Linux Today Newsletter For APRIL 6, 2006
Latest News for the Linux and Open Source Community.
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TODAY'S NEWS:
------------------------------------------------------------------ TECHNEWSWORLD: REPORT: SUCCESS THREATENS OPEN SOURCE ETHIC
"'His conclusion is contrary to virtually everything I've seen in my 17 year history of commercial free/open source solutions,' Michael Tiemann, vice president of Red Hat said about Goulde's report..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,7bg7,fnvn,2ezm,3q9m
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------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERNETNEWS.COM: LINUXWORLD: GPL 3 AND THE LINUX KERNEL DEVS
"The under-discussion GPL version 3 license is a bit of a hot potato. Some like it and others, such as Linux creator Linus Torvalds, do not..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,5z6c,9fj7,2ezm,3q9m
More Developer stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hqmx,eofg,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ CHANNEL REGISTER: INTEL AND RED HAT TEAM FOR SPEED
"Intel and Red Hat are working together to help customers speed up deployment of solutions by testing them either online or at one of 14 global centres..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,jjs7,cpml,2ezm,3q9m
More IT Management stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,1p84,42vr,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUX-WATCH: VIRTUALLY SPEAKING AT LINUXWORLD
"There's only a handful of people at LinuxWorld Boston on Monday, but I've already heard some of them saying, 'Why is everyone talking about virtualization...?'"
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,xvv,lrep,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ FEDORA PROJECT: WHY NO FOUNDATION?
"As many of you are aware, FUDCon Boston is this Friday. One of the most important topics that we will be discussing there is the future of the Fedora Project, specifically with regard to the Fedora Foundation..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,k9j4,glwa,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ EWEEK: LINUX MUSCLING TO THE TOP IN ORACLE SHOPS
"In the coming year, Linux is set to push Unix out of its traditional reigning role as the Oracle operating system of choice, a new survey predicts..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,igdo,k6b4,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUXPR: LPI AND CANONICAL ANNOUNCE UBUNTU PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
"The Linux Professional Institute and Canonical Ltd. jointly announced the development of a certification exam for the Ubuntu distribution..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,42ln,cxub,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUXWORLD AUSTRALIA: FIREFOX FINALLY BREAKS 10 PERCENT BARRIER
"Firefox, the free open-source Web browser from Mozilla.org, quietly gained enough users in March to finally grab 10 percent of the Web browser market..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,sm3,eb35,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ DEBCENTRAL: UBUNTU 4.10 REACHES END OF LIFE ON 30 APRIL 2006
"On October 20th, 2004, Ubuntu announced its first public release, version 4.10..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,3vmk,ajei,2ezm,3q9m
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------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERNETNEWS.COM: WINDOWS CE ADD-ON LURES LINUX DEVELOPERS
"Microsoft today released a free upgrade to Windows CE 5.0 aimed at luring media device developers away from Linux and to Redmond's vision of the digital home..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,afzq,4noe,2ezm,3q9m
More Developer stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hqmx,eofg,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ PALM INFOCENTER: ACCESS LINUX PLATFORM SHOWN AT LINUXWORLD
"The ACCESS Linux Platform is the next mobile software platform from PalmSource..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,8zd0,5x2a,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ CONSORTIUMINFO: BILL INTRODUCED IN MINNESOTA TO REQUIRE USE OF "OPEN DATA FORMATS"
"I received an email yesterday pointing me to a bill, introduced on March 27, that would require all Executive branch agencies in the state of Minnesota to 'use open standards...'"
