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<FONT COLOR="green">Jon Johansen Indicted by Norwegian Authorities
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Unhappy news this month, as it emerged that Jon Johansen has been
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<a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/news/306">
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indicted</a>
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by Norwegian authorities for his part in creating and distributing the
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DeCSS code. This comes two years after he and his father were
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<a href="http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=343">
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first</a> taken from their home in connection with the same software.
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The initial report is available
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<a href="http://www.nettavisen.no/servlets/page?section=9&item=194062">
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in Norwegian</a>, and a
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=25975&cid=2816391">
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translation</a> was posted in the Slashdot
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/yro/02/01/10/1433237.shtml">
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discussion</a> of the story.
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It appears that the case against Jon is unusual in that he is being charged
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under laws which are generally applied in cases involving breaking into
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computers and theft of electronic records or company files. Pressure from
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the MPAA and the US entertainment industry appears to have encouraged the
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Norwegian authorities to try this experimental attempt to secure a
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conviction.
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The
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<a href="http://www.eff.org">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>
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have extensive resources on
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<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DeCSS_prosecutions/Johansen_DeCSS_case/">
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this case</a>.
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Particularly interesting are
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<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DVDCCA_case/20000118_bing_norway_law_decl.html">
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some legal arguments</a>
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as to why no offence has been committed
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under Norwegian law
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and
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<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/20000720_ny_trial_transcript.html">
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transcripts</a>
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including Jon Johansen's testimony at the 2600 Magazine trial in New
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York under the DMCA (July 20, 2000).
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<p>
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A
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<a href="https://www.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/free-jon">
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mailing list</a>
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has also been set up to discuss issues concerning the case, including how
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to support Jon and how to protest against the indictment.
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The sorry truth is that cases like this are likely to become more common in
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the future. Governments internationally are harmonising their intellectual
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property laws through measures such as
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<a href="http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/press/20011206.html">
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the WIPO copyright treaty</a>
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which will come into force in March (having recently secured its 30th
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signatory). The result will be that all countries might eventually enact
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legislation akin to the DMCA to protect the media multinationals'
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intellectual property and access-control technologies. Countries
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attempting to resist this trend will not be well received. Slashdot
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/01/03/1621205.shtml">
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reported recently</a>
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that Ukraine is subject to US trade sanctions for not using an "optical
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media licensing regime" for blank CDs and CD recorders. The best
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way to resist at an individual level is to make your voice heard and start
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lobbying and writing letters. Your local LUG could form a focus for this
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activity.
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<a href="http://www.house.gov/boucher/">
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Congressman Rick Boucher</a>
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has been receiving a lot of press lately for the
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position he has taken with regard to issues such as digital rights
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management and the DMCA.
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<a href="http://www.dotcomscoop.com/">
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Dotcom Scoop</a>
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recently
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<a href="http://www.dotcomscoop.com/article.php?sid=81">
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reported</a>
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that Congressman Boucher has
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<a href="http://www.dotcomscoop.com/article.php?sid=80">
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written</a>
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to the RIAA expressing his
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concern at the introduction of copy-protected compact discs. He feels that
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such developments "...may prevent or inhibit consumer home recording using
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recorders and media covered by the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992". A
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23587.html">
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report</a>
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on the same story in The Register, however, indicated that the copy
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protection measures probably are legal. It seems that though the record
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label cannot sue you for making a legitimate personal copy of your new CD,
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they are not obliged to make it easy for you!
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ZDNet has
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<a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-802646.html?legacy=zdnn&chkpt=zdnnp1tp02">
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reported</a> [<a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a>]
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that Boucher is planning to introduce a bill that would eliminate the
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"anti-circumvention" clause of the DMCA. It is certainly encouraging to
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see an elected representative taking an overtly pro-consumer line on these
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issues.
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<p>
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Another elected representative who seems to understand a thing or two is
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Rep. Darrell Issa, a member of the US House of Representatives' Judiciary
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Committee.
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<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5714">
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Speaking</a>
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to <EM>Linux Journal's</EM> Don Marti, he indicated that the SSSCA was "dead on arrival".
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Though this is encouraging, it might be foolish to get too relaxed until
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the grave is actually occupied. Don comments that Issa also seemed
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well informed on other issues in this area (DMCA, etc.,).
