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Developer Linux News for Aug 20, 2002
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The Register: IBM Woos Linux Developers with Borland Deal (Aug 20, 2002, 21:00)
"IBM is teaming with Borland Software Corp to drive its database
among Windows developers unimpressed by changes to Visual
Basic..."
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Linux and Main: First Look at GCC-3.2 (Aug 20, 2002, 20:00)
"I never bothered with gcc-3.0 or 3.1; there were too many
people reporting problems with them. I've been using the 2.95.3
that SuSE distributes, but when GNU announced that 3.2 was ready
for general use I thought I'd take a look and see what the fuss was
about..."
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Seattle Times: No Standing in Shadows for Sun Microsystems Chief (Aug 20, 2002, 19:00)
"In an interview with The Seattle Times last week, McNealy
discussed Sun, Linux, government stimulus efforts, stock options
and working with Microsoft after the antitrust litigation is
resolved..."
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Time: The Little Penguin That Could (Aug 20, 2002, 18:00)
"The ubiquitous Linux logo, a penguin, is already a hit at
places like IBM and much of the U.S. government. Should the rest of
us tune him in too...?"
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Linux Journal: The Ultimate (but Small) Linux Box! (Aug 20, 2002, 13:00)
"For starters, we could run a very small system by going to some
Linux distributions on a single floppy and ignoring the graphical
environment entirely, but I would like to avoid doing that. The
idea is to create an attractive desktop with some friendly
graphical tools while living within the constraints of limited
resources..."
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OSNews: Interview with Bill Kendrick of NewBreedSoftware (Aug 20, 2002, 11:30)
"A few days back we hosted an interview with one of the two big
names of the hobby Linux gaming houses. Today, it is time to
interview the other big name, Bill Kendrick of
NewBreedSoftware..."
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ExtremeTech: Microsoft Withdraws Free Web Fonts (Aug 20, 2002, 10:00)
"Microsoft Corp. withdrew its free TrueType Web fonts on the eve
of LinuxWorld, leaving some Linux advocates upset about the
decision. Microsoft, however, said the fonts were being
'abused...'"
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Release Digest: GNOME, August 19, 2002 (Aug 20, 2002, 05:00)
Today's GNOME apps: Quick Lounge 0.75 and Pan 0.13.0.
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Release Digest: KDE, August 19, 2002 (Aug 20, 2002, 05:00)
Today's KDE apps: KVim 6.1.141rc1, SqlGui 0.4.0, Kallers 0.2.2,
Kemerge 0.7, and KMencoder 0.1.2.
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Computerworld.NZ: Linux Goes to War for NZ Army (Aug 20, 2002, 02:30)
"In the war between Microsoft and open source, where better to
illustrate the conflict than on the battlefield—if only a
simulated one...?"
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Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.20-pre4 (Aug 20, 2002, 01:55)
Incremental changelog, link within.
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CrossNodes: Tinydns: Kiss Your BIND Good-bye (Aug 20, 2002, 01:00)
"DNS admins rejoice, for thy long years of torment are over. No
more shall BIND bewitch and betray thee, for there is a new kid on
the block: Tinydns..."
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