News Linux News for May 05, 2006:

ZDNet: Secure Open Source at Least a Year Away
(2006-05-05 01:00:23)
"It will take over a year to make major open source projects secure, and meantime each unpatched bug will present real danger to users..."

LWN: Learning the Lesson: Open Content Licensing
(2006-05-05 02:30:56)
"Strangely, it was not Richard Stallman who filled this gap: even though the GNU General Public License dates back to 1984, it was only in 2000 that the corresponding GNU Free Documentation License was created..."

The Reviewer: MPlayer Interview
(2006-05-05 04:00:27)
"It was the lack of a good multimedia player for Linux, Arpi found the players at the time to be buggy, feature-lacking, or all of the above..."

Advisories, May 4, 2006
(2006-05-05 04:45:59)
Today's security advisories: mozilla-thunderbird (Debian GNU/Linux); xorg-x11 (Red Hat Linux); firefox (Slackware Linux); and xorg, linux-source-2.6.10, and linux-source-2.6.12 (Ubuntu Linux).

NewsForge: Transcoding and Streaming DVD Films with VLC Media Player
(2006-05-05 05:30:24)
"The VLC media player (VLC) is a versatile tool. It can handle virtually any media file, it can play network streams such as Internet radio stations, and it can stream media contents across the network..."

Linux.com: First Look: Dropline GNOME 2.14.0
(2006-05-05 08:30:03)
"Dropline 2.14.0, released last month, lets you add the GNOME desktop environment to Slackware..."

LinuxDevices: AMD PIC Snubs Linux
(2006-05-05 10:00:04)
"Eighteen months after shipping, AMD's Personal Internet Communicator apparently still does not run Linux..."

LinuxCult: A Review of Bluefish
(2006-05-05 11:30:43)
"In this article, we will evaluate Bluefish's unique features as well as its shortcomings..."

NewsForge: Free Software, You've Been Framed
(2006-05-05 13:00:35)
"The Free Software Foundation has always been concerned about the power of language..."

-stable: Linux 2.6.16.14
(2006-05-05 13:00:59)
"We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.16.14 kernel..."

CNET News: Sun to Make Java More Linux-Friendly
(2006-05-05 13:45:10)
"Sun Microsystems plans to alter its licensing to make it easier to bundle Java Runtime Environment with Linux..."

The Wall Street Journal: Why Microsoft Battles Europe Years After Settling With U.S.
(2006-05-05 14:30:23)
"Ms. Kroes was adamant that companies that service and distribute the increasingly popular Linux computer operating system, including Red Hat, be able to use the programming manual Microsoft had been ordered to develop..."

The Register: US in Open Source Backlash
(2006-05-05 15:15:48)
"The US has fallen way behind other nations with regard to its embrace of open source technology, and the situation may only get worse..."

ZDNet Australia: Waugh Erupts Over AU Ubuntu Proposal
(2006-05-05 16:00:07)
"A local representative of the principal backer of the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system has reacted negatively to a proposal to set up an independent Australian organisation to promote the software..."

ConsortiumInfo: The Evolving ODF Environment: Spotlight on KOffice
(2006-05-05 16:45:26)
"But there are also versions of ODF that are not fueled by vendor funding, and the most fully developed of those offerings is KOffice..."

NewsForge: Canadian Online Census Discriminates Against FOSS
(2006-05-05 17:30:01)
"In 2006, Canadians can fill out their census forms online for the first time--but not if they use GNU/Linux, or are free software advocates who prefer not to install a proprietary version of Java..."

LinuxWorld Australia: Mix-and-Match Open Source for Corporate Networks
(2006-05-05 19:00:13)
"Some say open source software is not worth using. Some say it infringes on patents. Some say it will save the world..."

ServerWatch: An Open-Xchange of Communication
(2006-05-05 20:30:47)
"The Open-Xchange Server has changed hands several times since its inception..."

CIO Today: Can Open Source Defeat Microsoft?
(2006-05-05 22:00:00)
"While Microsoft has had some 20 years to make Office what it is today, most industry analysts say that new open-source contenders, such as OpenOffice, measure up reasonably well against Redmond's suite..."

Editor's Note: Give a Hoot! Don't Pollute!
(2006-05-05 23:30:30)
"There's nothing like having a cute doctor with a British accent sticking a needle in your face to get you thinking about desktop security..."

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