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News Linux News for Sep 07, 2007:
How a Microsoft Piracy Threat Almost Led Us to Open Source... Almost!
(2007-09-07 00:00:21)
Tryst with Linux and Other Alternatives: "Once upon a time there was a 'school' that used predominantly Microsoft software. This 'school' used PCs with Windows Servers and Windows XPs..."
Open Source Acquisitions, Time to Grow Up?
(2007-09-07 00:30:45)
The Deal: "A bit of teenage angst is cropping up in speculation about acquisitions of open source software companies..."
.NET to LINUX Conversion
(2007-09-07 01:00:59)
Confessions of an Internet Entrepreneur: "Last weekend, we completed the move from .NET ASP to LINUX/PHP. We did this to take advantage and contribute to the open source community and to prepare for scalability down the road..."
Adblock Plus: The Nuclear Plug-In
(2007-09-07 01:30:51)
Rough Type: "Adblock Plus, the Firefox browser plug-in that erases advertisements from web pages, is a killer of a killer app--or at least it could be if it ever becomes widely popular..."
Edubuntu to the Rescue Again
(2007-09-07 02:00:36)
ZDNet Education: "After being without an actual librarian for so long, it was incredibly cool to talk with someone who knew something more about academic research than how to Google..."
ATI R300/400 Linux Performance
(2007-09-07 02:30:43)
Phoronix: "To some extent, ATI's R300 and R400 series is more popular than the R500 (and now R600) series for Linux users..."
Linux: 64-bit Lguest
(2007-09-07 03:00:53)
KernelTrap: "'This is a formal announcement of Lguest64,' Steven Rostedt said in an email posted to the Linux Kernel mailing list..."
Word 2003 Excel 2003 PowerPoint 2007 Viewers with Wine
(2007-09-07 03:45:32)
WINE Review: "If you need to view a Word, Excel, PowerPoint document but do not have the necessary Microsoft Office application installed. You can use one the free viewers provided by Microsoft..."
ASSP With Embedded ClamAV Integrated Into Postfix With Virtual Users And Domains
(2007-09-07 04:30:17)
HowtoForge: "This document describes how to integrate ASSP (Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy) with embedded ClamAV into a mail server based on Postfix featuring virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database..."
Linux: The Really Simple Really Fair Scheduler
(2007-09-07 05:00:17)
KernelTrap: "In an effort to fully understand the math proposed by Roman Zippel in his Really Fair Scheduler, Ingo Molnar implemented a simplified version of the logic on top of his Completely Fair Scheduler code..."
Configuring Your Webcam to Work Under Linux
(2007-09-07 05:30:04)
Linux.com: "If you want the old-time GNU/Linux experience, try configuring a Web camera. Unlike most peripherals, webcams are generally not configured during installation..."
Nuxified and Cluenet Prepare a Gaming Tourney
(2007-09-07 06:00:53)
Nuxified: "Nuxified.org and Cluenet.org are preparing to hold a Free Software gaming tournament..."
Ontario Linux Fest
(2007-09-07 06:30:10)
LXer: "The countdown is on to Ontario Linux Fest and we couldn't be more excited..."
Ohio (GNU/)LinuxFest Set to Edutain Thousands
(2007-09-07 07:00:20)
Blue-GNU: "Bradley Kuhn, Jon 'maddog' Hall and Max Spevack are just a few of the speakers
that will be on-hand to talk about Linux, open source, and Free Software..."
Linux: DeskOpt, "Completely Unfair Scheduling"
(2007-09-07 07:30:38)
KernelTrap: "'Completely fair scheduling is [a] really good thing, but if you want the best performance for certain applications you need to tune up some things,' explained Michal Piotrowski..."
ATI Radeon HD 2900XT On Linux
(2007-09-07 08:15:59)
Phoronix: "Back when the Radeon X1000 'R500' series support finally arrived for Linux, it came six months after the hardware was actually launched and the Linux performance was down the drain..."
FSF/Environmental Coalition Gathers Around 1500 Signatures So Far
(2007-09-07 09:00:29)
Blue-GNU: "The coalition comprising the Free Software Foundation and environmental activist organizations has gathered around 1500 signatures for their open letter..."
First Looks at SmoothWall Express 3.0 "Polar"
(2007-09-07 09:45:04)
Linux-noob: "Smoothwall Express 3 has finally been released to the public after a few years in various stages of alpha/beta..."
Open Source Software: The Power of Community
(2007-09-07 10:30:06)
LinuxInsider: "The IT industry appears to be in the thick of a number of interesting trends happening not only in technology, but in society at large..."
