News Linux News for Dec 13, 2005:

Linux-Watch: Where Did You Want to Go Yesterday?
(2005-12-13 01:00:35)
"It's not that I like to pick on Microsoft. It's just that they keep doing things that make me shake my head in amazement..."

TechRepublic: OS/2 Lives!
(2005-12-13 02:30:23)
"With all all the talk around here lately of MacOS vs. Linux vs. Windows, it got me thinking lately about my old Microsoft Alternative OS Of Choice--OS/2..."

Linux-Watch: A Certifiable Path to Linux Jobs
(2005-12-13 03:15:29)
"You don't have to have a Linux certification to get a job working with Linux, but it can't hurt..."

InfoWorld: The Changing Face of Community: Learning from Sugar
(2005-12-13 04:00:14)
"Clint said something that set me back on my heels. Of the top 50 contributors to SugarCRM's development community, 95% of them are SugarCRM partners. Think about that..."

Advisories, December 12, 2005
(2005-12-13 04:45:53)
Today's security advisories: curl (Debian GNU/Linux); curl (Fedora Core); phpMyAdmin, Openswan, and IPsec-Tools (Gentoo Linux); and perl, xpdf, cupsys, tetex-bin, kdegraphics, koffice, and curl (Ubuntu Linux).

Mad Penguin: HOWTO Install FreeNX Server on SUSE 10
(2005-12-13 05:30:15)
"Not long ago, I reviewed SUSE Linux 10 and found that they had included the latest version of FreeNX (a free version of NoMachine's NX Server) on the installation media..."

NewsForge: Smarty Templating and Presentation library for PHP
(2005-12-13 07:00:00)
"PHP has historically been a simple scripting language used for quickly developing small web sites with dynamic content. But newer features have given the language the structure and libraries for building larger applications..."

Linux.com: CLI Magic: Daily Aliases
(2005-12-13 08:30:36)
"One thing that distinguishes the GNU versions from the classic Unix versions is that the GNU programs are rife with additional options..."

All About Linux: 10 Most Popular Ubuntu Sites on the Net
(2005-12-13 10:00:43)
"...I have put together a collection of sites which are dedicated to Ubuntu Linux and where one can find a wealth of information on general topics or accomplishing a particular task in Ubuntu..."

LinuxWorld Australia: Dual-Bootable; More Doable
(2005-12-13 11:30:46)
"Linux is great, but sometimes a guy's gotta play games. Here's how to set up a quicker Dual-Boot to get you back into windows..."

Mozilla Quality: Thunderbird Community Testing Day planned for Tuesday, Dec 13
(2005-12-13 12:15:54)
"We have candidate builds for Thunderbird 1.5 RC2 and we thought this would be a great opportunity to run another community testing day..."

NetworkWorld: Sierra Pacific Taps Open Source Management Tools
(2005-12-13 13:00:03)
"For Kevin Nadin, rolling out network-management software seemed to be an all-or-nothing proposition..."

Torvalds Re-Kindles GNOME vs. KDE
(2005-12-13 14:00:54)
In a message thread that innocuously started with a discussion regarding GNOME and its printing dialog box, Linux Torvalds weighed in with strong words regarding the GNOME interface and encouraged others to switch to KDE.

ComputerWeekly: Mozilla Issues Security Advisory for Firefox 1.5
(2005-12-13 15:15:31)
"The Mozilla Foundation has issued a security advisory to address concerns about a potential flaw in its new open-source Firefox 1.5 browser which could cause a buffer overflow error..."

Novell: Novell Secures Major Enterprise Linux Agreement with Swiss Government
(2005-12-13 16:00:37)
"As a result, more than 3,000 servers operated by the Swiss Federal Government will now run on Novell's SUSE Linux platform..."

LinuxDevices: LinuxWorld Boston Mulls "Invisible Linux" Pavilion
(2005-12-13 16:45:30)
"According to Exhibits Coordinator Ellen Boland, the Invisible Linux pavilion concept is modeled after a similar, successful pavilion at a LinuxWorld Expo in Germany..."

Government Computer News: Performance Boost Virtually Assured
(2005-12-13 17:30:20)
"Although Red Hat Inc. is based in Raleigh, N.C., the company runs a sizeable office more than 700 miles to the north in Westford, Mass..."

AlwaysOn: Nokia 770: Okay, Silicon Valley Time To Get To Work
(2005-12-13 18:15:13)
"Personally, after a few weeks of fascination, I haven't used the 770 much because it simply lacks a killer app..."

KernelTrap: Anonymous Contributions
(2005-12-13 19:00:29)
"Back in May of 2004 Linux creator Linus Torvalds suggested a simple process for tracking where patches originate from and the path they follow to ultimately be merged into the Linux kernel..."

SearchOpenSource: Updegrove: Mass. OpenDocument Debate to Remain on 'Front Burner' in 2006
(2005-12-13 19:45:41)
"There are few people in the online community who have been as outspoken about the OpenDocument format (ODF) dealings in Massachusetts IT these days as Andrew Updegrove..."

ZDNet: Open-Source Antivirus Tech May Get Commercial Help
(2005-12-13 20:30:53)
"To plug a hole in its intrusion-prevention product, eEye Digital Security may adopt the Clam AntiVirus project and improve the open-source software..."

Groklaw: Answering Blake Stowell's Question
(2005-12-13 21:15:49)
"Blake Stowell, SCO's PR guy, is trying to turn all the bad news about SCO around and counter the impression that they are on the skids..."

eWeek: China's Red Flag Sees Desktop as Linux Battlefield
(2005-12-13 22:00:12)
"The vice president of the dominant Linux supplier in China says government support is creating opportunities for desktop Linux to grow..."

KernelTrap: Dropping Support for GCC 2.95
(2005-12-13 22:45:16)
"Four months ago a debate on the lkml suggested that support for GCC 2.95 would be around for a long time, but a more recent thread suggests otherwise..."

ConsortiumInfo: Meanwhile, in a Parallel Universe...
(2005-12-13 23:30:08)
"There's another standards war story that's been running in the news over the past few days that has an eerie sense of familiarity..."

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