YOUR LINUX TODAY NEWSLETTER FOR March 31, 2006

Linux Today Newsletter For MARCH 31, 2006

Latest News for the Linux and Open Source Community.

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TODAY'S NEWS:

------------------------------------------------------------------ MICHAEL'S MINUTE: 502,174 DOCUMENTS CAN'T BE WRONG. NEXT UP AJAXSKETCH

"As promised we're announcing a new product on Wednesday of each week at ajaxLaunch.com... This week we're unveiling ajaxSketch..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,5vj4,9qv0,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ GROKLAW: THE END TO THE TRADEMARK TALE

"You will remember SCO's attempt to trademark UNIX SYSTEM LABORATORIES..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,g2y9,fk3z,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ BUSINESSWEEK: RED HAT FALLS ON OUTLOOK

"Red Hat Inc. shares fell before Wednesday's opening bell after the software maker reported solid quarterly results but projected a profit that fell short of Wall Street's target..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,c00w,clhy,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ ZDNET UK: BRISTOL COUNCIL SAYS IT CAN SAVE £1M WITH OPEN SOURCE

"The local authority claims its biggest challenge was encouraging its staff to accept alternatives to Microsoft Office, with staff assuming that 'if it's cheap it must be nasty...'"

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,28di,834k,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ CRN AUSTRALIA: LINUXWORLD: GOVERNMENT OPEN TO OPEN SOURCE

"Speaking at LinuxWorld in Sydney, Department of Finance and Administration's Patrick Callioni said the OSS community could no longer blame government for its slow adoption of offerings like Linux..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,jma1,1jqs,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ COMPUTERWORLD AUSTRALIA: ACS SEES OPEN SOURCE AS A WAY TO BOOST JOBS

"The Australian Computer Society has emphatically come out in support of open source software, claiming Australia should embrace it on the grounds it fosters innovation and can boost ICT employment..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,m5ar,e9mr,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUXPLANET: GENERATION LINUX, PART 2--WEB RESEARCH

LinuxPlanet "steps parents, guardians, and 'geekparents' through the basic steps of exploring the vast Internet using open source tools..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,mzl,7lqn,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ COMPUTER BUSINESS REVIEW: OPEN SOURCE TACTICS

"The debate over the viability of Open Source Software has not disappeared--there are views that consider its sustenance to not only be questionable in the long term, but also from a moral high-ground perspective to be questionable..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,dwnd,i53t,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ CNET NEWS: IS VIRTUALIZATION THE INSTALLATION MIRACLE CURE?

"Most talk about virtualization these days centers on using server hardware more efficiently. But the technology also has the potential to ease another headache: software installation woes..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,i0v9,83td,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ PALM INFOCENTER: IS PALM BUILDING THEIR OWN OS?

"Speculation is in the air again that Palm Inc is working on their own operating system for future mobile devices..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,gdny,e4cj,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ SEARCHOPENSOURCE: HP LETS USER TAKE LINUX FOR A VIRTUAL SPIN

"Philip Gust, the CEO and founder of Nouveau Systems Inc., found himself in a position familiar to many executives with a data center full of expensive, power-hungry legacy infrastructure and applications..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,b806,2ut,2ezm,3q9m

More High Performance stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,2wjc,8pd8,2ezm,3q9m

------------------------------------------------------------------ THE FINE MANUAL: ERIC RAYMOND AND THE RTFM JERKS

"Is Eric Raymond and the RTFM jerk crowd driving away good contributers and users from free software? That is what I am beginning to wonder..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,l0ip,a036,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ PETER YARED'S MUSINGS: AN OPEN LETTER TO JONATHAN SCHWARTZ

"...I wanted to write an open letter to you and Sun, and see if I can get a little clarity about your open source software strategy..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,csyu,601g,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ SEARCHCIO: THE REAL REASONS VENDORS ARE MOVING TO OPEN SOURCE MODELS

"More vendors are adopting open source business models. Columnist Paul Gillin offers advice on how users can leverage this new vendor interest to their advantage..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,l5d7,9rt8,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ MONEYWEB: THE REAL DEAL ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

"'South Africans spend around R6 billion annually on software licenses, 80% of which is channeled to foreign companies...'"

