News Linux News for Feb 09, 2006:

DesktopLinux: Must Linux Buy its Way Onto the Desktop?
(2006-02-09 00:15:16)
"For cash-rich Google, it's a cheap price to pay to cut Microsoft off at the knees by getting pride of place on about 33 percent on all new US desktops..."

Ars Technica: Richard Stallman Casts Aspersions Using Mace of Dissing +5
(2006-02-09 01:00:14)
"...I wasn't surprised to see him respond to a question about the merits of DRM with a quick and dismissive 'it is fundamentally unjust...'"

Times Online: The End of the (Free) Pipe Dream?
(2006-02-09 02:30:33)
"...[O]ur man from Mozilla, says that charging for sending e-mails could create a dangerous precedent on the previously free-to-access internet..."

InfoWorld: Applying Theory to Open Source Innovation
(2006-02-09 04:00:06)
"The notion of open source innovation continues to be interesting and elusive..."

Advisories, February 8, 2006
(2006-02-09 04:45:01)
Today's Mandriva Linux security advisories: mozilla, mozilla-firefox, and groff.

Linux.com: Lighttpd Can Lighten Apache's Load
(2006-02-09 05:30:17)
"Is your Apache Web server slowing down under the weight of streaming media content or database-driven applications...?"

downgrade.org: Creating an HPC/Beowulf Cluster the Easy Way
(2006-02-09 07:00:14)
"It runs the Rocks clustering distribution that is based on CentOS (which is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and is pretty much a cluster on a disk..."

KernelTrap: libATA PATA Status Report
(2006-02-09 08:30:43)
"Alan Cox offered an updated libATA PATA (IDE) status report..."

Linux.com: Creating Web Albums with shalbum
(2006-02-09 10:00:45)
"Almost no site seems complete these days without an image gallery, which displays thumbnails of many images in on a single main page..."

NewsForge: Patent Reform Panel Visits Hamilton LUG
(2006-02-09 11:30:53)
"Hamilton, Ontario, Linux and open source enthusiasts were privileged to hear former Red Hat CEO Bob Young, author and Unix historian Peter Salus, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Ren Bucholz banter about SCO vs. Linux..."

SearchOpenSource: Novell's Certifications Remain Intact with Virtualization Partnership
(2006-02-09 13:00:00)
"Virtual Iron Software Inc. continued on its quest to push Linux and virtualization further into the heart of enterprise data centers today..."

Tectonic: HP to Launch Linux Notebooks in SA
(2006-02-09 13:45:45)
"HP South Africa is to release a range of Linux-based notebooks at the end of February..."

Groklaw: Intel Calls SCO a Liar in Utah Court Filing
(2006-02-09 14:30:03)
"Well, *now* SCO's really gone and done it. They got used to IBM's restraint, I guess, and told a story to the Utah court, and now they are being called on it..."

CNET News: Exploit Turns Up Heat for Firefox Flaw
(2006-02-09 16:00:59)
"Computer code that could be used in cyberattacks on Firefox users has been released, increasing the urgency for people to upgrade to the latest version of the Web browser..."

internetnews.com: Zimbra Takes Aim at Enterprise Collaboration
(2006-02-09 17:30:05)
"The enterprise collaboration market got a bit more competitive today with the release of the open source Zimbra collaboration and messaging server..."

CNET News: Red Hat Gives and Gets an Education
(2006-02-09 19:00:45)
"'It was interesting to see the debate of open-source software among non-techies. It's somewhat refreshing to realize not everybody in the world understands this stuff,' Evans said..."

NewsForge: MEPIS May Be Going Ubuntu
(2006-02-09 20:30:07)
"MEPIS founder Warren Woodford is considering building future MEPIS releases from Ubuntu sources rather than from Debian..."

LinuxPlanet: IBM Rolls Out Blades for Virtual Desktops, Hollywood Movies
(2006-02-09 21:15:50)
"IBM and some of its customers are starting to test new 'virtual desktop' solutions running atop Linux-, Unix-, and Windows-based blade servers, including three souped-up systems rolled out at an event in New York City this week..."

PC World: Songbird: Open-Source iTunes Killer?
(2006-02-09 22:00:18)
"But Songbird is a new open-source music player, built on some of the same code as Firefox, that aims to change how people think about online music..."

Channel Register: SGI Warns That Bankruptcy Might be Year-End Option
(2006-02-09 23:30:00)
"SGI issued its most ominous regulatory filing to date, warning that a bad 2006 could force the former high-flyer into bankruptcy..."

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