News Linux News for Oct 05, 2005:

PC World: The Google Office I'd Go For
(2005-10-05 00:15:33)
"First of all, Google and StarOffice are, in some ways, an odd fit..."

ZDNet: Linux: GPL Impedes More Than It Helps
(2005-10-05 01:00:17)
"Suppose I'm right: the mass media have largely abandoned their enthusiasm for Linux as counter culture and withdrawn the push that drove adoption in the 1997-2002 period..."

Wheeler: Why OpenDocument Won (and Microsoft Office Open XML Didn’t)
(2005-10-05 02:30:41)
"Most people, a few years ago, expected that whatever XML format Microsoft created would win. Yet Microsoft appears to have lost the war, due to its own poor decisions..."

ReallyLinux: Linux in Enterprise Is Already Prime Time
(2005-10-05 04:00:04)
"So with a disheartened and rather discouraged feeling, I stepped into the foray with a basic but earnest question. 'What about Google...?'"

Linux.com: FONTpage: A Quick and Easy Font Viewer
(2005-10-05 05:30:26)
"FONTpage allows you to input text, display it in any of your system fonts, and, if you like, create a PNG image of the text. I found it handy for creating Web site logos..."

LinuxHardware: Augustus' Ultimate Linux Workstation: Part II
(2005-10-05 07:00:09)
"In this part of my look at building what I would consider the ultimate Linux workstation, I will take you through some of the special construction that had to be done to accommodate some of the special hardware I selected..."

Linux Journal: The Arrival of NX, Part 5: Using NX
(2005-10-05 08:30:23)
"This time out, learn how to navigate with hands-on exercises that demonstrate all NX can do..."

KernelTrap: Open Graphics Project Status Update
(2005-10-05 10:00:02)
"It's been a while since the last update on the Open Graphics Project, so I've put together this article to fill in the community on what's been happening, what's going to happen, and how we can make what happens happen faster..."

OSNews: Preview of the Firebird Conference 2005
(2005-10-05 11:30:59)
"In about six weeks time developers from all over the world will convene in Prague for the 2005 edition of the Firebird Conference..."

ServerWatch: Hardware Today: Collegial Consolidation
(2005-10-05 12:15:43)
"To reinforce its position, the institution is moving from proprietary software to an open source platform based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on IBM eServer hardware..."

Linux Magazine: Ubuntu, Kubuntu, We all Buntu for Ubuntu
(2005-10-05 13:00:02)
"But since Ubuntu is a community supported, free distribution, I had to try it. Boy, am I glad I did..."

internetnews.com: Sun, Google to Push Java, Toolbar
(2005-10-05 13:45:27)
"The two companies announced an agreement today to work together to promote the Java Runtime Environment, the Google Toolbar and the OpenOffice.org productivity suite..." But no Web-based OpenOffice.org quite yet.

Reuters/CNET News: Nokia Delays Shipments of Web Tablet
(2005-10-05 14:30:02)
"Mobile phone giant Nokia said Wednesday that shipments of its 770 Internet Tablet device had been delayed to iron out software problems..."

LinuxDevices: Wind River Flows into Mobile Linux Maelstrom
(2005-10-05 15:15:51)
"The company expects its Platform for Consumer Electronics, Linux Edition to be used in several mobile phone designs shipping before 2006..."

Computer Business Review: Novell Appoints New President to Sort Out Problematic EMEA
(2005-10-05 16:00:51)
"Novell has appointed a new president for Europe Middle East and Africa in an attempt to turn around a region that has proved problematic for the company in recent quarters..."

Tectonic: Why is the Deputy President Signing Deals with Microsoft?
(2005-10-05 16:45:00)
The South African press decontructs the latest Microsoft deal there and has some pointed concerns.

ZDNet UK: Microsoft: No Office on Linux 'At this Time'
(2005-10-05 17:30:08)
LinuxWorld UK: "Microsoft may have opted to port Office to the Mac but it has no plans to do the same for Linux even if the open source OS overtakes the Apple platform..."

BusinessWeek: Flock: A New Sort of Browser
(2005-10-05 18:15:05)
"This piece of software is based on Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine, which is also the foundation for Firefox, but it takes browsing deep into the realm of social networking. The target user: bloggers..."

LinuxDevCenter: Critical Shortage of Linux Talent Slowing Adoption
(2005-10-05 19:00:02)
"Disheartening as it seems, corporations, governments, start-ups and small businesses have difficulty recruiting and retaining talented Linux IT workers..."

NewsForge: UK Open Source Consultancy Provides Services for Free
(2005-10-05 19:45:20)
"As the name suggests, OpenAdvantage deals strictly in open source software solutions... The best part? It's all free--free as in beer..."

LinuxInsider: Linux and the Desktop: Will it Jump the Hump?
(2005-10-05 20:30:08)
"Much the same as any other open-source debate, opinions about the future of Linux on the desktop are about as varied as they come..."

Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show
(2005-10-05 22:00:17)
"We talk to Enlightenment developer Nathan Ingersoll..."

Pundits, Analysts Weigh In on "GoogleOffice"
(2005-10-05 23:30:41)
Okay, so there wasn't a real GoogleOffice announcement yesterday, but the prospect is so intriguing, several folks just had to voice their thoughts on the possibility. Three articles sampling what's out there within.

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