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Linux News for Nov 30, 2005
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Phipps: Flattered But Not Impressed (Nov 30, 2005, 23:30)
"If imitation is the sincerest part of flattery, then we at Sun
feel very flattered by Microsoft's decision to start using
non-assert covenants as a way to give developers freedom from fear
in their use of standards..."
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Small Business Computing: The Open Source Option (Nov 30, 2005, 22:00)
"Open-source covers a lot of territory, but today there are two
ways to best apply this class of software in a small
business..."
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Linux.com: A First Look at Debian's GUI Installer (Nov 30, 2005, 21:15)
"Debian's standard text-based installer has been vilified in the
past, so I was excited to see an announcement about a graphical
installer under development for Debian..."
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CNET News: IBM Kit Moves Solaris Software to Linux (Nov 30, 2005, 20:30)
"The Migration Kit helps people assess software written in C or
C++ programming languages and move it from Solaris to Linux..."
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ZDNet UK: KDE Browser Pips Firefox in Web Standards Test (Nov 30, 2005, 19:45)
"Developers of the Linux desktop environment say they don't want
to be 'outdone by the fox on any front...'"
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PRNewswire: Sun Shifts Java Enterprise System, Tools to Open Source (Nov 30, 2005, 19:00)
"...[T]he Sun Java Enterprise System and the Sun developer tools
can be used at no cost on other existing multi-platform
environments including Windows, HP-UX and Linux..."
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NewsForge: Libranet's Long Goodbye (Nov 30, 2005, 18:15)
"With these words, Tal Danzig, the owner and technical lead for
the Libranet distribution, quietly announced in his blog on
November 25 the news that users had been dreading..."
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CNET News: Danger Level Rises for Perl App Flaws (Nov 30, 2005, 17:30)
"A type of security flaw in Perl applications that experts
thought could lead only to a denial-of-service attack is now
believed to be much more serious..."
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ZDNet UK: Open Standards Push Mannheim to Linux (Nov 30, 2005, 16:45)
"The German city's Linux migration is going to take a while, but
those responsible are confident in its success..."
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NewsForge: Review: Firefox 1.5 and Thunderbird 1.5 (Nov 30, 2005, 16:00)
"If you're used to Firefox and Thunderbird already, the switch
to 1.5 won't be much of a problem. The interfaces have not been
radically redesigned, but there are quite a few changes that make
it worth upgrading..."
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More Massachusetts Materializations (Nov 30, 2005, 15:15)
Following Sun's lead, IBM fired off a warning letter of its own
to the Commonwealth's administration. And it turns out that
Microsoft's "open" XML license may be just a promise not to sue.
Links within.
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The New York Times: Overhaul of Linux License Could Have Broad Impact (Nov 30, 2005, 14:30)
"The rules governing the use of most free software programs will
be revised for the first time in 15 years, in an open process that
begins today..."
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KDE: KDE 3.5: A Visual Guide to New Features (Nov 30, 2005, 13:45)
"A full list can be found in the developer changelog, but for
humans here is a visual guide to some of the best
improvements..."
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PR: Free Software Foundation Releases Guidelines for Revising the Widely Used GNU GPL (Nov 30, 2005, 13:00)
The first draft of GPLv3 will be released for comment on January
16-17. Today the FSF has announced the process the draft-to-final
process will take. Press release within.
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DesktopLinux: KDE 3.5 Goes Gold (Nov 30, 2005, 13:00)
"The KDE Project Tuesday released the long-awaited KDE version
3.5, which will serve as the final iteration of the KDE 3.x
line..."
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Firefox 1.5 Is Officially Out (Nov 30, 2005, 13:00)
It's been showing up on the mirrors all afternoon, but
now it's official: Firefox 1.5 is in the house. Links
within.
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Linux Magazine: DVD Playback in SUSE Linux 10 (Nov 30, 2005, 11:30)
"Imagine my surprise, however, when I discovered that DVD
playback capability was intentionally crippled in the open source
version of SuSE Linux 10. Whoa...!"
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Performance Tuning and Desktop Linux (Nov 30, 2005, 10:00)
Want to fine-tune Linux performance or are you just starting
out? Two book reviews detail works that may be what you need.
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Linux.com: Qmail Toaster Makes Mail Server Setup Easy (Nov 30, 2005, 08:30)
"A mail server is an essential part of any organization's IT
infrastructure, but installing and maintaining a mail server is not
always easy..."
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SearchOpenSource: Tips and Tricks for Working in OpenOffice (Nov 30, 2005, 07:00)
"Taking advantage of OpenOffice doesn't require a big stretch,
and Solveig Haugland's mini how-tos, offered here, can show you how
easy it is to get started..."
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XYZ Computing: Moving a Beginner to Linux (Nov 30, 2005, 05:30)
"The computer, which soon became my arch-nemisis, was a two year
old Dell Pentium 4. This was by any means a solid system which
should have been working fine but definitely was not..."
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Advisories: November 29, 2005 (Nov 30, 2005, 04:45)
Today's security advisories: gtk+2.0 (Debian GNU/Linux); kernel
(Fedora Core); php (Fedora Legacy); and Inkscape, chmlib, and
KchmViewer (Gentoo Linux).
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Tectonic: Say It With Me: Linux is Not Windows! (Nov 30, 2005, 04:00)
"His situation is not unique. I often hear complaints that Linux
runs slower than Windows on the same system..."
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eWeek: Will Sleepycat Save MySQL? (Nov 30, 2005, 02:30)
"From the well-duh department last week came the startling
news--brace yourself, this is a real shocker--that MySQL actually
plans to do something about Oracle purchasing its essential storage
engine, InnoDB..."
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