News Linux News for Mar 04, 2008:

Fear and Loathing in Open Source Marketing
(2008-03-04 00:15:53)
Socialized Software: "Drupal recently made a deal with the devils (venture capitalists) by virtue of the a $7 million investment in Acquia..."

Firefox, Open Access and the Brick Wall of Mobile Operators
(2008-03-04 01:00:41)
Computerworld: "Mozilla says it is working hard to convince cellular operators to allow 3G subscribers use mobile Firefox, which, in a nutshell, demonstrates how the operators are resisting open Internet access..."

£99 Laptop Could Hatch the Linux Generation
(2008-03-04 01:45:55)
Tech Lunch: "PC manufacturer Elonex is launching ONE, an ultra-portable laptop, at this week's Education Show at the NEC..."

Sneak Peak at Soon Arriving SiDUX 2008
(2008-03-04 02:30:10)
Linux Love: "So many distributions, so many available choices. Why such endless variety? Wasn't Linux supposed to make things easier for the former/future ex-Windows user...?"

Review: GoblinX 2.6
(2008-03-04 04:00:57)
Softpedia: "Version 2.6 of GoblinX, the Slackware-based Live CD Linux distribution, was released 10 days ago, and it was a good opportunity for me to take it for an in-depth test drive..."

Desktop Development for the OLPC Laptop
(2008-03-04 05:30:40)
developerWorks: "The XO-1 is a laptop computer designed to be inexpensively manufactured and distributed to children in developing countries around the world..."

Setting Up A High-Availability Load Balancer...
(2008-03-04 07:00:33)
,b>HowtoForge: "This document describes how to set up a two-node load balancer in an active/passive configuration with HAProxy and heartbeat on Fedora 8..."

A Comparison Of AMD & NVIDIA's Linux Control Panels
(2008-03-04 08:30:55)
Phoronix: "It was a year ago that AMD had replaced its aging FireGL Control Panel inside its Linux driver with the AMDCCCLE, or AMD Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition..."

Torrentflux--Web-Based BitTorrent Client
(2008-03-04 10:00:51)
PolishLinux: "TorrentFlux is a free bittorrent client, which requires a webserver for operation. During the last few months it has become popular, especially among users not fond of command line..."

Extending Ubuntu's Battery Life
(2008-03-04 11:30:04)
Phoronix: "In this article are a few simple steps to take in order to extend your notebook's battery life on Ubuntu..."

New Add-ons for OpenOffice.org Writer
(2008-03-04 12:15:24)
Linux Journal: "After a slow start, add-ons for OpenOffice.org are finally starting to reach a critical mass..."

Unclutter Firefox Menus
(2008-03-04 13:00:38)
Linux.com: "If you like your browser interface to be simple, try these extensions designed to unclutter Firefox..."

Don't Use Emacs, Says Java's Father
(2008-03-04 13:30:59)
Computerworld Australia: "...James Gosling has urged coders to stop using the antiquated Emacs text editor and move to a more modern IDE like Sun's own open source NetBeans..."

Nevermind the Bulls**t, Here's OOXML, Says Microsoft
(2008-03-04 14:00:00)
PC Pro: "Microsoft says it is 'optimistic' that the Office Open XML specification will be made into an ISO standard, despite a national body describing the ballot resolution process as 'bulls**t...'"

SCO CEO Likely will be Forced Out of Job
(2008-03-04 14:30:53)
The Salt Lake Tribune: "Darl McBride said Monday he regrets that he is being pushed out as CEO of The SCO Group software company but not his decision to sue IBM and Novell..."

Debian "Lenny" Will be Released as Debian 5.0
(2008-03-04 15:00:42)
MDLog:/sysadmin: "It seems that the Debian team doesn't like to release minor versions anymore..."

AllPeers Firefox BitTorrent Service Shuts Down
(2008-03-04 15:30:20)
internetnews.com: "It wasn't the DMCA or the RIAA's fault (honest)..."

Report: Open-Source Developers Command Up to 40 Percent Premium
(2008-03-04 16:00:58)
The Open Road: "Want to make more money as an enterprise application developer? You're in luck--if you know open source..."

Mozilla Shoots for Quick Thunderbird 3.0 Alpha
(2008-03-04 16:30:08)
LinuxWorld Australia: "The Mozilla Foundation's new e-mail spin-off is aiming at a quick delivery of the first alpha version of Thunderbird 3.0, according to discussions among developers..."

We Interrupt This News Feed...
(2008-03-04 17:00:52)
Editor's Note: A little time out to celebrate a big milestone.

Amazon MP3 Downloader: Bad News/Good News
(2008-03-04 17:30:26)
tecosystems: "Given that I've been waiting months for its release, you’d think that I'd be more excited about the availability of the Amazon MP3 Downloader client for Linux. And I was, initially..."

IBM Pushing Microsoft-free PCs For E. Europe
(2008-03-04 18:00:36)
Reuters/internetnews.com: "IBM has teamed up with partners in Austria and Poland to offer Microsoft-free personal computers for the eastern European market, IBM said in a statement on Tuesday..."

Coming to a Watering Hole Near You: OLPC's Mesh Networking
(2008-03-04 18:30:11)
Computerworld Australia: "...[T]he idea of two kids with laptops sitting under a tree somewhere in Saharan Africa being able to exchange information without any kind of infrastructure or configuration, seems as wild an idea as the land they live in..."

Easing into Open Source
(2008-03-04 19:00:50)
eWeek Mid-Market: "When considering which software applications to buy, more and more midsize companies are considering open source--low-cost or free software whose source code can be modified by users or developers..."

Murder Suspect Reiser Takes the Stand
(2008-03-04 19:45:25)
CNET News: "Thirty years later, the computer programmer finds himself again arguing his case, but this time it's before a crowded courtroom where he is facing charges he murdered his estranged wife, whose body has never been found..."

The Best Linux System Repair Disk Graduates to 1.0
(2008-03-04 20:30:29)
Linux-Watch: "If you need to repair PCs, even if you don't use Linux as a rule, you should have a Linux repair CD. These self-booting Linux distributions give you all the software tools you need to bring all but the deadest computers back to life..."

Googly Eyed
(2008-03-04 21:15:29)
Entrepreneur: "After an excruciatingly long time, it looks like Linux is finally taking hold..."

USB Drivers Going GPL-only in 2.6.25
(2008-03-04 22:00:13)
LinuxWorld: "Here's one from the file of random stuff you see when you put a new machine on the upstream kernel instead of the distro kernel. USB drivers for Linux will be GPL-only with the release of the upcoming kernel 2.6.25..."

Digium Asterisk Scores Global Distribution Deal
(2008-03-04 22:45:54)
The VAR Guy: "Digium, one of Asterisk’s strongest proponents, plans to announce a global distribution partnership within two weeks, The VAR Guy has learned..."

NDISwrapper and the GPL
(2008-03-04 23:30:04)
KernelTrap: "'A change after 2.6.24 broke ndiswrapper by accidentally removing its access to GPL-only symbols,' noted Pavel Roskin, offering a patch to address the issue..."

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