News Linux News for Feb 07, 2006:

OSNews: UNIX Security: Don't Believe the Truth
(2006-02-07 01:00:23)
"However, how much is that increased security really worth for an average home user, when you break it down? According to me, fairly little. Here's why..."

PC Advisor: Software Vendors' Figures Can Be Misleading
(2006-02-07 02:30:55)
"Has one in every 100 people in Japan downloaded MySQL's database? Figures published by the company this week imply that's the case, but common sense suggests otherwise..."

Desktop, Patch Management Books Reviewed
(2006-02-07 04:00:41)
Book Corner: Just Say No to Microsoft and Linux Patch Management get reviewed in tonight's Book Corner.

Advisories, February 6, 2006
(2006-02-07 04:45:29)
Today's security advisories: ipsec-tools (Debian GNU/Linux); unzip (Fedora Core); GStreamer FFmpeg plugin, ADOdb, and Apache (Gentoo Linux); OpenOffice.org and openssh (Mandriva Linux); and mozilla (Red Hat Linux).

LXer: IBM Offers Migration Guide for Linux as Free Download
(2006-02-07 05:30:41)
"'We'd like to get off this old expensive Sun equipment, but we just can't.' Well, plenty of people have, but it required an ISV to port their in-house proprietary code to Linux..."

Linux.com: CLI Magic: ifup, ifdown, ifstatus
(2006-02-07 07:00:40)
"I've always assumed that ifup and ifdown were conditional commands that performed their assigned duties only if the interface device in question was up or down, as the command might be. I was dead wrong..."

Virtual Threads: Understanding Memory Usage on Linux
(2006-02-07 08:30:07)
"This entry is for those people who have ever wondered, 'Why the hell is a simple KDE text editor taking up 25 megabytes of memory...?'"

Linux-Watch: Repairing Windows PCs the Linux Way
(2006-02-07 10:00:40)
"Do you want to know the basics of repairing Windows systems with Knoppix Linux...?"

Cluster Monkey: Linux Cluster Urban Legends
(2006-02-07 11:30:19)
"Just like there are 'Urban Legends' that never seem to die, so it seems there are 'Cluster Urban Legends' that persist even today..."

Linux Journal: Ooo Off the Wall: The Elephant in the Living Room--OOo and MS Office
(2006-02-07 13:00:21)
"A look at how the OOo project balances being similar to MS Office with maintaining its unique, better features..."

-stable: Linux 2.6.15.3
(2006-02-07 13:45:21)
"We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.15.3 kernel. This contains a single security fix (CVE-2006-0454) which can potentially be used as remote DoS exploit..."

internetnews.com: Linux Desktops Get a Graphics Boost
(2006-02-07 13:45:59)
"The Linux desktop is about to get a 3-D makeover courtesy of Novell..."

Linux-Watch: Programmers Get Their Own Search Engine
(2006-02-07 14:30:22)
"Developers can use Google and other search engines to find source code, but it's not easy. A Silicon Valley startup claims to have come up with a better alternative--a search engine for source code and code-related information..."

eWeek: ActiveState Returns to Open-Source Roots
(2006-02-07 15:15:41)
"Just two years after shelling out $23 million to acquire ActiveState, anti-virus vendor Sophos has offloaded the company to Pender Financial Group, a Canadian venture capital firm..."

Tectonic: Novell's Biggest Open Source Competitor: Apple
(2006-02-07 16:00:20)
"A report by Gartner claims that Novell's stiffest competition for the small and medium business server space will come not from Microsoft, but Apple..."

Groklaw: Some Indemnification Bits for Historians
(2006-02-07 16:30:32)
"I had earlier written that Microsoft was the first to mention indemnification and Linux in May of 2003. I've found an even earlier sighting..."

SearchOpenSource: Red Hat CTO: RHEL5 Will Drive Virtualization Costs Down
(2006-02-07 17:00:16)
"Server virtualization and cost reduction are Red Hat customers' top wants today, says Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens..."

INQ7: Will Public Schools Use Microsoft or Open Source?
(2006-02-07 17:30:46)
"There is now a brewing issue on whether government should use Microsoft or open source-based software in the second phase of the 'PCs for Public Schools Project...'"

InfoWorld: Turbolinux to Set Up Joint Venture in India
(2006-02-07 18:00:06)
"Japanese Linux vendor Turbolinux plans to establish a joint-venture company in India in order to expand its presence in that country, the company said Tuesday..."

Emerging Telephony: OpenZoep: An Open Source VoIP Engine
(2006-02-07 18:30:43)
"OpenZoep is available under the GPL license, as well as a commercial license for companies that do not wish to publish the source code of their commercial products based on OpenZoep..."

LinuxP2P: Richard Stallman on P2P
(2006-02-07 19:00:11)
"People have a right to share copies of published works; P2P programs are simply a means to do it more usefully, and that is a good thing..."

NewsForge: Linux-Based Motorola Cell Phones Frustrate Third-Party Developers
(2006-02-07 19:45:55)
"Is Motorola's switch to Linux a hit for the company but a miss for end users...?"

ComputerWeekly: How to Avoid Open Source Licensing Pitfalls
(2006-02-07 20:30:31)
"Open source software can offer users great commercial advantages when care is taken to address intellectual property issues and minimise contractual risks..."

Linux-Watch: VMware Server Goes Free (But Not Open)
(2006-02-07 21:15:42)
"While not open-source, this entry-level virtualization server enables users to partition x86 and x86-64 Linux and Windows servers into multiple virtual machines..."

ZDNet Asia: Firm Pushes Open-Source BlackBerry Alternative
(2006-02-07 22:00:45)
"Funambol v3 is expected to become available as a free download on the company's Web site this week, and a version with additional features will be available for a fee..."

ConsortiumInfo: Welcoming Louis Gutierrez
(2006-02-07 22:45:53)
"Louis Gutierrez's took his place in Peter Quinn's old office for the first time yesterday, assuming the reins of Massachusetts IT policy as the Bay State's new CIO..."

Community: War Installing GNU/Linux or The Any Box: Do We Share The Hardware or Raise a Bridge?
(2006-02-07 23:30:20)
"...[P]erhaps the GNU/Linux community's appropriate course of action should be to do what we should have done long ago. That is, to create a Linux-specific hardware vendor (or vendors) of our own..."

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