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October 2000 <I>Linux Journal</I>
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<P>
The October issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
Journal</I></A> is on newsstands now.
This issue focuses on Security. Click
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/78/index.html">here</A>
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<A HREF="http://interactive.linuxjournal.com">
http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/</A>.
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<P> <A HREF="http://linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/opinions/2281/1/">
KDE 2 will be in Debian</A>
<P> <A HREF="http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/distronhf.html">Comparision of Linux distributions.</A> <EM>(LinuxNewbie.org)</EM>
<P> The Duke of URL has new reviews of several distributions. See the links
below in the "Linux Links" section of <A HREF="#general">General News</A>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Upcoming conferences &amp; events
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<P> Listing courtesy <I>Linux Journal</I>. <FONT COLOR="red">Red</FONT>
indicates shows <I>LJ</I> staff will be attending.
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<b><font color=red>Linux Business Expo</font></b><br>(co-located
with Networld + Interop event)<BR>
</td>
<td><align="right"><a href="http://www.key3media.com/linuxbizexpo"
target=_blank></a></align><br>
</td></tr></table>
<td valign=top>September 26-28, 2000<BR>Atlanta, GA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.key3media.com/linuxbizexpo/"
target=_blank>www.key3media.com/linuxbizexpo</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<table width=98%><tr><td>
<b>Embedding Linux for Data Acquisition and Telecom Applications</font>
</b><BR>
</td></tr></table>
<td valign=top>October 3, 2000 Burlington, MA<BR>October 5,
2000 Vienna, VA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.computerio.com/news/seminar.html"
target=_blank>www.computerio.com/news/seminar.html</A><BR>
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<b><font color=red>4th Annual Linux Showcase & Conference</font></b><BR>
</td><td align=right><a href="http://www.linuxshowcase.org"
target=_blank></a></align><br>
</td></tr></table>
<td valign=top>October 10-14, 2000<BR>Atlanta, GA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxshowcase.org" target=_blank>
www.linuxshowcase.org</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>Building Dependability in Global Infrastructures</b><br>
Host of the Real-Time and Embedded Systems Forum<br>
<td valign=top>October 23-24, 2000<br>Washington, DC<br>
<A HREF="http://www.opengroup.org" target=_blank>
www.opengroup.org</A><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.opengroup.org/rtforum" target=_blank>
www.opengroup.org/rtforum</A><BR>
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<b>Embedded Linux Expo & Conference</b><BR>
<td valign=top>October 27, 2000<BR>Westborough, MA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.rtcgroup.com/elinuxexpo/index2.html"
target=_blank>www.rtcgroup.com/elinuxexpo/index2.html</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>ISPCON</b><BR>
<td valign=top>November 8-10, 2000<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.ispcon.com" target=_blank>www.ispcon.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
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<table width=98%><tr><td>
<b><font color=red>Linux Business Expo</font></b><br>(co-located
with COMDEX event)<BR>
</td><td align=right><a href="http://www.key3media.com/linuxbizexpo"
target=_blank></a><br>
</td></tr></table>
<td valign=top>November 13-17, 2000<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.key3media.com/linuxbizexpo/"
target=_blank>www.key3media.com/linuxbizexpo</A><BR>
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<b>USENIX Winter - LISA 2000</b><BR>
<td valign=top>December 3-8, 2000<BR>New Orleans, LA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org" target=_blank>www.usenix.org</A>
</td></tr>
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<b>Pluto Meeting 2000</b><BR>
<td valign=top>December 9-11, 2000<BR>Terni, Italy<BR>
<A HREF="http://meeting.pluto.linux.it" target=_blank>
meeting.pluto.linux.it</A>
</td></tr>
<td valign=top>
<b><font color=red>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b></font><BR>
<td valign=top>January 30 - February 2, 2001<BR>New York, NY<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com" target=_blank>
www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
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<b>ISPCON</b><BR><td valign=top>February 5-8, 2001<BR>Toronto,
Canada<BR><A HREF="http://events.internet.com/" target=_blank>
events.internet.com</A><BR>
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<td valign=top>
<b>Internet World Spring</b><BR><td valign=top>March 12-16, 2001<BR>
Los Angeles, CA<BR><A HREF="http://events.internet.com/"
target=_blank>events.internet.com</A><BR>
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<b><font color=red>Game Developers Conference</font></b><BR>
<td valign=top>March 20-24, 2001<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.cgdc.com/" target=_blank>www.cgdc.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>CeBit</b><BR><td valign=top>March 22-28, 2001<BR>
Hannover, Germany<BR><A HREF="http://www.cebit.de/" target=_blank>
www.cebit.de</A><BR>
</td></tr>
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<b><font color=red>Linux Business Expo</font></b><BR>
