News Linux News for Mar 06, 2007:

The GNOME Journal: A New Breed of Free Desktop Companies
(2007-03-06 00:15:46)
"In the past two years, GNOME and the GTK+ projects have inspired many enterprising hackers to start companies and risk investing capital into a market that surprisingly has shown to be robust..."

Free Software Magazine: When is a Standard Not a Standard?
(2007-03-06 01:00:14)
"He said they had 'standardized' on Microsoft Office formats and did not see a problem with that, nor did he see my objections..."

Australian IT: Cutting Ice with the Suits
(2007-03-06 01:45:38)
"The flames of religious fervour may have dimmed a little, but the battle for customer souls fought by open source and proprietary software vendors shows no sign of abating during 2007..."

Linux DevCenter: Where Open Source Developers Shine
(2007-03-06 02:30:27)
"The response from the developers of Vector Linux was almost immediate, both in the Vector Linux forum and in the comments under my reviews, and was incredibly positive..."

NewsForge: What Do You Get with a Million Penguins?
(2007-03-06 04:00:21)
"If a million monkeys typing might eventually produce the collected works of Shakespeare, wouldn't a million penguins do just as well...?"

Advisories, March 5, 2007
(2007-03-06 04:45:22)
Today's security advisories: gnomemeeting (Debian GNU/Linux), thunderbird (Fedora Core), and AMD64 x86 emulation Qt library (Gentoo Linux).

HowtoForge: vtiger CRM 5.02 on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server (Dapper Drake)
(2007-03-06 05:30:18)
"This is a detailed description about how to set up a vtiger CRM 5.02 on an Ubuntu 6.06 LTS based server..."

Linux Journal: The Citadel Groupware Server
(2007-03-06 07:00:10)
"The time has come to consider moving that expensive, high-maintenance Windows system to a sleeker, more robust Linux system..."

Phoronix: Fedora 7 KVM Virtualization How-To
(2007-03-06 07:45:20)
"By many the Linux world is regarded as being a scary or challenging place with tons of poorly engineered terminal commands and all sorts of difficulties to install and use a Linux distribution..."

linux howtos: Virtualbox Virtualisation
(2007-03-06 08:30:35)
"It will tell you about some VM options for linux, and will run you through how to set up a VM and load an OS in one of the better VM's..."

HowtoForge: The Perfect Desktop--Part 3: Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
(2007-03-06 09:15:10)
"This tutorial is the third in a series of articles where I will show people who are willing to switch to Linux how they can set up a Linux desktop..."

All About Linux: 7 Habits for Effective Text Editing 2.0
(2007-03-06 10:00:56)
"Being a Vi enthusiast, I am always on the look out for articles related to Vi, or rather Vi's modern avatar Vim--the versatile text editor created by Bram Moolenaar..."

Linux Journal: Single Packet Authorization
(2007-03-06 10:45:15)
"Single Packet Authorization fills the gaps in port knocking..."

Linux.com: Syncing Magic with GCALDaemon
(2007-03-06 11:30:09)
"Need to sync data between Google Calendar and your desktop calendaring application? GCALDaemon, a nifty Java-based utility, provides two-way synchronization between Gcal and virtually any iCalendar-compatible application..."

Free Software Magazine: Configuring a Linux Home Internet Gateway
(2007-03-06 12:15:45)
"My family is hooked on Windows. I've thought about trying to coerce them into switching to GNU/Linux, but the very thought of what I'd have to put up with for the next year just makes my head ache..."

Larabel: EPEL Repository Open For Business
(2007-03-06 13:00:47)
"For those running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (well, once it's out), the EPEL repository has opened this past Friday..."

CNET UK: Microsoft Patch Stops Linux on Xbox 360
(2007-03-06 13:45:18)
"Microsoft has quietly released a fix for a security vulnerability that could let Xbox 360 owners run their own applications or operating systems on the console..."

InformationWeek: DOT Bans Vista Upgrades
(2007-03-06 14:30:25)
"DOT CTO Tim Schmidt said last week that the ban remains in effect and that the department is exploring other options, including Novell's SUSE Linux..."

internetnews.com: Novell: Word, Meet Open Source
(2007-03-06 15:15:11)
"Novell has come through on its first deliverable stemming from its controversial deal with Microsoft last year..."

EFYtimes: Red Hat: The Mexican
(2007-03-06 16:00:10)
"Red Hat Mexico is hiring Mexican executives with wide experience in the country who will offer Red Hat solutions to businesses in the Mexican market..."

BetaNews: Microsoft: Office Format War Over
(2007-03-06 16:45:12)
"Microsoft Office program manager Brian Jones, whose work has centered around the Open XML document format, now says the so-called format war with OpenDocument is officially over. The winner, he says, is both..."

Computer Business Review: Red Hat Readies RHEL 5 for March 14 Launch
(2007-03-06 17:30:13)
"The wait is almost over. It may have taken two weeks longer than Red Hat Inc would have liked..."

Linux-Watch: Switching Your Linux Systems to the New DST
(2007-03-06 18:15:22)
"I've never had to worry about my PCs getting it wrong before, though. Now, with the recent changes in the Daylight Savings Time (DST) rules, I do..."

TriedIT: Review: Fedora 7 Test 2
(2007-03-06 19:00:56)
"On March 1, Red Hat released Fedora 7 Test 2. Here's my quick look at the live CD version of this distro..."

Really Linux: Choosing the Right Linux Distribution
(2007-03-06 19:45:35)
"Ever since the first Linux distributions appeared, people have been having a hard time trying to choose the 'right one' to use..."

Linux.com: Watch Your Work Habits with Rachota 2.1
(2007-03-06 20:30:28)
"I've been looking for a good utility to track my work at the computer--what projects I've been working on and for exactly how long..."

Larabel: Ubuntu's Migration Assistant [Review]
(2007-03-06 22:00:39)
"This migration-assistant will be found in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn and makes it easier to move your documents and settings over to Ubuntu from other operating systems..."

Blogcritics: Linux Truths, Half-Truths, and Myths
(2007-03-06 23:30:22)
"When people find out I run Linux on my computer instead of Windows or even Mac OS X they sometimes have funny ideas about what it must be like..."

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