News Linux News for May 10, 2007:

Extending OpenOffice.org: Creating self-running presentations with IndeView
(2007-05-10 00:30:00)
Linux.com: "Although OpenOffice.org doesn't allow you to create self-running Impress presentations, there is a tool that can help you with that. Using IndeView, you can convert your Impress presentations into a self-contained package that can run off a CD or DVD on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows."

Red Hat Summit (inspirational) keynote: You are here
(2007-05-10 02:00:00)
SearchEnterpriseLinux: "...it was the most inspirational and uplifting keynote I’ve seen kick off an IT conference in the past three years."

Firekeeper configuration: Hardening your Firefox browser
(2007-05-10 03:30:00)
SearchEnterpriseLinux: "Often, the first indication that you've browsed a malicious site is strange behavior that shows your host has been compromised. Or worse, someone is co-opting the credentials they have harvested through the exploitation of your browser. There are ways to protect yourself of course: anti-virus, anti-spyware and personal firewalls being three of the best examples. Check out Firekeeper, a new tool for detecting and protecting against online threats, which has recently been released."

Customers Realize Benefits of Microsoft-Novell Agreement?
(2007-05-10 05:00:00)
LinuxLookup: "Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. today announced that 12 new customers have signed up to take advantage of the companies’ collaboration. These customers, from around the globe, are 1blu, Arsys, Fujitsu Services Oy, Gordon Food Service, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., hi5 Networks Inc., Host Europe, Nationwide, PRISACOM SA, Reed Elsevier, Save Mart Supermarkets, and state of California, Department of Fish and Game."

Automation controller comes with Linux
(2007-05-10 06:30:00)
Linux Devices: "Artila Electronics is shipping a passively cooled ARM9-based system targeting applications such as industrial control and building automation. The Matrix-520 is based on a 180MHz Atmel SoC (system-on-chip), includes lots of I/O ports, and comes with an open Linux development environment and a stout metal case."

Scientific Linux rolls out v5.0 live DVD
(2007-05-10 08:00:00)
Desktop Linux: "Scientific Linux, a project based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 source packages enhanced with a variety of additional applications, released its v5.0 i386 live DVD on May 7. The SL5 live DVD features a 2.6.18 kernel, includes all client/workstation RPMs, and uses GNOME as its default desktop."

Securely Mounting Remote Filesystem in Redhat Enterprise Linux using SSHFS
(2007-05-10 09:30:00)
NixCraft: "It is possible to mount your remote filesystem as a local filesystem on your Red hat/CentOS Linux system using sshfs."

Will Sun's Solaris put Linux in the shade?
(2007-05-10 11:00:00)
The Guardian: "But there remains an unanswered question: what will be Sun's relationship to the leading free software project, the GNU/Linux operating system, given that it has its own competing solution in the form of OpenSolaris?"

Extending OpenOffice.org: Turning OpenOffice.org into a document conversion tool
(2007-05-10 11:45:00)
Linux.com: "One of the less well-known features of OpenOffice.org is its ability to run as a service. You can put that ability to some clever use. For example, you can turn OpenOffice.og into a conversion engine and use it to convert documents from one format to another via a Web-based interface or a command-line tool. JODConverter can help you to unleash OpenOffice.org's file conversion capabilities."

Linux Wi-Fi: Supercharge a Buffalo
(2007-05-10 12:30:00)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "...it turns your buggy, inflexible, inexpensive wireless router into a rock-solid routin' powerhouse, with all manner of useful services: name services, firewalling, port forwarding, RADIUS authentication, Ethernet bridging, IPv6 support, QoS, SMB/CIFS automount, and Internet access controls."

Open Source Opportunities for Cash-Strapped Startups
(2007-05-10 13:15:00)
LinuxInsider: "Technology isn't cheap. Research and development of computer software takes money, and that's something few starry-eyed startups have when they begin thinking about the ones, zeros and dollar signs of the future."

Tshwane University training OSS
(2007-05-10 14:00:00)
Tectonic: "Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has begun to roll out a basic computer skills course covering open source software at its Soshonguve campus."

