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<li><a HREF="#links">Linux Links</a>
<li><a HREF="#conferences">Conferences and Events</a>
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<FONT COLOR="green">CBDTPA
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The
<a href="http://www.eff.org/">
Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>
has published the
<a href="http://www.eff.org/EFFector/HTML/effect15.11.html#VI">
results</a>
of their "Alphabet Soup Contest" to find more meaningful interpretations of
acronyms like CBDTPA. Among the
<a href="http://www.eff.org/EFFector/HTML/effect15.11.html#VI">
winners</a>
was Steven Cherry with the insightful translation: "Consume, But Don't Try
Programming Anything" which very succinctly sums up what many would see as
the spirit behind this legislation. Unsurprisingly, initiatives like the
<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/SSSCA_CBDTPA/20020321_s2048_cbdtpa_bill.pdf">
CBDTPA</a>
and groupings such as the
<a href="http://bpdg.blogs.eff.org/">
BPDG</a> [EFF link] (Broadcast Protection Discussion Group) have met with
substantial popular opposition.
<a href="http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/C/20020410/gt?tf=tgam%252Frealtime%252Ffullstory_Tech.html&cf=globetechnology/tech-config-neutral&slug=gt&date=20020410&archive=RTGAM&site=Technology">
globetechnology.com reported</a>
Judiciary Committee spokeswoman Mimi Devin as saying that not one email in
support of the bill had been received. This would seem to indicate that
the only people who can benefit from the bill are those who helped draw it
up. Additionally, a number of websites (such as
<a href="http://www.eff.org/">
EFF</a>
and
<a href="http://digitalconsumer.org/">
DigitalConsumer.org</a>) have served as rallying points for those opposed
to the introduction of these laws, and it is very difficult to find any
pro-CBDTPA online presence outside of corporate webpages. A recent
<a href="http://linuxandmain.com/essay/craymond.html">
article</a>
by Catherine Olanich Raymond provides a reasoned and legally informed
analysis of the principles behind this broad opposition.
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Although the DMCA is very detrimental to consumers, it should not be
forgotten that it poses serious risks to scientific research also. This
was seen clearly in the case of
<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/Emulation/Blizzard_v_bnetd/20020408_eff_bnetd_pr.html">
Edward Felten vs the RIAA</a>.
A reminder was provided by the IEEE's decision to require researchers
submitting journal papers to
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/14/166232&mode=thread">
guarantee that the work</a>
did not violate the DMCA.
As
<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">
New Scientist</a>
later
<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992169">
reported</a>, this decision was reversed due to popular opposition.
However, as
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/04/17/1649201.shtml?tid=167">
pointed out</a> on Slashdot, it is regrettable that the reversal was based
on complaints rather than on legal arguments or rights. This is a positive
development, but hardly a vindication of scientific freedoms.
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<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/134438173_passport18.html">
The Seattle Times reported</a>
that the US federal government is considering the use of Microsoft's
Passport technology to verify the online identity of American citizens.
This would allow citizens to authenticate themselves at government websites
where they might deal with such business as paying taxes or learning about
their entitlements. This would obviously be an incredible coup for
Microsoft, who
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24923.html">
The Register reports</a>,
have been pushing hard for popular adoption of Passport technology. It
also forms part of a broad plan to persuade governments to base their IT
infrastructure around Microsoft products. This has had
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24882.html">
significant success</a>
in the United Kingdom.
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The following articles are in the May/June issue of the E-zine
<A HREF="http://www.linuxfocus.org/">LinuxFocus</A>:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2002/article236.shtml">A LCD control panel for your Linux server</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2002/article240.shtml">Using a Minolta Dimage 5 camera under Linux</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2002/article241.shtml">GNUMail.app, the portability evidence</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2002/article242.shtml">Getting to know XML</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2002/article243.shtml">Introduction to cryptography</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2002/article244.shtml">Discover the universe</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2002/article246.shtml">Trying out KDE3</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2002/article247.shtml">Replacing a Windows NT/2000 server using Linux and SAMBA</a><br></li>
</UL>
<P>
<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6008">
An interview</a>
at Linux Journal about the Linux movement and Linux Users Groups in India.
<P>
Also at Linux Journal,
<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6017">
Linux WiFi Router</a>
brings in Subscribers for Ghana's Largest ISP.
<P>
Slashdot links:
<LI> Does Senator Hollings have his good side after all?
