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News Linux News for Dec 05, 2006:
Linux Journal: Let's Go Bust Some Silos
(2006-12-05 00:15:17)
"Every time we have one of these, progress happens. It's a remarkable thing to watch, and to participate in. But the challenges remain very high..."
Everyday Is Better Than The Next: I Switched to Linux
(2006-12-05 01:00:54)
"As of December 1st, 2006 my computer will never boot windows again. It is Linux from here on out..."
Free Software Magazine: Sometimes I Just Want to Be Stupid
(2006-12-05 01:45:00)
"Most modern Linux distributions have slick graphical installers, are on single DVD's and install common applications very easily..."
APC Magazine: Looking Back on Google from the Year 2026
(2006-12-05 02:30:49)
"Great and mighty information overlord, keeper of the sanctified and searched-for bits, innovator of information networking, and glorious displayer of the Earth for all to see..."
Trolltech's Greenphone Reviewed
(2006-12-05 03:15:56)
The open source mobile platform from Trolltech has been out long enough to atttract the attention of some reviewers, linked within.
Free Software Magazine: Penguinz in Da Hood
(2006-12-05 04:00:26)
"People in this country are pretty funny, they really are..."
Advisories, December 4, 2006
(2006-12-05 04:45:57)
Today's security advisories: mozilla, mozilla-firefox, links, and mozilla-thunderbird (Debian GNU/Linux); gv (Mandriva Linux); libpng and doxygen (rPath Linux); and libgsf and xine-lib (Ubuntu).
DesktopLinux: Via, Puppy Linux Tout "Affordable" Computing
(2006-12-05 05:30:35)
"Puppy Linux was guest-of-honor at an 'Affordable Community Computing Workshop' this week in the Philippines, where participants assembled and took home ultra low-cost, PC-like computing devices..."
Linux.com: CLI Magic: Making HTML, Manpages from Plain Text with AsciiDoc
(2006-12-05 07:00:57)
"AsciiDoc is a handy program that can produce formatted HTML documents and manpages from plain text files..."
Gatchev.info: TPM and the Free Licenses
(2006-12-05 08:30:20)
"Big parts of it are 'the bleeding obvious' to most people. However, I noticed that in complex arguments these parts often are forgotten..."
Linux.com: OpenOffice.org Announces Contest Winners
(2006-12-05 09:15:54)
"OpenOffice.org has announced the winners of its template and clipart contest..."
Free Software Magazine: Kerberos, Final Bits
(2006-12-05 10:00:40)
"Two weeks ago, I explained how to set up a Kerberos realm; and last week, I went on to describe how to actually do something useful with it by doing Kerberized NFS..."
KernelTrap: Revisiting the Hyper-Threading Vulnerability
(2006-12-05 10:45:46)
"A patch to make disabling Hyper-Threading a boot time option resurfaced on the lkml..."
NetworkWorld: Borrowing a PC? Put Linux on It, Via a USB Drive
(2006-12-05 11:30:58)
"Have you ever had to use someone else's PC at work--either to complete a quick task, or as a substitute machine for a short period of time...?"
Linux.com: Winning 'Sysadmin of the Year' is Not Quite Like Becoming Miss America
(2006-12-05 12:15:15)
"You'd think the Sysadmin of the Year winner would get an armful of roses and pour happy tears onto a red-carpeted stage as an overage crooner sings..."
Tectonic: The Linux Warehouse Partners with Scalix
(2006-12-05 13:00:27)
"The Linux Warehouse has announced that it is providing the Scalix email and group calendaring solution to the local market..."
vnunet: Microsoft Looking to Run Windows on OLPC
(2006-12-05 13:45:58)
"Microsoft wants to make its Windows operating system available on the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) notebook computers, OLPC chairman Nicholas Negroponte said..."
Computer Business Review: Linux Grabs 75% of All Open Source Investment
(2006-12-05 14:30:40)
"The Linux operating system is the recipient of 75% of all vendor investment in open source software, according to a new report from the Harvard Business School..."
CRN: Linux Isn't Just For Grownups Anymore
(2006-12-05 15:15:39)
"It looks like the education space could be the first, real place where Linux could grab beachhead in the desktop PC market..."
internetnews.com: Get Paid to Solve Open Source Problems
(2006-12-05 16:00:22)
"Getting help on issues related to open source projects isn't always like walking a straight line..."
KernelTrap: Maintaining the 2.4 Kernel
(2006-12-05 16:45:53)
"Willy Tarreau replaced Marcelo Tosatti as the 2.4 stable Linux kernel maintainer in August of 2006..."
de Icaza: OpenOffice Forks?
(2006-12-05 17:30:32)
"Facts barely matter when they get in the way of a good smear..."
InfoWorld: NEC Launches Tough Laptop PC
(2006-12-05 18:15:57)
"NEC launched its latest laptop PC on Tuesday with a splash. A bottle of water was poured over the computer while it was operating to demonstrate its toughness to harsh environmental conditions..."
EarthTimes: Chinese Operating System Approved
(2006-12-05 19:00:05)
"The Kylin operating system, developed by China's University of Science and Technology for National Defense, was approved by a panel of experts from the state 863 Hi-tech Research and Development Program office..."
Linux.com: FlightGear Takes Off
(2006-12-05 19:45:32)
"FlightGear is a multiplatform, GPLed flight simulator. It is sophisticated, realistic, and extensible. You can choose to fly more than 100 different aircraft, ranging from a Sopwith Camel to a UFO..."
Phoronix: Linux Overclocking Software
(2006-12-05 20:30:05)
"In 2005 we had featured several articles on the state of NVIDIA graphics card overclocking under Linux. In early 2005 the only option for Linux users was NVClock..."
LinuxWorld: Lightweight Linux for High-Performance Computing
(2006-12-05 21:15:15)
"However, high-performance computing users, who must run applications on thousands of nodes, historically have faced challenges that Linux could not effectively address..."
ConsortiumInfo: Novell, ODF and Castles in the Sand
(2006-12-05 22:00:06)
"Things are changing very fast in the ODF landscape right now: Last week, Corel announced it would provide limited support by mid-2007 for ODF... and greater support for OOXML--presentations and spreadsheets as well as text..."
ZDNet: The Meaning of the OSDL Lay-Off
(2006-12-05 22:45:13)
"When Linux was poor it was important to have a center for it. The OSDL was that center..."
IT-Director: Linux Adoption--It's the Ecology Stupid!
(2006-12-05 23:30:37)
"Why should an operating system be important for a mobile phone? It shouldn't, but of course mobile phones are no longer simple voice communicators..."
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