News Linux News for Sep 11, 2007:

Mozilla Firefox vs. Internet Explorer: Which is Safer?
(2007-09-11 00:00:43)
Datamation: "I am safer browsing in Mozilla's Firefox browser than I am in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. I firmly believe this to be the case. Yes, that's right, Firefox is safer than IE..."

Linux Yesterday And Linux Tomorrow, But Never Linux Today
(2007-09-11 00:45:15)
InformationWeek: "What would you say if I told you that plans to deploy Linux in corporations aren't accelerating, but are tapering off...?"

10 Reasons Why You Need an Open Source Strategy
(2007-09-11 01:30:53)
ITtoolbox: "Stop being dragged through constant product upgrades that you are forced to do to stay on a supported version of the product..."

It's Time to Retire the Mom Test
(2007-09-11 02:15:27)
Linux.com: "You're probably familiar with the phrase 'the mom test,"'which is quick shorthand for 'the most clueless computer user we can find...'"

Best Linux Desktop Distribution for Home Users
(2007-09-11 03:00:44)
Raiden's Realm: "I started using Linux (Red Hat 9) on my home computer in 2003 and my first question like all Linux Newbies was: 'What is a Best Desktop Linux Distribution for home users...?'"

The Open Source Solution to Solving Linux Wi-Fi Problem
(2007-09-11 04:30:28)
Mad Penguin: "Could this be the badly needed 'fix' that we need in the wireless world with regard to Linux...?"

Swapoff Performance
(2007-09-11 07:30:53)
KernelTrap: "'My experiments show that when there is not much free physical memory, swapoff moves pages out of swap at a rate of approximately 5mb/sec,' Daniel Drake noted..."

Confessions of an Unjustified Sinner: Using Justification in Ooo Writer
(2007-09-11 09:00:46)
Linux Journal: "When typewriters ruled the desktop, all paragraphs had a ragged right justification, with each line starting at the same position on the left, but with a variable right margin..."

openSUSE 10.3 Beta 3 Report
(2007-09-11 10:30:44)
Tuxmachines: "Welp, we're in the homestretch now. Beta 3 of openSUSE 10.3 was released a few days ago, and with only one more developmental release before final, we were hoping things were starting to shape up..."

An Open Letter to ISO
(2007-09-11 12:00:35)
Geir Isene: Straight Talk on IT: "In light of the recent events relating to the standardization process of EOOXML, it seems appropriate to look into possible standardization of the process itself..."

Open Source in the UK: Investigate, Approve and Ignore
(2007-09-11 12:45:52)
Computer Business Review: "Over a year ago CBR published a look at the UK's adoption of open source software in the UK and promised a later update.

Microsoft Spreads the Linux Love Around--To BMW and Siemens
(2007-09-11 13:30:27)
Softpedia: "Microsoft and Linux, Windows and Linux for that matter, seemed until not too long ago less than complementary concepts..."

Ubuntu and Red Hat Praise IBM as It Joins OpenOffice.org Community
(2007-09-11 14:15:34)
DaniWeb: "IBM has announced that it is joining the OpenOffice.org development community, with an initial involvement concerning code contributions it has been developing as part of its Lotus Notes product..."

Linux 2.6.23-rc6 [Released]
(2007-09-11 15:00:34)
LWN: "So last week was a bust, with a lot of core people away for the kernel summit, and with -rc5 having two rather nasty (and silly) one-liner problems..."

Sun Accommodating Linux in Solaris
(2007-09-11 15:30:42)
InfoWorld: "With an incremental update to its Solaris 10 OS, Sun is extending the platform's virtualization capabilities to accommodate Linux and Solaris on the same computer..."

Firefox: We Caught Microsoft Asleep at the Wheel
(2007-09-11 16:00:20)
PC Pro: "We caught up with Tristan Nitot, president of Mozilla Europe, to find out why the open-source browser has been so successful and get the latest news on Firefox 3..."

Introducing the 2007 InfoWorld Bossies
(2007-09-11 16:30:08)
InfoWorld: "Not too long ago, open source meant starving developers; scant documentation; an ugly, outdated Web site; and software that lived in perpetual beta..."

Ubuntu Dominates Lenovo Linux Distro Poll
(2007-09-11 17:15:29)
#open.ended: "The tone of the post is somewhat acerbic and some of the technical criticisms are a bit outdated, but the basic premise isn't entirely bunk..."

Gutsy Gibbon Swinging Along
(2007-09-11 18:00:08)
iTWire: "The 7.04 release was examined in April and there were plenty of reasons to be disappointed. The Gibbon has improved in several noticeable areas..."

March of the Penguin: Linux Emerges as Option for Windows
(2007-09-11 18:45:23)
Daily Camera: "And for most people, that's long meant choosing between Microsoft's Windows, which runs on PCs, or OS, the system that operates Apple's Macintosh..."

Defining Scheduler Task Groups
(2007-09-11 19:30:45)
KernelTrap: "'The cfs core has been enhanced since quite sometime now to understand task-groups and [to] provide fairness to such task-groups,' began Srivatsa Vaddagiri..."

Office Software Shootout: OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Micosoft Word, Round Three
(2007-09-11 20:15:44)
Linux.com: "Every few years, I check in on how OpenOffice.org Writer compares to Microsoft Word. The first comparison came in 2002, the second in 2005..."

IBM to Give OpenOffice the Outlook E-mail Killer It Needs?
(2007-09-11 21:00:25)
ZDNet: "IBM has finally taken the big leap to support rival Sun's OpenOffice.org project, a move that could have significant impact on the adoption of the open source Office suite..."

Smokin' Hot
(2007-09-11 21:45:30)
Hoosier Penguin: "The company shipped my new computer to me yesterday, and for the first time in a while, I find myself the operator of a 64-bit machine..."

Linux Done Right: A User's Pleasant Surprise
(2007-09-11 22:30:20)
Enterprise Linux Log: "First, a little background. I initially spoke with John Flores, a system administrator with the University of Texas at San Antonio, earlier this year..."

Open Source vs. Money
(2007-09-11 23:15:34)
ProgressiveU: "In today's economy, most people are focused purely on making money. The reason behind making has been, for the most part, lost on most fronts..."

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