<a href="http://slashdot.org/yro/02/04/19/1551240.shtml?tid%103">Early reports</A>
of his net privacy bill seemed to suggest so, but
<A
HREF="http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/26/hollings_spyware/index.html">a
later Salon article</A> thinks it's just business as usual: make a bil that pretends
to safeguard people's privacy, but actually gives it to the marketers on a platter.
Not your "sensitive" information (medical history, race, religion, political
affiliation, etc), but your "nonsensitive" information--which includes your name,
address, and anything you buy over the Internet. Fortunately for the marketers,
this "nonsensitive" information is precisely what they want. Unfortunately for
individual privacy, one can make a fairly good guess what your medical history,
race, religion and political affiliation is just by analyzing what you buy and
which web pages you read. So, is there anything good about this bill after all?
At press time, it's too early to say.
<LI> Microsoft FUD notwithstanding, the SAMBA team is
<A HREF="http://us1.samba.org/samba/ms_license.html">not affected</A> by a
recent MS licence on a technical document related to the CIFS protocol (the license
forbids the information from being used in GPL code) and two patents related to
the CIFS protocol, because SAMBA doesn't use that implementation anyway.
<LI> Microsoft lawyer says Linux "<A HREF="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/04/29/1639219.shtml?tid=109">is not piracy</A>"
during a European conference on software piray. Slashdot contributor dipfan
notes the article "it quotes Microsoft's top in-house lawyer Brad Smith as saying: 'Linux is a way of developing software whereas piracy is copying.'"
</UL>
IBM developerWorks
<a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-share2?Open&t=grl,l<>7,p=shar2">
article</a>
on sharing computers, comparing SSH, remote X, VNC, and other technologies
as ways of remotely running applications.
<p>
A couple of links which might be of use when considering new hardware
purchases are
<a href="http://www.linux.org/hardware/components.html">
Linux.org's hardware list</a>
and
<a href="http://lhd.datapower.com/">
The Linux Hardware Database</a>.
Slashdot also recently ran a
<a href="http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/02/04/23/2149241.shtml?tid=106">
story</a>
on hardware manufacturers that actively support Linux.
<p>
Some links from
<a href="http://lwn.net/">
Linux Weekly News</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://lwn.net/2002/features/rms.php3">
Interview</a>
with Richard Stallman, clearing up some misconceptions about his views.
Interestingly, he also says the Free Software Foundation may have to
move out of the US if the CBDTPA (SSSCA) is enacted.
</li>
<li>
Unix
<a href="http://lwn.net/2002/0404/">
gets Microsoft and Unisys good</a>.
MS and Unisys run an ad campaign called "We have the way out",
describing Unix as an expensive trap, so naturally... the campaign's
web site is
<a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-874132.html">
running Free BSD</a>!
A hasty move to a Windows system (IIS according to Netcraft), failed so
badly that
<a href="http://www.wehavethewayout.com/">
the site</a>
was down for several days.
</li>
<li>
Jim Dennis (the Answer Guy!)
<a href="http://lwn.net//2002/0404/letters.php3">
nominates</a>
Senator Fritz Hollings (the CBDTPA/SSSCA Guy) for the post of Grand
Software Source Code Dictator. Meanwhile Leon Brooks offers the
"community baseball diamond" analogy for the CBDTPA/SSSCA (Subject:
Disney hates baseball, film at 11?).
</li>
<li>
Eric Raymond
<a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-871395.html">
says (in an interview with ZDNet)</a>,
"Linux will take over the desktop, ... whether we clean up and polish
our interfaces or not." and "[Linux's UI] doesn't suck."
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Some links from
<a href="http://slashdot.org/">
Slashdot</a>:
<ul>
<li>
O'Reilly
<a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/04/02/lessig.html">
interview</a>
with Lawrence Lessig on the future of the public domain.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/24/2226241&mode=nested&tid=106">
Story</a>
about the decision
<a href="http://www.dreamworks.com/">
Dreamworks</a>
made to
<a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/04/24/1643238.shtml?tid=23">
port all of their front-end servers and workstations to Linux</a>.
</li>
<li>
Microsoft has
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/11/technology/11NET.html">
backed off</a>
Hailstorm, saying that it could not find any partners (merchants)
willing to commit to the program. "Microsoft was unable to persuade
either consumer companies or software developers that it had solved all
of the privacy and security issues raised by the prospect of keeping
personal information in a centralized repository."
</li>
<li>
Charmed
<a href="http://www.charmed.com/products/catalog/catalog.php">
announces</a>
Transmeta Crusoe-based Linux Wearable.
