News Linux News for Jul 13, 2007:

The GPL and Software as a Service
(2007-07-13 00:00:46)
O'Reilly Radar: "Linux Magazine's article The GPL Has No (Networked) Future recognizes a point that I've been making for years: that free software license requirements to release source code are all triggered by the act of distribution..."

Do You Grok Open Source?
(2007-07-13 00:45:10)
Enterprise Open Source: "Science fiction writer Robert Heinlein, in the 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land, coined the term 'grok...'"

Why Most Businesses Still Use Windows
(2007-07-13 01:30:07)
Think Thick: "So why are medium and small businesses, the backbone of the US economy, not switching over to Linux...?"

The Secret of Successful Open Source Companies: Part II
(2007-07-13 02:15:05)
CNET News: "Last year (almost to the day), I wrote a post that detailed how JBoss went from $0 to a $350 million acquisition by Red Hat and scored a range of paying customers along the way..."

Covalent Open Source Application Virtualization
(2007-07-13 03:00:38)
ZDNet: "I've spoken with these gentleman over the years as the company searched for a business model that worked. They're now using a pure-play open source model..."

AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series & Linux
(2007-07-13 03:45:41)
Phoronix: "Since January of this year we have been telling you that AMD has been silently working on R600 (Radeon HD 2000) support for their proprietary Linux 'fglrx' driver..."

Free Software Empowers African Languages
(2007-07-13 04:30:33)
Translate.org.za Development Blog: "At the Pan African Localisation workshop and Blitz held in Morocco in February 2007, various Africans gathered to discuss localisation..."

Using the Digg API with Ruby on Rails
(2007-07-13 06:00:53)
ThemBid: "The following tutorial will get you started fast using the Digg API in your Ruby on Rails (RoR) application..."

Installing Zabbix (Server And Agent) On Debian Etch
(2007-07-13 06:45:18)
HowtoForge: "Zabbix is a solution for monitoring applications, networks, and servers..."

23 Super-Useful Linux Command Line Tools: IT Pros' Choices
(2007-07-13 07:30:31)
Enterprise Linux Log: "First of all, it's really true that many IT pros use Linux commands even when GUIs are available..."

A Three-Pronged Attack on Performance
(2007-07-13 08:15:30)
Linux.com: "A computer running Linux can outperform the same computer running Windows XP or Vista. Even so, you may be able to make your Linux system even faster..."

Making Your Laptop Linux Friendly
(2007-07-13 09:00:06)
BinaryPower: "I got a virus and I couldn't do much else than backup and reformat. No big deal... but I realized after I formatted it it did not come with a recovery CD (at least one I could find)..."

Linux: Revisiting Swap Prefetch
(2007-07-13 09:45:51)
KernelTrap: "Another thread discussed potentially merging the swap prefetch patch into the mainline Linux kernel..."

Freespire, OpenSUSE, Mandriva, and Ubuntu--The Most Suitable Distros for Linux Dummy
(2007-07-13 10:30:29)
Linux Dummies: "The most suitable distros for a total Linux dummy are Freespire, OpenSUSE, Mandriva, and Ubuntu, according to online test called Linux Distribution Chooser..."

Beryl: Eye Candy (and More) for Linux
(2007-07-13 11:15:19)
Daniweb: "Over the past few years, 3-D rendering in window managers has become a new trend in the desktop environment..."

Tux Paint Gets a Face Lift
(2007-07-13 12:00:35)
DesktopLinux: "Five years after the debut of its popular open-source drawing program for children, New Breed Software announced the release of Tux Paint 0.9.17..."

Apple Now Owns CUPS
(2007-07-13 12:45:50)
Linux-Watch: "Now, in a surprising development, Michael R. Sweet, CUPS' creator, revealed on CUPS' Web site that Apple has bought CUPS' source code and other intellectual property..."

OpenSolaris Gets The Total Package
(2007-07-13 13:30:36)
internetnews.com: "Four months after he joined Sun Microsystems, Debian Linux distribution creator Ian Murdock discussed his plans to bring Linux-like distribution sensibilities to Sun's OpenSolaris operating system..."

Dell Fixes Ubuntu Laptop Pricing
(2007-07-13 14:15:02)
DesktopLinux: "Dell Ubuntu Linux buyers were recently outraged when a price comparison between identical Inspiron 1420 laptops showed that instead of the Ubuntu system being cheaper, it actually ended up costing $225 more than the same laptop with Vista Home Basic Edition..."

Critic Bashes Massachusetts on Open XML Proposal
(2007-07-13 15:00:38)
Network World: "With about a week remaining to collect comments on a plan to adopt Ecma's Open XML standard, Massachusetts is mum on how the issue is fairing, but some who disagree with the action are already voicing their opinion publicly..."

SCO: We Never Knowingly Released Code Under the GPL. PJ: Did Too
(2007-07-13 15:45:22)
Groklaw: "SCO seems to have started something, when, after releasing software under the GPL for years, it now claims it never knowingly did so. As you know, Microsoft has now declared its GPL-virginity as well..."

BBC to Hear Open Source Concerns
(2007-07-13 16:30:07)
BBC News: "Calls to make the BBC's on demand TV service work on all computer operating systems are to get a fresh look..."

Willing to Buy a High-End, Free-Software-Only Laptop?
(2007-07-13 17:15:12)
Shuttleworth: "With projects like Gobuntu and gNewSense aiming to provide a platform that is zealous about free software, the obvious question is 'where can I run it...?'

Open Source Semantic Desktop Is Coming
(2007-07-13 18:00:39)
internetnews.com: "The answer to connecting all the information into a local semantic Web of information is closer than you might think..."

It's Official: OLPC and Intel Become Friends, Collaborate
(2007-07-13 18:45:58)
Ars Technica: "The One Laptop Per Child Project and Intel have put their differences aside, at least for now, as Intel agrees to take a seat on the OLPC Board of Directors..."

About Massachusetts...
(2007-07-13 19:30:15)
Groklaw: "You know how I always tell you when I make a mistake? Well, it looks like I made one when I told you that I didn't think Massachusetts would care what you said in any emails about Microsoft's OfficeOpen XML specification..."

1st Asian Nation to Adopt Open Software Standards
(2007-07-13 20:15:54)
LinuxLookup: "Japan has adopted a policy under which government ministries and agencies will solicit bids from software vendors whose products support internationally recognized open standards..."

Microsoft Disses GPLv3 (And Rocketman Kirk)
(2007-07-13 21:00:10)
Computerworld: "This is Thursday's IT Blogwatch: in which Microsoft squirms out of GPLv3's clutches, perhaps..."

The Badger Game
(2007-07-13 22:30:23)
Editor's Note: How Microsoft used a few empty promises and threats to validate Open XML.

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