News Linux News for Feb 12, 2008:

Mozilla Dismisses New Firefox Flaw Warning
(2008-02-12 00:15:05)
eWeek: Mozilla chief evangelist Mike Shaver says the latest Firefox information leakage bug warning is exaggerated.

Expect OpenXML Win for Microsoft at ISO
(2008-02-12 01:00:43)
ZDNet: "It's the nature of the system, admits Andy Updegrove, legal advisor to the Linux Foundation..."

Linux, We Have a PR Problem
(2008-02-12 01:45:08)
iTNews: "A few weeks ago a former boss and mentor of mine made my jaw drop by asking me, 'Why has open source failed...?'"

Why Can't Free Software GUIs be Empowering Instead of Limiting?
(2008-02-12 02:30:34)
Free Software Magazine: "It's one of the more popular culture wars in the free software community: GUI versus CLI..."

zRaven in Linux Review
(2008-02-12 04:00:57)
The Tech and Other Cents: "So, first to my testing results: Raven runs and works in Linux under Wine. But there are some serious caveats, which I will go over now..."

Backing up in Ubuntu is Finally Made Simple: TimeVault
(2008-02-12 05:30:33)
Techthrob: "File backups are a key element for every user and on every computer..."

Installing The eZ Publish CMS On An Ubuntu 7.10 Server
(2008-02-12 07:00:32)
HowtoForge: "Because its setup is not trivial, this tutorial shows how to install it on an Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) server...

Thinkpad X61s and Linux
(2008-02-12 08:30:57)
PolishLinux: "Looking for a lightweight, solid and powerful little laptop that works with GNU/Linux? Me too..."

Linux/UNIX minicom Serial Communication Program
(2008-02-12 10:00:03)
nixCraft: "Linux comes with many serial text and gui based serial communication programs..."

Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Open Source Edition v5.0 On Debian Etch
(2008-02-12 11:30:11)
HowtoForge: "This document describes how to set up the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Open Source Edition v5.0 on Debian Etch..."

krdc: Falling in Love All Over Again
(2008-02-12 12:15:20)
aseigo: "Today's KDE4 application love session is all about remote access via VNC and RDP via the somewhat cryptically named krdc..."

Sending Love with OSS for Valentine's Day
(2008-02-12 13:00:51)
Linux.com: "What can a Linux geek do for that special someone on Valentine's Day? Create a gift using open source software, of course..."

Patching CVE-2008-0600, Local Root Exploit
(2008-02-12 13:45:10)
KernelTrap: "Patches for a much publicized Linux kernel local root exploit were released today as 2.6.24.2, 2.6.23.16, and 2.6.22.18..."

Trend Micro Patent Claim Provokes FOSS Community, Leads to Boycott
(2008-02-12 14:30:29)
Linux.com: "Trend Micro might insist that its patent case against Barracuda Networks isn't about free software--but try telling that to the free and open source software community..."

Thunderbird Security Woes
(2008-02-12 15:15:37)
DesktopLinux: "According to the security advisories, many of these problems were also fixed in the Thunderbird 2.12 e-mail client. Unfortunately, there is no Thunderbird 2.12..."

Layoffs Coming at SCO
(2008-02-12 16:00:07)
The Salt Lake Tribune: The embattled SCO Group Inc. is laying off about a quarter of its work force as it tries to survive while it fights high-profile legal battles with Novell, IBM and others..."

OOXML: Disquiet Across the Tasman
(2008-02-12 17:30:09)
iTWire: "In a few short weeks, it will be time for national standards bodies to decide whether the Microsoft Office Open XML specification will be accepted as an ISO standard or not..."

Ministry of Justice Updates Open-Source Policy
(2008-02-12 19:00:26)
Computerworld NZ: "The Ministry of Justice has added an extra policy covering total cost of ownership to its Open Source Adoption Paper, a paper described by New Zealand Open Source society President Don Christie as 'groundbreaking...'"

Corporate Code Searching with Krugle
(2008-02-12 20:30:06)
Hoosier Penguin: "One thing's for sure: the announcement of the FOSSology and FOSSbazaar projects has certainly done a lot to stir up the niche market of open source search/governance firms that are out there..."

Open Source Tool Emerges for Managing Petabytes of Data
(2008-02-12 22:00:06)
LinuxWorld: "The University of California at San Diego's supercomputing group has upgraded its time-tested data management software and made it available as an open source offering designed to handle up to petabytes of data..."

SugarCRM: Doubling Revenues Through Software as a Service?
(2008-02-12 23:30:20)
MSPMentor: "Call it the ultimate double play: Open source coupled with software as a service (SaaS). Using that formula, SugarCRM is striving to double its size this year, asserts CEO John Roberts..."

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