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<p>
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Perhaps when campaigning on issues of concern, it would be wise to be alert
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to good as well as bad news. Elected representatives careers are
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based on achieving public support and they can be very sensitive to public
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opinion. It could not hurt to mail guys like Boucher and Issa to tell
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them if you like what they are doing.
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<FONT COLOR="green">UCITA
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LWN reported that
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<a href="http://lwn.net/2002/0103/">
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UCITA is back again</a>.
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The main issue for the free software community would be that the UCITA, if
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it came into US law in its current form, would prohibit the distribution of
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software to consumers without warranty. This would mean that by
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distributing a free software utility, you could be held responsible by
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consumers for any flaws in the product (even though you have disclaimed all
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warranties, etc.,). This story was also
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23675.html">reported</a>
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by TheRegister, who linked to
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<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/UCITA_UCC2B/20000131_fight_ucita_stallman_paper.html">
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this article</a>
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by Richard Stallman on "Why We Must Fight UCITA".
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<FONT COLOR="green">Legislative Links
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<P>
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Indianapolis'
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<a href="http://www.starnews.com/article.php?legalfees04.html,news">
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attempt</A>
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to keep minors from playing violent video games in public arcades was ruled
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unconstitutional, at a cost of $318,000 to taxpayers.
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<P>
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NY Times
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/28/technology/28CYBERLAW.html">
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review</A>
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of the year in tech law, which makes a nice lead in to their
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<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/11/technology/11CYBERLAW.html">
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preview</A>
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of what might be to come. Both articles feature the input of various
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experts from the field, and both require registration.
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<P>
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<A href="http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-net-mg.htm">
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Essay</A> on cryptome.org
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by Mike Godwin on digital rights management and the battle
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between computer companies and entertainment companies. (Courtesy
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Crypto-Gram)
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<center><H3><font color="green">Linux Links</font></H3></center>
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<p>
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Jun Jungho mailed to announce a LG Korean translation site at
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<a href="http://www.whiterabbitpress.com/lg/">
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http://www.whiterabbitpress.com/lg/</a>.
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He and fellow volunteers have tested this site for
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5 months, and would now like to inform others. "I wish
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that this site gives more fun & infomation to Korean Linuxers."
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<P>
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<a href="http://www.wps.com/texts/codes/">
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ASCII: American Standard Code for Information <EM>Infiltration</EM></a>
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by Tom Jennings. A very interesting, and in-depth
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article. Covers history of ASCII, and its various developments over
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almost half a century.
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<P>
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Courtesy
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<a href="http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram.html">
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crypto-gram</a> is a link to a
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<a href="http://www.nipc.gov/cybernotes/2001/cyberissue2001-26.pdf">
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review</a> [pdf]
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of the year in vulnerabilities. This contains a list of all the operating
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systems and applications with vulnerabilities.
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<P>
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Newsforge has a
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<a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/15/1939255&mode=nocomment">
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story</a>
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on one person's experiences with
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<a href="http://www.gentoo.org">
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Gentoo Linux</a>
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, a distribution that requires
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the user to start the installation by compiling new compilers.
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In a similar vein, DistroWatch have a
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<a href="http://www.distrowatch.com/review-sorcerer.php">
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review</a>
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of Sorcerer GNU Linux, which again compiles much of the system from source
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during install.
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<P>
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ZDnet
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<a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2102466,00.html">
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asks</a>
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`is Linux ready for the desktop?'
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While
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<a href="http://www.cio.com/">
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Cio.com</a>
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tell us
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<a href="http://www.cio.com/archive/010102/shop_content.html">
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how to run</a>
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a Microsoft-free shop.
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<P>
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<EM>Linux Journal</EM> have
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<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com//article.php?sid=5672">
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looked back</a>
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over the problems exposed in SSH during the past year, and the solutions
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which have resulted.
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<P>
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Some links and stories that appeared on
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<a href="http://www.slashdot.org/">SlashDot</a>
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over the past month:
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<ul>
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<li>
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Kerneltrap
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<a href="http://kerneltrap.com/article.php?sid=490">
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interview</a>
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with Alan Cox about the kernel, DMCA and more.
