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Startup Zmanda Inc. came out of stealth this week with the launch of an open source backup product based on the Amanda open source backup and recovery software.

DistroWatch reports - The Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu teams are proud to present a second beta release of Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Edubuntu 6.06 LTS, codenamed 'Dapper Drake'. This release corrects some serious flaws in the installer present on the Desktop CD in the first beta release. Although the text-mode install CD also forms part of this release, it has not been modified since Beta 1.

OSDir had a look at the changes since the previous Dapper beta in the Ubuntu 6.06 Beta 2 Screenshot Tour.

Linux company Ubuntu has issued an update for the Mozilla browser that fixes exploits which could be used phishing, denial of service (DoS) or other security attacks.

Versora announced April 27 the release of its Progression Desktop for Turbolinux, a migration tool that helps users to transfer files and settings from their Windows system to a Linux system. Progression Desktop for Turbolinux moves critical data, application settings, email, calendar entries, contact lists, desktop settings and directory structures via a "Click-Next-Next-Finished" interface, according to Versora.

Considering the Asterisk PBX in your SOHO, but unsure of which Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) hardphone to buy? Here's a look at two different models to help you decide which might be better for your home office: the Grandstream BT-101 or the Zultys ZIP2x2.

David Woodhouse offered a collection of patches aimed at cleaning up Linux kernel headers, explaining that he maintains the Fedora glibc-kernheaders package and has found the process of syncing with the latest kernel to be unnecessarily tedious.

The goal of the MySQL Forge Web site is to become a focal point for all MySQL-related community contributions and communication. Community members can contribute by adding articles and tutorials to the MySQL Forge Wiki, posting and maintaining projects in the Project Directory, and by providing sample code snippets in the Snippet Repository.

April 28, 2006 -- Nearly every company today uses Voice Conferencing in daily business to maximize productivity. There are many conferencing solutions in the market today but the challenge is to select an affordable, feature rich, scalable solution that will meet your current and future needs, and in addition to that delivers cost-efficiency and a good return on investment (ROI).

[Now all we need is a solution that is FOSS licensed - not just built on top of a FOSS PBX. - dcparris]

Europe vs MS Day four: Patents, protocols and intellectual property

I recently read a piece by Christopher Koch in CIO magazine. It highlighted, to me, how far many in senior IT management positions have to go before they truly understand the benefits that the freedom inherent in open source software delivers to them. What follows is my email to Christopher outlining some of the business outcomes and advantages of such freedoms.

"After seeing the specs for the OQO model 01+ tablet palmtop PC, I knew I had to put SUSE 10.0 Linux on it and do a review..." So, we let him. Rob Reilly's review within.

Do you work in an IT position and wish to promote Free/Open Source Software in a strict Microsoft Enterprise? Are you a user and wish to make your IT department see the light? I had a goal of one day migrating the company to Linux and while I may not be there yet, I made considerable progress by using small, easily used Open Sourced applications. In the end, I had built enough trust to take the next step If you wish to do the same, this article may help you.

With 20,000 global deployments as a part of every major Linux distribution, the Amanda project has provided an open source alternative to proprietary backup systems since 1991. But there has been no formal enterprise edition until now.

The conventional wisdom is that software development companies have trouble converting to free and open source (FOSS) business models. But someone seems to have forgot to mention that to Charles Moir, the upbeat CEO of Xara.

[The company that seeks to collaborate with its competitor is beginning to grasp the true nature of FOSS. - dcparris]

Phonon, an advanced multimedia architecture due in KDE 4.0, will be demonstrated at LinuxTag, May 3-6, in Wiesbaden, Germany. The Phonon architecture supports NMM (network-integrated multimedia middleware), enabling such capabilities as delivering synchronized audio and video presentations across networked systems, controlled by a single, central application.

In "Acquiring data from the physical world," we explored how to take a couple of sensor readings and print them on a Web page, thanks to a Netmedia BX-24 microcontroller and a Linux/Apache server. This time, we'll grab a series of readings and use them to plot a pretty Web chart using PHPlot.

Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, and Ubuntu released updates that address security problems for the following packages: zvg, xzvg, Blender, abc2ps. abcmidi-yaps, Firefox, Cyrus SASL2, Dia, fbida, BEAGLE, Ethereal, Crossfire, Module-Init-Tools, GDM, xine-ui, xine-lib, IPsec-tools, PHP, OpenVPN, and Ruby.

The Symbian operating system dominates pricey smartphones, but Linux may find its place in low-end ‘feature’ phones.

NComputing is shipping a multi-user Linux PC expansion kit targeting the global education market. The company's Xtenda X300 expansion kit allows a single Linux PC to support up to six additional users, at a cost of around $83 per added user (plus monitor, keyboard, and mouse).