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News Linux News for Jun 04, 2007:
Can GravityZoo Provide a Viable FOSSaaS Business Model?
(2007-06-04 00:00:04)
SaaSWeek: "To be able to give an answer to this question requires a better understanding of what the FOSS reality is about.
Semantic Desktop and KDE 4--State and Plans of Nepomuk-KDE
(2007-06-04 04:00:59)
/home/liquidat: "Nepomuk-KDE is the basis for the semantic technologies we will see in KDE 4..."
Keyboard-Driven Environments Open a New Window on the Desktop
(2007-06-04 06:00:41)
Linux.com: "If you use a traditional desktop like GNOME or KDE, a keyboard-controlled desktop with a minimum of utilities may seem like stepping back 10 or 15 years in the history of interface design.."
Apache: Creating A Session-Aware Loadbalancer Using mod_proxy_balancer
(2007-06-04 07:30:18)
HowtoForge: "Since Apache 2.1, a new module called mod_proxy_balancer is available which lets you turn a system that has Apache installed into a loadbalancer..."
Music Player Daemon Rocks Your Net
(2007-06-04 09:00:12)
Linux.com: "The Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a very different, and very cool, way to play back music online..."
Howto: Connect MySQL Server Using C Program API Under Linux or UNIX
(2007-06-04 10:30:16)
nixCraft: "MySQL database does support C program API just like PHP or perl..."
Transfer Files Securely with SFTP
(2007-06-04 12:00:32)
Linux.com: "File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was once the most widely used protocol for transferring files between computers..."
Did Xandros sign a Novell-like patent deal with Microsoft?
(2007-06-04 12:45:32)
ZDNet: "eWEEK posted a story a few hours ago entitled “Microsoft Gives Xandros Linux Users Patent Protection.” The story is now gone from the Web site.
My best guess? There’s some embargoed news coming some time in the next few hours."
The Truth About ATI/AMD & Linux
(2007-06-04 13:30:32)
Phoronix: "It's no secret that ATI Technologies has had a rough time in the past delivering display drivers that met the expectations of their customers. When ATI started out producing a FireGL and Radeon Linux driver they for some time were greatly behind NVIDIA's feature-rich driver."
Microsoft Gives Xandros Linux Users Patent Protection
(2007-06-04 14:15:32)
WinBeta: "These covenants, which are almost identical to the patent agreement and covenant not to sue that Microsoft signed with Novell last November, will ensure that the Xandros Linux technologies customers use are compliant with Microsoft's IP"
"Eating Dog Food"
(2007-06-04 15:00:32)
LXer.com: "But suggest Linux on the desktop inside the company and the only argument against it is, "We're eating our own dog food," meaning "We sell MS so we use MS."
I'm tired of eating your dog food."
Business vs Community: Xandros and PCLinuxOS compared
(2007-06-04 15:45:32)
PolishLinux: "The open question is: do we need a Linux that acts like Windows?"
ATI Linux x86 Display Driver 8.37.6 Released
(2007-06-04 17:15:32)
LinuxLookup: "Logging out of a session to the graphical login manager no longer crashes the Xserver."
Deposition of Darl McBride in Novell: Dreaming of Billions From Linux
(2007-06-04 17:22:05)
Groklaw: "So it was always -- it's a ridiculously big number. So okay. I guess we could get finite on whether the number is $5 billion or $1 billion or $6 billion. The point is it was a lot of money for the company, and the size of company that we were."
Backups again - Bacula
(2007-06-04 18:00:32)
O'Reilly Linux DevCenter: "Just a quick note to mention how impressed I have been with my current backup solution, Bacula (using an Overland Neo2000 tape library, which also does the job nicely)."
South African Bank switches 12 000 desktops to Linux
(2007-06-04 18:45:32)
Tectonic: "With 12 000 desktops switching to Linux this is very likely the most significant Linux and open source implementation in South Africa to date."
GPLv3 authors comment on final draft
(2007-06-04 19:30:32)
Linux-Watch: ""Microsoft's lawyers are not stupid, and next time they may manage to avoid those mistakes. GPLv3 therefore says they don't get a 'next time.' Releasing a program under GPL version 3 protects it from Microsoft's future attempts to make redistributors collect Microsoft royalties from the program's users," added Stallman."
Top Linux Misconceptions
(2007-06-04 20:15:32)
MadPenguin: "Unlike the blogger in question, I once worked in the PC repair industry, and I know I’m qualified to share true, fact based user experiences that are not to be read like I obtained them through second hand sources."
Multitasking in Ubuntu
(2007-06-04 21:00:32)
ExtremeTech: "Twenty years ago, computers did one thing at a time. You either used a word processor or used a spreadsheet or printed a document--but not all at once.Today, people rarely use computers for just one thing. While using a spreadsheet, you may be modifying a document in a word processor, watching the stock market, reading news, and checking the weather--all at the same time!"
Identity management and single sign-on (SSO)
(2007-06-04 21:45:17)
SearchEnterpriselinux: "The burden taken on with the administration of accounts grows as the number of these systems that are deployed increases. This is where single sign-on (SSO) and identity management come together."
The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 7
(2007-06-04 22:30:17)
HowToForge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 7 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."
Music 101: The Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring Song Recipe
(2007-06-04 23:15:17)
Mandriva Club: "Recently I was asked to write a small article talking about some of the tools related to audio in Mandriva Spring. I realized that writing a few things about the tools would be just the same as articles you can find in many websites and magazines. But instructions on creating music step from step from scratch, picking the right ingredients for "the song recipe", are rarely to be found. So I decided to try and make a song with only the tools I had available on Mandriva Spring, and write down how to do it."
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