News Linux News for Oct 13, 2005:

Putting the Kybosh on Spam (Part 1)
(2005-10-13 00:15:38)
Brandioch Conner looks at that which plagues us all: spam.

ONLamp: Pulling the Rug Under MySQL
(2005-10-13 01:00:00)
"No doubt that the OpenSOurce community is shaken by the announcement on October 7th that Oracle is acquiring Innobase, the company behind InnoDB..."

TechWorld: The ROI of Open Source
(2005-10-13 01:45:08)
"Calculating the ROI on OSS in the longer term may be more complex than you think..."

Free Software Magazine: Free Software and Latin America
(2005-10-13 02:30:21)
"In 2002, the then–U.S. Ambassador to Peru John Hilton delivered a threatening letter to the Peruvian congress on behalf of a powerful American private interest..."

L.inux.info: Forming a Business Around Open Source
(2005-10-13 04:00:11)
"With the great success of players in the 'making money from OSS' game, such as Red Hat, Novell and even TrollTech, many people started wondering how it is possible to make money with open source software..."

Advisories: October 12, 2005
(2005-10-13 04:45:31)
Today's security advisories: xine-lib (Debian GNU/Linux); squirrelmail, openssl, xine-lib, and squid (Mandriva Linux); and koffice (Ubuntu Linux).

Linux Journal: An Overview of ping
(2005-10-13 05:30:18)
"Trying to figure out if your laptop is connected to your home or office network? ping it..."

KernelTrap: Error Detection and Correction
(2005-10-13 07:00:33)
"Alan Cox submitted a pair of patches to add error detection and correction (EDAC) logic to the 2.6 kernel..."

Really Linux: So You'd Like To Use MySQL...
(2005-10-13 08:30:45)
"The MySQL database is an Open Source application which boasts millions of installations worldwide and is available free under the GPL from the MySQL AB website..."

Linux Magazine: The Coming of Diskless Clusters
(2005-10-13 10:00:10)
"With advances in many facets of networking, diskless clusters are now quite practical. Better yet, nodes without local storage are cheaper to build and cheaper to maintain..."

NewsForge: "Penguin in the Pew" Becomes eLearning Course
(2005-10-13 11:30:47)
"'Penguin in the Pew' 2.0 is being offered as a Web-Based Training tutorial by GlobalLiteracy..."

Ubuntu: Ubuntu 5.10 Released
(2005-10-13 12:15:34)
"The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 5.10. This is the official Ubuntu 5.10 release, and includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures..."

Linux.com: A Survey of Linux Web Development Tools
(2005-10-13 13:00:51)
"Choice is a good thing, and Linux users have plenty of it when selecting a program for Web development..."

PR: KDE 3.4.3 Release Announcement
(2005-10-13 13:45:04)
"The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.4.3, a maintenance release..." Press release within.

eWeek: OpenOffice.org Delays Version 2.0 Release
(2005-10-13 14:30:05)
"Instead, OpenOffice.org will make available a third release candidate, probably by Friday, community manager Louis Suarez-Potts said..."

internetnews.com: HP Signs Red Hat, Novell For Linux Expansion
(2005-10-13 15:15:42)
"Hewlett-Packard is putting its money and some of its internal resources where its mouth is: behind Linux..."

Mandriva: Mandriva Releases 2006 Convergence Products, Extends Innovation
(2005-10-13 16:00:11)
Market-speak to English translation: Mandriva 2006 is now available for all.

eWeek: Oracle Finds the Flaw in MySQL's Business Plan
(2005-10-13 16:45:48)
"Many believe that the InnoDB storage engine is at the heart of what makes the upcoming MySQL 5.0 database tick. The question now is, will Oracle twist that knife...?"

Datamation: How One City Slashed its Support Costs
(2005-10-13 17:30:37)
"Even without switching to thin clients, companies still can reduce their remote support load by eliminating local file and print servers..."

SearchOpenSource: OSBC Director: Linux, Open Source Profitable, Stable and on the Minds of CIOs
(2005-10-13 18:15:58)
"In the realm of open source, what was once all-Linux, all-the-time, has shifted gears to encompass everything from enterprise resource planning applications to Web browsers and CRM..."

The Oregonian: An Opening for Open-Source Software
(2005-10-13 19:00:34)
"Considering this new platform, agency mangers now talk about 'how to,' not 'whether...'"

internetnews.com: Race To Linux a 'Licensed' Affair
(2005-10-13 19:45:50)
"The Race to Linux contest may also turn out to be a foot race in legal minutiae about software licenses..."

LinuxPlanet: Getting the Real Facts: How to Read an Analyst's Report
(2005-10-13 20:30:30)
"Truth in advertising" is a nebulous concept at best, and Microsoft's recent ad campaign on various technology sites certainly stretches that concept to its limits. LinuxPlanet begins a new series that will examine the claims made in these ads and see where the truth ends and where the FUD begins.

SearchOpenSource: Why Linux Isn't Too Fat & MS Hurts Customers
(2005-10-13 21:15:48)
"The author of the new book Peter van der Linden's Guide to Linux talks about the progress of desktop Linux, GNOME vs. KDE, and 'dirt' on Microsoft's desktop plans..."

TopTechNews: Open Source Attracts Public Sector
(2005-10-13 22:00:12)
"Once a curiosity of computer rooms, open-source software applications are now giving commercial programs a run for their money in public-sector information technology shops..."

Computer Business Reviews: Open Source Services Come of Age
(2005-10-13 23:30:59)
"A new breed of solutions and services companies is bringing a more professional approach to the deployment of open source software..."

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