News Linux News for May 12, 2005:

Dinner with Microsoft: Red Hat on the Menu?
(2005-05-12 01:00:28)
Doc Searls has a blog poser for us: "Would Microsoft buy Red Hat?" His article and a follow-up from ZDNet's David Berlind within.

Analyzing Press v. Privacy
(2005-05-12 01:45:13)
Two articles from two very different sources deconstruct and analyze the Jones/O'Gara debacle and why it really happened.

ONLamp: Freedom is Not Free
(2005-05-12 02:30:10)
"Professor Lessig's general premise was that whether you share the perception (sound familiar?), we are currently in a war..."

Linux Journal: Seven Criteria for Evaluating Open-Source Content Management Systems
(2005-05-12 04:00:54)
"If you're new to open-source CMSes, here are some guidelines to help you find the best one for your project..."

Advisories: May 11, 2005
(2005-05-12 04:45:48)
Today's security advisories: gaim (Fedora Core); openmotif, tcpdump (2), and gaim (2) (Red Hat Linux); and ethereal (Mandriva Linux).

developerWorks: Mad Mac Mini Multimedia Machine, Part 1: Load Linux on the Mac Mini
(2005-05-12 05:30:25)
"Learn how to install and configure Linux on the mini. Future articles will add the software required to make it into a stand-alone multimedia appliance..."

Really Linux: Post Installation Configuration for Beginners
(2005-05-12 07:00:35)
"This brief article will provide some encouragement for those with hardware concerns and needing a very basic overview of how and where to find their flavor’s configuration tools..."

Computerworld Australia: Developing with Open Source Tools
(2005-05-12 08:30:02)
"Enterprises looking for an alternative to proprietary development tools now have a range of open source software that can reduce the overhead and time to market..."

NewsForge: Platform-Specific Gecko-Based Browsers
(2005-05-12 11:30:30)
"The three open source Gecko-based browsers detailed here all use their respective operating systems' native widget toolkit to render their user interfaces..."

Linux Magazine: Building a (Very) Low Cost Cluster
(2005-05-12 13:00:00)
"Fortunately, getting started or just experimenting with Linux and clusters can be done on a very small budget..."

CNET News: Open-Source Divorce for Apple's Safari?
(2005-05-12 13:45:39)
"Two years after it selected open-source rendering engine KHTML as the basis of its Safari Web browser, Apple Computer has proposed resolving compatibility conflicts by scrapping that code base in favor of its own..."

Mozilla: Firefox 1.0.4 Released
(2005-05-12 14:30:50)
A security update to the popular browser has been announced.

eWeek: Dell's Investment Shows Red Hat Is Red Hot
(2005-05-12 15:15:23)
"While it's too soon to determine the full impact of Dell's nearly $100 million investment in Linux vendor Red Hat, the move makes one thing perfectly clear..."

Computer Economics: Key Advantage of Open Source is Not Cost Savings
(2005-05-12 16:00:43)
"Computer Economics recently conducted a survey of visitors to its website regarding the perceived advantages in the use of open source software. Although not a scientific sample, the results are nevertheless startling..."

BBC News: How Microsoft Plans to Beat Its Rivals
(2005-05-12 16:45:11)
"Microsoft is under attack by a bevy of competitors. But is the software giant really at its 'most vulnerable moment in history?' In the second part of our report we examine how Microsoft hopes to beat its rivals..."

TechWorld: Open Source is Widespread But Much is Invisible
(2005-05-12 17:30:32)
"The survey recently undertaken by SocITM to determine just how much open source software (OSS) was being used found that 34 per cent use OS applications and 39 per cent use OS infrastructure software such as Linux..."

TechWeb/Yahoo!: Sun Blesses Open-Source Java Effort
(2005-05-12 18:15:39)
"A group of developers last week proposed an Apache Foundation project that would create an open-source version of Sun Microsystems' desktop Java software--a project Sun has already endorsed and in which it may even participate..."

LinuxPlanet: Pavilion, SUSE Make for Great Portable 64-Bit Computing
(2005-05-12 19:00:08)
While Microsoft struggles to capitalize on 64-bit power, Linux has led the way for years. LinuxPlanet dusts off an older version of SUSE and demonstrates that even year-old Linux technology can run rings around anything out there for the 64-bit desktop and provide users with one screaming portable machine.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Microsoft Faces Challenge from Brazil
(2005-05-12 19:45:50)
"Brazil is encouraging other developing countries to follow its lead in replacing Microsoft Corp. software with free alternatives, such as Linux..."

ZDNet UK: Firefox Video Campaign Storms the Web
(2005-05-12 20:30:27)
"Witty promotional videos featuring people's extreme reaction to discovering Firefox are spreading fast online..."

Computer Business Review: Linspire Under New Management
(2005-05-12 21:15:55)
"Desktop Linux company Linspire has a new CEO after its founder and former CEO Michael Robertson stepped up to the role of chairman of the privately held company..."

OSDir: Borland Not Open Sourcing JBuilder
(2005-05-12 22:00:55)
"The reporter clearly misinterpreted comments from our recent earnings call and, with no input from Borland, wrote a story that we had decided to open source JBuilder..."

NewsForge: IDABC: Toward a Digitally Interoperable Europe
(2005-05-12 22:45:11)
"Several IDABC activities have a sensible, although indirect, impact on the wider adoption of free and open source software (FOSS) in the European Union..."

Government Technology: Panel On Open Source
(2005-05-12 23:30:30)
"The 'urge to customize' extends to open-source software as well as vehicles..."

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