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LXer Weekly Roundup for 30-Sept-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 30, 2007


LXer Feature: 30-Sept-2007

Big stories this week include the "Give one, get one" OLPC promotion, an LXer Feature by Paul Ferris entitled, Linux Education in America: Inspiration from Russia?, The 7 Most Influential GNU/Linux Distributions, The Top 21 Linux Games Of 2007, GPLv2 and GPLv3 for beginners, Slackware: the classic distro and an article you shouldn't read.

Linux Education in America: Inspiration from Russia?
By Paul (FeriCyde) Ferris - Sep 24, 2007
LXer Feature: 24-Sept-2007

The reason that the Russian announcement is funny boils down to the perception over the years that Russia equates to totalitarianism, whilst here in America we're all about Freedom and innovation. Yet our educational system -- the very underpinnings of how we're growing out future technological talent, is based upon the inversion of what one would expect given the respective reputations of both countries.

LXer Weekly Roundup for 23-Sept-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 23, 2007

LXer Feature: 23-Sept-2007

Some of the big stories this week include: A non-profit that refurbishes computers with FOSS get hassled by the EPA, Microsoft wants in on the OLPC, SCO blames Linux for having to file for Chapter 11 and IBM joins up with OpenOffice.org and then releases its own free office suite. All this and more in the LXer Weekly Roundup.

The LXer Interview: Benedikt Meurer of Xfce
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 19, 2007

LXer Feature: 19-Sept-2007

I interview one of the lead developers of the Xfce desktop environment, in The LXer Interview of Benedikt Meurer.

Linux Freedom Never Cries
By Paul (FeriCyde) Ferris - Sep 17, 2007
LXer Feature: 17-Sep-2007

As I write this, I'm two weeks away from Ohio Linux Fest, a community event in Ohio focused upon Free Software.

I get to use Linux a lot these days. It's ingrained in my professional and personal life so much that it's easy to forget just how much territory the Free Software movement has gained. That realization made me aware that possibly we've taken a lot for granted.


LXer Weekly Roundup for 16-Sept-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 16, 2007

LXer Feature: 16-Sept-2007

Some of the big stories this week, SCO files for chapter 11, Microsoft pushes through another shadow update, IBM finally decides to officially support OpenOffice and Apple modifies their new iPods to not work with Linux.

LXer Weekly Roundup for 09-Sept-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 09, 2007

LXer Feature: 09-Sept-2007

The big stories this week include Microsoft and the ISO vote saga, the countdown is on to Ontario Linux Fest, The French Ministry for Education has migrated 2,500 servers over to Linux and The Women of Tech. All this and more in the LXer Weekly Roundup.

My math-fu tells me OOXML has not passed JTC-1
By Sander Marechal - Sep 03, 2007

LXer Feature: 03-Sep-2007

If my math-fu is anything to go by, it looks like Microsoft's Office Open XML will not become an ISO standard today. Various websites around the world are all busy tallying the votes as the news is dripping in. If their tally is correct then OOXML has been turned down by a very narrow margin. OOXML needed 2/3 of the P members to vote "yes", after subtracting abstains. With 5 abstains out of 41 P members, that means 24 "yes" votes. With 13 "no" votes already cast that means only 23 possible "yes" votes remain. Talk about a narrow margin.


[ Update: ISO confirmed Sander is good in math, and was right! - hkwint ]

LXer Weekly Roundup for 02-Sept-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 02, 2007

LXer Feature: 02-Sept-2007

Microsoft is under the microscope with the FSF looking into GPLv3 violations, and news that there will be a Gnome Desktop for the Windows API, Carla Schroder writes about 802.11n, HP launches Linux desktop in Australia, Mandriva Benelux is launched and I finally start getting tired of of the constant FUD coming from Matt Hartley. All this and more in this weeks LXer Weekly Roundup.

LXer Weekly Roundup for 26-Aug-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Aug 26, 2007

LXer Feature: 26-Aug-2007

A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.