</li>
</ul>
<P>
Some links from the O'Reilly stable of websites:
<ul>
<li>
An
<a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/excerpt/ssh_11/index2.html">
excerpt</a>
from "SSH: The Secure Shell", in which the
authors introduce the Session Control Protocol, SCP, and show how
to use it through a gateway.
</li>
<li>
An
<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/09/20/enterprise.html">
introduction</a> to wireless Linux, and also a
<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/04/11/enterprise.html">
guide</a>
to configuring the Apple AirPort base station from Linux.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/29/ibook_linux.html">
Installing</a>
Debian on an iBook.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/04/16/cory.html">
The Law of Unintended Consequences</a>:
"...the measure of a product's success is how far it diverges from its
creator's intentions."
</li>
<li>
The Body Electronic: An
<a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/04/12/morris.html">
Interview</a>
With IBM's Robert Morris, discussing autonomic computing.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/04/18/pam2.html">
Writing PAM-Capable Applications</a>, Part Two
Jennifer Vesperman covers how to call PAM authentication, account
management, session management, and token-changing functions.
</li>
</ul>
<P>
Some interesting stories from the The Register:
<ul>
<li>
Microsoft
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24852.html">
to introduce</a>
Windows-only 'Soft Wi-Fi' 802.11x system.
</li>
<li>
Microsoft anti-GPL fine print
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24885.html">
threatens competition</a>. Could spell trouble for Samba.
</li>
<li>
Gates: GPL
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24970.html">
will eat your economy</a>, but BSD's cool. Also,
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24990.html">
interesting testimony</a>, how
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24982.html">
windows is best</a>, and
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24974.html">
impending armageddon</a>.
</li>
<li>
Symantec
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/24952.html">
prepares Linux firewall</a>
for IBM iSeries.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
<a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com/">
Linux Today</a> have highlighted several interesting links over the past
month:
<ul>
<li>
MSNBC on
<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/737744.asp">
Linux for the Masses</a>.
</li>
<li>
Linux and Main reported that Marcelo Tosatti, Linux-2.4 kernel
maintainer, was
<a href="http://www.linuxandmain.com/news/marcelo.html">
deported by U.S. Immigration</a>
due to visa problems.
</li>
<li>
The Jones School of Management at Rice University in Houston is
<a href="http://www.surveypro.com/cgi-bin/surveypro/run_survey.cgi?id=2444">
researching social interactions</a>
online and in particular how communities organized around products or
brands (such as Linux). They would like Linux users to complete an
online questionnaire.
</li>
<li>
Newsforge story on Linux and
<a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/04/17/025205.shtml?tid=8">
the art of 3D game programming</a>
</li>
<li>
Linux Planet have published
<a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/4161/1/">
an introduction</a>
to the area of Linux package management.
</li>
<li>
A LinuxSecurity.com
<a href="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/ids-active-response.html">
article</a>
on how a system should react when the intrusion detection system says
something's awry.
</li>
</ul>
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<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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<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>
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<b>IBM developerWorks Live!</br><BR>
<td valign=top>May 7-10, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
<a href="http://www-3.ibm.com/events/ibmdeveloperworkslive/index.html" target="_blank">
http://www-3.ibm.com/events/ibmdeveloperworkslive/index.html</a><br>
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<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>
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<b>O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (O'Reilly)</b><BR>
<td valign=top>May 13-16, 2002<BR>Santa Clara, CA<BR>
<a href="http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/" target="_blank">
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/</A><BR>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Lindows Controversy
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.lindows.com/">
Lindows</a> is not only in legal wrangles
<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134430414_lindows03.html">
with Microsoft</a>,
but has now run foul of the
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/fsf/fsf.html">
Free Software Foundation</a>.
It would appear that Lindows has been
<a href="http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/04/11/148251">
somewhat casual</a>
about distributing source code for their products.
Bruce Perens has written an
<a href="http://www.lwn.net/daily/perens-robertson.php3">
open letter</a>
to Michael Robertson (Lindows CEO) calling on the company to be honest
partners in the free software endeavor.
<a href="http://www.monolinux.com/">Mono Linux</a>
has published a report and analysis of Lindows, available in two parts
(
<a href="http://www.monolinux.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=103">
one</a> and
<a href="http://www.monolinux.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=105">
two</a>).
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<FONT COLOR="green">New version of the IP Masquerade HOWTO is available
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch">
David Ranch</a> has announced the release of the
<a href="http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/index-linux.html#ipmasq">
IP Masquerade HOWTO</a>.
<P> Recent changes include:
<ul>
<li>
Updated all the various chapters to use human readable file names
vs. things like "x2623.html".
