Linux News for Jul 26, 2006

• NewsForge: Mark of the Microsoft Beast (Jul 26, 2006, 23:15)
  "If you've looked for a Linux laptop lately on any of the major OEM Web sites, you've seen it: the mark of the beast..."


• Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show (Jul 26, 2006, 22:30)
  "Chris & Bryan from The Linux Action Show tell us why they switched to Linux from Mac..."


• O'Bryan: Why I Ditched My Mac for Linux (Jul 26, 2006, 21:45)
  "Based on the title of this treatise of mine you are, likely, safe in your assumption that I am about to tell you all, using the bestest words my mind can muster, why I stopped using MacOS X and switched over to Linux..."


• KernelTrap: Linus On The Extensible Firmware Interface (Jul 26, 2006, 21:00)
  "A recent patch posted to the lkml contained the following description, 'this patch adds an efi e820 memory mapping,' in response to which Andrew Morton asked, 'why...?'"


• All About Linux: Kubuntu 6.06 LTS--An Excellent Linux Distribution Based on KDE (Jul 26, 2006, 20:15)
  "At the time of the official release of Ubuntu Dapper Drake, I happened to visit the site of Kubuntu--the alter identity of Ubuntu..."


• Yet Another Linux Blog: ClarkConnect--Enterprise Linux for Your Home (Jul 26, 2006, 19:30)
  "It's interesting also that their routers didn't do a whole heckuva lot other than route traffic... without throttling or intrusion prevention/detection..."


• Regan: Gospel of Tux Unearthed (Jul 26, 2006, 18:45)
  Humor: "In the beginning Turing created the Machine..."


• CNET News: Wiki Start-up Taps Open Source to Lure New Users (Jul 26, 2006, 18:00)
  "A wiki software start-up is releasing two products into open source to help get more developers familiar with its commercial products..."


• internetnews.com: Vyatta Pushes Open Source Routing (Jul 26, 2006, 17:15)
  "But Vyatta, an open source startup, thinks it can take open source routing a step further with its Open Flexible Router (OFR)..."


• Wired News: Server Farms Live Off Open Source (Jul 26, 2006, 16:30)
  OSCON: "To the many oft-sung virtues of open-source software you can add this: it saves electricity..."


• KernelTrap: Software Suspend Status Report (Jul 26, 2006, 15:45)
  "Rafael Wysocki posted a status report on swsusp, 'the part of the kernel that deals with the suspend to disk...'"


• Linux Pipeline: Brazilians Reap Benefits Of IBM's Long-Haul Linux Strategy (Jul 26, 2006, 15:00)
  "Big Blue's developer outreach efforts could benefit everyone, in an emerging market where both challenges and opportunities abound..."


• TechWeb: Trojan Spoofs Firefox Extension, Steals IDs (Jul 26, 2006, 14:15)
  "An identity-stealing keylogger that disguises itself as a Firefox extension and installs silently in the background was discovered Tuesday by security vendor McAfee..."


• USA Today: Sun Microsystems Posts Quarterly Loss but Revenue Tops Estimates (Jul 26, 2006, 13:30)
  "Computer maker Sun Microsystems Tuesday swung to a quarterly net loss due to charges related to restructuring and job cuts, while revenue topped analyst expectations, sending its shares higher in after-hours trading..."


• CRN: Scalix To Open Source E-Mail (Jul 26, 2006, 12:45)
  "Components of Scalix Community Edition will be available under a license modeled on the Mozilla Public License (MPL). That will enable the legal use of third-party code not licensed under the MPL to coexist with commercial code..."


• SearchOpenSource: Vmware, Xen Plug-Ins Boost Open Source Systems Management (Jul 26, 2006, 12:00)
  "Systems management was given a virtual boost today as open source project openQRM received plug-in support for the Xen, VMware and Linux VServer virtualization from parent company Qlusters Inc..."


• vnunet: Nigeria Orders 1m OLPC Laptops (Jul 26, 2006, 12:00)
  "Nigeria has officially ordered and paid for one million of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) devices, the Nigerian Vanguard newspaper reported earlier this month..."


