News Linux News for Dec 11, 2006:

LinuxWorld Australia: Copyright and Linux, GPL Patent Issues: Part 1
(2006-12-11 01:00:36)
"You see it sprinkled liberally in mailing lists and forum discussions: IANAL. 'I am not a lawyer.' Of course, legal analysis often follows..."

Advisories, December 10, 2006
(2006-12-11 05:30:12)
This weekend's security advisories: l2tpns, gnupg, clamav, and kernel-source-2.6.8 (Debian GNU/Linux); xine-lib (Gentoo Linux); gnupg and proftpd (Trustix Secure Linux); and gnupg2 and ruby1.8 (Ubuntu).

Begin Linux: QuickMask--Part 1
(2006-12-11 07:00:44)
"In this tutorial I will show you how to change the edges on the picture using a GIMP feature called QuickMask..."

Foogazi: Understand Cron Jobs In 5 Minutes
(2006-12-11 08:30:01)
"In Linux, the crontab command is used to schedule execution of commands at certain time intervals whether it be hourly, daily, monthly or every x amount of minutes..."

Linux.com: Directory Services Made Easy with Fedora Directory Server
(2006-12-11 10:00:10)
"Directory services play a vital part in today's networks by helping administrators manage network users and resources..."

DesktopLinux: Installing Gentoo Linux on the Playstation 3
(2006-12-11 11:30:34)
"Gentoo Linux's project team has published information--contained in its weekly online newsletter--on how to load and use its popular distro on the new Sony Playstation 3, which is all the rage among gamers at the moment..."

Linux.com: Making a Distribution Secure
(2006-12-11 13:00:25)
"A lot of time and effort, at least for major distros, is spent on making the distribution secure and getting updates out in a timely fashion..."

internetnews.com: A Quiet Launch For OpenSUSE 10.2
(2006-12-11 13:45:36)
"Novell's OpenSUSE project has released the latest version of its namesake Linux distribution, OpenSUSE 10.2. But you wouldn't know it if you were waiting for an official announcement from Novell..."

InfoWorld: Mozilla Ships Developer Release of Firefox 3.0
(2006-12-11 14:30:34)
"Mozilla has hit an early milestone on the road to the next version of its open-source browser, but the final product is still a year away, developers say..."

Linux.com: Mandrake Founder Discusses New Distro
(2006-12-11 15:15:17)
"After being dismissed last March from Mandriva, Duval plans to make his mark a second time with Ulteo, a new distribution designed to simplify computing by taking administration out of users' hands..."

Groklaw: Novell's "Danaergeschenk"
(2006-12-11 16:00:38)
"Novell's Danaergeschenk to the world is the recent announcement to implement OpenXML support in OpenOffice.org..."

Computerworld New Zealand: Mono's Demise Bad News for Open Source
(2006-12-11 16:45:23)
"Just when the Mono Project was beginning to gain traction, along comes Sun Microsystems to take the wind from its sails. I can't help but feel it's a mixed blessing..."

Linux.com: DHS Gears Up for Research Phase of Open Source Bug Hunt
(2006-12-11 17:30:48)
"It's been nearly a year since the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the 'vulnerability discovery and remediation open source hardening project...'"

KernelTrap: New Firewire Stack In Development
(2006-12-11 18:15:25)
"Kristian Høgsberg announced that he is working on a new firewire stack to replace the stack currently in the Linux kernel..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.19-mm1
(2006-12-11 19:00:00)
Incremental changelog, links within.

CIO Australia: The New Open Sourcing
(2006-12-11 19:00:31)
"Do-it-yourself integration and support for open source will cost you plenty. So will consultants. But a new, less expensive approach has emerged..."

DesktopLinux: Putting openSUSE 10.2 Through Its Paces
(2006-12-11 19:45:06)
"As a dyed-in-the-wool SUSE user since S.u.S.E Linux 4.2 first appeared in 1996, I decided to immediately give this version a try..."

LinuxPlanet: Heading Beyond Wall Street--HP's Linux-Enabled Blade Workstation
(2006-12-11 20:30:36)
"Hewlett-Packard is eyeing additional markets for a new Linux-enabled remote blade workstation solution, already in use at Lloyds TSB and several other big financial trading firms..."

Computer Business Review: Red Hat Dismisses Threat Posed by Oracle and Microsoft
(2006-12-11 21:15:39)
"Red Hat Inc's executive vice president of worldwide sales, Alex Pinchev, has dismissed the impact that Oracle Corp's entry into the Linux support business could have on Red Hat, insisting Oracle does not really know what it is doing..."

LWN: Debian Etch Frozen
(2006-12-11 21:15:47)
"We just edited the generic freeze file, so that all packages now need to be hand-approved in order to go to testing..."

internetnews.com: Sun Unveils Java SE 6
(2006-12-11 22:00:22)
"Java SE 6 is the first iteration of the platform built under the new open source regime at Sun..."

DesktopLinux: Ubuntu-Based Pioneer Linux Hits the Net
(2006-12-11 22:30:20)
"U.S.-based Technalign Inc. today announced the inaugural release of Pioneer Linux, a Ubuntu-based, desktop-oriented distribution for home and business users..."

CRN: Google Dips Toe In Eclipse Waters
(2006-12-11 23:00:05)
"Google has joined the Eclipse Foundation as an add-in provider member along with the likes of Cape Clear, CollabNet, MySQL, Novell, Progress Software and Oracle. There are more than 100 such partners..."

Penguin Pete's Blog: Linux and Newbies: Some Cold, Hard Reality
(2006-12-11 23:30:10)
"This forum example is one I'm using not to poke any fun at the people involved or say anybody is incompetent, but simply because it illustrates such a profound point..."

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