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News Linux News for Nov 08, 2007:
The Failure of Open Source Business Advocacy
(2007-11-08 00:15:41)
(Josef|Youssef) Assad... Or Perhaps Not: "The advancing stature of open source in the enterprise is unquestionable..."
Why Open Source and Open Innovation Has to Be Taken More Seriously
(2007-11-08 01:00:52)
The Sydney Morning Herald: "But talk about the merits of 'open vs closed' business models has reached fever pitch in the last week with Google announcing its OpenSocial platform--a web application sharing agreement between the biggest social networking sites..."
No Linux or Mac Drivers for Skype Phones? What are They Thinking?
(2007-11-08 01:45:29)
The BeerFiles: "However, I've hit a telecommunications snag and, judging by the free flow of angst pervading all of the Linux forums I've visited, I'm not alone in my disgust..."
Giving the Lie to Patents and Innovation
(2007-11-08 02:30:29)
ConsortiumInfo: "One of the enduring soap operas this year has involved the ongoing patent infringement threats by Microsoft against 'Linux, OpenOffice, email, and other open source software...'"
Satire: Engineering, Sales, and Open Source
(2007-11-08 03:15:37)
/dev/toe: "Hey, here's some free water to quench that thirst of yours. This water is really good, as good as that commercial spring water, maybe better. The nifty thing about this water is that no one can claim its theirs..." Humor
Kernel Space: Experimental Container Support for 2.6.24
(2007-11-08 04:00:40)
LinuxWorld: "'Containers' are a form of lightweight virtualization as represented by projects like OpenVZ..."
Massive Scale Installation and Management Tools for Debian GNU/Linux (Part 2)
(2007-11-08 05:30:52)
Linux Blog: "Having 50 thousand machines across the country to install and manage is not a trivial task..."
Getting the ThinkPad Scroll Button to Work in Linux
(2007-11-08 07:00:02)
Linux In Novell's East Region: "Lenovo/IBM ThinkPads have 3 mouse buttons. You can configure the middle button so that when you hold it down and move the trackpoint (aka: the nub) the screen scrolls up and down..."
Customizing X Window: An Introduction
(2007-11-08 08:30:28)
ONLamp: "X Window, X11 or 'X,' as it is known for short, provides the programming framework and the underlying runtime system for most Unix and Linux-based network-transparent windowing implementations..."
The Perfect Desktop--gOS 1.0.1
(2007-11-08 09:15:33)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS 1.0.1 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops..."
The Unabated Development of Fedora Linux
(2007-11-08 10:00:41)
Linux-Noob: "I use Linux every day and more often than not, it's Fedora based..."
Open Source VoIP Guide Part 4: How Do You Deploy It?
(2007-11-08 10:45:33)
SearchVoIP ANZ: "While turn-key Asterisk solutions are making open source VoIP deployments easier, one of the attractions of open source is the ability to manage your own voice systems..."
TinyMe, The Little PCLinuxOS That Could
(2007-11-08 11:30:22)
Tech Source from Bohol: "TinyME is a fresh and minute version of PCLinuxOS aimed at low-end computers and to those who want it fast..."
Hands-On With Everex's $200 gPC
(2007-11-08 12:15:28)
Wired: "Everex's stock in trade is delivering decent technology at rock-bottom prices. Its $200 gPC, available immediately, offers a no-gimmicks machine for a song..."
Linux Game Company Opens Doors
(2007-11-08 13:00:43)
LWN: "Games
are 'sold' to the Internet community through the 'ransom model'--for
one large payment, the product is released under the GPL and freed
forever..."
Red Hat's Fedora 8 Hope: An All-Purpose Linux Foundation
(2007-11-08 13:45:20)
Underexposed: "But a curious feature of the new version 8, to be released Thursday, is the ability to strip out the Fedora identity altogether..."
Google's Android Just a Press Release, Says Ballmer
(2007-11-08 14:30:30)
Computerworld Australia: "Google's plans to enter the mobile industry with a cell phone platform might have impressed many in the industry but not Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and one of Google's biggest competitors..."
Fedora 8 Released
(2007-11-08 15:00:22)
Fedora Project: "This release includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora..." Official announcement within.
Microsoft's Love for Linux Deepens Year after Year
(2007-11-08 15:30:23)
Softpedia: "One year later, the Redmond company claims that consumer interest for what its has to offer on the Windows-Linux front together with Novell is by no means
toning down, but instead actually gaining momentum..."
Red Hat Legal Speaks
(2007-11-08 16:00:30)
LWN: "This means that we can go ahead and enable support for new iPods in Fedora..."
Eclipse Aims for Smaller, Faster, Simpler
(2007-11-08 16:45:48)
eWeek: "A major overhaul of the Eclipse code base may be a long time off, but it's on the minds of some of the leaders of the open-source tools platform..."
SCO vs. Novell: The Bankruptcy Wars
(2007-11-08 17:30:36)
Linux-Watch: "Can SCO escape Novell's wrath? Will SCO CEO Darl McBride emerge rejuvenated and ready to continue the Linux legal wars by selling SCO's Unix business? These and many more questions will be answered in the next episode of 'As SCO Turns...'"
What's Up at the OpenDocument Foundation?
(2007-11-08 18:15:02)
Linux.com: "If I read it correctly, Hiser and the foundation are saying the ODF is no good because it doesn't work with Microsoft document formats, while CDF will..."
Dell To Ship PCs With SLED 10 Linux In China
(2007-11-08 19:00:10)
CRN: "...Dell and Novell formalizing a deal to ship Dell OptiPlex 330 and 755 desktops preloaded with Novell's SLED 10, to commercial accounts in China..."
Recruiting Software Talent
(2007-11-08 19:45:26)
Computerworld Australia: "We asked Lisa Alexander, Red Hat's vice president of human capital, about a company she describes as 'strengthening the social fabric in the community by continuously democratizing content technology...'"
Linux Backups For Real People, Part 2
(2007-11-08 20:30:22)
LinuxPlanet: "Last week we got our backup hardware in order, so today we're going into detail on backing up our data to a locally-attached backup device..."
Squashfs Aiming For Mainline Kernel
(2007-11-08 21:15:05)
KernelTrap: "'I'm pleased to announce another release of Squashfs. This is the 22nd release in just over five years...'"
Sun's Growth Problem May Be Open Source, Says a Former Sun Executive
(2007-11-08 22:00:19)
The Open Road: "Larry Singer, former vice president of Global Information Systems Strategy at Sun, suggested that an overemphasis on open source is not the right answer..." Link repaired.
Covering the Reiser Trial
(2007-11-08 22:45:46)
Hoosier Penguin: "The trial of Hans Reiser for the alleged murder of his estranged wife Nina Reiser has two significant factors that make this event unique in my tenure at Linux Today..."
Who Wants to Kill the OLPC Project?
(2007-11-08 23:30:01)
ITProPortal: "However, the project has lost some buzz and It is hard not to think that there's a global neo-conspiracy to harm the OLPC project..."
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