News Linux News for Aug 06, 2007:

Vector Linux 5.8 SOHO or Lightspeed KDE
(2007-08-06 00:00:14)
ReviLinux: "Speed, performance, stability--these are attributes that set VectorLinux apart in the crowded field of Linux distributions..."

Tellico: Manage Your Collection of CDs, Coins and... Wines
(2007-08-06 04:00:47)
PolishLinux: "I don't know a person that hasn't collected anything in their life (particularly in childhood)..."

Creating Web 2.0 Buttons in Linux with Xara Xtreme
(2007-08-06 06:00:38)
ThemBid: "Web graphics designers running GNU/Linux seem to use the Gimp, Inkscape or Photoshop in a virtual environment..."

How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On CentOS 5.0
(2007-08-06 07:30:29)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how to harden PHP5 with Suhosin on a CentOS 5.0 server..."

Hack and Crack Proof SSH on Linux
(2007-08-06 09:00:14)
iTWire: "It's inevitable: if your computer is Internet-connected you will have people coming a-knockin'..."

Run a Linux Server Farm for Nix
(2007-08-06 10:30:11)
iTWire: "One great thing about Linux is its rock-solid nature even when you load it up with as many daemons and services as you like..."

Power Up Your Photo Sharing with Desktop Flickr Organizer
(2007-08-06 10:30:54)
Linux.com: "There is nothing wrong with Flickr uploaders, but if you are a heavy Flickr user, you need to do more than just upload pictures..."

Open Source Helps Stop Traffic Accidents
(2007-08-06 12:00:45)
CIO: "Sometimes, the only thing more damaging than a terrible car accident on a major expressway is the thousands of cars whose passengers slow down to take in the misfortunes of their fellow motorists..."

Red Hat Global Desktop Delayed
(2007-08-06 12:45:04)
DesktopLinux: "Sources close to Red Hat said obtaining some of these codecs was dependent on Red Hat coming to an agreement with Microsoft..."

Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony Resigns
(2007-08-06 13:30:05)
Linux-Watch: "In an interview today with Linux-Watch, controversial Linux leader Kevin Carmony confirmed rumors that he had resigned as CEO of desktop Linux vendor Linspire on July 31..."

Linux 2.6.23-rc2 Released, Reviewed
(2007-08-06 14:00:14)
Linus kicks out 2.6.23-rc2 on Friday, then Phoronix spends the weekend putting together a performance review today. Interesting ideas about relaxation time. Articles within.

It's a LinuxWorld. Or Is It?
(2007-08-06 14:30:51)
internetnews.com: "Instead of having nothing but Linux, the keynote lineup will also have a few speakers who are apparently going to be talking about more than just Linux. That is if they talk about Linux at all..."

A Standards Game for a Summer's Day
(2007-08-06 15:00:21)
ConsortiumInfo: "Those on both sides of the ODF vs. OOXML competition are always accusing each other of spinning and misrepresenting each other's actions and statements..."

Linux 2.6.21.7 [Released]
(2007-08-06 15:30:13)
LWN: "We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.21.7 kernel..."

Googlephone Could Be Powered by Linux and Free of Charge
(2007-08-06 16:00:35)
DaniWeb: "Although Google itself refuses to budge from the official company line of confirming or denying nothing, it looks increasingly likely that a Googlephone is in the offing..."

"Open Source Business Model" Takes on a New Meaning with the Open Business Foundation
(2007-08-06 16:30:48)
Linux.com: "The Open Business Foundation operates on two premises: that the open source development community makes good business sense..."

Telco Dumps Red Hat for Ubuntu
(2007-08-06 17:00:52)
LinuxWorld Australia: "Providing location information to thousands of mobile phone users is all in a day's work for Ubuntu Linux..."

Unforked Ghostscript Released, Now Under the GPL, and Works with CUPS
(2007-08-06 17:30:26)
Ars Technica: "Ghostscript releases are not normally newsworthy since they are frequent and incremental, but this release is special..."

FSF Prepares a New "Libre Planet" Campaign
(2007-08-06 18:00:01)
Libervis: "In a letter that recently came with Free Software Foundation's Bulletin Peter Brown poses an invitation to 'help us build Libre planet...'"

Linux: Reliability, Availability. and Serviceability
(2007-08-06 18:30:21)
KernelTrap: "A recent patch posted to the lkml aimed to make it possible to use both kdb and kdump at the same time, and instead led to an interesting discussion about RAS tools..."

What Do You Want to Hear from Dell About its Linux Plans?
(2007-08-06 19:00:29)
DesktopLinux: "In an unusual move, Dell is asking its users what they want Dell CTO Kevin Kettler to talk about at next week's LinuxWorld trade show at San Francisco's Moscone Center..."

Automatix Poses Danger to Ubuntu Installs
(2007-08-06 19:30:51)
Garrett: "A while ago, the Ubuntu Technical Board were asked to take a look at Automatix. I've finally got around to doing so, and here are my initial conclusions..."

SimplyMEPIS 7.0 Prebeta--A First Look
(2007-08-06 20:15:15)
Shift+Backspace: "These articles will not contain much useful information regarding the release, but will give a brief overview of how the system looks..."

Linux Powered PS3 to be used in DARPA Urban Challenge
(2007-08-06 21:00:12)
LinuxLookup: "Axion Racing was the first team to autonomously drive up to the top of Colorado's Pike Peak and now leads the way by finding cutting edge uses for the beleaguered Sony PS3..."

Microsoft and Open Source: Frost Sightings in Hell
(2007-08-06 21:45:00)
ZDNet: "I'm fairly ambivalent on the license announcement. Does the world really need two more vanity licenses? (No) Isn't Microsoft sort of late to the party? (Yes)..."

Still Waiting for Swap Prefetch
(2007-08-06 22:30:37)
LWN: "It has been almost two years since LWN covered the swap prefetch patch..."

Idea: Unify the Ubuntu Name
(2007-08-06 23:15:16)
The Open Source Advocate: "But what do we mean when we say 'Ubuntu'? Don't we really mean *buntu, a collection of all Ubuntu versions...?"

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