Linux News for Aug 27, 2007

• On Valuing Freedom More than Cushy Jail Cells (Aug 27, 2007, 23:15)
  Linux Journal: "That's why I believe that the final success of Linux, and of free and open source software, will be an economy that values freedom and choice as much as it values scarcity..."


• Linux Documentation: Often Ignored For Poor Community Advice (Aug 27, 2007, 22:30)
  Mad Penguin: "It has long since been my own personal experience that Linux documentation is largely ignored by Linux beginners in exchange for the interactivity of Linux forums..."


• Shared Source: Don't Throw the Babysteps Out With the Bathwater (Aug 27, 2007, 21:45)
  #open.ended: "He's not exaggerating; the top 25 at CodePlex really do fail to impress..."


• Why Proprietary Code is Bad for Security (Aug 27, 2007, 21:00)
  wolfgang.lonien.de: "Since Skype is a proprietary commercial enterprise, it doesn't allow for open source auditing of their code; so they can tell us anything without providing any independent means of verification..."


• Why Sabayon Isn’t Gentoo (Aug 27, 2007, 20:15)
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• Can Open Source Be Giving Comfort to the Enemy? (Aug 27, 2007, 19:30)
  The Long Tail: "I'm posting this because I feel honestly conflicted about something that's come up..."


• Rob Myers Critique of Open Source (Aug 27, 2007, 19:00)
  P2P Foundation: "Yochai Benkler describes Open Source as a methodology of commons based peer production. This means work made collaboratively and shared publicly by a community of equals..."


• Open-Source SugarCRM Eyes Stock Market Entry (Aug 27, 2007, 18:30)
  CNET News: "Applications company SugarCRM intends to file to become a public company within two years, said CEO John Roberts..."


• Can Developers Reclaim Donated IP? (Aug 27, 2007, 18:00)
  Linux.com: "In 2004 Daniel Robbins, the founder of Gentoo Linux, walked away from the project after creating the nonprofit Gentoo Foundation to handle its intellectual property..."


• Java Needs an Overhaul (Aug 27, 2007, 17:30)
  Russell Beattie's Weblog: "I like Jonathan Schwartz a lot, but I think that unless some drastic changes are made to Java, the move to JAVA as Sun's ticker symbol is going to be as relevant as changing it to COBOL..."


• More Irregularities in the OOXML ISO Process Surface (Aug 27, 2007, 17:00)
  Groklaw: "Rob Weir is reporting some very disturbing news about shenanigans in the OOXML ISO process..."


• African Civil Society Warns Microsoft (Aug 27, 2007, 16:30)
  Africa News: "African Civil Society Organisations may be spoiling for war with the global software giant, Microsoft Corporation, over its bid to have its DIS 29500 'Office Open Extensible Markup Language' endorsed by the International Standard Organisation..."


• Open Source: Changing Models, Changing Mindsets, Part 2 (Aug 27, 2007, 15:45)
  TechNewsWorld: "The open source model of developing software is making a significant impact, not only in the software development and broader high-tech community, but more generally within corporations..."


• Linux: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (Aug 27, 2007, 15:00)
  KernelTrap: "'The elections for five of the ten members of the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board [TAB] are held every year...'"


• Just How Many Linux Machines Will Dell Really Sell? (Aug 27, 2007, 14:30)
  blogbeebe: "I've been reading lately about how Dell is slated to sell just 20,000 PCs with Linux loaded on them..."


• SA Government's OSS Plans Revealed (Aug 27, 2007, 14:00)
  Tectonic: "Doctor Daniel Mashao, the chief technology officer at Sita (the South African State Information Technology Agency), announced the launch of the government-wide free and open source programme at the GovTech conference on Thursday..."


• This Just In: China Votes "No with Comments" on OOXML (Aug 27, 2007, 13:30)
  ConsortiumInfo: "As I had noted in an earlier blog entry, China had been signalling some displeasure with Microsoft and OOXML in recent weeks, via Xinhua, the official government news agency, so this is not totally a surprise..."


• Is That Light at the End of the Tunnel? (Aug 27, 2007, 12:45)
  Mandriva Blog: "So it will soon be time to cheer you up with some good news. We have been kind of quiet recently, which does not mean we have not been active..."


• Intellectual Property Cold War Rages On (Aug 27, 2007, 12:00)
  OSWeekly: "I have pointed this out time and again. Like it or not, the patent war is already here..."


• Red Hat Offers Virtualisation Training for RHEL 5 (Aug 27, 2007, 10:30)
  Computerworld UK: "Red Hat has announced new training and consulting services, including a new two-day course that shows you how to install, configure and manage virtual hosts on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5..."


• Midnight Commander in Action (Aug 27, 2007, 09:00)
  PolishLinux: "There are a lot of free file managers. There is Nautilus in GNOME environment (with GTK libraries), KDE users have Konqueror and Krusader..."


• MainConcept: Release MainActor Into Open Source! (Aug 27, 2007, 07:30)
  Mad Penguin: "But correct me if I'm wrong, is MainActor not the perfect vehicle for moving the MPEG encoder...?"


• How To Use NTFS Write Support (ntfs-3g) On Fedora 7 (Aug 27, 2007, 06:00)
  HowtoForge: "Normally Linux systems can only read from Windows NTFS partitions, but not write to them which can be very annoying if you have to work with Linux and Windows systems..."


• Managing and Keeping Tabs of Network Traffic on Linux (Aug 27, 2007, 05:30)
  Rudd-O: "Is your Net connection slow? Ever wonder what the hell's going down the wire? Here are five free and effective tools to diagnose network traffic issues..."


• An Introduction to Eclipse for Visual Studio Users (Aug 27, 2007, 04:00)
  developerWorks: "All integrated development environments share similarities because they're all built for the same purpose. But they have differences, too..."


• Frillions of Ways (Aug 27, 2007, 00:00)
  Open at Adobe: "It still amazes me how many people on both sides of the open source fence end up back in the same place..."