|
|
News Linux News for Mar 13, 2007:
LinuxWorld Australia: Are You an Open Source User or Joiner?
(2007-03-13 00:00:59)
"In my previous column, I touched on the issue of what constitutes an open-source vendor. Ask Andy Astor that question, and his answer is a shrug. 'Honestly,' he says, 'who cares...?'"
Mad Penguin: DRM: Microsoft's Ace in the Hole
(2007-03-13 00:45:12)
"The time for adoption has never looked better, but unfortunately, we are still sitting on some very serious problems..." [Article repaired. -ed]
Free Software Magazine: Freeing an Old Game
(2007-03-13 00:45:13)
"Do you remember that old game that you used to play all the time? Do you still play it? It probably isn't free software. Do you wish it was...?"
ZDNet: SCO vs. IBM: Clarity as Push Approaches Shove
(2007-03-13 01:30:38)
"The judge could rule on those today or later or this week, but the outcome is less interesting than the documents themselves because here, for the first time, both SCO and IBM state their cases clearly and relatively simply..."
Free Software Magazine: Free Me: A DVD About Free Culture and Free Software
(2007-03-13 02:15:16)
"A DVD that comes with lots of great examples of Free Culture which plays in your DVD player, with even more examples when you put it in your computer--including a GNU/Linux Live CD..."
ZDNet: Does Open Source Make Gates Right on Immigration?
(2007-03-13 03:00:29)
"Bill Gates went before the U.S. Senate yesterday and said something startling..."
Linux.com: K3b Enters New Era with Approaching 1.0 Release
(2007-03-13 03:45:12)
"One of free software's premier applications, KDE's CD and DVD burning suite K3b, is about to hit the big 1-0..."
Linux.inet.hr: How to Flash Motherboard BIOS from Linux (No DOS/Windows, No Floppy Drive)?
(2007-03-13 04:30:03)
"You've finally made the move to a Windows-free computer, you're enjoying your brand new Linux OS, no trojans/viruses, no slowdown, everything's perfect..."
Linux.com: Zabbix: State-of-the-Art Network Monitoring
(2007-03-13 06:00:17)
"I have used BigBrother and Nagios for a long time to troubleshoot network problems, and I was happy with them--until Zabbix came along..."
linux howtos: Howto Get Round the bash Prompt Fast
(2007-03-13 06:45:45)
"When using the terminal, there are a lot of tricks and shortcuts that can make using the terminal much more efficient and pleasurable. I'll list here some of the key ones that I use..."
Linux.com: Publishing Writer Documents on the Web
(2007-03-13 07:30:43)
"Although OpenOffice.org has an HTML/XHTML export feature, it is not up to the snuff when it comes to turning Writer documents into clean HTML files..."
HowtoForge: MyDNS with MyDNSConfig Control Panel and DNSMasq on Ubuntu 6.10
(2007-03-13 08:15:43)
"In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS and MyDNSConfig. MyDNS is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns..."
Polish Linux: The Power of Linux Console
(2007-03-13 09:00:01)
"A console (terminal, terminal emulation) and a shell are equivalent to what is commonly known in Windows as the 'command line...'"
Debian Admin: Network File System (NFS) Server and Client Configuration in Debian
(2007-03-13 09:45:44)
"NFS was developed at a time when we weren't able to share our drives like we are able to today--in the Windows environment..."
Ubuntu Geek: Ubuntu Networking Configuration Using Command Line
(2007-03-13 10:30:01)
"The basics for any network based on *nix hosts is the Transport Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) combination of three protocols..."
Tectonic: Creamer Media Moves to a Linux CMS
(2007-03-13 11:15:14)
"Preditor is an enterprise content management solution specifically for publishers built on the LAMP (Linux, Apache, mySQL & PHP) stack..."
DesktopLinux: OpenOffice Confab Selects Barcelona
(2007-03-13 12:00:36)
"Organizers of OpenOffice.org's annual conference, 'OOoCon,' have voted to stage this year's event in Barcelona, Spain, in September..."