"Linux more secure than Windows", Microsoft vulnerability report suggests
By Hans Kwint, the Netherlands - Aug 21, 2007

LXer Feature: 21-Aug-2007
A Microsoft vulnerability report suggests that Microsoft wasn't able to fix more Windows flaws than the number of open software flaws fixed by the major open source companies . Red Hat, having forty times less employees than Microsoft, did the best job, by fixing and closing the most security bugs, also closing even minor bugs - where Microsoft didn't even fix one minor bug in the same period. Even Apple did a better job than Microsoft by fixing lots of flaws in Mac OS X. It should also be noted, the fixed open source flaws were in the 'base system', while the fixed Windows flaws also concerned a lot of Internet Explorer, Media Player and similar stuff.

As expected, many flaws were fixed in RHEL 5, so it seems RHEL 5 is becoming more and more secure. On the other hand, only a few Vista bugs were fixed, which left some customers asking if Microsoft even tried finding and fixing security flaws at all.

See the Microsoft vulnerability report here

[ Seriously, how comes Gentoo has a 'closed bug ranking' and the teams are proud to be on the top of the list, while at the same time Microsoft thinks closing bugs is a bad thing and is glad only a few bugs were closed? - hkwint ]

LXer Weekly Roundup for 19-Aug-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Aug 19, 2007

LXer Feature: 19-Aug-2007

Another big week in Open Source news including, 50 reasons to dump Windows, MySQL defends paid tarball decision, Part 3 of Carla Schroder's "Adventures in Digital Photography With Linux", Debian turns 14, The LXer Interview: Bob Sutor of IBM and Rob Enderle can't decide where Open Source is headed in the LXer Weekly Roundup.

The LXer Interview: Bob Sutor of IBM
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Aug 17, 2007

LXer Feature: 17-Aug-2007

An interview with IBM's Vice President of Open Source and Standards about their Open Source Strategy, the recent pledge of its patents for more than 150 open software standards, his take on the ODF vs. XML issue, and much more in The LXer Interview of Bob Sutor.


Adventures in Digital Photography With Linux, part 3: Printing
By Carla Schroder (Eastern Oregon, U.S.) - Aug 15, 2007

LXer Feature: 15-Aug-2007

Photo printing in Linux is nasty and brutish. What's a devoted Linux geek to do? Buy a Mac?

LXer Weekly Roundup for 12-Aug-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Aug 12, 2007

LXer Feature: 12-Aug-2007

Some of the big stories this week are the ruling by the Judge in in the SCO case that Novell actually owns UNIX still, Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony resigns, why Microsoft might want to help get rid of patents, Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian explains his company's deal with Microsoft in his keynote address at LinuxWorld, Vista is helping Linux uptake and the author of one of our FUD articles uses his own recipe to cook up some good non-facts.

The Microsoft / Novell / FSF / GPLv3 tale about the bridge between the meadows
By H.Kwint (the Netherlands) - Aug 10, 2007

LXer Feature: 10-Aug-2007
I've been trying to catch on and to understand what this thread's all about (It started with R. Hovespian from Novell explaining why they needed a deal with MS). I thought, maybe I could try to summarize it all to understand - and maybe explain to others - what's happening here, so I made up a tale of the whole situation:

This article on Digg

LXer Weekly Roundup for 05-Aug-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Aug 05, 2007

LXer Feature: 05-Aug-2007

Some of the big news this week includes Mepis going back to Debian, Linus speaks out on the desktop, Microsoft finally got the result they wanted in Mass, An LXer settles the Mandriva - PCLinuxOS debate, some KDE 4.0 screenshots and Matt Hartley goes two for two in the FUD section of the LXer Weekly Roundup.

LXer Weekly Roundup for 29-Jul-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 29, 2007

LXer Feature: 29-Jul-2007

This week we have some details about the Linspire-MS deal, a great article by Danijel Orsolic, Open Source in Outer Space, my Interview with Dave Wreski, a short list of good command line tools and much more.

