News Linux News for Aug 04, 2006:

Linux Journal: A Five Minute Guide to Opposing DRM
(2006-08-04 00:00:04)
"I've been covering the Free Software Foundation's Defective By Designcampaign against Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies since its planning stages..."

InfoWorld: More on Open Source's Billion-Dollar Speed Limit
(2006-08-04 01:30:13)
"Marten Mickos was kind enough to ping me about my post on whether open source companies can exceed the $1 billion speed limit our (alleged) business models impose..."

Linux.com: How to Launch Windows Binaries on Linux Directly
(2006-08-04 03:00:14)
"Although I rarely run Windows these days, it seems I can't break the habit of using one or two Windows applications instead of their open source equivalents..."

Advisories, August 4, 2006
(2006-08-04 03:45:50)
Today's security advisories: libtunepimp, gpdf, tiff, cfs, ruby1.6, and gnupg (Debian GNU/Linux); Mozilla SeaMonkey, Mozilla Firefox, and Mozilla Thunderbird (Gentoo Linux); and linux-source-2.6.15 and gnupg (Ubuntu Linux).

Wi-Fi Planet: DD-WRT Tutorial 1: Static DHCP
(2006-08-04 04:30:49)
"By now, you probably know that upgrading the near-legendary Linksys WRT54G series routers with free, often open-source firmware is one of the best bargains going..."

Enterprise Networking Planet: Use Fedora Directory Server For Manageable LDAP (Part 2)
(2006-08-04 06:00:29)
"Today we'll walk through a simple Fedora Directory Server installation to learn your way around FDS..."

Linux Journal: Translate the Haskell into English Manually, Part II
(2006-08-04 07:30:09)
"In this article, I build upon the concept of a parse pipeline with the State monad..."

Practically Networked: Building Network Appliances With Linux, Pt. 4: Locking Down the Firewall Box
(2006-08-04 09:00:57)
"Now it's time to configure the two network interfaces, then lock down security. Obviously, a firewall, like any network border device, must be highly secure..."

Linux.com: Triggering Software Events from Hardware Changes with HAL and Ivman
(2006-08-04 10:30:09)
"Traditionally on a Unix-like system like GNU/Linux you must mount a device such as a CD-ROM before being able to use it..."

EFYTimes: Turbolinux Launches First Plug-In
(2006-08-04 11:15:08)
"Turbolinux, Inc... has announced the international sales release of a convenient plug in CMU for the existing COBALT user to easily migrate to Tubolinux Appliance Server 2.0..."

Free Software Magazine: Changing the Ubuntu Look
(2006-08-04 12:00:49)
"Fortunately, GNU/Linux makes it relatively easy to mould your desktop environment into whatever suits your taste, and Ubuntu is no exception..."

Free Software Foundation: Opinions for the Second Discussion Draft of GPLv3
(2006-08-04 13:30:35)
"These are the opinions referenced by the current rationale document. They provide reasoning and insight into changes made to address specific issues..."

OSS Watch Survey 2006: Executive Summary
(2006-08-04 14:15:14)
"OSS Watch is pleased to announce that it has recently concluded its 2006 survey of UK Higher Education and Further Education institutions..."

internetnews.com: Open Source Metasploit Improves Evasion
(2006-08-04 15:00:52)
"Few tools are freely available to security researchers that are as powerful for developing and testing exploit code as the open source Metasploit Framework..."

OpenVZ: Debian Linux Adopts OpenVZ Virtualization Software
(2006-08-04 15:45:06)
"The OpenVZ project today announced its operating system-level server virtualization software technology is incorporated into Debian GNU/Linux..."

WebProNews: Zawodny On Open Source Citizenship
(2006-08-04 16:30:13)
"But after reading Matt Asay's post a few times, I've begun to wonder how much open source code he's been publishing..."

SearchOpenSource: Linux Expert Sees Expanded Role for Ubuntu on the Server
(2006-08-04 17:15:19)
"Mako took a break from his work on Ubuntu this week to speak with SearchOpenSource.com about the challenges of generating a community, Ubuntu's server-side additions and the possibility of wide-scale enterprise deployment of this popular OS..."

Computer Business Review: CBR's Open Source VIPs--Part One
(2006-08-04 18:00:56)
"Despite the involvement of big businesses in free and open source software, the movement continues to be dominated by individuals..."

Linux.com: Reiser4 and the Politics of the Kernel
(2006-08-04 18:45:31)
"Why is the Reiser4 filesystem not in the Linux kernel? Recently, the question has been discussed on the kernel mailing list, and it's not a pretty sight..."

DesktopLinux: Lenovo Preloads SUSE on ThinkPad
(2006-08-04 19:30:18)
"Finally. For years, the holy grail of the Linux desktop has been to get a major computer vendor to commit to preloading a Linux desktop. It finally happened..."

Software in Review: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Review
(2006-08-04 20:15:40)
"While it may be a decent desktop operating system, I can't possibly recommend that sysadmins rely on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 in a production environment..."

Mad Penguin: Mad Penguin Interviews Greg Stein and Chris DiBona
(2006-08-04 21:00:11)
"In terms of the competition, it sounds like Google is really committed to working with the other hosting companies such as SourceForge and Berllios and really not just trying to kill them..."

Linspire: Novell Goes on the Atkins Diet
(2006-08-04 21:45:22)
"Open source Linux software is like health food--it's great for you, but can take some time getting used to..."

Editor's Note: Who Gets to Upgrade Schools?
(2006-08-04 22:30:59)
It took, of all things, an episode of Oprah to show what could be Bill Gates' new plan to rule the world with Windows.

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