News Linux News for May 01, 2007:

When Did I Become Such a Tool?
(2007-05-01 00:00:54)
Making the Switch: "It wasn't that long ago that I always had a pet project going on. Helping on an open source project or helping a non-profit get setup on repurposed systems..."

Debain WrEtch: Review of an UnAmerican Linux System
(2007-05-01 00:45:40)
Linux.com: "Debain is the only group of software developers who still believe that Richard Stallman invented programming. Everyone else now correctly credits Bill Gates for doing so..." (Humor)

Mad Dog 21/21: Hearts and Minds
(2007-05-01 01:30:01)
The Four Hundred: "In 1991, Richard Stallman's great project, the GNU operating system, was made whole when Linus Torvalds developed the kernel, Linux, that it had lacked..."

Would You Use Windows If It Was GPL?
(2007-05-01 02:15:23)
The Open Source Advocate: "In my last post, several people accused me of being anti-Microsoft. This is not true at all! I believe that Microsoft makes good products..."

Ubuntu vs. Vista, Information Week vs. Ubuntu News
(2007-05-01 03:00:38)
Ubuntu News: "The conclusion: a tie... Now's the time for our side of the story..."

Free, Open, Eating Its Young
(2007-05-01 03:45:33)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "The FOSS (Free/Open Source Software) world is cram-full of interesting, smart, fun people. It's also full of trolls, jerks, and abusive wastes of time..."

"I Don't Know What Linux Is But I Don't Like It"
(2007-05-01 04:30:27)
Side Effects May Include: "I, along with millions of other people, have recently fallen in love with Ubuntu Linux..."

NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT 256MB
(2007-05-01 05:15:28)
Phoronix: "The GeForce 8500GT is NVIDIA's value-priced contender in the GeForce 8 series..."

Dr. Dobb's Journal: What Is Drupal?
(2007-05-01 06:00:07)
"Drupal is used to build web sites. It's a highly modular, open source web content management framework with an emphasis on collaboration..."

Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Debian Etch
(2007-05-01 06:45:59)
HowtoForge: "This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users..."

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
(2007-05-01 07:30:15)
Phoronix: "However, with Fedora 7 Test 4 now being available, we have finally published our Core 2 Duo E6400 Linux results..."

Review: PUD GNU/Linux 0.4.7
(2007-05-01 08:15:08)
The PC Spy: "PUD is a Chinese distro based on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) and the 2.6.20 kernel..."

LDAP--Time to Leave Home, Young Man
(2007-05-01 09:00:15)
Linux Journal: "If you have followed my articles on LDAP, you know we began looking at objectClasses in the last installment back in March..."

China's Open Source Software Contest Announces Winners
(2007-05-01 09:45:25)
Linux.com: "At the 2007 China Open Source Software Summit in Beijing on March 27, China's Co-Create Software League (Cosoft) awarded prizes to 25 winners in the second China Open Source Software Contest..."

Blue Belle: Running PCLinuxOS Test 4
(2007-05-01 10:30:22)
TuxMachines: In my experience, one thing that stands out about PCLinuxOS is its commitment to making Linux look good. This new version is simply gorgeous..."

Microsoft Doesn't Own The Web: Mitchell Baker
(2007-05-01 11:15:12)
AAP/ZDNet Australia: "Since its launch three years ago, Mozilla's Firefox Web browser has shown the world that open-source software can challenge the establishment..."

Linux: Merging in 2.6.22
(2007-05-01 12:45:36)
KernelTrap: "Following the release of the 2.6.21 kernel Andrew Morton posted a list of patches in his -mm kernel, summarizing for each his plans as to whether or not they wil be pushed upstream for inclusion in the upcoming 2.6.22 kernel..."

Toshiba Italy Mulls Pre-Loaded Linux Notebooks
(2007-05-01 13:30:12)
DesktopLinux: "Toshiba's Italian channel sales and marketing operation reportedly is considering offering pre-loaded Linux in its Tecra, Satellite, Portege, and Qosmio notebook lines..."

One Man Writes Linux Drivers for 235 USB Webcams
(2007-05-01 14:15:03)
The Inquirer: "A lone hobbyist programmer sitting at his home in France is responsible for adding 235 USB webcams to the list of those supported by Linux..."

OpenOffice.org Password Cracker Is What You Make Of It
(2007-05-01 15:00:28)
Linux.com: "What do you do if you forget the password to your OpenOffice.org files? The simplest solution is to download OOo Password Cracker, a macro for opening protected documents in any OpenOffice.org application..."

Cyberinfrastructure and the Public Interest
(2007-05-01 15:45:31)
ConsortiumInfo: "The fact that so many people are meeting in so many venues to discuss standards in non-technical contexts demonstrates the fact that something new and important is at work here..."

Linux: ext4 Development Status
(2007-05-01 16:30:10)
KernelTrap: "Theodore Ts'o posted an update on the ext4 filesystem, 'I've respun the ext4 development patchset, with Amit's updated fallocate patches...'"

Why Device Developers Prefer Debian
(2007-05-01 17:15:04)
LinuxDevices: "For example, our 2007 survey indicated that Debian was used in device-related projects by 13 percent of the survey's 932 participants, roughly double the score of MontaVista..."

Review: Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
(2007-05-01 18:00:33)
Linux.com: "The Ubuntu 7.04 release, better known as Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, is another cutting-edge, but not bleeding-edge, release that shows what Linux is capable of on the desktop..."

Car Dealership Uses Asterisk VoIP to Stay on "Cutting Edge"
(2007-05-01 19:30:54)
IT Manager's Journal: "When the company built new headquarters recently, it needed a phone system flexible and cost-effective enough to satisfy the needs of 200 employees at the home office, and hundreds more staff at nine local dealerships in four states..."

Update: Canonical: Ubuntu the Answer to Dell Question
(2007-05-01 20:15:06)
LinuxPlanet: "'People are always asking us to support Linux on the desktop, but the question is: 'Which Linux are you talking about'?'" Canonical announces Dell to ship Ubuntu-loaded machines. Link to Dell's announcement added within.

One More Novellite Leaves the Building
(2007-05-01 21:00:23)
InfoWorld: "...[T]he Novell exodus continues... with Walter Knapp, former GM of SUSE Linux (and effective head of the Novell's Linux Impact Team)...

Has Open Source Jumped the Shark?
(2007-05-01 22:30:53)
FindTech: "The example that brought this gloomy thought to mind was a recent IBM press release touting a 'new open client solution' as an 'alternative to vendor lock-in.' Wow. Imagine that. An alternative to vendor lock-in..."

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