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<h3>Contents:</h3>
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<li><a href="#leg">Legislation and More Legislation</a>
</li><li><a href="#links">Linux Links</a>
</li><li><a href="#conferences">Conferences and Events</a>
</li><li><a href="#general">News in General</a>
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February 2002 <i>Linux Journal</i>
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The February issue of <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><i>Linux
Journal</i></a> is on newsstands now.
This issue focuses on enterprise computing. Click
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<center><H3><font color="green">Legislation and More Legislation</font></H3></center>
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<FONT COLOR="green">You win some...
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<P>
Jon Johansen,
a Norwegian programmer who has been
<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DeCSS_prosecutions/Johansen_DeCSS_case/20021206_eff_pr.html">facing criminal charges</a>
as a result of his involvement in the creation of the DeCSS computer code
for playing CSS encoded DVDs, has been
<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DeCSS_prosecutions/Johansen_DeCSS_case/20030107_eff_pr.html">acquitted on all counts</a>.
Jon was charged under a law that relates to breaking into other people's
property, a law usually invoked in cases where attackers have attempted to
break into another party's computer system. The law had never before been
applied to prosecute a defendant for breaking into his own property, and in
this case the Norwegian court ruled against the prosecutor on all charges,
<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=466519">
citing Norwegian law protecting a consumer's rights to use his own
property</a>. An English
<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DeCSS_prosecutions/Johansen_DeCSS_case/20030109_johansen_decision.html">translation of the judgement</a> has been made online by
<a href="http://www.eff.org/">EFF</a>.
<P>
The war is not over yet, however, and Norwegian prosecutors are set to
<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DeCSS_prosecutions/Johansen_DeCSS_case/20030120_eff_pr.php">appeal the verdict</a>.
If the request for an appeal is granted, the case will be heard again
before the Norwegian appeal courts.
Film industry lawyer, Charles Sims,
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2006339">
was keen to assert</a> that a US resident would have been breaking the law
if they did what Jon Johansen did.
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<FONT COLOR="green">You lose some
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
The United States Supreme Court
<a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/01-618o.pdf">
has ruled to support</a>
the 20 year extension of copyright terms that was granted two years ago.
The balance of opinion went 7-2, with dissenting opinions coming from
Justices
<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/docs/eldredd.pdf">
Stevens</a>
and
<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/docs/eldredd1.pdf">
Breyer</a>.
<P>
The constitutional challenge began when Eric Eldred, who
<a href="http://209.11.144.65/eldritchpress/">
distributes public-domain books online</a>,
found that he would have to
<a href="http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=25&SubSectionID=377&ArticleID=71766">remove some of these works</a>
as their copyrights had been reactivated by an extension granted by the US
Congress.
There is a large amount of information on the case available at
<a href="http://eldred.cc/">
eldred.cc</a>. Lisa Rein has also compiled a
<a href="http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/eldred_vs_ashcroft/">
selection of reports and resources</a>
related to the case.
<P>
The issue at stake in the Eldred case was whether it was constitutional for
Congress to extend copyrights in this way. There are compelling arguments
on both sides of this argument (with some more compelling if you own
billions of dollars in copyrighted works and want your business to be
subsidised by the public), but the court has ruled that
Congress had (and has) the right to make this extension. This does not
mean that the all is lost. Governments in democratic countries are
supposed to be responsive to the desires of citizens,
and to act accordingly. Thus, it is important for citizens to make their
opinions on these issues apparent to their elected representatives. Simply
because a government <em>can</em> pass a law, does not mean that they
<em>will</em> pass the law, especially if they can expect to pay a steep
price at the ballot box next election time.
<P>
This is particularly relevant to European readers. European copyrights
last for 50 years. What makes this significant is that about 50 years ago
was the beginning of the modern era music recording, so from now on, a
steady stream of high quality recordings by still-popular artists will be
entering the public domain. Industry bodies are
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/02/international/02CND_COPY.html">
lobbying to have the terms of copyrights extended</a>
and are bandying words like piracy around to cloud the waters.
