News Linux News for May 11, 2006:

Techworld: Desktop Linux is Still on the Outside Looking In
(2006-05-11 01:00:24)
"Linux proponents may have grown more buttoned-down, but the open-source operating system is still well outside the mainstream--at least on desktops..."

InfoWorld: New Models, Challenges for Open Source Businesses
(2006-05-11 02:30:44)
"It stands to reason that not every open source company will survive to become a successful business over the long haul. Likewise, the business models around open source must continue to evolve to match the changing nature of the market..."

Linux.com: Review: Frugalware Linux
(2006-05-11 04:00:34)
"The recent release of Frugalware version 0.4 has the makings of a fine Linux distribution..."

Advisories, May 10, 2006
(2006-05-11 04:45:00)
Today's security advisories: pdnsd, Ruby, and Quake 3 (Gentoo Linux); gdm, MySQL, and xine-ui (Mandriva Linux); and Apache httpd (Slackware Linux).

-stable: Linux 2.6.16.16
(2006-05-11 04:45:59)
"We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.16.16 kernel..."

Free Software Magazine: Getting Started with Knoppix Linux
(2006-05-11 05:30:21)
"Getting started with Knoppix Linux doesn't have to be costly. Chances are you already have everything you need..."

All About Linux: Vector Linux--A Sleek, Secure Linux Distribution Based on Slackware
(2006-05-11 07:00:57)
"Over the years, I have installed and used quite a number of Linux distributions. But one distribution which I hadn't got the chance to install and use was the venerable Slackware..."

LinuxCult.com : A Little lftp
(2006-05-11 08:30:58)
"Often there is a need for a simple command-line FTP client when a GUI is not available..."

IT Week: Hands On: Get Connected with Ubuntu Linux
(2006-05-11 10:00:59)
"We've been doing a series on Ubuntu Linux, in which I have explained how to get DVDs and other video formats playing, and set up Evolution, the email and groupware program. Now, we'll look at user privileges and network connections..."

NewsForge: FreedomHEC Firms Up
(2006-05-11 11:30:57)
"The FreedomHEC conference is approaching rapidly. The 'shadow' conference, which follows Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC)..."

Linux.com: Phonon and the Future of KDE Multimedia
(2006-05-11 13:00:06)
"The development of the next generation of KDE kicked off with the release of the Qt 4 toolkit and aKademy conference last August and is now in full swing..."

TheStreet: Oracle Seeing Red Hat
(2006-05-11 13:45:42)
"Now it appears that the database giant is gearing up to make a run at a very different sort of enemy: Red Hat, the pre-eminent seller of Linux..."

NewsForge: Enforcing the GPL
(2006-05-11 14:30:10)
"As the Free Software Foundation works toward finalizing the next version of the GNU General Public License (GPL), free software developers are still trying to make sure companies are complying with the current version of the GPL..."

internetnews.com: Better Late than Never: SUSE 10.1 Goes Gold
(2006-05-11 15:15:40)
"Novell's SUSE Linux 10.1, code-named the 'Agama Lizard,' is now available for download in its final form..."

Groklaw: Wells Denies SCO's Motion to Strike
(2006-05-11 16:00:12)
"Judge Brooke Wells has reached a decision on SCO's Motion to Strike Portions of the Rebuttal Declaration of Randall Davis or for Leave to Respond to the Rebuttal Declaration..."

Linux-Watch: Is Linux Getting Buggier?
(2006-05-11 17:30:37)
"Morton himself admits that this is simply his impression, and that he has no hard proof that the bug rate is actually increasing..."

SearchOpenSource: U.S. Census Reins in Data Center Sprawl
(2006-05-11 19:00:33)
"Unfortunately, the organization was suffering from a decentralized IT department and a very mixed data center..."

Linux Format: Interview: Novell's Greg Mancusi-Ungaro
(2006-05-11 19:45:23)
"On the Novell company blogs recently, there's been a lot of discussion about whether a Linux company can be 'the next Microsoft...'"

InfoWorld: Gosling: Java Source Code Already Available
(2006-05-11 20:30:00)
"The current model for Java is close to an open source model, the technology’s father said..."

ZDNet UK: Ubuntu Development Hits Founder in the Pocket
(2006-05-11 21:15:25)
"Mark Shuttleworth has said he takes pleasure in spending millions on the Ubuntu Linux distribution..."

Linux Journal: Linux System Administration: Growth in the Enterprise
(2006-05-11 22:00:43)
"Trout Creek, Montana hardly seems like a place one would expect to find a center of Linux learning. Please do not tell Mike Weber of SpiderTools that..."

LinuxDevices: Bruce Perens on GPLv3 Embedded Consequences
(2006-05-11 22:45:35)
"GPLv3 will likely be adopted for Linux kernel, according to luminary Bruce Perens..."

Linspire: Freespire: The "Hybrid" OS
(2006-05-11 23:30:57)
"The disagreement doesn't come from the fact that Freespire will be free, or that it will focus on ease of use and providing a solid development platform for desktop Linux and Linspire..."

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