Infrastructure Linux News for Aug 30, 2000

• LinuxWorld: The last roundup - Impressions from the Expo and a look at current industry happenings (Aug 30, 2000, 23:25)
  "In addition to fleshing out his LWCE coverage, Joe looks at the future of Linux desktops in the age of the GNOME Foundation and at Inprise's and IBM's plans for Java on Linux...."


• Debian Weekly News - August 29th, 2000 (Aug 30, 2000, 22:04)
  "Welcome to Debian Weekly News, a newsletter for the Debian community. This has been a relatively quiet week, with only 400 messages posted to debian-devel."


• NY Times: Transmeta's Stock Offering May Buck a Cooling Trend (Aug 30, 2000, 21:55)
  "That public stock offering is widely expected to get a blazing reception, despite a market far cooler to new technology offerings than last year's."


• AllLinuxDevices: Weekly Roundup: August 30, 2000 (Aug 30, 2000, 21:52)
  "Once again, it's been a big week for news at AllLinuxDevices, with a variety of stories from all over the embedded Linux world. From real-time networking to handheld development, we've had something for everyone. Here's a look at the past week."


• TheLinuxGurus.org: Automating FTP (Aug 30, 2000, 21:34)
  "I prefer FTP from the command line, all those GUI FTP clients are really cool looking but you lose one of FTPs most powerful abilities, the ability to automate FTP. In other words, the ability to make a connection, transfer files and break the connection without you even being around."


• LinuxPlanet: The Linux Community: Wear Your Hearts On Your Sleeves (Aug 30, 2000, 21:23)
  "With the Linux and Open Source community, not only do people see the exchanges, they have the source code to the work both parties are referencing. There are no mysteries involved. What we see is literally what we're getting. It would be as if your family feuds were broadcast live over cable television, along with a diagram of the house and where all the weapons were located."


• Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory: xchat update (Aug 30, 2000, 20:06)
  "XChat 1.3.9 and later allow users to right-click on a URL appearing in an IRC discussion and select the "Open in Browser" option. To open the URL in a browser, XChat passes the command to /bin/sh. This allows a malicious URL the ability to execute arbitrary shell commands as the user that is running XChat."


• AllLinuxDevices: Editor's Note: Microsoft is Your Friend, and Other Useful Tidbits from Salon (Aug 30, 2000, 19:52)
  "If Xbox succeeds, it will be a 'rich gaming experience' for Microsoft as it plays "Run to the Bank Laughing"; and for its chummy partners, who will sigh with relief as the next generation of gaming turns out to be "Elbow Out the Little Guy" once more."


• LinuxPPC.org: A Players Guide to LWE (Aug 30, 2000, 19:26)
  "Who can blame the nerds for wanting the free wares these booths offer? Temporary tattoos, neon colored-tshirts, and buttons with geek in-jokes are free for the taking after volunteering your email address. I grab a a bag and start giving out my managers email address. I'm sure he'll enjoy spam from dice.com, Sun Microsystems, and countless other companies."


• Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory: xpdf update (Aug 30, 2000, 19:20)
  "There is a potential race condation when using tmpnam() and fopen() in xpdf versions prior to 0.91."


• AllLinuxDevices: David Beal and David Schleef Talk About RTnet: the Real-Time Networking Stack (Aug 30, 2000, 17:13)
  "In this interview, David Schleef, primary author of RTnet, discusses the importance of bringing real-time networking to Linux; and David Beal of Lineo talks about working with the Open Source community, and why the GPL works."


• AllLinuxDevices: Opersys/Lineo: Linux Trace Toolkit for RealTime Linux (Aug 30, 2000, 16:20)
  "Like the expensive time-tracing solutions available for many proprietary embedded RTOS solutions, LTT provides developers with all of the information necessary to reconstruct a system's behavior over a certain period of time."


• LinuxPR: IBM Contributes Enterprise File System Technology to Open Source Community (Aug 30, 2000, 15:12)
  "The contribution of AFS Enterprise File System gives the community a remote file system with a proven track record that features high performance and scalability in rigorous computing environments."