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Linux Today reported Alan's recent release of
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<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-01-14-001-20-NW-KN">
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2.4.18PRE3-AC1</a>
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and
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<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-01-14-009-20-PS">
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2.4.18PRE3-AC2</a> (due to popular demand!).
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linux.html.it/articoli/rik_van_riel_en1.htm">
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Interview</a>
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with Rick van Riel, kernel developer.
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Talks about virtual memory controversies (among other things).
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/01/15/1245209.shtml">
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Kernel 2.5.2</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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The Linux Cookbook
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/books/02/01/02/0458242.shtml">
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book review</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/01/18/1457208.shtml">
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Story</a>
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about flashing a mini Linux OS onto 802.11b firmware with
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<a href="http://opensource.instant802.com/screenshots.php">
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screenshots</a>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<P>
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<a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com/">Linux Today</a> have featured the
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following links which you may be interested to follow:
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<ul>
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<li>
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LinuxSecurity.com
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<a href="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/cryptography_article-4229.html">
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article</a> on a vulnerability in the Linux encrypted loop device.
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</li>
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<li>
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Also from LinuxSecurity.com is an
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<a href="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/intrusion_detection_article-4240.html">
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article</a>
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on using statistical tools with the
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<a href="http://www.snort.org/">Snort</a> IDS.
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</li>
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<li>
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Caliban.org
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<a href="http://www.caliban.org/bash/index.shtml">
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article</a>
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on getting more from Bash.
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</li>
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<li>
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Bram Moolenaar writes about
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<a href="http://www.rons.net.cn/english/FSM/vim">
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Vim, an open-source text editor</a>, dealing both with technical issues and
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the background to his selection of the Charityware licence.
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</li>
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<li>
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LinuxLookup have
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<a href="http://www.linuxlookup.com/html/reviews/software/vmware-3.0.html">
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reviewed</a> VMWare 3.0 Workstation for Linux.
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</li>
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<li>
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The BBC is
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<a href="http://support.bbc.co.uk/ogg/">
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trialing</a>
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Ogg Vorbis streams for online listeners.
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</li>
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<li>
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The Guardian
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,629939,00.html">
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reports</a>
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on free software's fortunes during the downturn.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<P>
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TheRegister's Thomas Greene
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reported on getting
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23735.html">
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superior benchmarks</a> for Quake-3 FPS on Linux as opposed to Windows.
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Hardly a scientific test, but nice to see none the less.
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<p>
|
||
|
||
From the
|
||
<a href="http://oreillynet.com">
|
||
O'Reilly</a> stable of websites, the following may interest you:
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/01/10/xp.html">
|
||
An article</a> covering some of the issues in integrating WinXP into your
|
||
existing heterogeneous network.
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>
|
||
An
|
||
<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/01/03/cvs_intro.html">
|
||
introduction</a>
|
||
to CVS.
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>
|
||
Automating Network Administration,
|
||
<a href="http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/12/20/sysadmin.html">
|
||
Part One</a>
|
||
and
|
||
<a href="http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/01/04/sysadmin.html">
|
||
Part Two</a>.
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>
|
||
A discussion on the
|
||
<a href="http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/01/12/openinf.html">
|
||
question</a>
|
||
of whether
|
||
publicly funded research should result in open source code? Related to this
|
||
issue is a recent Salon
|
||
<a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/04/university_open_source/index.html">
|
||
article</a> on intellectual property and universities. The current head of
|
||
the Berkeley department responsible for intellectual property reckons they
|
||
should have licensed the TCP/IP stack and collected royalties all the way
|
||
to the bank.
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
|
||
Scientific American
|
||
<a href="http://www.sciam.com/2002/0202issue/0202patents.html">
|
||
article</a>
|
||
on really
|
||
<a href="http://www.bustpatents.com/">
|
||
bad patents</a>.
|
||
If you find those interesting, you might like to look at IBM's new
|
||
<a href="http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US06329919__">
|
||
patent</a>
|
||
for a toilet reservation system
|
||
<a href="http://www.aful.org/pipermail/patents/2002-January/002581.html">
|
||
highlighted</a>
|
||
by Hartmut Pilch on the
|
||
<a href="http://www.aful.org/pipermail/patents/">
|
||
patents mailing list</a>
|
||
at
|
||
<a href="http://www.aful.org/">
|
||
aful.org</a>.
