Cisco Buys PostPath, Targets Microsoft Exchange
(Aug 28, 2008, 12:01 UTC) (71 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "PostPath is best known as a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Exchange. Unlike other would-be Exchange competitors Scalix and Lotus Domino/Notes, which use a Outlook-compatible Mail Application Programming Interface (MAPI) on the client PC, PostPath actually reverse-engineered Microsoft's MAPI and Active Directory (AD) protocols. This means that, from the network and Windows PC's viewpoint, PostPath actually appears to be an Exchange server."

Three Ways That Open Source Could Benefit from Business 101
(Aug 28, 2008, 10:31 UTC) (175 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OStatic: ""...Open source does not need consolidation. Open source needs product managers." Product managers, of course, drive improvements in commercial and proprietary software products, and listen carefully to what businesses need."

Linux Portal Reimbursed User for MS Windows License from Lenovo
(Aug 28, 2008, 01:31 UTC) (1240 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
AbcLinuxu.cz: "Lenovo ČR required a non-disclosure agreement to be signed that would cover the entire negotiations with the company and its results for the compensation to be effected."

10 Things You Should Know About Networking Two Buildings
(Aug 28, 2008, 00:31 UTC) (1412 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
TechRepublic: "#1: Wireless may not be the best solution...."

Penguins Linux Ad (YouTube video)
(Aug 27, 2008, 22:01 UTC) (1496 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
YouTube: "Imagine a place....where everything is possible..."

Networking 101: Understanding Spanning Tree
(Aug 27, 2008, 21:01 UTC) (1094 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "The much anticipated spanning tree edition of Networking 101 has finally arrived. Yes, you too can have a network that survives multiple exploding switches."

Can Open Source replace Microsoft Exchange?
(Aug 27, 2008, 18:31 UTC) (1910 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxWorld: "All the dozens of RFC-822 mail servers, including Sendmail, Qmail, and Postfix combined, have only 15% of the business/organization e-mail market."

Thunderbird: Way Beyond E-Mail
(Aug 27, 2008, 14:31 UTC) (1897 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxInsider: "An estimated two-thirds of all computer users over the age of 14 have their own e-mail address. "Most people use standard e-mail programs from Microsoft or simply Thunderbird," says Holger Bleich of c't magazine."

5 Factors Making Ubuntu Server Business Ready
(Aug 27, 2008, 13:31 UTC) (1134 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Works With U: "Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is getting serious about the server...There are many factors that make Ubuntu a strong server platform, but the top 5 are:

10 Fundamental Differences Between Linux and Windows
(Aug 27, 2008, 13:01 UTC) (2571 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
TechRepublic: "#2: Licensing freedom vs. licensing restrictions...with the GPL, you can download a single copy of a Linux distribution (or application) and install it on as many machines as you like. With the Microsoft license, you can do none of the above."

KDE 3.5.10 Release Announcement
(Aug 27, 2008, 08:31 UTC) (1376 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
KDE: "he KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.5.10, a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes. KDE 3.5.10 sports changes in Kicker, the KDE3 panel and KPDF, the PDF viewer."

Democratic National Convention Against GNU/Linux or Bought by Microsoft?
(Aug 26, 2008, 21:01 UTC) (1971 reads) (12 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ixnotes: "This isn’t about GNU/Linux vs Linux, this isn’t about the Democratic National Convention being anti-GNU/Linux or being bought by Microsoft. No. This is about advocating against solutions that are marginalizing groups of people."

rsnapshot: rsync-Based Filesystem Snapshot
(Aug 26, 2008, 20:01 UTC) (1208 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tip of the Trade: "rsnapshot works on an ext3 filesystem, using rsync and hard links to create something that looks and works like multiple instant-availability full backups... but that takes up the space of only one full backup plus incremental changes."

OpenOffice.org Impress: Using Master Slides
(Aug 26, 2008, 19:31 UTC) (803 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Journal: "By creating the master slides you need before you add content, you can automate your work and free yourself to focus on content."

