Infrastructure Linux News for Sep 26, 2000

• AllLinuxDevices: Metrowerks Strengthens Embedded Tools Portfolio Through Strategic Alliances, Open Platforms (Sep 26, 2000, 23:16)
  "The partnerships signify a major step forward in the company's efforts to provide developers with CodeWarrior integrated software and hardware development tools targeted at a wide variety of embedded applications."


• LinuxPR: Media Brokers Invests in the PostgreSQL, Inc. Customer Relationship Management Solution (Sep 26, 2000, 23:15)
  "We considered all the mainstream commercial solutions, each with proven track records. We also looked into online and customizable packages, leading us to our discussions with PostgreSQL, Inc."


• AllLinuxDevices: Espial Announces One-Stop Multimedia Linux & Java Based Smart Device Platform (Sep 26, 2000, 22:15)
  "Espial today announced the availability of Espial TotalIA, a Linux & Java based Internet appliance reference platform..."


• AllLinuxDevices: HP Adds Linux Support for Its Chai Appliance Platform Software (Sep 26, 2000, 21:15)
  "Hewlett-Packard Company announced today that Linux support has been added for its Chai Appliance Platform, a suite of integrated software components for creating Internet-enabled information appliances."


• TechWeb: Red Hat Looks To Broaden Its Appeal (Sep 26, 2000, 20:44)
  "Red Hat wants its customers to realize the company offers more than free software."


• BSD Today: BSDi to deliver BSD through mainstream retail outlets (Sep 26, 2000, 20:18)
  "The BSD Desktop Edition includes the latest releases of the popular FreeBSD open source operating system; Applixware Office Suite from VistaSource, a complete desktop productivity package including word processor, html authoring, spreadsheet, presentation manager, e-mail, and graphics; and Partition Magic from PowerQuest for running multiple operating systems on the same personal computer."


• AllLinuxDevices: MontaVista Powers Avocent's DS1800 Digital KVM Switching Solution (Sep 26, 2000, 20:15)
  "MontaVista today announced it has worked with Avocent to deliver a new series of digital-based Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) switches."


• AllLinuxDevices: Motorola unit buys into Linux developer (Sep 26, 2000, 20:05)
  "The investment and strategic partnership will result in joint products and services from all three companies, said Shlapak. The companies will work on combining Lineo's embedded Linux product, Embedix, with Metrowerk's CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment for the next generation of embedded products. CodeWarrior for Embedix will support Motorola PowerPC, ColdFire, M-Core and 68K architectures."


• LinuxWorld: Accessing xterms from Windows - A roundup of products to access Linux from Windows (Sep 26, 2000, 20:03)
  "Discover three products with which you can access Linux servers via xterms from a Windows desktop. We tell you where to get them and how they work, and suggest technical tips for best performance."


• Enterprise Linux Today: Red Hat offers services for Linux users (Sep 26, 2000, 19:42)
  "For enterprise users, Red Hat Network eases pressure on support staff by allowing the automation of mundane system management and update tasks."


• BW: VA Linux Systems Establishes Japanese Subsidiary With Sumitomo... (Sep 26, 2000, 19:29)
  "...NTT Communicationware, NEC and Toshiba Engineering have also indicated their intent to invest in the venture. The resulting consortium will be a joint effort to speed the advancement of Linux and Open Source software in Japan -- from the Internet server market to the enterprise."


• AllLinuxDevices: Jabber, Red Hat to Deliver Real-Time Messaging Infrastructure for Embedded Linux (Sep 26, 2000, 19:23)
  "The new Jabber compatibility is designed to make it easy for developers of embedded Linux applications to add real-time messaging and XML routing to their applications."


• Marc Mutz: [ANNOUNCE] new linux-crypto mailing list (Sep 26, 2000, 19:18)
  "This list is intended to be a forum for all sorts of crypto topics concerning Linux."


• BW: TurboLinux in Europe OEM Bundling Contract with Acer Europe... (Sep 26, 2000, 19:03)
  "...Acer will ship the TurboLinux operating system in the European market on selected models of AcerPower and Veriton business desktop computers."


• CCN: Caldera, Intel and Bull Bring Intel's Common Data Security Architecture - CDSA - to Linux... (Sep 26, 2000, 18:57)
  "The development includes a 32-bit version of the software and a 64-bit version that will be tuned for the upcoming Itanium processor family. Caldera will include the 32-bit version of CDSA in their next version of OpenLinux -- scheduled for release fourthquarter of 2000."


• TheStreet.com: Linux Stocks Suffering As Microsoft Soars (Sep 26, 2000, 18:25)
  "Linux-related stocks, those brave souls in competition with Microsoft's dominant Windows operating system platform... have been hurt. Red Hat... fell 75 cents to $18.94. ... VA Linux... took the biggest dollar drop, falling $1.13 to $47.31."