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
|
||
<a href="http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich/misc/faqs/responding.faq">
|
||
What to do</a>
|
||
after a computer break-in.
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
|
||
Some
|
||
<a href="http://lwn.net/">
|
||
Linux Weekly News</a> highlights:
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>
|
||
LWN has
|
||
<a href="http://lwn.net/2002/0117/">
|
||
analysed</a>
|
||
the controversy surrounding Eric S Raymond's kernel auto-configuration
|
||
software. Eric has been defending the project using stories detailing
|
||
the plight of
|
||
<a href="http://lwn.net/2002/0117/a/aunt-tillie.php3">
|
||
Aunt Tillie</a>
|
||
as she tries to reconfigure her kernel. LWN has further amusing links.
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>
|
||
Final version of
|
||
<a href="http://lwn.net/2001/features/Timeline/">
|
||
LWN 2001 timetable</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>
|
||
Taking a
|
||
<a href="http://lwn.net/2002/0103/kernel.php3">
|
||
look at</a>
|
||
the phenomenon of people setting up multiple alternative kernel trees,
|
||
as a demonstration and staging area for their patches. Could other
|
||
projects benefit from this approach?
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li>
|
||
LWN's Jonathan Corbet
|
||
<a href="http://lwn.net/2002/0110/kernel.php3">
|
||
comments</a>
|
||
on the processes at work behind `large' Linux kernel changes, and how these
|
||
processes differ from practice in proprietary software development.
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
|
||
|
||
The Washington Post have an interesting article by Lawrence Lessig entitled
|
||
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11361-2002Jan7.html">
|
||
"Who's Holding Back Broadband"</a>.
|
||
It appears issues of control loom large in this area, with media companies
|
||
loath to take any move which might loosen their grip on the "content
|
||
industry". Embracing broadband would be just such a move.
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
|
||
Two
|
||
<a href="http://www.ibm.com">
|
||
IBM</a>
|
||
whitepapers
|
||
(<a href="http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/linux/whitepapers/security/les_summary.pdf?open&t=grl,l=927,p=LXS">here</a>
|
||
and
|
||
<a href="http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/linux/whitepapers/security/les_whitepaper.pdf?open&t=grl,l=927,p=SR4D">here</a>)
|
||
on security issues relating to "Linux in Enterprise Systems" (and we are
|
||
not talking about Klingons off the starboard bow). Both pdf's, and quite
|
||
large. IBM appears to be strengthening their support for Linux. Slashdot
|
||
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/01/25/1254250.shtml">reported</a>
|
||
that IBM's new $400,000 Z-series mainframe will not be sold with z/OS, but
|
||
rather with Linux.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a name="conferences"></a>
|
||
<p><hr><p>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3><font color="green">Upcoming conferences and events</font></H3></center>
|
||
|
||
<P> Listings courtesy <EM>Linux Journal</EM>. See <EM>LJ</EM>'s
|
||
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/events.php">Events</A> page for the
|
||
latest goings-on.
