News Linux News for Jun 10, 2005:

Free Software Magazine: The Social Implications of Free Software
(2005-06-10 01:00:13)
"In the not-so-affluent world in particular, proprietary software deserves to be skipped..."

CNET News: Is the Telephone Industry Ready for Open Source?
(2005-06-10 02:30:35)
"Five years after the dot-com bust, the spotlight is again shining on a brash tech whiz kid who thinks his software will radically transform an old-world industry..."

Contractor UK: The Meagre Living of Linux Virus Writers
(2005-06-10 04:00:15)
"...[B]ut its figure of 500 dangerous and exploitative programs dashing around the Internet seeking unprotected systems is cause for concern, until you look closer at the reasoning..."

NewsForge: Fixing the Problems with OpenOffice.org Extensions
(2005-06-10 05:30:27)
"In OpenOffice.org (OO.o), extra features and extensions can be distributed inside OO.o files or packaged in their own, cross-platform format..."

Linux Journal: At the Sounding Edge: Using Qsynth and QjackCtl
(2005-06-10 07:00:58)
"Two strong GUIs for fluidsynth and JACK make Linux audio tasks easier and faster, letting you get straight to the music..."

The Slack World: Slack Classes: GNU/find for Dummies (Part 1)
(2005-06-10 08:30:22)
"Everything one sees on a running GNU/Linux system is a file. Everything! Even a directory is nothing more than an innocuous file..."

NewsForge: Version Control for Non-Programmers with Subversion
(2005-06-10 10:00:49)
"Imagine a utility that lets you make an annotated backup of any of your project files with the click of a mouse or a single command..."

LinuxDevices: Juggling with Light--Using Real-Time Linux in Molecular Physiology
(2005-06-10 11:30:02)
"This article describes how researchers at the University of Vermont used a real-time Linux operating system from FSMLabs to build a 'laser trap' that manipulates individual molecules with a computer-controlled laser beam..."

LinuxPlanet: Review: XAMPP--An Apache Server Stack
(2005-06-10 12:15:36)
"The cornerstone of most open source application serving is the ubiquitous LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP/Python/Perl) stack. Yet it's not always as easy as you'd expect to get all the elements of the stack properly installed and working together. Enter XAMPP..."

NewsForge: Building a Linux Virtual Server
(2005-06-10 13:00:40)
"With the explosive growth of the Internet, the workload on servers providing Web, email, and media services has increased greatly..."

ZDNet Australia: Debian Upgrade May 'Break' Systems
(2005-06-10 14:30:34)
"A Debian developer has warned around 30 percent of users upgrading to the new version of his project's Linux distribution would seriously disrupt their systems in the process..."

Yahoo!/TechWeb: State, Local Governments To Leverage Open Source, Report Says
(2005-06-10 16:00:13)
"No longer the taboo alternative, open-source technology is garnering more attention and consideration by states and local municipalities that want to save money and secure the availability of data..."

Groklaw: Novell Hires Another Lawyer for the Team--Guess What He's Good At?
(2005-06-10 17:30:42)
"Now this is interesting. Novell has added a new lawyer to the team handling SCO v. Novell..."

eWeek: IBM Sees Open Source as Road to Bolstering Chip Biz
(2005-06-10 19:00:32)
"IBM, having thrown open its Power chip architecture, is becoming the new pied piper for open-source chips..."

The Maverick: An Interview with Linus Torvalds
(2005-06-10 20:30:34)
"We wanted to interview Linus Torvalds because all the computers at our school run Linux..."

CIO Today: Big Business Talks Up Linux
(2005-06-10 22:00:15)
"Several I.T. executives at the LinuxWorld Summit reinforced the idea that Linux now has the technical brawn and industry support to accommodate the most demanding business applications..."

Editor's Note: Apple a Day Won't Keep Linux Away
(2005-06-10 23:30:18)
"Maybe I'm just an old curmudgeon. Maybe I am sticking my head in the sand. But I am not so quick to think that Apple's deal with Intel is going to harm Linux on the business desktop arena..."

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