Why Google Has Lost its Mojo
(Aug 26, 2008, 16:31 UTC) (1550 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Computerworld: ""There's just too much of it that is regularly broken. It seems like every week 10% of all the features are broken.... And it's a different 10% every week -- the old bugs are getting fixed, the new ones introduced.""

Desktop Linux Proves its Mettle in Emerging Markets
(Aug 26, 2008, 15:31 UTC) (1043 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Open Road: "Microsoft is heavily subsidizing Windows and Office to keep Linux out, but Linux is proving cheaper...and at least as easy as Windows to use."

Interview With Richard Hulse of Radio New Zealand, on the Decision to Offer Ogg Vorbis
(Aug 26, 2008, 15:01 UTC) (814 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Groklaw: "I asked Richard Hulse of Radio New Zealand, the station's media manager, to tell me how they came to decide to add Ogg Vorbis to their collection of interviews and broadcasts, already offered as MP3s and in Windows Media Audio. His answers are instructive, and you may find it helpful to note his suggestions on how to effectively request other sites to offer Ogg Vorbis files."

Intel Steers Aggressive Course While Apple Appears Rudderless
(Aug 26, 2008, 13:01 UTC) (1863 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Insider: "I knew a number of things that were going to be happening at IDF but was blindsided by an announcement Intel made that could change the world as we know it."

25 killer Linux apps
(Aug 26, 2008, 06:33 UTC) (3336 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
TechRadar: "Claws Mail started life as a development fork of the Sylpheed mailer, and was for a long time known as Sylpheed-Claws."

Top 5 Linux Migration Tips For Small Offices
(Aug 26, 2008, 03:33 UTC) (1526 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Intranet Journal: "When most people think of switching out their office to one Linux distribution or another, the very idea of getting started with the needed migration must seem completely overwhelming. Not because using Linux is difficult -- rather, the task at hand with getting personnel and equipment up to the challenge is daunting."

OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks Part III
(Aug 25, 2008, 23:03 UTC) (1290 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "Now this part will help you perform a few tasks in OOo that were available in MS Office, just harder to figure out due to the different interface. You'll find out you can still insert WordArt (actually called Fontwork), diagrams, and page numbering in OOo documents."

Microsoft and Seinfeld: A Comedy of Errors?
(Aug 25, 2008, 21:03 UTC) (1886 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Insider: "Microsoft's hiring of Jerry Seinfeld as a Windows Vista pitchman had the Linux community in stitches last week. The prevailing wisdom seems to be that it's an indication Windows has jumped the shark."

10 Must-Have Linux (and not only) Cheat-sheets
(Aug 25, 2008, 20:33 UTC) (2812 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
A Non-geek’s Linux Notes: "4.Linux Security Quick Reference
"The intent of this Quick Reference Guide is to provide a starting point for improving the security of your system..."

Super Micro C2SEA G45
(Aug 25, 2008, 20:03 UTC) (798 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Phoronix: "For our testing we were using Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 4 with the Linux 2.6.26 kernel, GCC 4.3.0, and X Server 1.5.0 RC5. Aside from the ICH10's Serial ATA issue with older kernels, the only other Linux compatibility problem we experienced with the Super Micro C2SEA motherboard was the LM_Sensors support."

Sun For Sale?
(Aug 25, 2008, 16:33 UTC) (1894 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Good Gear Guide: ""In 12 months, Sun will not be the same company it is now," predicts Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) analyst Brian Babineau."

Disney's Rights to Young Mickey Mouse May be Wrong
(Aug 25, 2008, 13:32 UTC) (1886 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LA Times: "Film credits from the 1920s reveal imprecision in copyright claims that some experts say could invalidate Disney's long-held copyright."

Can the Dog Start Wagging the Tail?
(Aug 25, 2008, 13:02 UTC) (1244 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Mostly Linux: "The second, and probably most important thing it has shown is that MS can and will give in to price pressure and is not nearly as powerful as everyone thought."