Talking security with Red Hat's Mark Cox
(2007-05-10 14:45:00)
Linux.com: "What does the job of a security response team member entail? Cox says that the team is accountable for ensuring that vulnerabilities are addressed. "This involves a large number of things; from working with researchers and monitoring to find out about issues that affect us, through triage and investigation, to oversight during the release process.""

Securing a RADIUS server
(2007-05-10 15:30:00)
Network World: "For any corporate wireless infrastructure to remain secure, using 802.1X for authentication is a must - after all, it provides much more granular control of authentication credentials and can provide accounting for wireless LAN usage."

What's a Linux Guy Doing at Sun?
(2007-05-10 16:15:00)
eWeek: "That's the question Ian Murdock, chief open source platform strategist at Sun Microsystems Inc., posed in a session he chaired at Sun's CommunityOne Day on May 7 prior to the opening of the JavaOne conference."

A month on the command line, Day 6
(2007-05-10 17:00:00)
Click: "Blogging from the command line without a GUI -- and no e-mail gateway -- can be done ... almost."

Red Hat Summit 2007 opens strong
(2007-05-10 17:45:00)
Linux.com: "This year's show already has a different feel to it than the first two. The crowd is larger, for one thing. The event is a complete sell-out -- so much so that Red Hat had to stop taking registrations. Attendees have booked all the available rooms at the Sheraton and are spilling over into two additional hotels, and Red Hat is running shuttles between the hotels."

Red Hat Launches RHX Online Portal
(2007-05-10 18:15:42)
LinuxPlanet: "The model of the online social marketplace stepped into the enterprise Linux space today, after the launch of Red Hat Exchange. Think Facebook for enterprise products, with a touch of direct-sales thrown in, and you have a pretty good picture of the new RHX..."

Interview with Sebastian Trüg, lead developer of k3b
(2007-05-10 18:30:00)
Mandriva Club: "I was used to Nero from Windows and did not find anything even remotely as powerful. I wanted to burn mp3 files to an Audio CD without having to do all that manual conversion stuff (today even Linux users probably don't know how to do that ;). Since there was no proper tool and I just had gathered some QT experience through a university project I though "Why don't you try it yourself". And so K3b was born."

Enchanting Pictures with ImageMagick
(2007-05-10 19:15:00)
Polish Linux: "I’d like to proudly present ImageMagick – a set of tools for creating and processing bitmap images. This article explains how ImageMagick can help you perform many image-manipulation tasks easily and quickly using… the console. Yes, the same black-box hackers use to do nasty stuff :)"

MS PowerShell for Linux?
(2007-05-10 20:00:00)
Andreas Otto: "I have written a new software called libmsgque which brings the features of MS PowerShell to Linux."

ThinkPlace: Spreading Innovation
(2007-05-10 20:45:00)
AlphaWorks: " ThinkPlace is a Web application for facilitating innovation through idea generation, collaboration, and refinement. ThinkPlace is unlike a suggestion box; when used within a company, it shares ideas within the entire company."

Forrester’s report on Open Source Adoption
(2007-05-10 21:30:00)
How Software is Built: "Perhaps surprisingly, access to the source and the right to distribute derivative works were not considered important by most respondents."

The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva 2007 Spring Free (Mandriva 2007.1)
(2007-05-10 22:15:00)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mandriva 2007 Spring Free (Mandriva 2007.1) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge."

Sun Releases Java SE Platform to OpenJDK Community
(2007-05-10 23:00:00)
PR Newswire: "Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced the release of a fully buildable Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK(TM)) version for Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) to the OpenJDK(TM) Community as free software under the GNU General Public License version two (GPLv2)."

Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And PostgreSQL
(2007-05-10 23:45:00)
HowtoForge: "This document describes how to install a vsftpd server that uses virtual users from a PostgreSQL database instead of real system users. I couldn't find any tutorial like that on the internet, so when that configuration finally worked for me, I decided to publish it."

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