|
||
|
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<!-- *** BEGIN events table [this line needed by Linux Gazette events.py *** -->
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<table cellpadding=5 border=0 width=100%>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>January 30 - February 1, 2002<BR>New York, NY<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>The Tenth Annual Python Conference ("Python10")</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>February 4-7, 2002<BR>Alexandria, Virginia<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.python10.org/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.python10.com/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Australian Linux Conference</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>February 6-9, 2002<BR>Brisbane, Australia<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.linux.org.au/conf/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.linux.org.au/conf/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Internet Appliance Workshop</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>February 19-21, 2002<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.netapplianceconf.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.netapplianceconf.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 Wireless East (Penton)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>February 20-22, 2002<BR>New York, NY<BR> <a href="http://www.internetworld.com/events/weast2002/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.internetworld.com/events/weast2002/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Intel Developer Forum (Key3Media)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>February 25-28, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.intel94.com/idf/index2.asp" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.intel94.com/idf/index2.asp</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>COMDEX (Key3Media)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 5-7, 2002<BR>Chicago, IL<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.key3media.com/comdex/chicago2002/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.key3media.com/comdex/chicago2002/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>BioIT World Conference & Expo (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 12-14, 2002<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.bioitworld.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.bioitworld.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Embedded Systems Conference (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 12-16, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.esconline.com/sf/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.esconline.com/sf/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>CeBIT (Hannover Fairs)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 14-22, 2002<BR>Hannover, Germany<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.cebit.de/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.cebit.de/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>COMDEX (Key3Media)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 19-21, 2002<BR>Vancouver, BC<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.key3media.com/comdex/vancouver2002/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.key3media.com/comdex/vancouver2002/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>FOSE</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 19-21, 2002<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.fose.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.fose.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Game Developers Conference (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 19-23, 2002<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.gdconf.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.gdconf.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Singapore (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 20-22, 2002<BR>Singapore<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.idgexpoasia.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.idgexpoasia.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Software Solutions / eBusiness World</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 26-27, 2002<BR>Toronto, Canada<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.softmatch.com/soln20.htm#ssebw" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.softmatch.com/soln20.htm#ssebw</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>SANS 2002 (SANS Institute)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 7-9, 2002<BR>Orlando, FL<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Malaysia (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 9-11, 2002<BR>Malaysia<BR>
|
||
<A HREF="http://www.idgexpoasia.com/" TARGET="_blank">
|
||
http://www.idgexpoasia.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Dublin (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 9-11, 2002<BR>Dublin, Ireland<BR>
|
||
<BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Internet World Spring (Penton)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 22-24, 2002<BR>Los Angeles, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.internetworld.com/events/spring2002/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.internetworld.com/events/spring2002/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (O'Reilly)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 22-25, 2002<BR>Santa Clara, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Software Development Conference & Expo, West (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 22-26, 2002<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.sdexpo.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.sdexpo.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Networld + Interop (Key3Media)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>May 7-9, 2002<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.key3media.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.key3media.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Strictly e-Business Solutions Expo (Cygnus Expositions)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>May 8-9, 2002<BR>Minneapolis, MN<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.strictlyebusiness.net/strictlyebusiness/index.po?" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.strictlyebusiness.net/strictlyebusiness/index.po?</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Embedded Systems Conference (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>June 3-6, 2002<BR>Chicago, IL<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.esconline.com/chicago/" target=_"blank">
|
||
http://www.esconline.com/chicago/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>USENIX Annual (USENIX)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>June 9-14, 2002<BR>Monterey, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>PC Expo (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>June 25-27, 2002<BR>New York, NY<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.techxny.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.techxny.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>O'Reilly Open Source Convention (O'Reilly)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>July 22-26, 2002<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://conferences.oreilly.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://conferences.oreilly.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>USENIX Securty Symposium (USENIX)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>August 5-9, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>August 12-15, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Australia (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>August 14 - 16, 2002<BR>Australia<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.idgexpoasia.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.idgexpoasia.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Communications Design Conference (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>September 23-26, 2002<BR>San Jose, California<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.commdesignconference.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.commdesignconference.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Software Development Conference & Expo, East (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>November 18-22, 2002<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.sdexpo.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.sdexpo.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
</table>
|
||
<!-- *** END events table [this line needed by Linux Gazette events.py *** -->
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a name="general"></a>
|
||
<p><hr><p>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3><font color="green">News in General</font></H3></center>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
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<P> <hr> <P>
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Euro Support
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
As many of you have surely noticed, the euro became a real paper and coins
|
||
currency on the first of January 2002. Being able to type the euro symbol
|
||
is now something which will be necessary for very many computer users.
|
||
<a href="http://www.debian.org/">
|
||
The Debian Project</a>
|
||
have released the
|
||
<a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-euro-support/">
|
||
Debian Euro HOWTO</a>
|
||
by Javier Fern<72>ndez-Sanguino Pe<50>a which details how to enable support for
|
||
the symbol in your Linux system. Much of the advice will be of use to
|
||
users of distributions other than Debian.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Long-term, the best solution may be a move towards Unicode. This is
|
||
particularly the case when interoperability with Windows systems is
|
||
required.
