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<center><H3><font color="green">Legislation and More Legislation</font></H3></center>
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Fox News report on
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<a href="http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,78729,00.html">
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the US Congress's tech agenda</a>.
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<a href="http://www.itworld.com/Net/4087/030131euantipiracy/">
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ITworld.com reported</a>
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that the European Commission has
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presented a draft directive that punishes copyright infringement for
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commercial purposes, but spares home music downloaders, irritating music
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industry lobby groups
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(<a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/0229224&mode=nested&tid=141&tid=158">from Slashdot</a>).
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Also reported
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29184.html">
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at The Register</a>.
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Washington Post
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6320-2003Jan31.html">
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reports</a>
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that Howard Schmidt, the new cybersecurity czar, is a former Microsoft
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security chief.
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(<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1358206&mode=nested&tid=172">from
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Slashdot</a>).
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29157.html">
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The Register reports</a>
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how US gov reps "defanged" pro open source declaration.
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<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/german_comments.php">
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EFF's comments</a> on the "German DMCA"
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as part of its ongoing effort to avoid the worldwide export of over broad
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DMCA-type legislation. The German judicial commission is currently holding
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hearings on draft German legislation to implement the 2001 European Union
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Copyright Directive (EUCD).
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After winning the initial judgement
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<a href="http://mobilix.org/mobilix_asterix.html">
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in a trademark suit</a>, the
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German software firm MobiliX had to
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29244.html">
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give up its name after all</a>
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to the publishers of a similarly-named comic book character.
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MobilX.org is now
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<a href="http://tuxmobil.org/">
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TuxMobil.org</a>.
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(<A HREF="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1457244">NewsForge
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announcement.</A>)
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The EFF has announced the release of
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"<a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/finkelstein_on_dmca2.php">Winning (DMCA) Exemptions, The Next Round</a>",
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a succinct guide to the comment-making process written by Seth Finkelstein,
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who proposed one of the only two exemptions granted in the last Library of
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Congress Rule-making.
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The Register reports that the
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29318.html">
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DMCA has been invoked in DirecTV hack</a>. 17 have been charged.
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<a href="http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1544245&mode=nested&tid=117&tid=123">
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Slashdot Interview with Prof. Eben Moglen
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</a>
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who has been the FSF's pro bono general counsel since 1993.
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The Happypenguin Awards for the
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<a href="http://happypenguin.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=549">
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25 Best Linux Games</a>
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(<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2050245">courtesy NewsVac</a>).
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Lindows launches
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<a href="http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1575991">
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$329 mini PC</a>, ubiquity beckons.
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ZDNet UK
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<a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2129482,00.html">
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reports</a>
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on how KDE's new version has responded to government needs.
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NewsForge report:
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/1420212">
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The rise of the $99 'consumer' Linux distribution</a>
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A look at installing Bayesian filtering using
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<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/synd/2003/01/30/bogofilter.html">
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Bogofilter and Sylpheed Claws</a>.
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<P>
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Doc Searls at <em>Linux Journal</em> writes on the value shifts
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<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com//article.php?sid=6601">
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underpinning the spread of Linux and free software</a>.
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<P>
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/172206">
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PC-To-Phone calls available for GNU/Linux</a>.
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<P>
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Wired reports on
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<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,57565,00.html">
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getting an iPod to run on linux</a>.
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<P>
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Jay Beale (of Bastille Linux)
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with an
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<a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/2003/feb/linuxguru.shtml">
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article on computer security</a>, and how to tell if you've been hacked
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(<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2315254">from NewsVac</a>).
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<P>
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Monthly Monster Machines back in action
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LinuxLookup.com have
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2310225">
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announced</a>
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a monthly feature
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<a href="http://www.linuxlookup.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=MMM&file=index">
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Monthly Monster Machines</a>. This is a monthly updated spec of budget,
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workstation, and dream Linux machines.
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<P>
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/1453242">
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It has been reported that</a>
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starting this year, the Swiss State of Geneva will mail all tax forms with a CD
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which includes OpenOffice and Mozilla. This replaces an Excel sheet.
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<P>
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Recent NewsForge
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/18/1540254">
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IRC chat</a>
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with OpenOffice.org publicist/activist Sam Hiser.
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<P>
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Open Source
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/29416.html">
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security manual</a>.
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There is a report on this
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/02/20/1635246.shtml?tid=2">
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at NewsForge</a>.
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<P>
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Possible data write
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/03/02/21/0540225.shtml?tid=23">
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corruption problem</a>
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on Linux.
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<P>
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NewsForge
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1534259">
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report</a> on the launch of the new
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<a href="http://www.linuxineducation.org">
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Linux in Education</a>
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portal.
