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<H4 ALIGN="center">"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<H3>Contents:</H3>
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<li><a HREF="#distro">Distro News</A>
<li><a HREF="#general">News in General</a>
<li><a HREF="#software">Software Announcements</a>
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<STRONG>Selected and formatted by <A HREF="mailto:michael.conry@softhome.net">Michael Conry</A></STRONG>
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March/April 2001 <I>Embedded Linux Journal</I>
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The March/April issue of SSC's newest publication,
<I>Embedded Linux Journal</I>, will hit the streets March 2nd.
<I>ELJ</I> focuses on the use of Linux and other open-source
software to increase efficiency, economy and stability in
embedded design and development.
<P> <STRONG>Free</STRONG> subscriptions are available to qualified individuals
in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Paid subscriptions to other countries are also
available. Visit the <I>ELJ</I> web site at
<A HREF="http://embedded.linuxjournal.com">http://embedded.linuxjournal.com</A>
to subscribe, read articles on-line and post your comments.
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March 2001 <I>Linux Journal</I>
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<P>
The March issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
Journal</I></A> is on newsstands now.
This issue focuses on Consulting. Click
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue83/index.html">here</A>
to view the table of contents, or
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/subscribe/index.html">here</A>
to subscribe.
<P>
<FONT COLOR="green">All articles through December 1999 are available for
public reading at
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/mags.html">http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/mags.html</A></FONT>.
Recent articles are available on-line for subscribers only at
<A HREF="http://interactive.linuxjournal.com">
http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/</A>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">SuSE
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<P> <a href="http://www.suse.de/en/">SuSE Linux</a> has announced the
availability of SuSE
Linux 7.1, with the newly released Kernel 2.4, in both Personal and
Professional editions.
SuSE will continue shipping the reliable 2.2 series kernels
parallel to Kernel 2.4.
For more information, please visit SuSE's
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/produkte/susesoft/linux/index.html">
product web page</a>.
<P> The Duke of
URL has recently posted a
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/suse70/">
review</a> of the very recently superceded SuSE Linux Professional 7.0.
It will certainly give you a feel for the spirit of SuSE's distribution,
although of course there will be some extra features/updates in 7.1.
<hr noshade width="20%">
<P>SuSE Linux and IBM
Global Services have signed a worldwide technical support agreement,
covering various platforms, including IBM eServers.
IBM Global Services will use SuSE's expertise to help address
customers' technical Linux concerns.
Since the announcement of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for zSeries
(formerly S/390) in October, SuSE is the only company delivering a
worldwide Linux distribution for IBM xSeries, pSeries and zSeries
eServers. At this time, SuSE supports more IBM server platforms
than any other commercially available Linux distribution.
<hr noshade width="20%">
<P> SuSE Linux has also
announced the new SuSE Linux Knowledge
Portal. The service can be accessed and searched on the
Web at SuSE's
<a href="http://portal.suse.de">German</a>,
<a href="http://portal.suse.co.uk">UK</a> and
<a href="http://portal.suse.com">US</a> web-sites.
Topics covered are wide-ranging, and the site is aimed at
both Linux desktop newcomers and experienced system administrators. Much of
the information is not distro-specific.
