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<li><a href="#leg">Legislation and More Legislation</a>
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<strong>Selected and formatted by <a href="mailto:michael.conry@softhome.net">Michael Conry</a></strong>
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November 2003 <i>Linux Journal</i>
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The November issue of <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><i>Linux
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Journal</i></a> is on newsstands now.
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This issue focuses on System Administration. Click
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to subscribe.
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Recent articles are available on-line for subscribers only at
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<a href="http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/">http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/</a>.
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<center><H3><font color="green">Legislation and More Legislation</font></H3></center>
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<FONT COLOR="green">European Patents
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Last month we reported on an upcoming vote in the European Parliament
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regarding the future of software patents in Europe. According to many
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Free and Open Software advocates, the proposals in front of the
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parliament would, probably permanently, establish the practice of
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software patenting in Europe. This, they argued, would lead to a
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reduction in innovation and give an unnecessary and crushing advantage
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to large software companies who could use their greater resources to
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legally elbow smaller competitors out of the market.
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You can read a cogent and well-argued discussion of these views in the
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/1311217">
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open letter addressed by Linux Torvalds and Alan Cox</a> to the
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members of the European Parliament
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There are many people out there who were not content simply to
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complain about the direction events were taking. Instead, they lobbied,
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and lobbied hard, to get the concerns of financially small (though
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numerically large) interest groups onto the agenda. An initial sign
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that these efforts might be having an effect was the
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<a href="http://promote-opensource.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=262">
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announcement of a further postponement</a>
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of the vote on the proposed directive. Though no reason was given for
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the delay, the first postponement was the result of widespread confusion
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regarding the issues at stake, and a feeling that the directive was
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being forced through with undue haste. It seems likely that similar
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sentiments lead to this second deferment.
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The ultimate, and welcome, result of this concerted lobbying process was
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that amendments were proposed to the directive which removed many of the
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most objectionable proposals. This
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33016.html">
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amended directive was approved</a> by the parliament with a margin of
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364 votes to 153 with 33 abstentions.
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LWN have helpfully <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/50722/">
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reproduced the directive online</a> in a readable HTML format.
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It is important to learn lessons from this success and to apply them in
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future struggles. Many Free Software enthusiasts have learnt valuable
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lobbying skills in the course of their advocacy, and these skills must
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be developed and shared. A particularly
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/09/16/1428222.shtml?tid=17">
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interesting account of this lobbying process</a> has been published by
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NewsForge, and it gives useful information both on how to lobby, and on
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what level of understanding can be expected of politicians and their
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staff. Additionally, it is important to follow up on politicians who
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have been lobbied and to check how they actually voted. As
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<a href="http://www.ntk.net/2003/09/26/">
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pointed out by NTKnow</a>, the UK Liberal Democrats made very positive
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noises, but ultimately voted in favour of patents. Of the UK parties,
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only the Greens and the UK Independence Party voted against software
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patents. If politicians realise that Free software advocates pay
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attention (and draw attention) to their voting records, they will be far
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more likely to heed future representations.
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These skills will be especially important since pro-patent interests are
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likely to try to get their way through the alternative route of national
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parliaments.
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For more information on this story, if you are interested in an
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anti-patents, pro-free-software point of view you should look at
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<a href="http://www.ffii.org/">FFII.org</a>.
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Their
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<a href="http://swpat.ffii.org/news/03/plen0924/index.en.html">
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account of the final amendments and vote</a> is worth reading.
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<center><H3><font color="green">Linux Links</font></H3></center>
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A <a href="http://www.acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=55">
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comparison of four Linux Office suites</a>
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and how well they handle random MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint doucments.
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Some links from NewsForge:
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/29/1948223">
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How to retrain yourself for embedded Linux</a>
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/1958235">
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Open source in East Timor and India</a>
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/03/2053203">
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The indispensable GPL</a>
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/13/1538208">
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Iran's First GNU/Linux Seminar</a>
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/1544240">
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Opportunities for Open Source software in the publishing industry</a>
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2037238">
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Linux on the AMD Opteron: Are We Ready?</a>
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</ul>
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Bellevue's Linare sees Linux future,
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<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2001739669_btinterface22.html">
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launches $19.95 operating system</a>.
