News Linux News for Jan 08, 2008:

gOS: A Wake Up Call for Freedomware Marketing
(2008-01-08 00:15:12)
Libervis: "Think gOS. It might not be such a bad advice after all. It's been hyped up, but it sold out. And there may be lessons in its deployment and success for all of us Free Software and GNU/Linux advocates...!"

Free Software, Free Speech
(2008-01-08 01:00:23)
The Beez' Speaks...: "When your opponent tells you to shut up, he's in fact waving the white flag. When the name-calling starts it means he is out for a final, berserk attack. It's not about the issue anymore, it's about you, the messenger..."

Open Source: Mob Mentality or Innovation Engine?
(2008-01-08 01:45:03)
Ars Technology: "In a recent article, renowned virtual reality guru Jaron Lanier criticizes the community-driven software development process of the open-source movement, asserting that the model isn't conducive to radical innovation..."

What the Perl 6 and Parrot Hackers Did on their Christmas Vacation
(2008-01-08 02:30:27)
ONLamp: "A running joke in the Perl 6 world is that we'll release a stable Perl 6.0.0 by Christmas. We just won't tell you which Christmas.

AliXe 0.11b--Linux Bilingue Québecois
(2008-01-08 03:15:30)
Linux DevCenter: "Over the past year or two I've been drifting away from Fedora, Ubuntu, and Mandriva towards distros derived from Slackware for desktop use..."

When Enlightenment Met Ubuntu
(2008-01-08 04:00:52)
Linux.com: "Many Linux distributions try to be visually appealing. Some use Beryl-Compiz for cool 3-D effects on resource-laden boxes, while others turn to desktops like Enligtenment for a little bit of gloss at the expense of functionality..."

A New Year, a New Zimbra
(2008-01-08 04:45:17)
Montana Linux: "I have been using Zimbra for as my work and personal email server for... oh... something close to two years now. Over that time there have been a number of upgrades and they have always gone smoothly..."

OpenLDAP + Samba Domain Controller On Ubuntu 7.10
(2008-01-08 05:30:28)
HowtoForge: "This document is a step by step guide for configuring Ubuntu 7.10 as a Samba Domain Controller with an LDAP backend (OpenLDAP)..."

Wine Colour and Theme Support
(2008-01-08 07:00:20)
Wine Review: "Have you ever gotten annoyed by Wine/Cedega/CXOffice not matching to your otherwise pretty desktop...?"

Nifty OpenOffice.org Extensions
(2008-01-08 08:30:12)
Linux.com: "Apparently, the only thing that stopped developers from creating useful OpenOffice.org extensions was the lack of a place to publish them..."

Linux Time Machine Alternative Reviewed
(2008-01-08 09:15:13)
Mad Penguin: "If there is a defining feature in Apple's Leopard, it's Time Machine. As cool as it may be, the fact is that we, as Linux users, are obviously not going to see much benefit from this is pitiful..."

AMD Phenom 9500 Linux Performance
(2008-01-08 10:00:01)
Phoronix: "Have you recently upgraded to AMD's Spider platform with their quad-core Phenom processor and are running Linux? If so, and are experiencing kernel panics, stability problems, and even a psychedelic Ubuntu logo, you're not alone..."

Improved Ogg Theora Coming Soon to an Internet Near You
(2008-01-08 10:45:10)
Linux.com: "Free software for video is currently in sad shape. The only two widely distributed free video editing programs, Kino and Cinelerra, are nowhere near as capable as competing commercial software..."

Sleepy Linux
(2008-01-08 11:30:39)
KernelTrap: "'Current Linux versions can enter suspend-to-RAM just fine, but only can do it on explicit request..."

Sun Deploys Linux High Performance Cluster at Kuwait Oil Company
(2008-01-08 12:15:12)
ArabianBusiness: "Kuwait Oil Company has deployed a Linux-based High Performance Cluster from Sun Microsystems to run its reservoir simulation software..."

Untangle Signs Up 60 Managed Service Providers
(2008-01-08 13:00:06)
MSPmentor: "Imaging melding open source, security, managed services and a channel program into a single company. At first glance, that's a pretty compelling strategy..."

Mozilla Promotes Lilly from COO to CEO
(2008-01-08 13:45:34)
Underexposed: "Mozilla Corp., the for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, has promoted Chief Operating Officer John Lilly to chief executive, the organization behind the Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird e-mail software said Monday..."

Linus Torvalds [Interview]--Part I
(2008-01-08 14:30:57)
Open Voices: "Today the Linux Foundation is launching a podcast series that will feature conversations with the leaders of open source. For our inaugural post, we are pleased to present part one of our conversation with Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux Operating System and fellow at the Linux Foundation..."

Mozilla Yanks Firefox Marketing Campaign
(2008-01-08 15:15:48)
Computerworld UK: "Just hours after Mozilla debuted its first viral marketing campaign, it shut down the website and apologised to users for what it admitted were offensive statistics used to promote Firefox..."

From LiPS to LiMo--The Mobile Linux Divide?
(2008-01-08 16:00:59)
internetnews.com: "While backers of mobile Linux are all trying to increase Linux adoption, the question for vendors has been which mobile Linux effort they should back among the crowd of mobile Linux organizations..."

Give One Get One Campaign Claims Success, Considers Expansion
(2008-01-08 17:30:07)
Roundup: The One Laptop Per Child Project is reporting their first numbers from the 2007 North America "Give One Get One" campaign; good enough numbers that the non-profit is considering doing the program again, this time in Europe. Stories within.

Open-Source Chief Executives Make 2008 Predictions
(2008-01-08 19:00:25)
Reuters: "The Open Solutions Alliance... today announced the findings of its 2008 Predictions Survey, which polled open-source CEOs on their forecasts for the coming year..."

Old-School SUSE Executives Take Over Open-Xchange
(2008-01-08 19:45:06)
Linux-Watch: "Rafael Laguna, who played a major role in merging SUSE with Novell, is now Open-Xchange's president and CEO. And former SUSE CEO Richard Seibt is now OX's chairman of the board..."

Some Less-Than-Thrilled OLPC Reviews
(2008-01-08 20:30:02)
Roundup: The Economist reviews the OLPC XO laptop and finds it wanting. Meanwhile, Bill Gates chimes in his two cents on the OLPC program. His verdict? Microsoft is all about cheap PCs. Articles within.

11 Open-Source Projects Certified as Secure
(2008-01-08 21:15:50)
D3f3ns3 1n D3pth: "Coverity, which creates automated source-code analysis tools, announced late Monday its first list of open-source projects that have been certified as free of security defects..."

Making Money With Open Source, Part 1: Turning Users Into Buyers
(2008-01-08 22:00:21)
LinuxInsider: "2007 was an eventful year for the commercial open source industry. We have seen many new entrants, and now there are hundreds of viable companies that are based on open source, filling nearly every segment of the software market..."

Interview with OLPC's Founding CTO Mary Lou Jepsen
(2008-01-08 22:45:28)
Groklaw: "Mary Lou Jepsen will go down in history as the founding Chief Technology Officer of One Laptop Per Child. She has recently announced that she is starting her own for-profit company, Pixel Qi, to commercialize some of the technologies she invented at OLPC while extending them..."

The Hidden Costs of Linux Ownership
(2008-01-08 23:30:27)
Datamation: "Linux might be free to download and install, and it might offer you freedoms that aren't available from commercial software, but don't let that fool you into thinking that everything about Linux is free..."

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