The LXer Interview: Dave Wreski of EnGarde Secure Linux
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 24, 2007

LXer Feature: 24-Jul-2007

An interview with Dave Wreski CEO of Guardian Digital, makers of EnGarde Secure Linux. I ask him how EnGarde came about, what makes EnGarde different and the effect if any, of the GPLv3 on the software in EnGarde. He answers all these questions and more, in The LXer Interview of Dave Wreski.


LXer Weekly Roundup for 22-Jul-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 22, 2007

LXer Feature: 22-Jul-2007

This week we have the launching of a new Linux Hardware site, cool videos of PhotoSynth and SeaDragon and MPX or Multi-Pointer X being demonstrated and a Firefox user bangs his head against a wall. All these and more plus I have to create a FUD article section just to contain them all.


The pen is mightier than the FUD
By Sander Marechal ('s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands) - Jul 19, 2007

LXer Feature: 19-Jul-2007

A few days ago Rob Enderle proclaimed that Open Source and Linux are losing momentum, without any evidence to back this up and despite that IDC and Gartner are saying the exact opposite. The FOSS community responded with rebuttals after which Rob posted a follow-up in which he makes some particularly nasty accusations. However, trying to follow Rob's logic in the original article quickly showed that it was not about a loss in momentum at all. That was just a framework on which to hang a different tale, one that gives us some insight in how he sees the world of software development.


LXer Weekly Roundup for 15-Jul-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 15, 2007

LXer Feature: 15-Jul-2007

In the latest LXer Weekly Roundup we have, Mark Shuttleworth announcing that Gobuntu is a go, Confessions of a Linux Fan, a review of Siag Office, Turbolinux signs a deal with Microsoft, IBM Pledges Free Access to Patents for use in Open Standards, my interview with Sebastian Kügler of KDE, 16,000 Linux computers delivered for free and Paul McDougall tries to put words in Linus Torvalds mouth. All this and more, plus the FUD article of the week.


The LXer Interview: Sebastian Kügler of KDE
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 12, 2007

LXer Feature: 12-Jul-2007

A look inside what makes KDE tick, a glimpse of what the future holds and more in The LXer Interview of Sebastian Kügler.


LXer Weekly Roundup for 08-Jul-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 08, 2007

LXer Feature: 08-Jul-2007

The big stories this week include Microsoft's attempts to distance itself from the effects of the GPLv3, Part 2 of Carla Schroder's Adventures in Digital Photography, using Live Linux distro's for online banking, Massachusetts decides that XML is ok and the BSA ups the ante on getting people to "Blow The Whistle". All this and more await you in this weeks LXer Roundup.


Adventures in Digital Photography With Linux, part 2
By Carla Schroder - Jul 02, 2007
In part 1 I introduced you fine readers to my new obsession, digital SLR cameras. If you're used to compact point-and-shoot digital cameras, and you're thinking of making the move to a DSLR, there are several important points to keep in mind:
LXer Weekly Roundup for 01-Jul-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jun 30, 2007

LXer Feature: 01-Jul-2007

The big story this week is the official release of the GPLv3. It has been a long time coming and I for one am glad that it is finally here. Other stories include the Ohio Linux Fest call for presenters, Google going over the head of the Justice Department, a new Linux powered IBM super-computer, Dell expands its Linux offerings along with the FUD article of the week. Enjoy!


Why Is It Called Iceweasel Again? - The Debian Chronicles
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jun 30, 2007

LXer Feature: 30-Jun-2007

I explain a few things and find out why the Mozilla browser is called "Iceweasel" in my continuing adventures in Debian-land.


LXer Weekly Roundup for 24-Jun-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jun 23, 2007

LXer Feature: 24-Jun-2007

The big stories this week include Bolivarian Computers made in Venezuela, an illuminating comparison of ODF and OOXML, Mandriva's CEO says publicly that they will not sign a cross licensing deal with Microsoft, Miguel de Icaza shows off Microsoft's Flash replacement and an "expert" on Innovation vacillates on his own definition in reference to Open Source software. All these stories and more for your reading enlightenment.


