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News Linux News for Jul 10, 2007:
The French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries chooses Mandriva Corporate Server
(2007-07-10 00:15:51)
Mandriva: "The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries chose to migrate its local servers (about 400 machines) from Windows NT Server to Mandriva Corporate Server 4.0, within two years."
Slackware 12 Review: configure wireless, NTFS, VMWare, and create a custom installation DVD
(2007-07-10 01:30:51)
Xlayn's Blog: "I'm big fan of Slackware Linux, I have used it since the 9.0 version, and I am very happy with this distribution, in the beginning was challenging to setup mostly because I was a newbie, today I am installing and reviewing the recently released version 12 in my toshiba l35-sp1011."
How big is the botnet problem?
(2007-07-10 03:00:51)
Network World: "Gigantic."
GIMP Tricks: Chocolate bar with GIMP
(2007-07-10 06:00:51)
PolishLinux: "Some time ago I saw a chocolate bar made with Adobe Photoshop somewhere on the Internet. I thought that Gimp can’t do worse than and I got myself to work. It seemed to be quite easy..."
Can Linux Adoption Ever be Accurately Gauged?
(2007-07-10 07:30:51)
ITManagement: "Endless attempts have been made to count Linux users. User base vanity harbors confidence and leads to better support from the industry. Attempts to quantify growth have included Web sites whose sole purpose is to have Linux users register and provide details about their computers."
Metasploit: Join the Arms Race
(2007-07-10 07:30:51)
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: "What's the biggest threat to your organization's network? Arguably, it's Metasploit, an easy to use hacking system that reduces the job of compromising of computers to a simple point and click exercise."
Master Your Linux Keyboard (And Fix Caps Lock Forever)
(2007-07-10 09:00:51)
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: "The placement of the caps lock key is a demonstration of malicious cunning..."
GPLv3 attracts 116 projects in first week
(2007-07-10 10:30:51)
IT Week ""The 119 are explicitly adopting GPLv3 to support the licence and the underlying philosophy," Theresa Friday, co-founder and vice president of marketing at Palamida, told vnunet.com."
When Microsoft Met GPLv3
(2007-07-10 12:00:51)
Groklaw: "First, "distribution" isn't the issue with GPLv3. That is a GPLv2 question, as I'll show you. GPLv3 talks about "propagating" and "conveying", not just distribution. Propagation includes anything, including distribution but not limited to it, that would make you directly *or secondarily* liable for infringement if you lack permission. Convey means "any kind of propagation" that enables another party to make or receive copies of a work. Like selling them the vouchers, perchance?"
Linux releases a cleaner, tighter kernel 2.6.22
(2007-07-10 12:45:51)
Linux-Watch: "The new Linux kernel is far from just a collection of patches to cranky new features. The full changelog reveals a host of new and improved features. These include new and much better wireless and FireWire stacks, LVM (Logical Volume Management) for flash storage devices, improvements to TCP/IP networking congestion, IPV6 Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection, relocatable x86-64 kernel support, various new drivers and many other improvements."
Open source’s benefits to business spelled out
(2007-07-10 13:30:51)
ComputerWorld: "By turning to alternatives like the GNU operating system rather than the proprietary technologies that dominate corporate IT shops today, Stallman said, businesses will become less dependent on software vendors to help solve many of the issues around applications development and security that currently prove troublesome."
Novell to SUSE Users: Don't Worry About Microsoft's Stand on GPLv3
(2007-07-10 14:15:40)
Network World: "Novell will continue to ship the complete version of its Linux enterprise server even though Microsoft is attempting to distance itself legally from the new General Public License (GPL) v3 open source license.
TurboLinux Joins Microsoft's Push for XML-ODF
(2007-07-10 15:00:44)
PC Advisor: "TurboLinux has joined the Microsoft-funded but community-led Open XML-ODF (Open Document Format) translator project..."
Mozilla Delays Firefox 3.0 Beta
(2007-07-10 15:45:08)
PC World: "The milestone schedule is reset, and the first beta is unlikely until mid-September..."
Canonical Open-Sources First Launchpad Component
(2007-07-10 16:30:30)
Linux-Watch: "Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, announced July 9 that it is releasing Storm, a generic open-source object relational mapper..."
Open Source Runs Alongside Windows in Olympics
(2007-07-10 17:15:24)
ZDNet Asia: "The IT systems used to support next year's Olympic Games in Beijing, China, will incorporate open source software, but the dominant platform will be Microsoft Windows..."
Second Open Linux Phone Goes On Sale
(2007-07-10 18:00:03)
CNET News: "Another fully open-source-based phone went on sale on Monday, offering developers the chance to build their own mobile Linux applications..."
Linux Creator Calls GPLv3 Authors 'Hypocrites' As Open Source Debate Turns Nasty
(2007-07-10 18:45:36)
InformationWeek: "In an online post, Torvalds slammed executives at the Free Software Foundation, likening their mind-set to that of 'religious fanatics and totalitarian states...'"
How Microsoft Conquered China
(2007-07-10 19:30:43)
Fortune: "Then a different form of resistance emerged. Beijing's city government started installing free open-source Linux operating systems on workers' PCs..."
Venerable Slackware 12 Gets a Sporty New Wardrobe
(2007-07-10 20:15:51)
Linux.com: "Slackware Linux is the oldest surviving Linux distribution, and still one of the most popular..."
Mandriva to Provide Local Linux Support
(2007-07-10 21:00:37)
vnunet: "Linux vendor Mandriva now has a presence in Britain after the formation of Mandriva UK Limited..."
Asia Stays Practical About Open Source
(2007-07-10 21:45:38)
ZDNet Asia: "Companies in the Asia-Pacific region are warming up to open source software for practical rather than religious reasons..."
Prototype Interfaces For Firefox Proposed
(2007-07-10 22:30:47)
InformationWeek: "On the Mozilla Labs blog, Alexander Faaborg, a user experience specialist at the Mozilla Corporation, has posted several mockups of possible interface improvements for the Firefox Web browser.
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