As
<a href="http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7048">
pointed out</a>
by Dean Baker, extending copyrights retrospectively on works does nothing
to encourage creativity or
<a href="http://librenix.com/?inode=2747">
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts"</a>. Instead, it
"<a href="http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7048">
raises costs to consumers and leads to increased economic
inefficiency</a>". This straight-forward truth will not stop industry
monopolists and their quislings from attempting to steal the labour of
humanity from the public commons, and then
<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20030116/media_nm/industry_copyright_dc">
telling us it was all for our own good</a>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">DMCA
</FONT>
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<P>
Your monthly serving of DMCA madness this time involves garage doors. It
would appear that at least one firm believes that
<a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/16/1311232&mode=nested&tid=99">
making universal garage door remotes</a> is a breach of the DMCA and is
prepared to spend some legal money on the idea. That wasn't enough? Well,
here's a second helping:
<a href="http://www.lexmark.com">Lexmark</a> is
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/28811.html">
invoking the DMCA</a>
in an attempt to hobble the printer cartridge remanufacturing industry.
Edward Felten has
<a href="http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000248.html">
concisely explained</a>
that a major issue here is the whole principle of interoperability.
Interestingly, the European Parliament has
<a href="http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2002Dec/gee20021223017885.htm">
voted in a new law</a>
banning such "smart" printer cartridges as they make recycling more
difficult and expensive. Bruce Schneier
<a href="http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0301.html">
predicts a trade war</a>, but even if it does not come to that, it will be
interesting to see where the story goes. Also highlighted by Bruce, and
worth reading, is the EFF's guide
<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/20030102_dmca_unintended_consequences.html">
Unintended Consequences: Four Years under the DMCA</a>.
<a name="links"></a>
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<center><H3><font color="green">Linux Links</font></H3></center>
<P>
Linux Magazine article on
<a href="http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-10/jfs_01.html">
journaling filesystems</a>.
<P>
Linux Planet article discussing
<a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/211/1/">
basic Linux network security</a>.
<P>
Some links highlighted by
<a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com/">
Linux Today</a>:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20432.html">
How secure is secure shell?</a>
</li>
<li>
Wired on
<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,57306,00.html">
a penguin shaped future</a>.
</li>
<li>
DistroWatch has a
<a href="http://www.distrowatch.com/cd.php">
list of Linux-on-CD projects</a>.
</li>
<li>
Fortune asks
"<a href="http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/articles/0,15114,409836,00.html">
How do you stop an army of penguins?</a>"
</li>
<li>
Linux Orbit
<a href="http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=27">
Gnu/Linux media player</a> round-up.
</li>
</ul>
<P>
<a href="http://www.jobmart.com/Linux/Resumes/index.html">
Linux Job Market</a>.
<P>
Lawrence Lessig discusses whether
<a href="http://www.redherring.com/insider/2003/01/copycats011003.html">
derivative works are always a bad thing</a>
for the owners of the original work. Japanese experience indicates they
may be beneficial.
<P>
The Register has
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29002.html">a report</a>
on businesses gathering to fight Hollings' copy controls
<P>
Some links from NewsForge:
<ul>
<li>
Article on the
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1432234&mode=thread&tid=23">
use of Linux by electricity companies</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/01/07/2134248.shtml?tid=46">
Training is available</a> for new commercial Security-Enhanced Linux
</li>
<li>
Workspot Linux:
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/1733244&mode=thread&tid=23">
instant and portable "magic"</a>.
</li>
</ul>
<P>
<a href="http://www.virtualsky.net/daves">
Dave's Desktop</a>
is one Linux user's quest to share information on some of the helpful apps
for Linux he has come across recently.
<P>
Howard Wen at O'Reilly is on a quest to find good Linux games.
On the way, he
<a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/01/02/falconseye.html">
found Falcon's Eye</a>
and
<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/01/16/jaakko.html">
talked to the game's creator</a>
<P>
Linux Server Hacks:
<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxsvrhack/chapter/index.html">
Backups</a>
<P>
Both
<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6562">
Linux Journal</a>
and
<a href="http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8221013471.html">
DesktopLinux</a>
have dealt with Linux's relevance to senior citizens.
<P>
Some links from <a href="http://lwn.net/">Linux Weekly News</a>:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/16858/">
LWN 2002 Linux Timeline</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/18472/">
LWN Five-Year Timeline</a>
</li>
<li>
Linux is
<a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2908199,00.html">
gaining market share</a> in government offices around the world.
</li>
<li>
A <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/19535/">list of Linux-related
books</a> that are published under open source licenses.
