Power Monitoring and Logging With Apcupsd and Cacti
(Sep 4, 2008, 22:31 UTC) (365 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris 10, Apcupsd reliably warns me when the power goes out and gives me time to get my box properly shut down before data is lost, or does so automatically if I am not there to supervise."

Red Hat Bets on Startup to Shake Up Virtualization
(Sep 4, 2008, 20:31 UTC) (695 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Internet News: "The acquisition brings Qumranet's SolidICE virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) under the Red Hat banner, giving the Linux vendor a claim to end-to-end platform virtualization -- thanks to its existing role in the OS."

Linux in U.S. Schools: Why the Resistance?
(Sep 4, 2008, 18:01 UTC) (1329 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: "Software alternatives are just not available for Linux."

Fonality, Backed By Intel, Plans Open Source Acquisitions
(Sep 4, 2008, 16:31 UTC) (438 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The VAR Guy: "Move over, Digium. You’re not the only poster child for Asterisk and open source PBXes. Rival Fonality has scored another $12 million in financing from Intel Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson..."

Ubuntu Linux Now Has 8 Million Users
(Sep 4, 2008, 15:31 UTC) (1379 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The VAR Guy: "Sure, Windows is expected to run on 1 billion devices by 2010. But a loud minority is making its voice heard by moving to Ubuntu Linux. In fact, Canonical’s marketing materials state that Ubuntu now has more than 8 million users."

Novell: Desktop Linux Losses Trigger Server Gains
(Sep 4, 2008, 14:31 UTC) (765 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The VAR Guy: "Novell is losing money in the desktop Linux market, but those desktop deals are driving big wins in the server arena, according to Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer John Dragoon."

Dell's Ubuntu-Powered Mini-Laptop Arrives Today
(Sep 4, 2008, 12:31 UTC) (2286 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cyber Cynic: "...whoops they changed the name on me, it's the Inspiron Mini 9 -- mini-laptop. It will come with your choice of (Boo!) Windows XP Home SP3 or (Yea!) Ubuntu 8.04."

SECURITY: Managing Active Directory Accounts From Ubuntu (And Monitoring WMI)
(Sep 4, 2008, 06:01 UTC) (1207 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
An Irishman's (IT) Diary: "Last week I found a truly excellent tool for adding, modifying and managing user in Active Directory from Linux...adtool."

Networking 101: Understanding (and Using) ICMP
(Sep 3, 2008, 23:02 UTC) (1351 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "Charlie Schluting explains how ICMP is much more than "that thing ping uses". There's plenty to take in before we move further up the layer stack."

Tomorrow's War: Why FOSS Needs to Change its Views of Apple
(Sep 3, 2008, 22:02 UTC) (1367 reads) (7 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: "...while fear and loathing of Microsoft often reaches towering, even paranoid heights, Apple is hardly ever condemned, and even seems to be regarded with approval by many members of the FOSS community. Yet, in some ways, Apple poses a greater proprietary threat than Microsoft."

GNU Turns 25
(Sep 3, 2008, 20:02 UTC) (682 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "...software was a tool that had always been open, hackable and redistributable, and now mediocre people in ill-fitting suits were trying to steal that freedom... by making a quick buck with dodgy products, and putting very little back."

Chalk Another One Up for Linux
(Sep 3, 2008, 17:02 UTC) (1398 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Motley Fool: "You have to wonder how much Novell would have sold if the products weren't essentially free to the end user."

If Google's New Browser Isn't Even Available on Linux, Why is This Great News For Linux?
(Sep 3, 2008, 13:31 UTC) (2654 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Zemlin's Blog: "In particular in makes a LOT less sense for people to PAY for a heavy and bloated operating system."
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Strip Mining of Open Source
(Sep 3, 2008, 12:01 UTC) (1404 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
IT Pro: "...Fleury claimed that "IBM reacted negatively to the Sun announcement" that Java would be released under the GPL "because IBM's approach to open source is what we call 'strip mining'..."

Finnix: Compact Linux Distribution for System Administrators
(Sep 3, 2008, 09:01 UTC) (1043 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Finnix is a live CD distribution designed to assist system administrators in such tasks as system recovery and network monitoring. Based on Debian testing and Linux kernel 2.6, Finnix helps with filesystem and partition manipulation as well as with data recovery, installation of other operating systems, and boot record repair."

Actor/Author Stephen Fry Endorses Free Software
(Sep 3, 2008, 03:01 UTC) (983 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has kicked off a month-long celebration of the GNU Project's 25th anniversary with a video in which British actor and comedian Stephen Fry expresses his support for free software."

Elgg Offers Educators Safe Open Source Social Networking Platform
(Sep 2, 2008, 20:33 UTC) (620 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
DaniWeb: "Elgg, a new open source social networking platform aimed specifically at the education market, solves this problem by providing a safe, open source alternative to the popular blogging platforms such as LiveJournal and Blogger, and the even scarier (at least to them) Facebook and MySpace."

Businesses Don't Need to Buy Linux
(Sep 2, 2008, 16:03 UTC) (1111 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cyber Cynic: "The 451 Group has issued a report that shows that companies are beginning to pick up something serious Linux users have known since day one: You don't have to buy Linux to use it."

Microsoft's Man in Open Source: Sam Ramji on Redmond's Linux Strategy
(Sep 2, 2008, 14:33 UTC) (1074 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: ""I am focused on narrowing the gap between the Open Source community and Microsoft through research, collaboration, interoperability, and community engagement.""

Can the Giant IE Catch the Quick Red Firefox?
(Sep 2, 2008, 12:03 UTC) (1436 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
TechWorld: "In a dramatic turnaround since the Netscape air supply days, millions of people have chosen to go out of their way, download and install an independent browser and use it in preference to IE, the one that ships with Windows."

