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ETL Software Dramatically Cuts Processing Time by 60%

Winners to be Announced at Open Source Business Conference

Red Hat's forthcoming software development stack packages will offer LAMP support and more via the Red Hat Network

A little brain power, some readily available open source tools, and two IT services providers out to prove they can solve the "Slashdot effect": Put them together, and you've got Mirrordot, a site that automatically mirrors any Slashdot-linked pages.

One of the most common questions among new SuSE users is asking where to get new software packages or RPMs. SuSE distributions come already loaded with a large multitude of applications. Yet not even SuSE can hold all the applications available. Linuxblogger compiled a list of the most common YaST source installation repositories for software packages.

Two years after the Galeon browser's source code was forked, resulting in the Epiphany browser, developers of the two GNOME-based browsers announced they are coming back together by writing extensions to bring Galeon features and functionality to Epiphany.

Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show, episode 113:
We talk to Greg Mancusi-Ungaro, director of marketing, linux and open source at Novell
Dan talks about his Arch Linux install experience
Pat buys a $550 laptop (or two) from Walmart
Broadcom drivers reverse engineered
And much, much more

Be sure to check us out live every Wednesday night at 8:30 PM, EDT
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The Morning's Deal for December 5: MySQL AB and Alcatel, SOA and Merrill Lynch, Opsware and Cyphertech, LightPointe and KDN, InterNetwork and Schumacher, GEL and IGEL

Video telephony over the Internet is not common place for Joe User yet, but its importance is growing. This article takes a closer look at GnomeMeeting and talks to its main creator and developer, Damien Sandras.

What's the next step in creating an easy-to-use Linux-based product for consumers? A touchscreen facade can make back-end Linux applications very usable in such devices as custom digital media centers, DVRs and PVRs, and even control interfaces for household robots. The potential uses are limited only by the imagination. In this article, get an overview for installing an LCD from a Sony PSOne, creating a modeline, and installing a touchscreen -- all for Linux.

Korea’s anti-trust regulator Wednesday (Ed: Dec 7th) imposed a fine of roughly 33 billion won ($31.9 million) on Microsoft for its violation of the nation’s fair trade rule.

Microsoft will be required to offer two versions of Windows within six months - one stripped of thus far incorporated programs (Ed: Messenger and Media Player) and the other that includes most software available here.

[Ed - It's good to see not all governments bend under Microsoft pressure. You may remember MS threatened to withdraw Windows from the Korean market if MS would be found guilty. Please also look at the story "Will Microsoft Pull Out of Korea?" - hkwint]

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A vendor of OpenFirmware-compliant PowerPC boards and systems is shipping a tiny CPU module that supports Linux, and targets thin clients, home-theater PCs, industrial robotics and control, VoIP and video phones, and security cameras. The Genesi Efika comes with OpenFirmware-compliant boot firmware, and can run Linux.

[ED: This looks neat, but at $300 each when you buy 50 won't be under my Christmas tree. - ralph]

Firefox 1.5 is here. The lightweight browser that's been eating into Internet Explorer's mindshare has gotten even better. We took a look at some of the current extensions supported by Firefox 1.5, some useful, some fun.

[ED: They have found several extensions that I am going to check out. The article is broken into a few too many pages for my taste, though. - ralph]

With the cost of off-the-shelf computers as low as they are, the Christmas season might seem a perfect time to purchase one for that special person. Not so fast...Let's take a look inside that box and see what we can see.

When is a standard a standard, and when is it simply a rubber stamp? We're about to find out when Ecma votes on Microsoft's XML Reference Schema

Sun Microsystems rolled out the "Niagara" T1 eight-core processors and made its case for eco-friendly, cost-effective computing with the new T1000 and T2000 servers that make use of the chip. And in a surprising move, after several hours of positioning the boxes, Sun chairman and CEO, Scott McNealy, announced that Sun would be taking the T1 processor open source. What on earth does that mean?

[ED: There have been several projects working on an open CPU design, but not much has come of them. If this is as good as it sounds, it will be a big step in the long run. - ralph]

Linux users are frustrated by the lack of functionality of open source desktop products, according to a major survey by the Open Source Development Lab.

[Ed: And if you think that's bad, wait till you hear what Linux users have to say about Windows stuff. - dcparris]

If you're not brave enough to switch to Linux, there is an alternative. A live CD will let you try the software without installing a file on your hard disk.

RealNetworks's new Rhapsody Web-based streaming music service went beta on Monday, expanding its formerly Windows-only US music subscription service to include Linux and Macintosh users. Users running any flavor of Linux are now able to log into the service and download the plug-in necessary to stream the music data, spokeswoman Rhonda Scott told DesktopLinux.com.