News Linux News for Dec 03, 2007:

Mobile Likes Linux
(2007-12-03 01:00:31)
Talk About Anything: "I've read an article today about a school in US that equipped its students with a new Asus eeePC 701 laptops. Aside the pedagogical issues, I find that very interesting from technological and social points of view..."

Slackware's "Magic Package Maker"
(2007-12-03 05:30:32)
Linux.com: "Slackware Linux today features a powerful and easy-to-use package management system, but making Slackware packages has not always been straightforward..."

SolutionBase: Overcome Multimedia Hurdles in Linux
(2007-12-03 07:00:46)
TechRepublic: "For many, one of the biggest hurdles preventing them from adopting Linux is the difficulties that arise when it comes to dealing with multimedia..."

Linux: Create Your Own Domain Name Server (DNS)
(2007-12-03 08:30:48)
ossPro: "One vital step to hosting your own domain is to set up a domain name server. One nice solution is to use Linux and the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) software..."

Linux vs. iPod 1-0
(2007-12-03 10:00:47)
Una tazza di caffé: "After two years of fightings and trial and errors today I was finally able to rip, encode and store entirely from Linux, and without using iTunes, and aac audio on my iPod nano..."

Come Flock with Me
(2007-12-03 11:30:21)
Tech Source From Bohol: "Just recently, the first stable version of Flock was released. But already, more and more people are downloading it to join the herd..."

GNU PDF to Fill Missing Gap in Functionality
(2007-12-03 13:00:25)
Linux.com: "For many average users, GNU/Linux support for PDF files may seem reasonably advanced. They can create PDF files in programs like OpenOffice.org, read them with programs like Kpdf, and edit them in programs like pdftk or PDFedit..."

KDE 4.0 to be Released in January
(2007-12-03 14:30:42)
dot.KDE: "The KDE Release Team has decided to release KDE 4.0 this coming January. The release was originally planned for mid-December..."

Browser Smackdown
(2007-12-03 15:15:22)
Roundup: Microsoft's Jeff Jones is counting bugs again, this time within Firefox and IE. But Windows Snyder over at Mozilla (among others) has a few comments of her own about what Jones isn't counting in his entomological quests.

Firefox Has 'At Least' 126m Users
(2007-12-03 16:00:14)
bit-tech.net: "John Lilly, Mozilla's Chief Operating Officer, has estimated that Firefox, the company’s popular open source web browser, is used by at least 126 million people around the world..."

Myths Stymie Linux Growth
(2007-12-03 16:45:54)
eWeek Strategic Partner: "What makes that even more fascinating is that the backlash against Windows Vista is not reason enough to fuel the move to Linux..."

Update: OLPC Patent Threat Analyzed
(2007-12-03 16:45:59)
Roundup: The Boston Globe is running a story on the building success of the OLPC project and looks at the criminal history of one of the players behind the Lagos Analysis Corp.'s patent suit against the XO laptop. Meanwhile, Groklaw features its own analysis into Nigerian patent law, and has added an e-mail interview with LANCOR's Adé Oyegbola.

Apache Gains Market Share
(2007-12-03 17:30:25)
/home/liquidat: "After Apache's market share was shrinking month after month for more than a year it grew again a bit according to Netcraft..."

Q&A: Open-Source Backer Eben Moglen Says Software A 'Renewable' Resource
(2007-12-03 18:00:39)
Computerworld: "As a lawyer, law professor and software programmer, Eben Moglen is passionate about technology, software and user freedom..."

The ScarcEee PC
(2007-12-03 18:30:32)
Roundup: Looking for an Asus Eee PC for the holidays? Good luck. As these reports show, finding one is getting to be no easy task.

First OLPC Deployment: Now It's Real
(2007-12-03 19:00:13)
Ivan Krstic: "This week, Uruguay became the first-ever real, non-pilot deployment site of OLPC XO laptops. And I was there to hand out the first one..."

ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words Chapter 2
(2007-12-03 19:30:15)
ConsortiumInfo: "Microsoft acquired this enviable position in each case through a combination of luck, single-minded determination, obsessive attention to detail, and a willingness to play the game fast and hard..."

Google's Android vs. Apple's iPhone: Which is More Secure?
(2007-12-03 20:00:39)
Datamation: "I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict Google's Android mobile phone platform is going to prove itself to be more secure than Apple's iPhone in the long run..."

Things That Bug Me: Item #260199
(2007-12-03 20:30:03)
Hoosier Penguin: "But I wonder sometimes if the need to review software can sometimes go too far..."

Open Source Profits During A Recession
(2007-12-03 21:15:25)
IntranetJournal: "In this article, we will examine the possible path of anyone who suddenly falls off of the employment train and then uses open source software to maintain a comfortable lifestyle--while helping others along the way..."

Documentation: Give It Up; It Won't Happen
(2007-12-03 22:00:46)
Linux Journal: "At one point in time and not too very long ago, I fancied myself a decent system administrator with a decent resume and work history..."

End-of-2007 State of the Union
(2007-12-03 22:45:26)
The DistRogue: "2007. What a year. Ubuntu cranked out two more solid releases, sub-$500 laptops flooded the market and undermined Microsoft's influence, and 3D desktop effects continued to improve..."

The Road to Ubuntu (or Leopard)--Screw the OS, Move Your Apps Online with Google
(2007-12-03 23:30:58)
iTWire: "I've been trying to bend Gutsy Gibbon and Leopard to my will so I can abandon Windows, but most of my problems can be solved by embracing online applications like Google Apps..."

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