<td valign=top>April 2-5, 2001<BR>Chicago, IL<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxbusinessexpo.com/" target=_blank>
www.linuxbusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
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<td valign=top>
<b>Strictly e-Business Solutions Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>May 23-24, 2001<BR>Location unknown at present<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.stricltyebusinessexpo.com/" target=_blank>
www.stricltyebusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
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<b><font color=red>USENIX Annual Technical Conference</font></b><BR>
<td valign=top>June 25-30, 2001<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/" target=_blank>www.usenix.org</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<td valign=top>
<b><font color=red>PC Expo</font></b><BR>
<td valign=top>June 26-29, 2001<BR>New York, NY<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.pcexpo.com/" target=_blank>www.pcexpo.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
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<b>Internet World</b><BR><td valign=top>July 10-12, 2001<BR>
Chicago, IL<BR><A HREF="http://events.internet.com/"
target=_blank>events.internet.com</A><BR>
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<b><font color=red>O'Reilly Open Source Convention</font></b><BR>
<td valign=top>July 23-26, 2001<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://conferences.oreilly.com/" target=_blank>
conferences.oreilly.com</A><BR>
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<b><font color=red>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</font></b><BR>
<td valign=top>August 10-14, 2001<BR>New York, NY<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/" target=_blank>
www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
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<td valign=top>
<b><font color=red>Linux Lunacy</font><br>Co-Produced by <i>Linux
Journal</i> and Geek Cruises</b><BR>
<td valign=top>October 21-28, 2001<BR>Eastern Carribean<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.geekcruises.com/" target=_blank>
www.geekcruises.com</A><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Really bad ideas
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<P> Speaking about a kernel patch,
<A HREF="http://lwn.net/2000/0907/a/bad-ideas.php3">Linus said</A>:
"Thanks, and THIS time it really is fixed. I mean, how many times can we
get it wrong? At some point, we just have to run out of really bad ideas."
(<EM>Linux Weekly News</EM>)
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<FONT COLOR="green">SGI Linux certification
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Sept. 12, 2000)--SGI Education Services
announced the availability of its new "eLearning for Linux"
program, a suite of Linux courses delivered over the Internet. This
allows users to study Linux operating system fundamentals in a way that
is flexible, self-paced and available on any desktop.
<P> The courses, based on Linux Professional Institute (LPI) exam
objectives, include "Introduction to Linux," "Linux System
Administration I," "Linux System Administration II" and "Linux Network
Administration."
<P> <A HREF="http://www.sgi.com/support/custeducation/">http://www.sgi.com/support/custeducation/</A>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Yggdrasil Linux DVD Archives
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> San Jose, CA--Yggdrasil Computing has shipped the world's
first Linux DVD9-ROM, a successor format to CD-ROM's, with over
twelve times the capacity. Linux DVD Archives (MSRP $24.95) contains
over eight billion bytes of open source software (over 23 billion
bytes uncompressed), giving Linux users a new level of convenience and
access to open source software.
<P> Linux DVD Archives is the first DVD-ROM made from dvdtape, a
program released under the GNU General Public License by Yggdrasil.
Because of the high level of technology risk inherent in building the
first DVD-9, and building it from a new development system, we chose
to begin with a very simple product. A user cannot install Linux
from Linux DVD Archives, so it is only useful as an accessory for
current Linux users. What the product does provide is the largest
collection of software from the metalab.unc.edu and ftp.gnu.org
archives ever assembled on a single mass produced medium.
<P> DVD-9 is the state of the art in disc manufacturing, requiring
equipment that can bond together layers with two different metals: the
conventional aluminum used on CD's and single-layer DVD's, with a
layer of gold, giving the discs their distinctive look: silvery on top
and gold underneath. Although the manufacturing process may be more
exotic than with smaller DVD's, Linux DVD Archives should be compatible
with all DVD-ROM drives.
<P> There have been other DVD-ROM's produced for Linux, but these
have been "DVD-5" discs, which consist of a single aluminum layer like a
conventional CD and have to 55% of the capacity available per side
with DVD technology. Yggdrasil's DVD-9 product enables use of the
full capacity. The bigger difference, in terms of which event will
improve products available to end users, is that Yggdrasil has released
its internally developed software for making DVD's under the GNU General
Public License, eliminating an expensive proprietary barrier throughout
the Linux industry for DVD production, an act which will likely presage
more widespread development of DVD-ROM's.
