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News Linux News for Sep 06, 2007:
Vyatta: A High-End Linux-Based Firewall and Router
(2007-09-06 00:00:31) Linux-Watch: "Let's play a Linux word association game. Red Hat is to Microsoft as Vyatta is to Cisco..."
My Favorite Open Source Business Models
(2007-09-06 00:45:37) Intranet Journal: "Discovering the perfect formula for profiting from an open source project is not easy..."
Linux at the Library?
(2007-09-06 01:30:11) Geneva Public Library: "Our library was faced with a dilemma when our outdated old computers needed to be replaced. Than add insult to injury when Microsoft decided to abandon the Windows 98 operating system..."
Betting the Business on Open Source
(2007-09-06 02:15:53) Computer Business Review: "What does this have to do with open source? mStation didn't just buy the iPod accessories but also Illuminator, Mophie's product design and development community..."
Open Source Yum Cha
(2007-09-06 03:00:44) iTWire: "Here's a collection of four top-class open source apps you need to know about: Amarok, Blender, Xara Xtreme and Scribus..."
What's New in Open Source Search?
(2007-09-06 03:45:03) LinuxInsider: en source alternatives. These search giants are competing in a battle among themselves to be a computer user's default search site for search..."
AMD 8.41 Display Driver Preview
(2007-09-06 04:30:33) Phoronix: "For months now Linux users have been battered with driver releases that have really equated to be nothing more than maintenance releases..."
Configuring phpGroupware's Core Applications
(2007-09-06 06:00:30) Blue-GNU: "We have walked through a basic phpGroupware installation and configured the general system..."
Linux: Slab Defragmentation
(2007-09-06 07:30:39) KernelTrap: "'Slab defragmentation is mainly an issue if Linux is used as a fileserver and large amounts of dentries, inodes and buffer heads accumulate,' Christoph Lameter explained when posting the fifth version of his patchset..."
Managing Hundreds of Linux Machines is Easy
(2007-09-06 09:00:46) ITtoolbox: "That figure is that it takes one administrator for every fifty windows machines but for every two hundred Linux machines only one administrator is needed..."
Top 10 Linux Distributions for Audio Production
(2007-09-06 09:45:34) Softpedia: "Have you ever dreamed of building your own music studio? I know you did and it may come true someday..."
A Linux User Group in a Pacific Paradise
(2007-09-06 10:30:01) Linux.com: "...[Y]ou might be surprised to learn that on some of these paradise islands there are active Linux user communities and even officially registered Linux user groups..."
The Other Open-Source IP PBX
(2007-09-06 11:15:27) VoIP News: "The story has a familiar ring. A vendor offers powerful, reliable new appliances to go with the open-source IP PBX (Private Branch eXchange) software it provides and supports..."
Windows vs Linux: Architecture, Part I
(2007-09-06 12:00:05) PolishLinux: "Linux is not a free version of Windows. The two systems differ not only visually, in the graphical user interface the user sees, but also functionally, as is frequently discussed, and legally to boot..."
GNOME 2.19.92 (GNOME 2.20.0 Release Candidate) Released
(2007-09-06 12:30:06) [gnome-announce]: "This is our ninth development release and first release candidate for
GNOME 2.20.0, which will be released later this month..."
KDE 4.0 Beta 2 Release Announcement
(2007-09-06 13:00:23) KDE.org: "The KDE Community proudly presents the second Beta release for KDE 4.0. This release marks the beginning of the feature freeze and the stabilization of the current codebase..."
Samba 4.0.0alpha1 [Released]
(2007-09-06 13:30:45) [Samba-announce]: "Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being
developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series..."
NetApp Sues Sun
(2007-09-06 14:00:27) internetnews.com: "Network Appliance has sued Sun Microsystems, claiming Sun's ZFS file system technology infringes on seven NetApp patents..."
Mandriva Linux 2008 RC1 Released
(2007-09-06 14:30:01) Mandriva: "The first release candidate of Mandriva Linux 2008, codenamed Copernic, is now available..."
Critics Skeptical That Microsoft Will Be Able To Alter Vote On OOXML
(2007-09-06 15:00:55) InformationWeek: "Losing the fast-track vote may mean Microsoft has missed its best opportunity to get OOXML approved..."