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<a href="http://acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=54&page=1">
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The age of corporate open source enlightenment</a>
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Some links from Linux Weekly News:
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<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/47699/">
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Is Taiwan is falling behind China in Linux adoption.</a>
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US Library of Congress is
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<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/47497/">
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using Linux for an online video archive</a>
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<P>
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And since they generate so much media noise, lets list a few relating to
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SCO:
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<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7117">
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What does SCO v. IBM mean for users?</a>, a view from Linux Journal.
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</li>
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<li>
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Dee-Ann LeBlanc at O'Reilly provides
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<a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3702">
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A SCO-Fighting Press Kit</a>
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<a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1257617,00.asp">
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ESR and SCO:</a>
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"But [Raymond] did admit that 'I am grinning a grin that should
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frighten the thieves and liars at SCO out of a week's sleep...'"
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</li>
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<li>
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Novell 'puts entire ecosystem behind Linux'
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/32708.html">
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and CEO downplays SCO derailment risk</a>
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</li>
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Linux Torvalds, in open letter to Darl McBride says
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<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/10/2321224">
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pLease grow up</a>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<P>
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Some links from O'Reilly:
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<li>
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<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/09/04/oracle_install.html">
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Running Oracle on Red Hat</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/09/04/email_pki.html">
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Encrypted Email Cookbook</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/09/18/prelude.html">
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The Prelude open source intrusion detection system</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<P>
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Some links via LinuxToday:
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<a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-datavis/?ca=dgr-lnxw02UsingPerl/Tk">
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Data visualization using perl/TK</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/6769286.htm">
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Open source helps education effort in third world</a>
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<a href="http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=263&mode=&order=0&thold=0">
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A free desktop for free people</a>
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<li>
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The Indian government is
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<a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=185058">
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releasing GNU/Linux in 11 Indian languages</a>
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by the end of the year
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=295&page=1">
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Setting up an ADSL connection under Linux</a>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/software/wordprocessors.htm">
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Comparison of word processors</a> on Linux.
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<P>
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/27/1444237">
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IRC Linux Help for beginners</a>.
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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>LJ</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>IDUG 2003 - Europe</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 7-10, 2003<BR>Nice, France<BR>
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<a href="http://www.idug.org" target="_blank">
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<b>Linux Clusters Institute Workshops</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 13-18, 2003<BR>Montpellier, France<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/"
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http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Coast Open Source Software Technology (COSST) Symposium</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 18, 2003<BR>Newport Beach, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://cosst.ieee-occs.org" target="_blank">
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http://cosst.ieee-occs.org</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Enterprise Linux Forum</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 22-23, 2003<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
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<a href="http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Media Advisory/Open Source Software Chicago Forum</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 23, 2003<BR>Chicago, IL<BR>
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<a href="http://www.osschicago.com" target="_blank">
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http://www.osschicago.com/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>PhreakNic</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 24-26, 2003<BR>Nasheville, TN<BR>
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<a href="http://www.phreaknic.info/" target="_blank">
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http://www.phreaknic.info/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>LISA (17th USENIX Systems Administration Conference)</b><BR></TD>
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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></TD></TR>
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<b>Linux Open Alternative Days</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 30-31, 2003<BR>Bucharest, Romania<BR>
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<a href="http://www.load.ro/" target="_blank">
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http://www.load.ro/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 27-30, 2003<BR>Santa Clara, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://conferences.oreillynet.com/macosx2003/" target="_blank">
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http://conferences.oreillynet.com/macosx2003/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>HiverCon 2003</b><BR></TD>
