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News Linux News for Jun 07, 2006:
SearchOpenSource: Moving Mission-Critical Enterprise Apps to Linux Platforms: No Big Deal
(2006-06-07 00:15:28)
"At some time in the past year or two, the concept of moving to a Linux platform for mission-critical enterprise application suites, such as those from SAP, AG and Oracle Corp., ceased to be one rife with agony, stress and doubt..."
ZDNet: Another Loss for the Proprietary Model
(2006-06-07 01:00:36)
"But one piece of spin seems incontrovertible. It's another loss for the proprietary business model..."
Not Enough Random Bytes Available: Why the Light has Gone Out on LAMP
(2006-06-07 01:45:18)
"Open source software has fought a long battle to get where it is today, and at least 3/4 of the so-called LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack are under vigorous attack by many, myself included. Why...?"
Free Software Magazine: In the Linux Comfort Zone...
(2006-06-07 02:30:10)
"When I go to visit my mother (as I will be doing shortly) I feel like tearing my hair out. 'Oh,' I hear you say, 'one of THOSE stories.' But no, it's not..."
ZDNet: Can Open Source Save Your Life?
(2006-06-07 03:15:26)
"Hospitals are the toughest nut to crack in the IT business..."
Phoronix: ASRock AM2NF4G-SATA2 [Review]
(2006-06-07 04:00:17)
"After months of speculations, on the morning of May 23, 2006 AMD had officially announced their AM2 socket..."
Advisories, June 6, 2006
(2006-06-07 04:45:45)
Today's security advisories: spamassassin (Debian GNU/Linux), libtiff (Mandriva Linux), and spamassassin (Red Hat Linux).
developerWorks: Inside the Linux Boot Process
(2006-06-07 05:30:07)
"Today's computers are equipped with facilities to simplify the boot process, but that doesn't necessarily make it simple..."
SearchOpenSource: Being Prepared for Anything: Using the Scenario Feature in OpenOffice.org Calc
(2006-06-07 06:15:39)
"The common thread here is multiple scenarios. You want to see the effect of different values for the items that affect your bottom line..."
DebianHelp: Bacula Web Interface or GUI Configuration
(2006-06-07 07:00:54)
"Bacula-web is a php based web program that provides you a summarized output of jobs that have already run..."
VoIP Planet: VoIPowering Your Office with Asterisk: Getting Free Long Distance, Part 2
(2006-06-07 07:45:14)
"Last week we learned how to use FreeWorldDialup to connect to other VoIP users. Today we'll set up distributed Asterisk peering with the DUNDi (Distributed Universal Number Discovery) protocol..."
ServerWatch: Hardware Today: SGI Server Snapshot
(2006-06-07 08:30:59)
"Bankruptcy proceedings can keep an enterprise quite busy. Not surprisingly, things have been pretty quiet on the SGI server front since our most recent server snapshot..."
Linux.com: Accelerating OpenSSH connections with ControlMaster
(2006-06-07 09:15:19)
"OpenSSH 4.0 introduced an interesting new feature called ControlMaster that allows it to reuse an existing connection to a remote host when opening new connections to that host..."
informIT: Alternatives to LAMP
(2006-06-07 10:00:52)
"Although the LAMP configuration is the most frequently used, it's not always the best tool for any given job. This article proposes some alternatives..."
SearchOpenSource: VMware ESX Ahead of Xen and Virtual Server in Virtualization Race
(2006-06-07 10:45:22)
"Discover tips for running ESX Server in Linux and Windows environments and learn how to avoid the 'Windows sprawl' by keeping an eye on virtual machine growth..."
InformationWeek: Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide
(2006-06-07 11:30:39)
"Should you give the open-source operating system a whirl? Here are some answers, along with advice on how to get started..."
Linux.com: How to Suspend and Hibernate a Laptop Under Linux
(2006-06-07 12:00:34)
"Most modern laptops use Advanced Configuration & Power Interface (ACPI) for power management, so we'll focus on that..."