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<P>
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Slashdot
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/182216&mode=nested&tid=163">
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highlighted</a> a recent Business Week feature of Linux comprising
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<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/03_09/B382203linux.htm">
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9 articles</a>.
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<P>
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/04/0033239.shtml?tid=109&tid=126&tid=164">
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Slashdotters respond</a>
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to an article about the Microsoft Home of Tomorrow by
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speculating what an AppleHouse, SunHouse and LinuxHouse would look like.
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<P>
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<a href="http://geocities.com/lunatech3007/doing-things-howto.html">
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Howto do things in GNU/Linux</a>
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<a href="http://unix.se/article/articleview/950/1/24">
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Interview with Dennis Ritchie</a>, a founding father of Unix and C.
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<P>
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Some Links from
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<a href="http://www.lwn.net/">Linux Weekly News</a>:
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<li>
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South Africa moves positively with regard to
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<a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-983315.html">
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Linux in government</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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SCO
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<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/20973/">
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hires lawyers</a>
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to comb through Linux to see if it infringes on any of SCO's patents or
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copyrights; SCO owns the rights on the original UNIX. SCO is being
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tight-lipped about what it would do if it finds anything. Also
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reported
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<a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/20717.html">
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at OS Opinion</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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Multi-part interview with Guido van Rossum, parts
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<a href="http://www.artima.com/intv/python.html">
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1</a>,
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<a href="http://www.artima.com/intv/pyscale.html">
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2</a>,
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<a href="http://www.artima.com/intv/speed.html">
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3</a>,
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<a href="http://www.artima.com/intv/pycontract.html">
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4</a>,
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<a href="http://www.artima.com/intv/strongweak.html">
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5</a> and
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<a href="http://www.artima.com/intv/pycomm.html">
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6</a>.
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</ul>
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<P>
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For the Chinese readers among you, a
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<a href="http://eulerkhc.130th.net/chinese.html">
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Chinese translation</a>
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of the Peruvian
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<a href="http://eulerkhc.130th.net/index.html">
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refutation</a>
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of Microsoft FUD.
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<center><H3><font color="green">Upcoming conferences and events</font></H3></center>
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<P> Listings courtesy <EM>Linux Journal</EM>. See <EM>LBJ</EM>'s
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/events.php">Events</A> page for the
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latest goings-on.
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<b>Game Developers Conference</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>March 4-8, 2003<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.gdconf.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.gdconf.com/</A><BR>
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<b>SXSW</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>March 7-11, 2003<BR>Austin, TX<BR>
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<a href="http://www.sxsw.com/interactive" target="_blank">
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http://www.sxsw.com/interactive</A><BR>
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<b>CeBIT</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>March 12-19, 2003<BR>Hannover, Germany<BR>
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<a href="http://www.cebit.de/" target="_blank">
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http://www.cebit.de/</A><BR>
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<b>City Open Source Community Workshop</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>March 22, 2003<BR>Thessaloniki, Greece<BR>
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<a href="http://www.city.academic.gr/cosc" target="_blank">
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http://www.city.academic.gr/cosc</A><BR>
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<b>Software Development Conference & Expo</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>March 24-28, 2003<BR>Santa Clara, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.sdexpo.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.sdexpo.com/</A><BR>
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<b>Linux Clusters Institute (LCI) Workshop</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>March 24-28, 2003<BR>Urbana-Champaign, IL<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/" target="_blank">
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http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/</A><BR>
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<b>4th USENIX Symposium on Internet Technologies and Systems</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>March 26-28, 2003<BR>Seattle, WA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/" target="_blank">
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http://www.usenix.org/events/</A><BR>
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<b>PyCon DC 2003</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>March 26-28, 2003<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
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<a href="http://www.python.org/pycon/" target="_blank">
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http://www.python.org/pycon/</A><BR>
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<b>Linux on Wall Street Show & Conference</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>April 7, 2003<BR>New York, NY<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxonwallstreet.com" target="_blank">
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http://www.linuxonwallstreet.com</A><BR>
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<b>AIIM</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>April 7-9, 2003<BR>New York, NY<BR>
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<a href="http://www.advanstar.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.advanstar.com/</A><BR>
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<b>FOSE</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>April 8-10, 2003<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
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<a href="http://www.fose.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.fose.com/</A><BR>
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<b>MySQL Users Conference & Expo 2003</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>April 8-10, 2003<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.mysql.com/events/uc2003/" target="_blank">
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http://www.mysql.com/events/uc2003/</A><BR>
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<b>LinuxFest Northwest 2003</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>April 26, 2003<BR>Bellingham, WA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/" target="_blank">
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http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/</A><BR>
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<b>Real World Linux Conference and Expo</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>April 28-30, 2003<BR>Toronto, Ontario<BR>
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<a href="http://www.realworldlinux.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.realworldlinux.com</A><BR>
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<b>USENIX First International Conference on Mobile Systems,
