http://linuxtoday.com en-us Linux Today News Service http://linuxtoday.com/pics/ltnet.png http://linuxtoday.com Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:33:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-026-35-NW-MS <b>Open Enterprise:</b> "Those with good memories may recall a phase that Microsoft went through in which it issued (and generally commissioned) a stack of TCO studies that "proved" Windows was better/cheaper than GNU/Linux. Of course, they did nothing of the sort, since the methodology was generally so flawed you could have proved anything." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-026-35-NW-MS Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:03:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-031-35-NW-CY-TL <b>WFTL Bytes!:</b> "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Wednesday, December 3, 2008, with your host, Marcel Gagne. In today's news, not only is Linux apparently broken, so is the open source business model. Mandriva falls on hard times again, viruses cripple US military base, Microsoft pays for recommending them, OpenSUSE throws out the EULA, the costs of piracy, and a new browser war." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-031-35-NW-CY-TL Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:47:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-027-35-NW-DT-RL <b>eWeek:</b> "IBM teams with Ubuntu provider Canonical and virtual desktop software maker Virtual Bridges on a bundle that lets systems administrators deliver open-source Linux and Lotus messaging and collaboration software to desktops and workstations across remote offices." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-027-35-NW-DT-RL Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:33:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-024-35-OS-SW <b>LinuxHaxor:</b> "We already knew that Firefox nightly beats Chrome in speed, the gap is getting wider with the latest Firefox builds (3.2a1pre)." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-024-35-OS-SW Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:19:56 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-023-35-NW-HW <b>Enterprise Storage Forum:</b> "A new partnership between Intel and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies to develop enterprise-class solid state drives (SSDs) promises to push the technology further into enterprise storage systems." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-023-35-NW-HW Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:03:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-021-35-NW-NT <b>InternetNews:</b> "Net Applications caused a bit of a stir this week with a report that showed Microsoft's operating system share had dipped below 90 percent. This played very well where anti-Microsoft sentiment was strongest, not surprisingly." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-021-35-NW-NT Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:33:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-020-35-NW-MD <b>LWN.net:</b> "Two Mandriva contractors - Adam Williamson and Oden Eriksson have announced that their contracts are being terminated. These two developers are responsible for a great deal of the work which goes into the Mandriva distribution; as Oden notes: "Someone, or a couple of people will get their hands full (or not) maintaining the 1200+ source rpm packages I currently maintain." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-020-35-NW-MD Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:03:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-019-35-RV-BR <b>Open Enterprise:</b> "Despite that, I strongly recommend a new book from someone who not only approves of the term "intellectual property", but of its fundamental ideas. I do so, however, because this avowed fan also has serious reservations:" http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-019-35-RV-BR Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:33:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-018-35-OP-BZ <b>Tech Broiler:</b> "One of those companies that has been front and center in the middle of this crisis is Sun Microsystems, which incurred massive losses last quarter, just cut 6000 jobs, and has been steadily hemorrhaging money for years, particularly in their enterprise server business." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-018-35-OP-BZ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:03:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-017-35-RV-SW <b>Neowin:</b> "I have toyed around with Linux on and off for the last few years, mostly with Ubuntu. My first experience of Linux was Ubuntu. At first it was a bit scary, with me wondering if my CPU would implode should I type the wrong command. The more I used Linux though, the more I learnt about my computer." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-017-35-RV-SW Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:41:35 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-022-35-OS-HL-SW <b>The How-To Geek:</b> "If you've looked at the running processes on your Ubuntu box and wondered why there's a process named "trackerd" that is overusing the CPU, you are in luck, because that's exactly the topic we'll cover today. Tracker is a search tool built into Ubuntu, and by default seems to be configured to maximize CPU while indexing." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-022-35-OS-HL-SW Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:33:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-017-35-NW-SW-DV <b>IBM Developerworks:</b> "The Friendly Interactive Shell, or fish, is a joy to use. Its syntax, context-sensitive help, and color-coded command-line interface (CLI) greatly simplify the use of UNIX and ease the burdens of scripting." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-017-35-NW-SW-DV Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:03:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-016-35-NW-MS <b>ynet:</b> "Zvi Devir from Haifa was recently able to do the impossible: He held Dell to the fine print in its end-user license agreement." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-016-35-NW-MS Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:33:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-016-35-OS-EM-RL <b>APC Magazine:</b> "Australian-based tech importer Kogan has revealed the first Google Android-based phone that will ship in Australia -- and only the second that will ship worldwide." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-016-35-OS-EM-RL Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:03:42 GMT http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-013-35-NW-EM-HW <b>17Lamp.net:</b> "TechFaith Wireless and Qigi Future Technology announced a smartphone that runs the Google Android mobile Linux stack. The i6-Goal is only the second Android phone to launch, and reportedly includes a 2.8-inch touchscreen, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and a two-megapixel camera." http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-04-013-35-NW-EM-HW