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
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<FONT COLOR="green">Athlon/Duron and Linux Bug
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
A bug in AMD's Athlon family of processors has been
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/23749.html">
|
||
reported</a>
|
||
on TheRegister, following an earlier
|
||
revelation by
|
||
<a href="http://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux</a>. The issue relates to
|
||
extended memory paging sizes and is a bug in the processor, not the kernel.
|
||
Those using Linux 2.4 kernels, and AGP may experience problems with memory
|
||
corruption. The fix is to pass the option "mem=nopentium" to the kernel at
|
||
boot-time (via GRUB or LILO). Gentoo have a good description of the
|
||
situation on their main webpage at the moment, and an analysis of how this
|
||
was neglected for so long (since September 2000!).
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Adoption
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">
|
||
TheRegister.co.uk</a>
|
||
recently
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23667.html">
|
||
reported</a>
|
||
that Korea is to convert 120K civil servants to Linux desktop use. This
|
||
appears to be as much a fightback by local favourite Haansoft (producers of
|
||
Hancom Linux, and HancomOffice) as a victory for Linux, but it is still
|
||
good news.
|
||
<p>
|
||
In a separate development, NewsForge
|
||
<a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/09/1252220&mode=nocomment">
|
||
reports</a> that
|
||
Red Hat India is helping to introduce GNU/Linux as part of a scheme to meet
|
||
the software needs of the Indian education system. The program will include
|
||
not only software, but also free training to help get the scheme off the
|
||
ground.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Spinning the globe again, this time to China, we see more penguins on the
|
||
march. Linux Today have a
|
||
<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-01-08-025-20-NW-MS">
|
||
report</a>
|
||
that Linux is making an impression on many in China. Apparently the
|
||
Chinese Academy of Sciences have published a report highlighting the
|
||
savings which could be achieved by using Linux as an alternative to
|
||
Microsoft solutions. This follows a Gartner
|
||
<a href="http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=103604">
|
||
report</a> that Microsoft recently lost out on a major IT investment in
|
||
China, while indigenous firms including Red Flag Linux were favoured.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
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|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Penguin Art
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
A new issue of TUX (Terminator Unit X) online comic is now available at:
|
||
<a href="http://www.thelinuxreview.com/TUX/">
|
||
http://www.thelinuxreview.com/TUX/</a>. the reports of TUX's death have
|
||
been greatly exaggerated.
|
||
<P>
|
||
Also in the artistic vein,
|
||
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/">IBM</a> have updated their
|
||
<a href="http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/?t=gr,p=LinuxAnimation">
|
||
Linux Cartoons</a>
|
||
page. Flash or Real Player required.
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Trojan Found
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a href="http://www.qualys.com">
|
||
qualys.com</a>
|
||
have
|
||
<a href="https://www.qualys.com/pr/release_01_09_02.html">
|
||
announced</a>
|
||
that they have discovered a Linux Trojan, in the wild.
|
||
This follows qualys's discovery of a very similar linux trojan
|
||
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/08/019246">
|
||
last year</a>. This story was also
|
||
<a href="http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173408.html">
|
||
picked up</a> by Newsbytes.com, and from there Slashdot
|
||
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/05/230233&mode=nested">
|
||
got in on the act</a>. To be infected, you must execute the trojan
|
||
as root, so there is likely to be a need for some sort of social
|
||
engineering in getting this one to propagate. Main risk would be if a
|
||
binary in a Linux distribution became infected, since most people trust the
|
||
binaries on their install media. At the very least, this is another very
|
||
good reason to be very very careful what you do as root.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">DOSSIER, Documentation Source
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://www.ptf.com/dossier">
|
||
DOSSIER</a>
|
||
is a convenient new way to get printed
|
||
documentation for Free and Open Source software. Current topics include
|
||
"Email", "File Systems", "Kernel", PostgreSQL", "Python", and "Text". The
|
||
demand-printed volumes may be ordered from
|
||
<a href="http://www.bsdmall.com">
|
||
BSDMall</a>.