Adventures in Digital Photography With Linux
By Carla Schroder - Jun 20, 2007
Our steamed, I mean esteamed, I mean esteemed (dang, I need a new keyboard. this one is all defective) Editor-in-Chief's excellent article, From the Camera to the Web With Konqueror taught me some cool new tricks, and inspired me to share some of my own photography adventures.
Ubuntu'd, you're getting a Dell
By Lane Beneke (aka NoDough) - Jun 20, 2007
The perfect high school graduation gift – a new computer. It'll be a God-send for my daughter when her college starts up in the fall. But what to buy? Seeing that I've been running Linux systems for over a decade, I really wanted to introduce my daughter (a non-geek, I guess she didn't get the gene) to Linux as well.
Interview With Fred Miller - GNU/Linux Evangelist
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Jun 19, 2007
LXer Feature: 19-Jun-2007

Fred Miller is a prolific GNU/Linux evangelist and active member of the OpenSUSE community. He has converted numerous small businesses and individuals from Windows to GNU/Linux. He is also a big OpenOffice.org fan.


LXer Weekly Roundup for 17-Jun-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jun 17, 2007

LXer Feature: 17-Jun-2007

First off, Happy Fathers Day to all you Fathers out there, especially mine. It seems that Microsoft is all over the news this week. Between the Linspire deal, getting help from an old friend in the Justice Department to yet another one of their shills stating that OpenXML really is an open standard. Not to worry though, I have lots of other articles for you to check out.


From the Camera to the Web With Konqueror
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Jun 14, 2007
LXer Feature: 14-June-2007

There are plenty of ways to transfer photos from your digital camera to the World Wide Web. Here's how I took my photos straight from my camera to my website with Konqueror.


LXer Weekly Roundup for 10-Jun-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jun 10, 2007

LXer Feature: 10-Jun-2007

The big news this week was Microsoft signing LG Electronics and Linux Distributor Xandros to cross patent licensing deals. We have several articles submitted by our readers and Don Parris talks about why those patent agreements are a search for Fool's Gold.


Microsoft & Linux Vendors Trading in Patent Fool's Gold
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Jun 07, 2007
LXer Feature: 07-Jun-2007

Well what do you know? Microsoft seems to be gaining ground with their "patent protection" scheme. But what if they discover they've only bought a few bricks of fool's gold?


LXer Weekly Roundup for 03-Jun-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Jun 03, 2007

LXer Feature: 03-Jun-2007

A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.

Sabayon's Fabio Erculiani: "Users first and choice makes the tasty dessert among the distro's"
By H.Kwint, the Netherlands - May 31, 2007

LXer Feature: 31-May-2007

After a month of absence I visited Distrowatch again, and found out I definitely missed something. A new Gentoo-based almost Ubuntu-like* distribution - called Sabayon (an Italian dessert) Linux - seemed to have appeared almost out of nowhere recently including a full-blown portal website. This is even more true if you know Sabayon Linux only has three main developers.

"Let's give this a spin" I thought, and I was stunned: "How did these developers make the most progressive but still stable desktop I have ever seen, with out-of-the-box 3D-desktop experience and tons of applications - all fitting on a LiveDVD?"
Soon, the distribution reached its preliminary goal of surpassing Gentoo at Distrowatch and became the fastest growing distribution of the last few months. To those who don't know Sabayon Linux yet, I'd say: "If less is more, than Sabayon Linux is most at least".

So far so good, you may think, but Sabayon Linux' main developer - Fabio Erculiani - sees an even bigger future for Sabayon Linux, after funding issues are resolved. Time to find out who are behind this user-oriented distribution.

[*In my opinion it's better, but to those who haven't tried Sabayon Linux yet, think Ubuntu, but more complete and more progressive - hkwint]

Ronin: Logged Off (9 July 1943 - 27 May 2007) - Celebrating the Life of Jim Farnsworth
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 30, 2007
LXer Feature: 30-May-2007

Jim Farnsworth, known to many as "jimf" or "Ronin", logged off the IRC channel, #life, Sunday morning in a hospital in Kenosha, Wisconsin. As an active member of the LXer community, we'd like to help our readers celebrate Jim's impact on all of us.


