News Linux News for Apr 13, 2005:

IT Observer: Mozilla: The Honeymoon is over
(2005-04-13 00:15:24)
"But how is Mozilla faring now that the honeymoon period is over...?"

InfoWorld: Getting Rid of EULAs While Keeping the GPL
(2005-04-13 01:00:19)
"Rather than just trying to tame EULAs, as I'm doing with my FEULA project, some readers argue we should just get rid of them altogether..."

Thiessen: Gnome 3 Ideas
(2005-04-13 01:45:48)
"The following are a few of my suggestions for what would help Gnome 3 a revolutionary leap forward..."

CNET News: Will LAMP Eclipse Java?
(2005-04-13 02:30:13)
"An open-source software company called ActiveGrid is challenging the established thinking among builders of large-scale business applications..."

Java Developer's Journal: i-Technology Viewpoint: Open Source is Open to Debate
(2005-04-13 03:15:22)
"Open Source is easier to say than to define. A nexus of politics, religious-style fervor, and corporate marketing is fusing to fire one of the most heated debates in the industry today..."

iSeries Network: How Important Are Linux and Open Source to the iSeries?
(2005-04-13 04:00:15)
"The iSeries is right at the heart of IBM's Linux play, and a lot may be riding on how well the market views the iSeries as a platform of choice for Linux..."

Advisories, April 12, 2005
(2005-04-13 04:45:42)
Today's security advisory: Axel (Gentoo Linux).

HowtoForge: Apt-For-RPM-Howto
(2005-04-13 05:30:24)
"Why do I want to use apt instead of rpm? The answer is easy: apt cares much better for package dependencies than rpm..."

Digital Home Canada: Practical Linux 2: Installation & Samba Server Setup
(2005-04-13 07:00:12)
"In part two of our practical Linux series we discuss: Installing Suse Linux Professional, our first practical Linux application--a network file and print server; and finally how to set up Samba server on our Linux machine..."

The Linux Box: WINdependence (a.k.a., The Last Crash)
(2005-04-13 08:30:17)
"The following is the near epic tale of my transformation from mindless Windows drone to open source zealot..."

LinuxMedNews: Codeweavers, VistA Institute, Medsphere at the 12th VistA Community Meeting
(2005-04-13 09:15:15)
"The 12th Vista community meeting was held in Boston Massachutsetts April 7th-10th, 2005..."

Linux.com: Distribution Review: Linare Professional
(2005-04-13 10:00:06)
"It is themed to look and feel like Windows XP and aims to be a full-featured well-integrated desktop OS. Sadly, I've found it offers little more value than Fedora Core, and that value comes at a cost..."

SCLUG: amaroK [Review]
(2005-04-13 10:45:50)
"I already used akregator, which is a top notch RSS feed reader, and began thinking that surely I would be able to use it for the podcasts since they are in fact just RSS feeds..."

Enterprise IT Planet: Xiotech Opens Up
(2005-04-13 11:30:05)
"Xiotech, the largest privately-held storage company, has abandoned its proprietary platforms in favor of industry-standard and open source technologies..."

AllAfrica: Motshabi Denies 'Crossing Floor'
(2005-04-13 12:15:11)
"McKay Motshabi, who will vacate his post as GM of R&D at the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) this month, in exchange for a management position at Microsoft SA, denies it is a case of switched loyalties..."

NewsForge: The Two-Edged Sword: Legal Computer Forensics and Open Source
(2005-04-13 13:00:22)
"His work methods offer fresh perspectives on security, privacy issues and the relative merits of Windows and GNU/Linux--to say nothing of a niche industry where open source is more than holding its own..."

internetnews.com: Gartner: Linux Process, Not Tech, Biggest Hurdle
(2005-04-13 13:45:11)
"Neither SCO Group's copyright claims on select Linux code nor Microsoft will be able to slow the spread of Linux in the enterprise over the next two years, an analyst for Gartner Research said..."

iTnews: Firefox 1.1 Beta Slated for May
(2005-04-13 14:30:44)
"Firefox 1.1, an upgrade of a popular open source browser, will go into Beta or preview in six to seven weeks, a Mozilla Foundation engineer has said..."

