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News Linux News for Nov 09, 2007:
Destroy All Androids!
(2007-11-09 00:15:55)
ZDNet UK: "Those who are closest to existing mobile Linux projects are among the most disparaging, while Symbian is putting on a fine show of not being impressed..."
RH to Host in EC2--Does it Blend?^W^W^W Is It Open?
(2007-11-09 01:00:49)
Luis Villa's Blog: "So Red Hat is going to sell hosted servers in EC2. With my recent focus, this prompts an obvious question.
Revealing Errors
(2007-11-09 01:45:40)
copyrighteous: "Groups that campaign for free technology, like the Free Software Foundation and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, tend to be supported primarily by technologists..."
Can Red Hat Ever Make Open Source Advocates Happy?
(2007-11-09 02:30:32)
ZDNet: "Red Hat has joined Sun's OpenJDK project, aligning its IcedTea project with it. (Should that now be IcedCoffee...?)"
Brian Behlendorf on the Sharepoint Threat to Open Source
(2007-11-09 03:15:18)
The Open Road: "I'm here at Alfresco's inaugural Community Council today, listening to Brian Behlendorf talk about 'The Threat of Microsoft SharePoint to Open Source...'"
Does Open Source (and Free) Software Reduce Your Pirating? 61% Say Yes
(2007-11-09 04:00:10)
Seopher: "Over 12 months go I asked my readers whether open source software reduces your pirating and the result was very half-and-half..."
Anatomy of the Linux File System
(2007-11-09 05:30:40)
developerWorks: "The Linux file system architecture is an interesting example of abstracting complexity. Using a common set of API functions, a large variety of file systems can be supported on a large variety of storage devices..."
Paragraph and Page Spacing in OpenOffice.org Writer
(2007-11-09 07:00:47)
Linux Journal: "Document design is all about space--the space allotted to an element, and the space between and around elements. This concern is especially obvious when you are setting up paragraphs and page spacing..."
Archlinux Tools: AUR
(2007-11-09 08:30:03)
PolishLinux: "Now it's time to meet AUR and yaourt, the extra tools that can bring a fistful of apps on your desktop within just a few console commands..."
LINFO Project Is Vital Starting Point For GNU/Linux Newcomers
(2007-11-09 10:00:25)
Blue-GNU: "If you are new to the GNU/Linux world, and need to know where to begin, you might find the LINFO project very useful..."
VoIP: Fertile Ground for Open-Source Solutions
(2007-11-09 10:45:48)
Enterprise VoIP Planet: "As IP telephony gains acceptance in the SMB market, it's not likely to be the products of mainstream IP PBX vendors that lead the change..."
Ubuntu Server: Attractive Choice, Paltry Documentation
(2007-11-09 11:30:44)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "So in this two-part series we're going to dig into the newly-released Ubuntu Server 7.10, take a look at its feature set and system requirements, and decide if it is a worthy contender in the Linux server stack category..."
KDE 4 and the User Experience
(2007-11-09 12:15:40)
Datamation: "While pieces still seem to be missing, the look and feel is starting to emerge strongly enough that you can forget the jargon and start to get a sense of what the finished KDE 4 will be like to use..."
For Citrix, Target Acquired
(2007-11-09 13:00:04)
eWeek: "CEO Mark Templeton says the XenSource acquisition 'will prove to be transformational....'"
Microsoft-Novell: Has Their Deal Made a Difference?
(2007-11-09 13:45:32)
internetnews.com: "It was just over a year ago that Microsoft partnered with Linux vendor Novell, turning the Linux world on its ears..."
Wife Called 'Master of Deception'
(2007-11-09 14:30:21)
San Francisco Chronicle: "Nina Reiser may still be alive, lawyer says in opening remarks at her husband's murder trial..."
SCO Legerdemain Gives Us Cattleback to Worry About
(2007-11-09 15:15:02)
ZDNet: "Groklaw reports that SCO Group (remember them) has sold its Unix holdings to a new subsidiary called Cattleback Intellectual Property Holdings..."
The Jonney Machine
(2007-11-09 16:00:24)
Forbes: "Intel pushed and prodded. Microsoft came in right at the end. How Taiwan's Asustek built its cheap laptop for grown-ups..."
Linux Wins Nigerian School Desktops Back from Microsoft
(2007-11-09 16:30:49)
Computerworld UK: "Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after all..."
Putting the OpenDocument Foundation to Bed (Without its Supper)
(2007-11-09 17:00:28)
ConsortiumInfo: "CDF is one of the very many useful projects that W3C has been laboring on, but not one that you would have been likely to have heard much about..."
Fedora 8--Review
(2007-11-09 17:30:05)
Lunapark6: "Fedora 8 is the latest release from the Fedora project and it is just packed with a slew of exciting new features..."
Microsoft Extends Open Source Killing Plan to Russia
(2007-11-09 18:15:22)
ZDNet: "Microsoft has extended its cheap software for education plan, aimed at strangling open source in its crib, to Russia..."
Microsoft and Open-Source Backers: Best 'Frenemies' Forever?
(2007-11-09 19:00:35)
Computerworld: "So the two sides remain wary 'frenemies.' And their friend-or-foe relationship has continued to evolve in both directions this month..."
Going to Bed (Without My Supper)
(2007-11-09 19:30:09)
PlexNex: "Andy Updegrove has a great title on his attempted evisceration of the OpenDocument Foundation's pursuit of the W3C CDF..."
Q&A: Novell CEO, Ron Hovsepian
(2007-11-09 20:00:24)
TradingMarkets: "Analysts gave Hovsepian a six-month window to turn around the company or face the consequences. Has he succeeded...?"
Mozilla Pulls Release Candidate of Firefox 3 Beta
(2007-11-09 20:30:51)
BetaNews: "A posting on the popular social news networking website Digg Wednesday morning caused Mozilla to pull the release candidate of its first beta of Firefox 3 from its servers..."
Vista vs. Desktop Linux: One Year In
(2007-11-09 21:15:11)
DesktopLinux: "After almost a year since Microsoft released Vista to manufacturing, it's time to re-evaluate it and decide if it's finally the equal of the best of the desktop Linuxes..."
EA Donates Original City-Building Game, SimCity, to "One Laptop per Child" Initiative
(2007-11-09 22:00:51)
Game InfoWire: "Today Electronic Arts Inc. announced the company will donate the original SimCity... to each computer in the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative..."
No More Kororaa
(2007-11-09 22:45:45)
Kororaa: "...I would like to formally mention that I do not intend to make another Kororaa release..."
Lessons from Africa: How to Kill Your Own FUD
(2007-11-09 23:30:02)
Editor's Note: "In a world where the big conglomerates and industries tend to roll over the little guy, it was really nice to see the government of Nigeria put the kibosh on Microsoft's planned takeover of the Mandriva/Classmate PC deal in that country..."
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