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News Linux News for Oct 03, 2007:
GPLv3 Adoption Rates: Do They Matter?
(2007-10-03 00:00:51)
InfoWorld: "Sure, it's cute and cuddly at first glance, but behind its deep blue eyes lurk pure and unhinged evil... at least if you believe the recent Evans Data survey..."
The SCO Group, or the Dead Man Walking
(2007-10-03 00:45:49)
Troubled Ramblings of a Jaded 20-Something: "...[T]he head-programmer walked out from behind his corner-cubical to say, 'You need to get all the facts, SCO still owns all the work they've done on OpenServer.' My story begins..."
The Real Value of Ohio (GNU)LinuxFest
(2007-10-03 01:30:58)
Blue-GNU: "Saturday night, as I was leaving the Ohio LinuxFest after party, one of the organizers shared with me her apprehensions about the value of the event, and how the community resoundingly put those apprehensions to rest..."
When Open-Source GUIs Attack: The Blender Example
(2007-10-03 02:15:14)
Computerworld: "I am not going to get too deeply into the finer points of the products and what the TDT 3D reviewer thought of them, but many readers got quite worked up about one of the tools, Blender 3D 2.45..."
Office Shootout: OpenOffice.org Impress vs. Microsoft PowerPoint, Round 2
(2007-10-03 03:00:24)
Linux.com: "How does the current version of OpenOffice.org (OOo) compare with Microsoft Office in its ability to produce slide presentations...?"
Top Ten Side Effects of Switching to Linux
(2007-10-03 03:45:00)
Linux.org: "Studies done by a prestigious think tank in Silicon Valley have identified the most common behavioral changes in people who have switched to Linux..." [Humor]
Build 'em Right, Build 'em Strong, Build 'em Linux
(2007-10-03 04:30:06)
Blog of Helios: "The phenomenon of Komputers4Kids has surpassed our expectations and for a while, we thought it surpassed our ability to meet the need..."
Using FileZilla on Linux
(2007-10-03 06:00:08)
TechRepublic: "Recently, the open source FileZilla FTP client became available for Mac OS X and Linux. Previous versions of FileZilla were only available for Windows..."
iTunes 7.3 on Linux with Wine
(2007-10-03 06:45:32)
Wine Review: "iTunes is an audio player for playing and organizing digital music files, and purchasing digital music files in the FairPlay digital rights management format..."
SamePlace: A Jabber Client for Firefox
(2007-10-03 07:30:38)
Linux.com: "If you spend most of your computing life in Firefox, it makes sense to consolidate other online activities in your browser..."
OpenOffice.org Conference 2007: Some Thoughts
(2007-10-03 08:15:48)
Roberto Galoppini's Commercial Open Source Software: "I returned myself a couple of days ago, and I wish to share here some thoughts about the final round table, actually one of the most important sessions..."
NimbleX: The Diet Slackware
(2007-10-03 09:00:24)
Tech Source from Bohol: "The word 'nimble' is an adjective that means quick and light in motion. It is also a quality that the young NimbleX Linux distribution is boasting..."
The 70 Coolest Free Applications in Existence
(2007-10-03 09:45:35)
Seopher: "At the end of August I created a list of the 40 coolest free applications around which proved quite popular..."
Delhi FOSS Event Gets Growing Attention
(2007-10-03 10:30:10)
The Economic Times: "India's free and open source software (FOSS) thrust is growing bigger. Its annual event, freed.in, has just concluded. And it drew some prominent speakers and serious support from industry..."
The Swedish National Police Move to an Open Source Infrastructure...
(2007-10-03 11:15:41)
eMediaWire: "MySQL AB [has] announced that the Swedish National Police is implementing an enterprise-wide project for building all future IT systems on an open source software infrastructure based upon Linux, MySQL and JBoss..."
TurboLinux Couples Online Storage with Portable Device
(2007-10-03 12:00:33)
LinuxInsider: "Turbolinux, one of the first-generation Linux vendors to enter the business arena, on Monday announced a new online storage service for its Wizpy device, which was first introduced in June..."
Announcing Flex Builder on Linux
(2007-10-03 12:30:43)
Swaroop C H: "You can now create Flex projects, write code with intellisense-like hinting, compile and debug all within an IDE based on Eclipse, on Linux..."