ConsortiumInfo: ComputerWorld's ODF/OOXML Trifecta...
(2007-03-13 12:45:00)
"The first item that broke over the weekend was the not wholly unanticipated news that ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1) has approved ECMA 376 (a/k/a the format formerly known as Microsoft OOXML) to progress into the five month second phase of the Fast Track process..."
LWN: SUSE Linux 9.3 Security Support Discontinued Soon
(2007-03-13 13:30:01)
"SUSE Security announces that SUSE Linux 9.3 will be discontinued soon..."
internetnews.com: Open-Xchange (Partially) Embraces GPL
(2007-03-13 14:00:20)
"Open source isn't always synonymous with collaborative community development, even when it comes to open source collaboration applications..."
Direct2Dell: Dell to Expand Linux Options
(2007-03-13 14:30:21)
We can't offer everything (all systems, all distributions, all support options), so we've crafted a survey to let you help us prioritize what we should deliver for you..."
SearchOpenSource: HP Keeps its Linux Edge with BladeSystem
(2007-03-13 15:00:36)
"Hewlett-Packard has really had the lead in that market since IDC began to look at server numbers. It's been about nine consecutive years now, with today showing about $7.8 billion in revenue worldwide..."
PC World: Three Minutes With IBM's Linux Leader
(2007-03-13 15:45:24)
"Can you tell us how the internal Linux rollout at IBM is going...?"
OSNews: Gentoo in Crisis?
(2007-03-13 16:30:49)
"'Last week, the Gentoo project entered the lowest point of its 7-year old existence...'"
InformationWeek: Microsoft Suffers Latest Blow As NIST Bans Windows Vista
(2007-03-13 18:00:45)
"In a new setback to Microsoft's public sector business, the influential National Institute of Standards and Technology has banned the software maker's Windows Vista operating system from its internal computing networks..."
internetnews.com: Vyatta Open Source Router Has Dell in Tow
(2007-03-13 18:30:45)
"Dell might not be offering Linux pre-installed on its PCs yet, but that doesn't mean you can't get Dell hardware for running a Linux router..."
TMC: Analysis: Red Hat Rides the Open Source Wave
(2007-03-13 19:00:22)
"The use of open source software is increasing in Latin America and US Linux operating systems integrator Red Hat has reacted by opening offices in three countries in less than a year..."
Linux.com: Candidates for Debian Project Leader Sound Off
(2007-03-13 19:30:30)
"Once again, the Debian project is gearing up to elect a new project leader, with voting set to begin late this month..."
Mad Penguin: Novell Crushes Windows in Schools
(2007-03-13 20:15:55)
"Do these numbers make sense to you--$2,500 versus $100,000? This is the price difference felt between migrating over to Linux or instead, upgrading to the next version of Windows..."
The New York Times/CNET News: Mobile Carriers Sick of So Many Operating Systems
(2007-03-13 21:00:59)
"Two operating systems run more than 95 percent of the world's computers, but dozens of systems are behind the 2.5 billion mobile phones in circulation..."
Linux-Watch: Yankee Group Rebuts Linux-Watch Column
(2007-03-13 21:45:48)
"The Yankee Group send us a rebuttal to a recent column by Steven J. Vaughan Nichols entitled, 'Weather alert: new Microsoft FUD storm expected...'"
Google Video Nederland: How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People (And You Can Too)
(2007-03-13 22:30:09)
"Every open source project runs into people who are selfish, uncooperative, and disrespectful..."
InformationWeek: Open Source: Tell Me Why I Care
(2007-03-13 23:15:45)
"Pleasantly, there was almost no Microsoft-bashing, and only a little discussion of using open source because it's socially the right thing to do..."
News Archives: Select a month
2012 Jan Feb
2011 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2009 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2005 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2004 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2003 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2002 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2001 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1999 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1998 Sep Oct Nov Dec |
