News Linux News for Jun 05, 2008:

5 Reasons Why JBoss Founder Marc Fleury is My Hero
(2008-06-05 00:00:04)
Socialized Software: "There is a funny thing about commercial open source software companies as much as they like talking about their community-driven open source heritage they end up doing a lot of things their proprietary counterparts do..."

openSUSE 11: Ubuntu Killer?
(2008-06-05 01:30:44)
Tech Source From Bohol: "I have been an avid openSUSE user in the past as it worked perfectly on my main workstation. However, I switched to Xubuntu as I'm more obsessed with speed and simplicity nowadays more than anything else..."

LINdependence 2008--The Way It Is Supposed to Work
(2008-06-05 03:00:44)
Blog of Helios: "But Rolf Pedersen is going to do something pretty cool. He is going to do the work it takes to see that 'his' distro is represented in LINdependence 2008. Fact is, he's already done it.."

Workrave: Combating RSI the Free Software Way
(2008-06-05 04:30:39)
Free Software Magazine: "I doubt if anybody would argue that performing the same physical task many times over a long timespan would cause aches and pains. In some cases this aching can become more serious and take on characteristics much closer to injury than aching..."

Shell Script To Monitor Disk Usage On Linux and Unix
(2008-06-05 06:00:43)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, we're going to take a look at a simple shell script to monitor disk space usage..."

Upgrading to Slackware 12.1
(2008-06-05 07:30:09)
Linux.com: "Pat Volkerding and the Slackware team released the latest version of Slackware Linux, 12.1, on May 2. Even though it is a 'point one' release, the list of new features reads like what other distributions would consider a major new version..."

Kernel Space: Using the Firmware Loader for Static Data
(2008-06-05 09:00:14)
LinuxWorld: "Some device drivers need firmware to load into the hardware at initialization time..."

How To Be a Good (and Lazy) System Administrator
(2008-06-05 10:30:26)
Linux Journal: "If you're anything like the average System Administrator, you are understaffed, underfunded, and overworked..."

Free Softare Magazine: Composer, A Potential HTML Based Word Processor
(2008-06-05 12:00:32)
"Rosalyn Hunter writes about using Composer as a stand-in word processor. I too, have used it in this fashion on OS X. I like it for various reasons.

Acer Bets Big on Linux
(2008-06-05 12:45:30)
iTnews: "The company is already heavily promoting Linux for its low cost ultra-portable netbook range out later this year, but senior staff have said that Acer will also push Linux on its laptops..."

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2 Hits the Web
(2008-06-05 13:30:26)
internetnews.com: "Mozilla has released Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2 for early adopter consumption..."

Why Google Should Embrace OpenOffice
(2008-06-05 14:15:52)
Seeing Through Windows: "If Google really wanted to deliver a knockout punch to Microsoft, it would integrate OpenOffice with Google Docs, and sell support for the combined suite to small businesses, medium-sized business, and large corporations..."

As Punishment for OOXML Scandals Looms, Microsoft Starts Playing Politics
(2008-06-05 15:00:58)
Boycott Novell: "The pressure is up for Microsoft Office to cope with. Yesterday we wrote about the press release from IBM, which covered the latest swing at Microsoft Office and Exchange..."

Linux 2.6.26-rc5 [Released]
(2008-06-05 15:45:55)
LKML.org: "Another week, another batch of mostly pretty small fixes. Hopefully the regression list is shrinking, and we've fixed at least a couple of the oopses on Arjan's list..."

Talking to the Open-Source Pros
(2008-06-05 16:30:39)
Practical Technology: "Would you to talk to some of the biggest names in open source...?"

IBM Releases ODF-Based Office Killer
(2008-06-05 17:15:57)
LinuxWorld: "IBM has officially launched the commercial version of its Lotus Symphony suite of productivity applications, and looks set amount a challenge to Microsoft Office in its enterprise heartland..."

Can Palm Regain Its Developer Edge?
(2008-06-05 18:00:30)
Fatal Exception: "Palm isn't dead yet! That's the word from Palm CEO Ed Colligan, speaking at the recent media launch of the Palm Centro in Australia..."

One-Time Contributers
(2008-06-05 18:45:30)
Kernel Trap: "Tony Luck offered some statistics focused on the frequency of developers that only contribute to the Linux kernel one time..."

Here Comes the Asus 'Freee PC'
(2008-06-05 19:30:13)
internetnews.com: "Asus shook up the industry with its $300--$600 mini notebook last year. Asus continues to dominate the market for super small, super cheap mini-notebooks..."

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Is the Best Browser for Web--For Now
(2008-06-05 20:15:54)
All Things Digital: "In some tech-industry circles, Firefox already is preferred over Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Apple's Safari, but it still isn't used by most people, and Mozilla is hoping to broaden its appeal..."

10 Organizations of Interest to FOSS Developers
(2008-06-05 21:00:21)
Milking the GNU: "Over the years, I came to appreciate a number of organizations that although not directly linked to free software and open source are of interest to the FOSS community..."

The 10 Best Linus Torvalds Quotes
(2008-06-05 21:45:32)
Computer Business Review: "'Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems...'" (Humor)

XP Lives! Sort Of.
(2008-06-05 22:30:21)
Cyber Cynic: "Congratulations Linux. Yesterday was the day you made Microsoft blink. Microsoft has changed its mind and has decided to keep XP Home around after all..."

What Drives a Mass Linux Migration?
(2008-06-05 23:15:00)
iTWire: "Why do large entities--be they companies or cities - decide to change operating systems? I'd like to think that, in the main, it is the cost factor that decides this--but that would not be correct..."

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