News Linux News for Feb 01, 2007:

Kolyshkin: Linux and Windows in Russian Schools
(2007-02-01 00:15:49)
"There are a series of articles in the Russian IT media covering the case against a principal of a public school in a small village somewhere in the middle of Russia..." [Link repaired. -ed.]

Free Software Magazine: Why Johnny Can Code
(2007-02-01 01:00:55)
"I recently re-read David Brin’s essay, 'Why Johnny Can’t Code.' He posits an interesting idea, one I’ve had for a while--we are raising a generation of techno-illiterates..."

Sweet! Computing: It's 2007 and Linux Has Arrived!
(2007-02-01 02:30:38)
"'Linux has arrived'... that may sound funny to those who have been using Gnu/Linux for a number of years..."

The Inquirer: Getting to the Root of Open Source
(2007-02-01 04:00:14)
"Part of the early received wisdom about open-source was that it couldn't last: why would people donate their time and expertise to creating something for no return...?"

Developer.com: Skip the CRUD: Building a Simple Database Backed Web Application Using Ruby on Rails
(2007-02-01 05:30:37)
"Ruby is the programming language on the tip of everyone's tongue these days. The power and ease of software development with Ruby has helped make an upstart web framework called Ruby on Rails the hottest web framework around..."

Free Software Magazine: Digital Image Resizing with the GIMP
(2007-02-01 07:00:28)
"In this article I will explain how to resize images. This is a way for me to celebrate 10 years since I started studying digital image processing...!"

Frequently Asked Questions: Move, Migrate User Accounts from Old Linux Server to a New Linux Server
(2007-02-01 08:30:08)
"You can migrate users from old Linux server to new Linux sever with standard commands such as tar, awk, scp and others..."

SearchOpenSource: RHEL4 Administration Tools: ipconfig, arp, tcpdump and iptraf
(2007-02-01 09:15:45)
"When deploying new Linux servers, moving existing servers or using Linux for routers and firewalls, there are often issues with network integration with existing infrastructure..."

Linux.com: OOo Basic Crash Course: Working with Documents on an FTP Server
(2007-02-01 10:00:31)
"Wouldn't it be nice if you could access your Writer documents from any computer connected to the Internet and work with them as if they were on your local machine...?"

Enterprise VoIP Planet: Looking Under the Hood--Part I: Evaluating VoIP Switching Vendors
(2007-02-01 10:45:43)
"Have you ever embarked on what you thought was a fairly well-defined project, only to see it expand far beyond its original scope...?"

NewsForge: Faster, Safer Internet with OpenDNS
(2007-02-01 11:30:09)
"The domain name system (DNS) maps human-understandable Web site addresses into numeric IP addresses..."

Youtux: EastLinux: Review and Screenshots
(2007-02-01 12:15:07)
"On January 10, 2007, I wrote about ‘EastLinux: Yet Another Linux Distro’. In response to that post, the distro developers gave me a more detailed description and provided with East Linux screenshots..."

Tectonic: Shuttleworth Shuts LPI Shop, Meraka Steps In
(2007-02-01 13:00:00)
"The CSIR's Meraka Institute is expected to become the new South African Linux Professional Institute (LPI) affiliate now that the Shuttleworth Foundation has ended its relationship with the LPI..."

LKML: Linux 2.6.20-rc7
(2007-02-01 13:30:50)
"Yes, I know I said I would only do -rc6 and then the final 2.6.20, but the thing is, the known regressions list didn't get whittled down as quickly as I hoped, and as a result we now have a -rc7..."

GNOME.org: GNOME 2.16.3 Released
(2007-02-01 14:00:12)
"This is the final release in a series of point releases for the 2.16 branch..."

internetnews.com: Red Hat Expands Its Channel
(2007-02-01 14:30:29)
"Red Hat intends to grow open service practices in the IT marketplace with the launch of its new Red Hat Certified Service Provider Program..."

ConsortiumInfo: How Many Contradictions Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?
(2007-02-01 15:00:56)
"Microsoft has won the first point in this match... as national bodies around the world wrestle with this question. But first, some context on what's going on, and why it matters..."

SearchOpenSource: Samba Team Showcases Changes to Version 4.0
(2007-02-01 15:30:47)
"The Samba Team released a technology preview of Samba 4.0 (TP4) this week that showcases a number of changes including clustering support and Web management..."

Linux Lookup: Novell Launches New Training to Ease Red Hat-to-SUSE Linux Migration
(2007-02-01 16:00:17)
"Novell has developed a new training course to help systems administrators migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell..."

VoIPNews: The Huntsville Shuffle: Shakeups at Digium and ADTRAN
(2007-02-01 16:30:05)
"Digium looks to be gearing up for run at enterprise VoIP and PBX systems..."

CIO Today: Nokia's New N800 Internet Tablet
(2007-02-01 17:00:16)
"The new N800 rectifies many of these problems, using a faster processor and more internal memory. It can also take several different external memory cards, including MultiMediaCard and SD cards..."

LXer: The Open Source Hook: Porting KDE to Mac and Windows
(2007-02-01 17:30:43)
"With KDE porting their applications to Mac and Windows the potential number of people using free software is unlimited. Imagine millions of people using Open Source Software for the first time... and getting hooked on it..."

LinuxPlanet: Other Markets Might 'Terrify' Microsoft, But Not The Legal Space
(2007-02-01 18:00:19)
"Although Linux might be making big inroads in some vertical markets, Microsoft Windows keeps enjoying virtually complete domination of the legal software space, with the small exception of some embedded appliances..."

ZDNet UK: Microsoft's Bold March Towards Open Source
(2007-02-01 18:30:26)
"Microsoft is labouring under a delusion. While the rest of the world thinks of it as a software company, it prefers to consider itself a government department..."

The Open Source Advocate: Mabolosoft Sells Seedless Fruit
(2007-02-01 19:00:43)
"Allow me to use some metaphors to explain how open source software is different than commercial software..."

ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Oracle, Enterprise Linux Pioneer?
(2007-02-01 19:30:37)
"And while such an attempt tends to rub my sense of fair play the wrong way, the truth is that Oracle may be starting a trend that will ultimately be good for the enterprise... even if the company is doing it for purely selfish reasons..."

ZDNet: Is Windows Vista the Open Source Frontier?
(2007-02-01 20:00:04)
"Todd Osagawara of O'Reilly's Port 25 offers an intriguing possibility this morning. Is Windows Vista the frontier for open source...?"

Once More Unto the Breach: Unshakeable MySQL
(2007-02-01 20:30:05)
"As bad an idea as 'Unbreakable Linux' might be, it is at least a product complement to Oracle's own product..."

DesktopLinux: A Vista vs. Linux Matchup - Part 3: Hardware Wars
(2007-02-01 21:15:27)
"Now, came the interesting part: seeing how each operating system would work, or not, with the hardware on my HP Pavilion Media Center TV m7360n PC..."

Network Performance Daily: Ten Years of Pushing Linux Adoption in the Workplace (And Why I Gave Up)
(2007-02-01 22:00:14)
"For the next ten years, I would go off and on back to this thought: I wanted to support the Open Source community, and to use Linux, but every time, the reality was that Linux just was not ready..."

Hoosier Penguin: Cloak and Dagger
(2007-02-01 22:45:04)
"SWsoft is a software company that is dedicated to creating virtualization software, as well as virtualization management tools for a variety of markets. That's the five-second PR marketing firm synopsis..."

DMiessler.com: My Letter To A Linux Desktop User
(2007-02-01 23:30:00)
"I know you don’t believe me, as we’ve had this conversation before. But there will come a time in your life when you will grow tired of fixing your tools..."

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