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Infrastructure Linux News for Dec 30, 2000
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LinuxPR: For the Love of Linux [UnionBuiltBox Dual Linux Booting Systems]
(Dec 30, 2000, 22:30)
"UnionBuiltBox takes great pride in announcing its new Dual
Linux Booting Computer. Now you have the choice of two Linux
Distributions on one computer, with each distribution on it's own
hard drive. You select from Red Hat 7.0, Kondara MNU/Linux, SuSE
7.0 and Mandrake 7.2." The two distributions you select are
installed on a powerful AMD 800mhz Duron system, backed up by a one
warranty on parts and labor."
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LinuxPR: CSA Coventive MSC SDN BHD Announces Official Incorporation at Linux World Malaysia (Dec 30, 2000, 21:30)
"CSA Coventive MSC SDN BHD, a joint venture between CSA
(Malaysia) BHD and Xchannel Ltd, a subsidiary of Coventive
Technologies Inc, officially announced its incorporation at Linux
World Malaysia 2000 event. LinuxWorld Malaysia 2000 along with many
product demonstrations by CSA Coventive MSC SDN BHD incorporation
provided the perfect backdrop for the broadcast of the exciting new
union."
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ComputerWorld: Licensing showdown looming (Dec 30, 2000, 21:03)
"Nationwide Insurance Cos. estimated that the Uniform Computer
Information Transactions Act could boost its costs by a minimum of
$20 million. The insurer cited security problems created by the
law, which would give software vendors the ability to remotely
disable systems through "self-help," as it's called in UCITA, as
well as increased contracting and negotiation costs."
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DevShed: Speaking SQL (part 1) (Dec 30, 2000, 19:30)
"Over the next few pages, I'll be explaining some of the basic
SQL commands to create and enter information into a database,
together with examples that should make things clearer. In case
you've never used a database before, or the thought of learning
another language scares you, don't worry - SQL is considerably
simpler than most programming languages, and you should have no
trouble picking it up."
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freshmeat: The Importance of Avoiding Zs [a plea for intelligent advocacy]
(Dec 30, 2000, 19:00)
"Too many foot soldiers of the Platform Wars fire Limbaughisms
throughout the chat rooms and bulletin boards of the Internet.
Linux rulez, Windoze drools, and on and on. This kind of sparring
is as old as the Internet. From the time two nerds first
communicated over a wire, you know one ripped the other for his
choice of programming language. When intelligent people communicate
through the anonymity of electronic mail, pointed barbs are sure to
follow salutations. It's natural, it's fun. Frankly, it helps kill
time at work."
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FreeOS.com: The penguin inside (Dec 30, 2000, 16:00)
"Ever wondered why seemingly sane people would choose to install
and use Linux? Is there some method to this madness? Here's a
geek's reasons for leaving the safety of Windows for uncharted
territory. What does Linux have that other OS' don't?"
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NewsForge: Review: CueCat barcode scanner
(Dec 30, 2000, 14:00)
"The problem is that the Cue:Cat's creator, Digital Convergence,
doesn't like people using their hardware without their software
present. (There are many articles dealing with the subject.) But
that is not why I am writing today. I am writing to review the unit
itself and the Open Source software available for it."
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UNIXReview.com: Preview of Linux Music and Sound [Book Excerpt] (Dec 30, 2000, 13:00)
UNIXReview.com presents an excerpt from the book Linux Music
and Sound by Dave Phillips.
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MozillaQuest: Building Your Own Web Browser - Part II, Branding Your Lizard (Dec 30, 2000, 12:38)
"Today you will add to the basic feel you got in Part I for
things you can do with Mozilla customizing and skinning. No
heavy-duty skin surgery today -- just a few dabs of superficial
cosmetic touch-up. But even so, just working at this very
superficial level you will learn how to brand your own customized
browser or browser skin by putting your name and logo on what then
becomes "your" Web browser."
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Linux.com: 10 tweaks to your Linux boxen that will make your life muuuuch easier! (Dec 30, 2000, 12:09)
"Ok, so you have Linux installed on your computer and want to
know how to make your life easier? Well, sit right back, and I'll
give you 10 tweaks to your system that I use on a daily basis and
couldn't live without!"
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Kernel Cousin Debian #16 by Prashanth Mundkur and Zack Brown (Dec 30, 2000, 07:06)
Highlights from the Debian development mailing lists for the
previous week.
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LinuxPR: talentsoft Releases Trial Version of Web+ v5.0
(Dec 30, 2000, 02:37)
"This new release offers both new features and improvements in
speed and scalability over its predecessor."
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LinuxPR: Fortuitous Technologies Releases Linux Training Manuals Under GPL.
(Dec 30, 2000, 02:37)
"Fortuitous Technologies releases their "Linux Fundamentals"
course curriculum under terms of the Gnu Public License (GPL) to
the Linux community."
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Linus Torvalds: 2.4.0-test13-pre6 (Dec 30, 2000, 01:16)
"Ok, there's a test13-pre6 out there now, which does a partial
sync with Alan, in addition to hopefully fixing the innd shared
mapping writeback problem for good. Thanks to Marcelo Tosatti and
others.."
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