News Linux News for Feb 01, 2006:

Free Software Magazine: A Reaction to ReactOS
(2006-02-01 00:15:55)
"Among the many free software projects out there, I think ReactOS is particularly worth some discussion. This is an effort to create a complete, clean room re-implementation of the entire Microsoft Windows NT operating system..."

Linux-Watch: Selling Linux and Open Source to Bean Counters
(2006-02-01 01:00:51)
"I'm no bean-counter. I'm an IT guy. But, I know that over the last few years, it's CFOs and dollars, not CIOs and gigabytes, that determine what technology companies buy..."

OSDir: The Revolution Will Be Televised... With Open Source
(2006-02-01 02:30:07)
"There has been hype growing over the idea of distributing video on the Internet in a vaguely TV-broadcast-like way..."

KDE: KDE 3.5.1 Release Announcement
(2006-02-01 03:15:00)
"The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.5.1, a maintenance release..."

More Hints and Speculation on "Goobuntu"
(2006-02-01 03:15:43)
Okay, so Google's admitting it's using Ubuntu as an internal platform... but many are skeptical that this heralds a new distro.

Linux Journal: Where is Linux on Intel's Desktop and Laptop Roadmap?
(2006-02-01 04:00:43)
"And what are the real stories on LaGrande, Trusted Computing, Viiv and Intel's DRM support...?"

Advisories: January 31, 2006
(2006-02-01 04:45:16)
Today's Debian GNU/Linux security advisories: imagemagick and libmail-audit-perl.

Database Journal: Upgrade Oracle 9i RAC to Oracle 10g RAC
(2006-02-01 05:30:20)
"This article provides the procedures for converting Oracle 9i (9.2.0.4) RAC to Oracle 10g (10.2.0.1) RAC on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3..."

Linux.com: OpenWrt Nears Prime-Time
(2006-02-01 07:00:05)
"OpenWrt, the GPLed Linux distribution for wireless routers, is at RC4 and is nearing the 1.0 release. We looked at RC2 last August, but things have changed since then--for the better..."

LinuxDevices: First 90nm ARM9 SoC Features VFPU, USB OTG
(2006-02-01 08:30:25)
"The LPC3180, which runs Linux and supports an 'ultra-low-power' 0.9V mode, targets POS (point-of-sales), GPS, robotics, and medical/industrial devices..."

NewsForge: Open Source Software and Games
(2006-02-01 10:00:41)
"Today, for many computing tasks, the open source ecosystem provides programs that equal or surpass what the proprietary Windows-based world offers..."

vnunet: Nokia Releases Python S60 Source Code
(2006-02-01 11:30:51)
"Nokia today released the source code for its Python for S60 Platform software package to the global community of open source software developers..."

NewsForge: My Desktop OS: Ubuntu
(2006-02-01 13:00:28)
"A few months ago I selected Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) as the new operating system on the Acer TravelMate T290LMI notebook I use at home and for work..."

eWeek: Mozilla Reborn: SeaMonkey 1.0 Is Released
(2006-02-01 13:45:01)
"While Firefox and Thunderbird are the poster children of open-source Internet application success, the program suite they sprang from, Mozilla, was reborn Jan. 30 under a new name: SeaMonkey..."

Groklaw: SCO's Last Gasp in Discovery: Wants to Depose Intel, Oracle and The Open Group
(2006-02-01 14:30:54)
"SCO has become addicted to discovery, I gather. The deadline for the end of discovery is apparently driving SCO crazy, and they are scrambling frantically to keep doing just a little bit more..."

The Register: Council Mumbles Microsoft Benefits
(2006-02-01 15:15:20)
"Dubbed 'NetNazis' after snubbing open source..."

eWeek: Solaris and Linux: No Code Swapping
(2006-02-01 16:00:31)
"While Sun Microsystems is open to licensing Solaris under Version 3.0 of the GNU General Public License, it will not reconsider its decision not to license the operating system under GPL 2.0..."

NewsForge: Interview: Ken Starks, Lobby4Linux
(2006-02-01 16:45:04)
"Ken Starks is a man with a mission: He wants to see Linux succeed on the desktop. To that end, Starks has been beating the drum for Linux on his Lobby4Linux Web site the past year or so..."

Rough Type: Open Source's Other Advantage
(2006-02-01 17:30:17)
"If you compare the way software is developed under an open-source approach and a traditional proprietary approach, you might reasonably conclude that both approaches have their strengths and weaknesses..."

Tectonic: These Chix Mean Business: Righting the FLOSS Gender Balance in Africa
(2006-02-01 19:00:13)
"With a name like LinuxChix, you might almost think this is a flippant group. It isn't..."

Blogcritics: Open Source: Cheap Open Source Document Imaging
(2006-02-01 20:30:32)
"I have looked at document imaging systems in the past when I worked at another company, and found them to be quite expensive..."

NewsForge: StarOffice Enterprise Tools are Flawed but Helpful
(2006-02-01 22:00:35)
"If you're investigating Sun's StarOffice as a replacement for Microsoft Office, you'll need to address the conversion question..."

Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show
(2006-02-01 23:30:43)
"We talk to Dave Whitinger and Tom Adelstein from LXer.com..."

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