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News Linux News for Feb 11, 2008:
Vector Linux 5.9 Standard Gold Review
(2008-02-11 01:00:00)
Open Review: "VectorLinux is a Linux distribution for the x86 platform based on Slackware which aims to be user-friendly..."
Installing Drupal Themes
(2008-02-11 05:30:41)
Packt: "The large and active community of developers that has formed around Drupal guarantees a steady flow of themes for this popular CMS..."
Ubuntu's Upstart Event-Based init Daemon
(2008-02-11 10:00:27)
Linux.com: "Because the traditional System V init daemon (SysVinit) does not deal well with modern hardware, including hotplug devices, USB hard and flash drives, and network-mounted filesystems, Ubuntu replaced it with the Upstart init daemon..."
Debugging With kmemcheck
(2008-02-11 11:30:19)
KernelTrap: "'With a lot of help from Ingo Molnar and Pekka Enberg over the last couple of weeks, we've been able to produce a new version of kmemcheck...!'"
Virtualization in Linux: A Review of Four Software Choices
(2008-02-11 13:00:21)
Techthrob: "This article compares four virtualization products available for Ubuntu Linux..."
Linux 2.6.25-rc1 [Released]
(2008-02-11 13:30:30)
LKML.org: "Ok, it's a bloody large -rc (as was 24-rc1, for that matter), probably because the 2.6.24 release cycle dragged out, so people had a lot of things pending..."
Linux Kernel "vmsplice()" System Call Vulnerabilities
(2008-02-11 14:00:13)
Secunia: "Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, and gain escalated privileges..."
One Ringy-Dingy...
(2008-02-11 14:30:33)
Roundup: The Mobile World Congress gets underway today in Barcelona, and there's lots of news from LiMo and the Open Handset Alliance about new Linux phones.
Survey Finds Ubuntu is the Fastest-Growing Linux Distribution
(2008-02-11 15:15:27)
The Open Road: "So when I see Ubuntu at 23 percent of Alfresco's Linux user base (second only to Red Hat at 35 percent), with 51.3 percent of Alfresco's users choosing to deploy on Linux (with a scant 26.5 percent opting to deploy on Windows), I take notice..."
Facing Free Software, Microsoft Looks to Yahoo
(2008-02-11 16:00:11)
The New York Times: "Nearly a quarter-century ago, the mantra 'information wants to be free' heralded an era in which news, entertainment and personal communications would flow at no charge over the Internet..."
Ballmer: Free Software Means No Free Soda
(2008-02-11 16:45:34)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer spoke this morning at the company's annual Minority Student Day in Redmond..."
IP Issues with OOXML--Who's Afraid of the GPL?
(2008-02-11 17:30:17)
Groklaw: "Out of all the free and open source licences which are available, there are two which are disproportionately chosen by FOSS developers when licensing their software..."
Q&A: New Red Hat Boss Targets Virtualization, Execution as Keys to Future
(2008-02-11 18:15:27)
NetworkWorld: "If we knew what kind of patent issues we had that would be helpful. So it is hard to have productive conversation if we don't know what they are..."
ASUS Eee PC Rooted Out of the Box
(2008-02-11 19:00:29)
Rise Security: "Analysing the running processes of the ASUS Eee PC, the first thing that caught our attention was the running smbd process..."
Tales from SCALE
(2008-02-11 19:45:12)
Roundup: Trends, interviews, and news from this weekend's SCALE 6X within.
Can Mozilla be Made More Secure?
(2008-02-11 20:30:44)
Computerworld UK: "In an interview, Snyder talked about the state of browser security today and how companies must work together..."
Europe Tries to Make Open Source its Own
(2008-02-11 21:15:58)
ZDNet: "Roberto Galloppini writes from Rome about how everyone there wants to talk about open source, but few want to do much about it..."
Just a Little SOM Thing for Linux Developers
(2008-02-11 22:00:18)
CIO Magazine: "Could the open-source community use a library packaging technology that enables languages to share class libraries regardless of the language an application was written in...?"
Is Linus Even Speaking for Linux Anymore? Uh... Yes.
(2008-02-11 22:45:43)
LinuxDevCenter: "First, I doubt that Mr. Reisinger asked most Linux users what Linux is and should be. I'm not sure that he asked any. It's awfully dangerous to put forth such a strong postulate without evidence..."
Can Open Source and Capitalism Co-Exist?
(2008-02-11 23:30:41)
Linux-Watch: "For some reason, people still can't seem to get their heads around the idea that you can make money, big money, from FOSS.."
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