News Linux News for Dec 04, 2007:

The Incompleteness Theory Of Open Source, Continued
(2007-12-04 00:15:40)
InformationWeek: "After my last post about how 'failed' open-source projects aren't really failures at all, a colleague of mine provided me with more perspectives on that situation..."

Asus Eee 701 vs. Nokia N810--Linux Fight!
(2007-12-04 01:00:25)
ultramobilegeek: "It's that time. Linux vs. Linux. 800x480 vs. 800x480. Mobile vs. Mobile. Slider slate tablet vs. Clamshell notebook. Fight...!"

Desktop and Laptop Linux with the Example of Mandriva Linux 2008.0
(2007-12-04 01:45:52)
Mandrake Linux Tips For Free: And now, 2007 is yet another year of the Linux desktop--at least at my place. 6th in a row. Indeed, I've not used any other OS on my computers in all that time. And it's yet another year of Linux on the laptop, 3rd in a row..."

Foresight Linux: A Distribution That Stands Out From The Crowd
(2007-12-04 02:30:12)
Linux Love: "In this cruel world of Linux reigned by Ubuntu and its derivatives, a new 'player' is more than welcomed, considering its features and capabilities are meant to attract the attention of most people..."

Linux Distro or Network Traffic Cop? It's Both!
(2007-12-04 03:15:59)
Linux.com: "IPCop is a specialized Linux distribution whose sole purpose is to safeguard the computers and networks it is installed on..."

Linux Media Player Roundup--Part 6
(2007-12-04 04:00:33)
Raiden's Realm: "Welcome to part 6 of our series. Today we'll be bringing you Rythmbox, Songbird, Totem and one of our previously missed media players, Aqualung..."

Network-Manager-GNOME vs. Wicd Reviewed
(2007-12-04 04:45:51)
OSWeekly: "Having spent the last few days really examining what Gutsy has to offer on the wireless front, I have been content with improvements made to the network-manager for GNOME..."

Vocalize Firefox
(2007-12-04 05:30:44)
Linux.com: "Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox into a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments--and anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web..."

File Permissions in Linux
(2007-12-04 07:00:03)
PolishLinux: "In our 'Advanced Console Tricks' series we have already covered subjects like Getting help and Processes management..."

Powerful Multimedia Command-Line Tools, Part I--SoX
(2007-12-04 08:30:34)
Linux Journal: "SoX is a power-packed command-line tool for various types of audio processing..."

Build a Portable Security Tool with the ASUS Eee PC and Ubuntu
(2007-12-04 10:00:57)
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: "Its secret is that it's also an ideal machine to turn into a multi-purpose portable security device..."

Hidden Linux: Graphics Envy
(2007-12-04 11:30:51)
New Zealand PC World: "Installing proprietary graphics drivers on Linux has always been a bit of a pain, and not something to inflict on nervous newcomers..."

Open Source Tool Helps Fight Measles
(2007-12-04 13:00:52)
Tectonic: "Coverage of these measles vaccination campaigns has been carried out using pocket computers running an open-source program, EpiSurveyor, developed by a Washington-based nonprofit, DataDyne..."

Red Hat Launches Real Time, Accuses Novell of Reselling Code
(2007-12-04 13:45:46)
Roundup: Red Hat has announced its Messaging, Real Time and Grid platform today. Along with the usual touting, accusations that Novell used Red Hat's real-time patch set for SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 and didn't contribute said code back to the community.

Linux 2.6.24-rc4 Released
(2007-12-04 14:30:30)
LKML: "Anyway, there aren't a lot of exciting changes here, but there's still a lot more churn than I really hoped for at the -rc4 stage..."

CNR.com Beta Software Delivery Service Released For Desktop Linux
(2007-12-04 15:15:32)
Earthtimes/PRNewswire: "Linspire, Inc., developer of the commercial Linspire and Freespire community desktop Linux operating systems, today announced the launch of CNR.com beta..."

New 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB Released
(2007-12-04 16:00:56)
Mandriva: "Mandriva today introduced the 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB, the newest member of the Mandriva Flash family that lets you take your entire desktop with you wherever you go..."

Gartner Underhypes Open Source
(2007-12-04 16:45:49)
The Open Road: "I'm not sure who Gartner talks to when it puts together its famous 'Hype Cycle' reports, but I'm finding it hard to believe that it talks with enterprises..."

Linux Kernel Developer Ted Ts'o Joins Linux Foundation as Chief Platform Strategist
(2007-12-04 17:30:59)
Sys-Con/Marketwire: "Ts'o is one of the most highly regarded members of the Linux and open source community and will contribute his leadership experience working with a broad set of Linux technologies to the LF's technical efforts..."

Open Source Model Impacts EnterpriseDB Staff
(2007-12-04 18:15:29)
Channel Register: "The open source model has taken its toll on a number of EnterpiseDB staff. The company recently laid off some sales workers and under performers, as it realigns its business..."

"Hybrid" Source, MySQL, and the Economics of Open Source
(2007-12-04 19:00:45)
Tecosystems: "As is typical, I'm late with the news, but given that we're still getting inquiries on the subject, it's worth taking a look at the MySQL Workbench news..."

Nokia N810 Review
(2007-12-04 19:45:06)
Ars Technica: "Although the N810 is the N800's chronological successor, it is not a replacement..."

662 [OOXML] Resolutions, But Only If You Can Find Them
(2007-12-04 20:15:22)
An Antic Disposition: "They claim to be transparent and acting so that NB's can easily review their progress in addressing their comments..."

NVIDIA Xrender Performance Improved
(2007-12-04 20:30:55)
Phoronix: "Towards the middle of last month, NVIDIA had released the 169.04 Beta Linux Driver..."

Firefox 3 Beta Boosts Security
(2007-12-04 22:00:45)
eWeek: "But then as you begin to use it you realize that what Firefox 3 lacks in bells and whistles has been made up for in increased functionality and usability..."

The Importance of the 'Completely Libre' Distributions
(2007-12-04 23:30:08)
Blue-GNU: "I don't know about you, but the announcements of gNewSense and Gobuntu over the past year got me wondering if we might see more such distributions coming down the pike..."

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