News Linux News for Mar 08, 2007:

Linux DevCenter: Open Letter to Mark Shuttleworth
(2007-03-08 00:15:32)
"Dear Mr. Shuttleworth, Get into the hardware business..."

DesktopLinux: Waiting for Dell
(2007-03-08 01:00:35)
"I sometimes think Linux users are also stuck in a barren landscape endlessly waiting for Dell, HP, Lenovo, or another major vendor to finally deliver a mass-market Linux desktop..."

Uncyclopedia: Linux
(2007-03-08 01:45:38)
Humor: "It is free as in free beer, and is the only operating system which allows one to engage in OS wars with people who use the same operating system..."

Once More Unto the Breach: Debating Open Source Software Definitions
(2007-03-08 02:30:40)
"It all started when a terrible article ('Ten Leading Open Source Innovators') prompted Nat Torkington to ask 'Is 'Open Source' Now Completely Meaningless...?'"

InfoWorld: OpenNMS Bests OpenView and Tivoli While Ipswitch Spreads the FUD
(2007-03-08 03:15:26)
"I let Travis take the shots at this foolishness...wake up, Ipswitch, you are late to the FUD train..."

TriedIT: Review: SystemRescueCd 0.3.3
(2007-03-08 04:00:30)
"SystemRescueCd is a Linux distribution whose purpose is to make it easy to check and repair your system and its data after a crash or other problems arise..."

The GNOME Journal: Dancing Tango on the Desktop
(2007-03-08 05:30:24)
"When we are talking about software, we often go into technical details and forget that a desktop is for people, not robots..."

SearchOpenSource: OpenOffice 2.0: Handling Mac, Microsoft Migration and Database Creation
(2007-03-08 07:00:58)
"Expert Solveig Haugland covers migration of content from Mac and Microsoft programs and flatfile Microsoft Works databases to OpenOffice in this interview..."

Phoronix: Fedora v. Ubuntu: A Performance Look
(2007-03-08 07:45:21)
"We have compared the 32-bit and 64-bit performance of Ubuntu and started a performance comparison of Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, but how does the performance of the upcoming Feisty Fawn release compare to that of Fedora 7...?"

Linux.com: Sidux: A Live CD for Debian Unstable
(2007-03-08 08:30:30)
"Sidux aims to be the best Debian sid-based live CD--and it succeeds. It offers a clean, easy hard disk install and a fast release cycle..."

HowtoForge: Creating a dd/dcfldd Image Using Automated Image & Restore (AIR)
(2007-03-08 09:15:29)
"Automated Image & Restore is an open source application that provides a GUI front end to the dd/dcfldd command..."

Linux.com: sshguard: Protection for OpenSSH
(2007-03-08 10:00:50)
"Are you concerned about brute force dictionary attacks on SSH? Given the popularity of these attacks, you should be. sshguard is a new tool to help protect against such attacks. Although it is still in beta stage, it appears to work well..."

Blamcast: How Database Configuration Can Slow Down Drupal
(2007-03-08 10:45:30)
"Is your Drupal site slow? Are you losing traffic because of high load times? Your database could be the problem..."

Packt Publishing: Making a Complete Yet Small Linux Distribution
(2007-03-08 11:30:36)
"Zenwalk and Vector Linux are two Linux distros that promise the ease-of-use of a modern desktop Linux distro but keep the resource utilization in check. So how do they do it...?"

MobileTech News: MontaVista Linux Handsets to be Released in Italy
(2007-03-08 12:15:32)
"MontaVista Software has strengthened its position as the leading provider of Linux for intelligent devices and communications infrastructure with the development of new advanced smartphones set to be released in Italy..."

LinuxWorld: Too Late to Discredit Open Source, Advocates Say
(2007-03-08 13:00:22)
"Advocates and users of free and open source software (FOSS) technology believe that it is too late for any form of crusade to discredit FOSS as it is already widely used..."

BBC: Tories Want Open Source Whitehall
(2007-03-08 13:45:41)
"The government could save more than £600 million a year if it used more open source software, the shadow chancellor has estimated.

Reuters: Oracle Shows No Momentum in Linux Effort
(2007-03-08 14:30:12)
"Oracle Corp. promised to take the Linux software world by storm last October, but the major expansion by one of the world's largest software companies so far has failed to show momentum..."

InfoWorld: VMware Questions Rivals' Virtualization Strategies
(2007-03-08 15:15:36)
"The president of virtualization software leader VMware Wednesday questioned the strategy of rivals that are integrating virtualization functionality into their operating systems..."

ITBusinessEdge: Legally Speaking: What GPLv3 Means for the Microsoft-Novell Pact
(2007-03-08 16:00:10)
"Unlike prior versions of the GNU General Public License, which did not address patent rights, the current draft of the GPL version 3 has several provisions that address patent rights..."

ZDNet: A Laptop to Change the World
(2007-03-08 16:45:50)
"Even if it fails, 'One Laptop per Child' will have an enormous impact on the computing landscape..."

The Guardian: If You Think Selling Linux is Easy, Why Not Beat Dell To It?
(2007-03-08 17:30:41)
"Dell's latest launch has really taken off. Unfortunately for Dell's crumbling profitability, it's a website called IdeaStorm, not a new PC..."

Computerworld Australia: Melbourne Uni Drops Unix for Linux
(2007-03-08 18:15:28)
"The University of Melbourne's University Systems Project is set to undergo its largest transformation since its launch four years ago with the core Unix systems to be replaced by Linux by the end of the year..."

Computerworld: Tech Pros Take 'Soft' Approach in Workplace
(2007-03-08 19:00:40)
"Repeated efforts at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. to try Linux on the mainframe faced internal opposition, some of it from IT employees worried that a mainframe-based server consolidation would be a threat to their jobs..."

NewsForge: FSFE Reaches Out with New Freedom Task Force
(2007-03-08 19:45:26)
"Although relatively new, the FTF is already starting to make its mark on free software in Europe in the fields of education and compliance, and with its unique approach to the problems of copyright..."

TriedIT: Review: SimplyMEPIS 6.5 RC1
(2007-03-08 20:30:40)
"SimplyMEPIS is a Linux distribution that is meant to be extremely easy to use and install, as well as incorporating the latest technologies in Linux..."

CNET News: Two Cheers for Intellectual Property Law
(2007-03-08 22:00:18)
"Abolition is favored by some prominent software developers, who flaunt patent infringement. At a recent Tokyo conference, for example, Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, noted evidence that 'Linux infringed 283 different software patents...'"

JavaLobby: Desktop Java and Desktop Linux: A Match Made in Heaven?
(2007-03-08 22:45:36)
"That battle is for the Linux desktop. Now that Java has been open sourced under the GPL, even the most strict of the 'free software only' distributions can start bundling it and integrating it into their Linux distributions out of the box..."

The Wisdom of Ganesh: Desktop Predictions for 2007-2008
(2007-03-08 23:30:10)
"This has been stewing in my mind for awhile, and now the picture has crystallised. Here's what I predict will happen in the desktop market over the next two years..."

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