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Infrastructure Linux News for Jul 25, 2001
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osOpinion: Is a New Wave of Linux-Based Wireless Coming? (Jul 25, 2001, 23:59)
The combination of Java and Linux seems to be capturing
imaginations, as this piece alludes to it yet again. The burning
question, though, is whether Linux will dent the entrenched PalmOS
market, or put the brakes on the growing popularity of
PocketPC.
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Kernel Cousin Debian Hurd #100 by Paul Emsley (Jul 25, 2001, 23:30)
Highlights from the Debian-Hurd development mailing lists for
the previous week.
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LinuxPR: LPI announces new president and Director
(Jul 25, 2001, 23:00)
Chuck Mead becomes President, certification veteran James Lacey
joins Board of Linux community certification group
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LinuxHardware.org: Pentium 4 Review Extended Coverage (Jul 25, 2001, 22:24)
LinuxHardware is back with a second look at the Pentium 4,
pitting it against the Athlon in MP3 encoding and Unreal Tournament
performance. A slight edge in performance seems to be offset by a
notable price difference.
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ServerWatch: IBM Adds Linux Partitioning to iSeries Line (Jul 25, 2001, 18:20)
In the wake of its success with Linux on the eServer z900
mainframes, IBM, in conjunction with SuSE and TurboLinux, is
expanding its Linux offerings to its iSeries line, bringing Linux
to its one to 24-way servers.
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Yahoo!/ZDNet: Open-source brouhaha: Missing the point (Jul 25, 2001, 16:21)
Brian Behlendorf of CollabNet argues that debate between
Microsoft and the open source/Free Software community has
needlessly polarized to the point that a valuable middle ground has
been overlooked. The item's a bit of a pitch for both CollabNet
(which markets something a lot like the commentator's "middle
ground") and the O'Reilly convention (where Craig Mundie will be
involved in a much-hyped debate with open source figures), but that
doesn't keep it from being interesting.
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IBM developerWorks: Transitioning from Windows to Linux
(Jul 25, 2001, 05:00)
It's not our general practice to post links to PDF's, but this
one from IBM, a fifty question FAQ, has a lot of useful information
on a wide variety of issues from swap configuration to "getting
settled on the desktop" end user tips in a printable format.
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CNET News.com: Major Caldera shareholders may sell (Jul 25, 2001, 00:50)
"As a result of a Securities and Exchange Commission filing,
Tarantella will be able to sell 16 million Caldera shares through a
dealer or broker, while MTI Technology will be able to sell 5.3
million shares. Tarentella got its shares through the sale of its
Unix software to Caldera. MTI was an early investor."
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