News of Myanmar Protests Leaks Despite Regime's Effort to Halt It
(2007-10-03 13:00:11)
Chicago Tribune: "Neerav Modi has never been an activist. But the American student and computer whiz, who is studying medicine in India, has played a crucial role in the political uprisings in Myanmar..."
Analysts Doubtful as Red Hat Targets Microsoft
(2007-10-03 13:30:46)
The News & Observer: "Software maker Red Hat could be within a decade of catching up with Microsoft in the business of selling server software..."
HP: I'm In! Send All SCO's Bankruptcy Notices Please
(2007-10-03 14:15:01)
Groklaw: "Now it's Hewlett-Packard that has answered the call from the bankruptcy court and filed a notice of its interest in SCO's bankruptcy..."
eBay: Botnets are Linux-Happy
(2007-10-03 15:00:45)
The Register: "More interesting is that most of the compromised machines were not Windows machines. 'The vast majority of [the phishing sites] we saw were on rootkit-ed Linux boxes...'"
Russian Public Agencies Choose Mandriva
(2007-10-03 15:45:35)
Mandriva: "Mandriva today announced that the Federal Service on Technical and Export Control (FSTEC) in Russia has agreed to authorise the certification of the Mandriva Linux OS for all safe and legal use..."
An Open Letter to Palm
(2007-10-03 16:30:07)
PC Magazine: "It's time to save the Palm OS. Set it free by introducing it to the world of open-source development..."
Open Source Entrepreneur Turns His Hobby Into an Inc. 500 Enterprise
(2007-10-03 17:15:30)
Linux.com: "iFAX, a commercial company that is built on open source fax server software HylaFAX, was recently included in Inc. Magazine's 2007 list of the top 500 fastest growing companies in the United States..."
Levanta Freshens Up Linux Server Cure-All
(2007-10-03 18:00:54)
Channel Register: "Linux specialist Levanta has issued a fresh release of its flagship software that brings a host of new high-end management tools..."
open.NET? Microsoft To Make .NET Libraries Available Under "Open Source"
(2007-10-03 18:30:26)
whurley.com: "One minute ago Microsoft made one of its first 'open source' moves under the new Microsoft Reference License: the team in Redmond announced they'll make some .NET libraries available..." [Link to eWeek analysis added. -ed]
The Linux Way: Collaboration and Conflict
(2007-10-03 19:00:01)
LinuxInsider: "Torvalds' irate reaction--complete with shouting and name-calling--got the attention of many outside the inner sanctum, but many would argue that this was just another day in the life of the Linux kernel community..."
Choices Grow for Finding and Understanding Open Source
(2007-10-03 19:30:56)
451 CAOS Theory: "It used to be that many folks in open source, both developers and users, lamented that despite the innovative nature of their software, there wasn't much progress coming from their main repositories and directories such as SourceForge.net and Freshmeat.net..."
Kernel Space: A Tiny Linux for the Embedded World
(2007-10-03 20:15:18)
LinuxWorld: "An announcement of the revival of linux-tiny, a set of patches aimed at reducing the footprint of the kernel, mainly for the embedded world, has led to a number of linux-kernel threads..."
Will Open Source Become Bloated and Decrepit?
(2007-10-03 21:00:10)
The Open Road: "...[W]e may well end up becoming that which we disrupt..."
Linux Done Right (Personals Edition): Linux Shop Seeks Linux Vendor
(2007-10-03 21:45:54)
Enterprise Linux Log: "Matthew Porter, the CEO of Contegix, is an anomaly as far as I'm concerned--and I don't mean that in a negative way whatsoever..." [Link repaired. -ed]
Can New Server Hardware Make Virtualization Software Obsolete?
(2007-10-03 22:30:50)
InteropNews: "There was some excitement earlier this month at the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco over server vendor Hitachi's claim to have made third party virtualization software unnecessary..."
Michael Meeks on Sun and OpenOffice.org
(2007-10-03 23:15:50)
ONLamp: "While very few people question Sun's generosity in purchasing Star Office and subsequently opening the code, there have been persistent questions regarding the community management of the project..."
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