9 Tips to Use Apachectl and Httpd like a Power User
(Aug 25, 2008, 06:02 UTC) (1871 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Geek Stuff: "After you have installed Apache2, if you want to use apachectl and httpd to it’s maximum potential, you should go beyond using start, stop and restart. The 9 practical examples provided in this article will help you to use apachectl and httpd very effectively."

Manage a Linux RAID 10 Storage Server
(Aug 24, 2008, 14:02 UTC) (1878 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "Today we'll learn how to monitor, maintain, and make changes in our RAID 10 array. We'll make it bigger, smaller, safely test failure recovery, and set up monitoring and failure notifications."

Novell and Microsoft: Stop With the FUD Already
(Aug 22, 2008, 22:32 UTC) (2020 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cyber Cynic: "What I do find annoying is that Novell is continuing to feed Microsoft's FUD machine about Linux."

Linux: Recover Corrupted Partition From A Bad Superblock
(Aug 22, 2008, 21:32 UTC) (1454 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
nixCraft: "How can I Recover a bad superblock from a corrupted ext3 partition to get back my data?"

Microsoft Wants to "Build Windows." How About Bridges?
(Aug 22, 2008, 19:02 UTC) (1749 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Open Road: "Microsoft is about to embark on a new advertising campaign designed to make people love it again, and not merely endure it."

9 Simple Ways To Recover Your Screen on Linux and Unix
(Aug 22, 2008, 18:32 UTC) (1813 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "To get your weekend started off right, here are 9 ways you can, hopefully, get your terminal output back to normal if you ever cat a binary executable or do anything else that makes it all turn "Chinese" on you. Enjoy and have a safe weekend :)"

Open Source Stack Solid Foundation For All Homes
(Aug 22, 2008, 18:02 UTC) (729 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Techworld: "After running for six years on a "black box" legacy system, ACT and South Eastern NSW real estate portal allhomes.com.au has migrated its technology stack to open source Linux and Java technologies."

Open Source: The Key to a Software Meritocracy
(Aug 22, 2008, 17:02 UTC) (1041 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Insider: "Remember the good old days? Like back in 1999 when you could, as a friend of mine put it, "make a hundred thousand dollars a year for being able to spell Java." Those were the days, back when programmers driving Porsches had become a cliché."

Rebooting the Magic Way
(Aug 22, 2008, 14:02 UTC) (2429 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Journal: "Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to ask the kernel to reboot without needing to access the failing drive? Well, there is a way, and it is remarkably simple."

Jim Zemlin: The New Center of Linux Gravity
(Aug 22, 2008, 09:32 UTC) (981 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Internet News: "Standing at the headwaters of the ecosystem that is Linux is the Linux Foundation and its executive director Jim Zemlin. The Linux Foundation was forged out of the merger of the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group in 2007 as a new group with a new mandate for Linux."

OpenSUSE 11.0: A Solid, Up-to-Date Linux Desktop
(Aug 21, 2008, 22:32 UTC) (1768 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "Paul Ferrill reports that the newest release of openSUSE offers a polished, complete Linux distribution for both KDE and Gnome users, and it also supports a number of other window managers and visual environments, such as the lightweight LXDE. And it comes with a number of enhancements and features not included in most Linux distributions."

Travelocity's Parent Company Hails Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
(Aug 21, 2008, 19:02 UTC) (866 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Search Enterprise Linux: "Robert Wiseman, Sabre's chief technology officer, said the Southlake, Texas-based company began using Red Hat and other open source software about 2004. Red Hat now runs mission-critical online systems that collectively process as many as 32,000 transactions per second from three data centers in Tulsa, Okla., and one in Texas, he said."

Linux Gains Backup Utility
(Aug 21, 2008, 18:17 UTC) (1510 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Desktop Linux: "Memopal offers "automatic and continuous" backup to a remote server via a secure internet connection, says the company."

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