ComputerWeekly: Open Source Consortium Addresses Security
(2006-06-07 12:30:30)
"The Open Web Application Security Project has announced the availability of a process guide that it hopes will help a broad range of developers incorporate security into the software application development lifecycle..."
Free Software Magazine: serverResponse and Light Weight XML Web Services
(2006-06-07 13:00:58)
"With the latest GNU Telephony releases of GNU Bayonne, I have experimented with and introduced a new lightweight kind of XML based web service that I call serverResponse..."
TechWeb: IE And Firefox Sport New Zero-day Flaw
(2006-06-07 13:45:43)
"Multiple security organizations warned Tuesday that Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, and SeaMonkey--on Windows, Linux, and the Mac--are vulnerable to a JavaScript bug..."
The Hindu: Kalam for World Knowledge Platform
(2006-06-07 14:30:46)
"The Platform could undertake specific missions such as the joint design, development and manufacture of a handheld tablet personal computer (Tablet PC) with multi-lingual capability in a cost-effective manner with open source operating system..."
Gearlog: Pepper Pad 3: A Charming Linux Tablet?
(2006-06-07 15:15:53)
"Will the third version be the charm for the PepperPad? The original PepperPad, a Linux based home Internet tablet, was one of the worst products I've ever reviewed..."
ChinaTechNews: China Earthquake Administration Chooses Linux
(2006-06-07 16:00:03)
"The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) has chosen SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell as its operating platform for CEA's Digital Earthquake Observation Network..."
eWeek: Another Google App, Another Google Yawn
(2006-06-07 16:45:57)
"If you really want a free and good replacement for Microsoft Office, you should be looking to OpenOffice.org, not Google..."
Humorix: Breaking News: GNU/Hurd 1.0 Released!
(2006-06-07 17:30:49)
Humor: "In what some are calling the most shocking development since the invention of fire, Richard M. Stallman today unveiled the first official release of the GNU Project's operating system kernel, GNU/Hurd 1.0.0..."
Groklaw: Speaking of Methods and Concepts and John Lions
(2006-06-07 18:15:27)
"Take a look at the wording in the prefatory notes, to begin with, and you'll see that oldSCO not only did not block the book being published, it welcomed it..."
NewsForge: When Disaster Strikes, OSS-Based Service is There to Help
(2006-06-07 19:00:20)
"With families separated and desperate to find one another, ContactLovedOnes.org launched a free call-in service, based on open source software, that helped them to reconnect..."
Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.17-rc6-mm1
(2006-06-07 19:30:00)
Incremental changelog, links within.
Tom's Hardware: A Continuing Work in Progress: The State of Linux 2006
(2006-06-07 19:30:30)
"In days gone by, the personification of Linux might have conjured up the image of a hotshot college kid full of half-baked ideas and sharp edges..."
Tectonic: Freedom Toasters Go Commercial
(2006-06-07 20:00:48)
"Freedom Toasters are essentially open source software vending machines, which people can use to 'toast' their favourite OSS applications onto CD or DVD..."
Linux-Watch: Getting at NTFS Drives from Linux
(2006-06-07 20:30:26)
"We've all been there. There's a file on a Windows NTFS drive and there seems to be no way on God's Earth to get to it directly from your Linux system..."
NewsForge: Jon "maddog" Hall on FOSS in the Developing World
(2006-06-07 21:00:10)
"Jon 'maddog' Hall is president of Linux International, a worldwide non-profit association of end users who are dedicated to furthering the acceptance and use of free and open source Software..."
Free Software Magazine: Will the Lack of Games Kill Desktop Linux?
(2006-06-07 21:30:57)
"It's a very serious matter. The GNU/Linux desktop is not ready..."
Technocrat: Is DRM Just a Consumer Rights Issue?
(2006-06-07 22:00:12)
"Is DRM just a consumer rights issue effecting your record collection? A UK board is treating it as such. But it's much more important than that..."
Vennell: Linux? Windows? Huh?
(2006-06-07 22:45:31)
"Mainly, new computer users don't use Linux because they've never heard of it and almost no PCs come with it preinstalled..."
Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show
(2006-06-07 23:30:52)
"We talk to Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier, editorial director of Linux.com..."
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