LXer Weekly Roundup for 27-May-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 27, 2007

LXer Feature: 27-May-2007

A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.

Why Is Dell Hiding Their Ubuntu Boxes?
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 25, 2007
LXer Feature: 25-May-2007

Visit Dell's home page. Click either the desktops or laptops option. Now tell me if you see anything at all about Ubuntu or GNU/Linux. No? Why is it that Dell hides their Ubuntu option in a menu bar?


Update - Midnight 26 May 2007: Dell's website shows the Open Source PC's listed under "Essential Links" on the left side of the web pages for notebooks and desktops respectively. - dcparris


Five Tired Old Myths About GNU/Linux
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 24, 2007
LXer Feature: 24-May-2007

Would you believe that, in 2007, there are people who still blame Linux for the lack of hardware vendors who advertise Linux support and who believe that the Bash project's evangelists are hurting Linux uptake? Look, if you're going to claim the GNU/Linux community is not grasping the average computer user, at least use some up-to-date arguments - not the tired old arguments from 1999.


Dell Moves Quickly to Deliver the GNU Goods
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 23, 2007
LXer Feature: 23-May-2007

Dell started "listening" to its customers in February. They spoke loudly and clearly. It's not even June yet - 24 May, to be exact - and Dell is set to launch it's lineup of desktop and laptop computers with Ubuntu Linux 7.04 pre-installed.


Railsconf 2007 roundup
By Sean Lynch (number6x) - May 21, 2007

LXer Feature: 21-May-2007

An overview of the second annual Ruby on Rails conference held in Portland, Oregon, May 17th - 20th. Covering the talks in great detail would take far to much space, so this article will try to cover the key points and give links to find out more.

LXer Weekly Roundup for 20-May-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 20, 2007

LXer Feature: 20-May-2007

A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.

Can Dell Fix Their Google Ad Campaign?
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 18, 2007
LXer Feature: 18-May-2007

LXer inquired about Google's advertising program to find out why Google ads show up with the words "Dell Linux Desktop", even though Dell hasn't yet launched its line of Ubuntu-based computers, and whether Google considers the practice misleading. Can Dell fix the misleading advertising problem?


Open letter to Novell: Release the patent numbers!
By Sander Marechal - May 16, 2007

LXer Feature: 16-May-2007

The technology industry has been in a buzz since last Monday's Fortune article in which Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith claims that the GNU/Linux operating system infringes 235 of Microsoft's patents. Microsoft refuses to tell the community what those patents are, but they told you, Novell.

LXer 'classics': 101 patents Microsoft may infringe
By Hans Kwint, The Netherlands - May 15, 2007

LXer Feature: 15-May-2007

A new database ("counterFUD") was released in 2005 at LXer showing patent numbers where parts of Microsoft might infringe upon.

[Note: This is an old LXer story, but I posted it again, since the topic is hot again, and included some new comments - hkwint ]

"If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today." - Bill Gates, Challenges and Strategy Memo. 16 May 1991, almost forecasting 'patent armageddon'

Dell's Ubuntu Deal Still On
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 15, 2007
LXer Feature: 15-May-2007

A missing post on Direct2Dell site, especially viewed against the backdrop of their latest arrangements with Microsoft and Novell, prompts questions about the Dell's Ubuntu deal. The deal is definitely still "on".


LXer Weekly Roundup for 13-May-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 13, 2007

LXer Feature: 13-May-2007

A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.

Dell Listens to GNU/Linux Community - Will It Pay Off?
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 11, 2007
LXer Feature: 11-May-2007

A scant two weeks after Michael Dell returned to the company he founded in 1984, to help repair it, Dell launched its IdeaStorm project and several others in an effort to listen to their customers. The GNU/Linux community has spoken loud and clear. Time will tell how well Dell is listening.


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