News Linux News for Jun 12, 2006:

Linux Forums: Installing Linux (Keeping Windows)
(2006-06-12 01:00:52)
"It is really quite simple to install two operating systems on a single PC, then use a piece of software called a 'boot manager' to choose which to load when you start the computer..."

Advisories, June 11, 2006
(2006-06-12 05:30:35)
This weekend's security advisories: gforge and freetype (Debian GNU/Linux); zgv, Vixie Cron, and WordPress (Gentoo Linux); mailman and mysql (Red Hat Linux); binutils, mysql, and spamassassin (Trustix Secure Linux); and postgresql-8.1, dovecot, exim4, postfix, tiff, binutils, gdm, courier, xine-lib, and firefox (Ubuntu Linux).

developerWorks: Developing PHP the Ajax Way, Part 2
(2006-06-12 07:00:39)
"A major challenge of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax)-driven Web sites is the lack of a Back button..."

NewsForge: Glom, The Point-and-Click Database Tool
(2006-06-12 08:30:27)
"I am by no means a database wizard. I know a bit of SQL, but primarily my interaction with databases is secondhand, through either PHP or desktop applications that work on top of MySQL or PostgreSQL..."

DevX: Peer Code Reviews Made Easy with Jupiter
(2006-06-12 10:00:12)
"Code reviews are possibility the single most efficient way to reduce defects and improve code quality..."

NewsForge: Building a Heterogeneous Home Network for Linux and Mac OS X
(2006-06-12 11:30:18)
"You can find plenty of information online about building heterogeneous networks involving Windows, but relatively little about connecting Macs with Linux PCs in a home or small office network..."

SearchOpenSource: Managing Your Virtual Data Center
(2006-06-12 13:00:13)
"When determining the scalability of a virtualization implementation, focus on simplicity..."

Windows Phones Home
(2006-06-12 13:45:25)
"Who wouldn't trust a company that hid built-in spyware on every Windows-based PC in the land...?" Articles from eWeek and Groklaw linked within.

CNET News: Novell Plugs Bandit for ID Management
(2006-06-12 14:30:32)
"Novell on Monday plans to officially launch Bandit, an open-source identity management project that was quietly started earlier this year..."

AP/BusinessWeek: Bricklin Updates Collaborative Spreadsheet
(2006-06-12 15:15:41)
"A lot of people are eager to see Dan Bricklin's latest [open source] product..."

451 CAOS Theory: Pt. 3: Shuttleworth on HBD, ImpiLinux, Geographical Ubuntu Appeal and Gnome v KDE
(2006-06-12 16:00:11)
"In this final installment, we delve into the geographics of Ubuntu's appeal; the investment by Shuttleworth's venture Capital fund, HBD in ImpiLinux, and ever so gingerly broach the religious topic of KDE versus Gnome..."

Line56: Oracle Eases Linux Path
(2006-06-12 16:45:05)
"Oracle has announced the availability of its Validated Configurations program, a service that gives customers and prospects guidelines on how to best run Oracle atop Linux..."

CNET News: AIM Aims for Developers
(2006-06-12 17:30:28)
"AOL was set to announce on Monday that it is opening up its AIM Software Development Kit to Linux, Mac OS X and Pocket PC developers.

Tectonic: Dapper Drake Verdict: It Sucks
(2006-06-12 18:15:51)
"I was certainly a happy and enthusiastic Ubuntu supporter... until Dapper Drake was released..."

NewsForge: Anti-DRM Campaign Expands, Faces Challenges
(2006-06-12 19:00:32)
"The Free Software Foundation's (FSF) Defective By Design campaign against Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies ran into difficulties when it targeted Apple Stores across the United States on Saturday, June 10..."

eWeek: First Impressions of Google Browser Sync
(2006-06-12 19:30:17)
"Not everyone runs as many 'personal' computers as I have--24, at last count--but many of us have both a PC and a laptop..."

Eucd.info: Richard Stallman Pushed Back by the French Prime Minister's Chief of Security
(2006-06-12 20:00:35)
"The delegation wanted to talk about the French DRM bill and give to the Prime minister a roll of paper containing the names of the 165,000 individual signatures and 1000 collective signatures..."

The Hindu Business Line: Counting on a Linux Push
(2006-06-12 20:30:03)
"Linux may be the catalyst that boosts sales of blade servers in India..."

All About Linux: An Interview with Jeff Dike--The Creator of User Mode Linux
(2006-06-12 21:00:07)
"In recent times, UML has gained a lot of significance after Linus Torvalds incorporated the UML patch into the official Linux kernel source tree..."

CRN India: Javed Tapia Quits as Red Hat India President
(2006-06-12 21:30:01)
"Javed Tapia, president of Red Hat Indian Subcontinent, has put in his papers announcing his departure from the vanguard open source vendor's India operations..."

Groklaw: The Daemon, the GNU and the Penguin, Ch. 24
(2006-06-12 22:00:22)
"Richard Stallman wrote The GNU Manifesto in 1984. As I said in Chapter 12, 'it marks the true beginning of the GNU Project...'"

ReallyLinux: The State of Linux: Malaysia's Strong OSS Growth in Servers & Desktops
(2006-06-12 23:00:24)
"Adoption and growth in Asia-Pacific is far more expansive than many news stories convey..."

Free Software Magazine: Any Way the Wind SCOs...
(2006-06-12 23:30:09)
"OK, so I admit: I can't get enough news about SCO. It's like the best and worst parts of a soap opera, train wreck, and slapstick comedy all rolled up into one big, sticky ball..."

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