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Linux and Open Source News for 29th February 2008

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Source: sidux

The first preview of sidux 2008-01, a KDE live CD based on Debian's unstable branch, is now ready for testing: "We have the pleasure to announce the first public preview of sidux 2008-01, shipping in a 'kde-lite' variant for amd64 and i386 systems. The kernel 2.6.24 has merged .


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Source: pelicanhpc

PelicanHPC GNU Linux is a new name of what used to be known as ParallelKnoppix, a live CD project with a goal to make it simple to set up a high performance computing cluster. Now based on Debian GNU/Linux (rather than KNOPPIX), the project has announced the release .


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Source: partedmagic

Patrick Verner has announced the release of Parted Magic 2.1, a specialist Linux distribution designed for hard disk partitioning tasks: "Parted Magic 2.1. This is mostly a bug-fix release. The only major improvement is support for ext4 in VisParted and Linux kernel 2.6.24.2." From the changelog: "Updated to .



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Source: Linux Today

Underexposed: "When writing earlier this week about Adobe's sponsoring of the SQLite project, I ran into a complicated issue: is software released into the public domain also open-source software ?"


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Source: Linux Today

Give Me Fish: "Mr. Byfield's point is that Free Software alternatives exist for nearly all the major proprietary applications running on Windows, and thus the money would be better spent furthering the development of native applications "


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Source: Linux Today

Editor's Note: LinuxWorld Expo could be in danger of becoming too big or too unfocused to remain relevant for business people. But the conference's best hope for drawing power may lie with the geeks.


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Source: Linux Today

Webuser: "In the early days of the web it was one of the most recognisable symbols, but tomorrow the Netscape Navigator icon will go to its grave "


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LinuxInsider: "Give office workers familiar with the Microsoft XP operating system an opportunity to try the same navigational tasks at a Linux-based desktop. Then step back and wait for the reaction "


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Source: Linux Today

Popular Science: "When Asus unveiled their ultraportable, ultra-cute EeePC in October of last year, they may not have anticipated launching a whole new product category "


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LinuxWorld: "Installfest for Schools in California's Bay Area couples recycled desktops with Linux community volunteers to donate PCs to schools "


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Source: Linux Today

eWeek: "Adobe Systems hopes to make nice with the open-source community and soon deliver a Linux version of its newly released Adobe Integrated Runtime "


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ConsortiumInfo: "There are two ways in which you may hear the results of the BRM summarized by those that issue statements and press releases in the days to come. Perhaps inevitably, they are diametrically opposed "


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Source: Linux Today

internetnews.com: "Amidst all that turmoil, SCO CEO Darl McBride still managed to pull in a very decent amount of money from his employer "


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LinuxPR: "Moshe Bar, openMosix founder and project leader, has confirmed the previously announced plans to end the openMosix Project effective March 1, 2008 "


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LinuxWorld Australia: "Whether the International Organization for Standardization should adopt OOXML is a question that has fuelled a blog battle between supporters and opponents "


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Groklaw: "Folks heard about the proposed reorganization and may be smelling money in the air, I gather, because here comes a creditor, Citi Financial, who's decided it's worth it now to hook a car to the creditors' train and send in their lawyers "


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Source: Linux Today

internetnews.com: "The first quarter of 2008 was a good one for Novell, spurred by its Linux sales "


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Source: Linux Today

InformationWeek: 'Do not use Microsoft's documentation unless you have rigorous processes to keep track of applicable patents,' said Gartner, in a new research report "


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SearchEnterpriseLinux: "After a six-month beta period, Canonical Ltd. is adding management muscle to Ubuntu Linux servers and desktops in the form of its Landscape systems management tool "


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Builder AU: "Australian SMEs aren't paying nearly enough attention to Linux considering the top priority for their IT managers is to 'reduce costs '"


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Linux.com: "The GNOME Foundation has turned its attention to accessibility for people with disabilities "


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PC World: "On Sears.com and Wal-Mart.com--two sites that sell cheap Linux-based PCs--potential buyers post questions like, 'Which version of Windows does this have ?'"



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Source: ONLamp.com

InformationWeek interviewed Steve Balmer on several subjects, including open source. Here's a choice quote: We've always tried to get innovative work to happen on our operating system, and I want Windows to be the number one destination for open source innovation. Steve,


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Source: ONLamp.com

Since I'll suddenly have copious free time on my hands once I turn in my final book manuscript this weekend, I decided that it might be helpful to start a short column on some of the fundamental Dojo building blocks. Although I


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Source: ONLamp.com

In a recent discussion on lkml (found thanks to LWN, Ingo Molnar defended checkpatch, a Perl program which reviews proposed patches against the kernel's coding standards. In particular: you might know that Deja-Vu moment when you look at a new patch that


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My comfort zone is in the LAMP stack. I've play around with some WAMP (use Windows as the base OS instead of Linux) stack configurations. But, I've never really considered using a WISP (Windows, IIS, SQL Server/Express, and PHP) stack. SpikeSource's



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Source: developerWorks : XML : Technical library

In a perfect world, you'd create every Web site you
were ever assigned to maintain, improve, and redesign. Unfortunately, in
the real world, you're often forced to take on a site someone else
designed or constructed.


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Source: developerWorks : Linux : Technical library

If you're concerned about protecting world-writeable shared directories such
as /tmp or /var/tmp from abuse, a Linux Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) can
help you. The pam_namespace module creates a separate namespace for users on your
system when they login. This separation is enforced by the Linux operating system so
that users are protected from several types of security attacks. This article for
Linux system administrators lays out the steps to enable namespaces with PAM.



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