I just released SimpleAggregator 1.1, which contains a few improvements and fixes over the previous release:

• the backend is now ready for categories (planned for the next release)
• the feedsloader script now uses threads for much better performance
• the feedsloader script now periodically cleans up read entries
• the feedsloader script now traps feed encoding errors
• added OPML import and export for feeds
• moved CSS style sheets to a common external file
• small fixes mainly to the user menu links

Thanks to Thomas Johnsen and Karsten Mueller for spotting the unicode problems in feedparser and testing various fixes. Thomas Johnsen also sent me a fix to correctly store item dates when parsing.

It looks like Sun will soon deliver on their promise to allow the services that drive their Sun Ray thin clients to run on Linux. Coupled with the ability for desktops and laptops to act as Sun Ray clients, this feature will make the UBA architecture a very attractive proposition for mid and large-sized companies (even though I fear that Sun Rays for Linux will only run on a server version of Sun's JDS).

If Linux gains better integration with Active Directory (Kerberos auth for cifs network shares, a better ldap_nss or an easier way to share uids/gids with winbind) it could really become a serious threat for Microsoft in the corporate desktop market.