News Linux News for May 02, 2005:

LWN: Debugging Free Java with SableVM and Eclipse
(2005-05-02 01:00:02)
"The SableVM Project involves the development of a liberally-licensed free virtual machine for Java..."

Digital Home Canada: Practical Linux 3: Email and Web Browsing
(2005-05-02 05:30:21)
"In part three, we boot up the Linux Graphical User Interface and find out how to setup an email client and install the Firefox web browser..."

ONLamp: A Day in the Life of #Apache: Examples of RewriteMap in Action
(2005-05-02 07:00:19)
"A huge number of the questions on #apache have to do with mod_rewrite..."

informIT: Using Your Linux Desktop
(2005-05-02 08:30:06)
"In this chapter, the most common type of interface, a GUI called a desktop, is discussed in detail..."

KernelTrap: IDE Layer Dissension
(2005-05-02 10:00:51)
"Alan Cox maintained the 2.4 Linux kernel's IDE layer. Then, in August of 2003 he began a one year sabbatical, and in early 2.5 development Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz took over maintainership of the IDE layer..."

Linux Journal: Getting Flat, Part 2
(2005-05-02 11:30:21)
"Part 2 of Doc's thinking about Tom Friedman's new bestseller, from a Linux/open source angle..."

IT Manager's Journal: OpenLDAP: The Future of Business?
(2005-05-02 13:00:14)
"Mark Taylor believes that OpenLDAP is the catalyst that will finally make open source fully enterprise-ready. And he's willing to stake his business on it..."

The New York Times: Secretive Buyer of Some E-Commerce Patents Turns Out to Be Novell
(2005-05-02 13:45:22)
"The mystery involves a set of electronic commerce patents purchased, after heated bidding, in a dot-com bankruptcy auction by a Texas lawyer last December. They were acquired, it turns out, on behalf of the Novell Corporation..." [Free registration required, alternate link provided. -ed.]

ZDNet Australia: Ubuntu Linux Backer Tackles Collaboration
(2005-05-02 14:30:49)
"The company behind Ubuntu Linux is set to unveil ambitious plans to improve collaboration among the Linux community..."

NetworkWorld: Novell Preps Linux/NetWare Upgrade
(2005-05-02 15:15:06)
"Just one month after shipping its merged Linux/NetWare operating system, called Open Enterprise Server, Novell is planning a major update to the product, scheduled to be released by the first half of 2007..."

KernelTrap: Philips Webcam Driver Restored
(2005-05-02 16:00:30)
"In August of 2004, the Philips Webcam Driver 'pwc' was removed from the Linux kernel, following a disgreement regarding a hook only used by that driver..."

LinuxPlanet: Mandriva LE--The Drake Flies South for the Future
(2005-05-02 16:45:53)
"The merger of Mandrakesoft and Conectiva has already borne fruit in the form of Mandriva Limited Edition 2005. Bill von Hagen takes the new distro out for a spin and lets us know what the future has in store for this transatlantic product..."

SearchWin2000: Windows and Linux: Unraveling Support Options
(2005-05-02 17:30:03)
"There are lots of commercial and free versions of Linux available for integration in a Windows enterprise. Each Linux option comes with its own support mechanisms and issues for Windows IT managers to consider..."

NewsFactor: Linspire Puts a Friendly Face on Linux
(2005-05-02 18:15:22)
"What's a secret club without a secret handshake? Many people who want to jump on the Linux bandwagon have been reluctant to do so because they don't want to learn a whole new operating system..."

Australian IT: Open Source Map Avoids Legal Route
(2005-05-02 19:00:03)
"As a general rule, governments need all the guidance on open source they can get..."

NewsForge: The Second Commandment of System Administration
(2005-05-02 19:45:58)
"Trust is a hard thing to come by in any workplace. Luckily for you, trust in your servers isn't..."

InfoWorld: Linus Torvalds' BitKeeper Blunder
(2005-05-02 20:30:21)
"It was a controversial decision, to be sure, and one that appears to have finally--and perhaps predictably--come back to bite him..."

Yahoo!/Ziff Davis: Adobe Should Open-Source Macromedia Castoffs
(2005-05-02 21:00:47)
"Now that the initial surprise over Adobe's acquisition of Macromedia is over, it's time to step back and try to figure out just what effect this deal will have..."

TechNewsWorld: Apple's Tiger vs. Windows XP 64-Bit Edition vs. Linux
(2005-05-02 21:30:00)
"With a good balance of ease of use, performance, and reliability, Tiger would seem to be the OS of choice for [most] users over a Linux distribution..."

NewsForge: Review: PCQuest Linux 2005
(2005-05-02 22:00:38)
"It's 2005 now, and PCQ Linux 2005 has been released. It is based on Fedora Core 3, with many modifications. After spending some time with PCQ, I can recommend it as a good, fun distro to work with..."

The Inquirer: The Real Window for Linux
(2005-05-02 22:45:26)
"There's an opening for Linux to grab a much larger market share on the consumer desktop side over the next twelve to eighteen months..."

ZDNet: License Management Still a Big Business
(2005-05-02 23:30:53)
"Even with the danger of the SCO case fading, license management is proving to be a vital niche in the open source universe..."

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