News Linux News for Jun 07, 2007:

The Road to Lisp
(2007-06-07 00:30:46)
TuxDeluxe: "Developing Lisp code on a free software platform is no mean feat, and documentation, though available, is dispersed and often too concise for users new to Lisp. In an accessible guide to this flexible language, self-confessed Lisp newbie Martin Howse assesses practical issues and implementations under GNU/Linux."

Dell vs. System76 Ubuntu Comparison
(2007-06-07 02:00:11)
MadPenguin: "In short, what Dell is doing is not really news by itself. It is taking an existing concept and simply making it something that has been able to really gain some press. Great for them, but are they really doing anything productive for the Linux cause in the long run?"

How To Block Spam Before It Enters The Server (Postfix)
(2007-06-07 03:30:11)
HowToForge: "An additional benefit of doing this is that it lowers the load on the mail servers because the (resource-hungry) spamfilters have to look at less emails."

PHP Basics In Pictures
(2007-06-07 05:00:11)
InPictures: "This tutorial helps beginners learn the basics of PHP programming."
This is part of InPicture's free online Web programming courses-- Carla Schroder

Linspire's New CNR Takes on Other Distros
(2007-06-07 06:30:11)
OSWeekly: "Before everyone starts to roll their eyes and point to existing package installation options, consider one very important fact: CNR will be offering an easy and legal way to install codecs and fonts for many popular Linux distros once the new CNR client is released."

MySQL Basics In Pictures
(2007-06-07 08:00:11)
InPictures: "This tutorial helps beginners learn the basics of using the open-source MySQL database."
This is part of InPicture's free online Web programming courses-- Carla Schroder

Scripting Second Life with Rational App Developer
(2007-06-07 09:30:11)
IBM Developerworks: "The virtual world of Second Life is special in that much of it is made up of content created (and owned) by users. Not only can you create lush 3-D objects (and sell them for the equivalent of real money!), but you can also create both simple and complex scripts to control their behavior and appearance. This tutorial explains the basics (and not so basics) behind Second Life scripts and shows you how to ease development by using Rational® Application Developer as you build a small game users can carry around and play."
free registration required

Perl Basics In Pictures
(2007-06-07 11:00:11)
InPictures: "This tutorial helps beginners learn the basics of Perl programming."
This is part of InPicture's free online Web programming courses-- Carla Schroder

Lab uses Linux supercomputer to battle radioactive plume
(2007-06-07 12:30:11)
SearchDataCenter: "In 2003, PNNL purchased its existing 120-rack supercomputer from HP for around $22 million. The system is made up of 1,000 dual Itanium HP-RX 2600 servers. The servers come in two configurations: fat node and thin node, where fat nodes have more disk. The grid computing-based system runs a Linux variant provided by HP."

Review: Fedora 7
(2007-06-07 13:15:57)
Linux.com: "Fedora 7 was released last week, a little bit behind schedule, with a spate of new features, updates, and live CD installable "spins" of Fedora in KDE and GNOME flavors. I found a lot of good in this release, but a bug in the FireWire stack that attacked my external backup drive made this release just a little shy of perfect."

ServerWatch Product Excellence Awards: The Winners Are ...
(2007-06-07 14:00:57)
ServerWatch: "The Communications Server category reinforced that ServerWatch readers love of all things open source. Interestingly, the winner and runner-up take different approach to providing their servers."

OpenDNS Offers Speed and Security
(2007-06-07 14:45:57)
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: "OpenDNS is a great idea. It's a public, non-evil service that provides both performance improvements and a safety net for all Web browsing. Oh, and it's free. We can't help but wonder why it took this long for something like OpenDNS to come around."

VoIPowering Your Office: Trixbox, the Complete PBX-in-a-Box
(2007-06-07 15:30:57)
Enterprise VOIP Planet: "Then it changed to Trixbox, which to me says "tasty unnaturally-colored sweet crunchy cereal" and not "business-grade PBX." Don't let the name get in your way; whatever you want to call it, it's a powerhouse. Trixbox 2.2 was released in March 2007; a noteworthy release cram-full of improvements.'