NewsForge: 'Tridge' on Joining OSDL, Samba4, Patents, and Bad Predictions
(2005-04-13 15:00:41)
"Earlier this year, free software and Samba developer Andrew Tridgell was named as the second Open Source Development Labs fellow, sharing the title only with Linux creator Linus Torvalds..."

CNET News: Red Hat Tests Dual-Core Support
(2005-04-13 15:30:04)
"Red Hat on Friday began testing support for forthcoming dual-core processors in its first update to its Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or RHEL, software..."

NewsFactor: Is MySQL Gearing Up To Take On Oracle?
(2005-04-13 16:00:20)
"Can open-source darling MySQL take on the likes of Oracle, and even larger rivals Microsoft and IBM...?"

AP/Yahoo!: Barcelona Boasts EU's Top Supercomputer
(2005-04-13 16:30:02)
"Europe's fastest supercomputer--an IBM that can make 40 trillion calculations per second--booted up for the first time Tuesday at a research center in Barcelona..."

LWN: Mandriva Limited Edition 2005 Released
(2005-04-13 17:00:20)
"Mandriva, the company formerly known as Mandrakesoft, today released Limited Edition 2005..."

ZDNet UK: IBM Patent Sparks Open Source Code Rewrite
(2005-04-13 17:30:20)
"A patent filed by IBM has prompted PostgreSQL developers to rewrite an algorithm, even though IBM says it is opening up many of its patents for the open source community..."

PC Pro: Interview: Linux and the Open Source Development Lab
(2005-04-13 18:00:47)
"Currently the OSDL enjoys a wealth of support from chip and system vendors, as well as platform builders and operating systems, but Pratt said there were still names missing from the member list..."

BusinessWire: Linux Developers Moving Towards Non-Commercial Linux Distributions
(2005-04-13 18:30:48)
"Six months ago, purchased and free Linux were in a virtual tie, now 34% prefer non-commercial versions of Linux and 28% prefer a commercial version..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: New Sybase Release to Address 'Operational Gap'
(2005-04-13 19:00:19)
"The newest version of Sybase's database management system--Adaptive Server Enterprise 15--has entered the second phase of beta testing and is due for commercial release this fall..."

KernelTrap: Combined iSCSI Effort
(2005-04-13 19:30:14)
"A recent posting to the lkml announced that the Open-iSCSI and Linux-iSCSI projects have merged into a single effort..."

Computerworld Australia: Government to Use Open Source to Break Lock-Ins
(2005-04-13 20:00:54)
"IT vendors pushing costly proprietary software lock-ins have been warned that feeding at the $4.2 billion IT trough of the Australian taxpayer is over..."

IT Manager's Journal: CIOs Agree: Lack of Open Source Indemnification Not a Big Problem
(2005-04-13 20:30:46)
"While Lane didn't share the exact details of their concerns, he said in general, CIOs expressed a great deal of angst about traditional enterprise software..."

LinuxPlanet: Tenor, The Context Link Engine
(2005-04-13 21:00:29)
"The increasing number of files that are showing up on computers make traditional heirarchical file management systems harder and harder to use, regardless of platform. One group in the KDE Project believes they may be onto the solution with the context-based file management system known as Tenor..."

CNN/Money: Fun in the Sun?
(2005-04-13 21:30:52)
"Wait until next year. It's the rallying cry of fans of downtrodden sports teams. It also could be the motto of beleaguered Sun Microsystems..."

InfoWorld: Linux Can't Kill Windows
(2005-04-13 22:00:52)
"You can quit proclaiming Linux the Windows killer..." [Headline changed to match InfoWorld's correction. -ed.]

OfB.biz: The BitKeeper Example: A Bad Development Model
(2005-04-13 22:30:50)
"To say one could see a train wreck coming from hundreds of miles away when the Linux kernel development process switched to using BitKeeper to manage development is to make an understatement of the largest kind..."

ZDNet Australia: Linux Fanatics Losing the Plot?
(2005-04-13 23:00:21)
"Laura DiDio. Her mailbox must be bursting at its seams with hate mail from Linux devotees..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Golden's Rules: Licensing from the CA Perspective
(2005-04-13 23:30:47)
"One of the real challenges facing users of open source is the seemingly-endless number of open source licenses. Far worse is the fact that the number of licenses is still increasing..."

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