News Linux News for Jan 11, 2007:

eChannelLine: Novell a Johnny Come Lately?
(2007-01-11 01:00:28)
"Novell is piggybacking on its recently announced Linux based partnership with Microsoft to promote its new Zenworks interoperable solution for the management of virtual machines in the corporate environment..."

Linux Journal: The Silent Victory of Linux-as-Geology at CES 2007
(2007-01-11 02:30:43)
"Three years ago, out of more than 2300 CES exhibitors, the word 'Linux' appeared in text associated with just 11 of them, in the show's online guide..."

Free Software Magazine: Can FOSS Save Your Privacy?
(2007-01-11 04:00:57)
"When the government becomes the biggest threat to your privacy, you better take advantage of the legion of privacy advocates creating FOSS to help you retain what little bit of privacy you can still have..."

Advisories, January 10, 2006
(2007-01-11 04:45:08)
Today's security advisories: xorg-x11-server (Fedora Core); XFree86 and xorg-x11 (Red Hat Linux); and krb5 and w3m (SUSE Linux).

SearchOpenSource: Running Windows As a VM on Linux with VMware Server
(2007-01-11 05:30:25)
"Want to give your IT security or administrator staff access to Windows applications right in their preferred Linux desktop environment...?"

QJ.net: Gentoo Linux on Your PS3--With Full Install Instructions
(2007-01-11 07:00:36)
"I'm sure all of you have been having fun with Linux on your PS3. A few of you might be happy with Fedora Core 5/6, the others have probably moved on to Yellow Dog Linux..."

Linux.com: Scribes Editor Focuses on the Text
(2007-01-11 08:30:22)
"Scribes is a text editor for GNOME that focuses on usability. After 30 minutes of usage, you will either love it or hate it..."

Developer.com: A Brief Introduction to OpenOffice.org Writer Files
(2007-01-11 10:00:56)
"In this article, I will discuss some of the basic concepts relating to the ODT file itself..."

Linux-Watch: NuFW: Single Sign-on Meets Firewall
(2007-01-11 11:30:15)
"French open-source company INL has recently released the latest version of its next-generation firewall, NuFW 2.1.1..."

Linux.com: Virtualization Begins to Materialize in the Linux Kernel
(2007-01-11 13:00:58)
"Virtualization, the ability to run multiple 'virtual' systems on a single host, is nearly as old as solid state computing..."

SearchOpenSource.com: Linux consultant sings virtual appliances’ praises
(2007-01-11 13:45:00)
"The time it takes to download and install each of these is considerably less than it takes to install and configure just the base OS that I generally use, Debian."

SearchOpenSource.com: Sun Microsystems, the begrudging Linux vendor
(2007-01-11 14:30:00)
"The Sun Microsystems marketing machine has been hard at work promoting its Solaris 10 operating system as of late, with special events for the press and analyst community. But market data suggests that it's Linux -- not Solaris -- that Sun customers want."

Phoronix: ATI 8.33.6 Display Drivers
(2007-01-11 15:15:00)
"Distribution package maintainers have independently included patches for the 2.6.19 kernel, but finally with the 8.33.6 display drivers had AMD developers patched the mainstream code. The fglrx 8.33.6 display driver should now work out-of-the-box with the Linux 2.6.19 kernel."

LKN: Linux Kernel in a Nutshell For Free
(2007-01-11 16:00:00)
"Secret Goal (i.e. why I wrote this book and am giving it away for free online)..."

Element14: A switch from Kubuntu to OpenSuse 10.2
(2007-01-11 16:45:00)
"I don’t know what made me do it. Maybe I’m not as big of a blinded fanboy as i think of myself at times."

gnome-announce-list: GNOME 2.17.5 Released!
(2007-01-11 17:30:00)
"In France, we have a wise saying: "Dans le cochon, tout est bon.""

LinuxInsider: Uphill Road for Linux Cell Phones
(2007-01-11 18:30:00)
"With domestic developers pushing the technology and Asian markets fully embracing the concept, Linux-based cell phones may be on the horizon for the U.S. However, software standardization as well as a viable profit model will have to come first."

ClusterMonkey: Cluster Interconnects: Real Application Performance and Beyond
(2007-01-11 19:15:00)
"Forget the benchmarks, look at real performance...Real-world application performance depends on the performance of the various cluster’s key elements – the processor, the memory, and the interconnect. The interconnect controls the data transfer between servers, and has a high influence on the CPU efficiency and memory utilization."

Osugi Sakae: KDE's Konqueror vs MS's Explorer
(2007-01-11 20:00:00)
"In late December of 2005, my work computer was replaced with a new one but it was not the joyous event it sounds like. My previous computer ran KDE on Linux. The new one had WindowsXP and installing Linux was not an option. So I have been using WinXP for over a year now. In my first article I compared KDE and WinXP and discussed some of the frustrations involved in making the switch. In this article, I go into copious detail about file managers."

BC Magazine: Making DVDs in Linux
(2007-01-11 21:00:00)
"I'm going to tell you how to download a movie, convert it into a format that your DVD player can read, and then author it."

TVEase: MythTV vs Windows
(2007-01-11 22:00:00)
"Below is a side by side comparison of similar screen shots from MythTV and Windows Media Center. I choose the MythTV skin that most closely resembles Windows Media Center, though I personally like the Project Grayhem skin the best."

Howtoforge: How To Set Up Linux As A Dial-In Server
(2007-01-11 23:00:00)
"This document describes how to attach modems to a Linux box and allow it to receive calls to connect users to the network. Its like being your own ISP (Internet Service Provider)."

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