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Applications, and Services (MobiSys)</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>May 5-8, 2003<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/" target="_blank">
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http://www.usenix.org/events/</A><BR>
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<b>USENIX Annual Technical Conference</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>June 9-14, 2003<BR>San Antonio, TX<BR>
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<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/" target="_blank">
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http://www.usenix.org/events/</A><BR>
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<b>CeBIT America</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>June 18-20, 2003<BR>New York, NY<BR>
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<a href="http://www.cebit-america.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.cebit-america.com/</A><BR>
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<b>ClusterWorld Conference and Expo</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>June 24-26, 2003<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution"
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target="_blank">
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http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution</A><BR>
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<b>O'Reilly Open Source Convention</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>July 7-11, 2003<BR>Portland, OR<BR>
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<a href="http://conferences.oreilly.com/" target="_blank">
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http://conferences.oreilly.com/</A><BR>
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<b>12th USENIX Security Symposium</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>August 4-8, 2003<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
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<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/" target="_blank">
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http://www.usenix.org/events/</A><BR>
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<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>August 5-7, 2003<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com" target="_blank">
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http://www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
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<b>Linux Lunacy</b><BR><i>Brought to you by Linux Journal and
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Geek Cruises!</i><br>
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<td valign=top>September 13-20, 2003<BR>Alaska's Inside Passage<BR>
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<a href="http://www.geekcruises.com/home/ll3_home.html" target="_blank">
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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>
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<td valign=top>September 15-19, 2003<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.sdexpo.com" target="_blank">
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http://www.sdexpo.com</A><BR>
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<b>PC Expo</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>September 16-18, 2003<BR>New York, NY<BR>
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<a href="http://www.http://www.techxny.com/pcexpo_techxny.cfm"
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target="_blank">
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http://www.techxny.com/pcexpo_techxny.cfm</A><BR>
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<b>COMDEX Canada</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>September 16-18, 2003<BR>Toronto, Ontario<BR>
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<a href="http://www.comdex.com/canada/" target="_blank">
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http://www.comdex.com/canada/</A><BR>
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<b>LISA (17th USENIX Systems Administration Conference)</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>October 26-30, 2003<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
|
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<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa03/" target="_blank">
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http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa03/</A><BR>
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<b>HiverCon 2003</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>November 6-7, 2003<BR>Dublin, Ireland<BR>
|
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<a href="http://www.hivercon.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.hivercon.com/</A><BR>
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<b>COMDEX Fall</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>November 17-21, 2003<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
|
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<a href="http://www.comdex.com/fall2003/" target="_blank">
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http://www.comdex.com/fall2003/</A><BR>
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<P>
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<a href="http://www.ibm.com">
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IBM</a>,
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United Devices and Accelrys have announced a project supporting a global
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research effort that is focused on the development of new drugs that could
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potentially combat the smallpox virus post infection.
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The Smallpox Research Grid Project is powered by an
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IBM infrastructure, which includes IBM eServer[tm] p690 systems and IBM's
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Shark Enterprise Storage Server running DB2[r] database software using AIX
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and Linux.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Opera and the Swedish Chef Go After Microsoft
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</FONT>
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</H3>
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<P>
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<a href="http://www.opera.com/">
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Opera Software</a> has released a very special Bork edition of its Opera 7 for
|
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Windows browser. The Bork edition behaves differently on one Web site:
|
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MSN. Users accessing the MSN site
|
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<a href="http://www.msn.com/">
|
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http://www.msn.com/</a>
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will see the page transformed into the language of the famous Swedish Chef
|
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from the Muppet Show: Bork, Bork, Bork! This is retaliation to apparent
|
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targeting by MSN of Opera users. Opera browser users were supplied with a
|
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different stylesheet to MSIE users, which made the site display in a less
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appealing way.
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<a name="distro"></a>
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<center><H3><font color="green">Distro News</font></H3></center>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Debian
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</FONT>
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</H3>
|
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<P>
|
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Debian Weekly News
|
|
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/05/">
|
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reported</a>
|
|
the
|
|
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0301/msg00009.html">
|
|
announcement</a>
|
|
of the new
|
|
<a href="http://ftp-master.debian.org/ziyi_key_2003.asc">
|
|
archive key</a> for 2003. This is used to sign the Release file for the
|
|
main, non-US and security archives, and can be used with apt-check-sigs to
|
|
improve security when using mirrors.
|
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<P>
|
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<hr width="20%" noshade>
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<P>
|
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Also
|
|
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/05/">
|
|
from DWN</a>, and of use to many Debian users, is
|
|
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-openoffice-0301/msg00169.html">
|
|
Adrian Bunk's announcement</a>
|
|
of the backport of OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 to woody. Packages are
|
|
<a href="http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/packages/">
|
|
available online</a>.
|
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<P>
|
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<hr width="20%" noshade>
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<P>
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Debian
|
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/2232216">
|
|
powers PRISMIQ MediaPlayer</a>
|
|
home entertainment gateway device.
|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Knoppix
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
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<P>
|
|
IBM developerWorks has published a
|
|
<a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-knopp.html?ca=dgr-lnxw02Knoppix">
|
|
recent article</a> on Knoppix.
