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DebConf5 Final Report released
After several months of work, the DebConf5 Final Report has been released. The report is intended for a large audience, and includes impressions and facts from the conference. Whether you were there or not, we hope you will find the report an interesting read!
Latest Linux security threat: Alien hackers
We didn't hear about this danger from flying saucer nutcases but from the ultra-respectable British publication The Guardian, which says, "According to a scientific report, planet Earth's computers are wide open to a virus attack from Little Green Men." So far, there is no evidence whatsoever that Linux is immune to alien computer viruses. Could this threat bring the spread of Linux to a halt?
First Look: Firefox 1.5
So what’s new in version 1.5, and why might Mac users (even those who disliked version 1.0) want to take a look at it? For this release, the Firefox team concentrated on squishing a lot of bugs from the 1.0 product, as well as focusing on interface enhancements, many of which directly benefit us Mac users. There are way too many new features and bug fixes to cover in great detail, of course, but here are some of the things that have caught my eye in the last few days.
Open source in the enterprise
Open source software has clearly turned the corner in the enterprise and is now seated at the table with the software elite. Open source represents the transition of power from the vendor to the user, OSS will nearly quadruple as a percentage of software spending over the next four years. While that's still a relatively small percentage
Linux Professional Institute appoints new President and CEO
Jim Lacey, has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the organization.
Sun Mimics Red Hat Model
Sun Microsystems has at last delivered on its vow to become the Red Hat of the proprietary software world.
Linux Desktop Needs Major Vendor Support
Opinion: Some day, somewhere, some company will have to have the guts to face down Microsoft and make it possible for anyone to easily buy a Linux desktop.
Netcraft Toolbar Available for Firefox 1.5
The toolbar runs on any operating system supported by Firefox and displays the hosting location, country, longevity, popularity, and an abstracted risk rating for each site visited. Additionally, the toolbar blocks access to phishing sites...
Editor's Note: What Is Easy and What is Right
Two headlines jumped out at me this week as overly troll-like. I would imagine you can guess which ones. The first was David Coursey's eWeek article "Bill Gates Is Not the Next Linus Torvalds." Yeah, no kidding. And let's give a big thanks that "Linus Torvalds Is Not the Next Bill Gates" either, or we'd start to see snide little notes from the head kernel developer asking us to stop sharing the code so he can start making money from it.
The second was an even hotter flame: Iain Ferguson posted a commentary on ZDNet Australia entitled "Time for Linux Bigots to Take a Back Seat." Hello! If this wasn't an article calculated to draw out a flaming mass of vitriol from the open source community, I don't know what is. I'll let you read the articles, if you haven't already, and let you draw your own conclusions.
Hacking OpenSUSE
There's more to SUSE Linux than simply installing it and going to work. To get the most from the operating system, you'll probably want to do some post-install fine tuning. This article by Jem Matzan is a useful supplement to Steven J. Rosen's excellent how-to, "Installing SUSE Linux 10 on a Laptop," recently published here on DesktopLinux.com.
Major upgrade for Apache
The Apache Software Foundation on Thursday released a major upgrade to the hugely popular open-source Apache Web server. New features in Apache 2.2.0 include support for large files and improved caching.
The Complete Story of the Vienna Conclusions
After I first wrote about the removal of Free Software from the Vienna Conclusions and their replacement by a statement in favor of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) in my blog under the title "The Vienna Conclusion: Sponsorship+Politics=Influence" on Wed, 16 November 2005, it found a lot of echo throughout the past two weeks. As the number of articles is becoming increasingly unparsable, PJ asked me to do a little writeup of the entire story and add a bit of background.
[Ed.- So, Microsoft isn't evil. Just anti-everything they don't like, and not afraid to employ whatever scorched-earth tactics it takes.- tuxchick]
French Media Companies Lobbied to Ban Free Software
Friday November 18th, 2005, French Department of Culture. SNEP and SCPP have told Free Software authors: "You will be required to change your licenses." SACEM add: "You shall stop publishing free software," and warn they are ready "to sue free software authors who will keep on publishing source code" should the "VU/SACEM/BSA/FA Contents Department"[1] bill proposal pass in the Parliament.
Mozilla looks to users for upgrade campaign
In that time, Firefox has taken a bite out of Internet Explorer's market dominance. Firefox now has 14% market share in the US, and 11.5% globally, making it the second most popular browser, according to web analytics firm OneStat.com.
Serial ATA (SATA) Linux software status report
This status report applies to the latest SATA driver release, found in kernels 2.4.32 and 2.6.15-rcX.
Restructuring dings Novell's earnings
But setting aside the $38 million in charges, per-share earnings managed to beat analysts' estimates.
Aiia open source event a closed shop
The Australian Information Industry Association appears to have decided to educate the corporate world about the use of open source software - but it doesn't want any media present while it does so.
Firefox 1.5 available for SuSE via Yast
You can downloand the new .rpm for SuSE. Follow links for Yast Installation sources depending on PC (32, 64, PPC). SuSE 10.0 is even included.
Zone Labs sued over spyware classification
Marketing company 180solutions filed a lawsuit against desktop-security firm Zone Labs taking issue with a warning generated by the security firm's personal firewall software, which labels 180solutions advertising client as spyware.
[Ed.- The truth hurts. Fix it with attack lawyers.-tuxchick.]
Mozilla Launches Firefox Flicks Campaign
Firefox Flicks will showcase the widespread adoption of Firefox among Web users, and builds upon the success of grassroots marketing efforts for Firefox 1.0, including a community-sponsored two-page ad in The New York Times that ran November 2004.
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