News Linux News for May 01, 2006:

KernelTrap: Benchmarking the Lockless Pagecache
(2006-05-01 01:00:56)
"Anticipatory I/O scheduler author Nick Piggin has been maintaining a lockless pagecache patch for many months..."

Advisories, April 30, 2006
(2006-05-01 04:45:41)
This weekend's security advisories: openvpn, mozilla, and resmgr (Debian GNU/Linux); libtiff (Fedora Core); Ethereal and Mozilla Suite (Gentoo Linux); thunderbird (Slackware Linux); and mysql-dfsg and mozilla (Ubuntu Linux).

NewsForge: Migrating to Turbolinux from Windows Made Easy
(2006-05-01 07:00:57)
"Versora today announced the release of Versora's Progression Desktop for Turbolinux..."

Linux.com: Convert Any Video File to DVD with Open Source Tools
(2006-05-01 08:30:44)
"You've just downloaded the new episode of your favorite video podcast, and you'd like to watch it on your big-screen TV..."

NewsForge: Using OpenOffice.org's spadmin as an Advanced Font Manager
(2006-05-01 10:00:04)
"One of the few remaining gaps in basic desktop functionality in GNU/Linux is the dynamic loading and unloading of fonts, especially in groups..."

LinuxDevices: Device Profile: Glyph/MGI GPM-216 Personal Monitor
(2006-05-01 11:30:04)
"Glyph Technologies used Linux and key open source audio software packages to build a personal monitoring system aimed at letting musicians create their own monitor mixes..."

NewsForge: Xara Retools for FOSS
(2006-05-01 13:00:00)
"The conventional wisdom is that software development companies have trouble converting to free and open source (FOSS) business models. But someone seems to have forgot to mention that to Charles Moir, the upbeat CEO of Xara..."

International Herald Tribune: 'Hairy Guys' Join EU in Fighting Microsoft Appeal
(2006-05-01 13:45:22)
"Carlo Piana is part of a motley brigade of software activists and lawyers who have forced even the most dapper Microsoft executives to loosen a button or two in court here this past week..."

internetnews.com: Eirik Chambe-Eng, President, Trolltech [Interview]
(2006-05-01 14:30:30)
"Its Qt (pronounced 'cute') application framework is at the heart of KDE, one of Linux's main graphical environments, the other being GNOME, which is based on the GTK+ framework..."

DesktopLinux: OpenSUSE 10.1 RC3 Delta ISO Released
(2006-05-01 15:15:42)
"On April 28, the OpenSUSE Linux project unveiled the third release candidate of OpenSUSE 10.1..."

eWeek: Will Sun Open-Source Java?
(2006-05-01 16:00:30)
"New Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz's first 100 days at the helm are about to get interesting. First up: managing an internal debate over whether the company should open-source Java..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.17-rc3-mm1
(2006-05-01 16:45:17)
Incremental changelog, links within.

InfoWorld: Sun's Schwartz Still Doesn't Get Linux
(2006-05-01 17:30:56)
"New CEO's first statements reveal a company struggling with the realities of the software market..."

NewsForge: Laid Back at Linuxfest Northwest
(2006-05-01 19:00:42)
"A heavy spring rain was not enough to dampen spirits at Linuxfest Northwest this year..."

eWeek: Gentoo, Linux? Yes, Sometimes
(2006-05-01 19:45:09)
"Gentoo is a Linux distribution that succeeds in striking a balance between fine-grained configurability and ongoing manageability..."

LinuxPlanet: New Mono-Based Applications for GNOME in Fedora Core 5--Part 1
(2006-05-01 20:30:20)
"So why include Mono in Fedora Core 5, given the controversies and the fact that Mono isn't strictly necessary for the future of GNOME? The answer lies in three GNOME tools that were built with the language: Beagle, F-Spot, and Tomboy..."

SearchOpenSource: Splunk and CA Unite for IT Troubleshooting
(2006-05-01 21:15:56)
"IT troubleshooting became a little less complex today as two leading data search applications were combined into a module designed to boost efficiency in data centers..."

Groklaw: On Methods and Concepts and Horses Out of the Barn
(2006-05-01 22:00:19)
"I started thinking about methods and concepts. Sometimes it's good to think simply. By that I mean, to think like a child, in the emperor-has-no-clothes sense..."

SearchOpenSource: At University, GroupWise on Linux Beats Out Exchange
(2006-05-01 22:45:52)
"For Golden Gate University, patience and sticking with a legacy application may end up paying dividends..."

Notes from a Senior Editor: Driving Nails with a Jackhammer
(2006-05-01 23:30:18)
"Why does Spamhaus blacklist innocent mail servers...?"

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