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Linux in the newsRecommended Reading Can Linux Standard Base keep penguin from mutating? (NewsForge) NewsForge wonders if the LSB is enough to keep Linux from fragmenting. "Ted Tso, a member of the Free Standards Group board of directors, explained that a single, standardized Linux OS may not be feasible and pointed to unfruitful instances from the past with Unix. Efforts to standardize source-level programming interfaces -- such as Postable Operating System Interface (POSIX) and the Single Unix Specification (SUS) -- as well as attempts to develop a standard reference implementation to unify the operating system utilized by multiple companies, such as the Open Software Foundation's OSF/1 operating system, have not worked, according to Tso."
Running free with Linux wireless (IBM developerWorks) IBM developerWorks examines Wi-Fi on Linux. "This article focuses on the various options and tools offered to manage these access points. Basically, you're choosing whether to use tools with or without wireless extensions. (Wireless extensions is the name of a generic API that allows a driver to inform the user about space configuration and statistics specific to common wireless LANs.)"
The SCO Problem Robert Silver - Who and Why (Groklaw) For those interested in SCO case background, Groklaw has an article about the company's law firm (Boies et al), its tendency to overcommit itself, and the recent assignment of Robert Silver to the case. "The meaning I derive from Silver's assignment to IBM, Novell and DC is that they, or SCO, may be worried that SCO's case is going to sink like a stone. I think it also means we can expect the quality of the work to improve, unfortunately, so it could drag things out, and *then* SCO will sink like a stone."
Linux Adoption Australian government to offer guide to open-source (News.com) News.com reports that the Australian government will make available a guide designed to help federal government agencies evaluate open-source products alongside their proprietary counterparts. "The officials cited the increasing uptake of open-source solutions within the Australian government sector as the market driver behind preparing the new guide, citing "high-profile open-source software" initiatives being undertaken by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, Centrelink and the Bureau of Meteorology."
Oracle and Linux win over NZX (New Zealand Herald) The New Zealand Herald reports that the New Zealand stock exchange has moved to Oracle on Linux. "Apart from being able to consolidate 21 databases into one, the new NZX system runs faster, more reliably and at less cost, says the company's tech team." (Thanks to Kanchana Wickremasinghe)
Electronics design moves to Linux (NewsForge) NewsForge covers a company that ported its products to Linux. "Something odd started to happen a couple years ago at Advanced Wave Research, Inc., a developer of RF, microwave, and wireless electronics design software. From its founding in 1994, through the release of its first product in 1998, AWD had been a Microsoft shop, and all its products were Windows-only. But in the course of trying to grow, the company found potential customers asking, "What about Linux?""
Linux adapts to devices (vnunet) Vnunet expects to see more embedded Linux products following the release of the first CELF specification and reference implementation. "Celf's specification and implementation, freely available from its web site, is not intended to become a separate fork of Linux, but to provide enhancements to optimise the operating system for embedded designs - for example to improve power-saving and security, and to speed startup and shutdown. Celf said it will work with the open-source community and feed its changes back into mainstream Linux development."
Interviews Behind DragonFly BSD (O'ReillyNet) O'ReillyNet talks with DragonFly BSD developers. "Matthew Dillon: ... DragonFly split off from FreeBSD-5 over major architectural differences, not anything else. We really do feel that FreeBSD-5 is taking the wrong approach to SMP and building something that is so complex that it will ultimately not be maintainable. We think we have a better way."
Linux in Government: An Interview with John Weathersby of OSSI (Linux Journal) Linux Journal interviews John Weathersby of the Open Source Software Institute. "LJ: What does OSSI do exactly?JW: The Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the development and implementation of open-source solutions within federal, state and local government agencies and academic entities. Our goal is to help identify and facilitate the adoption of open source within the public sector, specifically within the DoD."
Kontact Artwork News, Interviews with Dariusz Arciszewski and David Vignoni (KDE.News) KDE.News interviews two artwork designers for the Kontact project. "In an effort to bring the kde-look.org community's creative power to Kontact, a contest was launched some time ago: the Kontact Splash Screen Contest. It's time to present the winner: Dariusz Arciszewski, and to know a bit about him. There are news at the icons front as well. David Vignoni, of Nuvola Iconset fame, is designing a set of task oriented icons for use in Kontact, replacing the application oriented icons. We asked David some questions about his work and KDE."
Resources OOo Off the Wall: It's Numbering, but Not as We Know It (Linux Journal) Linux Journal takes a look at how lists are done in OOo Writer. "Like any word processor, OpenOffice.org's Writer automatically adds numbers and bullets to paragraphs for you. Unlike typical word processors, however, Writer does not make lists a part of paragraph styles. Instead, lists have styles of their own. These styles are called numbering styles. It's a rather misleading term, though, because it refers to both numbered and bulleted lists, but never mind."
Reviews Status of the Linux Standard Base (NewsForge) NewsForge takes a look at the upcoming release of LSB 2.0. "[FSG director Jim] Zemlin said LSB 2.0 features a revision of the core specification to support modules that are built on the foundation of the core LSB. "This will accommodate future growth as Linux standards for different vertical markets, for example, are developed as extensions to the core LSB," he said."
Miscellaneous Open source usability is a technical problem we can solve on our own (NewsForge) NewsForge presents on person's view of usability in open source projects. "As a participant in the KDE project (but expressing my own viewpoint here instead of speaking for KDE), the approach I have seen so far to our usability problems is... noise. Ideas are raised daily on the KDE usability email list, but they never seem to generate anything but endless discussions. Developers, users and reviewers all scream that something needs to be done, but apparently no one knows how."
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