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,9v16,kd3h,2ezm,3q9m
More IT Management stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,1p84,42vr,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ SEARCHOPENSOURCE: OPEN SOURCE RATING SYSTEM STREAMLINED AND READY FOR PRIMETIME
"After nearly six months of tweaking and collecting feedback from users, the Business Readiness Rating has been refined to the point where its evaluation categories are now final..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,6z7s,jf12,2ezm,3q9m
More IT Management stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,1p84,42vr,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ GROKLAW: IBM'S REPLY MEMO IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF MOTION TO LIMIT SCO'S CLAIMS
"Now we're cooking. We have now IBM's Reply Memorandum in Further Support of Motion to Limit SCO's Claims Relating to Allegedly Misused Material and all the trimmings..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,bp73,apzx,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ SEARCHOPENSOURCE: LINUX DESKTOP ADOPTION BARRIERS
"The biggest barrier to Linux business desktop adoption is Linux itself, as too many distributions make it harder for developers to port to or create applications for Linux..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,4tgo,fnpx,2ezm,3q9m
More IT Management stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,1p84,42vr,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ PCBURN: LINUX WORLD 2006 BOSTON DAY 2
"LinuxWorld 2006 day 2 is underway. This mornings keynote was delivered by Kevin Kettler, PhD the CTO of Dell..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,4q3x,eoug,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWSFORGE: MY DESKTOP OS: CENTOS 4.2
"...[S]ince I already had a commitment to maintaining a number of different servers in CentOS, I decided a while ago to start using it on my desktop as well..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,cnfm,7d49,2ezm,3q9m
More IT Management stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,1p84,42vr,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ IT OBSERVER: OPEN SOURCE FOR PERIMETER SECURITY
"This article gives examples of very successful Open Source security projects--netfilter and Snort--and also describes some weaknesses that need to be addressed by IT organizations or vendors..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,l2o0,isps,2ezm,3q9m
More Security stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,fzmy,6313,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ DEVELOPERWORKS: SPEED YOUR CODE WITH THE GNU PROFILER
"Improving the performance of your applications is rarely a wasted effort, but it's not always clear which functions the program is spending most of its execution time on..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,82o1,8khk,2ezm,3q9m
More Developer stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hqmx,eofg,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWSFORGE: CREATE FLASH CHARTS WITH PHP/SWF CHARTS
"PHP/SWF Charts brings interactive eye candy to your charts and graphs. This PHP tool generates 20 types of charts, including line, column, 3-D column, pie, 3-D pie, bar, scatter, and polar charts..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,j93w,3l68,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ OSWEEKLY: SECURE PROGRAMMING IN GPU/LINUX SYSTEMS: PART II
"Continuing with our two part series, we'll look into an extremely common security flaw--Buffer Overflow--in this article..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,bkbk,5k3h,2ezm,3q9m
More Security stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,fzmy,6313,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ THE REGISTER: THE MAN BEHIND OSSTMM
"Pete Herzog, founder of ISECOM and creator of the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM) talks with Federico Biancuzzi about the upcoming revision 3.0 of the OSSTMM..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,bp3v,ax8e,2ezm,3q9m
More Security stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,fzmy,6313,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUXWORLD AUSTRALIA: LINUX, LINGERIE PERFECT MIX FOR FASHION COMPANY
"ASX-listed underwear, fashion design and direct sales company UnderCoverWear (UCW) has revealed how building its business around Linux and open source increased IT flexibility while avoiding vendor lock-in..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,3ex5,34pp,2ezm,3q9m
More stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,ioqq,lhlt,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ CNET NEWS: MICROSOFT TO 'OPEN THE DOORS' OF LINUX LABS
"Microsoft plans to launch a Web site to share the activities of its internal Linux laboratories, an effort to sample feedback from customers who combine Microsoft and open-source software..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,f5vv,6gjo,2ezm,3q9m
More IT Management stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,1p84,42vr,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ COMPUTER BUSINESS REVIEW: IBM SAYS SCO WILLFULLY FAILED TO DETAIL EVIDENCE
"IBM Corp has once again come out on the attack against its legal foe SCO Group Inc, accusing the Unix vendor of acting in bad faith and willfully failing to comply with court orders for it to detail its evidence against the systems giant..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,7b4e,322u,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ VNUNET: LINUX ADVOCATES SLAM SOFTWARE LICENCES
"Software licences are an outdated way to force users to pay for the marketing and sales costs of the code..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,d2h7,j2y0,2ezm,3q9m
More Developer stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hqmx,eofg,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERNETNEWS.COM: THE LINUX KEY IS VIRTUALIZATION?
"Dell's Chief Technology Office Kevin Kettler presented Dell's vision for virtualization at this morning's keynote here. It's a powerful vision that extends virtualization beyond its traditional uses and into the mainstream..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,fkw,j4jm,2ezm,3q9m
More High Performance stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,2wjc,8pd8,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ CRN: NOVELL: TIERED OS COULD GET OEMS INTO LINUX DISTRIBUTION GAME
"IBM and HP are open to optimizing mini-Linux distributions for their hardware platforms so that software partners could focus on application virtualization services, a Novell executive said..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,40go,cco0,2ezm,3q9m
More Infrastructure stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hfcu,kuvm,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ ZDNET UK: PHOTOS: THE BATTLE FOR THE GOLDEN PENGUIN BOWL
"Oracle nerds battled MySQL geeks at a quiz where Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Google all came in for some stick..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,fp8,c9yj,2ezm,3q9m
More stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,ioqq,lhlt,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWSFORGE: FREE STANDARDS GROUP SHAKES UP LSB ROADMAP
"In September of last year, the Free Standards Group (FSG) announced a roadmap that had Linux Standard Base (LSB) 4.0 coming out in early 2007, with an 18-month development cycle for each release..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,qti,co15,2ezm,3q9m
More Developer stories: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,hqmx,eofg,2ezm,3q9m
------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUXPLANET: MAKING GNOME LOOK LIKE OS X
The GNOME desktop environment offers a wide variety of choices when it comes to cosmetics; you can make it look like practically anything..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ctp,1,e4k1,hdcx,2ezm,3q9m
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