News Linux News for Nov 12, 2007:

Another Day Another Distro--Part 8--SimplyMEPIS 7.0 Beta 6
(2007-11-12 01:00:35)
Adventures in Open Source: "This time around I decided to try out another distribution I'd never used before in the shape of MEPIS..."

Anatomy of Linux Synchronization Methods
(2007-11-12 05:30:44)
developerWorks: "This article explores many of the synchronization or locking mechanisms that are available in the Linux kernel..."

Tracker: Desktop Search & Metadata Store
(2007-11-12 07:00:14)
Blue-GNU: "Beagle has had its 15 minutes of fame. Now Tracker offers Beagle's capabilities and more. And it's faster, too..."

Mandriva... Not Just for Classmates
(2007-11-12 08:30:29)
ZDNet Education: "...I burned him a copy of Mandriva 2008. Half an hour later, he was up and running, the wireless functional without any intervention..."

Linux Mint 3.1 is Not Especially Refreshing
(2007-11-12 10:00:52)
Linux.com: "Linux Mint is a derivative distribution of Ubuntu. Its purpose, according to its Web site, 'is to produce an elegant, up-to-date, and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution...'"

A Synopsis Of Linux Graphics Drivers
(2007-11-12 11:30:06)
Phoronix: "...[I]f you're new to Linux or just get caught off guard by all of the different open and closed-source drivers, it can be confusing to know which driver is right for you and your needs..."

VirtualBox: The Best Virtualization Program You've Never Heard Of
(2007-11-12 13:00:36)
DesktopLinux: "Quick, name some virtualization programs that run on Linux..."

Open Document Foundation Closes Up Shop
(2007-11-12 13:45:04)
Linux-Watch: "Over the last several weeks, the Open Document Foundation has taken back its support for the Open Document Format, and has confused many of its friends. It has now closed up shop..."

Will Success, or All That Money From Google, Spoil Firefox?
(2007-11-12 14:30:00)
The New York Times: "Only a couple of years ago, Firefox was the little browser that could--an open-source program created by thousands of contributors around the world without the benefit of a giant company like Microsoft to finance it..."

127 Million Oracle Shares Vote for Open Source at Annual Shareholders Meeting
(2007-11-12 15:15:19)
The Open Road: "While seemingly a lot, 127 million shares doesn't add up to much in Oracle's world. 127,717,018 shares only account for 3.58% of Oracle's total share count..."

Stable 2.6 Branches
(2007-11-12 16:00:51)
KernelTrap: "'For the last release, I stated that I thought the 2.6.22.12 release would be the last one in the 2.6.22.y series..."

Google Calling: Inside Android, the gPhone SDK
(2007-11-12 16:45:10)
ONLamp: "This article covers freshly released details describing the Android platform and SDK..."

Mozilla Corp Board Member Leaks the Truth About Firefox Memory Loss
(2007-11-12 17:30:31)
DaniWeb: "Firefox ticks many boxes, but the one big cross it has had to bear over the years is the memory leakage problem that many users have experienced..."

Huge Amounts of Open Source Development in Japan
(2007-11-12 18:15:32)
CNET News: "Who knew there was so much open source development going on in Japan...?"

Novell Upbeat as Linux Catches on in China
(2007-11-12 19:00:06)
China Economic Review: "Steve Ballmer at Microsoft can be quite eccentric at times--although in fairness he is apparently an unassuming family man who is a decent cove--and the mention of the operating system Linux makes him come over strange..."

Give One Get One, Squared
(2007-11-12 19:45:38)
(parent.thesis): "This morning I bought two pairs of laptops via the Give One Get One program of the One Laptop Per Child initiative..."

Killing the FUD of Your Own
(2007-11-12 20:30:23)
Talking About Anything: "Not everything a big corporation does is illegal. Yes, even Microsoft does most of its business in completely legitimate way..."

Windows Is The Wrong System For the Security-Unconscious
(2007-11-12 21:15:30)
Blue-GNU: "It's one thing to make a computer easy to use, but if you're going to do so, you must also make it secure. If you're not going to develop a secure OS, then at least give more thought to your emphasis on 'Ease of Use...'"

Intuit Slow on Quicken and Quickbooks for Linux
(2007-11-12 22:00:20)
iTWire: "Linux desktop users looking for good financial software to run natively can forget about Quicken and Quickbooks..."

Certification aka "Some Assembly Required"
(2007-11-12 22:45:24)
Billy on Open Source: "The product will be the same as the general purpose release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux in order to maintain 'certification.' It will, however, have a new name--Red Hat Appliance OS..."

The Day of the Linux Desktop
(2007-11-12 23:30:44)
Linux.com: "I've been hearing the phrase 'This is the year of the Linux desktop' for 10 years..."

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