• LinuxDevices.com: FreePad: Norway's alternative to Sweden's Screen Phone (Aug 30, 2000, 10:45)
  "In a few months, Screen Media will begin shipping a sleekly designed, easy-to-use wireless web-pad device called the FreePad."


• Philip Hunt: Proposal to change the GPL (Aug 30, 2000, 10:42)
  "I propose a new version of the GPL that would rectify this omission, by preventing anyone from using GPL'd software if they had taken any legal action against any free software program."


• Linux.com: Programming with Python - Part 1: Baby Steps (Aug 30, 2000, 08:35)
  "Since I myself have garnered a modest Perl background before learning Python, I will target this tutorial at the Perl programmer. However, anyone with a little programming experience should find this text useful."


• osOpinion: The Importance of Being Standard (Aug 30, 2000, 08:21)
  "The Internet illustrates the great power of an open and welcoming infrastructure, so why do we have such trouble trying to pry American business from proprietary messaging standards or to pry consumers from a proprietary desktop?"


• osOpinion: The DVD controversy: a newspaper swat on the muzzle (Aug 30, 2000, 07:55)
  "Taschek, whether voluntarily or not, has become the head bootlicking lapdog for the MPAA."


• osOpinion: Curing the Linux Zealot (Aug 30, 2000, 07:45)
  "Not all users of proprietary systems look upon Linux enthusiasts with disdain."


• Rildo Pragana: Running a GDI printer under Linux - part 5 - Solving the compress puzzle (Aug 30, 2000, 06:50)
  "No matter what acquisition method you use, you will finally get some compressed data."


• Linuxnewbie.org: Setting up multiple users in Kmail (Aug 30, 2000, 06:35)
  "One problem I had with Kmail was that I share an account with my wife, so how could we both see the mail if we logged on as different users and downloaded our mail at different times?"


• ZDNet: This ain't no tradeshow - A reshaped SCO rallies the troops or at least tries to soothe them (Aug 30, 2000, 06:20)
  "Part pep rally, part study session, part sales pitch, and part schmoozefest, Forum has a far different atmosphere than any conventional tradeshow."


• Byte.com: The LinuxWorld Expo LoveFest (Aug 30, 2000, 01:30)
  "Have you ever gone to an event or trade show to discover that something was on fire? The joint was a-hoppin."


• LinuxDevices.com: ELEC to feature keynote on IBM Linux Wrist Watch Project (Aug 30, 2000, 01:27)
  "The RTC Group and LinuxDevices.com today released the technical program of the second Embedded Linux Expo & Conference, to be held October 27th, in Westborough, MA."


• BW: NeTraverse Announces Availability of Win4Lin Server Edition Pre-Release for Download (Aug 30, 2000, 01:14)
  "Leveraging the power of the Linux-Intel architecture, Win4Lin delivers robust performance and scalability of Windows applications over the LAN, WAN and Internet."


• PRNewswire: Advanced Management Solutions Joins VA Linux Solutions Partner Program (Aug 30, 2000, 01:11)
  "As a member of VA's Partner program, Advanced Management Solutions will have access to VA Linux Systems' broad-based technical expertise in systems, software design and Open Source solutions."


• BW: Red Hat Wins Industry Awards for Best Linux Solutions (Aug 30, 2000, 01:07)
  "Recognition as the best server distribution affirms Red Hat's position as the leader and top provider of software and services that provide the backbone for today's Internet economy."


• Linux Magazine: Perl of Wisdom: Moving Your News Service (Aug 30, 2000, 00:45)
  "The solution is a bit complicated and requires extensive bookkeeping, but that's what computers are for, and Perl in particular."


• Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory: xchat update (Aug 25, 2000, 06:18)
  "XChat 1.3.9 and later allow users to right-click on a URL appearing in an IRC discussion and select the "Open in Browser" option. To open the URL in a browser, XChat passes the command to /bin/sh. This allows a malicious URL the ability to execute arbitrary shell commands as the user that is running XChat."