News Linux News for Mar 07, 2006:

CIO Australia: Albatrosses Yes, Penguins No
(2006-03-07 00:15:34)
"We went to see the albatrosses in their sanctuary on the Otago Peninsula but we elected to miss out on the penguins. After all, there were enough of them in Dunedin at the time..."

LinuxCult: Fedora Core 5 Test 3 Review
(2006-03-07 01:00:17)
"So, what's changed, what's new, and should you bother looking Fedora again...? "

Linux-Watch: Open Source Here to Stay
(2006-03-07 01:45:37)
"Open-source, as I've pointed out recently, has become widely accepted as the best way to write software..."

Linux.com: Five Things I Dislike About SUSE 10
(2006-03-07 02:30:48)
"I've been running the retail version on SUSE Linux 10.0 as my production desktop machine since early November..."

Really Linux: Linux Works Even for Total Newbies
(2006-03-07 03:15:23)
"Still hesitant to try Linux? I'd like to share a revelation with you..."

Linux Forums: One Shell To Rule Them All
(2006-03-07 04:00:18)
"In the age of easy to install, easier to use GNU/Linux distributions, the shell is the world's best kept secret for beginners..."

Advisories, March 6, 2006
(2006-03-07 04:45:27)
Today's security advisories: libtasn1-2 and gnutls11 (Debian GNU/Linux); and IMAP Proxy and zoo (Gentoo Linux).

NewsForge: View and Edit Graphic Files with XnView
(2006-03-07 05:30:30)
"I've tried many image browsers over the years, including IrfanView and ACDSee, but after using XnView, I can almost forget about the rest..."

DebianHelp: Monitoring Services using Mon in Debian
(2006-03-07 07:00:12)
"mon is a general-purpose scheduler and alert management tool used for monitoring service availability and triggering alerts upon failure detection..."

developerWorks: Better Networking with SCTP
(2006-03-07 08:30:20)
"The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a reliable transport protocol that provides stable, ordered delivery of data between two endpoints (much like TCP) and also preserves data message boundaries (like UDP)..."

HowtoForge: Configuring Tomcat5 and Apache2 with Virtual Hosts Using mod_jk
(2006-03-07 10:00:50)
"This tutorial explains how I was able to setup a web server in order to support Java Server Pages (JSP) and Servlets using virtually hosted websites..."

eGov Monitor: FOSS Means Business
(2006-03-07 11:30:49)
"On Thursday March 16th, experts on the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in business will converge on Spires Conference Centre, Belfast for an all-island event..."

LinuxGazette.net: Build a Six-Headed, Six-User Linux System
(2006-03-07 12:15:27)
"This tutorial shows how to build a multi-head, multi-user Linux box using a recent distribution of Linux and standard USB keyboards and mice..."

Linux.com: CLI Magic: Securely Deleting Files with shred
(2006-03-07 13:00:14)
"To ensure that details of your secret love affair, bank account passwords, and daily porn site visits cannot be recovered, use shred..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.16-rc5-mm3
(2006-03-07 13:45:00)
Incremental changelog, links within.

internetnews.com: OASIS Backs OpenDocument Group
(2006-03-07 13:45:59)
"Now, in an effort to drive ODF product development, the standards body has created the ODF Adoption committee, which is tailored to boost the number of products based on ODF..."

Neoseeker: IBM Will Not Use Windows Vista--But Will Move to Linux Desktops
(2006-03-07 14:30:56)
"IBM switching to Linux destops in Germany according to a Linux Forum 2006 presentation by their head of open source and Linux sales in Germany..."

internetnews.com: Carrier Grade Linux Reg Race Begins
(2006-03-07 16:00:34)
"The next version of the Carrier Grade Linux specification is out. Now, it's up to the vendors to get registered and prove themselves compliant..."

Forbes: Sun CEO Could Move On
(2006-03-07 16:45:17)
"Now that Sun Microsystems has successfully emerged from the Internet bubble, Caris & Company research analyst Mark Stahlman suspects that chief executive Scott McNealy will soon move on from the company..."

Yahoo!: Software Freedom Law Center Addresses Erroneous Interpretation of Sarbanes-Oxley...
(2006-03-07 17:30:52)
"'Recent discussions regarding the GPL and SOX have been wrought with false information and have prompted the SFLC to issue its position on the topic,' said Eben Moglen, chair of the Software Freedom Law Center..."

ZDNet UK: Open Source in Education: Winning Hearts and Minds
(2006-03-07 18:15:17)
"Trying to convince schools that open source software won't be a management headache is proving an uphill struggle..."

Kernel Trap: Defect Scanning with Coverity
(2006-03-07 19:00:50)
"Ben Chelf, CTO of Coverity Inc., offered access to the bugs discovered by the Coverity tool, previously known as the Stanford Checker, to a select few interested developers..."

ZDNet UK: Becta Fails the Open Source Test
(2006-03-07 19:45:49)
"The government agency has been accused of excluding open source software from its educational software databases, despite highlighting the money that could be saved..."

Computing: Open Source Geospatial Foundation Formed
(2006-03-07 20:30:12)
"Today sees the launch of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), a not-for-profit initiative to support and promote the development of open geospatial, or location-aware, technologies..."

SearchOpenSource: Linux, Virtualization Help Bank Tackle Downtime Issues
(2006-03-07 21:15:25)
"Stonebridge Bank is a small, relatively young company with seven years under its belt and a staff of 60 employees. But that didn't stop the number of servers at this West Chester, Penn.-based bank from spiraling out of control.

NewsForge: My Desktop OS: GRML
(2006-03-07 22:00:51)
"The best discoveries emerge from obscurity. My favorite discovery of last year was GRML Linux..."

DesktopLinux: OpenOffice is Ten Years Behind MS Office? That's Just Fine!
(2006-03-07 22:45:36)
"That is to say, Microsoft seems to think OpenOffice.org is only good for single-desktop users. And, that's a problem because...?"

Software in Review: Gentoo Linux 2006.0
(2006-03-07 23:30:31)
"It's been a while since I last reviewed Gentoo Linux because there haven't been too many significant changes in the past few releases..."

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