Affero GPLv3 discussion draft released
(2007-06-07 16:15:57)
Linux.com: "The original Affero GPL was an attempt to address the network loophole -- where a party might modify GPLed software that provides services over a network, but not contribute changes because the program is not being "distributed" in the typical sense of the word."

Ultra-lite AntiX Linux targets obsolete PCs
(2007-06-07 17:00:57)
DesktopLinux: "MEPIS said today that the release candidate of a community-built "ultra-lite" derivative of its own Linux distribution is ready for testing. AntiX (pronounced "Antics") is the personal project of MEPIS community member "anticapitalista," who wanted a MEPIS version that would work well on old PCs."

The Death Of A Software License
(2007-06-07 17:45:57)
Whurley's Blog: "Was it ever truly viral, or just popular? Though there are many derivative works out there, mass adoption of the GPL had little to do with cleverly planned infection and everything to do with winning the license popularity contest."

Debian as a society: An outsider's view
(2007-06-07 18:30:57)
Grigor Gatchev: "There was a time when the Debian team was just a bunch of packet maintainers, sharing little outside a set of general principles, and the desire to build a distro together. This time is over. Then, there was a time when the team was interacting socially, but almost only on production topics - teaming on important packages, discussing the New DD process, etc. This time is over, too. With every day the percent of the discussion topics that are closer to the internal distro politics, increases. The Debian Project team is not simply a team anymore - it is a society."

Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 1
(2007-06-07 19:15:57)
Phoronix: "Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn has been out for less than two months but tomorrow we will see the first alpha (or in this case it's called a "Tribe") release of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon. We used the daily build of Ubuntu and Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon to do some exploring prior to the release of Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 1 tomorrow morning. While there is still many changes that will come prior to the October release of Gutsy, things are looking good for the Ubuntu camp this fall."

Review of Dell XPS 410n with Ubuntu Feisty preinstalled
(2007-06-07 20:00:57)
APC: "Opening the box I was immediately met with a glaring view of the Windows Vista logo on the giant instruction poster. The instructions detailed how to use the remote that comes bundled with Vista for use with Vista Media Center (among other things.) Uggh."

art4linux.org, An online linux community for art and theme lovers
(2007-06-07 20:45:57)
art4linux: "An online linux community for art and theme lovers; those who create art for linux and those who adore it. A large collection of themes for KDE, Gnome, desktop wallpapers, icons, cliparts, forums and other arts for Linux, BSD, etc."

Microsoft & Linux Vendors Trading in Patent Fool's Gold
(2007-06-07 21:30:57)
LXer.com: " Well what do you know? Microsoft seems to be gaining ground with their "patent protection" scheme. But what if they discover they've only bought a few bricks of fool's gold?"

Intel shows advanced new portable
(2007-06-07 22:15:57)
InfoWorld: "Instead of Windows, the MIMD uses Midinux, a Linux operating system for mobile devices from China's Red Flag Linux."

Ubuntu for Mobile Internet Devices
(2007-06-07 23:00:57)
LinuxLookup: "Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded will run video, sound and offer fast and rich browsing experiences to the MID target user. Optimized for MIDs based on Intel's low power processors and chipsets, Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded edition is expected to deliver fast boot and resume times, and reside in a small memory and disk footprint."

2007: Year of the Linux 'patent covenant?'
(2007-06-07 23:45:57)
SearchEnterpriseLinux: "We went over the now infamous section 11 of the GPLv3 draft, which allows the Novell-MS patent agreement via a grandfather clause, but bans any such future agreements from taking place. What the heck happened, I thought, that allows Xandros to enter an almost identical agreement to the one MS made with Novell? Was the mother of all legal battles imminent?"
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