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LXer Feature: 07-Sept-2008

The big news this week was the release of 'Chrome' the new browser from Google. It is only available on the Windows platform as of right now. I tried it and it has some cool features, it has some things that need a lot of work too. Also Microsoft's new Vista ads start to show up on T.V., a self professed "Windows Guy" decides to takes Open SuSE 11 for a spin, some advice on mailing list etiquette and how to get the younger generation into Linux.

Microsoft, once an ardent proponent of proprietary software, is no longer fighting the growing army of open source developers worldwide and in the Philippines. In fact, it will soon open in the country its first interoperability lab in Asia. The software behemoth’s local subsidiary teamed up with the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and the National Computer Center (NCC) for the establishment of the Microsoft Open Source Interoperability Lab, which will officially begin operations in September this year.

Software licenses stir up emotive feelings in the Linux community. Licenses generally fall into one of two broad categories: proprietary licenses and open source licenses. The type of software license an application uses is significant in the effect it has on the rights of the user of the application, and whether a programmer chooses to contribute his or her time to its development.

A graphical tool to make file backup simpler. Provides a user-friendly interface which allows you to back up your files easily to an archive, to a CD/DVD or to a remote location using SSH.

Linux needs its own distinctive look and feel. A major makeover is in its future.

Sun Xvnc implementation for Nevada, committed in build 76 provides 3 options in general. Third one is to start vncserver by hands. It allocates two ports 580(X) and 590(X), where (X) is available display number.Port 580(X) may be used for http://IP-DomU:580(X) connection to DomU , port 590(X) may be used by vncviewer IP-DomU:(X) connection. Both ways initiate loading Java Applets from DomU into Dom0. Connection via vncviewer has been selected on CentOS 5.2 Dom0 due to issue with Java Web Start and FireFox on 64-bit Linux. By some reasons first and second options provided by official Sun Xvnc failed on SNV97 DomU, successfully installed via pygrub in text mode as usual

During Akademy 2008, we sat down with Fabrizio Montesi who's working on JOLIE integration in KDE (and Plasma in particular). He explained the mechanics of the technology and what it can do for KDE. Read on for the interview.

Trying to begin a career as a graphic designer and build a portfolio, Evan Stremke joined CrowdSpring, a Chicago-based online marketplace for creative services. No conventional help-wanted Web site, CrowdSpring is part of a trend sweeping the Web, sometimes called"crowdsourcing."

apache2-mpm-itk (just mpm-itk for short) is an MPM (Multi-Processing Module) for the Apache 2 web server. mpm-itk allows you to run each of your vhost under a separate uid and gid — in short, the scripts and configuration files for one vhost no longer have to be readable for all the other vhosts.

Paul Ferrill evaluates openSUSE 11.0, which shines on the desktop, for its fitness as a server capable of filling many different roles.

Here's a funny fake news-byte I found (although it's a bit old). You can check out the rest of the "late-breaking" mock-news at bbspot.com. And, of course, if you want to get the original (un-family-friendlified ;) version of this bit, you can check out the Fake News Story here in all its glory, so to speak ;)

You wait ages, well minutes, for a new open source web browser client then a bunch all come along at once. So what's new in Firefox Shiretoko Alpha 2 then?

Over the course of OOXML's approval process, many reasons why OOXML should not be approved have been brought up, but the best reason for OOXML to die is so that we can finally standardize on one format.

Hewlett-Packard is working on a simplified user interface for Windows Vista easier, and on its own Linux-based operating system. It's a resurgence of an anti-Windows movement that started in the 1990s but was crushed by the strong arm of Microsoft. Would Redmond dare such tactics today?

IDC/IDG is doing business with Microsoft, so a relationship was formed.

How the documentation is important to the GNU/Linux world? Why we need a documentation? Basically this is crucial point for any project. The documentation is something like a gate to the project, new users go through that gate to enter in the project and if that gate is broken the user could go in the wrong direction.

I didn't have any complaints about the way Debian Etch performed on my new/old Power Macintosh G4/466. The install went smoothly, the system performed better than I had reason to expect with only 128 MB of RAM, and I can unreservedly recommend Etch to anybody with a box of this pedigree (PowerPC) and vintage (circa 2001). But since this was my first PowerPC install, I can't leave things where they are without taking a few more distros for a spin. Right now I'm installing Fedora 9.

Firefox 3.0.1 has been around for months, Norton 360 2.0 and Internet Security 2008 ditto. For many users, however, it would appear that the two cannot live happily together. So just what is the problem?

The Linux Foundation plans to hold an End User Collaboration Summit in New York City in October. The press release we received introducing the event said, "It's by invitation, but registration is free, in keeping with the idea of opening it to 'real' end users." Imagine my grief when I checked the "Press/Analyst" button next to the "What type of constituent group do you belong to?" question on the application form and learned that, by virtue of my occupation, I was not allowed to attend. According to a public relations representative, "The logic behind keeping the press out is to make sure that participants do not feel like opinions, ideas, or even dumb questions will be recorded for posterity." I repeatedly asked both Linux Foundation personnel and their PR firm what other occupations would not be allowed to enjoy the event. Would bloggers be blackballed, lest their presence make attendees self-conscious? What about people who work in law enforcement or for intelligence agencies? They never answered the question.

Wikis began as free, open, public spaces for anyone at all to contribute and share their knowledge, expertise, and wisdom. Businesses have begun to recognize, however, the power of the wiki model for accomplishing internal collaborative tasks, like revising HR documents, producing specifications, and communicating across time and space. Call it Wiki 2.0 -- and it's the newest thing in enterprise software.