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Free Software Foundation Urges Computer Makers To Replace Windows

The Free Software Foundation, taking advantage of what it says is the rejection of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, is urging major computer hardware manufacturers to offer consumers computers without any operating system or with a free GNU/Linux OS.

SeaMonkey 1.1.1 Released

Following the Gecko security update releases a few days ago, the SeaMonkey project has issued new security and stability releases today for its all-in-one internet application suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.1 is now available for download, fixing several security vulnerabilities, along with a few issues reported on SeaMonkey 1.1. Simultaneously, SeaMonkey 1.0.8, a security update based on the SeaMonkey 1.0 series, was also released.

Cell companies coalesce around open code for high-availability middleware

In January, Motorola announced the formation of the LiMo foundation, the not-quite open source project that will collaborate on a Linux-based ecosystem for mobile applications development. Now, with the launch of the new OpenSAF project, Motorola and friends are moving up to middleware, and moving closer to true open source in the process.

Software Updates for Home Users

I’ve used both Windows and Mac OS X, and I don’t know how people manage to install software on them. Yes, I’m a fan of aptitude (and I’ve had good experiences with Yum). It’s pretty clear to me that this software installation system has tremendous advantages over the traditional “download a random binary package from somewhere” approach common to Windows and Mac OS X, as long as the package you want is in the proper repository.

Money or nothing? Trade-offs in FOSS compensation

What happens when a free and open source software (FOSS) project attempts to introduce compensation for its developers? Because FOSS remains based largely on volunteer work, many worry that payment might demotivate both those who receive it and those who do not. However, community leaders who have observed how payment interacts with the FOSS ethos suggest a more complicated picture. Identifying four main types of payment -- bounties, payment in kind, grants, and employment -- these experts suggest that what happens depends on the type of payment, as well as on the individuals involved.

Why your Web apps are sitting ducks

Despite improvements in code quality, Web servers remain at high risk of being hacked, according to a new paper from researchers who use honeypot technologies to examine how hackers tick. The Honeynet Project, which provides real systems for unwitting attackers to interact with, says Web applications remain vulnerable for host of reasons. These include poor quality code, the fact that attacks can be performed using PHP and shell scripts (which is generally easier than using buffer overflow exploits), and the emergence of search engines as hacking tools.

UK trumps Europe on Linux streaming

When the European Commission launched a streaming video service last year which excluded Linux users, large swathes of the open source community became deeply angry. Now, a Surrey local council has shown that open source operating systems can be included in such programmes.

Java 2007: The year in preview

2007 will go down in history as the year Sun Microsystems gave up the reins of the Java platform, releasing it under an open source license to the Java developer community.

Debian Project Leader Elections 2007: Availability of platforms

The plan is for the rebuttals to be posted on march 5th, to leave plenty of time for people to read about the candidates before the DPL candidate debate happens.

Bootable system rescue Linux CD gets updated

The Gentoo-based SystemRescueCD 0.3.3 live CD was released on March 1, sporting a spiffy new 2.6.19.2 kernel and the WMaker desktop environment. As its name implies, SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM that can be used for repairing a system and its data following a crash.

What do you get with a million penguins?

If a million monkeys typing might eventually produce the collected works of Shakespeare, wouldn't a million penguins do just as well? A major book publisher is hoping so with a FOSS-powered online project to create a collaborative novel -- and appropriately, that publisher is Penguin.

GNOME conference seeks speakers

The GNOME desktop community will stage its annual European conference, GUADEC 2007, July 15-21 in Birmingham, U.K. Organizers are still looking for ideas on interesting talks, and have requested presentation proposal submissions by March 12.

Red Hat Previews Enterprise Linux 4.5

Though Red Hat is poised to roll out its much-anticipated Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 release shortly, work still continues on previous versions of RHEL. This week Red Hat rolled out a beta release of its fifth update to RHEL 4 officially tagged Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5, providing users with a small taste of the virtualization that is to come in RHEL 5.

Review: Inkscape 0.45 is the best yet

Open source software's preeminent vector graphics package, Inkscape, made a new stable release last month. Inkscape 0.45 packs in new features, speed, and usability enhancements, and offers a tempting look at where the package is headed.

Microsoft Exchange, Meet Your Replacement.

In this article, Linux Journal discovers the Citadel groupware server, and boldly declares that this is the one -- though not as widely known as some other solutions, Citadel is the ideal open source replacement for Microsoft Exchange.

Novell sees hope as Microsoft deal starts to pay off

Waltham software vendor Novell Inc. credited its controversial deal with Microsoft Corp. for fueling interest in its Linux operating system software in its fiscal first quarter. Article Tools Novell said that Linux sales rose 46 percent to $15 million over the same period last year. In the period ended Jan. 1, the company racked up additional Linux invoices worth $91 million, a 659 percent increase from the previous year. Revenue from these invoices will be recognized in future quarters.

Podcast aimed at embedded Linux developers

LinuxLink Radio is a free podcast allowing developers to keep up to date with news of interest to the embedded Linux community.

Tiny 2-Watt Linux system packs a light-weight JRE

Canadian board-maker Techsol is offering a tiny industrial gateway device preloaded with Linux, along with a lightweight JRE (Java runtime environment). The Gateway Express is based on the company's SA2410 Medallion CPU module, draws under two watts, and is available with IBM WebSphere development tools.

Is GNU/Linux for you? Probably not

From time to time, it is not uncommon to encounter a confession on the net, a bleating essay that says "I can't run Linux, though I'd love to", and advances a host of assorted "reasons" for this act of commission.

All About Wine: Run Windows Apps Under Linux

A couple months back, I was at home, working on some changes to my personal Web site. I wanted to see how my work in progress looked in Internet Explorer. On a Windows machine that's as easy as pie, of course, but on my Linux desktop it's not so simple. I usually grab my laptop and boot it into Windows if I need to check something in IE (or interact with a wrongheaded site that requires that browser), but this wasn't an option that day--so I apparently had no choice but to reboot my desktop (which dual boots), select Windows, fire up Internet Explorer, take a look, and boot back into Linux to continue my work.

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