Linux News for Apr 26, 2006

• Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show (Apr 26, 2006, 23:30)
  "We talk to Martin Streicher, editor in chief of Linux Magazine..."


• LinuxElectrons: Rebuttal to Rob Enderle's Why Linux May Never Be a True Desktop OS (Apr 26, 2006, 23:00)
  "TechNewsWorld published an opinion piece authored by Rob Enderle where he opines, 'Why Linux May Never Be a True Desktop OS.' This is a rebuttal to that article..."


• All About Linux: Mind Map of Linux Distributions--Version 2 (Apr 26, 2006, 22:30)
  "A few days back, I had posted a mind map of Linux distributions on this blog. And I received a flood of suggestions, criticisms and ideas..."


• Linux.com: Last Look: ApplixWare (Apr 26, 2006, 22:00)
  "Eight years ago, ApplixWare was one of the premier office suites for Unix-like systems. Then Sun Microsystems began promoting StarOffice aggressively, and KOffice and GNOME Office started maturing..."


• LinuxDevices: PVR Stack, Gentoo Linux Convert PC to PVR (Apr 26, 2006, 21:15)
  "SageTV is distributing its personal video recording (PVR) software on a Gentoo Linux installation CD..."


• LinuxElectrons: Federal Aviation Administration Migrates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Apr 26, 2006, 20:30)
  "Red Hat has said that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) saved the federal government more than $15 million..."


• InformationWeek: Sourcefire Has Big Plans For Open-Source Snort (Apr 26, 2006, 19:45)
  "The U.S. government may have stopped Sourcefire Inc.'s plans to merge with Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., but Sourcefire still has big plans for the expansion of its open-source Snort-based network security technology..."


• SearchOracle: Open Source EnterpriseDB Takes Aim at Oracle Customers (Apr 26, 2006, 19:00)
  "Open source software vendor EnterpriseDB Corp. kicked off the Collaborate '06 conference today by unveiling new functionally designed to make it easier for Oracle users to switch to EnterpriseDB's namesake..."


• NewsForge: Security and Certification at LinuxWorld Toronto (Apr 26, 2006, 18:15)
  "The first day of this year's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Toronto started off with its traditional two three-hour long tutorials..."


• Computerworld Australia: The Benefits of Ubiquitous Linux (Apr 26, 2006, 17:30)
  "Linux continues to make highly visible inroads into IT infrastructure, with IDC reporting 14 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth in Linux server shipments through the third quarter of last year..."


• ITBusiness.ca: Bank of Canada Puts its Money on Linux Back End and Windows PCs (Apr 26, 2006, 16:45)
  "The Bank of Canada is slowly moving off of Unix into an environment that will see its economic analysts using Windows PCs to create models running on a Linux-based cluster..."


• eWeek: OpenBRR Launches Closed Open-Source Group (Apr 26, 2006, 16:00)
  "The Open Business Readiness Rating launched a new initiative designed to maximize open-source software knowledge across organizations..."


• internetnews.com: New Sun Honcho's Make-or-Break To Do List (Apr 26, 2006, 15:15)
  "Open source hardware and software, multi-core servers and blistering attacks on the competition are but a few the company's trotted out the past year..."


• NewsForge: Day One at the Desktop Linux Summit (Apr 26, 2006, 14:30)
  "The summit, now in its fourth year, was created by Linspire, but it has outgrown its uni-distro roots, with sponsors and speakers coming from competing Linux vendors such as Mandriva, Novell, Red Hat, and Ubuntu..."


• ZDNet UK: Banks 'Should Give Back to Open Source Community' (Apr 26, 2006, 13:45)
  "Financial companies are making increasing use of open source, but experts say they are among the worst where it comes to 'playing nice...'"


• SearchOpenSource: Installing and Running Linux on IBM p5 Systems (Apr 26, 2006, 13:00)
  "But how does Linux play into p5 architecture? Well, you might want to install Linux on a pSeries server for any of the following three reasons..."


• LinuxDevices: First Colombian Linux SBC Runs Debian (Apr 26, 2006, 11:30)
  "A graduate student in Colombia has developed a small ARM9 SBC (single-board computer) that runs Debian Linux..."


• Linux.com: Running .Net Applications on Linux with Mono (Apr 26, 2006, 10:00)
  "Imagine the fate of your company rests on your completing your new Linux project on time. You have a crack team of first-class developers, but they're all .Net programmers..."


• SearchOpenSource: Using VMware to Cement Server Consolidation (Apr 26, 2006, 09:15)
  "In this interview, David Marshall and Wade Reynolds offer their advice on what to do in heterogeneous environments, explain why they believe VMware trumps Microsoft Virtual Server and give their suggestions for useful management tools..."


• EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: Catch (But Don't Release) with Squid Web Proxying (Apr 26, 2006, 08:30)
  "We all know and love Squid, the versatile HTTP caching proxy..."


• SearchOpenSource: Xen in Action: Deploying Multiple Servers (Apr 26, 2006, 07:45)
  "Most organizations operate multiple platforms within their IT infrastructures. If anything, heterogenous infrastructures have been bolstered as vendor support has increased for virtualized server and workstation solutions..."


• Sourceforge: libipod--A Library for Managing the Apple iPod (Apr 26, 2006, 07:00)
  "libipod is a lightweight library written in C for the management of the Apple iPod. It includes wrappers for C++ and Python, as well as a number of example programs..."


• SearchOpenSource: How Shortcuts and AutoText Can Make You More Efficient (Apr 26, 2006, 06:15)
  "Few people of wit have chosen to opine on shortcuts. Those who have done so tend to think shortcuts are the path straight to hell..."


• Linux.com: How to Configure a Low-Cost Load-Balanced LAMP Cluster (Apr 26, 2006, 05:30)
  "The ubiquitous Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl/Python (LAMP) combination powers many interactive Web sites and projects..."


• Linux Journal: Test It Out: Early Access Book Programs (Apr 26, 2006, 04:00)
  "Get involved now that publishers are beginning to take advantage of beta testing cycles for their upcoming titles..."


• ZDNet: Proof that Desktop Linux Market is Growing (Apr 26, 2006, 02:30)
  "When proprietary vendors start selling proprietary add-ons it is good for open source..."


• InfoWorld: Classic Literature and Open Source (Apr 26, 2006, 01:00)
  "Four very different books, with some random ideas emerging from them..."


• Linux-Watch: The Linux Defense That Apparently Didn't Work (Apr 26, 2006, 00:15)
  "Sanjay Kumar, the former CEO of Computer Associates, and Stephen Richards, one of his top salesmen, are expected to plead guilty to fraud today..."