News Linux News for Jan 10, 2007:

TechRepublic: Linux Applications I Can't Live Without
(2007-01-10 00:15:35)
"Okay so I've read it countless times 'I can't switch to Linux because I can't live without application X.' Well I've had enough. It's time to fight back...!"

Free Software Magazine: RMS Transcript on Free Software and the Future of Freedom
(2007-01-10 01:00:06)
"Twenty years ago, someone made a transcript of a free software talk he gave in Stocholm. There are quite a lot of similarities between the 2006 version and 1986 version..."

Motho ke motho ka botho: Remember This? [Xubuntu]
(2007-01-10 02:30:26)
"If you’ve been around Ubuntu for a year or so, you might recognize that as the default desktop for Breezy Badger Xubuntu version 5.10, released in November of 2005..."

Free Software Magazine: Not Everyone is a Geek. So Why Do We Act Like They Are?
(2007-01-10 04:00:59)
"Not everyone is a Michael Schumacher, but a lot of people have cars. Not everyone is a Robert Capa, but many of us have cameras..."

Advisories, January 9, 2007
(2007-01-10 04:45:38)
Today's security advisories: xterm and krb5 (Fedora Core); avahi, geoip, and xorg-x11 (Mandriva Linux); flash-plugin (Red Hat Linux); fetchmail, bzip2, xorg-x11, xorg-x11-fonts, xorg-x11-tools, and xorg-x11-xfs (rPath Linux); Sun Java (SUSE Linux); and xorg, xorg-server, and linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 (Ubuntu).

HowtoForge: How To Resize ext3 Partitions Without Losing Data
(2007-01-10 05:30:33)
"This article is about resizing ext3 partitions without losing data. It shows how to shrink and enlarge existing ext3 partitions and how to merge two ext3 partitions..."

Linux.com: Installing Linux-VServer
(2007-01-10 07:00:15)
"Linux-VServer offers a simple way to run several virtual servers on one piece of physical hardware..."

BlogCritics: Playing Music in Linux
(2007-01-10 08:30:25)
"There are a lot of music players available for Linux. If most of them were junk it would be easy to choose one to use regularly, but that's not the case..."

dot.KDE: The Road to KDE 4: New KOffice Technologies
(2007-01-10 10:00:27)
"In this week's edition of the Road to KDE 4, we'll take a look at the up and coming KWord 2.0 as part of the KOffice project..."

dēcīdere: Cutting-Off Windows--7 Months Later
(2007-01-10 11:30:40)
"This is actually an update to my previous blog post aimed at providing guidance to those who may be contemplating the thought of shutting down their Windows PC's and booting up to a new, free, safer, and faster, operating system--Linux..."

LinuxDevices: Linux Robot Promises to "See You Soon"
(2007-01-10 12:15:51)
"A French start-up aiming to create affordable, programmable, autonomous humanoid robots has published several videos of a prototype..."

Novell Says SCO Bankruptcy "Imminent"; SCO Calls "FUD"
(2007-01-10 13:00:30)
Recent legal filings from Novell (outlined in Groklaw) characterizes a SCO bankruptcy as a sure thing. internetnews.com has the response from SCO. Both articles within.

The Register: Dell's Secret Linux Fling
(2007-01-10 13:45:33)
"Dell's love affair with Linux is a clandestine affair these days, conducted in secret, away from disapproving eyes. But now the pair have been spotted in China..."

internetnews.com: Mozilla Takes Aim at Opera Security
(2007-01-10 14:30:06)
"Opera Software may well be putting its browser users at risk by not properly disclosing security vulnerabilities to vulnerable users..."

ZDNet Australia: Conference Encourages Linux in the Bathroom
(2007-01-10 15:15:38)
"Australia's biggest Linux conference will kick off next week and the organiser has promised that attendees will get a lesson in how to control and monitor everyday objects--including a toilet flush--using the open source operating system..."

KnoLinux: Elive rl2--Call It What You Want Elive Makes Enlightenment Work
(2007-01-10 16:00:26)
"So once I published the Dream, of course I get a couple of emails letting me know that Elive also had a great new release out and where was my updated review...?"

Australian IT: Linux on BOM's Radar
(2007-01-10 16:45:42)
"The Bureau of Meteorology is beefing up its research and development capabilities with a Linux cluster that will support the weather agency's meteorological, oceanographic and space divisions..."

KernelTrap: Upcoming 2.6.20 Kernel, Tracking Regressions
(2007-01-10 17:30:49)
"Adrian Bunk posted a list of known regressions in the latest 2.6.20-rc4 Linux kernel compared to the previous 2.6.19 stable release..."

CNET News: Two New Compute Cluster Options Emerge
(2007-01-10 18:15:00)
"Linux Networx and Penguin Computing, two specialists selling compute clusters that link numerous Linux-based servers into a single number-crunching system, announced new products this week..."

Notes From a Senior Editor: CES Last-Day Roundup
(2007-01-10 19:00:35)
CES Day Four: The 2007 CES draws to a close, and James Turner brings us his final report from the floor. With tons o' pictures.

Open Addict: The Coming Linux Storm
(2007-01-10 19:45:52)
"The Linux community is heading for a clash between three disparate groups with very different goals and agendas. We've already seen some light skirmishes between them already..."

The GNOME Commentary: That Post About the Pledge I've Been Meaning To Do
(2007-01-10 20:30:51)
"Some amongst my readers might know of the pledge drive for the makers of an open source driver implementation for nvidia cards on pledgebank..."

The Inquirer: Why Microsoft Will Offer an Open Source OS
(2007-01-10 21:15:47)
"Firstly, why on Earth shouldn't Microsoft adopt the Open Source model and produce a Windows compatible OS of its own and give it away for free, charging only for support...?"

InfoWorld: Accounting Vendors Block Linux Server Use
(2007-01-10 22:00:49)
"We all know Microsoft views Linux as a serious threat and will do just about anything to discourage its use. But why would application vendors who actually face competition from Microsoft help it out in this regard...?"

BBC: $100 Laptop Could Sell to Public
(2007-01-10 22:45:04)
"The backers of the One Laptop Per Child project are looking at the possibility of selling the machine to the public..."

BeginLinux: I Want to Give Away Some Money
(2007-01-10 23:30:02)
"I have been involved with Linux for over 10 years now. I have enjoyed the fruits of a lot of the hard work that has been done by programmers, administrators, regular people, etc..."

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