<a name="general"></a>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Upcoming conferences and events
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<b>Bang!inux</b><BR><td valign=top>
March 5-7, 2001<BR>Bangalor, India<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.Banglinux.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.Banglinux.com/</A><BR>
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<b>LINUX Business Expo</b><BR><td valign=top>
March 7-9, 2001<BR>Sydney, Australia<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxexpo.com.au/" target=_blank>
http://www.linuxexpo.com.au</A><BR>
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<b>Computerfest</b><BR><td valign=top>
March 10-11, 2001<BR>Dayton, OH<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.computerfest.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.computerfest.com</A><BR>
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<b>Internet World Spring</b><BR><td valign=top>March 12-16, 2001<BR>
Los Angeles, CA<BR><A HREF="http://www.internetworld.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.internetworld.com</A><BR>
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<b>COMDEX Canada West</b><BR><td valign=top>March 13-15, 2001<BR>
Vancouver, B.C.<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.key3media.com/comdex/canadawest2001/" target=_blank> http://www.key3media.com/comdex/canadawest2001</A><BR>
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<b>Game Developers Conference</b><BR>
<td valign=top>March 20-24, 2001<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.gdconf.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.gdconf.com</A><BR>
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<b>CeBit</b><BR><td valign=top>March 22-28, 2001<BR>
Hannover, Germany<BR><A HREF="http://www.cebit.de/" target=_blank>
http://www.cebit.de</A><BR>
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<b>3rd USENIX Symposium on Internet Technologies and Systems</b>
<BR><td valign=top>March 26-28, 2001<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/events/usits01/" target=_blank>
http://www.usenix.org/events/usits01</A><BR>
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<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
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<b>LinuxBazaar</b>
<BR><td valign=top>March 28-29, 2001<BR>Prague, Czech Republic<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxbazaar.cz" target=_blank>
http://www.linuxbazaar.cz</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
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<b>Colorado Linux Info Quest Conference & Expo/CLIQ 2001</b><br>
<BR><td valign=top>March 29-30, 2001<BR>Denver, CO<BR>
<A HREF="http://thecliq.org/" target="_blank">
http://thecliq.org</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
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<b>Association of C/C++ Users (ACCU)</b>
<BR><td valign=top>March 29-31, 2001<BR>Oxford, England<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.accuconf.com/" target="_blank">
http://www.accuconf.com/</A><BR>
</td></tr>
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<b>LINUX Business Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>April 2-5, 2001<BR>Chicago, IL<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxbusinessexpo.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.linuxbusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
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<b>Linux Expo, Madrid</b><BR>
<td valign=top>April 4-5, 2001<BR>Madrid, Spain<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxexpomadrid.com/EN/home/" target=_blank>
http://www.linuxexpomadrid.com/EN/home</A><BR>
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<b>Linux Expo Road Show</b><BR>
<td valign=top>April 23-27, 2001<BR>Various Locations<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linux-expo.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.linux-expo.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Open Source Development Network Summit</b><BR>
<td valign=top>April 30 - May 1, 2001<BR>Austin, TX<BR>
<A HREF="http://osdn.com/conferences/handhelds/" target=_blank>
http://osdn.com/conferences/handhelds/</A><BR>
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<b>Linux for Industrial Applications</b><br>3rd Braunschweiger
Linux-Tage<BR>
<td valign=top>May 4-6, 2001<BR>Braunschweig, Germany<BR>
<A HREF="http://braunschweiger.linuxtage.de/industrie/" target=_blank>
http://braunschweiger.linuxtage.de/industrie/</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
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<b>Linux@Work Europe 2001</b><BR>
<td valign=top>May 8 - June 15, 2001<BR>Various Locations<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.ltt.de/linux_at_work.2001/" target=_blank>
http://www.ltt.de/linux_at_work.2001</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
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<b>Linux Expo, S&atilde;o Paulo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>May 9-10, 2001<BR>S&atilde;o Paulo, Brazil<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linux-expo.com" target=_blank>
http://www.linux-expo.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>SANS 2001</b><BR><td valign=top>May 13-20, 2001<BR>
Baltimore, MD<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.sans.org/SANS2001.htm" target=_blank>
http://www.sans.org/SANS2001.htm</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>7th Annual Applied Computing Conference</b><BR>
<td valign=top>May 14-17, 2001<BR>Santa Clara, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.annatechnology.com/annatech/HomeConf2.asp"
target=_blank>
http://www.annatechnology.com/annatech/HomeConf2.asp</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Linux Expo, China</b><BR>
<td valign=top>May 15-18, 2001<BR>Shanghai, China<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linux-expo.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.linux-expo.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>SITI International Information Technologies Week</b><br>
OpenWorld Expo 2001<BR>
