News Linux News for Dec 08, 2005:

eWeek: Is a New Vulnerability the Tip of the Perl Iceberg?
(2005-12-08 00:00:01)
"It's probably not the basis for a new network worm, but Perl format strings could be fertile ground for more targeted hacking..."

LXer: Debian Stabilizing the Linux Landscape
(2005-12-08 00:30:36)
"At the end of the Dot-COM boom, part of the investment community led by Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists such as Kleiner Perkins fell in love with Linux companies and funded several taking a few public. But no one could 'get to' Debian.

Lobby4Linux: New Computer For Christmas? Buyer Be Aware
(2005-12-08 01:00:52)
"If you are going to buy a computer for someone this season, or even for yourself, there are some things need to know..."

eWeek: The Chicken, the Egg and the Linux Desktop
(2005-12-08 01:45:30)
"Here are some reasons why the Linux desktop has been so slow in coming: good, bad and interesting..."

Free Software Magazine: The Will to Code
(2005-12-08 02:30:50)
"This short article is a preliminary sketch of how we feel a reading of the practices of the free software movements could be usefully understood through Nietzsche..."

ONLamp: Another Reason Why Nessus3 Won't be Released Under the GPL?
(2005-12-08 03:15:36)
"Federico asked Ron why Tenable decided not to release Nessus3 under the GPL license, and here is what he had to say..."

Computing: Open or Closed: How the Net Will be Won
(2005-12-08 04:00:43)
"And yet the metaphor of the American West still resonates strongly in one particular area: the battle going on between content industries and open access projects..."

Advisories, December 7, 2005
(2005-12-08 04:45:00)
Today's security advisories: inkscape (Debian GNU/Linux); and gpdf and tetex (Fedora Core).

developerWorks: Install a Touchscreen for Linux
(2005-12-08 05:30:45)
"What's the next step in creating an easy-to-use Linux-based product for consumers? Imagine adding a user-oriented LCD touchscreen..."

Linux.com: Custom Scripting Gives Users a Safe-du
(2005-12-08 06:15:03)
"As a system administrator, there are two ways you can interact with users: force them to follow the rules or encourage them with tools and guidelines..."

LinuxHardware: Augustus' Ultimate Linux Workstation: Part III
(2005-12-08 07:00:37)
"At long last, I bring you the completion of my Ultimate Linux Workstation series..."

All About Linux: Essential House Keeping in Ubuntu
(2005-12-08 07:45:00)
"I started using Ubuntu Breezy ver 5.10 a month back on my machine. Prior to that I was exclusively into Fedora..."

GNOME Journal: Get to Know GnomeMeeting
(2005-12-08 08:30:12)
"Video telephony over the Internet is not common place for Joe User yet, but its importance is growing..."

LinuxSecurity: EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.2 Released
(2005-12-08 09:15:00)
"Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.2..."

Linux Magazine: Family Trees with GRAMPS
(2005-12-08 10:00:39)
"Fortunately for Penguinheads, there's a great genealogy program that makes the entire process easy: GRAMPS..."

Linux Journal: User-Mode Linux: A Book Excerpt
(2005-12-08 10:45:55)
"Here's an excerpt on UML from Steve Best's new book, Linux Debugging and Performance Tuning: Tips and Techniques..."

ClickZ: Tune Up Your E-Mail Program With SpamAssassin
(2005-12-08 11:30:59)
"Guess what this ClickZ column scored when we ran it through SpamAssassin...?"

p2pnet: Firefox EduBrowser
(2005-12-08 12:15:59)
"Researchers at George Mason University are working on a new open source application meant to help users organize and cite materials they've found online..."

SearchOpenSource: Open Source Enters BPM Market
(2005-12-08 13:00:08)
"Open source entered a new area of information technology today when business process management (BPM) firm Intalio Inc. announced that it had acquired FiveSight Technologies..."

ZDNet Australia: Mozilla Thunderbird Gets Firefox-Style Tabs
(2005-12-08 13:45:22)
"A developer has added tabbed browsing of e-mail messages to Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client, mimicking one of the most popular features of the Firefox and Opera Web browsers..."

NewsForge: Galeon, Epiphany Ready for a Reunion
(2005-12-08 14:30:19)
"Two years after the Galeon browser's source code was forked, resulting in the Epiphany browser, developers of the two GNOME-based browsers announced they are coming back together..."

LinuxWorld Australia: Sybase May Offer Open-Source Database in China
(2005-12-08 16:00:30)
"Sybase is considering how it could make some parts of its database software available under an open-source license to customers and developers in China..."

internetnews.com: Has Time's Time Come?
(2005-12-08 17:30:32)
"Taking a meeting has never been so complicated..."

Larsson: Seek and Ye Shall Find
(2005-12-08 19:00:59)
"The last two weeks I have been working on the nautilus-search (and now nautilus-search2) branch of Nautilus..."

LinuxPlanet: Tale of a Black Dog
(2005-12-08 20:30:04)
"It's a complete USB-powered Linux server which fits easily in the palm of your hand. Powered by a 400-MHz PowerPC processor, 64 MB of RAM, and either 256 MB or 512 MB of flash, this pint-sized pet packs quite a bite (or is that 'byte'?)..."

Groklaw: CCIA Calls on ECMA to Reject MS's Proposal
(2005-12-08 22:00:58)
"The Computer & Communications Industry Association has just sent Ecma International a letter calling upon the international standards group to reject 'Microsoft's proposal...'"

Computer Business Review: JBoss Revs Open Source Portal
(2005-12-08 23:30:19)
"JBoss Portal competes most closely with BEA's WebLogic Portal, as both are Java portals..."

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