News Linux News for Jul 17, 2006:

LinuxElectrons: Freespire Linux OS Beta 1 Released
(2006-07-17 03:00:25)
"The first beta of Freespire Linux was released on Friday. Freespire is a no-cost version of the Linspire operating system based on Linux and Open Source..."

Advisories, July 16, 2006
(2006-07-17 04:45:40)
This weekend's security advisories: rssh, samba, and kernel-source-2.6.8 et. al. (Debian GNU/Linux); php and kernel (Mandriva Linux); kernel (Red Hat Linux); Samba (Slackware Linux); and zope2.8 and libtunepimp (Ubuntu Linux).

HowtoForge: How To Install VMware Server On Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)
(2006-07-17 05:30:13)
"This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install the free VMware Server (version 1.0) on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)..."

Common Sense Software: Father Knows Best: Mepis 3.4.3 Breathes New Life Into A Virus Laden Desktop
(2006-07-17 07:00:02)
"In light of her accomplishments and since she didn't have her own computer, a gentleman recently donated his old computer to her for her work for these groups..."

ZDNet Australia: Debian Locks Out Developers After Server Hack
(2006-07-17 08:30:41)
"The Debian GNU/Linux project has locked a number of its developers out of their system accounts following a security scare in which the hack of a key internal server was discovered this week..."

E-Mail Battles: Lotus Haters Gang Up On Notes for Linux
(2006-07-17 10:00:53)
"You can now run Lotus Notes on darned near any operating system that strikes your fancy. Don't even think about trying that with Microsoft Outlook..."

Linux-Watch: Ex-Microsoft Exec's Launch Open Source Biz
(2006-07-17 11:30:15)
"If you were filthy rich from your time at Microsoft and you want to do something new, would you..."

NewsForge: Ubuntu Open to Aiding Derivative Distributions
(2006-07-17 13:00:05)
"Matt Zimmerman has responded to a recent NewsForge article that suggests that the maintainers of derivative distributions are unintentionally violating the requirements of the GNU General Public License..."

-stable: Linux 2.6.16.26
(2006-07-17 13:45:00)
We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.16.26 kernel.

-stable: Linux 2.6.17.6
(2006-07-17 13:45:20)
"We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.17.6 kernel..."

Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.18-rc2
(2006-07-17 13:45:55)
"I think the bulk of it are some MIPS and UML updates, along with a e1000 driver update, but there's various more random things, including just lots of cleanups..."

internetnews.com: Novell's New SUSE Linux Enterprise Hits Market
(2006-07-17 14:30:55)
"Novell is making its latest flagship Linux applications, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop version 10 (SLED) available today..."

SearchOpenSource: Ready or Not, IBM and Novell Will Back Xen
(2006-07-17 15:15:56)
"IBM and Novell Inc. are throwing their considerable weight behind Xen, the open source virtualization hypervisor, but some experts are suggesting that these companies may be pushing this nascent technology too far too fast..."

NewsForge: Source Distribution and the GNU GPL
(2006-07-17 16:00:53)
Richard Stallman chimes in on the recent derivative distribution question with a possible solution in the upcoming GPL 3.

Federal Computer Watch: A New Direction for Open Source
(2006-07-17 16:45:48)
"Open-source software developers that move to a closed-source licensing model to help pay their bills can create challenges, but they also offer opportunities for federal agencies, experts say..."

Anatra News: IBM, Micorosoft Protest Indonesia's Open Source Policy
(2006-07-17 17:30:01)
Indonesia keep using that term. We do not think open source means what they think it means.

NewsForge: Linux CDs for Free from TheLinuxStore.ca
(2006-07-17 18:15:44)
"Ryan Cloke's vision is to do business in a 'better way.' He's the owner of TheLinuxStore.ca, a Web site that sells low-cost Linux CDs, laptops, and custom workstations..."

DesktopLinux: A First Look at SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
(2006-07-17 19:00:05)
"The newest SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, version 10, is so close to being done that you can almost taste it..."

NewsForge: McAfee's New Security Journal: Sage is Not Sage
(2006-07-17 19:45:06)
"The first issue of Sage, a new security journal published by McAfee's Avert Labs, appears today and is available for download as a PDF from the McAfee Web site..."

CRN: Earn More Than A Grand Installing NAS
(2006-07-17 20:30:49)
"Server Partners' answer to this is its leased NAS appliance called FileEngine, which can ease those concerns while putting money in solution providers' pockets..."

LinuxDevices: Hands-on Preview: Motorola Rokr E2 Music Phone
(2006-07-17 21:15:38)
"The Linux-powered Rokr E2 phone has FCC approval, and could be sold in U.S., pending carrier interest..."

Techworld: Bot Writers Learning from Open Source
(2006-07-17 22:00:44)
"Hackers have started to improve their software by using the same techniques that made Linux and Apache successes..."

The Linux Extremist: The First Prophet of Linux
(2006-07-17 22:45:57)
"The philosophical themes he embeds in his intriguing stories are most compelling: three of most important of these are, first, we should not allow computers to do our thinking for us, and second, conformity is to be avoided, and finally, predictablity is death..."

Linux Journal: Brazil
(2006-07-17 23:30:16)
"The world depicted in a different movie, 'Brazil,' is similar to that of Matrix in that it is governed by controlling self-interest. Freedom, as in free speech, is a partial cure for controlling self-interest..."

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