Linux News for Jul 27, 2006

• Linux Journal: Does Dual Licensing Threaten Free Software? (Jul 27, 2006, 23:15)
  "After the dotcom doldrums of the past five years, there is a new wind blowing through the world of commercial software. It's open source, but not as we know it..."


• InfoWorld: Ubuntu's Jeff Waugh Says Power Management is Getting Better (Jul 27, 2006, 22:30)
  "I tackled Jeff Waugh, prince of Ubuntu to discuss why I would be thrilled to switch to an Ubuntu laptop but several things aren't allowing me to move off the Mac..."


• InformationWeek: Review: Napster And Rhapsody For OS X And Linux? Sort Of (Jul 27, 2006, 21:45)
  "With the launch of new Web-based services from two major online music subscription providers, Mac and Linux users can finally get in on the all-you-can-download action. But are these services any good...?"


• CNET News: Selling Mozilla Through Sex and Religion (Jul 27, 2006, 21:00)
  "Sex and ego sells, students in a project at Stanford University have confirmed, but so does religion..."


• The Jem Report: Ubuntu Linux 6.06 Review (Jul 27, 2006, 20:15)
  "...[U]nless businesses like dealing with multiple hardware issues, a substandard Java environment, and a lack of proprietary Web browser plugins, I can't see how Ubuntu Linux 6.06 is ready for anything except perhaps a patch release..."


• NewsForge: NeroLinux Revisited: No Better than the Alternatives (Jul 27, 2006, 19:30)
  "Like its Windows counterpart, NeroLINUX combines an easy-to-use interface with a variety of options. However, unlike the Windows version, it offers little, if anything, that is not available in comparable free software..."


• CNET News: Adobe Returns Attention to Flash for Linux (Jul 27, 2006, 18:45)
  "Adobe has resumed work on a Linux version of its Flash Player and plans to catch the software up to its Windows and Mac OS X equivalent, version 9, the company has said..."


• PR: Second Discussion Draft of Revised GNU General Public License Released (Jul 27, 2006, 18:00)
  The Free Software Foundation and the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) today have released the second discussion draft of the GNU General Public License version 3..." Announcement within.


• internetnews.com: Sugar 4.5 Gets 'AJAXed' (Jul 27, 2006, 17:15)
  "With the 4.5 release of its open source CRM package, SugarCRM is capitalizing on its growing popularity in the space..."


• PC Magazine: Motorola Outlines Plans for RAZR Successor, the SCPL (Jul 27, 2006, 16:30)
  "He also said Motorola will be abandoning the familiar operating system used on its feature phones, such as the RAZR, for a Linux- and Java-based solution..."


• Fellowship of FSFE: Alan Cox 5 Minutes on GPLv3, Plus Comments (Jul 27, 2006, 15:45)
  "In the Q+A session after a recent talk by Alan Cox in Limerick, he was asked for his thoughts on GPLv3..."


• NewsForge: OSCON Day 2 (Jul 27, 2006, 15:00)
  OSCON: "The eighth annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) continued yesterday with more tutorials, the O'Reilly Radar Executive Briefing, the Open Source Awards, and Larry Wall's State of the Onion report..."


• internetnews.com: Will All Software Go Open Source? (Jul 27, 2006, 14:15)
  "When open source developers gather on a panel to discuss whether 'all software will go open source,' you can expect the sentiment to tip that way, only with lots of arguments..."


• The Register: India Rejects One Laptop Per Child (Jul 27, 2006, 13:30)
  "India has decided against getting involved in Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child scheme--which aims to provide kids in developing countries with a simple $100 machine..."


• PR: GNOME 2.16 Beta 1 Released (Jul 27, 2006, 12:45)
  "The latest development release of GNOME is here: GNOME 2.15.90, a.k.a. GNOME 2.16 Beta 1..." Announcement, links within.


• Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.18-rc2-mm1 (Jul 27, 2006, 12:00)
  Incremental changelog, links within.


• SearchOpenSource: Testing a New Linux Kernel While Keeping the Old One (Jul 27, 2006, 12:00)
  "This article describes how I accomplished this task by using a dual-boot system with two Linux kernels to choose from during startup..."


• PC World: Make Dapper Drake Perform on Old Hardware (Jul 27, 2006, 10:30)
  "Ubuntu 6.06 is sweet, but can be slow on older PCs. Here's how to speed it up..."


• Linux Journal: System Administration: Another Step Toward the BIND [Parts III & IV] (Jul 27, 2006, 09:00)
  "Before we take a look at a complete primary zone file, we need to cover background. Consider this background the context where the file itself is content..."


• Enterprise Networking Planet: Use Fedora Directory Server For Manageable LDAP (Jul 27, 2006, 07:30)
  "So, before we get into exploring the wonders of Fedora Directory Server, let's give that question a meaningful answer. Why should you consider using LDAP...?"


• Linux.com: Emacs Tips: Checking Spelling and Syntax (Jul 27, 2006, 06:00)
  "Even the Emacs-enlightened are still but humble human beings who may err..."


• LinuxDevices: Device Profile: RobuSoft RobuROC 6 Autonomous Vehicle (Jul 27, 2006, 04:30)
  "French transport and cleanliness robot specialist RoboSoft has used real-time Linux in a six-wheeled outdoor autonomous vehicle aimed at reducing human risks..."


• Advisories, July 26, 2006 (Jul 27, 2006, 03:45)
  Today's security advisories: kernel-source-2.6.8 et. al. (Debian GNU/Linux), and mozilla-thunderbird and php4 (Ubuntu Linux).


• ZDNet: Qlusters Serving All Virtualization Schemes (Jul 27, 2006, 03:00)
  "The headline was that its openQRM project would deliver plug-in support for all the major virtualization projects--Xen, VMWare, QEMU, VServer--whatever..."


• CRN: Getting Linux To Disrupt The Market, Not The User Experience (Jul 27, 2006, 01:30)
  "Novell's chief technology officer, Jeff Jaffe, wrote yesterday why the Linux desktop is hogging much of the attention..."


• Slashdot: Web Services and Open Source at OSCON (Jul 27, 2006, 00:45)
  OSCON: "I spend a lot of time with my head buried in code, and every time I pick my head up it feels like the future is closer than I thought. So I like coming to OSCON..."


• ZDNet: MS Platform Chief: Closed-Mindedness About Open Source Continues (Jul 27, 2006, 00:00)
  "...[G]etting to this place where Open Source is no longer considered a pejorative by Microsoft has been a slow and deliberate process that must be massaged both internally and externally..."