</li>
<li>
init.d-style startup scripts for the rc.firewall rulesets.
</li>
<li>
Expanded the IPMASQ accounting section.
</li>
<li>
Many updated URL's.
</li>
<li>
Fixed the $PORTFWIP bug.
</li>
</ul>
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<FONT COLOR="green">$20m Compaq Linux Win
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.compaq.com/">
Compaq Computer Corporation</a>
have announced a three-year, $20 million agreement with
RackShack,
the hosting services arm of
of
<a href="http://www.ev1.net">
Everyones Internet</a>.
Compaq will equip RackShack's IT data centers with
industry-standard Compaq ProLiant servers for a tier one,
<a href="http://www.compaq.com/linux">
Linux-based</a>
Web hosting solution.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Debian
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.debian.org/vote/2002/platforms/bdale">
Bdale Garbee</a>,
an Engineer/Scientist in the Linux Systems Operation group for
Hewlett-Packard, has
<a href="http://www.debian.org/vote/2002/vote_0001">
been elected</a>
Debian project leader.
<P>
<hr noshade width="20%">
<P>
Debian Weekly News
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2002/17/">
recently reported</a>
that Nathan Hawkins has
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd-0204/msg00021.html">
announced</a>
a new base tarball for those who would like to see Debian GNU/FreeBSD live.
The status of this port is
<a href="http://people.debian.org/~utsl/freebsd-i386/status.html">
available here</a>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Gentoo
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/">
Linux Planet</a> have recently
<a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/4149/1/">
reviewed</a>
<a href="http://www.gentoo.org">
Gentoo Linux</a>, a source based distribution aimed at people comfortable
with software development (among others).
<p>
Gentoo can also be installed on the PPC platform, and has been
<a href="http://www.imaclinux.net/plain_page.php?caller=imaclinux.php3+record=94">
reviewed</a> by iMacLinux (link courtesy Linux Today).
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Hancom
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.linuxandmain.com/">
Linux and Main</a> have an
<a href="http://www.linuxandmain.com/features/decrem.html">
interview</a>
with Bart Decrem, co-founder of Eazel (producers of the Nautilus graphical
shell for GNOME) and vice president of Hancom Linux. Decrem discusses
software in Korea, why companies and governments outside the US don't want
to become too dependent on Microsoft, and more.
Also
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/25/0122208&mode=nested&tid=163">
featured</a>
on Slashdot. While on the subject of Hancom Linux, Linux and Main
<a href="http://www.linuxandmain.com/news/hancomarab.html">
also reported</a>
that Hancom Linux is shipping what is believed to be the first
Arab-language Linux distribution.
As
<a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=969">
reported by OSNews</a>,
Hancom have now completely focused on the Linux platform for their Hancom
Office productivity suite.
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<FONT COLOR="green">SOT Linux
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
Linux Today have the
<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-04-24-016-26-PR-SW">
story</a>
that SOT, publisher of Best Linux, has announced a change of name for its
Linux distribution to coincide with the release of a new version of the
distro. In future it will be known as SOT Linux.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">SuSE
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/">
SuSE Linux</a>
and
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/">
IBM</a>
have announced a broad services alliance that will enable
both companies to jointly provide Linux support and services to
corporate customers around the world.
In the agreement,
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/services">
IBM Global Services</a>
and SuSE will collaborate on support and professional services. IBM will
package and support turnkey implementations of SuSE Linux Enterprise
Server, backed by SuSE's expert development, maintenance, and support
teams. In addition to this complete services offering, the two
organizations will also collaborate on customer engagements and supplement
each other's skills to provide a formidable Linux services delivery
capability for corporate customers.
<p>
<hr noshade width="20%">
<p>
Slashdot ran the
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/04/23/1326223.shtml?tid3">
story</a> that
SuSE 8.0 has shipped, and now includes KDE 3.0, kernel 2.4.18, and various
other upgrades/enhancements.
<a name="commercial"></a>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Mammoth PostgreSQL Released
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
Mammoth PostgreSQL from
<a href="http://www.commandprompt.com/">
Command Prompt, Inc.</a>
is an SQL-compatible Object Relational Database Management
System (ORDBMS). It is designed to give small to medium size businesses the
power, performance, and open-standard support they desire. 100% compatible
with the PostgreSQL 7.2.1 release, Mammoth PostgreSQL provides a
commercially-supported PostgreSQL distribution for Solaris, MacOS X and Red
Hat Linux x86 platforms. Mammoth PostgreSQL ships with built-in support
for SSL connectivity (Native and ODBC), as well as programming APIs for
C/C++, Perl, and Python. There are one-time and subscription-based
licensing models available for immediate purchase.