<td valign=top>May 22-25, 2001<BR>Montr&eacute;al, Canada<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.mediapublik.com/en/" target=_blank>
http://www.mediapublik.com/en/</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Strictly e-Business Solutions Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>May 23-24, 2001<BR>Minneapolis, MN<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.strictlyebusinessexpo.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.strictlyebusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
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<b>Linux Expo, Milan</b><BR>
<td valign=top>June 6-7, 2001<BR>Milan, Italy<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linux-expo.com" target=_blank>
http://www.linux-expo.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>USENIX Annual Technical Conference</b><BR>
<td valign=top>June 25-30, 2001<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/" target=_blank>
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>PC Expo</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>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Internet World Summer</b><BR><td valign=top>July 10-12, 2001<BR>
Chicago, IL<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.internetworld.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.internetworld.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>O'Reilly Open Source Convention</b><BR>
<td valign=top>July 23-26, 2001<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://conferences.oreilly.com/" target=_blank>
http://conferences.oreilly.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>10th USENIX Security Symposium</b><BR>
<td valign=top>August 13-17, 2001<BR>Washington, D.C.<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec01/" target=_blank>
http://www.usenix.org/events/sec01/</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>HunTEC Technology Expo & Conference</b><br>Hosted by Hunstville IEEE<BR>
<td valign=top>August 17-18, 2001<BR>Huntsville, AL<BR>
URL unkown at present<br>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Computerfest</b><BR>
<td valign=top>August 25-26, 2001<BR>Dayton, OH<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.computerfest.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.computerfest.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>August 27-30, 2001<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com" target="_blank">
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Linux Lunacy<br>Co-Produced by <i>Linux
Journal</i> and Geek Cruises</b><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/lunacy/cruise.html" target=_blank>
Send a Friend <i>LJ</i> and Enter to Win a Cruise!</A><BR>
<td valign=top>October 21-28, 2001<BR>Eastern Caribbean<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.geekcruises.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.geekcruises.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>October 30 - November 1, 2001<BR>Frankfurt, Germany<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxworldexpo.de/linuxworldexpo/index.html"
target=_blank>
http://www.linuxworldexpo.de/linuxworldexpo/index.html</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>5th Annual Linux Showcase & Conference</b><BR>
<td valign=top>November 6-10, 2001<BR>Oakland, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxshowcase.org/" target=_blank>
http://www.linuxshowcase.org/</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Strictly e-Business Solutions Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>November 7-8, 2001<BR>Houston, TX<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.strictlyebusinessexpo.com/" target=_blank>
http://www.strictlyebusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>LINUX Business Expo</b><BR>Co-located with COMDEX<br>
<td valign=top>November 12-16, 2001<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxbusinessexpo.com" target=_blank>
http://www.linuxbusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>15th Systems Administration Conference/LISA 2001</b><BR>
<td valign=top>December 2-7, 2001<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2001/" target=_blank>
http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2001</A><BR>
</td></tr>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Steeleye and Linux Networx Partnership
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.steeleye.com/">SteelEye Technology,</a>
Inc.
have announced an OEM agreement with
<a href="http://www.linuxnetworx.com/">Linux NetworX, Inc.</a>.
Linux NetworX will offer SteelEye's LifeKeeper for Linux platform in the
solutions it provides to eBusiness
customers. The agreement also includes co-marketing and joint technical
support activities.
SteelEye's LifeKeeper monitors system and
application health to maintain client accessibility and provide
uninterrupted data access. LifeKeeper
automatically restores application services by
either restarting them locally or relocating them to another server in the
cluster.
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<FONT COLOR="green">AMD Showcases First VirtuHammer Simulator
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.amd.com/">AMD</a> announced at
LinuxWorld events in New York and Paris the first public
demonstration of "VirtuHammer," the
tool developed by AMD and
<a href="http://www.Virtutech.com">
Virtutech</a> to allow
software developers to write and test 64-bit programs for AMD's
next-generation "Hammer" family of processors.
AMD, along with <a href="http://www.suse.de/en/">SuSE</a>
have reported significant
progress in the Open Source community's efforts to port Linux to
AMD's x86-64 technology. The x86-64 technology extends the x86
instruction set to enable 64-bit computing and is the backbone
behind AMD's planned 64-bit processor family, code-named "Hammer."
AMD's "Hammer" family is planned for commercial introduction in
the first half of 2002.
For additional information on the x86-64 instruction set, visit
<a href="http://www.x86-64.org">http://www.x86-64.org</a>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">LUGFEST IV
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> The Simi-Conejo Linux Users Group will be holding LUGFest IV on April 21st
and 22nd, 2001, in Simi Valley, California.