<P> <A HREF="http://www.yggdrasil.com/Products/dvd_arc/2000.09/">Linux DVD Archives Product Information</A>
<BR> <A HREF="http://www.yggdrasil.com/Products/dvd_arc/2000.09/making.html">How we made a Linux DVD-9 Archive</A>
<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
[The first document cited contains an interesting quote:
"...you must be running Linux kernel 2.2.14, 2.3.28 or later in order
to access files located more than four gigabytes into the DVD."
-Mike.]
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Good Morning Server
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> The Good Morning Server has its Linux operating system and 20
applications embedded on a flash memory card. This separates the OS from the
hard drive, one of the most failure-prone components of any computer.
<P> Five products are currently offered, each fulfilling a different deployment
niche: general Internet server, DNS server only, mail server only (includes
mailing lists and virtual accounts), e-commerce server, BBS server. Additional
products are coming. Each product is designed for maximum security; e.g.,
unnecessary services have been eliminated. Configuration is via a web
interface or telnet.
<P> To upgrade the system, merely change the flash card and reboot, or download
a patch file. This upgrade method is patent-pending.
<P> The Good Morning Server is made by Duli Network Corporation, Ltd. in Seoul,
South Korea.
<P> <A HREF="http://www.duli.net">http://www.duli.net</A> (Korean language)
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<FONT COLOR="green">Jabber.com picks up some bigwigs
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> September 7, 2000 -
DENVER - <A HREF="http://jabber.com">Jabber.com Inc.</A>, a subsidiary of Webb
Interactive Services Inc., today announced the addition of two new Technical
Advisory Board members - Michael Tiemann, current CTO of Red Hat, and Dr.
David P. Reed, former vice president of research and development and chief
scientist for Lotus Development Corporation and one of the early members of
the committee that defined the Internet protocol suite TCP/IP.
<P> Meanwhile, downloads of the Jabber server have reached the 10,000
mark.
<P> Note that Jabber itself (an XML-based instant-messaging program that can
intercommunicate with proprietary systems, in case
you've been asleep), is open source, and its development happens at
<A HREF="http://www.jabber.org">Jabber.org</A>. Jabber.com provides commercial
support for it, and <A HREF="http://www.jabbercentral.com">JabberCentral</A>
provides end-user support.
<P> Jabber is now integrated with <A HREF="http://www.open3.org">Open3's</A>
e-business integration platform. This XML-based, open-source platform helps
companies move from paper-oriented office procedures to digital.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Security, or Rather, the Lack Thereof
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> Do you know all the services (=daemons) your Linux box is running? If not,
you'd better find out now and turn off the ones you don't want. Every extra
service gives the script kiddies another opening to try to sabotage or
commandeer your computer. OSOpinion contributer Joeri Sebrechts rakes the
Linux distributions over the coals for shipping default installations that leave
optional services on and for not setting the default access policy to "DENY".
This, he argues, is a ticking time bomb for users who just migrated from
Windows and don't know that these services--which are running now on their
computer--even exist.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Mr Gates
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> "You left them alone in a room with a penguin?! Mr Gates, your men are
already dead."
<BR><CITE>-Seen on a Slashdot posting by Tough Love.</CITE>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Links
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> Duke of URL articles:
<UL>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/mp3linux">
MP3 on Linux HOWTO</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/slackware71/">
Slackware 7.1 review</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/debian22">Debian 2.2 review</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/redhat70">Red Hat 7.0 review</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/vmware202">VMWare 2.0.2</A> review
</UL>
<P> Anchordesk UK (ZDnet) articles:
<UL>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7106122,00.html">Linux great and small</A>
-- more advocacy for Beowulf clusters vs Crays
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7106177,00.html">The AIX and pains of 64-bit computing</A>
-- By now the folks at Caldera must have noticed the fact
that their company is involved with no less than six
operating systems. What role will Caldera play in the world of 64-bit Unix?
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7106271,00.html">Yggdrasil riddle</A>
-- The company with a funny name is making a comeback.
</UL>
<P> <A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html">The differences between the various BSDs</A>.
<EM>(ZDnet Inter@ctive Week)</EM>
<P> <A HREF="http://www.mojolin.com">Mojolin.com</A> is a free Linux job site.
<P> <A HREF="http://www.linux2order.com">Linux2order.com</A> offers over 5,000
pieces of Linux software in its web site, which can be downloaded for free or
ordered on a custom CD-ROM for US$12.95 plus shipping. The site also includes
software reviews. The company plans to offer at least 2,000 additional titles
by the year's end.
