News Linux News for Sep 01, 2006:

Linux Online: Three Feet from Gold: Why ESR is Wrong to Advocate Compromise
(2006-09-01 00:00:17)
"After reading the latest statements from Open Source luminary Eric S. Raymond, I'm tempted to compare him with the first owner of the gold mine..."

ZDNet: Where Are the Proprietary Hits?
(2006-09-01 01:30:15)
"Today, in 2006, performance comes from using open source..."

Linux Journal: VMware Server for Linux for Free
(2006-09-01 03:00:00)
"When it comes to virtual machines for Linux I reach a dilemma. Luckily, I have the free VM for Linux, Xen, running a DNS server on my web site. I say luckily since many people of whom I know cannot get Xen to run..."

Advisories, August 31, 2006
(2006-09-01 03:45:05)
Today's security advisories: sendmail (Debian GNU/Linux); MySQL (Mandriva Linux); and libmusicbrainz and kernel (rPath Linux).

Linux.com: Taking an OpenReports Test Drive
(2006-09-01 04:30:51)
"One of the more talked-about open source solutions is OpenReports, a GPLed, Web-based BI report generation system whose first stable, milestone release of its 2.0 series has just come out..."

OSWeekly: Convergent Linux Platform: Tux for Your Phone
(2006-09-01 06:00:52)
"This phenomenon called Fragmentation is still a big problem as far as Linux on mobile devices is concerned. This raises the big question: Why should Linux be used in mobile phones...?"

NewsForge: Kalzium Creator Brings the Periodic Table to Life
(2006-09-01 07:30:15)
"When Carsten Niehaus began studying chemistry and biology in late 2000, the lack of Linux-compatible reference materials frustrated him..."

Linux.com: MyHeritage.com Marries Open, Closed, and "Shared" Source
(2006-09-01 09:00:44)
"MyHeritage.com is written in PHP, but Japhet and his staff are testing the code on Windows ASP servers, using Phalanger, a 'shared source' compiler that lets PHP run on .Net..."

NewsForge: Marketing FOSS with Donor-Paid Ads
(2006-09-01 10:30:04)
"On December 16, 2004, the appearance of a donor-sponsored ad for Firefox in The New York Times became a landmark in the history of free and open source software..."

Free-bees.co.uk: Freespire 1.0 [Review]
(2006-09-01 12:00:58)
"Before we really get going, we must consider Freespire's target audience. I don't really think it is the experienced power GNU/Linux user, but instead at the opposite end of the spectrum..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.18-rc5-mm1
(2006-09-01 13:30:00)
Incremental changelog, links within.

PR: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Updated
(2006-09-01 13:30:38)
"This update mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems..."

IT Week: Bergen Postpones Desktop Linux Migration
(2006-09-01 15:00:08)
"Bergen City Council in Norway has hit back at reports that it has abandoned its flagship Linux migration project, branding them 'exaggerated' and insisting it has completed plans to move many of its servers over to Linux..."

internetnews.com: Gentoo 2006.1: A Thing of Dreams?
(2006-09-01 16:30:12)
"The release also offers support for an interesting processor, the Hitachi SuperH, which is included in Sega's long-dead Dreamcast game console..."

Inside Higher Ed: Changing the Report, After the Vote
(2006-09-01 18:00:09)
"...Gerri Elliott, corporate vice president at Microsoft's Worldwide Public Sector division... 'vigorously' objected to a paragraph in which the panel embraced and encouraged the development of open source software and open content projects in higher education..."

Forbes: The New Barbarians
(2006-09-01 19:30:55)
A multi-part cover series from a certain Forbes author focusing on the changing face of IT--with open source as a primary cause.

internetnews.com: IE For Linux?
(2006-09-01 21:00:16)
"It runs on Microsoft's Windows and on Apple's Mac, but it has never been officially supported on Linux. A nascent open source effort called IEs 4 Linux is trying to change that..."

Editor's Note: When Life Hands You Lemons...
(2006-09-01 22:30:30)
The Ubuntu/xorg update bug whacks your editor and Linus Torvalds schools me on his future with Linux and when the real birthday for Linux should be.

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