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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></TD></TR>
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<b>COMDEX Fall</b><BR></TD>
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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></TD></TR>
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<b>Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE)</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>November 22, 2003<BR>Los Angeles, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://socallinuxexpo.com/" target="_blank">
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http://socallinuxexpo.com/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>December 8-12, 2003<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
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<a href="http://www.acsac.org/" target="_blank">
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http://www.acsac.org/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Linux Clusters Institute Workshops</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>December 8-12, 2003<BR>Albuquerque, NM<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/"
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target="_blank">
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http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Storage Expo 2003, co-located with Infosecurity 2003</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>December 9-11, 2003<BR>New York, NY<BR>
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<a href="http://www.infosecurityevent.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.infosecurityevent.com/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Consumer Electronics Show</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>January 8-11, 2004<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
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<a href="http://www.cesweb.org/" target="_blank">
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http://www.cesweb.org/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Linux.Conf.AU</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>January 12-17, 2004<BR>Australia<BR>
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<a href="http://conf.linux.org.au/" target="_blank">
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http://conf.linux.org.au/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>January 20-23, 2004<BR>New York, NY<BR>
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<a href="http://linuxworldexpo.com/" target="_blank">
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http://linuxworldexpo.com/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>February 9-12, 2004<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon/" target="_blank">
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http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>SXSW</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>March 12-21, 2004<BR>Austin, TX<BR>
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<a href="http://sxsw.com/" target="_blank">
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http://sxsw.com/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>SD West</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>March 15-19, 2004<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></TD></TR>
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<b>CeBit Hannover</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>March 18-24, 2004<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></TD></TR>
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<b>COMDEX Canada</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>March 24-26, 2004<BR>Toronto, Ontario<BR>
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<a href="http://www.comdex.com" target="_blank">
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http://www.comdex.com</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>2004 USENIX/ACM Symposium on Networked Systems Design and
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Implementation (NSDI)</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>March 29-31, 2004<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/nsdi04/" target="_blank">
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http://www.usenix.org/events/nsdi04/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>RealWorld Linux</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>April 13-15, 2004<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></TD></TR>
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<b>CeBit America</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>May 25-27, 2004<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></TD></TR>
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<b>Strictly Business Solutions Expo</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>June 9-10, 2004<BR>Minneapolis, MN<BR>
|
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<a href="http://www.strictlyebusiness.net/sb/mpls/index.po"
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target="_blank">
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http://www.strictlyebusiness.net/sb/mpls/index.po</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>USENIX Annual Technical Conference</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>June 27 - July 2, 2004<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
|
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<a href="http://www.usenix.com/events/usenix04/" target="_blank">
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http://www.usenix.com/events/usenix04/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<tr><td valign=top>
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<b>O'Reilly Open Source Convention</b><BR></TD>
|
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<td valign=top>July 26-30, 2004<BR>Portland, OR<BR>
|
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<a href="http://conferences.oreillynet.com/" target="_blank">
|
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http://conferences.oreillynet.com/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top>
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<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>August 3-5, 2004<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></TD></TR>
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<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top>
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<b>USENIX Security Symposium</b><BR></TD>
|
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<td valign=top>August 9-13, 2004<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
|
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<a href="http://www.usenix.com/events/sec04/" target="_blank">
|
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http://www.usenix.com/events/sec04/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top>
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<b>USENIX Systems Administration Conference (LISA)</b><BR></TD>
|
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<td valign=top>November 14-19, 2004<BR>Atlanta, GA<BR>
|
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<a href="http://www.usenix.com/events/" target="_blank">
|
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http://www.usenix.com/events/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Mobilix
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
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<P>
|
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In the final roll of the dice for Mobilix, (a site providing information
|
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on mobile Linux systems), the highest German civil court
|
|
<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news/2003090600226NWCYLL">
|
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has found in favour of Les Edition Albert Rene</a> and has dismissed the
|
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appeal brought by Werner Heuser.
