News Linux News for Apr 06, 2006:

SearchOpenSource: Linux Desktop Adoption Barriers
(2006-04-06 00:00:48)
"The biggest barrier to Linux business desktop adoption is Linux itself, as too many distributions make it harder for developers to port to or create applications for Linux..."

PCBurn: Linux World 2006 Boston Day 2
(2006-04-06 00:45:55)
"LinuxWorld 2006 day 2 is underway. This mornings keynote was delivered by Kevin Kettler, PhD the CTO of Dell..."

NewsForge: My Desktop OS: CentOS 4.2
(2006-04-06 01:30:22)
"...[S]ince I already had a commitment to maintaining a number of different servers in CentOS, I decided a while ago to start using it on my desktop as well..."

IT Observer: Open Source For Perimeter Security
(2006-04-06 03:00:22)
"This article gives examples of very successful Open Source security projects--netfilter and Snort--and also describes some weaknesses that need to be addressed by IT organizations or vendors..."

developerWorks: Speed Your Code with the GNU Profiler
(2006-04-06 04:30:47)
"Improving the performance of your applications is rarely a wasted effort, but it's not always clear which functions the program is spending most of its execution time on..."

NewsForge: Create Flash charts with PHP/SWF Charts
(2006-04-06 07:30:06)
"PHP/SWF Charts brings interactive eye candy to your charts and graphs. This PHP tool generates 20 types of charts, including line, column, 3-D column, pie, 3-D pie, bar, scatter, and polar charts..."

OSWeekly: Secure Programming in GPU/Linux Systems: Part II
(2006-04-06 09:00:27)
"Continuing with our two part series, we'll look into an extremely common security flaw--Buffer Overflow--in this article..."

The Register: The Man Behind OSSTMM
(2006-04-06 10:30:10)
"Pete Herzog, founder of ISECOM and creator of the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM) talks with Federico Biancuzzi about the upcoming revision 3.0 of the OSSTMM..."

LinuxWorld Australia: Linux, Lingerie Perfect Mix for Fashion Company
(2006-04-06 12:00:34)
"ASX-listed underwear, fashion design and direct sales company UnderCoverWear (UCW) has revealed how building its business around Linux and open source increased IT flexibility while avoiding vendor lock-in..."

CNET News: Microsoft to 'Open the Doors' of Linux Labs
(2006-04-06 12:45:45)
"Microsoft plans to launch a Web site to share the activities of its internal Linux laboratories, an effort to sample feedback from customers who combine Microsoft and open-source software..."

Computer Business Review: IBM Says SCO Willfully Failed to Detail Evidence
(2006-04-06 13:30:37)
"IBM Corp has once again come out on the attack against its legal foe SCO Group Inc, accusing the Unix vendor of acting in bad faith and willfully failing to comply with court orders for it to detail its evidence against the systems giant..."

vnunet: Linux Advocates Slam Software Licences
(2006-04-06 14:15:35)
"Software licences are an outdated way to force users to pay for the marketing and sales costs of the code..."

internetnews.com: The Linux Key is Virtualization?
(2006-04-06 15:00:33)
"Dell's Chief Technology Office Kevin Kettler presented Dell's vision for virtualization at this morning's keynote here. It's a powerful vision that extends virtualization beyond its traditional uses and into the mainstream..."

CRN: Novell: Tiered OS Could Get OEMs Into Linux Distribution Game
(2006-04-06 16:30:24)
"IBM and HP are open to optimizing mini-Linux distributions for their hardware platforms so that software partners could focus on application virtualization services, a Novell executive said..."

ZDNet UK: Photos: The Battle for the Golden Penguin Bowl
(2006-04-06 17:15:54)
"Oracle nerds battled MySQL geeks at a quiz where Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Google all came in for some stick..."

NewsForge: Free Standards Group Shakes Up LSB Roadmap
(2006-04-06 18:00:44)
"In September of last year, the Free Standards Group (FSG) announced a roadmap that had Linux Standard Base (LSB) 4.0 coming out in early 2007, with an 18-month development cycle for each release..."

LinuxPlanet: Making GNOME Look Like OS X
(2006-04-06 19:30:56)
The GNOME desktop environment offers a wide variety of choices when it comes to cosmetics; you can make it look like practically anything..."

eWeek: Open-Source Advocates: Microsoft's Development Model Is Failing
(2006-04-06 21:00:50)
"They are also pointing to how it stands in direct contrast with the way software gets developed in the free and open-source community, and using the delays to explain why theirs is the better choice..."

NewsForge: LinuxWorld: Motorola Reports on Its Experiences with Linux Phones
(2006-04-06 22:30:18)
"A cell phone rings in the middle of Mark VandenBrink's presentation. He tells the audience member, 'Go ahead and answer it--I'm a phone guy, so please, leave your phones on! It's better for me...'"

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