News Linux News for Jul 02, 2008:

Three Reasons Why GNU/Linux is Better for Web Servers than OS X
(2008-07-02 00:00:58)
Linux.com: "Apple's OS X, which has been an official certified Unix system for some time now, is often installed onto Internet-exposed or intranet-only Web servers for serving up dynamic content..."

Confirmed: Xandros Acquires Linspire
(2008-07-02 00:45:00)
Socialized Software: "Today Linux desktop manufacturer Xandros acquired Linspire for an undisclosed amount..."

Yes, We Need Users Too!
(2008-07-02 01:30:35)
OStatic: "I'm a bit taken aback by this post by Jason Harris over on the KDE Developer’s Journals site. Harris says that 'KDE, like many other open-source projects, doesn't really need users at all, whether they are poisonous or not...'"

Mandriva Linux--Wonderful and Maddening
(2008-07-02 02:15:39)
ZDNet UK: "The next candidate is Mandriva Linux, currently on what they term their 'Spring 2008' distribution..."

A Symphony For Viola: Parsix 1.5r0 Review
(2008-07-02 03:00:20)
Red Devil's Tech Blog: "Regular readers of this blog will know I'm a huge fan of Parsix, the Debian-based Linux distribution created by a small team in Iran..."

Migrate Device Control Applications from Windows to Linux
(2008-07-02 04:30:57)
developerWorks: "Ease the pain of migrating device control applications from Microsoft Windows to Linux by understanding how device control works in both operating systems..."

Ndiswrapper in Slackware
(2008-07-02 06:00:19)
PolishLinux: "The following article is about using a HP-530 laptop with Slackware-12.1 and Lantech wireless router with WEP encryption..."

SMPlayer Review--One of the Most Powerful Video Players for Linux
(2008-07-02 07:30:28)
Echoes: "SMPlayer is a complete video player built in Qt 4.4.0 and based on the powerful, open-source MPlayer..."

Beating Sandvine on Linux with iptables
(2008-07-02 09:00:14)
Tux Training: "Multiple sites reported a while ago that Comcast was using Sandvine to do tcp packet resets to throttle BitTorrent connections of their users..."

Networking with Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows Part 2
(2008-07-02 10:30:43)
LinuxPlanet: "Part 2 will give you a tour of the networking interfaces in Ubuntu; which are surprisingly somewhat similar to Windows XP. You'll soon be connecting, checking connection details, and browsing network computers in the Linux world..."

Open Enterprise Interview with Roy Russo, Loopfuse
(2008-07-02 12:00:20)
Computerworld UK: "One of the perennial jibes about open source is that it never innovates..."

Lawyers to Judge: Hans Reiser May Be 'Mentally Incompetent'
(2008-07-02 12:45:46)
Threat Level: "Lawyers for Hans Reiser claim the Linux developer convicted of murdering his wife may be 'mentally incompetent,' an argument that, if successful, could send Reiser to a mental institution instead of prison..."

JBoss App Server 5.0 Emerges From Hiding
(2008-07-02 13:30:12)
The Register: "Red Hat is inching closer to delivery of the long-awaited JBoss Application Server 5.0, but there's still no final release date..."

Demands on Open Source Software Grow
(2008-07-02 15:00:50)
.SAP Info: "Whether for private users, small and midsize businesses, major corporations, or public institutions, Open Source software has in the past years become a reliable alternative to commercial solutions..."

The Open-Source CEO: An Interview with Dave Lilly of GroundWork
(2008-07-02 16:30:37)
The Open Road: "I caught up with Dave Lilly, founder and CEO of GroundWork, earlier this week to see how things are going..."

Open Source Community Pushes Canberra on School Computer Fund
(2008-07-02 18:00:06)
TechWorld: "Australia's open source community leaders have written an open letter to Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard calling for consideration of free and open source software in the implementation of the Digital Education Revolution for the National Secondary School Computer Fund..."

One Live DVD, One Ton of Linux Games
(2008-07-02 19:30:57)
Linux.com: "LinuX-Gamers Live is a live DVD from Germany based on Arch Linux that includes nothing but games..."

The Critics are Wrong: KDE 4 Doesn't Need a Fork
(2008-07-02 20:15:56)
ars technica: "After the recent release KDE 4.1 beta 2 and openSUSE 11 with KDE 4.0.4, some critics have been especially vocal in expressing their displeasure with the KDE 4 user interface paradigms..."

Don't Confuse Bad Linux Support for Bad Linux
(2008-07-02 21:00:03)
The Linux Distillery: "Anti-Linux evangelists try to level many claims against the free open source operating system Linux..."

Linux's Dirty Little Secret
(2008-07-02 22:30:01)
Hardware 2.0: "That said, there are a few aspects of Linux that do annoy/frustrate/anger me/make me hulk out* (delete as overall mood dictates), and one of these aspects is so core to an OS that I’m surprised that it hasn't been addressed already..."

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