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News Linux News for Feb 05, 2006:
ONLamp: (Open) Office Party
(2006-02-05 01:00:20) "The open source office suite has come from rather dismal beginnings (the early Star Office incarnations were truly dreadful) into being a solid, capable, and performant alternative to Microsoft Office..."
Free Software Magazine: Towards a Free Matter Economy (Part 4)
(2006-02-05 05:00:20) "Imagine where free software would be today if it weren't for the GNU C Compiler...!"
Linux.Ars: Painless Backups Using rdiff-backup
(2006-02-05 09:00:47) "Linux.Ars is back, with the first installment of the new year...!"
NewsForge: Red Hat Gears Up Indian Operations
(2006-02-05 13:00:21) "Linux vendor Red Hat is stepping up its efforts in the potentially huge India market by buying out its joint-venture partner..."
The Sunday Times: Why Not Break Free?
(2006-02-05 14:00:00) "Open-source software was for techies who didn't want to be slaves to the commercial big boys. But, as Barry Collins discovers, it is now leaping into our homes..."
KernelTrap: -mm Hotfixes
(2006-02-05 15:00:52) "Chuck Ebbert raised an issue with the stability of Andrew Morton 's 2.6 -mm kernel development tree..."
DesktopLinux: Why Photoshop Tops Most-Wanted Linux App List
(2006-02-05 16:00:16) "Photoshop? The application most people want, at this date, to be ported to Linux from Windows is Photoshop? Color me surprised...!"
ZDNet Asia: 2006: Mature Offshoring, Mainstream Open Source and More
(2006-02-05 17:00:16) "This year will give rise to sophisticated attitudes towards offshoring, mainstream adoption of open source software..."
Mad Penguin: Degunk Linux and Debunk FUD
(2006-02-05 19:00:12) "I took the bus to work. Ralph was the driver. He and I chatted. Ralph wants to partition his Windows XP hard drive, but XP won't let him. I suggested Linux. Did Ralph freak out? Did he veer the bus into on-coming traffic...?"
Computerworld Australia: Optus Bets on Linux Blades
(2006-02-05 21:00:05) "What began with single application, edge network services a few years ago, has exploded into core database and business systems at the Linux-loving Optus..."
Phoronix: Xinerama v. TwinView
(2006-02-05 23:00:56) "When it comes to a multi-headed environment under Linux, there are two popular options for consumers -- Xinerama and TwinView..."
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