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News Linux News for Sep 05, 2006:
Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.18-rc6
(2006-09-05 00:00:52) "Things are definitely calming down, and while I'm not ready to call it a final 2.6.18 yet, this might be the last -rc..."
Advisories, September 4, 2006
(2006-09-05 04:30:42) This holiday weekend's security advisories: capi4hylafax, cheesetracker, apache, and imagemagick (Debian GNU/Linux); and sudo and xorg-x11 (Mandriva Linux).
developerWorks: PHP Configuration Patterns
(2006-09-05 06:00:54) "If you plan to ship your PHP application for use by another person or company, you need to make it configurable..."
Lone Wolves: Setting Up and Managing an APT Repository with reprepro
(2006-09-05 07:30:39) "In this tutorial I am going to show you how to set up and manage an APT repository using reprepro..."
Linux.com: Personal Wikis: Three Small, Simple Alternatives
(2006-09-05 09:00:33) "Wikis aren't just great tools for sharing information and collaborating on projects. They also make excellent personal information managers..."
Developer.com: Eclipse Tip: How to Live on the Cutting Edge
(2006-09-05 10:30:56) "The Eclipse Foundation's download servers barely cooled off after the Callisto release, and the first milestone build of the next Eclipse version (3.3M1) is already available..."
VARBusiness: Linux Goes Mainstream
(2006-09-05 12:00:50) "He'll be the first to admit it: Troy Webb has struggled trying to do business with channel newbie and Linux stalwart Red Hat..."
Slackware Blog: Slackware 11 Release Candidate 4
(2006-09-05 12:45:53) "Looks like an unexpected, even by Patrick, Release Candidate 4..."
LWN: cdrkit: Debian's Fork of cdrtools
(2006-09-05 13:30:34) "Now, for the background on why we took the decision to fork cdrtools..."
The Sydney Morning Herald: Linux Wins Over New Fans
(2006-09-05 14:15:05) "Researcher IDC recently surveyed more than 5000 developers from 116 countries, and found the use of open-source software to be 'pervasive, used by almost three-quarters of organisations and spanning hundreds of thousands of projects...'"
ZDNet UK: Welsh Schools Adopt Open Source Email
(2006-09-05 15:00:24) "Major educational deal shows that open source is taking off in the regional public sector, say open source consultants..."
Google Code Blog: Announcing Tesseract OCR
(2006-09-05 15:45:42) "We wanted to let you all know that a few months ago we quietly released--or actually re-released--an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) engine into open source..."
Linux.com: Maintainer's Resignation Highlights Problems in Debian Project
(2006-09-05 16:30:24) "The resignation of Matthew Garrett, one of the most active developers in Debian, has drawn attention to some ongoing issues about how the project operates. .."
NewsForge: New Report Says Support Needs of Enterprise Users Changing
(2006-09-05 17:15:49) "According to a report released recently by The 451 Group, enterprise users aren't as concerned with a stack provider's ability to provide exclusive support for their products as previously thought..."
ZDNet Asia: Korea to Build Open Source National Map System
(2006-09-05 18:00:05) "Its largest scale open source mapping system project GIS (Geographic Information System), will meet international standards on the use of digital street maps and addresses..."
Linux.com: Report on the Fourth International GPLv3 Conference
(2006-09-05 18:45:29) "Last month the Free Software Foundation (FSF) held its Fourth International Conference on GPLv3 at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore..."
LinuxPlanet: Search the Web, vi Style
(2006-09-05 19:30:33) "The mouse isn't the be-all end-all of the PC-to-human interface system. Before the mouse there was the keyboard, which is perfectly fine to use while searching the vast Internet--once you try a new search engine called visearch..."
Manila Standard Today: More Schools Take to Open Source
(2006-09-05 20:15:23) "Despite the lack of a state policy on free and open source software, a number of government agencies have made inroads in promoting its use in schools, a top information technology official said last week..."
IT Week: Open-Source Routers Hit Limitations
(2006-09-05 21:00:15) "Firms hoping to reduce network costs by deploying open-source routers may be disappointed since experts say such systems are hard to configure and lack the processing power required to handle large volumes of traffic..."
Linux Edge: First Look: Hula Mail & Calendar Server SVN
(2006-09-05 21:00:21) "I have been recently using a version of Hula from the Novell SVN repository in order to take a look particularly at the JavaScript rich user interface..."
ComputerWeekly: Red Hat Linux Internet for Oxfordshire Schools
(2006-09-05 21:45:19) "Oxfordshire county council is installing a Linux system from Red Hat on IBM machines to deliver internet services across more than 280 local schools..."
Software in Review: Gentoo Linux 2006.1 Review
(2006-09-05 22:30:26) "In one respect, Gentoo Linux 2006.1 is the same as it's always been, except with newer software on the installation media..."
LXer: Top 10 Things You Could Be Doing Instead of Attending Ohio Linux Fest
(2006-09-05 23:00:43) "It's getting near that time again--Ohio Linux Fest. In case you've been living under a rock or somehow missed last years' event, here's the story..."
Linux Forums: Why Ubuntu Got It All Wrong
(2006-09-05 23:30:09) "At first glance Ubuntu appears to be the answer to the prayers of Linux evangelists worldwide..."
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