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News Linux News for Oct 10, 2007:
Ubuntu 7.10 Should Make Dell Happy
(2007-10-10 00:00:11)
The Open Source Advocate: "After a large download and subsequent reboot, this computer came up in much better shape than it was in 7.04..."
An In-Depth Look at Puppy Linux
(2007-10-10 01:30:57)
DesktopLinux: "With hundreds of Linux distributions available, how do you determine which one is right for you...?"
Memo from Freesoftwareburg: How to Effectively Address the Free Software Community
(2007-10-10 03:00:35)
Rudd-O: "Today, it's no longer fashionable to decry free software types as it was just a few years ago--the cool kids are all 'leveraging' and reaching out to free software communities..."
Linux: Monitor Hard Disks Temperature with hddtemp
(2007-10-10 04:30:53)
nixCraft: "There is a nice utility to monitor hard drive temperature. Most modern x86 computer hard disk comes with S.M.A.R.T..."
ROX-Filer: A Lightweight File Manager that Simply Rocks
(2007-10-10 06:00:24)
PolishLinux: "ROX is one of the genuinely interesting file managers available for the major platforms..."
Supporting More Partitions
(2007-10-10 07:30:24)
KernelTrap: "'15 partitions (at least for sd_mod devices) are too few,' Jan Engelhardt suggested along with a patch to try and make the mounting of an unlimited number of partitions possible..."
Hacking openSUSE 10.3
(2007-10-10 09:00:16)
Software in Review: "Novell's openSUSE 10.3 is an exciting desktop operating environment that includes or supports nearly every program you need for work and play..."
Open Source Conference in Argentina Draws a Crowd
(2007-10-10 10:30:56)
The Inquirer: "But times are changing and as the CaFeCONF conference showed, the penguin OS is not only alive and kicking, but also has a huge following down under..."
Talking FOSS at the UN
(2007-10-10 12:00:48)
Linux.com: "When Nathan Eckenrode goes to the United Nations in New York City next week to help demonstrate the technology behind open source software, he doesn't really expect to discover the answer to world peace..."
Linux 2.6.23 [Released]
(2007-10-10 12:45:58)
LKML.org: "Yeah, it got delayed, not because of any huge issues, but because of various bugfixes trickling in and causing me to reset my 'release clock' all the time..."
Microsoft Scrambling to Explain Ballmer Comment on Red Hat Linux
(2007-10-10 13:30:22)
BetaNews: "But one spokesperson acknowledged late this afternoon that multiple sources have yet to come to an agreement over what the company should say..."
Linspire 6.0 Desktop Linux Operating System Released
(2007-10-10 14:00:00)
Linspire: "The first commercial release from Linspire, Inc. in over two years, Linspire 6.0 continues its traditional focus on ease-of-use and bundles proprietary software where there are no viable open source alternatives..."
MP Attacks Government Over Microsoft Policy
(2007-10-10 14:30:39)
ZDNet UK: "A Liberal Democrat MP has launched a stinging attack on the government's IT strategy, saying that it has given Microsoft too much control..."
Linux to Remain a Leading Embedded OS, Says Analyst
(2007-10-10 15:00:28)
LinuxDevices: "A 'significant portion' of development teams continue to use Linux as their primary embedded OS, a recent VDC survey finds..."
Linux 2.6.23 Kernel Benchmarks
(2007-10-10 15:30:20)
Phoronix: "The Linux 2.6.23 kernel has been released today and we have some preliminary benchmarks of the 2.6.23 kernel as we compare it to the past Linux 2.6.22 kernel..."
GCC 4.2.2 Released
(2007-10-10 16:00:58)
KernelTrap: "He adds, 'the compilers in this release are covered by GNU General Public License version 3,' making GCC 4.2.2 the first released under the GPLv3..."
Microsoft Launching Legal Threats... Against Its Customers
(2007-10-10 16:30:58)
The Open Road: "Somewhere along the way, however, Microsoft decided that good products were not good enough to goose sales, and so it turned to threatening legal action against open source..."
Red Hat: Customers Can Deploy Linux with Confidence
(2007-10-10 17:00:33)
eWeek: "Red Hat is assuring its customers that they can continue to deploy its Linux operating system with confidence and without fear of legal retribution from Microsoft..."
Meanwhile, Back in Minnesota: Your Chance to Help
(2007-10-10 17:30:56)
ConsortiumInfo: "The action in multiple countries leading up to the closing of the ISO/IEC JTC1 vote on OOXML has all but erased the memory of a similar multi-state contest involving ODF and OOXML that played out earlier this year..."
SplashTop To Splash Onto Notebooks, Desktops
(2007-10-10 18:00:35)
Phoronix: "...[W]e have learned some new details about this instant-on Linux desktop environment..."
Linux Users Find It Difficult to Use Eclipse
(2007-10-10 18:30:07)
SDA India: "Users seem to be gearing up to give up using Eclipse for Linux development because it's too 'flakey...'"
Google's Orkut: A World of Ambition
(2007-10-10 19:00:56)
BusinessWeek: "Seizing on Orkut's momentum in Asia and Latin America, Google moves to revamp its social networking site and take aim at Facebook and MySpace..."
Pentaho Makes Open Source BI Semantic
(2007-10-10 19:30:48)
internetnews.com: "The business intelligence software market is all about enabling business users to make sense of their data. But sometimes the data's complexity can make it a daunting task..."
Brainstorming Ideas for the GIMP's Next Interface
(2007-10-10 20:00:41)
Linux.com: "The GIMP image editor is preparing for the start of a new development cycle, and you can have your say in the way the next version looks by submitting a mock-up to the GIMP UI Brainstorm blog..."
Adobe: The Good, The Bad, and the Both--The Q&A
(2007-10-10 20:30:43)
RedMonk: "'When I see a group like my friend's turn their back on a platform they have been working on for five years in favor of Adobe's technology--then I am guessing that Adobe might be on to something...'"
Six Things That Windows Does Right that Linux Still Doesn't
(2007-10-10 21:00:14)
Warped Visions: "As a follow-up to last year's top 10 list of things Linux does well, I figured I should talk about what Windows does right..."
MS Admits: Linux Biggest Threat to Winblows
(2007-10-10 21:30:59)
Join the Revolution: "Here we have it! Finally Microsoft admits that Linux is the biggest threat to its Windows operating system! Well, almost... just not that directly..."
Thunderbird Still Has Potential to Fly Despite Developers Leaving the Nest
(2007-10-10 22:00:04)
Ars Technica: "Although the goal behind the creation of MailCo is to give the Thunderbird project unprecedented room for growth, the only two full-time contributors have decided to leave the nest..."
And Ballmer Blathers On
(2007-10-10 22:30:16)
Blue-GNU: "I'm beginning to wonder if this latest Ballmer claim is really news, or if it belongs on Fark.com..."
"Is a Cursory Look at the CentOS LIVE CD Worth Every Penny?"
(2007-10-10 23:15:34)
Enterprise Linux Log: "The comment may be a bit snotty, but it serves as a good lesson for other blogs or media outlets that are trying to review Linux distros and post their results into the ether of the Internet..."
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