The LUGFest is intended to be an opportunity for Linux users to demo
Linux (or other Open
Source operating systems), Linux applications, attend seminars, and BOF (Birds
Of a Feather) sessions. Additionally, Linux vendors may participate and
show off their wares.
For more info, to register for LFIV, or to volunteer to do a demo, contact
<a href="mailto:gareth@wiked.org">gareth@wiked.org</a>, or visit
the <a href="http://www.lugfest.org">LUGFest</a> web-site.
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<FONT COLOR="green">CLIQ 2001 Conference and Exhibit
</FONT>
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<P> Colorado Linux Info Quest - <a href="http://thecliq.org">CLIQ</a>
have announced sponsorship from
Hewlett Packard, XFree86 and GNOME (among others)
for CLIQ2001 (March 30th).
Daryll Strauss (VA Linux, XFree86) and Havoc Pennington (Red Hat, GTK+ and
GNOME) have agreed to speak at the event which will take place
March 29th-30th at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. All scheduled talks and
the exhibit floor are scheduled for the 30th, with early registration and a few
smaller informal events expected on the 29th.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Links
</FONT>
</H3>
<p><a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/">The Duke of URL</a> has some links
which may appeal to you:
<ul>
<li>A <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/conectiva6">
review</a> of Connectiva Linux 6.0, featuring the new APT mechanism for RPM
(to take care of dependencies), kernel 2.2.17, XFree86 4.0.1
<li>A <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/unrealgoty">
look at</a>
Unreal Tournament, GotY edition for (among others) Linux.
<li>The <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/linuxguide8">
Linux Buyer's Guide #8</a> with a focus on working with Kernel 2.4.1 and
XFree86 4.0.2. Systems are studied at 4 price points.
<li>OpenBSD 2.8 is
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28">reviewed.</a>
<li>Plus, a
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/lit/books0201">review</a> of
a selection of technical books that may be of interest.
</ul>
The folks on
<a href="http://www.slashdot.org/">Slashdot</a> have featured the following
stories during the past month:
<ul>
<li>
An <a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/01/01/30/0435256.shtml">
article</a> looking at the latest Bind Vulnerabilities. Probably serious
if you are affected since there is a known exploit (though perhaps not
in the wild,
YET). You have been warned! Also check-out the
<a href="http://securityfocus.com/">Security Focus</a>
<a href="http://securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/article.html?id=144">
article</a> on the subject.
<li>On a lighter note, there is the
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/01/02/15/046242.shtml">story</a>
on an assembler coded in Bash.
<li> And the duelling hackers
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/01/01/25/1343218.shtml">
story</a> of the DirecTV hacker game.
</ul>
<p>Three articles on
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">The Register</a> which may be of
interest:
<ul>
<li>
A <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16447.html">report</a>
on the change of ownership of Egroups to Yahoo, and the new terms/conditions
being imposed.
<li>
The <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/16434.html">
news</a> that Microsoft have partially outsourced their DNS servers to a
firm (Akami) that appears to be using Linux for the job. I suppose all
companies get things right from time to time!
<li>
And, <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/16469.html">
information</a> on the new
<a href="http://www.mountainviewdata.com/us/technology/linuxdisk.html">
LinuxDisk</a> software developed by Peter Braam. The driver allows a Linux
system running commodity hardware to appear to the network as a storage
device, much like a low-end SAN.
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.userlocal.com/">Userlocal.com</a> offer a site
focusing mostly on Slackware Linux, though much of the information is useful
for all Linux users.
<p>
<a href="http://www.osopinion.com/">OSOpinion</a> take a look at
<a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/7007.html">
MS .net and Linux</a>:
whether Microsoft will have Corel port .NET to
Linux, and how the possible antitrust split of MS may affect this.
The hurried sale of the shares
<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-02-22-009-20-NW-CL-MS">
reported</a> by
<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/">Linux Today</a> and
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/02/22/1928203&mode=thread">
discussed</a> on
<a href="http://www.slashdot.org/">Slashdot</a>, just makes the story more
fascinating. One to watch.
<p>Rainer Gerhards has written an
<A HREF="http://www.adiscon.com/Common/en/Articles/EventReporter-Monitor-Windows-NT-From-Unix.asp">
article</A> on integrating Windows NT into a Unix syslog based management
system (having Windows reporting to Unix via Syslog).
