News Linux News for Nov 07, 2005:

LXer: Intel Linux versus Microsoft Windows
(2005-11-07 01:00:04)
"Recently, I had a chance to vet information from a leaked document. The process usually involves verification of the original source through a number of techniques. I often find vetting leads to more discoveries which lead to more and more..."

developerWorks: Debugging Simulated Hardware on Linux [Parts 1 & 2]
(2005-11-07 05:30:31)
"Why would anybody want to simulate hardware when developing a device driver? This article lays out the problem and proposes an approach to solve it..."

Free Software Magazine: Replacing Proprietary Anti-Virus Software
(2005-11-07 07:00:38)
"One of the major software programs we should be using every day, is a virus scanner. This single piece of software can be found on almost every PC in the world..."

Linux Magazine: What's GNU in Old Utilities, Part One
(2005-11-07 08:30:23)
"Even if you aren't old as the hills (and you’ve never heard of the FORTRAN carriage-control utility asa), you may still be surprised at some of the things common utilities can do..."

Linux/BSD Gangsters: A Real TV Solution For Your PC
(2005-11-07 09:15:42)
"Recently, I spent a great deal of time and experienced a great deal of frustration trying to get a tv tuner card to work under Linux and BSD..."

LinuxLinks: TV Guide Software
(2005-11-07 10:00:54)
"Rather than reviewing a single application, this time I will be looking at three separate programs. The first to be considered is FreeGuide..."

Linux.com: Linux Thumbnail Viewers
(2005-11-07 11:30:46)
"Thumbnail viewers are utilities that let you quickly view or manipulate images. For instance, many let you display, rotate, and zoom images..."

Linux Journal: Lessons on Open Source Politics from the Campaign Forge
(2005-11-07 13:00:48)
"What do we know about 'open source' political campaigns? More with every loss. Including a huge one, two months ago..."

Groklaw: SCO's Objection to Wells' Discovery Order and Memo in Support
(2005-11-07 13:45:36)
"The supremely funny SCO Group has now topped even itself. They have asked IBM to turn over 'all documents concerning IBM's contributions to the Linux 2.7 kernel...'"

The Register: Linux Worm Targets PHP Flaw
(2005-11-07 14:30:28)
"Virus writers have created a Linux worm which uses a recently discovered vulnerability in XML-RPC for PHP..."

BBC News: Open Source Turns Money-Spinner
(2005-11-07 15:15:47)
"Open source code, written by a community of thousands of software developers, has always been made freely available. But there are ways of making money from it..."

CNET News: Open Source, Open Wallet
(2005-11-07 16:00:37)
"Open-source business models are booming in the software industry, a rapid rise that has some experts wondering if it's a bubble that will burst..."

CIO Asia: Linux in Asia
(2005-11-07 17:30:33)
CIO Asia is featuring two articles on overall Linux adoption in Asia, with a focus on the Chinese market. Articles within.

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.14-mm1
(2005-11-07 18:15:00)
Incrementatal changelog, links within.

SearchOpenSource: Microsoft: Open Source Not That Open
(2005-11-07 18:15:10)
"According to experts, the dominant operating systems in the data center by the end of the decade will be Windows and Linux--and Microsoft is getting ready for that standoff by learning from the competition..."

internetnews.com: CA Divests Open Source Ingres
(2005-11-07 19:00:18)
"Computer Associates is divesting its open source enterprise database, Ingres, to venture buyout specialists Garnett & Helfrich Capital, officials announced Monday..."

ConsortiumInfo: More on Friday's ODF Summit Meeting in Armonk
(2005-11-07 19:45:10)
"In this second report from the Friday, November 4 ODF meeting in Armonk sponsored by IBM and Sun, I'll focus on the presentation by Peter Quinn, the embattled Massachusetts CIO..."

Computerworld Australia: Novell Not to Release Q4 Results Until Dec. 1
(2005-11-07 20:30:13)
"Novell won't release its fourth-quarter financial results until Dec. 1, according to information on the company's Web site and a Thursday 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission..."

Kubuntu: Ubuntu Conference Affirms Commitment to Kubuntu and KDE
(2005-11-07 22:00:14)
"...Mark Shuttleworth announced that he was now using Kubuntu on his desktop machine and said he wanted Kubuntu to move to a first class distribution within the Ubuntu community..."

internetnews.com: Chris DiBona, Open Source Program Manager, Google
(2005-11-07 23:30:13)
"Google has emerged as one of the leading proponents of open source software development, as a user of open source technologies and as a developer of open source code..."

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