News Linux News for Feb 06, 2007:

Nearthwort Obtain: Nearthwort Podcast #11: Richard Stallman, Founder of the Free Software Movement
(2007-02-06 00:15:33)
"This show features an interview with Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement and the man who put the GNU into GNU/Linux..."

Free Software Magazine: Using Free Software to Build Professional and Life Skills
(2007-02-06 01:00:20)
"There are many obvious and fundamental ways in which using free software is good for you, such as choice, cost, and rights..."

Open and Shut: Open Radio
(2007-02-06 02:30:57)
"As disenchantment with today's increasingly outdated economic and political system grows, so more and more people are turning to a proliferating number of free and open movements--in pursuit of alternative ways of doing things..."

PolishLinux: Xgl/Compiz in Mandriva 2007 Free
(2007-02-06 04:00:49)
"Xgl is a hardware accelerated X-server created by Novell. Thanks to the abilities of modern graphics cards, it uses three-dimensional rendering, which opens up a whole new bunch of possibilities for modern computer desktops..."

Advisories, February 5, 2007
(2007-02-06 04:45:13)
Today's security advisories: samba (Debian GNU/Linux); postgresql (Fedora Core); samba (Mandriva Linux); and bind, ed, and elinks (Trustix Secure Linux).

HowtoForge: Virtual Users With Postfix, PostfixAdmin, Courier, Mailscanner, ClamAV On CentOS
(2007-02-06 05:30:19)
"In this how to I will explain how to setup a Postfix virtual mailserver with Courier-IMAP, Maildrop and Postfix Admin GUI..."

Developer.com: What Groovy Can Do For You
(2007-02-06 07:00:11)
"Depending on your background and experience, you are probably interested in different features of Groovy..."

SearchOpenSource: Nagios Looking Glass: Getting Started
(2007-02-06 08:30:35)
"With the Nagios Looking Glass (NLG) tool, developer Andy Shellam has tried to resolve a common problem for network administrators running Nagios..."

Linux.com: CLI Magic: Bring in Podcasts with BashPodder
(2007-02-06 10:00:28)
But the truth is that you don't need all that fancy stuff to harvest podcasts with Linux. BashPodder is a quick CLI-based GPLed podcatching client..."

Free Software Magazine: Command Line Media Editing
(2007-02-06 11:30:43)
"This last week I've been trying my hand at a bit of DVD authoring and I thought I'd pass on everything that I've found out...!"

NewsForge: Open Source is the Ticket for In Ticketing
(2007-02-06 13:00:24)
"Ticket broker In Ticketing is going head to head with Ticketmaster. It's able to offer lower fees for the same services because of open source software..."

SearchOpenSource: Latest Linux Kernel Release Pushes KVM into the Limelight
(2007-02-06 13:45:50)
"Linux kernel version 2.6.20, released on Sunday, offers access to a new framework meant to provide a user-friendly, high performance platform for Linux virtualization in the future..."

vnunet: BBC Slammed for Microsoft Lock-In
(2007-02-06 14:30:28)
"The Open Source Consortium (OSC) has slammed the BBC over plans to lock online TV viewers into Microsoft products..."

InfoWorld: Analyst: March Update Should Help Red Hat
(2007-02-06 15:15:21)
"Company will release Enterprise Linux 5 in March as it continues to fend off competition from Oracle and Microsoft/Novell..."

Network World: Unix Vendors Get Creative in Face of Windows, Linux Competition
(2007-02-06 16:00:35)
"A little less than a year ago, Internet Brands, which operates Web sites for big ticket purchases such as cars, homes and mortgages, was looking to rid itself of the big ticket hardware in its data center..."

BusinessWire: Swedish Armed Forces Chooses Red Hat and Open Source
(2007-02-06 16:45:48)
"Red Hat... today announced that the Swedish Armed Forces has made the decision to migrate its servers from Windows NT to Red Hat Enterprise Linux...."

LinuxInsider: Does the $100 Laptop Have a Future in the US?
(2007-02-06 17:30:22)
"Meanwhile, in the United States, PC makers, private foundations, government agencies and others strive to provide suitable technology to all students who need it..."

DesktopLinux: Fifth Southern California Linux Expo Opens Friday
(2007-02-06 18:15:25)
"SCALE 5X, the 2007 Southern California Linux Expo, opens its doors at the Westin Los Angeles Airport hotel Feb. 9 and will continue through Sunday, Feb. 11..."

Computerworld: Car Rental Agency Modernizes Servers, Linux Software
(2007-02-06 19:00:55)
"Thrifty's IT manager Michael Morton said the transformation initiative began about eight months ago when its Red Hat Linux and SCO Unix systems were becoming outdated..."

Lunapark6: Preview of Beryl 0.2.0
(2007-02-06 19:45:29)
"Beryl is simply creating some of the most exciting and innovative work on any computing platform..."

eWeek: Foresight Is a Linux Distro to Watch
(2007-02-06 20:30:29)
"But one relatively young Linux distribution worth keeping an eye on is Foresight Linux, a desktop-oriented distribution that hit its 1.0 release milestone at the end of January..."

ZDNet: One Man Can End the Microsoft-Linux Feud
(2007-02-06 21:15:09)
"I don't think it's a coincidence, or a mere marketing choice, that caused Gates to pop up as the public face of the Windows Vista launch last week, after publicly retiring six months earlier..."

There Is No Open Source Community: It's Official: Open Source is Boring
(2007-02-06 22:00:08)
"As I pore through reams and reams of good news concerning open source companies, one thought occurred to me: I didn't really care..."

Libervis: Understanding the Free Software Foundation
(2007-02-06 22:45:47)
"Free Software Foundation, or FSF for short, is one of the most controversial information technology related organizations. Some people hate it and some people love it..."

Free Software Magazine: Gentlemen, Start your Engines!
(2007-02-06 23:30:44)
"If it happens that you are a fan of both car racing and free software, you may well be interested in TORCS (The Open Racing Cars Simulator)..."

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