News Linux News for Mar 01, 2006:

ONLamp: What Corporate Projects Should Learn from Open Source
(2006-03-01 01:00:20)
"Let's say that you're a programmer working on a wildly successful open source project in your free time..."

ZDNet: Shared Nothing Coming to Open Source
(2006-03-01 02:30:20)
"Shared nothing has been a big deal in the database world for some time. It's what companies like Google are based on--a distributed database without a single point of contention..."

NewsForge: Test Drive: Parallels
(2006-03-01 04:00:34)
"Parallels launched Parallels Workstation for Desktop, its first x86 virtualization software, back in September, joining VMware's proprietary Workstation and the Xen open source virtual machine applications..."

Advisories: February 28, 2006
(2006-03-01 04:45:40)
Today's security advisories: pdftohtml (Debian GNU/Linux); PostgreSQL, udev, mod_auth_pgsql, auth_ldap, gnutls (Fedora Legacy); and squirrelmail, unzip, and gettext (Mandriva Linux).

KernelTrap: Kernel Build Errors and Warnings
(2006-03-01 05:30:14)
"Jesper Juhl summarized a recent experiment of compiling the latest Linux kernel 100 times with various configurations, resulting in 82 failed builds and thousands of warnings..."

The R Zone: Hardening a Linux Server in 10 Minutes
(2006-03-01 07:00:44)
"Did you know that a freshly installed Linux server can be hardened in less than 10 minutes? Here's how...!"

NewsForge: Using SQL-Ledger in a Small Business
(2006-03-01 08:30:33)
"Recently, I helped set up a small co-operative preschool. One of the many things we needed was an accounting software package..."

The R Zone: 3D on the Linux Desktop: A Peek Into the Near Future
(2006-03-01 10:00:17)
"By now, most of you know that Mac OS X includes advanced visual effects, powered by Display PostScript and accelerated 3D hardware..."

Techworld: US Army Lab Makes Major Linux Cluster Move
(2006-03-01 11:30:34)
"A US Army supercomputing centre with a legacy that dates back to the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, which launched in 1946, is moving to Linux-based clusters.

Computerworld NZ: Slow to Arrive, But Here to Stay
(2006-03-01 13:00:33)
"Although New Zealand organisations have been late adopters of the technology, local end-users and tech companies accept that open source is here to stay..."

internetnews.com: Linux Networx Debuts 'Super' Storage
(2006-03-01 13:45:02)
"Supercomputer vendor Linux Networx today announced a new lineup of storage solutions, while also revealing that it is no longer developing its Xilo scalable clustered storage system..."

Reg Developer: MySQL Close to SAP Certification
(2006-03-01 14:30:47)
"MySQL AB is inching closer to certification with SAP's mighty business applications suite, nearly three years after the companies first united..."

LinuxPlanet: Wall Street: Linux Gets a Lift from Web Services, Tech Support
(2006-03-01 15:15:36)
"Are Linux and open source implementations rising on Wall Street? 'Yes,' said participants in a financial services IT trade show held this week in New York City, who cited Web services and incremental improvements to tech support as two big drivers..."

e-Government New Zealand: Open Source Legal Issues
(2006-03-01 16:00:04)
"While the use of open source software has many benefits, it brings with it a number of legal risks not posed by proprietary or commercial software..."

Network World: FEMA Updates IT Systems to Better Respond to Disasters
(2006-03-01 16:45:09)
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency has seen a fair amount of press attention in the past year, with 45 presidential-declared disasters stemming from hurricanes, floods and wildfires..."

Live Journal: Linux Fragmentation--A View from the Security Community
(2006-03-01 17:30:24)
"Three years ago, I was asked to work on the SELinux Team at Red Hat to bring Mandatory Access Control to a mainstream operating system..."

Groklaw: IBM Subpoenas JP Morgan Securities and McGraw-Hill
(2006-03-01 18:15:08)
Looking at what IBM is asking them to provide I gather IBM would like to demonstrate what Santa Cruz bought from Novell, what its UNIX assets were, what they were really worth when they bought them and when they transferred them to Caldera..."

CRN: HP's Linux Chief To Push Integrated Stacks Through Channel
(2006-03-01 19:00:56)
"CRN Senior Writer Paula Rooney met with Christine Martino, vice president Hewlett Packard's Open Source and Linux Organization, at the company's Marlborough, Mass., Linux Expertise Center to discuss HP's open source efforts..."

ZDNet Australia: Open Source Key to Victorian Schools
(2006-03-01 19:45:58)
"Victoria's Department of Education and Training is continuing to develop in-house server software it built on top of open-source tools to bring its state-wide wireless network to life..."

Reg Developer: Zend Cosies Up to Oracle
(2006-03-01 20:30:21)
"Zend Technologies, the subject of Oracle acquisition rumors, has updated its implementation of the PHP development language for the giant's database family..."

NewsForge: The Lion, the Witch, and Linux
(2006-03-01 21:15:33)
"After considering the options, Walden Media chose Liferay's MIT-licensed open source content management system (CMS), running on Linux..."

LinuxDevices: Tux-Shaped Computer Runs Linux
(2006-03-01 22:00:36)
"Acme Systems is shipping a Penguin-shaped case for a tiny SBC (single-board computer) powered by an innovative MCM (multi-chip module) that runs Linux..."

DesktopLinux: "Crossing the Chasm" Author to Keynote April Linux Summit
(2006-03-01 22:45:44)
"Best-selling author Geoffrey Moore (Crossing the Chasm) will give a keynote address April 25 at the fourth annual Desktop Linux Summit..."

Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show
(2006-03-01 23:30:36)
"We talk to long-time KDE developer Zack Rusin..."

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