IBM and Novell Push Out New SLED
(2007-09-06 15:30:26) Channel Register: "IBM and Novell have announced an integrated open collaboration client for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop that includes IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Lotus Sametime and IBM productivity tools..."
Getting Inside Google's gPhone
(2007-09-06 16:00:24) BusinessWeek: "Still coming to terms with Apple's iPhone invasion, the cellular industry now finds itself bracing for yet another intrusion by a mighty outsider bent on altering the way wireless does business. This time it's Google..."
X.org Releases Version 7.3, Gets Hotplugging Support
(2007-09-06 16:30:43) #open.ended: "Today marked the mildly delayed new release of X.org version 7.3, which corresponds to server version 1.4..."
Dell Beefs Up Precision Portable Workstation Line
(2007-09-06 17:00:36) The Register: "The M6300 ships with various configurations of Windows; XP, Vista Business and Vista Ultimate in 32-bit and 64-bit incarnations. RedHat Linux 5.1 will be available on the system in October..."
How PDAs Are Saving Lives in Africa
(2007-09-06 17:30:59) UN Dispatch: "In a nation where many households have no phone and no address, collecting health data is a daunting task..."
Debian-Based MEPIS Linux Distros Move Closer to Shipment
(2007-09-06 18:00:41) DesktopLinux: "MEPIS has released Beta3 of SimplyMEPIS 7.0, its full-featured Debian-based Linux, and Beta 2 of MEPIS AntiX..."
MuleSource Forges Developer Site
(2007-09-06 18:30:49) eWeek: "MuleSource has launched MuleForge, a collaborative development site for Mule extensions and applications built by the Mule community and MuleSource partners...:
How Microsoft Dealt with GPLv3
(2007-09-06 19:00:47) Builder AU: "The news of Silverlight 1.0 being released allows some insight in the way that Microsoft will work with GPLv3..."
Licensing Issues Could Hinder Open Source Adoption
(2007-09-06 19:30:34) SearchEnterpriseLinux: "Could enterprises' rapid adoption of Linux and open source software mask a hidden challenge for IT managers...?"
Linux Job Market Trends: Galloping Forward
(2007-09-06 20:00:57) Datamation: "The numbers, clearly, point to a major industry trend..."
Yet More Filings in Novell--Why SCO Wants No Mention of IBM or Groklaw
(2007-09-06 20:30:08) Groklaw: "Lots of new filings in SCO v. Novell. Now the mystery clears as to why SCO wants no mention of the IBM litigation or Groklaw in the SCO v. Novell trial..."
Firefox 3: A Look at its New Security Features
(2007-09-06 21:00:33) TechRepublic: "Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular web browsers around today. But what does the Mozilla team have in store for us along security lines...?"
NetApp: I Like Your Style, Now Back It Up
(2007-09-06 21:00:59) Mark Hinkle: "'I'm Dave Hitz, one of the co-founders of NetApp. I suspect that our lawsuit will trigger 'discussion' (to put it politely) in the open source world...'"
Double Standards for Microsoft and OOXML
(2007-09-06 21:30:18) IT Pro: "It takes little intelligence to comprehend that two standards are not better than one..."
HP to Kill Dell with Linux PCs
(2007-09-06 22:00:19) Mad Penguin: "HP selling Linux PCs? Surely this must be a mistake? Not necessarily, as Dell has demonstrated that there is a niche market of people who are full-time Linux users..."
Why You Really Can't Use 'Linux' as a Screen Name on the Xbox 360
(2007-09-06 22:30:30) Linux-Watch: "When the news broke about it being impossible to use Linux as a screen name on the Xbox 360 it sounded like such a Microsoft thing to do. Alas, the real reason why you can't use Linux as a screen name is much more mundane..."
Automatix Backlash: Why the Hate?
(2007-09-06 23:00:40) OSWeekly: "In order for Automatix to be as hated as it has become by a select few, we need to first examine the reasons why the application is allegedly being targeted with such harsh words..."
The SCO Syndrome: To Litigate Without Annoying Would-Be Customers
(2007-09-06 23:30:51) InformationWeek: "Dave Hitz doesn't think so, but the NetApp founder is concerned enough that he blogged about the topic when suing Sun this week. His pitch: Hey, c'mon, we're not being SCO here..."
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