<p><a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com.au/">Linux Today</a>
have an
<a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com.au/r/article/jsp/sid/805730">overview</a>
of
<a href="http://www.berlin-consortium.org">
Berlin</a> (a possible future alternative to X). You can get a bit more info
from TAG in our very own LG issue 61
<a href="../issue61/lg_answer61.html#tag/35">here.</a>
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<FONT COLOR="green">IBM Personalization Software for Linux Announced
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<P>
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/">IBM</a> have announced that the latest
version of its
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/websphere">
WebSphere Personalization</a> software now supports Linux.
This software enables businesses to focus their websites more precisely at
their individual users through "personalization", and then to optimise this
process through analysis of activity. For more information
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/websphere">
on Websphere</a> and
<a href="http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/personalization/">
Personalization</a> and
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/linux">
IBM/Linux</a> follow the links.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Partnership to create Comprehensive Motif GUI
Solution on Linux for Enterprises
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.ics.com">Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.</a>
and
<a href="http://www.sitraka.com">Sitraka Software</a>
are entering into
a partnership focusing on their BX PRO and XRT PDS
<a href="http://www.motifzone.net/">Motif</a> development
products. ICS has developed a kit that allows integration of Sitraka's XRT
PDS with their own BX PRO product, and have now arranged a Reseller agreement
with Sitraka for XRT PDS. With this agreement, ICS can now claim to offer
the largest selection of Motif development tools on UNIX and Linux systems.
This solution is shipping on various platforms, including Linux (Intel).
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<FONT COLOR="green">2netFX and Linux NetworX to Offer Streaming Server Solution
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> The solution integrates the
<a href="http://www.2netFX.com">2netFX </a>
ThunderCast Server and StreamRider
Client Player software
with
<a href="http://www.linuxnetworx.com">Linux NetworX</a> Evolicity clusters.
The StreamRider client will be offered on the Linux NetworX Evolocity
1240s. Four independent CPUs will share the Web serving workload through a
software-level load balancer. If one compute module should fail, the others
continue providing services, providing maximum system uptime. Clustering
technology offers advantages in redundancy and scalability.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Dell Linux Initiatives
</FONT>
</H3>
<a href="http://www.dell.com/">Dell</a> has announced its intention to offer
<a href="http://www.borland.com/">Borland</a> Kylix, to
U.S. customers of its
<a href="http://www.dell.com/precision">Dell Precision Workstations</a>
beginning in February.
<a href="http://www.borland.com/kylix/">
Borland Kylix</a> is a development environment enabling Linux
developers to build and deliver powerful desktop, client-server,
database and Apache Web-based applications.
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Dell has also announced that select components
of its OpenManage server management suite of tools are available for use
with Red Hat based servers.
Dell OpenManage Server Assistant for Linux supports the installation
of Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7 and all of the latest drivers, making it easier
to install the Linux operating system as well as reducing server setup time.
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VMware and the NSA Team to Build Advanced Secure Computer Systems
</FONT>
</H3>
<a href="http://www.vmware.com/">VMware, Inc.</a> have announced a
cooperative research and development agreement for a joint initiative with
the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to enhance and certify the security
of VMware's virtual machine technology. The project will enable
government users to safely use commercial off-the-shelf software for certain
sensitive or classified applications and environments.
NSA's project NetTop plans to use security enhanced virtual machines as
building blocks for applications requiring separation of information
domains, such as providing secure remote access to classified computer
networks over the Internet. VMware plans to
incorporate the security enhancements resulting from the agreement in its
future product releases.
Details of the NetTop project are available online in
<a href="http://www.vmware.com/pdf/TechTrendNotes.pdf">PDF format</a>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Arkeia Enterprise Backup Software Included in SuSE eMail
Server II
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
Knox Software have informed us
that the Free Version of their flagship product,
<a href="http://www.arkeia.com/">Arkeia</a>, is included
into SuSE's 2nd Generation eMail Server II.
The SuSE eMail Server II is an Open Source solution which administrates mail
on a central server, and is in accordance with the IMAP standard.
Arkeia 4.2 provides incremental and full backups, scheduled or on
demand, and preserves directory structure, registry, symbolic links and
special attributes.
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