Red Hat High Campers are Bridging the Digital Divide
(2007-09-07 11:15:35)
Linux.com: "One of the things Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik loses sleep over is the digital divide, especially when it comes to children..."
Komodo Spawns New Open Source IDE Project
(2007-09-07 12:00:05)
internetnews.com: "Development tools vendor ActiveState is opening up parts of its Komodo IDE in a new effort called Open Komodo..."
AMD Nurtures Open-Source Graphics
(2007-09-07 13:30:17)
CNET News: "Advanced Micro Devices has become the second of the three major graphics chip companies to decide it's a good idea to cooperate with Linux programmers and users..."
BBC Trust: Put iPlayer on Multiple Operating Systems
(2007-09-07 14:15:17)
10 Downing Street: "In the case of the iPlayer, following the consultation, the Trust noted the strong public demand for the service to be available on a variety of operating systems..."
Thank You, Network Appliance
(2007-09-07 15:00:54)
Jonathan's Blog: "In one of my first investor calls after the event, a large shareholder surprised me though, with, 'why do you think NetApps is trying to kill off ZFS?' Er... what...?"
Flaw Still Shadows Firefox
(2007-09-07 15:30:18)
internetnews.com: "Sometimes it takes more than one or even two kicks at the can to fix a security issue even when the source code is open..."
KDE 4.0 Release Schedule Revised
(2007-09-07 16:00:06)
dot.KDE: "The final and long awaited release of the KDE Desktop 4.0 is planned for December, 11th 2007, well in time to be a Christmas present for everyone who has been longing for KDE 4.0..."
Red Hat Lands Big Customers
(2007-09-07 16:30:25)
Linux-Watch: "This week saw major deals with the French Ministry for Education and the Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry..."
Mark Shuttleworth Talks On ATI's New Linux Drivers
(2007-09-07 17:00:16)
Phoronix: "Mark Shuttleworth has provided Phoronix some of his initial thoughts on ATI/AMD's new Linux push..."
European Union Sponsors New FOSS Education Portal
(2007-09-07 17:30:57)
Linux.com: "By the end of the year, SELF hopes to develop into the Wikipedia of free learning materials, with a heavy emphasis on material about open standards and free and open source software..."
Microsoft Bus Riders to Get Wi-Fi via Linux Routers
(2007-09-07 18:00:05)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Microsoft employees may end up holding their noses a bit while surfing the Web on the company's new bus system..."
Itanium Linux Creds Lined Up for Gelato ICE
(2007-09-07 18:30:20)
The Inquirer: "...Itanium loyalists will also get their moment in the sun soon when the Gelato ICE conference kicks off on 1 October in Singapore..."
Samba 4 Moves Closer to Active Directory Server Compatibility
(2007-09-07 19:00:13)
Linux-Watch: "Now, with the first alpha release of Samba 4, this open-source project is moving closer to becoming a complete Windows 2003/Longhorn replacement..."
Appeals Court Rules that Deceptive Conduct in Standard Setting can Violate Antitrust Laws
(2007-09-07 20:00:43)
ConsortiumInfo: "While many of us have been preoccupied with the OOXML vote, the rest of the world has naturally been continuing to go about its business..."
Parliamentarians to Discuss Open Source Software
(2007-09-07 20:30:01)
SourceWire: "The economic impact of Open Source software will be discussed with parliamentarians and senior government officials on Wednesday 12th September at the Westminster eForum..."
Microsoft Starts a "Get the Facts" Campaign... Against Itself
(2007-09-07 21:00:21)
CNET News: "In a very funny turn of events, Microsoft is out preaching to the industry that XP is a bloated expense hog, while svelte Vista will cure world hunger (or, at least, cost less...)"
GPL vs BSD: Why Are People Fighting?
(2007-09-07 21:30:11)
iTWire: "The first time, in April this year, a developer for a Linux wireless driver accused an OpenBSD developer of filching code and using it in a wireless driver for OpenBSD..."
Oracle's Mixed Messages on "Compatibility" with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(2007-09-07 22:00:23)
CNET News: "And to think I was an English Literature major at university and always prided myself on my command of syntax. But I admit that this 21st Century is confusing me..."
The Solution Before the Solution
(2007-09-07 22:30:11)
Editor's Note: "'Run Linux,' we say, 'and all of your problems are over.' But few seem eager to take up the rallying cry and install penguin-loving software on their systems. Why...?"
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