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Open Season on Open-Source Licenses

  • eWEEK Linux (Posted by dave on Apr 26, 2005 7:03 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The OSI risks alienating vendors by pursuing strict open-source licensing requirements.

Novell Keeping an Open Mind on Linux

  • NewsFactor Network (Posted by dave on Apr 26, 2005 4:31 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Novell
"The combination of Linux and identity is a powerful one," Messman told 6,000 attendees at this year's BrainShare conference. "Businesses are turning to Linux because it helps them address their priorities."

A Look at the Linux World Canada Show

  • Linux Journal (Posted by dave on Apr 26, 2005 3:41 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
On the scene of Canada's largest computer show for 2005.

Red Hat expects more subscribers

Red Hat Inc, a leading provider of open source solutions for enterprises, expects more Malaysian companies to subscribe to its service with the launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4.

Review: Fedora Core 4 Test 2--Plenty to Look Forward to in FC4

"RHEL 4.0 was quite nice and a great update for enterprise Red Hat users. I even have an FC3 box around that I use to keep myself up to speed on what is certainly a popular distribution for both new Linux users and Red Hat Linux refugees. So let's look at the latest and greatest from Fedora, Fedora Core 4 Test 2..."

Is it time to switch browsers?

  • Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) (Posted by dave on Apr 26, 2005 12:05 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Microsoft
There is a better way to browse the internet than with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. That's what the news about the Web browser Firefox would have you believe. The upstart, open-source browser has even rekindled talk of a "browser war", which practically no one has spoken of since the old days of Internet Explorer versus Netscape.

Firefox news readers run the gamut

Mozilla's Firefox browser includes a built-in capability (Live Bookmarks) for working with news feeds. However, there are numerous news reading extensions available that provide a full range of additional capabilities, from "just the basics" to options for managing and using collections of news feeds.

Ubuntu plans desktop raid

More than 150 developers of the recently released Linux distribution Ubuntu are in Sydney working on storming the desktop market.

Ubuntu Linux: Free and Fabulous

The 'Hoary Hedgehog' release of Ubuntu Linux is here, and the Free Agent likes what he sees.

Linux to get trusted, better desktop support

Microsoft may have raised eyebrows when it announced its intentions to turn Windows into a "trustworthy" platform, but the open source Linux is set to support trusted computing, among other enhancements, in its next release. Speaking at Linux Australia's annual Linux conferernce, Linux.conf.au, in Canberra last week, Colorado-based Linux kernel developer Jonathan Corbet said predicting kernel development is hard but is "possible".

Auckland firm stands by Open Source

A small Auckland company is proof that it is unnecessary to stick to Microsoft-based software to run a viable IT services business.

Detecting suspicious network traffic with psad

  • NewsForge (Posted by dave on Apr 26, 2005 7:30 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Have you ever wondered how many people are scanning your server looking for weaknesses? One way to find out is to install the Port Scan Attack Detector (psad), is a collection of three lightweight system daemons that alert you to suspicious network activity by analyzing iptables log files.

New Debian Project Leader Takes Charge

  • InternetNews.com (Posted by dave on Apr 26, 2005 6:20 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Debian
Guiding a major software operating system is not often a democratic act, even within the open source movement. But Debian GNU/Linux is an exception. Branden Robinson was recently elected by Debian developers as the new Debian Project Leader (DPL) and issued his first report yesterday. In it, he discussed the progress and challenges of the much anticipated next release.

Orion Multisystems introduces 96-node Linux based Workstation

  • Geekzone (Posted by dave on Apr 26, 2005 5:37 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Orion Multisystems, Inc. is shipping the 96-node deskside Cluster Workstation, a personal supercomputer that fits under a desk and the company says is the highest performance general-purpose computing platform that can be plugged into a standard power outlet. The launch follows the introduction last year of Orion's 12-node desktop Cluster Workstation. The company targets high tech market segments, including life sciences, geosciences, engineering, manufacturing, financial analytics, media and entertainment.

Campaign to make OS/2 open source begins

  • Inquirer (Posted by dave on Apr 26, 2005 4:54 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: IBM
A campaign has kicked off to get the source code for some old operating system, named OS/2, levered open. Spods at OS2 World, the "Internet's premier community resource for OS/2" have launched the petition, worried to the high teeth that tales forecasting the demise of the dazzling OS may turn out to be true.

Review: Libranet 3.0

The release of Libranet 3.0 continues a tradition that dates back to 1999. Like previous versions, Libranet 3.0 offers one of the easiest approaches to Debian available, providing an easy installation and a wide array of current software. Setup support is available from a small but obliging team, with more general help available from an active discussion forum or an on-line manual written by volunteers. Currently available as a download for $90 for new users and $65 for existing users (with CDs available at the end of May), version 3.0 continues the Libranet tradition of correcting the perceived weaknesses of Debian and making Debian accessible -- but it is not without some flaws.

Open source projects for those on the dole

  • Australian IT (Posted by dave on Apr 25, 2005 10:06 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: IBM
A new "hack for the dole" scheme will allow unemployed people to meet their mutual obligation requirements by working on open-source software projects. Linux Australia has gained approval for the scheme being launched as part of its CommunityCode.org project to encourage software development. It is trying to attract skilled enthusiasts to work as mentors.

South African tax office goes Linux

  • Techworld.com (Posted by dave on Apr 25, 2005 8:53 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The open-source movement has received another boost with an announcement from the South African Revenue Service that is will migrate its SAP system onto Linux. SARS has awarded the server platform portion of its tender to Novell/SuSE Linux, which will run on Dell hardware in terms of a pre-existing hardware supply contract. The support and maintenance part of the tender has yet to be awarded, says SARS CIO, Ken Jarvis, but this will go to a local Novell partner.

Open Source Makes School Breakthrough

  • eGov monitor (Posted by dave on Apr 25, 2005 7:41 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Forthcoming government report to pave way for greater OSS use in UK schools Becta, the Government's lead agency for ICT in education, is set to release a new report which will say that schools could save significant sums by switching to open source software, eGov monitor can report.

Open Source to the Rescue

  • TechNewsWorld (Posted by dave on Apr 25, 2005 6:28 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: MySQL
In founding Friendster, Chairman Jonathan Abrams sought to create an online network through which friends could connect with friends. When it launched, the service was powered by a Java back end running on Apache Tomcat servers with a MySQL database. That original architecture was soon crushed by the coming load of traffic.

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