News Linux News for Apr 07, 2006:

Red Herring: Zimbra Gets Another $14.5M
(2006-04-07 00:00:20)
"The email and collaboration web startup will use the cash to expand overseas and develop more products..."

All About Linux: The Unabridged Selective Transcript of Richard M Stallman's Talk at the ANU
(2006-04-07 01:30:57)
"He talked for over one hour explaining and throwing light on these and many other topics of interest to GNU and all freedom loving people..."

Zenwalk: Using Distrowatch
(2006-04-07 03:00:25)
"On Distrowatch, you can follow the 'popularity' of almost any distro of your choice. I put quotes around the popularity because you can question what the score actually means..."

Linux Forums: Understanding File Permissions
(2006-04-07 04:30:23)
"In GNU/Linux, file access is restricted. Users don't necessarily have the same rights when it comes to deleting, executing or even reading files..."

Computerworld Australia: Penguins Power the Movies
(2006-04-07 10:30:59)
"Linux and open source is behind most of the special effects you see in the movies, software engineer Andre Pang, from Rising Sun Pictures (RSP), revealed at Linuxworld last week..."

Tectonic: The Mysterious Disappearing SARS Linux Tender
(2006-04-07 12:00:49)
"While SARS has not responded to Tectonic's requests for comment, we have learnt from reliable sources that the tender is frozen until SARS completes its tax year-end process..."

vnunet: Linux Flaw Could Lead to DoS Attacks
(2006-04-07 13:30:55)
"A security flaw has been found in Linux kernel version 2.6.x that could allow malicious local users to cause a denial of service attack..."

internetnews.com: Microsoft's Open Source Olive Branch
(2006-04-07 14:15:04)
"It seems kind of strange to have Microsoft, long considered the open source 'enemy,' to deliver a keynote at a conference about Linux, but that's exactly what happened in Boston today..."

NewsForge: LinuxWorld Panel Discusses Portland Project for Desktop Integration
(2006-04-07 15:00:31)
"The first question addressed the differences between corporate and consumer desktop systems in regards to application support, systems management, and adoption strategy..."

ZDNet: Sendmail May Turn Tools Over to Open Source
(2006-04-07 15:45:18)
"Sendmail, whose products are built on the software that delivers many e-mail messages, may release some substantial new technology as open source..."

Computerworld: LinuxWorld : Ultra-Secure Linux Evolves for the Enterprise
(2006-04-07 16:30:38)
"Linux and open-source developers are working to make Linux security tools developed by the National Security Agency more accessible and usable by regular system administrators and application developers..."

CNET News: DRM Key to Linux's Consumer Success?
(2006-04-07 17:00:22)
"A RealNetworks executive has claimed that Linux risks being excluded from the consumer market if it does not add support for copyright protection technologies..."

SearchOpenSource: Open or Closed? The ODF Debate Spills Into LinuxWorld
(2006-04-07 17:00:31)
"Do users know the difference between the open standards-based OpenDocument format (ODF) and proprietary ones like Microsoft Office Open XML...?"

Computing: OpenOffice Aims to Boost Lagging Performance
(2006-04-07 18:00:00)
"OpenOffice.org is working to iron out several performance bottlenecks following complaints that the application takes relatively long to start up, especially on Linux systems..."

BetaNews: Norway Looks to Open Source
(2006-04-07 18:30:00)
"Norway said Friday that it plans to wean itself from dependence on large corporations like Microsoft by increasing the use of open source software within government agencies..."

eWeek: Linux Community Unfazed by Windows on Mac
(2006-04-07 19:00:41)
"Linux users and movers and shakers at LinuxWorld here were more bemused than anything else by Apple's surprise announcement that it will be supporting Microsoft's Windows XP on its Intel-based Macs, in addition to the Apple Mac OS X..."

DesktopLinux: Carmony Dispels Linspire Linux Myths
(2006-04-07 19:30:38)
"Chances are that you think Linspire lets you run Windows applications, that you have to run it as root, and that it's really not quite a proper Linux. Wrong, wrong, and wrong..."

BusinessWeek: An Open-Source Lightning Rod
(2006-04-07 20:00:43)
"That's life in the [Marc] Fleury household. The entrepreneur's favorite movie is The Matrix because, like its protagonist, Neo, he has long fancied himself working a boring day job and then saving the world at night..."

SC Magazine: New PoC Malware can Infect both Windows and Linux
(2006-04-07 20:30:15)
"Kaspersky Lab today reported a new proof of concept (PoC) cross-platform virus that creates malicious code to infect both Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems..."

eWeek: LinuxWorld Hints of Business to Come
(2006-04-07 21:00:14)
"There was little in the way of new product news and the trade show crowd rattled about in the huge Boston Convention and Exhibition Center here like the last coffee beans in a can, but under the unassuming surface, important news was brewing..."

LinuxWorld: Watching Wikis, Communities and GNOME vs. KDE
(2006-04-07 21:30:03)
"In seven years of attending LinuxWorld conferences, I've witnessed its transformation from an IT Woodstock to an expo populated by Fortune 500 executives..."

eWeek: DCC Alliance: We're Not Dead Yet
(2006-04-07 22:00:57)
"Rumors were swirling around the halls of LinuxWorld that the often troubled DCC Alliance was going to fold its tents and disappear..."

Editor's Note: Diamonds and Rhinestones
(2006-04-07 22:30:07)
A few diamonds in the rough could be found at this week's LinuxWorld. Too bad their were some rhinestones (literally and otherwise) there as well.

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