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News Linux News for Nov 11, 2005:
eWeek: Linux: Secure As You Want It to Be
(2005-11-11 01:00:59)
"My colleague Larry Seltzer thinks that we may be on the verge of an age of Linux worms that might rival the endless trouble that Windows users find themselves in..."
LXer: The Right to be a Charitable Community (II)
(2005-11-11 02:30:35)
"As a Linux community member, I have the right to do charitable work centered around giving my time away for the cause of Free Software... The GPL guarantees that our gifts will have the longevity they deserve..."
Mozilla: Firefox 1.5 RC 2 Released
(2005-11-11 03:15:57)
"Firefox 1.5 RC 2 is available for our testing community, Web site and Web application developers, and our Extension developers..."
Free Software Magazine: I'm Finally Learning Procmail
(2005-11-11 04:00:38)
"The truth is, I never learned much about email, nor really ever wanted to. I've been using it since the 1980s, and for most of that time, it just worked..."
Enterprise Networking Planet: Hotrod Your Linksys WAP with Linux (Part 3)
(2005-11-11 05:30:05)
"Now that we have ripped out the stock guts out of our Linksys WRT54G and replaced them with a miniature, but mighty, Linux operating system, it's time to configure it to do some actual work...
NewsForge: Project Management with Trac
(2005-11-11 07:00:30)
"If you've ever been a part of a large development project, you've no doubt become accustomed to having access to source control and bug tracking tools and design document repositories..."
Tom's Hardware Guide: Taking Linux On The Road With Ubuntu
(2005-11-11 08:30:02)
"Whether it is a failing driver, problems caused by poorly written applications or a virus infection, any consumer type version of Windows can be considered more susceptible to problems than a decent Linux distribution..."
LinuxDevices: Where are the Open-Source SD/SDIO Stacks?
(2005-11-11 10:00:28)
"The IP needed to develop an SDIO stack is protected in multiple fashions: copyright, trade secret, patents, contractual license terms, and in some cases, royalties..."
LinuxElectrons: Alfresco Releases Open Source Enterprise Content Management Solution
(2005-11-11 11:30:07)
"Enterprises and developers can now download the first enterprise-class content management system that utilizes the power of open source..."
SearchOpenSource: A Tour of the Red Hat Directory Server
(2005-11-11 13:00:29)
"Red Hat Directory Server (RHDS) simplifies the management of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and makes high availability attainable without a lot of sweat..."
ZDNet UK: Torvalds Gets Tough on Kernel Coders
(2005-11-11 14:30:16)
"Linus Torvalds has threatened that if developers add 'last-minute things' to the next version of the Linux kernel he will 'refuse to merge, and laugh in their faces derisively...'"
Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.14-mm2
(2005-11-11 15:15:23)
Incremental changelog, links within.
Open.ITWorld: U.S. PC Retailer Devotes Floor Space to Linux
(2005-11-11 16:00:39)
"Computers running the Linux OS are continuing to advance into the consumer retail market, with the announcement this week that Micro Center will sell desktops and laptops running Linspire Inc.'s Linux OS..."
Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.32-rc3
(2005-11-11 16:45:40)
Full changelog, links within.
OSnews: Forget Munich's Linux Migration, It's Already Done by Extremadura
(2005-11-11 19:00:18)
"...[T]he Spanish region of Extremadura is using Linux on the desktop in the PCs used by the public administration civil servants of the region of Extremadura..."
Update: Novell Open PR: KDE and GNOME
(2005-11-11 19:45:38)
"All future enterprise-class Linux product releases, including Novell Linux Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Open Enterprise Server, will continue to ship with both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments..." Includes link to follow-up story from eWeek.
ZDNet Asia: OpenDocument Format Gathers Steam
(2005-11-11 20:30:24)
"Big guns in the software industry are massing behind OpenDocument as government customers show more interest in alternatives to Microsoft's desktop software..."
ZDNet: Open Source Goes to Tunis
(2005-11-11 21:15:30)
"While other Americans are condemning the Tunis WSIS Summit, warning of a coming 'UN Takeover' of the Internet, a small group of open source pioneers are there on the ground, doing what they do best, advocating..."
InfoWorld: Forrester on Where Open Source is Booming
(2005-11-11 22:00:29)
"In a report he did in June--Open Source Usage Is Up, But Concerns Linger--Michael surveys a range of large enterprises (95+), and comes up with some interesting data..."
XYZ Computing: Dell's Open Source Desktop Systems
(2005-11-11 22:45:52)
"Recently, without much fanfare, computer giant Dell started to offer a line of open source workstations..."
Editor's Note: Delivering Value
(2005-11-11 23:30:26)
To break into new markets, Linux is going to have to sell itself as a value proposition, not just a savings solution.
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