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News Linux News for Jan 11, 2006:
Lobby4Linux: I Think We Need To Spend Some Time Apart
(2006-01-11 01:00:12)
Just remember: we can love our operating systems, we just can't love our operating systems...
NewsForge: Firefox Flicks Fast-Forwards Fans to Future Fame
(2006-01-11 02:30:50)
"Can't think of anything worthwhile to shoot with that new video camera Santa left you? If you make a Firefox commercial, you could wind up fending off offers from advertising agencies..."
Free Software Magazine: Free Software Events for December 2005
(2006-01-11 04:00:37)
"All in all a lot of positive things happened during the year, and that includes the last month, December..."
Advisories, January 10, 2006
(2006-01-11 04:45:25)
Recent security advisories: petris, smstools, xpdf, hylafax, pound, and libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql (Debian GNU/Linux); ethereal, cups, kernel, mod_auth_pgsql, and gpdf (Fedora Core); gettext and htdig (Fedora Legacy); KPdf, KWord, HylaFAX, and VMware Workstation (Gentoo Linux); poppler, pdftohtml, xpdf, gpdf, apache2, koffice, and apache2-mod_auth_pgsql (Mandriva Linux); mod_auth_pgsql and auth_ldap (Red Hat Linux); and sudo, xpdf, poppler, cupsys, tetex-bin, kdegraphics, koffice, nbd, blender, and libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql (Ubuntu Linux).
Linux.com: Analysing Web Traffic with phpMyVisites
(2006-01-11 05:30:59)
"Any Web site owner knows the value of traffic statistics, but finding the right Web statistics package is not as easy as it may seem..."
Network Stability Resource: Linux Software Installation
(2006-01-11 07:00:43)
"In the beginning there was make, and sysadmins saw it was good. For everyone else in the world, other solutions were needed..."
NewsForge: ISPConfig: A Hosting Control Panel
(2006-01-11 08:30:36)
"A while ago I moved the debianHELP site to another server and was faced with the prospect of building the box from scratch. To me, handling Apache or MySQL is no problem, but I loath setting up virtual email domains..."
informIT: Setting Up a yum Repository
(2006-01-11 10:00:20)
"The simplest way to configure a yum repository is to mirror one that already exists. Most Fedora repositories already support yum..."
InformationWeek: Database Lessons, Petabyte Style
(2006-01-11 11:30:41)
"The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, operates a 250-terabyte Oracle database on Linux servers, filled with data from meteorological simulations from researchers worldwide..."
SiliconRepublic: Institutes Upgrade Student Email System
(2006-01-11 13:00:30)
"The Irish Institute of Technology Network (ITNet) has completed the rollout of a new email and electronic calendar system hosted on open source software..."
BetaNews: Microsoft's FAT Patents Upheld
(2006-01-11 13:45:47)
"Ending a two-year battle over the FAT file system, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has reversed a non-final ruling from October and upheld Microsoft's patents on the technology..."
eWeek: Mono to Be Included in Fedora Core 5
(2006-01-11 14:30:13)
"The Mono open-source development platform based on .Net will be in the next version of the Fedora core Linux distribution..."
CNET News: Homeland Security Helps Secure Open-Source Code
(2006-01-11 15:15:10)
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is extending the scope of its protection to open-source software..."
KernelTrap: Wireless State of the Union
(2006-01-11 16:00:59)
"Jeff Garzik offered an interesting status summary on the current state of Wireless drivers in the Linux Kernel..."
eWeek: Windows vs. Linux: Think Patch Quality, Not Quantity
(2006-01-11 16:30:51)
"Microsoft Corp. seems to be moving away from focusing on the actual number of security patches and updates that it and its software competitors release..."
SearchOpenSource: Linux Sends NASA Rovers to Mars, Among Other Things
(2006-01-11 17:00:22)
"When the Mars rovers blasted into space to begin a 60-million mile journey to the Red Planet, Linux was there to help NASA get them off the ground..."
Washington Post: Question Hour With Mozilla
(2006-01-11 17:30:20)
"I wanted to get some background about how this small firm, wholly owned by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, goes about its business, and about what it plans to do next with its two core releases..."
eWeek: Panel: Federal IT Managers Increasingly Considering Linux
(2006-01-11 18:00:00)
"An increasing number of federal IT systems are being migrated from proprietary Unix systems to open-source Linux systems and desktops..."
DesktopLinux: Xandros Seeks Testers for New Linux Desktop Beta
(2006-01-11 18:30:38)
"It's been over a year since Xandros Inc. launched a new version of its well-regarded Xandros Desktop Operating System, but the company is now looking for a few good beta testers for its next release..."
SearchOpenSource: 2006 Phish Tales, Part 1: Worse on Linux or Windows?
(2006-01-11 19:00:31)
"James describes ways phishers attack Linux and Windows platforms and which platform is more vulnerable..."
LinuxHardware: Everyone's Going Dual-Core
(2006-01-11 19:45:33)
"It's been about 6 months since our last big desktop processor review, but here we are at another big release from both Intel and AMD..."
IT Manager's Journal: Interview: Gartner's Mark Driver
(2006-01-11 20:30:38)
"By 2010, 75 percent of mainstream IT organizations will have formal open source acquisition and management strategies. Gartner gave an 80% probability of this occurring..."
Vanguard: Open Source: The Future of IT in Nigeria
(2006-01-11 21:15:04)
"Nigeria has long suffered from expensive proprietary software plaguing our government, education and private sectors with each of these bodies writing out huge cheques annually or even more frequently in licensing fees..."
Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.15-mm3
(2006-01-11 22:00:00)
Incremental changelog, links within.
J_K9 Linux: Propose a Compelling Linux Business Case
(2006-01-11 22:00:54)
"So you want to convert your business/office computers to Linux, but you're not sure how your employees are going to react, correct...?"
ZDNet: Scott and Larry Agree: It's All About IBM, Stupid
(2006-01-11 22:45:00)
"Sun and Oracle's dissing each other (really Oracle walking from Solaris/Sparc to Unbreakable Linux) the past few years has apparently run its course..."
Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show
(2006-01-11 23:30:34)
"We talk to Jeffrey Wade, HP's worldwide marketing manager for Open Source and Linux organization..."
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