• AllLinuxDevices: Trolltech Expands Embedded Partnerships Into Asia (Sep 26, 2000, 18:19)
  "Trolltech today announced that it is partnering with Mizi Research Inc., a leading Linux solution provider in Asia to provide an integrated software solution for manufacturers of embedded devices.


• LinuxPR: Worlds Largest Telecom Selects TurboLinux For Information Service System Platform (Sep 26, 2000, 17:19)
  "TurboLinux has teamed with Compaq Computer Japan, OMRON ALPHATEC Corporation and Oracle Corporation Japan to deliver a Linux all-in-one server, which has been adopted by NTT Communications Corp. for its Info-Communications Platform Products line."


• AllLinuxDevices: TimeSys Announces Agreement with MIPS to Port Linux Based Real-Time Solution (Sep 26, 2000, 17:14)
  "TimeSys and MIPS Technologies today announced a cooperative agreement whereby TimeSys Linux/RT will port to the MIPS Technologies' MIPS32 and MIPS64 architecture platform. As part of the agreement, TimeSys will become a member of the MIPS Alliance Program."


• LinuxPR: Mojolin Launches (Sep 26, 2000, 16:58)
  "Mojolin is a new, FREE, online employment database dedicated to serving the Linux Community. It was created to assist Linux professionals, companies and recruiters in all aspects of the search."


• DistributionWatch Review: Red Hat Linux 7 (Sep 26, 2000, 16:41)
  "There were, of course, quite a few changes in this new version of Red Hat, such as the addition of Gnome 1.2, XFree86 4.0.1, and (for the server junkies) included OpenSSH encryption tools. When put all together, they add up to a significant change. But was it enough to justify a new .0 release? On the surface, many of the configuration and interface tools are exactly like those found in Red Hat 6.2, so those of you looking for a quantum leap in the Red Hat OS will be disappointed."


• SJ Mercury/Reuters: Transmeta sees five-year lead over Intel (Sep 26, 2000, 15:41)
  "For them to catch up, they would also need a software based approach. That means they would have to start from scratch... it would take at least five years to get a new microprocessor out the door..."


• AllLinuxDevices: Accelent Systems Introduces acceLinux for StrongARM-Based Embedded Linux Systems (Sep 26, 2000, 15:30)
  "Based on the open source Linux kernel and Intel StrongARM platform, Accelent's acceLinux has been enhanced to provide developers of Linux-based IA devices a version of Linux with all of the Linux kernel ports and device drivers needed to reduce the time consuming learning curve associated with Linux development."


• LinuxPR: New ICEBox Network Appliances from ICE Systems (Sep 26, 2000, 14:51)
  "The ICEBox Office product delivers a robust file server, firewall and email server in one package. ...offers tremendous versatility for a very low price."


• Internet Week: SGI'S Low Profile Internet Server [Review] (Sep 26, 2000, 14:33)
  "All of the added functionality that SGI offers comes in what it calls the SGI ProPack, a group of Linux packages to be added after Linux is installed and the system is up and running."


• The Independent: Spooked in a game of cat and mouse between a hacker and the Feds (Sep 26, 2000, 13:48)
  "To put it plainly, 'bonez' nailed me. And it took me two days to notice. My friend Mark Anderson, a Unix guru, told me how to proceed. 'Format your hard drive to get rid of him. He just uses you to bounce an IRC connection. You don't have enough bandwidth or disk to be attractive to steal, and you aren't famous enough to be defaced.'"


• AllLinuxDevices: BusyBox 0.47 Released (Sep 26, 2000, 13:21)
  "Erik Anderson of Lineo has announced the release of BusyBox 0.47. BusyBox provides a variety of common UNIX utilities in a single executable that can be tailored at compile time, making it ideal for embedded systems."


• Matthias Elter: KDE 2 Release Schedule (Sep 26, 2000, 12:49)
  The projected date for a full and official release: October 16.


• Time: Meet the Napster (Sep 26, 2000, 12:31)
  "All he had to do was combine the features of existing programs: the instant-messaging system of Internet Relay Chat, the file-sharing functions of Microsoft Windows and the advanced searching and filtering capabilities of various search engines. He reasoned that if he could write a program that included all those features, he'd have a pretty cool piece of software."


• Enterprise Linux Today: Migrating to TuboLinux - A Big Step For A Small Bank (Sep 26, 2000, 07:42)
  "Being small though, a perceived disadvantage, can in fact be beneficial when making changes to a company's infrastructure."


• Linux.com: Linux and Windows NT 4.0: Basic Administration - Part I (Sep 26, 2000, 06:01)
  "There are many articles on why you should use Linux. The main goal of this column will be not necessarily to convince you to use Linux, but to guide experienced NT administrators into the more server-based aspects of Linux, in contrast to Windows NT."


• SEUL.org: Linux in education report #29 for September 25 (Sep 26, 2000, 05:40)
  "A new Linux distribution intended expressly for use in schools was recently announced: kmLinux."