News Linux News for Aug 08, 2007:

Open Source Upheaval
(2007-08-08 00:00:23)
InfoWorld: "'I don't use the word 'evil,'' says Mike Evans--though he acknowledges that some of his customers do see proprietary commercial software vendors that way..."

Lenovo or No, Linux Not There Yet
(2007-08-08 00:45:58)
Red Herring: "But though the move is a boost for the OS, analysts say it'll be years before desktop Linux can seriously threaten proprietary systems like Windows..."

Assessing the Size of the Free Software Movement
(2007-08-08 01:30:36)
Blue GNU: "Save for the occasional references to the Free Software Foundation and FSF Europe, one might get the impression that the Free Software movement is floundering along, all but forgotten in the annals of history..."

LinuxWorld and the Next Generation Datacenter
(2007-08-08 02:15:32)
ZDNet: "The authors of these articles appear surprised that the focus of LinuxWorld has been broadening over time to focus on how Linux is being used in the corporate datacenter and other important, related technologies such as virtualization..."

Truthy Statements about Access to Source Code
(2007-08-08 03:15:29)
InfoWorld: "I feel the same way about the notion that: 'access to the source code prevents vendor lock-in and is immeasurably important in keeping the OSS vendor focused on the customer...'"

SolutionBase: Taking SquirrelMail to New Levels
(2007-08-08 03:45:34)
Tech Republic: "SquirrelMail is a great option if you want to create Web-based e-mail for your company's Web-based mail server..."

Multisite CVS Drupal Installation on Ubuntu
(2007-08-08 04:30:38)
HowtoForge: "This howto shows you how to do a multi-site Drupal install on Ubuntu..."

Review: Linux Mint 3.0
(2007-08-08 05:15:06)
Raiden's Realm: "Out of the box, Linux Mint is supposed to be the 'click and go' linux distribution. Just boot the live cd, install it, and then you're ready to go without any huss or fuss. That's not exactly true..."

Absolute Linux is an Absolute Winner
(2007-08-08 06:00:37)
Linux.com: "Absolute, a lightweight Linux operating system based on the respected Slackware Linux distribution, just released version 12.0..."

Sabayon Linux 3.4 Review
(2007-08-08 06:45:04)
Open Review: "Sabayon is the new name for earlier RR4 distribution. It is based on Gentoo and modified according to the needs of users..."

IEs 4 Linux Internet Explorer 5.0 5.5 6.0 on Linux
(2007-08-08 07:30:00)
WINE Review: "So why would anyone want IE on Linux when we already have superior browsers...?"

Dancing with Wolves, A Wolvix Hunter 1.1.0 Review
(2007-08-08 08:15:34)
On-Disk: "Predictable things begin to happen with Linux distributions as newer technologies become available..."

My Yellow Dog Ate My Red Hat
(2007-08-08 09:00:16)
RiK0's Tech Temple: "Since Apple dropped PPC, the Linux PPC world is quite in turmoil..."

Freespire Review
(2007-08-08 09:45:07)
Open Review: "It seems like commenting on half cooked solution, when everyone knows that it is not finished yet. But I would like to make an exception in case of Freespire..."

Migrating from Windows to Linux
(2007-08-08 10:30:07)
LinuxLinks: "However, unless a desktop user is provided with real alternatives to the existing software he or she currently uses, migration to a different operating system is going to be very difficult..."

Monitor Your Systems With FreeIPMI
(2007-08-08 11:15:34)
Blue GNU: "The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management..."

Linux Database Becomes a Browser
(2007-08-08 12:00:53)
The Register: "The fashion for 'web mashups' just got a steroid boost with the release of a browser that is really a desktop database, with full SQL scripting and the ability to manipulate tabular data found on the Internet..."

IBM Gets Tighter With Green, Novell
(2007-08-08 12:45:59)
internetnews.com: "Though IBM sells and supports both Novell and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Big Blue is getting closer with Novell, at least on the middleware side..."

Linspire Releases Freespire 2.0 Linux Operating System
(2007-08-08 13:30:13)
Linspire: "Building on the best of open source software using Ubuntu as its baseline, Freespire 2.0 adds legally licensed proprietary drivers, codecs, and applications in its core distribution, to provide a better user experience..."

Dell Talks Linux Virtualization Redux
(2007-08-08 14:00:18)
internetnews.com: "Sometimes, the promises that vendors make on a show stage turn out to be empty. That's not the case with Dell..."

Mandriva Linux 2008 Beta 1 (aka Cassini) [Released]
(2007-08-08 14:30:56)
Mandriva: "The first beta release of Mandriva Linux 2008 is now available..."

