Linux News for Jun 28, 2006

• PC World: Linux Firewalls and Antivirus--Needed or Not? (Jun 28, 2006, 23:30)
  "Linux has a reputation for being virus- and spyware-free, but you might want to add a little insurance..."


• The Motley Fool: Drop Dead, Netware! (Jun 28, 2006, 22:45)
  "When I think about Novell, I picture a lumbering dinosaur, tethered to the decaying remains of a once-great operating system..."


• The Jem Report: Linux Desktop Distributions are Headed in the Wrong Direction (Jun 28, 2006, 22:00)
  "For some reason, many GNU/Linux users are concerned about competing feature-for-feature with Vista, while Apple and Microsoft struggle to add more graphical extras to their already graphics-intensive desktop OSes..."


• ZDNet UK: Greenpeace Goes Open Source in Collaboration Push (Jun 28, 2006, 21:15)
  "Greenpeace is developing an online collaboration platform to mobilise climate change, based entirely on open-source technologies..."


• The Register: Desktop Linux Relies on the Kindness of Strangers (Jun 28, 2006, 20:30)
  "An OSDL project to simplify porting and integration of applications with Linux desktops is gambling on support from Linux distros and other community standards efforts..."


• Computerworld: Stallman: Take French Copyright Battle to the Streets (Jun 28, 2006, 19:45)
  "Free software campaigner Richard Stallman said French youth should protest against a draft law on copyright that will be voted on Friday..."


• CNET News: SourceLabs Automates Open-Source Support (Jun 28, 2006, 19:00)
  "Eyeing the multibillion-dollar software support business, SourceLabs has created an automated system for giving tech help to corporations that use open-source products..."


• Groklaw: UnitedLinux White Paper Shows SCO Thought JFS Came From AIX (Jun 28, 2006, 18:15)
  "The paper reveals that SCO knew perfectly well back in 2002 that JFS had been put into the Linux kernel by IBM--it says it was taken from AIX--and that UnitedLinux participants, including SCO, not only knew it, they advertised it as a plus..."


• TechWeb: Yankee Group: Time Is Ripe For Oracle Linux (Jun 28, 2006, 17:30)
  "Oracle Corp. building or buying its own Linux stack offers possibilities that would allow the company to compete with established open-source market leaders Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Novell SUSE Linux, according to an analyst..."


• ZDNet UK: Sun: Open Source Is About Self-Interest (Jun 28, 2006, 16:45)
  "Sun's chief open-source officer has told a conference to forget volunteerism and ideals, and think more like Warren Buffet..."


• eWeek: Red Hat CEO Says Linux Could Become U.S. Standard (Jun 28, 2006, 16:00)
  "Red Hat Chairman, CEO and President Matthew Szulik told attendees at the C3 Expo here that open-source software is already highly successful..."


• internetnews.com: Finding Open Source Bugs Like Klocwork (Jun 28, 2006, 15:15)
  "A new study by code analysis firm Klocwork has discovered new flaws in open source programs that previous scans by a Department of Homeland Security-sponsored study did not..."


• NewsForge: A GPL Requirement Could Have a Chilling Effect on Derivative Distros (Jun 28, 2006, 14:30)
  "Woodford intends to comply, but he worries about how this requirement might affect all distributions derived from other distributions--especially those run by one or two people in their spare time..."


• DesktopLinux: Novell Previews New SUSE Linux Enterprise Distros (Jun 28, 2006, 13:45)
  Novell Inc. is treating its users to early Independence Day fireworks, by releasing a special, free preview of its upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 platform..."


• Network World: How One School System Makes the Most of Open Source (Jun 28, 2006, 13:00)
  "Paul Messias knows a thing or two about stretching a buck, and using open source software is one of his main techniques..."


• APC Magazine: Roll Your Own Linux: For and Against (Jun 28, 2006, 12:15)
  "Linux cops a lot of arguably unjustified flack from the mainstream media for being an operating system for supernerds who like nothing better than to spend the weekend recompiling their kernel..."


• ZDNet: Job Satisfaction and Open Source (Jun 28, 2006, 11:30)
  "Do you know what makes an engineer happiest? An efficient, elegant, solution to an engineering problem. And the most elegant solutions of all, of course, are the ones that reduce complexity while solving multiple problems at once..."


• Phoronix: ATI 8.26.18 Display Drivers (Jun 28, 2006, 10:00)
  "There is nothing like starting the week off with a bang as ATI delivers the Windows CATALYST 6.6 and fglrx 8.26.18 Linux display drivers..."


• ZDNet UK: Get a Quick VPN with OpenVPN (Jun 28, 2006, 08:30)
  "Virtual private networks (VPNs) are a means for connecting to a remote network and making it look like a local one..."


• Linux.com: Reading Feeds Efficiently with Akregator (Jun 28, 2006, 07:00)
  "Information overload is a serious problem for most users. We all have so many sources of information to deal with, it's hard to keep them under control..."


• BobCares: Installing and Configuring Nessus Vulnerability Scanner (Jun 28, 2006, 05:30)
  "Nessus is a vulnerability scanner that can scan a target network or a node to seek vulnerabilities, such as software bugs and backdoors..."


• Advisories, June 27, 2006 (Jun 28, 2006, 04:45)
  Today's security advisories: kernel-source-2.6.8 (Debian GNU/Linux); freetype2 and freetype2-devel (SUSE Linux); and openldap2, openldap2.2, and mysql-dfsg-4.1 (Ubuntu Linux).


• InfoWorld: Open Source Community Subversion as Marketing Ploy (Jun 28, 2006, 04:00)
  "The launch of Microsoft's Codeplex 'shared source' site is merely the latest attempt to undermine and usurp the open source community via clever marketing..."


• InfoWorld: Sun Says Open-Source Java Possible in 'Months' (Jun 28, 2006, 03:15)
  "A Sun Microsystems Inc. executive said Tuesday said the company is 'months' away from releasing its trademark Java programming language under an open-source license..."


• Dive Into Mark: Essentials, 2006 Edition (Jun 28, 2006, 02:30)
  "Now that I've completed my move to Linux (sorry Mac fanboys, the install was flawless and everything worked out of the box), someone emailed me to suggest that I update my essential software list..."


• Linux-Watch: SCO: The Linux Company (Jun 28, 2006, 01:00)
  "If there's anyone left who doesn't get that SCO--eternal enemy of Linux--started out doing its best to combine Unix and Linux and was still giving Linux away under the GPL after it started its Linux law-suits..."