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Hello, everyone, on a beautiful almost-fall afternoon (here in the western
U.S.). This is the Linux newsletter, a weekly summary of O'Reilly
Network's ONLamp.com and LinuxDevCenter.com sites. Here are the new
articles for this week:
Open source code means that anyone can look for bugs and security holes in
software, but do people actually do it? Are they the right people? John
Viega's not convinced. His Open Source Security: Still a Myth argues that
the potential of better security doesn't necessarily translate into better
security without education, tools, and hard work.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/security/2004/09/16/open_source_security_myths.html
As phones improve in power and flexibility, the gap between them and
desktop computers narrows. This can only mean one thing--it's time to
program them like desktop computers! John Littler's Roll Your Own Series
60 Phone Applications explores the basics of starting to program your
phone, including what you'll need and what you, as a hobbyist or home-brew
developer, can expect from the manufacturers.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/09/16/symbian_programming.html
Why would a Linux-distribution vendor switch its focus from individual
customers to large businesses? What does "Enterprise Linux" actually mean?
Tom Adelstein's Defining the Linux Enterprise compares both markets and
concludes that focusing on the business desktop now can produce open
source software suitable for the home user in the near future--and can
make the market bigger for everyone. Tom is a coauthor of the upcoming
Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/09/16/linuxenterprise.html
Finally, Andrew M. St. Laurent, author of Understanding Open Source and
Free Software Licensing starts a two-part series. This week, his Open
Source and Free Documentation Licenses, Part 1: The GNU FDL explores the
GNU Free Documentation License, which applies the principles of the GNU
GPL to documentation. Why would you do this? Is this right for you? Read
and find out!
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/09/16/OSlicenses.html
In weblogs this week, Steve Mallet announces To Evil! with Danny
O'Brien[1], Preston Gralla promotes the Firefox preview release[2], Marc
Hedlund documents important Groovy idioms[3], Jean Hollis Weber learns
advanced functions and formulas in OpenOffice.org Calc[4], Ted Wallingford
asks should Apple acquire Skype?[5], Nat Torkington reports on Open Source
at Sun[6], and Tim O'Brien compares CSPAN to Open Source[7].
[1] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5587
[2] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5588
[3] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5596
[4] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5602
[5] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5605
[6] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5606
[7] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5610
This week's Open Source Project of the Week is Firebird, an open source
relational database.
Come back next week for an introduction to Plone.
See you then,
chromatic
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Technical Editor
O'Reilly Network
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ONLamp.com and Linux Devcenter Top Five Articles Last Week
1. The Best Tips from the Great Linux Desktop Migration Contest
What's the best way to move an organization to a Linux desktop? Here's a
collection of the best tips we received from our Great Linux Desktop
Migration contest.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/09/10/migrationtips.html
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2. Building a BSD Netboot Server
Diskless FreeBSD workstations work beautifully for many users. With recent
changes in FreeBSD 5.x, the old methods of building a netbooting lab have
changed. In this, the first of two articles, Mikhail Zakharov explains how
to build a FreeBSD server for diskless BSD workstations.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/09/09/diskless_server.html
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3. What's New in SpamAssassin 3.0
In the course of writing SpamAssassin for O'Reilly, author Alan Schwartz
tested beta versions for the upcoming SpamAssassin 3.0.0 in order to cover
any differences in the book. Here, Alan presents an overview of some of SA
3's newest, coolest features. Find out why he thinks mail administrators
should strongly consider upgrading to SA 3 when it's released.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/09/09/spamassassin.html
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4. Open Source and Free Documentation Licenses, Part 1: The GNU FDL
The same principles that apply to open source licenses also apply to
licenses for documentation and works other than software. In part one of a
two-part series, Andrew St. Laurent looks at the first of three such
licenses, the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL). He reviews the FDL
section by section, and concludes with a look at some minor problems and
ambiguities in definitions. Andrew is the author of Understanding Open
Source and Free Software Licensing.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/09/16/OSlicenses.html
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5. Improving Linux Driver Installation
The availability and quality of hardware support has a huge effect on
Linux adoption. With the Linux revolution fully under way, the
philosophical underpinnings of the kernel's approach to device handling
have come into question. Linus is unlikely to budge. As Jono Bacon
explains, this leaves two new projects to bridge some of the gaps between
philosophical purity and practical support.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/09/02/driver_ease.html
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