News Linux News for Jul 03, 2008:

Struggling Towards a Great Linux Desktop
(2008-07-03 00:00:43)
Cyber Cynic: "That's too many desktops, except for a nut case like yours truly who really likes playing with operating systems..."

Dtrace vs SystemTap, Redux
(2008-07-03 01:30:26)
tecosystems: "Three years ago come August, O'Reilly's Nat Torkington, interviewing Sun's Jonathan Schwartz, pressed the CEO on the issues of patents generally and DTrace patents specifically..."

The Six Kinds of Anti-FOSS Trolls
(2008-07-03 03:00:46)
Penguin Pete's: "Since I wrote about the seven kinds of anti-Linux FUD pundits, it occurred to me that plain old forum and blog-comment trolls could be classified, too..."

Create Your Own Web Server With BIND And Apache On CentOS 5 (Simplified)
(2008-07-03 04:30:36)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial explains how you can run your own web server on CentOS 5 with the help of Apache and the BIND name server..."

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 [Review]
(2008-07-03 06:00:25)
Phoronix: "Back in March we had looked at the Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 mobile processor with its Penryn core and 6MB of shared L2 cache between its two cores clocked at 2.50GHz..."

Top of the Charts: Five Open Source File Sharing Apps
(2008-07-03 07:30:58)
TechWorld: "The answer to that question may be obvious to some, but the explosion in paid-for, online digital content services in recent years hasn't dented the download rates of free file sharing applications..."

How To Install Ubuntu Linux In 12 Easy Steps
(2008-07-03 09:00:23)
InformationWeek: "Canonical's Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution is one of the more popular versions of the open source operating system, and it's easy to see why..."

Best Practices for Using Open-Source Software
(2008-07-03 10:30:32)
Practical Technology: "Even if you think open source is the dumbest idea to hit IT since Microsoft Bob, number four is your only real choice..."

Private St. Louis School Goes Linux
(2008-07-03 12:00:31)
DesktopLinux: "A private school in St. Louis, Mo. is increasingly choosing Linux for the computers it supplies to students and faculty, according to laptop supplier Lenovo..."

Openmoko to Release Linux Handset Tomorrow
(2008-07-03 12:45:08)
Register Hardware: "Anyone fond of creating their own applications within a open source environment will soon be able to get mobile. Openmoko has finally announced the launch date of its Neo FreeRunner open-source phone..."

Barracuda Networks Countersues Trend Micro
(2008-07-03 13:30:01)
Groklaw: "Barracuda asks for money damages and an injunction on further sales of infringing Trend Micro products..."

Guinness Bestows Download Record on Firefox
(2008-07-03 15:00:16)
CNET News: "The de facto registrar of superlative achievements has credited Mozilla for officially setting a record for downloads in a 24-hour period: 8,002,530 copies of Firefox..."

Identi.ca Launches, an Open Source Twitter
(2008-07-03 16:30:46)
Ross Mayfield's Weblog: "Evan Prodromou, one of the better citizens of the wiki community and founder of WikiTravel, launched Identi.ca today..."

Michael Robertson, Where's the Cash?
(2008-07-03 18:00:29)
Kevin Carmony: "I have been contacted by several Linspire employees and shareholders, asking me what the Linspire asset sale to Xandros means..."

In Note To Judge, Hans Reiser Asks For New Lawyer
(2008-07-03 19:30:33)
Threat Level: "Convicted murderer Hans Reiser has asked his trial judge to appoint him a new lawyer, ahead of a July 9 sentencing hearing..."

Microsoft Rebuilds Open Source Sandcastle
(2008-07-03 21:00:42)
Netstat -vat: "Sam Ramji who runs Microsoft's Open Source Lab has now confirmed on his blog that Sandcastle is now set to re-appear on CodePlex as a fully compliant open source project..."

A User's Freedom to Choose
(2008-07-03 22:30:06)
Editor's Note: Lots of rancor about KDE 4 lately; but is it really worth the fuss?

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