Little Progress in States' ODF Considerations
(2007-08-08 15:00:00)
InfoWorld Nederland: "The debate over use of the open document format among U.S. states appears to have hit a wall as experts representing both sides of the issue offered few new insights into the subject..."

Dell, AMD, Red Hat Partner on Migration
(2007-08-08 15:30:08)
Linux-Watch: "...Dell and Red Hat on Aug. 7 will be delivering a simplified way for customers to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss to migrate from costly legacy application infrastructures using open-source software and standards-based hardware..."

OpenSUSE 10.3 Beta 1 Released
(2007-08-08 16:00:22)
DesktopLinux: "The OpenSUSE project celebrated its second birthday on Aug. 7 by making the first beta of OpenSUSE 10.3 available at the LinuxWorld trade show here..."

What's Better? Summary Judgment Rulings or a Jury Trial?
(2007-08-08 16:30:33)
Groklaw: "I was noticing on the schedule for SCO v. Novell that tomorrow is the day to file the Final Pretrial Order..."

Indian Agency to Deploy Linux in Schools
(2007-08-08 17:00:22)
InfoWorld: "ELCOT, whic provides IT services to the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has already migrated its own infrastructure from Windows to Suse Linux Enterprise..."

Linux Kernel Maintainer: Get Involved!
(2007-08-08 17:30:39)
internetnews.com: "It may be thankless, boring work, but you have to get more involved in building the Linux kernel..."

Mozilla's Plan for Improving Firefox User Retention Rates
(2007-08-08 18:00:38)
Ars Technica: "According to Mozilla, only fifty percent of the people who download Firefox actually try the browser and only about half of the people who try it continue to use it..."

Sprint to Offer WiMAX-Enabled Linux Tablet
(2007-08-08 18:30:13)
LinuxDevices: "Sprint will offer a Mobile WiMAX-enabled version of Nokia's N800 Internet Tablet to North American customers next year..."

Novell CEO: We Need To Standardize Linux
(2007-08-08 18:45:12)
internetnews.com: "According to Novell President and CEO Ron Hovsepian, there needs to be more application availability on Linux in order to accelerate Linux adoption..."

Oracle on Linux Is No Game
(2007-08-08 19:00:11)
internetnews.com: "Oracle is continuing to push hard with its Linux efforts, today announcing a series of new open source projects and initiatives..."

Intel's Approach to Laptops for Poor Children
(2007-08-08 19:30:17)
New York Times: "Intel insists that its project to make low-cost laptops for school children in poorer nations began nearly three years ago, before it heard of Nicholas Negroponte's initiative, One Laptop Per Child...."

Open Source: Smallville Becomes Metropolis
(2007-08-08 20:00:34)
LinuxInsider: "Open source started as a small community with a set of ideals about software development, believing that developers should make their products more expedient and user-friendly by making the underlying code accessible to everyone..."

Major OSes To Be Barcelona-Ready
(2007-08-08 20:30:27)
internetnews.com: "AMD announced that major x86 operating system vendors are preparing modifications to their OSes in advance of the release of its quad-core Opteron processor, Barcelona, due to ship to OEMs this month and to customers in September..."

Attacking Web 2.0 at LinuxWorld
(2007-08-08 21:00:30)
CNET News: "At LinuxWorld today, SPI Dynamic's senior security engineer, Matt Fisher, talked about the vulnerabilities of Web 2.0..."

Merging "Open Source" and "Free Software"
(2007-08-08 21:30:33)
Libervis: "Due to the increased diffusion of 'Open Source' as a term this article suggests its gradual phase out in favor of the original 'Free Software' term and renaming of the 'Open Source Initiative' into 'Free Software Business Initiative' (no matter how controversial the proposal may be)..."

Are We Finally Seeing the Year of the Linux Desktop?
(2007-08-08 22:00:17)
iTWire: "This past month has seen a flurry activity from a number of players in the Linux desktop space. Red Hat, Suse, Ubuntu, Dell, Lenovo and even Intel white box system builders are getting into the act..."

Open-Source Discrimination
(2007-08-08 22:30:22)
CNET News: "There is an ugly feeling growing against Microsoft in its attempts to have a few of its shared-source licenses certified as OSI (Open Source Initiative)-approved. The general sentiment is that OSI approval is for everyone except Microsoft..."

Eroding the Meaning of "Open Source," IBM-Style
(2007-08-08 23:00:57)
Computer Business Review: "After all, when it comes to eroding the meaning of 'open source,' one need look no further than the apparent protector of all things Linux, IBM..."

Microsoft vs. The Linux World
(2007-08-08 23:30:21)
Mad Penguin: "Make no mistake about it, if you are using a Linux distribution, you are not a friend to the software giant in Redmond..."

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