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Infrastructure Linux News for Apr 27, 2000
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TechRepublic: When Linux panics: Managing an OS emergency (Apr 27, 2000, 23:53)
"Yes, even with a workhorse like Linux, a user can suffer from
the ultimate misfortune of a system failure or file-system crash.
...I'll explain how you can create a boot floppy (post-install) and
use fsck, and I'll list the files and directories that you should
back up in case your Linux computer ever goes down..."
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Fox News/AP: New Supercomputer Unveiled to Help Improve Weather Forecasting (Apr 27, 2000, 22:37)
"Days after that computer went into service a winter storm
caught forecasters in the Washington area off guard - a problem
MacDonald said his new installation should help ease."
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ZDNet/UK: HP launches Web-friendly printers (Apr 27, 2000, 22:19)
"HP also launched its departmental print appliance, the
JetDirect 4000. ... HP opted for Linux in preference to embedded
Windows NT for the system."
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TechWeb: IT Industry Supports Breakup Of Microsoft (Apr 27, 2000, 22:01)
"...a breakup of the company could encourage deployment of Linux
on the desktop... But... could actually inhibit Linux on the
desktop... "Or the OS company might come out with its own Linux
distribution... "If you were a corporate buyer and had a choice
between buying Linux from Microsoft or Linux from Red Hat, what do
you think the choice would be?"
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PRNewswire: New Release of X Server, Metro-X 4.3.5, Offers Customers Latest Support (Apr 27, 2000, 20:56)
"In addition to supporting more graphics cards with 4.3.5,
Metro-X also includes support for 3D input devices, multi-head
systems (up to 16 screens), and the most popular brands of touch
screens."
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PRNewswire: Perforce Offers Commercial SCM System Available For the Trillian Project's IA-64 Linux (Apr 27, 2000, 20:48)
"With the port of both the client and server portions of
Perforce to Linux Trillian IA-64, software developers who want to
begin developing Linux applications for the Itanium processor, due
later this year, have a tool for managing those development
efforts."
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SRO: Not all Linuxes are created equal (Apr 27, 2000, 20:41)
"Companies don't need a distribution, they need a solution."
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CNET News.com: Linux firm [Red Hat] aims at Microsoft in home networking (Apr 27, 2000, 20:26)
"The move marks the first major expansion of Red Hat's version
of Linux outside its server stronghold."
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sendmail.net: Extending IMAP (Apr 27, 2000, 19:51)
"What could IMAP do that it doesn't do now? To find out, we
spoke with Pete Resnick of Qualcomm, Inc., who lives not far from
the University of Illinois campus where Steve Dorner wrote the
original Eudora program in 1988. Resnick is chairman of the IETF's
IMAP extensions working group (IMAPEXT)..."
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LinuxPower: Netpliance: An Inside Look (Apr 27, 2000, 18:45)
"Since Netpliance's product strength essentially boils down to a
well-designed interface, structured content delivery, and customer
service, the OS and hardware that it runs on are only secondary
concerns."
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Linux-Mandrake.com: Linux-Mandrake Ranked First Linux Downloads at Tucows.com (Apr 27, 2000, 18:00)
"...downloaded more than any other Linux distribution in ISO
format during February and March on linux.tucows.com..."
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PRNewswire: Bank of America Chooses Inprise/Borland Application Server For E-Business Platform (Apr 27, 2000, 17:38)
"We selected Inprise Application Server due to its strong
corporate support, greater compliance to industry standards, and
its attractive price... The most important reason, however, was its
ability to integrate into the Visigenic suite and leverage the
scalability and reliability of the VisiBroker object request
broker..."
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LinuxPR: MandrakeSoft to bundle Enlighten's User Management Tool cross-platform user management... (Apr 27, 2000, 14:18)
"MandrakeSoft customers will have an EnlightenDSMFree version
for their Linux system able to select integrated User Management
upon installation of the MandrakeSoft Operating System."
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LinuxPR: Quadratec Delivers Enterprise-Class Backup Software for Linux-Mandrake (Apr 27, 2000, 14:11)
"...Quadratec will support the Linux-Mandrake operating system
as a preferred server and client development platform; Time
Navigator will be referenced by MandrakeSoft as a recommended
solution for Enterprise backup software and will be included in the
Commercial Applications CD of Linux-Mandrake 7.1..."
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AboutLinux.com: TurboLinux 6.0 Workstation: A First Look (Apr 27, 2000, 11:23)
"As far as I am concerned TurboLinux 6.0 is a HUGE improvement
over TurboLinux 4.0. It has one of the best
installation/configuration manuals I've seen.'"
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TechWeb: Intel Helps Push Linux In China (Apr 27, 2000, 05:50)
"Intel is furthering its diversification through a Linux
technical support center in China, jointly established with
Bluepoint Linux Software."
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osOpinion: The New OS/2: Warp 4 'Convenience Packs' (Apr 27, 2000, 05:37)
"IBM believes that real productivity results from having a
stable, reliable platform with no sudden changes, and certainly no
need to format hard drives and start over again."
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Upside: ZDNet's move into embedded Linux (Apr 27, 2000, 05:01)
"The authority of his content as the last word on embedded Linux
applications and devices is underscored by LinuxDevices.com's
sponsor list,' Rosenweig said, describing the companies on that
list -- companies such as Lineo, Motorola, Linuxcare, and Monta
Vista Software -- as a 'who's who' of the embedded Linux
market."
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Debian Weekly News - April 26th, 2000 (Apr 27, 2000, 04:51)
"Welcome to Debian Weekly News, a newsletter for the Debian
developer community."
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Open Market Software (OMS) - the next wave (Apr 27, 2000, 04:38)
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Linux-Mandrake.com: Mandrakesoft and Enlighten Software : Partners for Linux Management (Apr 27, 2000, 00:54)
"MandrakeSoft customers will have an EnlightenDSMFree version
for their Linux system able to select integrated User Management
upon installation of the MandrakeSoft Operating System."
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