</li>
</ul>
<P>
<a href="http://www.linux.org.tw/CLDP/NEW/">
The Chinese Linux Documentation Project</a> (CLDP) has included LDP's and
Gnu's documents, translated them into Chinese. It also involve the Linux Gazette.
<P>
Some links from <a href="http://slashdot.org/">Slashdot</a>:
<ul>
<li>
Using a
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/01/2151236.shtml?tid7">
manual typewriter on a computer</a> as an aid for an RSI sufferer
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.opensource.org/halloween/halloween8.php">
Halloween 8</a>
A Microsoft memo inspired by the threat of governments turning to Linux.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://shirky.com/writings/zapmail.html">
Customer-owned broadband infrastructure</a>.
</li>
<li>
Robot brain surgeon
<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/15/1042520673704.html">
runs Linux</a>. I feel safer already!
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://speed.vpizza.org/~jmeehan/balloon/">
A Linux weather balloon</a>
</li>
</ul>
<P>
<a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">
Wikipedia</a>, the free, contributor-maintained on-line encyclopedia,
has
<a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3A2003_Press_Release">
reached its second birthday and 100,000 articles</a>.
<a name="conferences"></a>
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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.
<table cellpadding=5 border=0 width=100%>
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<b>O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference</b><BR>
<td valign=top>February 3-6, 2003<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
<a href="http://conferences.oreilly.com/" target="_blank">
http://conferences.oreilly.com/</A><BR>
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<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Desktop Linux Summit</b><BR>
<td valign=top>February 20-21, 2003<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
<a href="http://www.desktoplinux.com/summit/" target="_blank">
http://www.desktoplinux.com/summit/</A><BR>
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<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Game Developers Conference</b><BR>
<td valign=top>March 4-8, 2003<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
<a href="http://www.gdconf.com/" target="_blank">
http://www.gdconf.com/</A><BR>
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<tr><td valign=top>
<b>SXSW</b><BR>
<td valign=top>March 7-11, 2003<BR>Austin, TX<BR>
<a href="http://www.sxsw.com/interactive" target="_blank">
http://www.sxsw.com/interactive</A><BR>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>CeBIT</b><BR>
<td valign=top>March 12-19, 2003<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>Software Development Conference & Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>March 24-28, 2003<BR>Santa Clara, 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>Linux Clusters Institute (LCI) Workshop</b><BR>
<td valign=top>March 24-28, 2003<BR>Urbana-Champaign, IL<BR>
<a href="http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/" target="_blank">
http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/</A><BR>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>4th USENIX Symposium on Internet Technologies and Systems</b><BR>
<td valign=top>March 26-28, 2003<BR>Seattle, WA<BR>
<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/" target="_blank">
http://www.usenix.org/events/</A><BR>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>PyCon DC 2003</b><BR>
<td valign=top>March 26-28, 2003<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
<a href="http://www.python.org/pycon/" target="_blank">
http://www.python.org/pycon/</A><BR>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Linux on Wall Street Show & Conference</b><BR>
<td valign=top>April 7, 2003<BR>New York, NY<BR>
<a href="http://www.linuxonwallstreet.com" target="_blank">
http://www.linuxonwallstreet.com</A><BR>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>AIIM</b><BR>
<td valign=top>April 7-9, 2003<BR>New York, NY<BR>
<a href="http://www.advanstar.com/" target="_blank">
http://www.advanstar.com/</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>April 8-10, 2003<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>LinuxFest Northwest 2003</b><BR>
<td valign=top>April 26, 2003<BR>Bellingham, WA<BR>
<a href="http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/" target="_blank">
http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/</A><BR>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>Real World Linux Conference and Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>April 28-30, 2003<BR>Toronto, Ontario<BR>
<a href="http://www.realworldlinux.com/" target="_blank">
http://www.realworldlinux.com</A><BR>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>USENIX First International Conference on Mobile Systems,
Applications, and Services (MobiSys)</b><BR>
<td valign=top>May 5-8, 2003<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/" target="_blank">
http://www.usenix.org/events/</A><BR>
<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 9-14, 2003<BR>San Antonio, TX<BR>
<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/" target="_blank">
http://www.usenix.org/events/</A><BR>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>CeBIT America</b><BR>
<td valign=top>June 18-20, 2003<BR>New York, NY<BR>
<a href="http://www.cebit-america.com/" target="_blank">
http://www.cebit-america.com/</A><BR>
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<b>The Fourth International Conference on Linux Clusters:
the Linux HPC Revolution 2003</b><BR>
<td valign=top>June 18-20, 2003<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
<a href="http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution"
target="_blank">
http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution</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</b><BR>