<P> A review of the
<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i22">Matrox Millennium G450 Under Linux
</A> <EM>(Slashdot)</EM>
<a name="software"></a>
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">CRYPTOAdmin 5.0 - Strong User Authentication
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> KANATA, Canada, September 7, 2000 - CRYPTOCard Corp. has launched
CRYPTOAdmin 5.0 for protecting Web Sites, Email and Remote Access Security
CRYPTOAdmin 5.0 protectss Apache,
iPlanet and Microsoft IIS Web servers from unauthorized access - right down
to the page level.
<P> CRYPTOAdmin 5.0
CRYPTOAdmin 5.0 with WEBGuard, ensures access to protected web pages is only
permitted with the correct one-time password generated from a CRYPTOCard
hardware or software token. Web severs communicate with CRYPTOAdmin,
enabling ASP (Active Server Page) or JSP (Java Server Page) security.
WEBGuard offers seamless and transparent integration without the need for
browser configuration, plug-ins or additional software.
<P> CRYPTOAdmin 5.0 provides strong user authentication in the Linux
environment. Used in conjunction with freely available facilities such as
PAM and Kerberos, CRYPTOAdmin enhances the stability, versatility and
networkability of Linux. A new Graphical User Interface (GUI) makes
administration an easy and welcome task for Red Hat, SuSE and Caldera
network administrators.
<P> CRYPTOAdmin 5.0 server runs on Windows NT, Windows 2000, Linux and Solaris.
<P> CRYPTOCard's Authentication Server Software license is
$7,495 compared with RSA's server license of $57,512 - a savings of $50K.
And, unlike RSA, CRYPTOCard's tokens are purchased only once, are not time
limited, and have replaceable batteries.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Loki games
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> <STRONG>SimCity 3000 Unlimited</STRONG> for Linux is now
in production. The first copies will roll off the assembly lines late
next week for shipment to our online store and other distributors.
<A HREF="http://www.lokigames.com/products/sc3k/demo.php3">[demo]</A>
<P> Version 428 of <STRONG>Unreal Tournament</STRONG> for Linux is now
available.
<A HREF="http://www.lokigames.com/products/ut/updates.php3">[README and
download locations]</A>
<P> <A HREF="http://faqs.lokigames.com/">New and improved FAQs</A> on Loki
games.
<P> <A HREF="http://www.lokigames.com/products/descent3/manual.php3">
Descent3 reference card</A>
<P> Loki will partner with Timegate Studios to bring
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns to Linux.
Kohan will be the first of the immensely-popular real-time strategy
gaming genre to be commercially available for Linux.
The Linux version of this masterpiece will
be released near-simultaneously with the Windows version in Q1 2001.
<P> VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Friday, September 15, 2000 - It's fragtime
for the Dust Puppy.
Today kicks off the UserFriendly.org and Loki Software Quake III Arena
Contest.
<P> Contestants will create and modify "skins" and levels based on the cast
of characters from the UserFriendly.org episodic comic strip for use with
Quake III Arena, the blockbuster 3D, first-person perspective, shooter
video game developed by id Software. Skins dictate the appearance of the
player within the game environment, while the levels define the
appearance and layout of the space used by the battling players inside
the game.
"I am categorically terrified by what the UserFriendly.org community
might come up with," explains J.D. "Illiad" Frazer, the comic strips
creator and Founder of UserFriendly.org. The contest runs until October 11.
For contest information, visit
<A HREF="http://www.userfriendly.org/community/quake">www.userfriendly.org/community/quake</A>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Other software
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<P> BORG 0.2.90 is a graphics-rendering tool.
<A HREF="http://www.project-borg.org/news">[news]</A>
<A HREF="http://www.project-borg.org/download">[download]</A>
<P> Want an alternative to KDE and Gnome? Try
<A HREF="http://www.xfce.org/">XFce</A>, a GTK+-based"light" cousin to Gnome
that contains less features, but therefore uses less resources and is faster.
It includes a Gnome compatibility module for xfwm (XFce's window manager)
enabling you to run the Gnome panel, pager and tasklist integrated with xfwm.
There's no such compatibility module for KDE, so you can't run the KDE panel,
but KDE applications run fine. Of course, xfwm also has its own panel....
Here's a <A
<A HREF="http://www.linuxorbit.com/features/interview1.php3">LinuxOrbit
interview</A> <EM>(Slashdot)</EM>. <STRONG>Readers, anybody wanna review
it?</STRONG>
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