News Linux News for Oct 06, 2005:

Linux Magazine: Debian, Get Your @%#* Together!
(2005-10-06 01:00:05)
"If there’s any hope of a free version of Linux usurping users from Microsoft Windows, the obvious path leads to Ubuntu..."

Free Software Magazine: Games in Captivity: Liberation, Emulation, and Abandonware
(2005-10-06 02:30:57)
"For those of us who grew up in the 80s, playing games in arcades or on our computers and game consoles was a major part of our childhoods, and we often have the nostalgic desire to replay those beloved titles..."

PC World: Computing With the Breezy Badger
(2005-10-06 04:00:59)
"This is thanks to Ubuntu Linux, which has gotten so much praise in my recent reports, a colleague suggested I should change the name of this column to 'Ubuntu Agent...'"

Advisories: October 5, 2005
(2005-10-06 04:45:38)
Today's security advisories: mysql-dfsg-4.1, apachetop, drupal, mailutils, egroupware, arc, and mod-auth-shadow (Debian GNU/Linux); gtkdiskfree, Berkeley MPEG Tools, Uim, and Texinfo (Gentoo Linux); slocate, vixie-cron, net-snmp, kernel, openssh, binutils, perl, mysql, and gdb (Red Hat Linux); Thunderbird (Slackware); and mozilla-locale-... and dia (Ubuntu Linux).

NewsForge: Managing Digital Photos with Album Shaper
(2005-10-06 05:30:27)
"Even a novice digital photographer knows that finding a good application for managing digital photos is as important as having a decent lens in your camera..."

SearchOpenSource: Making an OpenOffice.org 2.0 Presentation
(2005-10-06 07:30:05)
"But I haven't created a new Impress presentation from scratch. So, this article is about my first shot at that task..."

Linux Magazine: New Shells, Part One: Zoidberg
(2005-10-06 08:30:25)
"This month, let's look at the first of several nontraditional shells: Zoidberg, or zoid, a shell written in Perl..."

Linux Journal: Protecting Files at Home Using Encrypted Containers
(2005-10-06 10:00:13)
"Many people encrypt partitions or drives to keep data safe, but if you're looking for something a little simpler but still safe, try using containers..."

SearchSecurity: How to Break Into a Computer That is Right at Your Fingertips
(2005-10-06 11:30:57)
"In this excerpt from Chapter 5 of The Little Black Book of Computer Security, author Joel Dubin illustrates the ease with which a hacker can bypass a BIOS password and break into a computer..."

NewsForge: A First Look at GIMP 2.4
(2005-10-06 13:00:00)
"A major update to the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), widely regarded as the leading free software raster image editing program, is scheduled for this month..."

CNET News: Microsoft's Linux-Related Patents Rejected
(2005-10-06 14:30:52)
"The U.S. Patent Office has rejected two Microsoft patents over the FAT file format, but the software maker said Wednesday that it's not ready to give up its battle to protect its widely used method for storing data..."

ZDNet Australia: Nessus Security Tool Closes its Source
(2005-10-06 15:15:11)
"The source code of one of the world's most popular free security tools will no longer be available to all, with its creator stating its open source licence was fuelling competition against his company..."

Baku Today: Japan Aims to Boost State Use of Free Linux Software
(2005-10-06 16:00:35)
"Japan aims to switch some government computers to the free Linux operating system and reduce its dependence on Microsoft Windows..."

ZDNet UK: Microsoft May Become 'Major Opponent of Patents'
(2005-10-06 16:45:02)
LinuxWorld UK: "Open source advocates believe Microsoft may stop supporting software patents if other companies start copying its approach to them..."

The Channel Insider: Linspire, Ingram Micro Bring Linux Desktop to the Channel
(2005-10-06 17:30:48)
"Linspire announced Wednesday that major technology distributor Ingram Micro has begun selling the full range of Linspire products to its network of U.S. resellers and retailers..."

SearchOpenSource: Microsoft-JBoss Deal Strictly Business
(2005-10-06 18:15:30)
"A newly inked deal that calls for greater cooperation between Microsoft and open source software firm JBoss Inc. is all about the money, according to one IT industry analyst..."

LinuxPlanet: Inside the Novell Linux Migration
(2005-10-06 19:00:13)
Ohio LinuxFest: "...Novell specialists gave a rare look inside the ongoing move to Linux and laid out ideas for other companies to follow in their own migration plans..."

ZDNet UK: Linux Pioneer Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
(2005-10-06 19:45:59)
LinuxWorld UK: "Alan Cox's efforts maintaining the Linux kernel have been recognised at the LinuxWorld awards..."

Help-Net Security: Check Point to Acquire Makers of Snort
(2005-10-06 20:30:34)
"Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. and Sourcefire, Inc., developers of Snort, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Check Point to acquire privately held Sourcefire..."

NewsForge: David Sugar Talks About GNU Bayonne
(2005-10-06 21:15:15)
"A handful of open source and free software projects tend to get most of the attention. The GNU Bayonne project, a telephony server that is used for a wide range of voice and telco applications, is one of the stealthy ones..."

CNET News: Lenovo Bundles StarOffice
(2005-10-06 22:00:49)
"Google isn't the only one jumping on the Sun software bandwagon, it seems..."

ZDNet: Linux Support: The Market Share Killer
(2005-10-06 23:30:58)
"There are two seemingly very different classes of Linux support: home and business, but both lack for the same thing: emotional and decision support, not technical support..."

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