<td valign=top>July 7-11, 2003<BR>Portland, OR<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>12th USENIX Security Symposium</b><BR>
<td valign=top>August 4-8, 2003<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/" target="_blank">
http://www.usenix.org/events/</A><BR>
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<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>August 5-7, 2003<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
<a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com" target="_blank">
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
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Geek Cruises!</i><br>
<td valign=top>September 13-20, 2003<BR>Alaska's Inside Passage<BR>
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http://www.geekcruises.com/home/ll3_home.html</A><BR>
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<b>Software Development Conference & Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>September 15-19, 2003<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
<a href="http://www.sdexpo.com" target="_blank">
http://www.sdexpo.com</A><BR>
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<b>PC Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>September 16-18, 2003<BR>New York, NY<BR>
<a href="http://www.http://www.techxny.com/pcexpo_techxny.cfm"
target="_blank">
http://www.techxny.com/pcexpo_techxny.cfm</A><BR>
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<b>COMDEX Canada</b><BR>
<td valign=top>September 16-18, 2003<BR>Toronto, Ontario<BR>
<a href="http://www.comdex.com/canada/" target="_blank">
http://www.comdex.com/canada/</A><BR>
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<b>LISA (17th USENIX Systems Administration Conference)</b><BR>
<td valign=top>October 26-30, 2003<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa03/" target="_blank">
http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa03/</A><BR>
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<b>HiverCon 2003</b><BR>
<td valign=top>November 6-7, 2003<BR>Dublin, Ireland<BR>
<a href="http://www.hivercon.com/" target="_blank">
http://www.hivercon.com/</A><BR>
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<b>COMDEX Fall</b><BR>
<td valign=top>November 17-21, 2003<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
<a href="http://www.comdex.com/fall2003/" target="_blank">
http://www.comdex.com/fall2003/</A><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="green">MEN Micro's New M-Modules
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
Two new digital input M-Modules from
<a href="http://www.men.de/">
MEN Micro</a> have been released. They have been designed to
meet tough environmental and safety specifications and were developed
specifically for railway
applications, but they can be deployed in a broad range of
industrial systems where shock, vibration, temperature and harsh
environments are a concern.
<P>
The M-Modules, which are designated M31 and M32, each provide 16 binary
channels to a control platform. Because they conform to the ANSI-approved
M-Module standard, they can be installed in a number of standard bus-based
systems, including CompactPCI, PXI, VMEbus and PCI, or they can be used in
small busless systems.
<P>
Software drivers for the M31 and M32 are available for Windows, Linux,
VxWorks, QNX, RTX and OS-9.
<a name="distro"></a>
<p><hr><p>
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">Ark
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.arklinux.org/">
Ark Linux</a> is a
<a href="http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=191">
new distribution</a>, led by former Red Hat employee Bernhard
Rosenkraenzer. It is based on Red Hat 7.3/8.0, and free alpha
<a href="http://www.arklinux.org/download.php">
downloads</a>
are available.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Debian
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
Debian Weekly News
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2002/51/">
reported</a> the
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd-0212/msg00177.html">
announcement</a>
by Steve McIntyre that he
has created a set of update CD images that contain new and updated
packages from 3.0r1.
<P>
<hr width="20%" noshade>
<P>
Also
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/01/">
from Debian Weekly News</a> is a report on
the availability of an
<a href="http://polydistortion.net/urls/new-debian-packages.rss">
RSS feed of new Debian packages</a>.
<P>
<hr width="20%" noshade>
<P>
Bdale Garbee, current Debian project leader,
<a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/08/1041989994382.html">
has been interviewed</a> by Australian newspaper The Age.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Eagle
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/eaglelinux">
Eagle Linux</a>
is a how-to based Linux distribution offering full open source
documentation assisting users in creating personal embedded, floppy, and CD
based bootable distributions.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Gentoo
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.gentoo.org">
Gentoo Linux</a>
has announced the second release candidate for the upcoming 1.4 version of
Gentoo Linux. New in 1.4_rc2 is the Gentoo Reference Platform: a suite of
binary tarballs that allow for faster initial
<a href="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml">
installation</a>. Currently X, GNOME, KDE, Mozilla, and OpenOffice,org are
available as binary installations for x86 architectures and ppc
architectures with others to follow.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Mandrake
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
Mandrake 9.0 has been reviewed recently
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28776.html">
by The Register/NewsForge</a>
and
<a href="http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=189">
by Open for Business</a>.
