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Linux in the newsRecommended Reading Video: Alan Cox on the state of free software![[Alan Cox]](/images/ns/AlanCoxVideo.png)
Red Hat Magazine has posted a short (Theora) video of Alan Cox talking about threats to free software; it is the first of a three-part series.
Companies iPlayer for Linux wins approval of open sourcers (ZDNet UK)ZDNet UK looks at the BBC's move to make its iPlayer online on-demand TV service available for streaming on Linux systems. "Following a meeting with the OSC [Open Source Consortium], the BBC's independent governing body, the BBC Trust, restated its commitment to make the download version of iPlayer "platform agnostic"."
Canonical releases Version 1.0 of 'Bazaar' version control tool (Linux-Watch)Linux-Watch covers the release of Bazaar 1.0, a distributed version control system in Launchpad. "In a Linux-Watch interview, Shuttleworth explained that by making it easier to work in independent branches, which can then be easily adopted into the main code tree, Bazaar encourages developers to explore new ideas within a project rather than forking their new idea into another, related open-source project. This, in turn, "lets new developers start contributing immediately and working on new ideas even when they can't get buy-in with old guard." Thus, "this discourages forks and helps with the social conflicts between new and older project developers. It makes it easier for people to learn, work and have fun together on a project.""
Hospital software vendor McKesson uses Linux to heal IT budgets (Computerworld)Computerworld reports on McKesson's move to from mainframes to Linux. "Today, San Francisco-based McKesson offers about 50 of its 70 most popular health care applications -- dealing with everything from billing to pharmacy records, staffing, admissions, physician order entry systems and surgery scheduling -- on Linux, reducing costs for hospitals and medical offices. The move was solidified in February, when McKesson partnered with Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. to unveil the Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform, which was customized to meet the needs of the health care industry." (Found on LinuxMedNews).
Red Hat delays new software for PCs until January (Reuters)Here's a brief Reuters article on the latest delay in Red Hat's desktop product. "Late on Monday, spokeswoman Leigh Day said the company planned to release the software in January, five months after the original target date of August that it had promised customers. She said Red Hat was postponing the product's release again because it has yet to resolve problems getting the right to distribute software for playing music and viewing videos with the Linux software."
Trolltech Hosting Phonon backends in KDE subversion repository (KDE.News)KDE.News covers the release of the Phonon backends by Trolltech. "Trolltech announced today that the Phonon backends, which they have been developing for inclusion in Qt, are being transferred into the KDE source code repository. Phonon is the KDE 4 API for multimedia and is also set to be part of Qt 4.4, scheduled for the end of Q1 2008. You heard it right folks, a part of Qt will be officially hosted and developed inside KDE's very own Subversion repository, from whose loins Phonon first sprung, and be freely available to all under the LGPL."
Linux at Work Linux gives the NYSE lower costs and independence (CNET)Over at CNET, Matt Asay discusses the recent news about the New York Stock Exchange rolling out more Linux and less proprietary UNIX. "For those who believe they need to earn their living and make the difficult decisions that turn IT into a functional part of one's business, however, there are better options. Open source is one of them, of course, but it need not be the exclusive option. Sometimes a proprietary system will better fit a CIO's requirements. That's fine. But the point is that it should be the CIO who makes that decision, not the vendor."
Legal Opera Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft with EU Commission (Groklaw)Groklaw reports that Opera has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft. "If you use any browser but Microsoft's you already know all about the problems you encounter. Nor is this an Opera theoretical. Remember this story from 2001, where Opera was allegedly directly targetted by Microsoft, locked out of Microsoft's MSN portal? Then again in 2003? After you read all that, next read these boldly inaccurate excuses Microsoft first tried to peddle about HTML standards and why Opera didn't work. Well, now the chickens have come home to roost."
Resources Samba Domaincontroller For Small Workgroups With SWAT On Fedora 8 (Howtoforge)Howtoforge works with SWAT on Fedora 8. "This document describes how to set up and configure a Samba Domaincontroller for small workgroups (up to 250 users) on Fedora 8 with the Samba Web Administration Tool. The resulting system provides an easy to manage domaincontroller for your Windows network."
Reviews Firefox 3 beta 2 Arrives with More Speed and Fewer Bugs (Wired)Wired reviews the second Firefox3 beta. "Linux users will be happy to note that beta 2 brings in the native GTK theme for Firefoxs default icons, buttons, and menu styles. Firefox finally looks like every other Gnome application and if the Linux platform is any indication, the final release of Firefox 3 will look perfectly native regardless of what OS you're using."
A first look at KDE 4.0 release candidate 2 (ars technica)ars technica reviews the second KDE 4.0 release candidate. "The second KDE 4 release candidate illuminates the extent to which KDE 4 has matured since the earlier betas, but a massive infusion of debugging and polish is needed before the release next month. Heavy development on KDE 4 will obviously continue after the KDE 4.0 release, so whatever pieces are still missing are sure to be filled in eventually. Some critics point to the deficiencies of KDE 4 and argue that drastic reinvention of basic desktop components might not have been a good idea. After experiencing KDE 4 myself, I have to disagree."
Linux Networking Cookbook: Tasty Linux recipes (Linux-Watch)Linux-Watch reviews the Linux Networking Cookbook. "In her book, [Carla] Schroder delivers exactly what she promises: recipes for creating tasty and useful Linux and TCP/IP networking setups. Want to know how to build a VOIP (voice over IP) server with Asterisk? How to create a single sign-on for hybrid Linux/Windows LANs? Or, how to create a real VPN with OpenVPN a Linux-based PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) server? It's in there."
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