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News Linux News for Sep 13, 2005:
LinuxInsider: You Can't Kill TCO
(2005-09-13 01:00:44)
"Commercial vendors such as Microsoft continue to use TCO as one of the biggest hammers wielded against Linux and open source, despite the fact that it's virtually impossible for a single TCO estimate to match every possible usage case..."
Free Software Magazine: Towards a Free Matter Economy (Part 1)
(2005-09-13 02:30:22)
"Material products are getting 'smarter' in that more and more of the value of a material product is contained in the information it carries, rather than in its material substance..."
ZDNet: Against Whom is Linux Competing?
(2005-09-13 04:00:23)
"...Paul forgets that very little of what people do today with their Wintel workstation was ever done on the company mainframe..."
Advisories: September 12, 2005
(2005-09-13 04:45:25)
Today's security advisories: libapache-mod-ssl and tdiary (Debian GNU/Linux); openssh (Fedora Core); and apache2 (SUSE Linux).
Linux.com: CLI Magic: The Word on wget
(2005-09-13 05:30:25)
"We're talking about GNU Wget: the behind-the-scenes, under-the-hood, don't-need-watching, network utility that speaks HTTP, HTTPS and FTP with equal fluency..."
Mad Penguin: First Look At Yellowtab's Zeta 1.0
(2005-09-13 07:00:26)
The Haiku project is working on an Open Source version of the OS and now out of Germany comes Yellowtab's Zeta, a continuation of an unreleased development version of BeOS code-named 'Dano...'"
Linux.com: File Compression Tools for Linux
(2005-09-13 08:30:37)
"Among the confusion new Linux users often face is the variability among archived and compressed formats used by downloaded applications..."
Gnuman.com: Linux+Live DVD Review
(2005-09-13 10:00:38)
"Linux+Live DVD is a distro based on Aurox Linux using Fedora Core 3 packages using KDE 3.4.1..."
Linux.com: Review: aLinux 12.5
(2005-09-13 11:30:10)
"aLinux, formerly known as Peanut Linux, is a strange GNU/Linux distribution. It bills itself as a 'Professional Linux Operating System' for advanced users, hobbyists, and new Linux users..."
Linux Online: Using the Fluxbox Window Manager
(2005-09-13 12:15:34)
"I started using Linux in the pre-KDE and pre-GNOME days. These have become pretty much the de-facto graphic user interface for Linux and with good reason..."
NewsForge: Software Freedom Day, Florida Style
(2005-09-13 13:00:06)
"The Suncoast Linux Users Group in Florida's Tampa Bay region decided to hold not one, but two Software Freedom Day events..."
Torvalds: "Read My Lips: No More Merges"--aka Linux 2.6.14-rc1
(2005-09-13 13:00:59)
"Ok, it's been two weeks (actually, two weeks and one day) since 2.6.13, and that means that the merge window is closed..."
CNET News: Sun Extends Olive Branch to Red Hat
(2005-09-13 13:45:53)
"Sun Microsystems initiated a warmer stage in its relationship with Red Hat on Monday, making conspicuous room onstage for the rival at a major server product launch..."
PC Pro: Computer Associates' Patent Donation is Slammed
(2005-09-13 14:30:15)
"Greg Aharonian, a vehement campaigner for higher quality patents, slammed Computer Associates' patent donation last week to the open source community as a 'fraud to impress the naive...'"
AllLinuxDevices: Panasonic Launches New Technology Center For Embedded Linux
(2005-09-13 15:15:13)
"Panasonic Digital Concepts Center has announced the launch of its new Technology Collaboration Center, with a technology focus on embedded Linux OS applications..."
internetnews.com: New Linux Kernel Patched
(2005-09-13 16:00:36)
"A pair of potential security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel has been patched with a new point release..."
LinuxDevices: Real-time Linux Claims Single-Digit Microsecond Responsiveness
(2005-09-13 16:45:44)
"FSMLabs will demonstrate its real-time Linux operating system delivering single-digit microsecond timing on 64-bit dual-core AMD Opteron processors..."
LinuxWorld Australia: Are Government Agencies Serious About Open Source?
(2005-09-13 17:30:49)
"... [Or] they are just using the threat of such a switch as a way to either get Microsoft to lower pricing on its software, or to force the dominant desktop software vendor to add new features...?"
ZDNet: Is Desktop Linux Stuck on Stupid?
(2005-09-13 18:15:45)
"In its context at Camp Shelby the expression summarised an attitude to received wisdom: if it doesn't work, stop doing it..."
ZDNet UK: ITV: Avidly Watching Linux
(2005-09-13 19:00:18)
"ITV's director of operations Nick Leake has taken the brave move of moving a lot of his company's core systems onto Linux..."
O'Reilly Network: The Next 50 Years of Computer Security: An Interview with Alan Cox
(2005-09-13 20:30:49)
"According to Alan Cox, we're just at the beginning of a long journey into getting security right..."
KernelTrap: Interview: Hans Reiser
(2005-09-13 21:15:48)
"In this interview, Hans discusses his background and how he came to create Namesys and Reiserfs..."
LinuxInsider: Earthlink's Vling Fling Could Validate Open Source
(2005-09-13 22:00:47)
"However, to the open-source community that helped develop it, the implementation of the Pingtel SIPxua user agent was a perfect example of how an open-source business model works..."
Where Security "Studies" Go Wrong
(2005-09-13 23:30:44)
Windows v. Linux security is all about number of patches, right? Wrong, o prognosticators and analysts, as Brandioch Conner carefully explains.
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