News Linux News for Jan 07, 2008:

Mono on OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Device
(2008-01-07 01:00:57)
Tquerci's WebBlog: "After a lot of time I'm finally releasing the first version of Sugar assembly to 'sugarize' a Mono application..."

Mastering Regular Expressions in PHP, Part 1
(2008-01-07 05:30:54)
developerWorks: "All machines consume input, perform some sort of work, and yield output. A telephone, for example, converts sound energy to an electrical signal and back again to audio to enable conversation..."

A Handful of Desktop Utilities for Snipping Multiple Clips
(2008-01-07 07:00:55)
Linux.com: "You might imagine that a utility as simple as a multiple clipboard would have become standard on the GNU/Linux desktop..."

Dealing With Contentious Kernel Blobs
(2008-01-07 08:30:00)
Blue-GNU: "The issue of binary kernel blobs cropped up on the gNewSense Mailing list recently..."

The Tricky Task of Supporting Photo Cds on Linux
(2008-01-07 11:30:35)
Linux.com: "Recently I set out to resurrect some old PCD images on a Linux system--a challenge that serves as an object lesson in the importance of open standards in any kind of digital archive..."

2008: Not the Year of the Linux Desktop
(2008-01-07 13:00:44)
iTWire: "The new year is less than a week old but the talk has already begun. Yes, we are hearing that hackneyed old saw again--this will be the year of the Linux desktop..."

Linux 2.6.24-rc7 [Released]
(2008-01-07 13:30:12)
LKML: "And I'll be charitable and claim it's because it's all stabilizing, and not because we've all been in a drunken stupor over the holidays..."

OLPC Tells Nigerian Court: We Don't Use LANCOR's Keyboard
(2008-01-07 14:00:06)
Groklaw: "OLPC asks that the case be tossed, describing it as 'wholly incompetent, vexatious and a gross abuse of the process of court...'"

Red Hat Committed to Open Source
(2008-01-07 14:30:06)
Reuters/eWeek: "Red Hat's new chief executive said on Friday that the company will continue to pursue a business model under which it makes its software available at no cost and makes money selling services to businesses..."

Why Intel, OLPC Parted Ways
(2008-01-07 15:00:31)
Roundup: An Fortune interview with Nicholas Negroponte and an New York Times article give more insight into the reasons behind the recent breakup between Intel and the One Laptop per Child project.

Study: Open Document Format Made Gains in '07
(2008-01-07 15:30:01)
InfoWorld: "ODF Alliance reports that 12 countries and six regional governments have adopted 'pro-ODF policies,' and more than 40 applications now support ODF as well..."

Wikia Search Launches With Google in Its Sights
(2008-01-07 16:00:12)
internetnews.com: "With the community-driven, open-source search engine, Wales is hoping to transform Internet search, which he describes as currently dominated by a few large companies operating under a cloak of secrecy with virtually no accountability for how results are served up or pages are ranked..."

The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry
(2008-01-07 16:30:58)
Datamation: "Who in the hell is Asustek, and why does Microsoft hate them more than any other company in the industry? Why does Apple, Dell and Palm Computing hate them...?"

Hunting Linux at CES
(2008-01-07 17:00:18)
Linux Journal: "So what's new with Linux at CES this year? That's our question. If you have the answers, let's have 'em. Because we'll be there on a Linux Hunt, just like we are every year..."

Talking Bluntly
(2008-01-07 17:30:04)
asiego: "Now that [KDE] 4.0.0 is tagged and out and that bit of worry and concern is behind me for the moment, I wanted to take a moment to talk really bluntly about 4.0..."

Apple, Linux Set to Get Cozy
(2008-01-07 18:00:22)
The VAR Guy: "Apple server fans and open source fanatics are about to engage in a group hug, The VAR Guy has learned..."

After Linux, Microsoft Now Shows Some Windows Vista Love to Apache
(2008-01-07 18:30:38)
Softpedia: "Keeping in with this trajectory, the Redmond company has now made available yet another resources, this time focused on the integration of Apache with SSL on Windows..."

OpenVZ to Release Pre-made Ubuntu VMs
(2008-01-07 19:00:05)
Linux-Watch: "OpenVZ Project, the open-source community branch of SWsoft, the virtualization company behind Parallels and Virtuozzo, will release on Jan. 8 pre-made Ubuntu 7.10 server and desktop virtual machines..."

RPM Package Manager (RPM) Version 5.0.0 Released
(2008-01-07 19:45:40)
RPM5.org: "After seven months of comprehensive development, the popular Unix software packaging tool RPM Package Manager (RPM) was released as stable version 5.0.0..."

Pyrolinux 1.0 Gives Off Little Heat
(2008-01-07 20:30:15)
LinuxPlanet: "It's not every day you see the launch of a brand new Linux distribution, so when I heard that Pyrolinux 1.0 was released over Christmas, I thought I'd take a look..."

Who Will be the Next Open Source Public Enemy #1?
(2008-01-07 21:15:54)
O'Reilly Radar: As SCO slides closer to nonexistence--its website hasn't been updated since we noted this back in November--it's worth remembering that the company, under CEO Darl McBride, was once not merely relevant but feared..."

Signposts of GNU/Linux Growth in 2007, Part 2
(2008-01-07 22:00:53)
Datamation: "In this concluding article we look at the growth of GNU/Linux in still more tech sectors. This ought to demonstrate the tremendous presence that GNU/Linux quietly gained throughout the year 2007..."

Evaluating Prospects for Linux Growth in 2008
(2008-01-07 22:45:56)
Ars Technica: "The Year of the Linux Desktop began as a dream, transformed into a myth, and is now little more than a humorous meme. Let's take a cynical stroll down memory lane and commune with the presumptuous penguin predictions of the past..."

After SCO Dies
(2008-01-07 23:30:58)
Linux-Watch: "Me? I'd bet on Novell doing SCO in at the District Court with a lead pipe. Ah, summary judgment..."

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