News Linux News for Sep 07, 2005:

ONLamp: Open Source Business Models--What Works and What Does Not?
(2005-09-07 01:00:15)
"If you are contemplating on a new open source venture--my recommendation is not to differentiate (functionally) between the commercial and open source versions, like in the case of MySQL's dual license..."

Users.ox.ac.uk: Beauty and Magic for KDE, with Zack Rusin
(2005-09-07 02:30:45)
"One of the most hotly anticipated presentations at this year's KDE World Summit, better known as 'aKademy' was Zack Rusin's intriguing 'Beauty and Magic for KDE developers...'"

Linux.com: In Praise of Small Linux Distros
(2005-09-07 04:00:04)
"Of course, many distros are created for special needs. One example is SME Server, designed as a plug-and-play file server and network gateway..."

Advisories: September 6, 2005
(2005-09-07 05:30:40)
Today's advisories: proftpd and ntp (Debian GNU/Linux); perl-DBI and squid (Fedora Core); Gnumeric, OpenTTD, phpLDAPadmin, and Net-SNMP (Gentoo Linux); ntp, smb4k, mplayer, kdeedu, and kdebase (Mandriva Linux); httpd and cvs (Red Hat Linux); php4 and php5 (SUSE Linux); and wget (Ubuntu Linux).

Bangkok Post/LinuxInsider: The Xandros Files, Part 2
(2005-09-07 07:00:49)
"Last week, we looked broadly at the Linux distribution known as Xandros. This is arguably as close to a Windows replacement as you're going to get..."

LinuxForums: Beagle--The Next Generation of Linux Desktop Searching
(2005-09-07 10:00:33)
"Unfortunately, Google seems to have forgotten their Linux heritage (the Google crawler, indexing, and search engines run on a heavily modified version of Linux). There is no such application ported to Linux..."

KernelTrap: Merging FUSE In 2.6.14
(2005-09-07 11:30:01)
"In a recent thread, Miklos Szeredi provided some usage statistics for FUSE, the 'Filesystem in Userspace...'"

Reuters/ZDNet UK: Embedded Linux Firm to Go Public?
(2005-09-07 13:45:19)
"An imminent IPO from Trolltech looks to be on the cards after two ex-Microsoft executives join the firm's board..."

Novell: Novell Announces Availability of SUSE Linux 10.0
(2005-09-07 14:30:28)
"Novell today announced SUSE Linux 10.0 will be available in retail and online stores in early October 2005..."

AP/National Post: Microsoft Files New Appeal Against EU Antitrust Ruling on Open Source Code
(2005-09-07 15:15:47)
"Microsoft Corp. has filed a second appeal against a European Union ruling that ordered it to share code with open-source software companies, officials said Wednesday..." [More stable source located. -ed.]

ZDNet Australia: 'No Downsides' to Linux, Says Procurement Official
(2005-09-07 16:00:00)
"A New South Wales government procurement official has publicly endorsed Linux, telling agencies the open source operating system has 'no downsides...'"

Saving Face in The Middle Kingdom
(2005-09-07 16:45:48)
Microsoft is reporting they're gaining on Linux in China. One high-profile insider says that Microsoft is a laughing stock there. A look at two sides of the same spin from The Seattle Times.

Computerworld: CA Releases 14 Software Patents to Open-Source Developers
(2005-09-07 17:30:13)
"The move by the Islandia, N.Y.-based software vendor comes eight months after IBM announced a similar move, when it opened 500 of its patents to the open-source community last January..."

Xandros Co-Founder Berenstein Dies
(2005-09-07 18:15:27)
"'I have the sad duty to announce that Dr. Frederick H. Berenstein, our co-founder and Chairman, died on September 6, 2005, after a courageous battle over many years,' Xandros CEO, Andreas Typaldos, announced today..."

Update: GNOME 2.12 Desktop and Developer Platform Released
(2005-09-07 18:32:32)
"Version 2.12 improves the usability and power of GNOME in response to user feedback and developer contributions, and includes thousands of changes which refine the easiest and friendliest free software desktop..."

vnunet: Toshiba Switches on Linux DVD Players
(2005-09-07 19:00:27)
"Toshiba America Electronic Components today announced that it has teamed up with digital media processing firm Sigma Designs to develop a Linux-based platform for consumer digital multimedia appliances such as smart DVD players..."

eWeek: Sun Changes OpenOffice.org Licensing
(2005-09-07 19:45:19)
"With SISSL retired, OO.o will be licensed under the LGPL, according to Sun's chief open-source officer, Simon Phipps..."

The Telegraph: Some Things in Life are Free
(2005-09-07 20:30:11)
"If the phrases 'free as in beer' and 'free as in speech' already mean something to you, you probably won't learn much new from this column, except that you can snag a free (as in beer) OpenCD on Saturday at the Nashua Public Library..."

Tom's Hardware Guide: Interview With Blake Ross, Firefox Developer
(2005-09-07 21:15:31)
"Ross is currently on leave from his studies at Stanford University to work on another startup and had lots to say about where he is taking the browser and his thoughts about competing with Microsoft..."

Linux Journal: Programming Tools: A Recap of LinuxWorld SF 2005
(2005-09-07 22:00:18)
"Here's a look at some of the cool products and projects unveiled at LinuxWorld, as well as a look at what programming tools their developers are using..."

CNET News: Oracle Names Open-Source Evangelist
(2005-09-07 22:45:38)
"Oracle has hired a Chief Open Source Evangelist, named Omar Tazi, who vowed that Oracle would be contributing more to the open-source community..."

Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show
(2005-09-07 23:30:37)
"Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show, monumental episode 100...!"

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