more palatable..."

Forever Geek: Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog Review
(2005-04-11 21:15:06)
"Ubuntu Linux 5.04--the 'Hoary Hedgehog' release--came out on Friday, April 8. Is there a reason it's #1 on distrowatch.com? Or is it not all it's cracked up to be...?"

BusinessWeek: Mills: Microsoft Is Just "Saber-Rattling"
(2005-04-11 22:00:54)
"The IBM exec says Big Blue's collaboration software is the real deal, whereas Redmond's efforts don't even come close..."

The Economic Times: Few Takers for Linux Version 4 in Punjabi
(2005-04-11 22:45:41)
"Back in the late '90s when the war over operating systems--read Windows vs Linux==was raging hot, a bored analyst is said to have quipped: 'It's not the OS, silly! It's the MS Office...'"

eWeek: Open-Source License Battles Are Brewing
(2005-04-11 23:30:35)
"Just in the last week, the OSI and CA came up with different ideas on how to reform open-source licensing. If you look closely though you'll see their plans are incompatible and that we're in for major open-source licensing fights..."

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