• LinuxDevices: PalmSource Offers Early Access to Linux Phone Stack (Jul 26, 2006, 11:15)
  "Developers interested in porting applications to PalmSource's Linux implementation for mobile phones are invited to a special 'PalmSource Developer Day' at this year's LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco..."


• Linux.com: Review: Xandros Server (Jul 26, 2006, 10:30)
  "One might wonder, what's the point of yet another server-oriented distro when the server market is already well-served...?"


• LinuxDevices: Linux App Converts Speech Files to Searchable Text (Jul 26, 2006, 09:45)
  "Wizzard Software is shipping speaker-independent voice recognition software aimed at adding large-vocabulary, offline voice-recognition capabilities to server-based Linux applications..."


• SearchOpenSource: Migrating Applications from Linux/Unix to Windows (or Vice Versa) (Jul 26, 2006, 09:00)
  "Operating systems are useless unless applications will run on them. Luckily, both Linux and Windows support a broad variety of applications--many of which are compatible with both platforms..."


• Linux.com: Live Migration of Xen Domains (Jul 26, 2006, 08:15)
  "Virtualization is all the rage these days. Advances in x86 performance, as well as the increasing energy requirements of servers, make efficiently provisioning machines a necessity..."


• developerWorks: PHP Encryption for the Common Man (Jul 26, 2006, 07:30)
  "Get an overview of what it means to encrypt and decrypt information, as well as some practical examples involving passwords and other data, using PHP's built-in functionality..."


• NewsForge: Does (Password) Size Matter? (Jul 26, 2006, 06:45)
  "Does size matter? The question has arisen lately on Security-Basics, a computer security mailing list hosted by SecurityFocus.com. As usual, the question comes down to physical size or mental prowess..."


• XYZ Computing: Building a Socket 939 Workstation (Jul 26, 2006, 06:00)
  "Overclocking and gaming are both fun, but from time to time everyone needs to get some work done..."


• SearchOpenSource: Server-side Windows vs. Linux: Considering Today's Differences (Jul 26, 2006, 05:15)
  "Not long ago, choosing Linux in the data center meant a tradeoff. You had to give up some capabilities in exchange for freedom from Microsoft lock-in. But that has changed..."


• ClusterMonkey: Building A Virtual Cluster with Xen (Part One) (Jul 26, 2006, 04:30)
  "So how do you try that new version of your favorite program before committing it to the production cluster? A cheap and convenient possibility is to build a virtual cluster..."


• Advisories, July 25, 2006 (Jul 26, 2006, 03:45)
  Today's security advisories: Wireshark and Samba (Gentoo Linux); perl-Net-Server (Mandriva Linux); php, kdebase, and samba (Red Hat Linux); and firefox and mozilla-firefox (Ubuntu Linux).


• 10 Gadgets: My Review of Switching to Linux (Ubuntu) (Jul 26, 2006, 03:00)
  "Over the years, I have seriously considered switching to Linux, and even tried a few times. The first time I did was around 3 years ago, and I installed Fedora Linux in dual boot with Windows XP..."


• Entropy: The Only Danger to GNU/Linux (Jul 26, 2006, 02:15)
  "Different words can convey different meanings, sometimes even in a very drastic manner. The GNU/Linux operating system is a prime example of how a simple nomenclature-related mistake leads to several greater issues..."


• McAlister: Open Source Software as a Customer Capture Tool (Jul 26, 2006, 01:30)
  "I just started messing around with a product called SugarCRM which is an open source sales contact management tool much like Salesforce.com..."


• Linux Journal: Audio And 64-bit Linux, Part 1 (Jul 26, 2006, 00:45)
  "As I mentioned at the end of my last entry I've preparing myself for my first excursion into the world of 64-bit Linux..."


• The Linux Extremist: Darth Linux (Jul 26, 2006, 00:00)
  "Darth Vader is a genuinely entertaining personality and a master of the deadpan remark (e.g., 'I find your lack of faith disturbing'), while Bill Gates is about as fun to listen to as an accountant on codeine reciting a poem on the virtues of watching paint dry..."