News Linux News for Oct 04, 2007:

Distinguishing Between Free Software and Freeware
(2007-10-04 00:00:13)
Blue-GNU: "I ran across a business website that refers to Amanda and Bacula as freeware..."

M&A Activity is the New VC Funding
(2007-10-04 00:45:34)
451 CAOS Theory: "I mentioned yesterday that the big money for established open source vendors went on M&A activity rather than venture funding in the third quarter..."

A Dog Barks, The Wind Blows, A Server Reboots...
(2007-10-04 01:30:20)
Linux In Novell's East Region: You're in the server room, listening to the sound of a babbling brook, when suddenly the sound of a fish splashing back in the water causes you to look at your network monitor application..."

Are You Vulnerable To These Buffer Overflows?
(2007-10-04 03:00:25)
The Cyber-Janitor Chronicles: "The term buffer overflow has been around since programmers started developing software and has almost become a household word..."

NTP Server and Client Configuration in Debian
(2007-10-04 04:30:36)
Debian Admin: "Using NTP is a great way to keep your system clock set correctly..."

Tales from Responsivenessland: Why Linux Feels Slow, and How to Fix That
(2007-10-04 06:00:53)
Rudd-O: "Desktop performance on Linux computers has been a hot-button issue of late, and a source of longstanding fights among the Linux developers..."

Challenges of Upgrading Linux
(2007-10-04 07:30:18)
PC Mechanic: "I was very happy with my new Fedora server and it ran perfectly until last Tuesday..."

Managing Multiple Gmail Accounts in FireFox
(2007-10-04 09:00:54)
Linux In Novell's East Region: "I have a bunch of single-use Gmail accounts for the usual things, like account registrations, site administration, newsletter subscriptions and the like..."

A Script to Tell Which Workstations are Using Samba Shares
(2007-10-04 10:00:02)
Linux.com: "A combination of Linux utilities can help you determine who on your network is using which of your shared filesystems at any given time, allowing you to ask those users to log off while you update the system..."

Linux Media Center PCs Review Roundup
(2007-10-04 11:15:30)
OSWeekly: "It seems like only a short time ago when the idea of running Microsoft's Media Center Edition of Windows struck me as the best idea in the world..."

Trolltech Co-CEO to Step Back
(2007-10-04 12:00:16)
LinuxDevices: "Trolltech has announced that on Nov. 1, company co-founder and co-CEO of 13 years Eirik Chambe-Eng will reduce his involvement due to eyesight difficulties..."

OpenOffice.org Community Conflict Leads to Fragmentation
(2007-10-04 12:45:48)
#open.ended: "In a blog entry posted yesterday, developer Kohei Yoshida expresses his frustration with Sun's excessively bureaucratic specification process and unwillingness to compromise and communicate with members of the community..."

openSUSE 10.3 is Now Available
(2007-10-04 13:30:53)
EarthTimes: "Novell today announced the availability of openSUSE 10.3, the newest version of the award-winning community Linux distribution..."

The Next Leap for Linux
(2007-10-04 14:15:25)
The New York Times: "Linux runs the Google servers that manage billions of searches each day. It also runs the TiVo digital video recorder, the Motorola Razr cellphone and countless other electronic devices..."

Is Java Full of 'CRAP'?
(2007-10-04 15:00:37)
internetnews.com: "Until now, however, the definition of what actually constitutes bad code has not been an exact science with a proper formula or analytics..."

Pluggable Schedulers vs. Pluggable Security
(2007-10-04 15:45:34)
KernelTrap: "'Another difference is that when it comes to schedulers, I feel like I actually can make an informed decision...'"

Reactions to Microsoft's "Open" .NET
(2007-10-04 16:30:28)
Lots o' blogosphere chatter about yesterday's announcement from Redmond to release some of .NET's code under the not-really-open-source Microsoft Reference License. Articles within.

Laptop With a Mission Widens Its Audience
(2007-10-04 17:15:52)
The New York Times: "In November, you'll be able to buy a new laptop that's spillproof, rainproof, dustproof and drop-proof. It's fanless, it's silent and it weighs 3.2 pounds..."

WA Councils Go Virtual with Linux, Xen
(2007-10-04 18:00:53)
LinuxWorld Australia: "Three local government shires in Western Australia have adopted the open source Xen virtualization technology to Windows servers on Linux hosts and reduce its need for physical machines..."

Tiny Linux Hits the Streets
(2007-10-04 18:45:48)
Techworld: "A very small Linux operating system, known as Puppy Linux, has had a 'major upgrade' after version 3.0 hit the streets this week..."

Corel Releases WordPerfect Beta and Inches Closer to Dual Format Support
(2007-10-04 19:30:15)
ConsortiumInfo: "As you may recall, Corel announced last November that the next release of its flagship WordPerfect Office productivity suite would support both the ODF as well as the OOXML document formats..."

Digital Photo Management In Linux, Part 1
(2007-10-04 20:15:29)
LinuxPlanet: "So what does Linux offer for the ace digital photographer who doesn't want to splurge on a Mac? Carla Schroder offers a look at one great tool, Digikam..."

Networking 2.6.24 Merge Plans
(2007-10-04 21:00:54)
KernelTrap: "'I'm a bit behind after investigating the TCP performance issues that turned out to be HW specific problems...'"

The Story of the Very First UNIX Ping Program
(2007-10-04 21:45:11)
AskApache: "My original impetus for writing PING for 4.2a BSD UNIX came from an offhand remark in July 1983 by Dr. Dave Mills while we were attending a DARPA meeting in Norway..."

Can Linux Save the UMPC from Extinction?
(2007-10-04 22:30:50)
DaniWeb: "Some devices set the world on fire, just ask Apple for details. Others, do not. The UMPC seems to be falling into the luke warm gadget category at the moment..."

Linux Phishing Botnet Statistics Can Be Deceptive
(2007-10-04 23:15:06)
TechRepublic: "The obvious implication is that there are far more compromised Linux systems in phishing botnets than Microsoft Windows systems..."

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