Linux Server Share Keeps Growing
(Sep 2, 2008, 08:03 UTC) (1488 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Practical Technology: "While the worldwide server market’s factory revenue grew 6.4% over the last year, according to the IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Track, Linux server revenue was running ahead of the curve at a growth rate of 10%."

Skegness Grammar School, Using GNU/Linux and Thin-Clients Across the School
(Sep 2, 2008, 04:03 UTC) (1413 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Free Software Magazine: "These run as thin-clients using the Linux Terminal Server Project, which uses low power clients with most of the processing being done on fewer, more powerful, servers."
Link fixed-- ed.

Complete Kickstart: How to Save Time Installing Linux
(Sep 1, 2008, 16:02 UTC) (2325 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Magazine: "If you have to perform a lot of Linux installs, there’s a fast and easy way to do so quickly and efficiently without having to babysit the installation process each time. By making use of Kickstart, you can save time and effort by setting up a Kickstart server and spend your time getting more useful work done."

Dell Puts Linux and Atom in Vostro PCs for Emerging Markets
(Sep 1, 2008, 12:02 UTC) (2390 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Computerworld: "Dell unveiled this week two new laptops and two desktops in its Vostro range designed to meet the needs of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), governments, and educational institutions in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe."

Novell and SCO Agree on Interest, Trust Amounts; Final Judgment Still in Dispute
(Sep 1, 2008, 02:02 UTC) (2163 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
Groklaw: "What do I get from all this? SCO is frantic to get a final judgment, so it can file an appeal, and so it's trying to get all standing issues resolved."

It's a Joke: In a Linux World Without Walls Who Needs Windows?
(Aug 31, 2008, 23:03 UTC) (3333 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
IT Wire: "Most of the details are still scarce at this stage but what has been confirmed is that Bill Gates will make an appearance as well as various others, with Jerry Seinfeld as the headline act."

Free-Software Activist Speaks on Moral Duty to Share
(Aug 31, 2008, 22:03 UTC) (1747 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Rice Thresher: ""Today we have what we didn't have 20 years ago - powerful enemies," Stallman said."

Why Linux...? You Might be Surprised
(Aug 31, 2008, 20:33 UTC) (2546 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
Blog of helios: "With the proliferation of Lindependence and upcoming events for that effort, HeliOS Solutions and HeliOS Solutions West will publish some basic and informative articles to guide the New Linux User."

Sun Naming Confusion: Is OpenSolaris an OS or a Project?
(Aug 31, 2008, 19:03 UTC) (1106 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Polish Linux: "Over three years, the OpenSolaris project has gathered some community under Sun Microsystems Inc. (SMI) guidance. The whole project resides at www.opensolaris.org and is focused on the open flavor of Solaris operating system, licensed under CDDL."

Microsoft Investment Shows All is Not Well at Novell
(Aug 31, 2008, 16:03 UTC) (1824 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
ITWire: "In the same period, Red Hat has shown impressive growth and gone from strength to strength."

Novell's Linux Business is Booming
(Aug 31, 2008, 06:03 UTC) (1824 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
Practical Technology: "On a superficial level, Novell’s third quarter, which ended July 31, 2008, didn’t look that good. A closer look reveals though that Novell did quite well in general and extremely well with its Linux business."

LyX 1.6 is Ready For Release
(Aug 31, 2008, 00:03 UTC) (1727 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Occupying a position somewhere between a word processor and a mark-up editor, LyX is designed to meet the needs of professional and academic writers by allowing them to focus on their content rather than formatting and layout."

Really Free Linux Takes Hold
(Aug 30, 2008, 22:01 UTC) (2022 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Computerworld: "But have you ever heard of a community version of the open source operating system displacing one of the popular commercial distributions?"

Test Drive Software: Vista, Linux, and Apps
(Aug 30, 2008, 20:03 UTC) (2347 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: "When I first heard about test driving Windows and Linux, I was a bit skeptical. A browser-based rendition of a fully working operating system? C’mon. I thought it would crawl – even with my 20Mbit Internet connection."

Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S.
(Aug 30, 2008, 17:01 UTC) (3458 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
New York Times: "The era of the American Internet is ending."

Microsoft Breaks IE8 Interoperability Promise
(Aug 30, 2008, 02:31 UTC) (4379 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "Microsoft said the right things, then blew it."

Lenovo Demands Vow of Silence From Windows Wantaway
(Aug 29, 2008, 21:33 UTC) (1928 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
PC Pro: "Lenovo has allegedly asked a Linux fan to sign a non-disclosure agreement before giving him a refund on his unwanted Windows licence."

SECURITY: Automatic Backup for Sporadically Connected Clients With Box Backup
(Aug 29, 2008, 20:45 UTC) (1016 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "If you're a frequent business traveler who keeps important company files on your laptop, using a centralized management solution to back up files automatically during a fixed time interval won't work. Instead, consider Box Backup, which backs up files from a laptop directly to a backup server over an encrypted link."

The Joys of xargs
(Aug 29, 2008, 20:33 UTC) (1813 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "Explore the incredibly useful xargs command. It takes in input and executes your chosen command on it. Deceptively simple in concept; extremely powerful in execution. Here we'll look at xargs with find, and then at some other possibilities."

Acer: Aspire One HSDPA Support is Imminent
(Aug 29, 2008, 18:33 UTC) (1409 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Register Hardware: "Owners of Acer's Aspire One mini laptop will soon get the USB 3G modem support so many of them have been crying out for without having to replace Linux with Windows XP."

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