News Linux News for Jan 04, 2008:

Sounds Like Another Fanboy Rant to Me
(2008-01-04 01:00:37)
The Beez Speaks...: "I found this comment while I was browsing through an MS-Windows oriented site where a blogger said something nasty about Microsoft..."

Yes, OSS Does Innovate
(2008-01-04 02:30:44)
Open Sources: "The fact that many 'sophisticated examples of code in the online world' are of the commercial software kind, and not OSS, is simply because the vendor felt they could grow and be profitable without open sourcing the product..."

Distro Hopping All the Way Back to Windows XP
(2008-01-04 04:00:14)
Marc Fearby's Home Page: "This past week I have evaluated five Linux distributions to see if any of them would make suitable replacements for Windows XP so that I could avoid Vista..."

Tips for Successful Kernel Recompilation in Linux
(2008-01-04 05:30:38)
bobcares: "'Kernel compilation is a tough nut to crack'--Most frequently this would be followed by a sigh if the recompiled kernel is not booting up...>

VectorLinux 5.9--Will It Be Pandemic?
(2008-01-04 07:00:19)
Linuxseekers: "With seven stable releases of VectorLinux Standard Gold edition under their belts, the developers of VectorLinux have released the much-awaited VectorLinux 5.9 Standard Gold edition on the 21st of December 2007 to the joy of many Vectorians..."

Dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu Linux [Part 2]
(2008-01-04 08:30:44)
Worker's Edge: "Running Linux from a CD in Windows doesn't get you much closer to computing in a Windows-less world. To make Windows and Linux and either-or proposition, you have to set your PC to dual-boot..."

Android's Adversaries Analysed--Or Are They?
(2008-01-04 10:00:06)
iTWire: "A new report claims to analyse the significance of Google's Android Linux-based mobile platform versus competitive platforms..."

Riding the Open Source Storm
(2008-01-04 11:30:48)
Computerworld Australia: "Open source guru Stormy Peters talks about the global initiative to count how much open source software is used by enterprise, and her upcoming keynote at Melbourne's Linux Conference..."

Asterisk Awakens Open Source Love in Telecom Entrepreneur
(2008-01-04 13:00:33)
Linux.com: "Marc Fribush, a former 'Microsoft guy,' is a telecommunications industry entrepreneur who discovered the benefits of open source when he launched a turnkey SAAS telephony business based on Asterisk..."

Intel Leaves the OLPC After Dispute
(2008-01-04 14:30:38)
One More Thing: "Well, that was short: Intel has announced it is leaving the One Laptop Per Child project..."

OOXML News: Office 2003 Kisses Old Formats Goodbye
(2008-01-04 16:00:00)
Roundup: Recent events surrounding Microsoft Office seem to point to one unsurprising conclusion: OOXML really was just another fancy term for "customer roll-up." Articles from ConsortiumInfo and PlexNex within.

Open Source Infiltrates Government IT Worldwide
(2008-01-04 17:30:50)
LinuxWorld: "Homeland Security requirements in the USA, along with compatibility and budget demands everywhere, are putting Linux and open source into more and more public sector IT shops..."

Rocket gOS 2.0, The Latest Ubuntu-Google Marriage, Days Away
(2008-01-04 19:00:05)
DesktopLinux: "That was fast. Only two months ago, Good OS, a startup Linux distributor, exploded on the scene with gOS 1.0, an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux with dedicated links to Google applications..."

McAfee Issues Warning Over 'Ambiguous' Open Source Licenses
(2008-01-04 19:45:26)
InformationWeek: "In its recently published annual report, McAfee warned investors that the 'ambiguous' license terms governing the open source software it uses 'may result in unanticipated obligations regarding our products...'"

On the Record with Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat's New CEO: "I Must Have a Mission"
(2008-01-04 20:30:55)
The Open Road: "I wasn't very nice to Jim Whitehurst when I heard the news that he had been named the new CEO of Red Hat to replace Matthew Szulik..."

Interoperability Still Stumbling Block for Open Source in 2008
(2008-01-04 21:15:31)
eWeek: "Enterprise customers are using open-source software more and more, but issues of interoperability are still a stumbling block to widespread adoption, say customers and open-source software vendors..."

UK Government: Closed Minds on Open Source
(2008-01-04 22:00:01)
Computerworld UK: "To its eternal shame, the UK Government uses far less open source than most. Worse, it seems to have a closed mind to the whole idea..."

Speaking Truth to Power Sometimes Involves Yelling
(2008-01-04 23:30:13)
Editor's Note: Is the free software community overly paranoid and quick to blame others? In some ways, yes. But it's a mistake to dismiss the "conspiracy theorists" out of hand...

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