|
||
The motivation and rationale for DOSSIER are covered in
|
||
"<a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200201/meta.html">
|
||
DOSSIER and the Meta Project (Part 1)</a>",
|
||
in
|
||
<a href="http://www.daemonnews.org">
|
||
Daemon News</a>.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a name="distro"></a>
|
||
<p><hr><p>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3><font color="green">Distro News</font></H3></center>
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">BrlSpeak
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
BrlSpeak is a new mini-distribution of Linux that comes with support for
|
||
<STRONG>braille</STRONG> and <STRONG>speech</STRONG> built-in. The objective
|
||
is to offer an easy-to-install solution for blind persons who wish to install a
|
||
Linux distribution on their computer without any assistance from a sighted
|
||
pereson. BrlSpeak provides a built-in preconfigurer so that you should be able
|
||
to preconfigure the BrlTty Makefile before starting Linux. Compilation and
|
||
automated activation of the braille device is the next step, and will be
|
||
performed when booting the distrib. BrlSpeak was based on Matthew campbell's
|
||
ZipSpeak mini-distribution, that's why it contains the SpeakUp screen reader
|
||
for supporting speech synthesizers. The BrlSpeak is available in many
|
||
languages. To download it, visit the
|
||
<a href="http://www.audiobraille.org/blinux/brlspeak.html">
|
||
BrlSpeak Projet Home Page</a>.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Author: Osvaldo La Rosa, freely distributable, UMSDOS mini-distribution,
|
||
size: 36MB, available as: zip or iso, website:
|
||
<a href="http://www.audiobraille.org/blinux/brlspeak.html#english">
|
||
en</a>,
|
||
<a href="http://www.audiobraille.org/blinux/brlspeak.html#francais">
|
||
fr</a>,
|
||
<a href="http://www.audiobraille.org/blinux/brlspeak.html#nederlands">
|
||
nl</a>.
|
||
Any contributions welcome!
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Debian
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<a href="http://www.debian.org/">
|
||
Debian GNU/Linux</a>
|
||
2.2r5 has been released. This fifth revision adds security updates and
|
||
some bug fixes to the stable `potato' release. A list of FTP and HTTP
|
||
mirrors is available at
|
||
<a href="http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist">
|
||
http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist</a>.
|
||
Point apt (see the sources.list(5) manual page) at an up to date mirror and
|
||
then run apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
|
||
The complete list of all accepted and rejected packages together with
|
||
rationale is on the
|
||
<a href="http://people.debian.org/~joey/2.2r5/">
|
||
preparation page</a>
|
||
for this revision
|
||
<P>
|
||
It is a good idea to keep an eye on
|
||
<a href="http://security.debian.org/">
|
||
http://security.debian.org/</a>
|
||
or to subscribe to the debian security announce mailing list. There have
|
||
been quite a few security announcements in the past month.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr noshade width="20%">
|
||
<p>
|
||
|
||
Debian Weekly News
|
||
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2002/2/">
|
||
reported</a> that
|
||
new "Debian on CD" Web Pages have been
|
||
<a href="http://www.debian.org/CD/">
|
||
launched</a>.
|
||
These replace the
|
||
old pages on
|
||
<a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/">
|
||
cdimage.debian.org</a>,
|
||
which "were often criticised by visitors of the website". The new pages
|
||
feature improved documentation, direct download links for images, a CD
|
||
vendor list Apart from an extended FAQ, the new pages offer direct download
|
||
links for CD images, a list of CD vendors, artwork, and info on
|
||
<a href="http://atterer.net/jigdo/">
|
||
jigdo</a>,
|
||
the new distribution scheme for downloading CD images from any normal
|
||
Debian mirror.
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr noshade width="20%">
|
||
<p>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com/">Linux Today</a>
|
||
highlighted a
|
||
<a href="http://people.debian.org/~jgb/debian-counting/">
|
||
report</a>
|
||
on the size of Debian 2.2, which includes
|
||
more than 55,000,000 physical SLOC:
|
||
The COCOMO model estimates
|
||
that its cost would be close to $1.9 billion USD to develop
|
||
Debian 2.2.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr noshade width="20%">
|
||
<p>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
Also highlighted by
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com/">Linux Today</a>
|
||
was this
|
||
<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=129604">
|
||
bugreport</a>, which comments on vulnerability notification and the Debian
|
||
Social Contract.
|
||
"Over the past few months,
|
||
the GNU/Linux community has slowly adopted a way of dealing with
|
||
security issues which closely resembles the approach suggested by
|
||
Microsoft last year: more-or-less systematic hiding of security
|
||
problems from end users, at least for some time. Some Debian
|
||
maintainers seem to participate in this process, and hold
|
||
back security fixes, waiting for events to happen which are
|
||
external and not related to the Debian project (for example,
|
||
other distributors being ready to publish fixes)."
