Infrastructure Linux News for Mar 20, 2000

• BW: HostPro Selects Cobalt RaQ 3 Server to Offer High-capacity, Secure Dedicated Hosting Services (Mar 20, 2000, 21:59)
  "The RaQ 3 is a perfect dedicated hosting product for HostPro to offer businesses of all sizes, which can benefit from superior reliability and security provided by a dedicated server at a low monthly cost."


• Network World Fusion: Thinking outside the (server) box with Linux (Mar 20, 2000, 21:40)
  "When people talk about a Linux box, what generally comes to mind is either a server or client machine running some distribution of Linux. One way for users to use Linux outside "the box" is with the Linux Router Project's distribution of the operating system."


• TechWeb: OpenLinux e-Desktop Preceeds Caldera IPO (Mar 20, 2000, 21:32)
  "In touting the OpenLinux e-Desktop Internet client, Caldera is emphasizing ease of use, enhanced security, and a growing business acceptance of Linux."


• CNET News.com: Netscape to release browser update next month (Mar 20, 2000, 21:20)
  "Netscape Communications today said it will release a test version of a long overdue Web browser update within the next 25 days as the company battles to regain market share lost to Microsoft."


• BW: Troll Tech Announces Preview of Embedded Linux Graphical User Interface Solution (Mar 20, 2000, 20:29)
  "the new product will be named Qt/Embedded, and will give developers of embedded applications the same power, flexibility and cross-platform portability as the popular desktop versions..."


• PRNewswire: Rackspace.com Receives 'Cisco-Powered Network' Designation (Mar 20, 2000, 20:17)
  "Rackspace.com manages one of the largest installed Linux server bases in the world."


• LWN: deepLinux - A Whole New Company, A Whole New Product Line! (Mar 20, 2000, 20:08)
  "Rick Collette, the creator and former maintainer of the SPIRO-Linux Distribution, announced today that he would be forming a new company; deepLinux."


• Linuxcare: Dear Lina: Startup at boot-up (Mar 20, 2000, 19:59)
  "I am a former Windows user coverted over to Linux, and I'm gradually becoming accostomed to the new environment. How can I have certain programs load whenever I start Linux?"


• BW: On RadioWallStreet.com: the Linux League Monday Edition (Mar 20, 2000, 19:36)
  "This weekly show runs each Monday at 5:30 PM EST, and tracks Linux trends, news events, and company developments of interest to investors."


• Linuxnewbie.org: Overcoming LILO dual-boot problems (Mar 20, 2000, 19:28)
  "This document was written because I spent almost a week getting my system to dual boot both linux and win98. There were so many people out there with the same problem, and so many half-answers to the questions, that I decided to try to fill the void."


• SEUL.org: Linux in education report #12 for March 20 (Mar 20, 2000, 19:12)
  "We're getting more good discussion on Linux and home schooling on the SEUL/edu mailing list. We don't yet know where this discussion will take us, but it's clear that there is some interest in Linux and open source software among home schoolers."


• Boardwatch: FreeBSD Guide: Comprehesive, But Not For Newbies (Mar 20, 2000, 18:50)
  "Which operating system do ISPs most often trust for mission-critical servers? While NT and Linux both have significant followings, it is various versions of BSD Unix (primarily FreeBSD and OpenBSD) that keep most major sites running."


• Byte.com: Learning Perl, Part II - A Look At Objects In Perl (Mar 20, 2000, 18:29)
  "Perl is not the first language that pops into my mind when someone says "object-oriented," or even a close runner-up, but it is entirely possible to write object-oriented code in Perl."


• 32BitsOnline: FreeBSD Ports and Packages System Explained (Mar 20, 2000, 18:08)
  "As an operating system, FreeBSD has a lot in common with most other Unix operating systems. This means that there are a lot of applications that, though originally written for another OS, such as Linux, will compile and run with little or no difficulty on FreeBSD."


• Tucows Network: Get To Know Your Home IP Address (Mar 20, 2000, 18:00)
  "The idea is simple, if you have a dialup service at home and you connect to your ISP through a modem, you get a different IP address every time you connect. That means you don't have a fixed IP address so you can connect to your home computer from away."


• Electronic Frontier Foundation: EFF Alert: Copyright Office Needs Comments on DMCA (Mar 20, 2000, 17:49)
  "The Copyright Office is asking for public comments on its proposed rules and, in this instance, for "reply comments" on previous comments submitted in an earlier round of testimony."


• BW: TurboLinux Delivers First IA-64 Linux Early Release Distribution to Open Source Community (Mar 20, 2000, 17:46)
  "A free download version of the early release code is available..."


• PRNewswire: Linux and Unix Operating Systems Now Supported by Firstwave eRM as Oracle Server (Mar 20, 2000, 17:16)
  "'From a business perspective, our support of Oracle and Linux technologies opens new avenues previously unavailable to us...'"


• NY Times: Netscape Browser Faces a Changed World (Mar 20, 2000, 16:53)
  "But even as Netscape touts a series of features and technological improvements in the new browser, just as it has in years past, the entire field of the battle has changed under America Online."


• NY Times: I.B.M. Goes Countercultural With Linux (Mar 20, 2000, 16:27)
  "But last fall, Big Blue suddenly got serious about Linux."


• Heise.de: German Auction Site disabled by Crackers (Mar 20, 2000, 16:17)
  "The german Internet Auction Site eHammer has been disabled due to severe attacks by crackers. eHammers Service Provider Server-Service will migrate parts of the System currently running on Microsofts Windows NT to Linux and set up an additional Firewall."


• LinuxMonth: RPM - Installing, Querying, Deleting your packages (Mar 20, 2000, 16:04)
  "This brief article will show you some of the usage of the rpm tool."


• LinuxPR: TurboLinux Opens United Kingdom Office (Mar 20, 2000, 15:35)
  "World's fastest-growing Linux company partners with Guildsoft to set up local sales, services and channel team."


• LinuxHelp.net: ProFTPd Setup Guide (Mar 20, 2000, 06:45)
  "ProFTPd is a nice alternative to the wu-ftpd server, which normally ships as the default FTP server with Linux. The thing I enjoy about ProFTPd is the simple configuration file (/etc/proftpd.conf) that allows you to fully customize your FTP server."


• BW: On RadioWallStreet.com: the Linux League Monday Edition (Mar 06, 2000, 21:56)
  "...will host a panel of guests to review Linux trends, with comment on Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson... Nokia Corporation... Palm Inc... Neoware Systems Inc.... Microsoft Corporation... and Red Hat, Inc..."