<P>
<hr width="20%" noshade>
<P>
It has been widely reported in the past month that Mandrake is currently
experiencing acute financial problems. This has lead company management to
apply for
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28895.html">
Chapter-11 style protection</a>. The purpose of this is to give the
company some respite to allow it to reorganise its finances without
pressure from creditors.
The French courts have
<a href="http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/briefs?n=/mandrakesoft/news/2406">
approved the plan</a> and hopefully the company will
in a better position to make positive progress after this period.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">SCO
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.sco.com">
The SCO Group</a>
have announced plans to work with
<a href="http://www.wincor-nixdorf.com/usa">
Wincor Nixdorf</a>
to provide Linux-based
retail point-of-sale (POS) solutions to retailers in North America. This
relationship gives retail customers an economical, reliable choice by
combining the functionality and flexibility of Wincor Nixdorf hardware with
the stability and reliability of SCO operating systems.
The joint retail solutions will rely on Wincor Nixdorf's BEETLE POS family and
SCO's Linux POS solution, SmallFoot.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">SuSE
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/">
SuSE Linux</a>
has annnounced the availability of a desktop Linux product that gives users
the full functionality of the Microsoft Office suite of applications. SuSE
Linux Office Desktop, available from January 21, is intended for small
companies looking for an easy, preconfigured desktop -- as well as for
personal users with little or no Linux experience.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">UnitedLinux
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.unitedlinux.com">
UnitedLinux</a>
has announced
plans to integrate the full
<a href="http://www.osdl.org">
OSDL</a> Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 1.1
feature set for UnitedLinux 1.0, delivering
enhanced abilities to develop and deploy carrier-grade
applications in a standardized Linux environment.
<P>
Developed by UnitedLinux integration partner SuSE Linux with HP,
IBM and Intel, the features -- targeted initially for use on
Intel-based hardware platforms -- enable telecommunications
providers to develop and deploy new products and services on
standards-based, modular communications platforms.
<P>
<hr width="20%" noshade>
<P>
<a href="http://www.lpi.org">
LPI</a>
a professional certification program for
the Linux community, and
<a href="http://www.unitedlinux.com">
UnitedLinux LLC</a>
have signed a
cooperative agreement to market a UnitedLinux professional
certification program.
<a name="commercial"></a>
<p><hr><p>
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<center><H3><font color="green">Software and Product News</font></H3></center>
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">KDE
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
KDE 3.1 has
<a href="http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.1.html">
been released</a>.
<P>
<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">Understanding the Linux Kernel, 2nd Edition
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
O'Reilly & Associates has released a new edition of
<em>
<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxkernel2/?CMP=EM13459">
Understanding the Linux Kernel</a>
</em>
which has been updated to cover version
2.4 of the kernel. 2.4 differs significantly from version 2.2:
the virtual memory system is new, support
for multiprocessor systems is improved, and whole
new classes of hardware devices have been added.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">Aqua Data Studio 1.5
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.aquafold.com/">
AquaFold</a>
has announced the
release of Aqua Data Studio 1.5, a free database tool supporting all major
database platforms, including Oracle 8i/9i, DB2 7.2/8.1, Microsoft SQL
Server 2000/7.0, Sybase ASE 12.5, MySQL, PostgreSQL and generic JDBC
drivers. Aqua Data Studio also supports all major Operating Systems
designed to run Sun Microsystem's Java Platform such as Microsoft Windows,
Linux, OSX and Solaris.
Aqua Data Studio is designed to speed up the
development of database and application developers by providing them with an
elegant and consistent interface to all databases on all platforms.
<a href="http://www.aquafold.com/downloads.html">
Free downloads</a>
and
<a href="http://www.aquafold.com/screenshots.html">
screenshots</a>
of Aqua Data Studio are available online.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">OpenMFG
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.openmfg.com">
OpenMFG</a> is
a company
using open source software to bring enterprise resource planning (ERP)
applications to small manufacturers, has welcomed the first ten members of
the Open Partners Program.
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