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,ke7i,fji,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ MAD PENGUIN: TUX GOES RETAIL: MEPIS, XANDROS, LINSPIRE, AND MICRO CENTER VIP INTERVIEWS

"Some common themes emerge from these interviews. First, relationships with companies and people working in the distribution chain don't emerge over night..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,k2j2,cc7y,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUX-WATCH: AUDACITY: THE OPEN SOURCE PODCASTING PROGRAM OF CHOICE

"You see Audacity is a great little program for podcasting and I use it myself for my Cyber Cynic podcasts..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,9tqj,jo6q,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ ADVISORIES, MARCH 30, 2006

Today's Mandriva Linux advisory: mailman

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,5ysk,69p8,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ DEVX: MAINTAIN BETTER CODING STANDARDS WITH EASE USING CHECKSTYLE

"Checkstyle is an open-source tool that can help enforce coding standards and best practices..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,2zq4,8a9n,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ VOIP PLANET: VOIPOWERING YOUR OFFICE WITH ASTERISK--PART 2: INTRODUCTION CONTINUED

"Today we'll look at what hardware you need to make it work, and how much it costs..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,bisk,l23g,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUX.COM: REVIEW: TRUSTIX SECURE LINUX LIVES UP TO ITS NAME

"Trustix Secure Linux is an interesting distro for servers that is designed to be all about security..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,1lgr,81t6,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWSFORGE: EXTRACT DATA FROM THE INTERNET WITH WEB SCRAPING

"Even if you don't know how to access databases using a Web browser or use an RSS reader, you can extract information from the Internet through Web page scraping. Here's how you can use some Linux-based tools to get data..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,6zn,f0u,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ SEARCHOPENSOURCE: HOW-TO: USING A WINDOWS VIRTUAL MACHINE TO VALIDATE LINUX BOOT CDS OR IMAGES

"This article summarizes how to manipulate simple VMWare configuration files (.vmx) for a Windows host environment to operate Linux within a virtual arena, for validation testing or as a practical training tool..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,72t9,ep0l,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ OSWEEKLY: UCLINUX: AN OVERVIEW

"The advantage of embedded Linux is that it's a royalty-free, open source, compact solution that provides a strong foundation for an ever-growing base of applications to run on..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,ai6v,28f7,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUX.COM: UPDATING MADE EASY WITH EASYUBUNTU

"Ubuntu uses only open/free formats, so it doesn't include playback support for formats such as MP3, Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Audio Video Interleave (AVI) that may have some restrictions..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,j727,3qug,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUXELECTRONS: TEXTBOOKS ON OPENOFFICE.ORG PUBLISHED

"Visibooks, a publisher of illustration-based computer class textbooks, has published the first school textbooks on OpenOffice.org..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,8w03,60ti,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ IT MANAGER'S JOURNAL: OUTSOURCER SEES FOSS AS UNLIKELY ALLY

"At first, outsourcing and free and open source software seem opposing trends..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,c7or,9oxp,2ezm,3q9m

More Developer stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,hqmx,eofg,2ezm,3q9m

------------------------------------------------------------------ THE GUARDIAN: 'A LAWYER WHO IS ALSO IDEALIST--HOW REFRESHING'

"The legal guardian of the free software movement explains why, after 12 years, the time is right to release version 3 of its constitution for public comment..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,h72d,bohi,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERNETNEWS.COM: THE DEAL: $20K TO LEAVE EXCHANGE FOR LOTUS

"IBM launched the latest jab in its bout with Microsoft, offering partners up to $20,000 to help customers move from Exchange to Linux-based versions of Lotus Notes and Domino..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,lmme,4glm,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ CNET NEWS: SUSE LINUX COO LATEST EXEC TO LEAVE NOVELL

"Amnon Harman, chief operating officer of Novell's SUSE Linux group, will leave the company in August, sources familiar with his plans said..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,9sii,9voh,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ ANNOUNCEMENT: SUSE LINUX 10.1 BETA9

"I'm glad to announce SUSE Linux 10.1 Codename 'Agama Lizard' Beta9..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,8mdk,963k,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ BUILDER UK: LINUX GROWTH 'TO OUTSTRIP WINDOWS BY A FACTOR OF 3'

"Linux adoptions are to grow in the next three to five years at nearly triple the rate of Windows, according to Oracle..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,l3i4,7hxe,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ TECTONIC: HP SOUTH AFRICA CONFIRMS LINUX LAPTOP PLANS

"HP South Africa has confirmed the release of it's Linspire-based notebook range..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,93fb,gi7b,2ezm,3q9m

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------------------------------------------------------------------ TECHWORLD: LINUX LOSES TO WINDOWS IN EX-UNIX SHOPS

"Where do Unix shops who want to migrate go next? You'd think they go for Linux. Or is it Windows? It depends who's asking..."

COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cbn,1,dvgf,d8zm,2ezm,3q9m

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