News Linux News for Aug 10, 2007:

Advocacy 101: Don't Preach, Ask Questions
(2007-08-10 00:00:18)
Blue GNU: "You know what led me to Free Software to begin with? It wasn't that I was deeply concerned about my Constitutional rights, my Civil rights, or even my Miranda rights..."

CNR is Coming: Linux May Never be the Same
(2007-08-10 00:45:54)
OSWeekly: "And while so many people pointed to the fact that we already have apt-get, YaST, among other application installation solutions, no one seems to have an answer to the legality of using restricted codecs and fonts here in the States..."

Summer Camp For Systems Management Vendors
(2007-08-10 01:30:07)
whurley: "It's time for the systems management community to start acting like one..."

Passwords: Just Another Bureaucratic Annoyance
(2007-08-10 02:15:20)
ONLamp: "Yesterday I heard of a government agency where the manager required employees to post their account names and passwords on a bulletin board, so they could get into each other's systems in case one of them was out for a day..."

Fedora 7 Review
(2007-08-10 03:00:17)
LinuxLinks: "We'll delve into what's new in 7 as well as review Fedora from a desktop standpoint..."

ASRock ConRoe1333-DVI/H [Review]
(2007-08-10 04:30:36)
Phoronix: "Last month we looked at the ALiveNF7G-HDReady from ASRock, which was a great budget motherboard that had integrated NVIDIA GeForce 7050 graphics that made it suitable for an HTPC or multimedia setup and it came topped with Gigabit LAN support and IEEE-1394 Firewire..."

Smolt Profiles Distro Hardware Use
(2007-08-10 06:00:24)
Linux.com: "When Fedora 7 was released, one of its standout features was Smolt, an opt-in program for collecting data about users' hardware..."

Fedora 7: Community Remix
(2007-08-10 07:30:06)
Red Hat Magazine: "One of the popular features of Fedora 7 is the ability to remix Fedora and build your own custom version. Now don't get me wrong--building a new distribution is nice. But what about those who wish to create their own Fedora-based project...?"

The 64-Bit Experience With Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
(2007-08-10 09:00:16)
LinuxDevCenter: "Over the past couple of weeks I've been able to borrow a friend's laptop: a Gateway w730-K8X (Athlon Mobile 4000+ processor, ATI X600 graphics, 1024 RAM). She has the 64-bit version of Ubuntu Feisty Fawn installed..."

Motorola, Qumranet Closer To Shipping Mobile, Virtual Linux Products
(2007-08-10 10:30:06)
ZDNet: "'Motorola is close to releasing its much anticipated, first Linux-based Razr2 V8 handset in the U.S,' said Christy M Wyatt, vice president of ecosystem and market development for Motorola..."

FrOSCon 2007: Heavy on Drupal, Addressing Issues Facing Businesses and Women
(2007-08-10 12:00:30)
Blue GNU: "The second Free and Open Source Software Conference is being held this year on August 25th-26th, in St. Augustin, Germany..."

Update: Virtualize Windows on Linux? Microsoft Says Servers First
(2007-08-10 12:45:03)
Maximum PC: "This article was originally titled 'Virtualize Windows on Linux? Microsoft Says No Way!'. I badly misunderstood the essential point of Sam Ramji's talk this week at LinuxWorld..."

MythTV Users to Regain TV Guide Info--For a Price
(2007-08-10 13:30:22)
Linux.com: "Today MythTV users learned how much a replacement service offered by Schedules Direct (SD) will cost..."

Q&A: Torvalds on Linux, Microsoft, Software's Future
(2007-08-10 14:15:40)
LinuxWorld: "In this interview, he talks about why he released the code, offers his views on Microsoft and says the future belongs to open source..."

Antivirus Tools Underperform When Tested in LinuxWorld 'Fight Club'
(2007-08-10 15:00:23)
Dark Reading: "Oh, antivirus products. They're a commodity item, right? They're all pretty much the same..."

Linux 2.6.22.2 [Released]
(2007-08-10 15:45:12)
LWN: "This release has a lot of bugfixes and some security updates so all users of the 2.6.22 series should update to it..."

Microsoft Nurtures Linux Silverlight Port
(2007-08-10 16:30:20)
SD Times: "When Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie unveiled Silverlight at MIX07, he vowed that it would be a cross-platform technology..."

VMware: Linux Is Ideal OS for Virtualization
(2007-08-10 17:15:50)
internetnews.com: "Linux is a key part of the success mix for virtualization. That was the message of Mendel Rosenblum, chief scientist and cofounder of VMware..."

Firms Struggle with Open Source Licences
(2007-08-10 18:00:03)
vnunet.com: "Firms should set policies on how to deal with the use and distribution of and contributions to open source projects, Stormy Peters, director of community and partner programmes with OpenLogic, argued in a session at the Linuxworld conference..."

Report from Australia--The OOXML Forum
(2007-08-10 18:45:40)
Groklaw: "I'd say things look grim in Australia, but it's not too late to express yourself to Australia Standards..."

Linspire Executives Exodus?
(2007-08-10 19:30:48)
Linux-Watch: "According to multiple sources close to Linux distributor Linspire, former CEO Kevin Carmony was not the only executive to leave Linspire at the end of July..."

OOXML Approval Vote Fails in INCITS
(2007-08-10 20:00:57)
ConsortiumInfo: "That ballot has now closed on schedule, and there is a public link that shows the vote--which failed, with 8 in favor, 7 opposed, and one abstaining..."

Linux Vendors and Microsoft Follow the Money
(2007-08-10 20:30:59)
The Register: "Ron Hovsepian's keynote employed words that would have been considered heresy during the scandal-wearing glory days of LinuxWorld in San Jose, but today they raised barely a flicker, demonstrating two important things..."

Firefox is a Public Asset [Parts 1 & 2]
(2007-08-10 21:00:29)
mitchell's blog: "There are many reasons why Firefox is a public asset, built for public benefit rather than private wealth..."

Can a Public Good Survive Corporate Interest?
(2007-08-10 21:45:03)
ONLamp: "Mitchell Baker and Matt Asay have had a brief back and forth over the nature of a public good (such as the Firefox web browser in specific, or free software in general)..."

Linux Is Boring
(2007-08-10 22:30:43)
internetnews.com: "Not so at LinuxWorld San Francisco 2007. This is the year that Linux is so mature, so stable, so tried and true, that it's actually, dare I say it? Boring..." [A Guest Editor's Note this week. -ed.]

Using OSI Endorsement and Linux Deals to Promote Lock-ins
(2007-08-10 23:15:17)
BoycottNovell: "Outside the United States, which Microsoft virtually owns, OOXML has a hard time finding acceptance..."

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