News Linux News for Jan 02, 2007:

Thought Outflux: Spiritual Considerations When Switching to Linux
(2007-01-02 01:00:00)
"It’s among the newest things that’s been going on. It’s finally cool to switch to linux. Linux has started shedding it’s image of being hard to use and without applications or the right support, people are switching over everyday, and they are happy, but a lot of people I knew, including myself had difficulty, and now that I’m completely towards the light side of the force, I’ll give a couple of suggestions, more spiritual rather than technical."

MySQL Performance Blog: Where to get recent MySQL version?
(2007-01-02 07:00:00)
"As you might noticed there are no recent MySQL Community versions available for download from MySQL Download Area This applies both to binaries (which is expected with new polices) but also to the source files which were promised to be available."

Stratus and the Swirl: Debian Desktop - call for tests
(2007-01-02 08:30:00)
"Debian Desktop is a Debian's subproject created to be a joint effort of all groups involved or related with the desktop to give our users a better environment to use and easier to install experience."

Slashgear: Linux on Zune creates many possibilities
(2007-01-02 10:00:00)
"“Yes, I’ve been working on it for quite awhile,” says Mys Videl, on ZuneBoards.com. “[It] has a lot of bugs to work out and a lot of features to work out.”

Osalt.com: Open source as alternative
(2007-01-02 11:30:00)
"Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software"

ZDNet Asia: Novell: We're a 'mixed-source' company
(2007-01-02 13:00:00)
" Novell sees itself a mixed-source company that provides Linux as a "base building block", together with identity and resource management products that manage a hotchpotch of proprietary and open source software within an IT infrastructure."

ZDNet: The Gag is Off: Samba's Allison Talks Turkey on Microsoft-Novell Deal
(2007-01-02 13:00:30)
"I don't want to give my efforts to a company that is willing to try and trick their way out of their license obligations on my software."

CNET News: Red Hat's Next Linux Due Before March
(2007-01-02 13:45:56)
"Red Hat plans to ship the next version of its premium Linux product on February 28, debuting major virtualization technology but missing an earlier deadline by about two months..."

Heise Online: A New Year, A New Knoppix
(2007-01-02 14:30:48)
"Better late than never: Klaus Knopper, the maker of Knoppix, has released version 5.1.0 of his Linux distribution that runs from CD or DVD..."

AP/Yahoo!: Low-Cost Laptop Could Transform Learning
(2007-01-02 15:00:39)
"Forget windows, folders and boxes that pop up with text. When students in Thailand, Libya and other developing countries get their $150 computers from the One Laptop Per Child project in 2007, their experience will be unlike anything on standard PCs..."

PC Pro: Linux to Push on Into Mission-Critical Computing
(2007-01-02 15:30:29)
"Having acquitted itself well at the network perimeter, enterprises are now ready to let Linux in on its crown jewels: mission-critical computing, claims report..."

DesktopLinux: Tux Magazine Folds
(2007-01-02 16:00:03)
"Tux magazine, billed as 'The first and only magazine for the new Linux user,' has published its last issue..."

Schaller: GNOME Plans for the Future
(2007-01-02 16:45:56)
"Noticed some tiny disturbance in the force before Christmas as Thom Holwerda of osnews posted an article about what he felt was the sorry state of free desktops..."

vnunet: Red Hat Buoyant as Shares Soar
(2007-01-02 17:30:14)
"Shares in Red Hat rose by 25 per cent after the company released details of its third-quarter results..."

MMORPG News: Gameforge Addresses Ryzom Community for the First Time
(2007-01-02 18:15:01)
"Anyway, one week had passed since the take over and Gameforge finally made its first public statement regarding the matter..."

PR: SimplyMEPIS 64 Beta Released
(2007-01-02 19:00:42)
"On December 29, MEPIS LLC released Beta1 of SimplyMEPIS-64 Version 6.0-4..." Press release within.

CNET News: OpenVZ Ported to Sun Niagara Servers
(2007-01-02 19:45:15)
"OpenVZ, virtualization software that carves a single version of Linux into separate containers for different tasks, now is available for computers using Sun Microsystems' UltraSparc T1 processor..."

O'Reilly Radar: To Binary or Not to Binary, That is the Question
(2007-01-02 20:30:48)
"The Ubuntu developers are in the process of deciding whether to enable binary-only drivers by default in their installation process, under certain limited circumstances..."

Seopher: Another Lost Year for Linux? I Think Not
(2007-01-02 21:15:05)
"I found myself reading an article on Mainframe.gr explaining how 2006 was another lost year for Linux and I couldn't help myself but write this response in disagreement..."

J_K9@Linux: Linux That Looks Like Windows: Bad!
(2007-01-02 22:00:09)
:I think these projects are great because the developers are enjoying their work and I'm sure that some people use their products, but I don't believe that this is the right way to attract Windows users to desktop Linux..."

PC Magazine: Why Not to Buy Vista--4 "Reasons" to Dump Linux
(2007-01-02 22:45:40)
Humor: "Okay, so I love Linux, but maybe when you think about switching from XP, you should consider Vista. Here are my top four reasons you should move to Vista instead of Linux..."

The Inquirer: Linux is Not an Option
(2007-01-02 23:30:24)
"But is Mr D a typical user? The sort that make up 90 percent of the PC using public? The answer, of course, is a resounding 'no...'"

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