News Linux News for Aug 04, 2005:

Blog of Helios: Pulling The Trigger on Bureaucratic Nonesense
(2005-08-04 01:00:51)
"But now you are in my wallet and that's a good way to get my full attention in a bad way..."

ZDNet: Paul Graham on Open Source and Blogging
(2005-08-04 02:30:13)
OSCON: "Someone who proposes to run Windows on servers ought to be prepared to explain what they know about servers that Google and Yahoo don't know..."

ONLamp: The Virtual Internship: Take Control of Your Future by Becoming an Open Source Developer
(2005-08-04 04:00:31)
"Despite your fantastic grades and razor-sharp wit, when it comes to looking for a job fresh out of college, you're going to find yourself competing against a multitude of other students with similarly impressive credentials..."

Advisories, August 3, 2005
(2005-08-04 04:45:33)
Today's security advisories: apt-cacher (Debian GNU/Linux); ethereal (Fedora Core); mozilla, apache2, and apache (Mandriva Linux); and dump and SquirrelMail (Red Hat Linux).

NewsForge: Creating Interactive Forms with OOo Writer
(2005-08-04 05:30:56)
"With OpenOffice.org Writer you can create any kind of form from simple questionnaires to sophisticated interactive tests..."

Linux, Unix, /etc/: Getting More From Your Shell
(2005-08-04 07:00:47)
"This article will show you how to start getting more from your shell. If you're using KDE or GNOME exclusively, it will show you what you're missing..."

ONLamp: OSCON 2.1: Perl Best Practices
(2005-08-04 08:30:37)
OSCON: "Damian Conway's Perl Best Practices tutorial is actually a full day class (and could clearly have been considerably longer than that)..."

NewsForge: Review: HP Deskjet 6840 on Linux
(2005-08-04 10:00:02)
"In a recent review article of SUSE 9.3 Professional, I discussed the advantages of using a common distribution to administer CUPS and more easily share a locally attached printer across a LAN..."

LinuxWorld Australia: Open Source in Singapore
(2005-08-04 11:30:30)
"The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) Technology Group has positioned Linux as a medium term technology bet, which means one to three years to mass adoption..."

Linux Journal: The Arrival of NX, Part 2
(2005-08-04 13:00:21)
"How important is roundtrip suppression for remote GUI work? To understand its significance, we first have to grasp a few basic mechanics of the X protocol..."

eWeek: Open-Source Software Gets Vote of Confidence at OSCON
(2005-08-04 14:30:07)
OSCON: "The ability of open-source software and the Linux operating system to scale and to meet mission-critical enterprise needs got a resounding endorsement from Jeremy Zawodny, who works for Yahoo Inc.'s technical team..."

ZDNet UK: Corporate Mozilla Gets Thumbs Up from Industry
(2005-08-04 15:15:54)
"The IT industry has reacted positively to the Mozilla Foundation's decision to create a commercial subsidiary that will be responsible for the development and distribution of its open-source products..."

WebProNews: Linux Kicking Microsoft Out Of Indiana Schools
(2005-08-04 16:00:03)
"Desktop machines by Elkhart, IN-based Wintergreen Systems running Linspire Linux could end up on 300,000 desks..."

ZDNet Australia: Suspicions Fade Over Linux Trademark Move
(2005-08-04 16:45:17)
"Linux Australia (LA) has moved to reassure the community that letters sent out by a lawyer acting on behalf of Linus Torvalds are part of a legitimate process..."

eWeek: Open Source Goes Main Street
(2005-08-04 17:30:09)
"Mozilla and the Debian Core Consortium are only two examples of a trend of open-source projects morphing into open-source businesses..."

ZDNet UK: FFII Web Site Taken Down
(2005-08-04 18:15:35)
"Legal troubles have led to the anti-patent group's hosting company pulling the plug on FFII.org..."

LinuxPlanet: Infernal Devices
(2005-08-04 19:00:52)
"James Turner rang up Linux Kernel guru Andrew Morton to discuss the state of Linux devices drivers in 2005..."

IT Manager's Journal: Are the Wheels Coming Off Novell's Wagon?
(2005-08-04 20:30:55)
"Although the company received some temporary relief as a result of cash settlements from legal suits, in terms of operating performance, the wheels are close to coming off the wagon..."

vnunet: Windows Vista Angers Open Source Project
(2005-08-04 22:00:14)
"Free electronic health record application already goes by the name VistA..."

Computerworld: Novell to SCO Group: Drop Dead
(2005-08-04 23:30:38)
"If 'annihilation' seems like too strong a word, understand this: If Novell gets the preliminary injunction it's asking for, SCO will no longer have any money. None..."

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