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News Linux News for Aug 07, 2006:
Phoronix: Tyan Tiger K9HE S3970 Preview
(2006-08-07 00:00:02)
"While AMD will not officially announce Socket F LGA-1207 with their next-generation Opteron processors for a few more days, we have managed to acquire one of the retail motherboards for this upcoming platform..."
Advisories, August 6, 2006
(2006-08-07 04:30:10)
This weekend's security advisories: gnupg2, freeciv, and dhcp (Debian GNU/Linux); LibVNCServer, Courier MTA, libTIFF, and GnuPG (Gentoo Linux); php (Slackware Linux); apache, gnupg, and libtiff (Trustix Secure Linux).
All About Linux: Host a Personal Diary on your PC Using WordPress
(2006-08-07 06:00:43)
"A couple of months back, I did something really interesting. I downloaded the WordPress content management suite from the wordpress.org site and installed it on my machine..."
Linux.com: Take Note: Xournal
(2006-08-07 07:30:35)
"For intensive word-only writing, most of us can type on a keyboard far faster than we can scrawl with a pen, but the speed advantage is reversed for anything that requires diagramming or mathematical formulas..."
DevX: Mono IDEs: Going Beyond the Command Line
(2006-08-07 09:00:41)
"Choosing to develop for Mono no longer means that you're also have to throw away the advantages that integrated IDEs provide. Instead, you have a wide—and growing—range of Mono IDE options..."
SearchOpenSource: Open Source Tools: SMB Buying Decisions
(2006-08-07 10:30:12)
"There's no doubt that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can save money by moving applications to an open source model that doesn't require licensing fees like that of proprietary software..."
Lanka Business Online: Google Powered
(2006-08-07 12:00:44)
"Popular Internet search engine Google has given the Lanka Software Foundation 25,000 dollars to drive open source software projects locally..."
Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.18-rc4
(2006-08-07 12:45:09)
"The diffstat (and the appended shortlog) tells the story: a lot of small fixes in various areas, mostly drivers. Input layer, infiniband, usb, net, sound, vlb..."
Tectonic: 'Red Hat Demise Not Ubuntu Goal'
(2006-08-07 13:30:46)
"Writing on his blog yesterday Shuttleworth said 'this would be a good time to remind all of us in the Ubuntu community that Red Hat's demise is not our goal, and not how we should measure our success...'"
Fedora Core 6 Test 2 (5.91) Now Available
(2006-08-07 14:15:29)
"The Fedora Project announces the second release of the Fedora Core 6 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and ppc/ppc64 architectures, including Intel based Macintosh computers..."
NewsForge: The State of Firefox
(2006-08-07 15:00:23)
"By adding an automatic update feature to Firefox, its developers have made huge progress towards ensuring that security updates are pushed out quickly to all users of the browser..."
Network World: Linux Event Shows Move to Mainstream
(2006-08-07 15:45:59)
Fifteen years after the introduction of the Linux kernel, open source offering finds acceptance.
Boston Globe: Novell Turns Its Focus Toward Growth
(2006-08-07 16:30:09)
"When Ron Hovsepian was named chief operating officer of Waltham's Novell Inc. in November, investors were already calling for the ouster of then-chief executive Jack Messman..."
Computerworld Australia: MoneySwitch Banks on Open Source
(2006-08-07 17:15:03)
"Move over mainframes and proprietary transaction databases, the financial institutions of the future will run on open source software, just like Sydney-based payment solutions company MoneySwitch..."
NewsForge: Documenting the GIMP's File Format Resolves Technical and Political Issues
(2006-08-07 18:00:42)
"The GIMP finally has a documented file specification. The free image editor has long been criticized over the fact that its native image format XCF was not publicly documented..."
KernelTrap: 2.6.16.y Lives On
(2006-08-07 18:45:36)
"The -stable patchsets have been maintained since for the latest kernel and the previously released kernel..."
LinuxPlanet: Big Blue Gets Cool
(2006-08-07 19:30:38)
"With its new round of 'Cool Blue' PC servers, rolled out last week, IBM is starting to push HPC (high-performance computing) beyond the scientific-technical niche and into the mainstream, particularly among SMBs..."
Federal Computer Week: Unix: An 800 Pound Gorilla No More?
(2006-08-07 21:00:23)
"Unix still has staying power, but Linux continues to make steady gains in the federal market..."
stifflog2: Stiff Asks, Great Programmers Answer
(2006-08-07 22:30:12)
"With the help of public accessible e-mail adresses I asked 10 questions to a bunch of programmers that I consider very interesting people and I respect them for variuos things they created..." One of whom is Linus Torvalds.
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