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Mandrake
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
Linux Planet have started a 'Month Later' addition to their Distribution
|
||
Watch section. The first distro to receive this
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/4000/1/">
|
||
second look</a>
|
||
is Mandrake 8.1.
|
||
The review discusses the process of getting settled in and smoothing
|
||
out the routine bumps and curves of this distribution.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Red Hat
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
The Washington Post Washtech.com site has
|
||
<a href="http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14759-1.html">
|
||
reported</a>
|
||
that AOL Time Warner is in talks to buy Red Hat. Everything is very vague
|
||
("fluid" appears to be the official term), so it is difficult to know what
|
||
the chances are such a deal actually coming off. Andrew Orlowski of
|
||
TheRegister is somewhat
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/23746.html">
|
||
sceptical</a>
|
||
about the rumours. He also makes some good comments about what the
|
||
wider implications of such a deal could be.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a name="commercial"></a>
|
||
<p><hr><p>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3><font color="green">Software and Product News</font></H3></center>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">GUI Based DSSSL/XSLT DocBook Tool Released
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://www.commandprompt.com">
|
||
Command Prompt</a> is pleased to announce the release of DocPro 0.2.0.
|
||
<a href="http://www.commandprompt.com/entry.lxp?lxpe=2">
|
||
DocPro</a>
|
||
is a tool for professional technical authors whom maintain
|
||
a large amount of SGML/XML based documentation. DocPro will take any DocBook
|
||
document and transform it into a user defined format (Postscript, HTML
|
||
etc...).
|
||
<P>
|
||
DocPro will correctly transform multiple documents, to multiple output
|
||
formats. It includes the capability to arbitrarily set font sizes, margins,
|
||
callout definitions etc... via a GUI interface.
|
||
<P>
|
||
DocPro currently runs on x86 Linux only, though there will be a release
|
||
for YellowDog Linux (PPC) and MacOS X shortly. The Deluxe version of DocPro
|
||
comes with the popular DocParse tools for converting HTML to DocBook.
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Adobe GoLive 6 Integrates Zend PHP Debugger
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P> Adobe Systems will include
|
||
<a href="http://www.zend.com">
|
||
Zend</a>'s
|
||
PHP Debugger in its new release of GoLive 6, its flagship product for Web
|
||
site development. This will give GoLive developers integrated access to
|
||
advanced PHP debugging for their toughest applications and dynamic Web
|
||
sites using scripting languages.
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">CxProtect
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://www.calibretechnologies.com/CxProtect.html">
|
||
CxProtect</a>
|
||
is an AntiVirus Solution for Linux Mail Servers. It is a binary based
|
||
solution that using the Command AntiVirus API. The software offers
|
||
detection and disinfection of attachments being transported via the Linux
|
||
Mail Server. The only change required to the existing Sendmail.cf is to
|
||
register CxProject as the MDA. Post-install configuration is done via a
|
||
web browser interface.
|
||
<P> Download available at
|
||
<a href="http://www.calibretechnologies.com/downloads/CxProtect.tar.gz">
|
||
http://www.calibretechnologies.com/downloads/CxProtect.tar.gz</a>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Mahogany 0.64 Released
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
A new release of
|
||
<a href="http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/">
|
||
Mahogany</a>,
|
||
has been made.
|
||
Mahogany is an OpenSource cross-platform mail and news client,
|
||
available for X11/Unix and MS Windows platforms. It supports many of
|
||
the internet protocols and standards, including POP3, IMAP4, SMTP and NNTP.
|
||
Mahogany also supports MIME and many common Unix mailbox formats.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Source and binaries for a of
|
||
Linux and Unix systems as well as binaries for Win32 are
|
||
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3100">
|
||
now available</a>.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
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<H5 ALIGN=center>
|
||
Copyright © 2002, Michael Conry and
|
||
the Editors of <A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com"><I>Linux Gazette</I></A>.<BR>
|
||
Copying license <A HREF="../copying.html">http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html</A><BR>
|
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Published in Issue 75 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, February 2002</H5>
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