<P>
Command Prompt, Inc., provides support, custom programming, and
services for PostgreSQL. Service contracts, as well as time and materials
support are available, allowing for single-point accountability for a
customer's database solution.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Growth Spurs Tool Sales for Etnus
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.etnus.com">
Etnus</a>,
a supplier of debuggers for complex code, have announced record-breaking
sales of its TotalView debugger on Intel Linux platforms, linking the sales
to increased development of complex and mission critical codes on Linux
systems. Both sales volume and number of licenses sold for the Etnus
TotalView debugger on Intel Linux platforms doubled over first quarter 2001
and, for the first time, Etnus reported that Linux was the top-selling
platform. Etnus TotalView is a cross-platform, state of the art debugger
supporting C/C++ and Fortran.
<P>
Etnus believes Linux will continue to be a leader among the many
platforms they support and will continue to expand functionality there. The
next release of TotalView will add support for GCC 3.X and the Intel
compilers for Linux.
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<FONT COLOR="green">CylantSecure
</FONT>
</H3>
<p>
CylantSecure is an intrusion detection system for Linux and other Unix
variants that stops attacks before they occur by monitoring the behavior of
the operating system. It has been developed and produced by
<a href="http://www.cylant.com">
Cylant</a>,
a division of Software Systems International. By adding instrumentation to
the kernel, Cylant is enabled to benchmark server behavior patterns and
detect changes in those patterns during operation. If an abnormal behavior
occurs, it can be stopped in real time, preventing attacks before they are
executed.
<P> This technique is based on the principle that most attacks change the
behavior of the software being exploited in a measurable way. CylantSecure
uses sensors to monitor the behavior of the software, along with a
statistical analysis engine to identify any abnormalities in the behavior.
Through continuous behavioral monitoring, CylantSecure can send
administrators early warning of attacks, so appropriate measures can be
taken. Such measures might include shutting down the program, shunning
traffic from the attacking IP or performing system state analysis.
<p>
Get more information on the
<a href="http://www.cylant.com">
Cylant website</a>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Opera 6.0 for Linux Beta 2 Released
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.opera.com">
Opera Software ASA</a>
have released Opera
6.0 for Linux Beta 2 with improved features and looks to increase the
speed and enjoyment of Linux users worldwide. The earlier version of Opera
for Linux, Opera 5, has reached a milestone of one million successful
downloads and installations.
<P>
For a complete changelog of Opera 6.0 for Linux Beta 2, please visit
<a href="http://www.opera.com/linux/changelog/">
http://www.opera.com/linux/changelog/</a>
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">McObject's eXtremeDB 2.0
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.mcobject.com">
McObject</a>
has released version 2.0 of its
eXtremeDB
small footprint, main memory database on Linux, with new features to
improve developer flexibility and enhance the run-time capabilities of
applications based on eXtremeDB.
McObject built eXtremeDB from scratch to meet the CPU and RAM
constraints of intelligent, connected devices while offering dramatic
performance improvements over traditional disk-based database systems.
Enhancements in version 2.0 include:
<P>
An evaluation version of eXtremeDB 2.0 is available from
<a href="http://www.mcobject.com/download">
www.mcobject.com/download</a> for free download.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Mozilla
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">
Mozilla</a>
1.0 release candidate 1 has been
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0/">
released</a>.
This is a trial run for the upcoming 1.0 release, and is a good indicator
of how close that day is. Indeed, Mozilla even managed to
<a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020429-232589,00.html">
attract the attention</a>
of
<a href="http://www.time.com/">
Time Magazine</a>,
which reported on the possibility that a Mozilla release could break the
browser war armistice.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Arkeia Releases A New Version 5 Beta
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.arkeia.com">
Arkeia Corporation</a>
has released a new Arkeia 5 Beta version. Arkeia Version 5 will be the
successor of Version 4.x, a high performance, multiple-platform backup
software with 90,000 worldwide users. Arkeia 5, will feature a completely
rewritten program architecture and will include an assortment of new
features requested by users.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Other software
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
Apache 2.0
<a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">
is now, officially, stable</a>.
<P>
Galeon 1.2.1 has
<a href="http://galeon.sourceforge.net/news/index.php#39">
been released</a>
<P>
AbiWord 1.0
<a href="http://lwn.net/2002/0425/">
is out</a>
<P>
The new version of Mailman, (version 2.0.10)
<a href="http://lwn.net/2002/0425/a/mailman2010.php3">
is now available</a>.
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