|
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The work that formerly took place under the Mobilix banner will still
|
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continue, thankfully, under the new name
|
|
<a href="http://tuxmobil.org/">
|
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Tuxmobil</a>
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<a name="distro"></a>
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<p><hr><p>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
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|
|
<P>
|
|
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/35/">
|
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Debian Weekly News reported</a>
|
|
that
|
|
The Debian project has
|
|
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64-0308/msg00035.html">
|
|
received full access</a>
|
|
to a Dual Opteron machine for
|
|
<a href="http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/">
|
|
porting efforts</a> to the new amd64 architecture.
|
|
<P>
|
|
<hr width="20%" noshade>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Also
|
|
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/37/">
|
|
from Debian Weekly News</a>
|
|
debian-installer team have put together
|
|
<a href="http://cvs.debian.org/debian-installer/doc/INSTALLATION-HOWTO?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">
|
|
a HOWTO which guides through the process of installing sarge</a>.
|
|
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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">Morphix
|
|
</FONT>
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Prakash Advani conducted
|
|
<a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/08/19/1518217.shtml">
|
|
an interview with Alex de Landgraaf</a>, the founder and the lead
|
|
maintainer of the Morphix project.
|
|
[<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/35/">via DWN</a>]
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Mandrake
|
|
</FONT>
|
|
</H3>
|
|
Mandrake Linux is planning to
|
|
<a href="http://www.mandrakesoft.com/partners/advertising">
|
|
sell advertising space</a>
|
|
in the upcoming release of Mandrake Linux 9.2.
|
|
There is further information in the
|
|
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/157237">
|
|
NewsForge story</a>.
|
|
|
|
<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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<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
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|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
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<FONT COLOR="green">Python 2.3.1
|
|
</FONT>
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
The Python Software Foundation
|
|
<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/24/1726203">
|
|
has announced the release of version 2.3.1</a>
|
|
of the Python programming
|
|
language. This minor release introduces a number of enhancements based
|
|
on two months of experience since release of version 2.3.
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
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|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
<FONT COLOR="green">Scribus 1.1.0
|
|
</FONT>
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Franz Schmid
|
|
<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/14/1629236">
|
|
has announced the release of Scribus 1.1.0 - Linux Desktop Publishing</a>,
|
|
which builds upon the recently released Scribus 1.0, as well as the
|
|
launching of an integrated Scribus Web site at
|
|
<a href="http://www.scribus.org.uk">
|
|
www.scribus.org.uk</a>.
|
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<P> <hr> <P>
|
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">GNOME-Office 1.0 Released
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
The GNOME-Office team
|
|
<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/2228225">
|
|
has announced the immediate availability of GNOME-Office 1.0</a>.
|
|
GNOME-Office is a suite of
|
|
Free Software productivity applications that seamlessly blend with the
|
|
GNOME Desktop Environment. GNOME-Office includes the AbiWord-2.0 Word
|
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Processor, GNOME-DB-1.0 Database Interface and Gnumeric-1.2.0
|
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Spreadsheet."
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">MuNAS
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
<a href="http://www.advancedthintech.com">
|
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MuNAS</a> is a piece of software which addresses the problem that the X
|
|
Window system does not support the handling of audio data. It allows the
|
|
thin-client/server computing model in Linux to handle multimedia
|
|
applications: the audio data generated by Open Sound System (OSS/Free)
|
|
compatible audio applications which are executed in the terminal server can
|
|
be transferred to X-terminals. Thus, with MuNAS installed, you can execute
|
|
multimedia applications in the terminal server and listen to the sound from
|
|
your X-terminal. Currently, several manufactures of windows terminal are
|
|
planning to install the MuNAS in their X-terminals.
|
|
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<P> <hr> <P>
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">XFce 4.0
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
The XFce Project
|
|
<a href="http://www.xfce.org/en/press_release_en.html">
|
|
has announced the release of version 4.0</a> of their desktop environment
|
|
and development platform.
|
|
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a PhD thesis in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University
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College Dublin. The topic of this work is the use of Lamb waves in
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nondestructive testing. GNU/Linux has been very useful in this work, and
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Michael has a strong interest in applying free software solutions to
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other problems in engineering. When his thesis is completed, Michael
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