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Infrastructure Linux News for Apr 25, 2001
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LinuxProgramming: Sun's JXTA Project Launches New Open-Source P2P Protocol (Apr 25, 2001, 21:41)
Is peer-to-peer computing framework JXTA the biggest thing to
hit computing since TCP/IP? Sun says so, and has Bill Joy on board
to back up the claim. Brian Proffitt reports.
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OpenCollector.org: Interview with Simputer team (Apr 25, 2001, 21:25)
Simputer (pictured) is a very low-cost computer built around a
design licensed under terms similar to that of the GPL. The intent
behind Simputer is to provide low-cost (<$200) machines to
people living in rural India. The interview here is with various
members of the Simputer team, and they discuss the reasoning behind
the licensing scheme they chose, the design decisions they made,
and more.
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Issue #26 of Brave GNU World released. (Apr 25, 2001, 17:22)
Topics covered in this issue include: GNU Pipo BBS, Larswm,
GNUstep, W3Make, OpenWebSchool, and FSF Europe Update. Brave GNU
World is a monthly column which is being released simultaneously in
six languages (English, German, French, Japanese, Spanish and
Korean).
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CNN: Music group tries to suppress piracy study (SDMI) (Apr 25, 2001, 16:11)
The researches who cracked SDMI four separate times in the past
year are now being asked to suppress their findings by the SDMI
forum, a group formed by several very large record labels and
entertainment companies. According to this article, the RIAA's
senior attorney has invoked the DMCA to back his request that the
group refrain from discussing its findings.
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LinuxHardware.org: Gigahertz Processor Roundup, Linux Style! (Apr 25, 2001, 16:01)
Pentium or Athlon? It's a topic that's been done to death, but
LinuxHardware.org has taken a look at the 1GHz Pentiums and Athlons
and attempted to make a determination from a Linux user's
perspective. In the end, they argue, it boils down most to whether
you're building a new box or upgrading an existing system.
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First general assembly of the Free Software Foundation Europe (Apr 25, 2001, 15:30)
"On May 6th 2001, the first general assembly of the Free
Software Foundation Europe will take place at the Villa Vogelsang
in Essen, Germany."
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Stormix Confirms Layoffs and Suspension of Operations (Apr 25, 2001, 14:38)
Stormix has confirmed that it has, indeed, laid off all its
employees due to an inability to secure funding and is currently in
"hibernation mode." The company will no longer be providing support
for its products.
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Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory: hylafax (Apr 25, 2001, 11:57)
"A problem exists with the HylaFAX program, hfaxd. When hfaxd
tries to change it's queue directory and fails, it prints an error
message via syslog by directly passing user supplied data as the
format string. If hfaxd is installed setuid root, this behaviour
can be exploited to gain root access locally. Note that
Linux-Mandrake does not ship hfaxd setuid root by default."
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Salon.com: A boy and his computer [review of Linus Torvalds autobiography] (Apr 25, 2001, 11:38)
Self-confessed "stalker" Andrew Leonard posts a creepy review of
Linus Torvalds' autobiography, "Just for Fun: The Story of an
Accidental Revolutionary."
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ITworld.com: Linux spreading rapidly in Latin America (Apr 25, 2001, 11:00)
"Linux, like the Internet, exists beyond the United States,
Western Europe, and industrialized parts of Asia. The Linux OS has
taken hold wherever computer users desire freedom, and wherever
there is demand for inexpensive software. Latin America fits that
description perfectly; current projections from IDG indicate that
by 2003, 33 percent of computers in the region will be running
Linux."
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