News Linux News for Jan 08, 2007:

KernelTrap: Introducing The Data Corruption Bug
(2007-01-08 01:00:21)
"It has since been determined that the bug was introduced much more recently..."

Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.20-rc4
(2007-01-08 03:30:37)
"There's absolutely nothing interesting here, unless you want to play with KVM, or happened to be bitten by the bug with really old versions of the linker that made parts of entry.S just go away..."

Advisories, January 7, 2006
(2007-01-08 04:45:34)
This weekend's security advisories: proftpd (Debian GNU/Linux); avahi (Fedora Core); firefox-themes-ubuntu, mozilla-thunderbird, dbus, and avahi (Ubuntu).

HowtoForge: How To Use NTFS Drives/Partitions Under Ubuntu Edgy Eft
(2007-01-08 07:00:09)
"Normally Linux systems can only read from Windows NTFS partitions, but not write to them which can be very annoying if you have to work with Linux and Windows systems..."

Linux.com: Consolidate Your Radio Streams with Streamtuner
(2007-01-08 08:30:43)
"Streamtuner is a point-and-click GUI browser for the thousands of Internet radio streams available today..."

KernelTrap: Improving The Promise SX4 Driver
(2007-01-08 10:00:23)
"Jeff Garzik noted that the hardware documentation for the Promise SX4 chipset is being opened up and therefore the sata_sx4 driver is a good candidate for improvements..."

Linux.com: KXDocker: More Than a Task Manager
(2007-01-08 11:30:33)
"Stefano Zingarini has borrowed this concept for KXDocker, a KDE variation of OS X's Dock (which is also usable with GNOME and other desktop environments)..."

Penguin Pete: 7 Reasons Why Slackware is My Favorite Distro
(2007-01-08 13:00:09)
"Now, it's true that the package management interfaces on other systems are nice. But let me install about my twenty-fifth package and do my second upgrade, and the whole system is hosed up..."

Linux-Watch: Nokia's Linux-Powered N800 Internet Tablet Sneaks Out Early
(2007-01-08 13:45:18)
"Officially, Nokia Inc. is still mum about its new Linux-based N800 Internet Tablet, the successor to its N770 Internet Tablet, but it's already on sale in some U.S. stores..."

Notes From a Senior Editor: It's Not a CES without Linux... and Elvis
(2007-01-08 14:30:55)
CES Day One: Linux Today editor James Turner hits the road to bring you the latest sightings of Linux at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show.

ZDNet UK: EU Withdraws Claim That Linux Support is Illegal
(2007-01-08 15:15:54)
"The European Union has blamed a translation mistake for its claim that it cannot legally support Linux..."

Line56: Oracle Rumored to Covet Ingres
(2007-01-08 16:00:09)
"Acquiring open source database would take away some business from IBM, says analyst; or IBM could beat Oracle to the punch..."

Fortune/CNNMoney: Second Life to Go Open Source
(2007-01-08 16:45:16)
"The company will immediately release open source versions of its client software for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux..."

Groklaw: Caldera Hardening Linux for the Enterprise...
(2007-01-08 17:30:34)
"That places it, in SCO's timeline in its Memorandum in Opposition to IBM's Motion for Summary Judgment on SCO's Interference Claims, as post-IBM's early contributions to Linux in 2000..."

Linux.com: How to Get a Windows Tax Refund
(2007-01-08 18:15:55)
"If you buy a computer, you often pay for Microsoft Windows even if you didn't ask for it and aren't going to use it..."

The Inquirer: First Open Graphics Board Appears
(2007-01-08 19:00:15)
"Joseph Black and his team of graphics enthusiasts have been working for quite some time on a pretty encouraging project--an open-spec graphics card..."

MIT Technology Review: The Open-Source Solution
(2007-01-08 19:45:16)
"...If most commercial software isn't any good, why not use a more communal approach...?"

Blog of Helios: Making Linux Happen--It All Comes Down to This
(2007-01-08 20:30:45)
"And what does the survival and growth of Linux come down to...?"

Yet Another Linux Blog: Guilty by Association
(2007-01-08 21:15:08)
"I'm not so much concerned with people attacking SJVN so much as I am with the editor's (it's an editor's note) second item that he's bugged by..."

LinuxInsider: Microsoft, Novell and Unintended Consequences
(2007-01-08 22:00:58)
"Well, thanks to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's recent transparency on his beliefs about Linux and Windows, we have a similar unintended educational consequence in the works..."

Notes From a Senior Editor: Journalists Trampled In Mad Gates Frenzy, Public Generally Pleased
(2007-01-08 22:45:04)
CES Day Two: James Turner's continuing journey to CES leads him to travel to see the Gates of Redmond himself for a glimpse at the Opposition.

APC Magazine: 2007: Year of the Penguin?
(2007-01-08 23:30:29)
"Every year we hear predictions that this year, Linux will make it big..."

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