News Linux News for Jul 14, 2006:

Software in Review: Hacking Xandros Desktop Home 4.0
(2006-07-14 01:00:26)
"If you want to play commercial DVD movies, use an unsupported wireless network card, watch WMV video clips, or install software that isn't in Xandros Networks, the default install will not be sufficient..."

LinuxInsider: SLES 10: Not Your Father's SUSE
(2006-07-14 02:30:11)
"It appears that there's been lots of Linux activity in Utah lately: Novell's SLES (Suse Linux Enterprise Server) 10 is a much different distribution than SLES 9, from stem to stern..."

Linux.com: Updating and Installing Software in Ubuntu
(2006-07-14 04:00:14)
"The first video in this pair shows you how to update all the software in your Ubuntu GNU/Linux installation in a single, big gulp. The second video shows you how easy it is to install and remove software with the Synaptic Package Manager..."

developerWorks: Create Mosaic Movies with Perl, ImageMagick, and Mplayer
(2006-07-14 07:00:37)
"Mosaic movies are popular in today's television and advertising media due to their visual appeal and suggestions of technological advancement..."

Linux.com: Accessing Network Resources in a Mixed Environment
(2006-07-14 08:30:35)
"The first thing that comes to most sysadmins' minds when they hear about file and print services in mixed Windows and Linux environments is probably Samba..."

linux.gotfoo.org: Installing Xubuntu 6.06 on a Gateway Laptop
(2006-07-14 10:00:13)
"Xubuntu 6.06 is a derivative from the popular Ubuntu Linux distro that uses the Xfce Window Manager instead of Gnome or KDE..."

developerWorks: How to Use Subversion with Eclipse
(2006-07-14 11:30:54)
"A stock Eclipse installation has integrated support for CVS, a popular open source change-management system..."

NewsForge: Freedom Partners Leaves Microsoft for Nitix
(2006-07-14 13:00:03)
"Freedom Partners is a network of car dealerships in Vermont. Freedom IT director Chip Kaupp doesn't know one Linux distribution from another, but he doesn't need to..."

Computer Business Review: Open Source Legal Expert Gives ODF Patent Thumbs-Up
(2006-07-14 14:30:00)
"Open source legal expert Eben Moglen's Software Freedom Law Center has given the OpenDocument Format its stamp of approval..."

Linux Electrons: AMD 64-bit Based System for $300
(2006-07-14 16:00:00)
"Technalign has said that they have partnered with Britt Systems in Florida to provide a 64-bit AMD 2800+ computer for under $300.00..."

LinuxDevices: Embedded Linux specialist RidgeRun runs again
(2006-07-14 17:30:00)
"RidgeRun, a stalled start-up focused on Linux development for Texas Instruments (TI) dual-core (RISC/DSP) processors, has re-launched..."

LinuxSecurity.com: Packet Sniffing Overview
(2006-07-14 19:00:00)
"A packet sniffer which runs on your PC connected to the internet using a modem, can tell you your current IP address as well as the IP addresses of the web servers whose sites you are visiting..."

ABC News: The Core 2: Intel Goes for the Jugular
(2006-07-14 20:30:00)
"We put Intel's long-anticipated Core 2 processors to the test. After hammering the new CPUs with the most comprehensive set of benchmarks we've ever run, we can safely say: believe the hype..."

ZDNet: What Would A Microsoft Fade Mean For Open Source?
(2006-07-14 22:00:00)
"Microsoft has played the part of open source bogeyman for years now, just as IBM played that role for Microsoft in its early years..."

Editor's Note: Foolish Uncertainty and Doubt
(2006-07-14 23:30:51)
Your editor goes on vacation for a week and Microsoft plays nice. Who'd a thunk? For one, not me.

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