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News Linux News for Nov 13, 2007:
Ulteo: What Happened?
(2007-11-13 00:15:41) The DistRogue: "Back on December 6, 2006, the Linux world was eagerly awaiting the first pre-release of Ulteo, a Kubuntu-based OS that would supposedly revolutionize how we computed..."
Can We Afford Not to Use Linux?
(2007-11-13 01:00:13) iTWire has posted two articles that examine different facets of this question, focusing on Linux for small business and Linux for kids.
Is Freespire Really Free?
(2007-11-13 01:45:06) LinuxDevCenter: "A while back the good folks behind Freespire, the free version of Linspire, sent me a CD with version 2.0 for me to review..."
What Makes Gobuntu Different from gNewSense
(2007-11-13 02:30:27) Blue-GNU: "Both Gobuntu and gNewSense fulfill the desires of the most exigent users when it is about respecting their freedoms..."
Linux Media Player Roundup--Part 3
(2007-11-13 03:15:51) Raiden's Realm: "Today we'll be covering even more media players that are available for Linux, and even touching on a couple that do more than just play music, they also play your movies and dvd's..."
Fedora 8 Review
(2007-11-13 04:00:27) Open Review: "Fedora comes in different flavors: KDE Live, Gnome Live, Games Live, Developer Live, Fedora Electronic Lab Live and the standard DVD install. For this review, I picked up the 64-bit standard install DVD..."
Nouveau Companion 30
(2007-11-13 05:30:50) Phoronix: "Once again, more than 2 weeks have passed and it is time for yet another issue of the TiNDC..."
Fedora 8 Server Setup: LAMP, Email, DNS, FTP, ISPConfig (a.k.a. The Perfect Server)
(2007-11-13 07:00:15) HowtoForge: "This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 8 server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters..."
The Art of Using Manuals
(2007-11-13 08:30:39) PolishLinux: "Effective work with documentation and searching for needed information is the key feature when working on unix-like systems..."
Ubuntu 7.10 & Fedora 8 Performance Compared
(2007-11-13 10:00:25) Phoronix: "Back in March we had compared the performance of Ubuntu and Fedora as we tested Ubuntu 6.10 and Fedora 6 along with development versions of Ubuntu 7.04 and Fedora 7..."
Ranga Rangachari, CEO, GroundWork
(2007-11-13 11:30:58) internetnews.com: "Among the most fundamental and core pieces of software that can exist in a network infrastructure is software that can monitor the network itself..."
Perens Urges Firms to Go Open Source
(2007-11-13 13:00:12) vnunet: "Many companies could successfully partake in open source projects without adversely affecting their business, according to open source activist Bruce Perens..."
SCO Found Guilty of Lying About Unix Code in Linux in Germany
(2007-11-13 13:45:46) Linux-Watch: "In Germany, however, several court cases have found SCO Group GmbH, SCO's Germany branch, guilty of lying about Linux containing stolen Unix code..."
Linux Still Dominates the HPC Arena
(2007-11-13 14:30:40) Enterprise Linux Log: The No. 1 position was again claimed by the BlueGene/L System, a joint development of IBM and the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration..."
Wal-Mart's $200 PC--Sold Out
(2007-11-13 15:15:32) ZDNet: "About two weeks ago, Wal-Mart began selling $200 Linux-based PC. The initial run was around 10,000 units. Now Wal-Mart is sold out. Has Linux now found a niche...?"
BitDefender Approved to Defend Red Hat & Novell Linux
(2007-11-13 16:00:26) iTWire: "BitDefender's security products for mail servers and for Samba have been approved for compliance with Red Hat's and Novell's SuSe Linux operating systems..."
Oracle's Virtual Challenge to Windows and Red Hat
(2007-11-13 16:45:39) 451 CAOS Theory: "VMware's share price may have taken a hit following the launch of Oracle VM but the product has wider implications in the software market..."
Germans Ramp Up UK Open Source Support
(2007-11-13 17:30:02) TechWorld: "British open source advocates will be boosted by the news that German support vendor Credativ is expanding its open source centre to support all distributions of Linux in the UK..."
OpenSUSE's First Governing Board is Set Up
(2007-11-13 18:15:13) DesktopLinux: "Novell has recently decided to start setting openSUSE free from direct Novell oversight by setting up the first openSUSE board of directors..."
Any CIO Not Using Open Source "Should be Fired": A Conversation with CIOs
(2007-11-13 19:00:03) The Open Road: "The conversation is wide-ranging and insightful. Here are a few of the gems as they relate to open source..."
MIT Releases the Sources of MULTICS, The Father of UNIX
(2007-11-13 19:30:11) kirps.com: "This is extraordinary news for all nerds, computer scientists and the Open Source community: the source code of the MULTICS operating system... has finally been opened..."
Born-Again SGI Spreads Its Wings
(2007-11-13 20:00:20) HPCwire: "At that time SGI was the undisputed graphics king of the known universe..."
The Hack of the Year
(2007-11-13 20:30:36) The Age: "A Swedish hacker tells how he infiltrated a global communications network used by scores of embassies over the world, using tools freely available on the internet..."
Novell: The Avis of Open Source?
(2007-11-13 21:15:47) TechIQ: "Whenever The VAR Guy hears chatter about Novell, he thinks of Avis--the Number 2 rental car company that proudly declares 'We try harder' as it pursues the market leader..."
Spinning a New Kind of Distro
(2007-11-13 22:00:27) Hoosier Penguin: "When Fedora 8 came out last week, the first thing that came to mind was this was the first release of Fedora in recent memory that didn't have some sort of glitch associated with it..."
A Perceived Lack of Long-Term Support Continues to Hold Back Open Source, Survey Finds
(2007-11-13 22:45:09) The Open Road: "Actuate's 2007 survey of enterprise adoption of open source is out, and the results point to a massive groundswell of open-source adoption..."
What Makes gNewSense Different from Gobuntu
(2007-11-13 23:30:15) Community: "Almost identical at the software level, these two distributions differ in the relation they maintain with Ubuntu at the project level..."
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