News Linux News for Feb 08, 2006:

InformationWeek: Credibility Of Analysts
(2006-02-08 01:00:01)
"Forrester, Gartner, IDC, and others insist their output is squeaky clean, yet they also rake in millions providing services to the very same companies they monitor, heavyweights like Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle..."

The Register: If Linus Snubs New GPL, Is That It for 'Open Source'?
(2006-02-08 02:30:06)
"Linus Torvalds doesn't want to change the Linux kernel's software license, and he said so again last week. For good measure this time, he threw in some inflammatory remarks..."

Computing: Software Patents: Not Here, Thank You
(2006-02-08 04:00:32)
"A short time ago, IT Week ran an interview with a Microsoft executive who put the case for software patents..."

Advisories, February 7, 2006
(2006-02-08 04:45:50)
Today's security advisories: kernel (Fedora Core) and php (Mandriva Linux).

Linux.com: Setting Up International Character Support
(2006-02-08 05:30:58)
"Even so, if you make a few configuration changes, you can use the keyboard to enter the characters for dozens of languages with only a few problems..."

NewsForge: Test Drive: D-Link DWL-922 Wireless G Network Starter Kit
(2006-02-08 07:00:26)
"The $80 D-Link DWL-922 Wireless G Network Starter Kit includes everything you need to get started using wireless Ethernet in your home..."

Phoronix: AMD Cool n Quiet
(2006-02-08 08:30:52)
"Advanced Micro Devices Cool 'n' Quiet Technology is targeted for both consumer and commercial use through reducing the heat output, noise level, and power consumption for systems running Athlon 64 processors..."

domain-B: India Set to Wrest Leadership in Open-Source Computing
(2006-02-08 10:00:01)
"India is emerging as the hottest Asian market for Open Source (OS) with rapid strides being made in OS adoption in many sectors of industry, education, enterprise and government..."

Linux Journal: At the Sounding Edge: Article 24
(2006-02-08 11:30:11)
"At the two-year mark, Dave revisits some of the core Linux audio applications to see what's new..."

NewsForge: My Desktop OS: White Box Enterprise Linux
(2006-02-08 13:00:46)
"White Box Enterprise Linux, a free Linux distribution, includes a number of user-friendly features that add up to a useful and functional operating system..."

vnunet: Sun Urged to Give Up OpenOffice Control
(2006-02-08 13:45:43)
"OpenOffice.org wants Sun Microsystems to give up control over the OpenOffice productivity suite, and donate the intellectual property to an independent not-for-profit foundation..."

Government Technology: Calif. to Hold Hearing [Feb. 8] on Open Source Software in Election Systems
(2006-02-08 14:30:19)
"'Open source software has been around for several decades, but it's become more popular in recent years,' said [California Senator Debra] Bowen..."

Linux-Watch: Torvalds Hasn't Ruled Out GPL 3 for Linux
(2006-02-08 15:15:02)
"Linus Torvalds could see using the proposed GPL 3 license for Linux, but he thinks it would be very hard to do in practice and he still has concerns about the Complete Corresponding Source Code section..."

CNET News: Sun's Next Goal: Linux on Sparc Chips
(2006-02-08 16:00:11)
"But alongside the hardware launch came a more quiet software push: an attempt to make the Linux and BSD Unix open-source operating systems a serious option..."

Inside Firefox: Where Did Firefox Come From?
(2006-02-08 16:45:02)
"The story of Mozilla is long and rich in detail. There are many perspectives. This is mine..."

ZDNet: BitTorrent to Crack Down on Use of Name
(2006-02-08 17:30:51)
"The creators of the BitTorrent file-swapping application will soon begin cracking down on how other software developers use the BitTorrent name, company President Ashwin Navin said Monday..."

NewsForge: X Graphics Get a Boost
(2006-02-08 18:15:20)
"According to Nat Friedman, Novell's Xgl architecture will allow a move away from a raster model of drawing to a vector model, which will provide a "modern" graphics model that should be usable for the next 10 to 15 years..."

Publish: Open Source Pervades Enterprise at Demo
(2006-02-08 19:00:16)
"Programmers will want check out Krugle, a search engine for open-source code and technical content that made its debut here at Demo..."

ZDNet UK: Emergency Response Team Picks Open Source Telephony
(2006-02-08 19:45:06)
"Asterisk got the nod over a traditional PBX system because of its lower cost and richer features..."

LinuxElectrons: CrossOver Office 5.0 for Linspire Released
(2006-02-08 20:30:05)
"Linspire users who purchase CrossOver Office can run dozens of Windows applications, including Microsoft Office 2003, Adobe Photoshop and Intuit's Quicken and Quickbooks, natively..."

ConsortiumInfo: IBM, Sun (and OpenOffice!) Say "No Way" to VNUnet OpenOffice.org Control Story
(2006-02-08 21:00:40)
"I've gone direct to IBM and Sun to find out whether the Vnunet.com story has it right, and they both say 'no...'"

The Register: SWsoft Takes Linux Server Slicer to Eleven
(2006-02-08 21:30:22)
"With the server virtualization race in full swing, SWsoft today rolled out a major upgrade for its Linux product and a fresh tweak for its Microsoft code as well..."

LinuxDevices: CEO Interview: Jon S. von Tetzchner of Opera Software
(2006-02-08 22:00:06)
"[This interview] sheds light on the growing importance of Linux in the embedded market, and the growing importance of the embedded market to Opera..."

CIOL: Linux Urged to be More User-Friendly
(2006-02-08 22:45:00)
"Delivering the inaugural keynote address at the three-day LinuxAsia 2006, Prof Phatak said that even though many sectors in the industry have adopted Linux, there is a long way to go to gain popularity..."

Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show
(2006-02-08 23:30:22)
"We talk to Judd Vinet, founder of Arch Linux..."

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