[newsforge daily] December 18, 2002

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December 18, 2002

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New MandrakeSoft licensing scheme similar to Trolltech's, says v.p. http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/010214

• by Tina Gasperson - Rumors of MandrakeSoft "stepping back" from Free Software are not true, says Gael Duval, v.p. of the Paris, France Linux distribution company.

My Network Administrator's Toolbox
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/12/0232235

• By Rich Corbridge - Recently I built some storage shelves in my basement. One step of the process required a chisel. My accomplice suggested that I just use a screw driver since it was more handy at the time. I responded that I wanted to use a chisel since we had one and because I believe in using the right tool for the job if it is available. I have the same philosophy at work. I like to use the right tool for the job if it is available. In ...

Grid computing from Sun - Open Source and proud of it http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/1630252

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Sun's open source Grid Engine software currently runs over 7000 grids with an average of 47 CPUs per grid, and a steadily increasing percentage of the grids it powers run Linux, according to John Tollefsrud, Sun's Grid marketing manager.

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LinuxCertified Announces "Linux Fundamentals" http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/0016243

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    Rajesh writes "Linux Fundamentals" bootcamp is designed for busy     professionals with no prior experience with Linux or any other flavor     of UNIX. This two-day introduction to Linux broadens their horizons     with a detailed overview of the operating system."

Free documentation database
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/0015252

    Gaetano Paolone writes "Dear friends, I am pleased to inform you that     GFDD (GNUtemberg! Free Documentation Database) has reached a rather     stable version."

The Microsoft/Linux Connection, Explained http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/153247

    Last week, when research firm Meta Group of Stamford, Conn., predicted     that Microsoft (MSFT) would begin to support Linux by late 2004 with     some of its key server products -- Exchange, IIS, SQL server, and the     like -- reactions ranged from outrage to befuddlement.

Aussie Uni Dumps Dual-Boot In Favor of Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1456256

    kNIGits writes "News.com.au is reporting that the University of     Wollongong have dumped their previously dual-boot installations in     favour of booting Linux ."

Vanishing Features Of The 2.6 Kernel
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1447202

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    chromatic writes "Jerry Cooperstein has written an excellent article     summarizing the features removed from the upcoming 2.6 kernel."

LindowsOS due to hit retail shelves
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1446231

    Software buyers may be doing a double take in retail stores over the     coming months as they see Microsoft's familiar Windows operating system
(OS) sitting next to the new OS from Lindows.com Inc.

Norway Prosecutors Seek Teen's Computers http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1446210

    A Norwegian teenager who wrote software for breaking the copy     protection on DVDs harmed movie studios by circulating it over the     Internet and should have his computers taken away, prosecutors said     Monday.

Santa Tux's Corner: The Gift of Linux, Part 2 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1445229

    Linux: the gift that keeps on giving!

Spaces still available for iCanProgram course http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1445213

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Jon Johansen - v - Hollywood
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1444225

    Anonymous Reader writes "Many (most?) prosecutions started by the RIAA
(Recording Industry Association of America) and MPAA (Motion Picture
    Association of America) on behalf of what's euphemistically called     'Hollywood' are farces, murky and badly scripted. And none is more so     than the trial featuring Jon Johansen, the 19-year-old programmer from     Norway who came up with DeCSS, an app Hollywood contends lets people     pirate DVD content."                                                             

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