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News Linux News for Jun 01, 2006:
Computerworld Australia: Not Dead Yet
(2006-06-01 00:15:11)
"Is Java dead? Come on, seriously--why else would Sun Microsystems be offering it up to the open source crowd...?"
Free Software Magazine: Low Cost Computing for Emerging Communities
(2006-06-01 01:00:43)
"While many people have been working on the technical challenges of providing low cost computing to emerging communities, a couple of months back I had proposed a different and related challenge..."
Enterprise Open Source Magazine: Importance of Configuration Management in Open Source Deployments
(2006-06-01 02:30:05)
"As anyone who has used Linux systems for production systems knows all too well, there's an art to arriving at a stable configuration with all dependencies met..."
The Economic Times: Goodbye MS Office, Hello OpenOffice
(2006-06-01 03:15:28)
"Primarily, OpenOffice is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite which is open source and, as a result, is available not only for Windows but also for Mac OS X, Sun Solaris, and Linux..."
Phoronix: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ & Sempron 3400+
(2006-06-01 04:00:54)
"Just how well do these chips compare against the previous Socket 939, and that of Intel's LGA-775 Pentium D competition...?"
Advisories, May 31, 2006
(2006-06-01 04:45:09)
Today's Debian GNU/Linux security advisories: motor and typespeed.
developerWorks: Continuations and Advanced Flow Control
(2006-06-01 05:30:26)
"This article introduces continuations and teaches you to think about flow control in radically new ways..."
Really Linux: 45 Minutes to a Moodle Education Server
(2006-06-01 07:00:08)
"For those unfamiliar with Moodle, let me briefly share why this tool now supercedes nearly all other learning management systems..."
Debian Help: Majordomo Configuration in Debian
(2006-06-01 07:45:47)
"Majordomo is a program which automates the management of Internet mailing lists..."
MDLog:/sysadmin: Managing Apache2 Modules the Debian Way
(2006-06-01 08:30:52)
"The Apache2 HTTP Server is a modular program, where we can choose its functionality by including in the server a set of modules..."
Bob Cares: Deploying libcURL with PHP
(2006-06-01 09:15:54)
"LibcURL is a free and easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library..."
Linux.com: Emacs Tips: Windows and Buffers
(2006-06-01 10:00:42)
"If you are an Emacs user who read Joe Brockmeier's Vim tips column on Vim viewports and thought, 'Viewports sound useful; can I use them in a real text editor?' The answer is yes..."
NewsForge: Setting Up Swiki
(2006-06-01 10:45:41)
"Swiki is a wiki written in the Squeak SmallTalk dialect. It's easy to install, easy to maintain, and a great tool for maintaining documentation..."
HowtoForge: The Perfect Setup--SuSE 10.1 (32-bit)
(2006-06-01 11:30:24)
"In the end you should have a system that works reliably, and if you like you can install the free webhosting control panel ISPConfig..."
Enterprise Networking Planet: Do Automated Cross-Platform Network Backups The Easy Way
(2006-06-01 12:15:08)
"Computer stores are chock-full of all manner of backup software and network storage appliances of varying quality, usefulness, and ease of use..."
Ubuntu: New Ubuntu Release Available for Desktops and Servers, with Long Term, Global Support
(2006-06-01 13:00:36)
"Ubuntu, which has become one of the world's most popular Linux distributions in recent years, launched its latest version on June 1 following months of intense testing..." In other words, Dapper Drake is out.
Linux-Watch: Red Hat Goes All Out for Developers
(2006-06-01 14:30:26)
"If you were looking for new products at Red Hat Inc.'s second annual Red Hat Summit, you came to the wrong place. But, if you were interested in bigger and better development tools, you came to the right place..."
internetnews.com: Big Cuts at Sun, Up to 5,000 Layoffs
(2006-06-01 15:15:17)
"Even though he was adamantly against any layoffs, Sun Microsystems's new CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced today the company plans a net reduction in headcount of between 4,000 to 5,000 positions..."
Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.17-rc5-mm2
(2006-06-01 16:00:00)
Incremental changelog, links within.
KDE: KDE 3.5.3 Release Announcement
(2006-06-01 16:00:55)
"The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.5.3, a maintenance release..."
ZDNet UK: Red Hat: Microsoft Still 'Aggressive as Hell'
(2006-06-01 16:45:10)
"In an IT landscape focused increasingly on the Web, can Red Hat boss Matthew Szulik maintain the disruptive energy the leading Linux provider once enjoyed, while keeping old enemies at bay...?"
AP/Boston Herald: Google Unlikely to Make Own Web Browser
(2006-06-01 17:30:39)
"Eric Schmidt on Wednesday told industry analysts the online search engine leader is unlikely to create its own Web browser, even though the company remains worried about being slighted by the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer..."
Heise Online: Tax Authorities in Lower Saxony Switch to Linux
(2006-06-01 18:00:47)
"The State of Lower Saxony has begun switching the PCs its tax authorities use from Solaris x86 to Linux..."
IT Week: Red Hat Axes Application Server
(2006-06-01 18:30:26)
"Red Hat plans to discontinue its existing Red Hat Application Server and merge the underlying technology with the JBoss software that it acquired last April..."
gotze.eu: ODF in Denmark
(2006-06-01 19:00:19)
"The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation will from 1 September 2006 make its online publications and other written communication available in ODF..."
Linux Journal: Linux Timeline
(2006-06-01 19:30:04)
"In celebration and in honor of an amazing community's history we're compiling the significant events of 2002-2006 (and of course anything from earlier years that we may have previously missed)..."
Computer Business Review: Google is Microsoft's New Open Source
(2006-06-01 20:00:59)
"Investing in software as a service and advertising-supported businesses is a challenge like that which the company faced at the dawn of the open-source movement, [Ballmer] said..."
Footnotes: GNOME 2.14.2 Released
(2006-06-01 20:30:22)
"This is the second release in a series of point releases for the 2.14 branch..."
NewsForge: Report from FreedomHEC
(2006-06-01 21:00:47)
"Though not as large as WinHEC, FreedomHEC was a great chance for developers to get up close and personal with Linux kernel developers..."
ZDNet Asia: Free Standards Group Finds New Support in Asia
(2006-06-01 21:30:35)
"The Free Standards Group has roped in Japanese IT powerhouse Fujitsu to support its Linux standardization efforts in Asia..."
Free Software Magazine: A View of ODF from the Other Side
(2006-06-01 22:00:07)
"Well, recently one of their newsletters has been about a subject close to my heart; namely, the OpenDocument Format..."
Mondaq: United States: The Truths and Myths of Open Source Software
(2006-06-01 22:45:19)
"The definition of open source is slightly more contentious than its history suggests..." Free registration required.
iTWire: Vista May Be Late but 2006 Not the Year of Linux Desktop
(2006-06-01 23:30:24)
"While the world waits in anticipation of the release of Windows Vista, the annual claim that 2006 is the year of the Linux desktop has once again fallen by the wayside..."
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