News Linux News for Jan 12, 2006:

Silicon.com: Opinion: 2006--The Year for Open Source
(2006-01-12 00:15:45)
"It's a perfect time for open source proponents to put down their 'Microsoft Bad, Open Source Good' banners and start addressing the concerns of large enterprises and government agencies..."

Linux-Watch: The Best Upgrade is a Memory Upgrade
(2006-01-12 01:00:32)
"His question of the day: Would increasing his memory to 512 MB make a difference...?"

SearchOpenSource: Microsoft and the World's Most Expensive Pizza
(2006-01-12 01:45:21)
"This probably won't be as much of a surprise to you as it was to me, but the price of Microsoft Windows XP Pro and Office licenses exceeds the price of a top-of-the-line PC..."

NewsForge: Why Microsoft is Trying to Debunk Legacy Linux?
(2006-01-12 02:30:32)
"Stories about Microsoft's latest study are beginning to crop up here and there. This time, Redmond is trying to convince us that Linux isn't really any better on older hardware..."

LinuxDevices: DRM Out of Balance
(2006-01-12 04:00:33)
"The recent Sony BMG DRM fiasco, which resulted from a common failure of requirements management logic, shows that developers of DRM systems have not had that attitude adjustment..."

Advisories, January 11, 2006
(2006-01-12 04:45:14)
Today's security advisories: libextractor (Debian GNU/Linux); poppler and xpdf (Fedora Core); ethereal and mozilla (Fedora Legacy); cups and tetex (Mandriva Linux); and ethereal, struts, cups, and gpdf (Red Hat Linux).

developerWorks: Scripting and Scaling for Fun and Profit
(2006-01-12 05:30:53)
"This episode shows you how to add image scaling and--more importantly--scripting functionality..."

Enterprise Networking Planet: Queue Up Linux Printing (Part Two)
(2006-01-12 07:00:52)
"Today we'll take a look at new developments in the Linux printing world, and untangle the complicated Linux printing subsystem..."

Linux Journal: Creating/Manipulating Images with gd
(2006-01-12 08:30:42)
"Use the gd graphics code library to create and manipulate images quickly..."

Linux.com: An Introduction to Services, Runlevels, and rc.d Scripts
(2006-01-12 10:00:52)
"What's the first thing that you do once you've logged onto Linux? Is it to manually start up a processes such as Apache or MySQL, or even start your network connection...?"

Linux Journal: Why Not Python?, Part 2
(2006-01-12 11:30:26)
"This time out, the old C hacker drags himself into the 1990s to solve Sudoku puzzles..." Link repaired.

ZDNet Australia: Mozilla Offers Updated Thunderbird 1.5
(2006-01-12 13:00:13)
"The Mozilla Corporation today released version 1.5 of its Thunderbird e-mail client, touting a raft of new features aimed at both security and usability..."

SearchOpenSource: Mining the Untapped Potential of Open Source Content Management
(2006-01-12 13:45:25)
"At issue was whether or not content management was a field that held potential for open source, or whether this was simply a pipe dream..."

NewsForge: Google Talk API and Source Code Release
(2006-01-12 14:30:25)
"Last month, the Jabber Software Foundation (JSF) released documentation for two extensions to the Jabber (XMPP) protocol, named Jingle Signaling and Jingle Audio..."

LinuxWorld Australia: March of the Penguins
(2006-01-12 15:15:15)
"Although having an open source strategy is becoming common in many enterprises, users and analysts say 2006 is the year the penguin flippers will hit the water in terms of Linux's evolution into an enterprise-application server platform..."

KernelTrap: Using Git With the -mm Kernel
(2006-01-12 16:00:54)
"A brief discussion on the lkml began whan it was asked why Andrew Morton isn't using git to manage his -mm Linux kernel tree..."

Linux-Watch: FAT Patent Fight Not Over Yet
(2006-01-12 16:45:32)
"...[S]ources close to the Public Patent Foundation indicate that this will not be the end of the story of efforts to overthrow these patents..."

NewsForge: SeaMonkey Project Picks Up where Halted Mozilla Suite Left Off
(2006-01-12 17:30:25)
"After what one lead developer called a 'very good' beta release in mid-December, the SeaMonkey project expects the final release of version 1.0 to be out this month..."

All About Linux: Xfce 4.2--A Light Weight Window Manager Heavy in Features
(2006-01-12 19:00:53)
"But after playing around in it for some time, I just couldn't stop admiring the usability and design of Xfce as well as the responsiveness of the applications when run in it..."

LinuxPlanet: Preventing Buffer Overflow Exploits Using the Linux Distributed Security Module, Pt 2
(2006-01-12 20:30:23)
"Buffer overflow exploits are one of the most interesting security vulnerabilities and are used in a majority of security attacks against Linux and UNIX-like operating systems..."

eWeek: Gov't Cyber-Sleuths Focusing on Linux, iPod, Xbox
(2006-01-12 21:15:40)
"Cyber-security and computer experts from the government and law enforcement are increasingly concerned with malicious code that runs on Linux and Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X operating systems..."

The Linux Information Project: 25 Reasons to Convert to Linux
(2006-01-12 22:00:13)
"Businesses, educational institutions, governmental agencies and other organizations around the world are converting their computer operating systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux at an increasing pace..."

PC Pro: Who Benefits from IBM and the USPTO's Open Bid to Up Patent Quality?
(2006-01-12 23:30:57)
"The open-source community has been one of the strongest critics of software patents, and in particular some of the more dubious patents issued by the USPTO. So any involvement it can get in fixing things at the USPTO is to be welcomed..."

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