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Mandrake
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
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<a href="http://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-mandrake">
|
|
Part 4</a>
|
|
of DistroWatch's review of Mandrake 9.1 is online
|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">SuSE
|
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</FONT>
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</H3>
|
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<P>
|
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<a href="http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=199">
|
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Open For Business</a>
|
|
has published
|
|
<a href="http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=199">
|
|
a review</a>
|
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of SuSE Linux 8.1
|
|
<P>
|
|
NewsForge has
|
|
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/17/1411244">
|
|
reviewed</a>
|
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SuSE Linux Office Desktop.
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Vector
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
LinuxHardware.org have
|
|
<a href="http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/159200">
|
|
reviewed</a>
|
|
Vector Linux 2.5 SOHO edition.
|
|
While
|
|
<a href="http://www.madpenguin.org/article.php?sid=62">
|
|
Mad Penguin reports</a>
|
|
the release of version 3.2.
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<a name="commercial"></a>
|
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<p><hr><p>
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<center><H3><font color="green">Software and Product News</font></H3></center>
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">C.O.L.A software news
|
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</FONT>
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</H3>
|
|
A small selection of
|
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<a
|
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href="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en|lang_fr&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.os.linux.announce">
|
|
announcements from February</a>:
|
|
<ul>
|
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<li>
|
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The GUI library wxWindoes version 2.4.0
|
|
<a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=lang_en|lang_fr&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.os.linux.announce&selm=YgQY9.48099%24ZE.1355872%40twister2.libero.it">
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has been released</a>.
|
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</li>
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<li>
|
|
The release of Version 22.4.1 of LILO has
|
|
<a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=lang_en|lang_fr&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.os.linux.announce&selm=2iui3v0f63j8gulutuhbuj37gtai93rhfa%404ax.com">
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been announced</a>.
|
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</li>
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<li>
|
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teTeX version 2.0
|
|
<a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=lang_en|lang_fr&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.os.linux.announce&selm=b1k4kd%243n%241%40newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de">
|
|
is now available</a> as is
|
|
<a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=lang_en|lang_fr&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.os.linux.announce&selm=20030207102557.GA71474%40compsoc.man.ac.uk">
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Lyx version 1.3.0</a>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Candy Cruncher
|
|
</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
<a href="http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/">
|
|
LGP</a>
|
|
is pleased to announce that
|
|
<a href="http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/info.php?id=10">
|
|
Candy Cruncher</a>
|
|
has arrived from the replicators and is available immediately.
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">CourseForum 1.3
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
<a href="http://www.courseforum.com">
|
|
CourseForum Technologies</a>
|
|
today introduced CourseForum 1.3, its web-based
|
|
software for e-learning content creation, sharing and discussion.
|
|
CourseForum can be hosted on MacOS X, Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP, Linux or
|
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other Unixes, while users need only a standard web browser.
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">ProjectForum 1.3
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
CourseForum Technologies today introduced
|
|
<a href="http://www.projectforum.com">
|
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ProjectForum 1.3</a>,
|
|
a web-based software for flexible workgroup collaboration and coordination
|
|
of projects and teams. ProjectForum can be hosted on MacOS X, Windows
|
|
98/ME/NT/2000/XP, Linux or other Unixes, while users need only a standard
|
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web browser. Licenses start at US$199, and a free version is also
|
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available.
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">AquaFold
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
<a href="http://www.aquafold.com/">
|
|
AquaFold, Inc</a>
|
|
have
|
|
<a href="http://www.aquafold.com/press_2_24_2003.html">
|
|
announced</a>
|
|
the latest version of
|
|
<a href="http://www.aquafold.com/downloads.html">
|
|
Aqua Data Studio</a>, a
|
|
universal database tool for building, managing and maintaining enterprise
|
|
relational databases. Aqua Data Studio includes support for all major
|
|
database platforms such as Oracle 8i/9i, IBM DB2, Sybase Adaptive Server,
|
|
Microsoft SQL Server and the open source databases MySQL and PostgreSQL.
|
|
Developed with the Java programming language, Aqua Data Studio supports all
|
|
major operating systems, including Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX, and Solaris.
|
|
<a href="http://www.aquafold.com/screenshots.html">
|
|
Screenshots</a> and
|
|
<a href="http://www.aquafold.com/downloads.html">
|
|
downloads</a> available online.
|
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