News Linux News for Jun 13, 2007:

10 Open Source Apps for Enterprise Users
(2007-06-13 00:00:13)
Intranet Journal: "In articles past, we have examined both the up-and-coming open source projects to watch, and which open source applications you simply cannot live without. But where does this leave the enterprise user...?"

Granular Linux--What Am I Missing?
(2007-06-13 01:45:43)
Tuxmachines: "Granular Linux is a Linux distribution based on PCLinuxOS and features the XFCE4 and KDE desktops..."

WengoPhone 2.1 Gives Linux Users a Solid Softphone
(2007-06-13 03:00:27)
Linux.com: "The OpenWengo project recently released version 2.1 of its WengoPhone VoIP softphone. It's a big step forward for Linux users..."

Develop Your Own Weather Maps and Alerts
(2007-06-13 04:30:07)
developerWorks: "Using the publicly available and easily accessible reflectivity data from one of the WSR-88D class radar systems, this article will show you how to choose a location and set up weather-change alerts for a precise geographical area..."

Turn Vim into a Bash IDE
(2007-06-13 06:00:09)
Linux.com: "By itself, Vim is one of the best editors for shell scripting. With a little tweaking, however, you can turn Vim into a full-fledged IDE for writing scripts..."

Installing Xen On CentOS 5.0 (i386)
(2007-06-13 07:30:46)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 3.0.3) on a CentOS 5.0 system (i386)..."

Tip of the Trade: Edubuntu
(2007-06-13 09:00:03)
ServerWatch: "When you need to set up a computer lab, classroom or meeting room in a hurry, look no further than Edubuntu, 'Linux for Young Human Beings...'"

Snort: Open Source Network Intrusion Prevention
(2007-06-13 10:30:31)
eSecurityPlanet: "A few years ago, when we spoke of network intrusion security systems, we spoke of IDS (Intrusion Detection System) appliances..."

Bookings.com Opts for Open Source MySQL Database
(2007-06-13 12:00:18)
Computerworld UK: "Europe's largest online hotel reservation site Booking.com has selected the MySQL open source database to process tens of thousands of online bookings a day..."

Torvalds Rips Sun In Linux Dustup, Sun CEO Responds
(2007-06-13 12:45:35)
CRN: "Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz is defending his company's actions in the Linux community, hours after Linux creator Linus Torvalds ripped Sun for taking but not giving back to the open source universe..."

SCO in The Clear
(2007-06-13 13:30:13)
internetnews.com: "Like a battered boxer that refuses to give up, SCO has once again picked itself up from the mat..."

TiVo Frets Over GPLv3, Torvalds Still Unconvinced
(2007-06-13 14:15:28)
LinuxDevices: "TiVo cautioned that, 'If the currently proposed version of GPLv3 is widely adopted, we may be unable to incorporate future enhancements to the GNU/Linux operating system into our software, which could adversely affect our business...'"

Open Source 'Not Relevant', Claim CIOs
(2007-06-13 15:00:00)
Silicon.com: "The hidden cost and complexity of open source is still a key barrier to adoption for many CIOs and large enterprises..."

Hans Reiser Trial Delayed Until Fall
(2007-06-13 15:45:03)
KPIX: "After meeting and informally talking with the judge who will preside over his case, computer science engineer Hans Reiser agreed Tuesday to delay his trial on charges that he murdered his wife Nina Reiser until at least September..."

New Software Predicts Spread of Infectious Diseases
(2007-06-13 16:30:24)
eWeek: "Researchers at three IBM labs have donated to the open-source community a package of advanced software that can help predict the transmission of diseases across countries and around the globe..."

Red Hat, Symantec to Offer Bundled Secure Server Applications
(2007-06-13 17:15:25)
SearchEnterpriseLinux: "Commercial Linux distributor Red Hat Inc. and security vendor Symantec Inc. announced this week the pending availability of two secure server bundles..."

Preliminary Opensource Driver for the ATI R500-Based Cards
(2007-06-13 18:00:25)
LinuxInsight: "Jerome Glisse announced today that a small team of X.Org developers has managed to provide the initial support for ATI R500-based cards..."

Intuit Tests the Linux Waters with QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions
(2007-06-13 18:45:07)
eWeek: "This is not Quicken or QuickBooks as most users know it, but it is still a major step forward for business users of both Quicken and Linux..."

Ars at WWDC: Interview with Lars Knoll, Creator of KHTML
(2007-06-13 19:30:24)
Ars Technica: "Lars started the KHTML project as we know it in the late 90s to provide an HTML rendering component for the (then) newly-released KDE 2.0..."

Novell, Capgemini, And The Rise of Corporate Linux
(2007-06-13 20:00:35)
DesktopLinux: "However, that deal, along with Novell's growing partnerships with enterprise software players such as SAP and now Capgemini are bound to win it friends in big business..."

VMware Workstation 6 Virtually Trounces the Competition
(2007-06-13 20:30:35)
Linux.com: "Newly released VMware Workstation 6 has lots of new features and improvements to ease collaboration between the host and guest operating systems..."

Kilted Debian Lovers to Overrun Edinburgh
(2007-06-13 21:00:03)
The Register: "Here's a poser for you: could there be anything more frightening than a bunch of open source geeks (proud ones, at that) milling around the mean streets of Edinburgh? Well, yes. How about if you put some of them in special Debian kilts...?"

GPL 3.0: The Questions We Should Be Asking
(2007-06-13 21:45:54)
Enderle: "No matter how we look at it, the open source movement is relatively young even when compared to a young technology market. We are learning as we go, but even so, we should be able to apply business knowledge and experience..."

If LAMP Is So Easy, Why Isn't Java Dead?
(2007-06-13 22:30:21)
InfoWorld: "This is the question that Peter Yared asks in his blog, and it's fascinating given that he founded a company (ActiveGrid) based on the premise that Java was going to get shunted aside..."

Solaris Better Than Linux--That's Missing The Point!
(2007-06-13 23:15:36)
Nerds-Central: "Is Solaris better than Linux? Is Ruby better than PHP? All this is totally missing the point! Core stuff like OS, Web Server, Scripting Language And C Compilers--are good enough..."

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