News Linux News for Mar 03, 2006:

Silicon.com: Linux in Government--Better Late Than Never
(2006-03-03 01:00:23)
"Some people might be surprised that the government is only just waking up to the idea that open source is secure, stable and attractive to end users..."

Standards Debate Continues
(2006-03-03 02:30:25)
IBM's Bob Sutor and Microsoft's Jason Matusow are on opposite sides of the open standards debate, as you might expect. Articles within.

KernelTrap: IPW3945, Debating the Binary Daemon
(2006-03-03 04:00:44)
"The announcement of a new project to support Intel's PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection mini-PCI express adapter (IPW3945) was met with mixed reactions..."

Advisories, March 2, 2006
(2006-03-03 04:45:12)
Today's security advisories: tutos, bmv, and xpdf (Debian GNU/Linux); kernel (Fedora Core); perl-DBI (Fedora Legacy); mozilla-thunderbird (Mandriva Linux); and irssi-text (Ubuntu Linux).

Linux.com: Running MySQL Queries on Multiple Servers
(2006-03-03 05:30:10)
"You may know how to use SQL to extract data from a table in a MySQL database, and how to run a query that combines data from more than one table..."

SearchOpenSource: How-to: Working Wonders with OpenOffice 2.0's Web Wizard
(2006-03-03 07:00:52)
"I can't believe nobody told me about the Web Wizard in OpenOffice.org 2.0. Why haven't I been reading about it on all the blogs? It's one of the coolest new features in 2.0..."

O'Reilly: Digital Editing on Linux Adventures, Part 2
(2006-03-03 08:30:01)
"Last month I wrote about buying a shiny new digital camera, and figuring out what computing platform to use for digital editing and archiving..."

KernelTrap: Open Graphics Development Board Pricing
(2006-03-03 10:00:09)
"The Open Graphics Project was started in October of 2004 by Timothy Miller with the intention of developing a completely open graphics card that 'just works' on free and open source operating systems..."

Ubuntu: Official Ubuntu Book
(2006-03-03 10:45:36)
"For the last few months, Jono Bacon has been working with Benjamin Mako Hill, Corey Burger, Ivan Krstic, Jonathan Jesse and some other authors to write the Official Ubuntu Book..."

Linux.com: Komposé: Mac-Inspired Utility Aids Linux Window Management
(2006-03-03 11:30:10)
"I prefer Linux in almost every way to Mac OS X, but I have to admit a little envy over OS X's Exposé feature, which quickly tiles all open windows..."

Linux Journal: Virtualization in Xen 3.0
(2006-03-03 12:15:18)
"Dive into the new Xen release and find out what it offers for paravirtualization, split drivers and Intel's new virtualization technology..."

XYZ Computing: VectorLinux SOHO 5.1.1 [Review]
(2006-03-03 13:00:42)
"After my fill of Linspire Five-O I decided it was time to try something a bit more interesting and not necessarily tailored to beginners..."

Washington Post: Sourcefire Officials Hopeful Over Sale
(2006-03-03 13:45:12)
"Executives of Sourcefire Inc., the Columbia company whose sale to an Israeli firm has been delayed pending a national security review, said yesterday that they believe the concerns surrounding the deal can be resolved..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.16-rc5-mm2
(2006-03-03 14:30:00)
Incremental changelog, links within.

Reuters: Novell Profit Down, Shares Fall 6 Percent
(2006-03-03 14:30:30)
"Novell shares also fell nearly 6 percent after the company offered a profit outlook for the current second quarter that was below the average Wall Street forecast..."

internetnews.com: Tech Rallies Around Open Document Format
(2006-03-03 15:15:38)
"Several high profile and groups have banded together to show solidarity for the OpenDocument Format, a collection of office document formats to help organizations share digital information..."

GNOME.org: GNOME 2.14 Release Candidate (2.13.92) Released
(2006-03-03 16:00:05)
"Woohooo! This is our last unstable release before the big .0 release..."

InfoWorld: IBM Lauds Voice Apps API
(2006-03-03 16:45:41)
"IBM will announce on Friday open source software intended to improve the lot of Web developers building voice-enabled applications..."

DesktopLinux: Linspire May Offer Ubuntu CNR Service
(2006-03-03 17:30:46)
"Linspire Inc. and one of its biggest desktop Linux rivals, Ubuntu, are talking about collaborating to offer Linspire's CNR (Click-N-Run) application download service to Ubuntu users..."

Bloomberg/The Seattle Times: Microsoft: EU Boosted Rivals
(2006-03-03 18:15:34)
"Microsoft accused European Union regulators Thursday of arranging 'secret contacts' between its competitors and cast doubt on the independence of an EU-appointed monitor..."

BusinessWeek: Open Season On Open Source?
(2006-03-03 19:00:39)
"Aggressive acquisitions by Oracle and others could co-opt the movement..."

SearchOpenSource: Former Interwoven Exec: Follow Me and Switch to Open Source CMS
(2006-03-03 19:45:14)
"In one year's time, Alfresco vice president of engineering Kevin Cochrane hopes the content management (CMS) space has been upended by open source..."

Computerworld Australia: Users Tempted by Free Commercial Databases
(2006-03-03 20:30:40)
"Missouri State University's information systems department and Web start-up Savvica don't have a lot in common apart from tight budgets..."

CNET News: What's Behind Open-Source ID Push?
(2006-03-03 21:15:37)
"Big guns IBM and Novell threw their weight behind a previously obscure open-source identity management project this week, leading analysts to wonder: What's in it for those companies...?"

The Modding Den: Interview with Emre Sokulla on SimpleKDE
(2006-03-03 22:00:31)
"'The main reason is that we find KDE too cluttered and too bloated; and we want something faster, more simplistic and easier to use...'"

Linux-Watch: Solaris is a Better Linux than Linux??
(2006-03-03 22:45:34)
"Really? Gosh, and all this time, I've been using Linux. I'll have to switch over Right Now..."

Editor's Note: Beating the Wal-Mart Effect
(2006-03-03 23:30:33)
Wal-Mart and Microsoft have a lot in common, but neither mega-corporation is invulnerable to competition. In the case of Microsoft, it turns out Linux has exactly what it takes to be a successful competitor.

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