News Linux News for Aug 09, 2005:

NewsForge: Is Linux More Than an Operating System?
(2005-08-09 01:00:49)
"During the several days of exchanges, one person voiced the opinion that to him Linux has always been as much about the free exchange of ideas as it being a developing operating system..."

Free Software Magazine: The Fine Art of Computer Programming
(2005-08-09 02:30:09)
"The free software and open source communities are changing what it means to write code..."

ONLamp: Bits of OSCON
(2005-08-09 04:00:01)
"This year's OSCON was packed with information, people and quite a bit of good times..."

HowtoForge: The Perfect Setup--Mandrake/Mandriva 10.2
(2005-08-09 05:30:59)
"This is a detailed description about the steps to be taken to setup a Mandrake 10.2 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters..."

Red Hat Magazine: Open Source High-Availability Clustering
(2005-08-09 07:00:51)
"As Linux is used more widely for mission-critical applications, support for high availability through application failover is becoming more important..."

Linux.com: CLI Magic: Typespeed the Fun Typing Tutor
(2005-08-09 08:30:40)
"Typespeed is a fun, educational game that you or your children can use to improve their typing skills. And what does the CLI require from that Old Mister Easy the GUI doesn't? That's right. Typing skills..."

KernelTrap: Weekly Status Summaries
(2005-08-09 10:00:46)
"...'At [the] kernel summit I pledged to put out weekly where-we're-at summaries, mainly so that subsystem maintainers could get an estimate of when the next major kernel release will be, so they can plan their merge windows...'"

Developer.com: Cross-Platform Game Development for C++ Developers
(2005-08-09 11:30:31)
"In gaming, more so than any other programming discipline, it is important to specify the platform correctly from the start. Will you support Windows, Linux, and OS X? Isn't using OpenGL enough to get you there...?:

Linux Journal: Linux in Government: Essential IT Knowledge for Third World and Developing Countries
(2005-08-09 13:00:30)
"Linux is a form of building material that grows in the wild and naturally is suited for making foundations and frameworks..."

Diary of a Senior Editor: LinuxWorld - Day One
(2005-08-09 13:45:15)
LinuxWorld Expo: "The audience seemed composed at least 50% of Red Hat PR folks and invited speakers, with the occasional press person or analyst sprinkled in for flavor..."

internetnews.com: Siebel Adds SUSE Support
(2005-08-09 14:30:00)
LinuxWorld Expo: "Siebel Systems is throwing its weight behind Linux with the announcement it would support Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 operating system..."

eWeek: Debian Dissension Gets Louder
(2005-08-09 16:00:47)
"The Debian Common Core Alliance hasn't even been formally announced yet at LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week, and already one of its prospective members, VA Linux Japan, is explaining why it isn't joining..."

Slashdot: Microsoft Linux Lab Manager Responds
(2005-08-09 16:45:40)
"Bill Hilf, Microsoft's Linux Lab Manager, got his answers to your questions back to us in time to publish them just before the San Francisco LinuxWorld..."

internetnews.com: ThinkFree to Debut Office Suite for Linux
(2005-08-09 17:30:59)
"Linux continues to make gains in the server area, but broader acceptance on the desktop has long been held back by a lack of business productivity applications..."

LinuxDevices: MontaVista and PalmSource Share Linux Mobile Phone Party Line
(2005-08-09 18:15:15)
"PalmSource has joined MontaVista's Mobilinux Open Framework partner program, and MontaVista has joined PalmSource's 'Palm Powered Mobile World' (PPMW) program...

SearchEnterpriseLinux: SuSE Entices Red Hat Users and Other Distro Tales
(2005-08-09 19:00:02)
LinuxWorld Expo: "Longtime Red Hat Linux users are feeling like playing the field these days, and quite a few will be browsing the SuSE distribution at Novell's booth..."

eWeek: Red Hat, HP Partner to Bring Linux to BladeSystem
(2005-08-09 19:38:44)
"On Tuesday, Red Hat and Hewlett-Packard will be announcing an all-in-one software bundle designed for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and HP BladeSystem environment..."

ZDNet: Oracle's Charles Phillips: On demand is the future
(2005-08-09 19:56:25)
LinuxWorld Expo: "Oracle President Charles Phillips restlessly paced back and forth across the stage at LinuxWorld going through the standard company slides on how Oracle blesses Linux and is 100-percent behind open source OS..."

NewsForge: Getting in Touch with the Feminine Side of Open Source
(2005-08-09 20:30:52)
OSCON: "The OSCON Open Source Convention wrapped up Friday with a feminine touch as some of the community's most prominent women discussed the possibilities, problems, and parenthood aspects of open source software participation..."

LinuxInsider.com: Big Blue Expands Support for Apache Geronimo
(2005-08-09 20:50:14)
LinuxWorld Expo: "In an effort to capture share of the low-end, open-source Java application server market, IBM announced at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco today that it will provide support services for the open-source Apache Geronimo J2EE application server..."

Computerworld: AMD prepares for virtualization with software emulator
(2005-08-09 21:15:00)
"Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is expected to release a software program Tuesday that will allow software developers to simulate the virtualization capabilities of AMD's forthcoming Pacifica technology before it appears in AMD's Opteron and Athlon 64 chips, according to a company executive..."

eWeek: Novell to Resell MySQL
(2005-08-09 21:45:00)
LinuxWorld Expo:" MySQL has been picked up by Novell, its second huge reseller deal in so many days, the companies announced on Tuesday at LinuxWorld in San Francisco..."

eWeek: Currency Firm Trades on Open Source
(2005-08-09 22:00:14)
"About a year and a half ago, Currenex Inc., a trailblazer in online foreign exchange currency trading, switched to open-source network and system management tools..."

ZDNet: HP's Fink Offers a Challenge to IBM and Sun
(2005-08-09 22:15:00)
LinuxWorld Expo: " But he finally offered something of substance, or at least controversy, in challenging IBM and Sun to drop their open source licensing schemes and adopt the GPL..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: LinuxWorld: OpenLogic CTO Says Lock-in Endangers Open Source, Too...
(2005-08-09 23:30:56)
LinuxWorld Expo: "A lack of support for best-of-breed open source software and a lack of easy to use Linux desktop software pose significant barriers to adoption of those technologies..."

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